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UK defends security services over Woolwich murder

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:52:28 -0400

LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...

US bridge collapses sending vehicles into water

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:45:25 -0400

WASHINGTON - A handful of vehicles and some people plunged into a river after a more than half a century old bridge that links Seattle in the US with Canada collapsed, throwing the movement on the highway into disarray. Authorities said there were no deaths in the bridge collapse on the Skagit River in the US state of Washington. Three people were rescued and taken to hospitals, they said. ...

US Defense Chief Calls for End to Military Sex Assaults

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:11 -0400

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called for an end to sexual assaults in the military Saturday in a commencement speech to graduates of the West Point military academy in New York state. Hagel called sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military a "profound betrayal" of sacred oaths and trusts and a "scourge" that must be stamped out. A day earlier, President Barack Obama ...

Bang With Friends mysterious CEO revealed

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:30:02 -0400

Bang with Friends- the controversial Facebook app run by its CEO and co-founder who just goes by his initial 'C' has been revealed accidentally by Internet New York which included the founders' name on the online ballot. BWF app creator Colin Hodge, 28, and Omri Mor had remained anonymous till last week, but the leak of their identity through Internet Week New York disappointed Hodge, the Daily ...

US band Hanson debuts MmmHops Beer

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:30:03 -0400

American pop-rock band Hanson has unveiled a new beer, which they have named 'MmmHops.' According to BeerPulse.com, the India Pale Ale - made with the help of a craft brewery in Oklahoma - was introduced by the band at 'The Hangover Part III' afterparty in Los Angeles on Monday night, People magazine reported. Debuting the uniquely named beer at the afterparty was no accident - the film opens ...

Petraeus mistress Paula Broadwell apologizes for extra-marital affair

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:10:02 -0400

Former CIA director General David Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell has apologized for her extra-marital affair with the disgraced chief. In her first in-depth interview, with ABC News affiliate WSOC in Charlotte, Broadwell said she has regret for the harm that the whole episode has caused. She said that she is regretful for the pain she has caused to her family and friends, and she is not ...

Report shows big drop in teen births in US

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:20:01 -0400

The birth rate among American teenage girls has dropped considerably, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The birth rate among women ages 15-19 decreased by almost half from 1991 to 2011, from 62 to 31 births per 1,000 adolescents. From 2007 to 2011, the most recent period of the study, the birth rate fell 25 percent, but its decline was even greater ...

Pakistan remains opposed to illegal drone strikes in country after Obama speech

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:40:04 -0400

The Pakistan Government has repeated its view that drone strikes by America in its territory were illegal. The rhetoric from Pakistan came after President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for the use of he unmanned vehicles. According to the Daily Times, Obama mounted a firm defence of the covert drone war as 'legal' in a major speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday. He, however, ...

Spanish art gets privileged space in New York museum

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:50:01 -0400

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reopened its European paintings galleries after a two-year renovation, giving a privileged space to Spanish masters Velazquez, El Greco and Goya. Prior to the overhaul, the Met's large collection of works by Velazquez, Goya, Ribera, Murillo and El Greco had been distributed in different galleries organized either by artistic movement or thematically. ...

Indians rules the roost in National Geographic Bee

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:10:01 -0400

A 12-year-old Indian American from Plainville, Massachusetts, has emerged as the winner of this year's National Geographic Bee. Sathwik Karnik won the 25th annual geography bee on Wednesday -correctly answering the question, "Because Earth bulges at the equator, the point that is farthest from Earth's center is the summit of a peak in Ecuador. Name this peak," as Chimborazo, People magazine ...

Carrie Underwood donates $1 mn to Red Cross

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:50:01 -0400

Singer Carrie Underwood has donated $1 million to fund the American Red Cross' hurricane relief efforts in her hometown Oklahoma. "I have watched the devastation in my home state of Oklahoma over the past several days with great sadness," femalefirst.co.uk quoted te 30-year-old as saying. "With the help of my fans, who attended my concerts over the past year, we can offer the Red Cross a little ...

Lady Gaga ready for live gig in August

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:50:02 -0400

Pop star Lady Gaga, who underwent a hip operation earlier this year, is likely to perform on stage at a Beyonce Knowles' show in New York in August. Gaga is said to be planning her live return at the said show. If the news turns out to be true, it will be her first major gig following an operation on her hip in February. The grapevine is abuzz after a reported email sent by concert listings ...

