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• Husband of S.C. Gov. Haley ships out for Afghan deployment
• Aerial image of NYC as you’ve never seen it before
• Accused Colo. shooter may have had getaway plan
• Bank robber's love letter helped convict him
• California's Gov. Brown unveils surprise: a budget surplus
• Russia may be backing off its anti-US adoption ban
• Official: Student opens fire at Calif. high school, wounding 2
• Obama nominates Jack Lew to lead Treasury
• Obama signs law giving himself, Bush lifetime Secret Service guards
• 1 student shot at high school in Taft, Calif.
• Inaugural pastor withdraws over anti-gay remarks
• Shooting reported at high school in Taft, Calif.
• Photos of dead bin Laden still dangerous, U.S. argues
• Is Jack Lew a friend to Wall Street?
• Killer whales trapped in Quebec ice free themselves
• Google Earth spots something 'pretty big' in Chinese desert
• How do you solve a problem like the debt ceiling?
• Obama selects Lincoln, MLK bibles for swearing-in
• 2013 Oscar nominations announced
• Exclusive: Jr. Seau suffered brain disease from NFL hits
• Authorities find alligator