Giffords Husband Address Graduates at Bard

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:46:30 -0400

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says the futures of today's college graduates "shines bright." Giffords spoke only briefly Saturday at the Bard College commencement but urged the graduates to create, lead and innovate. Giffords was among 13 people wounded in a January 2011 shooting outside a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket that left six others dead. The Democrat resigned from ...

Authorities Search for Iowa Teen Amid Rain Wind

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:46:29 -0400

Authorities on Saturday searched amid rainy and windy conditions for an Iowa teenager who was abducted Monday. It was the sixth day searchers scoured various areas in central Iowa for 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard, who was kidnapped along with a 12-year-old friend from a school bus stop. Police have said Michael Klunder, 42, abducted the girls in Dayton, a small town about 60 miles north of ...

Santa Cruz Gang Task Force Arrests Man Who Fled During Probation Check

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:45:13 -0400

SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF) — A man was arrested after attempting to flee from officers during a probation compliance check Friday night in Las Lomas, a Santa Cruz sheriff’s sergeant said. Santa Cruz County sheriff’s Gang Task Force went to a home on Harrington Road in Las Lomas to conduct a probation compliance check of Thomas Koch, 24, at about 11 p.m., Sgt. Stefan Fish said. When ...

Suspect Dies After Struggle With Sacramento Police Officers

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:45:13 -0400

SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a suspect who died after what’s being described as a violent struggle with Sacramento police officers who were called to a retail store by a clerk who told a 911 dispatcher that she feared for her safety. Police say the trouble started around 6 p.m. Friday when the clerk at a Metro PCS store called 911 and said the man ...

Bicyclist Injured In Crash With School Bus In San Jose

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:45:11 -0400

[…] first because it was the first link in the Feed, a cyclist was hit by a school bus in CA. Bicyclist Injured In Crash With School Bus In San Jose OK it was only technically a bus because it was being used to transport school children otherwise ...

Two freight trains collide in Missouri bringing down overpass

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:06:49 -0400

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities ...

Newark archdiocese official resigns following priests arrest

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:06:48 -0400

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A leading official from the Catholic archdiocese of Newark has resigned his post as vicar general following the arrest of a priest accused of violating a deal that barred him from interacting with children, the archdiocese said on ...

PGE Shareholders Will Pay For Pipeline Explosion Penalties Not Customers

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:02:27 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Officials at Pacific Gas & Electric say customers will not be paying the massive fines being sought by state regulators in the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion in San Bruno, but that PG&E’s shareholders will bear that cost. On Friday the utility said it thought the record $2.25 billion in fines being sought by state regulators is illegally excessive, ...

From Alaska to Florida Americans take to streets against Monsanto and GMOs

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:34:03 -0400

USA Protesters across the US are joining the worldwide rally against biotech giant Monsanto and genetically engineered crops. The mass protest comes shortly after the Senate turned down a bill that would allow states to require the labeling of GM foods. Organizers of the major rally ...

Official Woman killed in San Antonio flooding

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:32:55 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Eric Gay - A San Antonio metro bus sits in floodwaters after it was swept off the road during heavy rains, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric ...

Gay wins 100 at Adidas Grand Prix in New York

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:28:30 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tyson Gay accomplished all his goals at the Adidas Grand Prix: He won, put his body through the grind of rounds - and stayed ...

Obama awards top U.S. honor to girls killed in 1963 racial bombing

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:26:59 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded the highest U.S. civilian honor on Friday to four black girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing 50 years ago, saying their tragic deaths ultimately "helped to trigger ...

A GREAT AMERICANVeteran Remembers Army Pilot Wife on Memorial Day

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:24:44 -0400

A Massachusetts veteran is planning to spend this Memorial Day remembering his Black Hawk pilot wife, who was killed in Afghanistan less than four months after they were married. Chris Cullen married his wife Sara in November 2012 after resigning from his Army job last March so that they could be together, MyFoxBoston.com reported. But on March 11, 2013, "basically, my world stopped," ...

One driver killed as heavy rains flood streets in San Antonio

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:24:17 -0400

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A woman died when her car was washed off a bridge on Saturday as drenching rains in Texas spawned flood waters so powerful they swept a city bus off the street, San Antonio officials ...

Survivor Rescuer Reunite at Maine B-52 Crash Site

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:21:07 -0400

A survivor of a deadly Maine B-52 bomber crash has reunited with the man who rescued him at a somber event marking 50 years since the accident. Retired Air Force navigator Gerald Adler traveled from California for the event at Elephant Mountain, where seven crew members died during the crash on a training mission in January 1963. Among those attending the event Saturday was the medic who ...

Disparities in breast cancer treatment Column

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:50:02 -0400

There is still a lot of work to be done in the fight against breast cancer, including making sure all women have the opportunity to make their own personal decisions about their medical ...

Slippery slope to accepting atheist Boy Scouts Column

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:50:02 -0400

The new "compromise" adopted by the BSA is an irrational and thus an unstable one. On Thursday, delegates to the national convention of the Boy Scouts of America adopted ...

Energy policy is national security issue Column

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:50:02 -0400

Energy self-sufficiency, which could be attainable in a decade or so, would mean that U.S. foreign policy couldn't be held hostage to energy ...

Senate House immigration bills set for clash in Congress

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:49:28 -0400

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson speaks with MSNBC's Alex Witt about the future of Guantanamo Bay. Former Governor Richardson discusses President Obama's recent comments on drones. He mentions the importance of confidentiality when national security is on the line. Former Governor Richardson talks about the immigration bill and how he sees it moving through Congress. He also ...

NTSB investigating cause of SE Mo. train crash

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:45:19 -0400

CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven ...

Rebuilding Rules as Rain Soaks Jersey Shore

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:38:00 -0400

Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues -- under covered porches -- as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey shore since Superstorm Sandy roared through. Seven months after the devastating storm pummeled large swaths of the shore, the tourists made their way back, though many substituted porch parties for a day at the beach on Saturday due to rain that has lingered ...

Turkish parade in New York is a show of power Turkish Minister

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:35:27 -0400

Turkey's EU Minister Egemen Bagis said Turkish parade was a cultural show of power NEW YORK - Turkey's EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said, " Turkish Day Parade is a signal of Turkey's power, a cultural show of power." Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) organized the 32thTurkish Day Parade in New York.Addressing the crowd after the parade, ...

Top chefs say Latin America will reach the zenith of cuisine

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:09:42 -0400

MEXICO CITY--The world's top chefs say it's only a matter of time before Latin America, home to Brazil's black bean stew "feijoada," Peru's refreshing raw fish "ceviche" and Mexico's street tacos, cooks its way into gastronomy's ...

UAE Foreign Minister Receives US Congress Delegation

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:08:52 -0400

Abu Dhabi-May-25(BNA) UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al-Nahyan today received a US Congress Delegation led by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairperson of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and discussed regional and international developments and efforts and initiatives to achieve regional stability and peace. The two sides stressed the importance of promoting peace and stability and ...

Could Wash. bridge collapse lead to more infrastructure funding

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:04:51 -0400

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, speaks with MSNBC's Alex Witt about America's outdated and dangerous infrastructure. He remarks how 11% of all bridges in America are structurally deficient and the importance of funding. He talks about cutting spending while maintaining ...

How long will trio of controversies last

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:04:51 -0400

national journal suggests that republican lawmakers are keeping the controversies a the forefront of their local constituencies. now, all of this is a ...

A realistic takeaway on closing Guantanamo Bay

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:04:51 -0400

Intelligence Reporter for the Washington Post, Greg Miller, joins MSNBC's Alex Witt. He presents a realistic takeaway on the closing of Guantanamo Bay. Miller mentions the block that Congress has put on transporting the Gitmo inmates to the United States. He explains the Obama Administration's drone policy in light of the President's speech on ...

Would closing Guantanamo Bay be a security threat

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:04:51 -0400

Republican Rep. Luke Messer, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, joins MSNBC's Alex Witt. He responds to the Obama administration's counterterrorism policy. Rep. Messer points out what he sees as the fundamental disagreement over the war on terror between conservatives and liberals. Rep. Messer also opines the closing of Guantanamo Bay and links a change to the current policy to a ...

Joy-Ann Reid reflects on college years at Harvard

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:04:49 -0400

In Part 2 of today's "Office Politics," managing editor of The Grio, Joy-Ann Reid, sits down with MSNBC's Alex Witt. She offers her insights into George Zimmerman's murder trial and his role in the death of Trayvon Martin. Joy-Ann talks to Alex about her college years at Harvard, and how she was shaped by her time there. She also tells Alex how her children react when ...

Shaikh Abdullah receives US Congress delegation

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:00:17 -0400

Abu Dhabi: Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, received on Saturday at the Capital Gate Towers a delegation from the US Congress, headed by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Foreign ...

Sexual assault is a scourge on U.S. military Hagel

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:59:24 -0400

1 of 10. Graduating cadets stand in formation as they arrive for graduation ceremonies at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, May 25, ...

American Idol to Jodi Arias Whats next

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:12:12 -0400

Darnell noted that he had been at Fox for 18 years and wanted to try something new. He was crucial in the reality field for overseeing "American Idol," "So You Think You Can ...

High-water rescues reported in San Antonio area

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:11:42 -0400

SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio firefighters have pulled people from submerged cars and rescued passengers whose bus was swept away in flood waters from torrential rains.Officials say numerous roads have been closed because of flash flooding.The city's transit agency says firefighters on a boat were able to rescue the three bus passengers and driver early Saturday. A spokeswoman says nobody was ...

Americas toughest sheriff illegally used racial profiling judge rules

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:11:01 -0400

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions. The ruling against the Maricopa County sheriff came in response to a class-action lawsuit brought by Hispanic drivers that tested whether police can ...

AP Exclusive New Cause for Ex-Radical Olson

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:08:57 -0400

Sara Jane Olson, the Minnesota woman who served seven years in prison for her involvement in high-profile 1970s radicalism, is edging back into public life -- this time voluntarily -- as she and a friend petition the Obama administration to reduce disparities in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine. Olson returned to Minnesota after her 2009 parole from a California prison, and lives ...

Ohio University Band Gives Vatican Taste Of America

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:02:03 -0400

VATICAN CITY, May 10 (CNA/EWTN News) .- Priests and Vatican employees opened their office windows this afternoon to find out why they were hearing trumpets and drums, and in the piazza below them they discovered the University of Ohio marching band."We thought it would be a very epic way to perform, you know. And a lot of people came to watch us," 22-year-old trumpet player Jenna Smith ...

Feds look to snag corporate sponsors for Ottawa events

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:34:08 -0400

A cash-strapped federal agency is actively looking for corporate sponsors to fill gaping holes in its budget. The National Capital Commission is reviewing a proposal to bring in almost $4.5 million in new sponsorship money over the next five years to promote its cultural jewels in the Ottawa area. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian ...

Graduates in tornado-raked Okla. town vow to stay

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:30:57 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to ...

150 years after Gettysburg drummer to recreate reunion march

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:26:43 -0400

Jim Smith (L), 70, of Hempfield, leads members of the Grand Army of the Republic Post 88, Pittsburgh, and the Armbrust Veterans and Civil War Re-enactors, including Luke Prohaska (C) in a Civil War uniform, for a ceremony at the graveside of Peter Guibert, a Union Civil War drummer boy, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 24, ...

Newark Archdiocese Leader Resigns Amid Sex Scandal

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:23:17 -0400

The second-highest official in the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., is stepping down in the wake of a scandal involving a former priest accused of violating an agreement with law enforcement barring him from working with children. Church officials say Monsignor John Doran resigned Friday as vicar general and will no longer hold a leadership position with the archdiocese. The move is among ...

A Look Back • St. Louis fights off British-led raid during American Revolution

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:46:11 -0400

Dear Abby o I'm a 21-year-old nursing student in college. I'm a "people person" and everyone says I'm easy to talk to. According to my ...

Ohio doctor charged in pregnant womans death

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:45:54 -0400

NEW ALBANY, Ohio -; The personal ads that Dr. Ali Salim placed on Craigslist - and police say he posted hundreds of them - made one thing clear: He wanted "no ...

Famed RI Cliff Walk still partly closed post-Sandy

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:42:12 -0400

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND USE MAY 25-26 - FILE - In this Wednesday, March 27, 2013 file photo, a runner exits a debris-filled tunnel that is part of the Cliff Walk, in Newport, R.I. Large portions of the Cliff Walk damaged by Superstorm Sandy have yet to be repaired as the summer tourist season ...

NH students disappearance death detailed in docs

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:42:11 -0400

At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported national police, The Associated Press has determined, feeding accusations that they were victims of federal death ...

The Self-Described “Toughest Sheriff in America” Is Guilty of Racial Profiling Judge Rules

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:32:58 -0400

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio certainly knows how to get attention. He has required prisoners to wear pink underwear and sleep in tents. He has removed salt and pepper from prisons in what he described as a bid to save money for taxpayers. Yet nothing has gotten Arpaio more attention than his trademark immigration patrols that he launched in 2006 that a judge has now ruled are illegal. A ...

Hagel calls on cadets to stamp out sexual harassment

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:31:53 -0400

While addressing the graduating class at West Point, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel calls on cadets to build a "culture of respect and dignity" while calling sexual harassment and assault within the military a "profound betrayal" of "sacred oaths and ...

Joy-Ann Reids advice for how Pres. Obama should handle controversies

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:31:51 -0400

In this week's "Office Politics," MSNBC's Alex Witt sits down with Managing Editor of The Grio, Joy-Ann Reid. She talks about never-ending political campaigns as rationale for scrupulous pursuit of scandals. Joy discusses the controversial issues facing President Obama and whether or not it will negatively impact his second-term agenda. She recommends structural reform of the ...

States With The Most Americans On Disability 247 Wall St.

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:23:50 -0400

The number of Americans receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) more-than doubled over the past two decades, from 5.2 million to 11.7 million by the end of ...

NYPD street stop policys critics seek big changes

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:45:21 -0400

NEW YORK -; It once was an accepted tactic as old as policing itself and, according to the New York Police Department, a key to the city's dramatic drop in crime: patrol officers stopping young men on the street to see if they're up to no ...

Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:45:03 -0400

ATLANTA -; Four deaths at the Atlanta VA Medical Center mark the latest in a series of problems plaguing Veterans Affairs, prompting outrage from officials and congressional scrutiny of the largest integrated health care system in the ...

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:41:57 -0400

The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see ...

White House Agrees DOMA Should Be Repealed But Dianne Feinstein Not A Traitor

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:38:40 -0400

WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) listens during a news conference on gay marriage on Capitol Hill on March 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. Feinstein and sixteen other Democrats introduced a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Given how excited people get about taxes, it is surprising ...

How Americas 2-Tiered Education System Is Perpetuating Inequality

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:23:09 -0400

Seven years later,Amherst president emeritus Anthony Marx arguesclaims the program has worked brilliantly, just as his administration had expected. Broadening its search for transfers to the roughly one million students who graduate from community college every year, "we could find amazing jewels that no one else is looking for," he told an audience at a panel hosted by The Century ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson dies

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:14:54 -0400

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Haynes Johnson has died in Bethesda, Md., of a heart attack, his wife said. He was 81. The former Washington Post journalist, who won acclaim for his coverage of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, died Friday at Suburban Hospital, his wife, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Judge Kathryn Oberly, said. Johnson began his career as a journalist ...

W.Va. town transfixed by teen girls murder plot

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:42:42 -0400

One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic teenage ...

Tornado upon them quick choices decided fate

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:42:42 -0400

After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery - for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tore through their ...

Hagel Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:35:20 -0400

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military. Speaking a day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar edict to U.S. Naval Academy graduates, Hagel's message comes amid a series of widespread incidents of ...

Key senators tightly control immigration debate

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:32:44 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Jacquelyn Martin, File - FILE - In this March 18, 2013, file photo, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, holds a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee about immigrant women and immigration ...

Rescuers look for pilot in deadly NY Angel Flight

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:23:19 -0400

EPHRATAH, N.Y. -- Rescuers are searching for the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers.A dispatcher for the Fulton County Sheriff's Department says divers went to a large pond Saturday morning where the bulk of the plane was found submerged in Ephratah (ee-FRAY'-tah), west of Albany. Investigators are also combing nearby woods.The ...

Deadly Angel Flight crash in upstate New York

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:22:34 -0400

EPHRATAH, N.Y. The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and the search for the missing pilot is ongoing, authorities said. Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said the flight's two passengers were found dead near where the twin-engine plane crashed in a wooded area in Ephratah, about an hour west of Albany. He said the ...

Feds Adam Savader is granted bond in Michigan cyberstalking case

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:43:30 -0400

LI crime and police reports A 21-year-old Great Neck man has been released after a month in custody on cyberstalking charges filed in Detroit.Adam Savader is charged with cyberstalking and extortion through the Internet. He's accused of threatening to release nude photos of young women unless they sent some to him. Many are college students who know him.Savader was arrested in New York in ...

Hagel to address West Pointers amid sex scandals

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:42:48 -0400

Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said ...

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto who caused controversy for Japan sex slaves comments apologises for saying US military should visit brothels

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:28:38 -0400

One of Japan's leading politicans has apoligised for suggesting US servicemen should visit brothels in his prefecture - but stopped short of apologising for saying that wartime sex slaves were a necessary ...

The House I Live In director Eugene Jarecki on Americas war on drugs - video interview

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:23:35 -0400

Documentary film-maker Eugene Jarecki, who has won two Grand Jury Prizes for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, speaks to John Mulholland about his attempts to reform drug laws in the US. His ...

Americas 10 Most Fun Cities

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:23:24 -0400

If you're feeling curious, take a poll of your friends and ask them what U.S. city is the most exciting. We're willing to bet that the majority of them will come back to you with the same answer: New York City. The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. There are more than enough reasons to support this notion. New York City is large and crammed with people and things to do. In fact, ...

President Obama’s White House Update

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:17:00 -0400

Oval Office . The meeting was an important opportunity for them to hear directly from people whose families are impacted by our nation's broken immigration system. Also this week, President Obama ...

Obama Calls on Americans to Remember Military Families

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:47:15 -0400

As Americans observe Memorial Day weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on his fellow citizens to remember the men and women who have given their lives in service to the country, and to remember the military families who make sacrifices of their own. In his weekly address Saturday, Obama noted that members of the U.S. military often risk their lives without seeking the limelight or ...

As border tightens some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:23:35 -0400

NACO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating the small Mexican town of Naco from a neighboring town in the United ...

What Detroit crisis Pension fund trustees hang out in Hawaii

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:20:26 -0400

Detroit's emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr talks to members of the media outside the Detroit Newspapers building about the report he delivered to the State of Michigan about Detroit's finances, in Detroit, Michigan May 13, ...

Gateway Arch Biography Reveals Complex History Of An American Icon

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:36 -0400

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was conceived in the 1940s and completed in the 1960s. It was designed to symbolize the opening of the West. Here, it is shown under construction on June 17, ...

Pentagons Historical Displays Honor Americans Sacrifices

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:34 -0400

Nearly 18 million tourists descend on our nation's capitol every year, and most of them are keen to spend time at the many free museums in Washington, D.C. But only about 100,000 people take the trip across the river to a museum of a different sort: the Pentagon. The Pentagon's exhaustive historical displays offer fresh insight into the range of the Defense Department's ...

A long-ago war a missing plane and an enduring mystery

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:35:33 -0400

TA-OY, Laos -- Maj. Derrell Jeffords bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. It was just before 7:30 a.m., on Christmas Eve 1965. The big camouflaged belly of his twin-prop AC-47 was easily visible against a blue sky as he banked west.The cargo plane-turned-gunship was on its way to Laos; its mission was top secret.Jeffords put the South China Sea at ...

American Band College concert tickets on sale

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:35:13 -0400

The American Band College is celebrating 25 years of offering a summer program for band directors to learn from experts in their fields as well as earn a masters ...

American Homes 4 Rent buys dozens of Knoxville properties

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:37 -0400

That may be just a start. An employee of the Blount County Register of Deeds said the company has purchased more than a dozen homes in that county since early April, and a local broker is scouting out more acquisitions for the ...

Charge sheet to be filed against Ranjini Haridas and American Keralite

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:26 -0400

NRI News: KOCHI: The court will soon file the charge sheet against Binoy and Ranjini. The police had taken the statements of both. The police had the other day examined the video ...

Latin American economic bloc removes some tariffs

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:32:13 -0400

A Latin American economic bloc that includes Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile has agreed to remove tariffs on 90 percent of the products traded among members."We have established a deadline by June 30 to write the agreement's document and afterwards each country's Congress should approve it," Chilean President Sebastian Pinera told reporters Friday after the seventh Pacific ...

Judge rules office of America’s toughest sheriff racially profiled Latinos

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:25:02 -0400

USA A federal judge has ruled that an Arizona sheriff infamous for his tough approach to immigration law enforcement and his office's deputies violated the rights of Latinos by profiling them based on their ethnicity. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio - who styles himself as 'America's toughest sheriff' and is known for questioning the authenticity of President Barack ...

Growing appetite for American whisky straining supply

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:23:02 -0400

Heaven Hill Distilleries, whose Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Ky., is shown above, is undergoing its second expansion in seven years. It's one of several whisky producers in Kentucky making major investments in their business in response to the rising demand. (Heaven Hill Distilleries ...

No Quick Fix for Downed Bridge on Holiday Weekend

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:41:08 -0400

Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists with injuries. Whatever the solution, it won't come in time to help with Memorial Day's highway hoards. Transportation experts are also working to find out whether the spectacular disintegration of the heavily used ...

Obamas new wordsmith believes in public service

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:34:41 -0400

When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed a speech. And ...

Center for Biological Diversity Polar Bears at Risk of Drowning in the Chukchi Sea

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:53 -0400

Surveys show numerous bears swimming far from land as sea ice nears record low ANCHORAGE - August 21 - Recent government surveys document that polar bears are at risk of drowning in large numbers off the north coast of Alaska as sea ice once again approaches record low levels. On August 16, surveys located 9 polar bears swimming in open water offshore of northwest Alaska in the Chukchi Sea, in ...

Action Against Hunger Emergency Teams Assist Displaced Georgians

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:52 -0400

James L. Phelan , Senior External Relations Officer, ACF-USA 212-967-7800 x108; Cell: 646-265-7796 Action Against Hunger - Spain Alejandra Mahiques ...

Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood CCFC Praises France Baby TV Ban Urges FTC Action in the US

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:52 -0400

CCFC Praises France Baby TV Ban; Urges FTC Action in the US WASHINGTON - August 19 - Yesterday, ...

Conservation Groups Alpine Boulder Bunny Imperiled by Global Warming

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:52 -0400

Center for Biological Diversity , (415) 632-5301, cell (415) 385-5746 Stuart Pimm, Professor of Conservation Biology, Duke University, (919) 613-8141, cell (646) ...

Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Nuclear Suppliers Group Must Not Cave In To Bush Administration on U.S.-India Nuclear Deal

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:52 -0400

Nuclear Suppliers Group Must Not Cave In To Bush Administration on U.S.-India Nuclear Deal WASHINGTON - August 19 - The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation today urged the Nuclear Suppliers Group, which is meeting today on the U.S.-India nuclear deal, not to capitulate to the Bush administration and permit an unprecedented exception in international nuclear trade rules for India. ...

The Real News Network Russians Checkmate US in Georgia

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:51 -0400

As tensions increase in Georgia to Iran, The Real News analyst, Eric Margolis says Russia won't let an ex-territory in the former USSR be used to launch attacks against Iran WASHINGTON - August 18 - The Real News analyst Eric Margolis says "The US is used to passive Russian response under Yeltsin" and the Russians checkmating the US in Georgia was a "brilliant move by ...

Natural Resources Defense Council EPA Buzz Kill Is the Agency Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:51 -0400

NRDC Forced to Sue to Get Public Records on Bee Mystery WASHINGTON - August 18 - The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit today to uncover critical information that the US government is withholding about the risks posed by pesticides to honey bees. NRDC legal experts and a leading bee researcher are convinced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has evidence of ...

Environmental Groups Court Strikes Down Bush Administration Pollution Monitoring Loophole Upholds Publics Right to Know

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:51 -0400

Throws out EPA rule that waived pollution monitoring requirements for thousands of factories and power plants WASHINGTON - August 19 - A federal appeals court ...

Union of Concerned Scientists Northwest Airlines Asks Clear Channel to Pull Science Groups Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Ad in Minneapolis Airport

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:51 -0400

Billboard Calls for Sen. McCain to 'Get Serious' About Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON - August 19 - Northwest, the official airline of the Republican National Convention, has taken on a new role of censor. Yesterday it asked Clear Channel Communications to remove a Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) anti-nuclear-weapons billboard in the Minneapolis airport ...

SEIU McCain Health Care Putting Moms Last

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:50 -0400

Starting Tuesday, Nationwide SEIU Events Will Highlight How McCain Care Leaves Women and Families Behind WASHINGTON - August 18 - With health care costs rising out of control, more and more Americans are finding it impossible to keep up. Women, 90 percent of whom shoulder the health care responsibility for their families, are in particular feeling the strain. Beginning Tuesday, August 19, ...

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Senior Advisor to John McCain Oversaw Gun Lobby Office That Hired Spy

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:50 -0400

Senior Advisor to John McCain Oversaw Gun Lobby Office That Hired Spy WASHINGTON - August 18 - A political consultant who serves as a senior advisor to presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain apparently oversaw a lobbying operation that hired a mole to infiltrate and spy on progressive opposition groups. James Jay Baker, a longtime Republican political operative, served as ...

Amnesty International Sudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Ouside Khartoum

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:50 -0400

Sudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Outside Khartoum, Amnesty International Says NEW YORK - August 18 - Amnesty International today accused the Sudanese government of holding hundreds of people -- including women and a nine-month-old -- without charge or access to lawyers as they prepare to try another 109 individuals in sham courts over the armed attacks by the ...

Brave New Films AFL-CIO and SEIU Team Up With Brave New Films to Tell Public That Multimillionaire John McCain Is the Real Elitist

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:49 -0400

AFL-CIO and SEIU Team Up With Brave New Films to Tell Public That Multimillionaire John McCain Is the Real Elitist LOS ANGELES - August 18 - This morning, Brave New Films will distribute to its list of 500,000 people a new online video meant to bring attention to John McCain's exorbitant personal wealth. 'McCain's Mansions: The Real Elitist' makes the case that ...

CIVIC Georgia After Dropping Cluster Bombs Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:49 -0400

Georgia: After Dropping Cluster Bombs, Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians WASHINGTON - August 15 - Human Rights Watch reported today that on August 12 Russian forces used cluster bombs in two separate attacks on Georgian towns, killing a total of 11 civilians and injuring dozens more. Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) deplored the use of the indiscriminate weapon and ...

Peace Action Maine Mainers Unite to Prevent War With Iran

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:49 -0400

Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Will Propose a Platform Emphasizing Diplomacy, Not War PORTLAND, Maine - August 15 - Peace Action Maine, Pax Christi Maine, Military Families Speak Out/ Maine, the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, and other Maine based organizations are circulating a statewide petition that opposes preemptive military action, acts of war, a naval ...

International Campaign to Ban Landmines Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:49 -0400

ICBL Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia August 15 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly condemned Russia today for the use of cluster bombs in Georgia which resulted in at least 11 civilians being killed and dozens injured. Evidence of cluster munitions use by Russia was revealed by ICBL member Human Rights Watch in a press release issued ...

American Rights At Work Formal Complaint for FEC Investigation of Wal-Marts Unlawful Federal Election Activity

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:48 -0400

Formal Complaint for FEC Investigation of Wal-Mart's Unlawful Federal Election Activity WASHINGTON - August 14 - Today American Rights at Work, the AFL-CIO, Change to Win, and WakeUpWalmart.com will hand ...

SEIU to Count Down to Better Health Care With 365 Stories for Next 365 days

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:48 -0400

Health Care Workers, Patients, Consumers to Speak Out About Challenges of Broken System WASHINGTON - August 15 - With growing numbers of Americans calling on elected officials to fix the broken health care system, ...

American Friends Service Committee California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in War on Terror

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:48 -0400

California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in 'War on Terror' SACRAMENTO, CA - August 14 - The California Legislature today adopted a resolution aimed at preventing California health professionals from engaging in coercive interrogations of detainees at ...

India Resource Center Coca-Cola Plant Shut Down in India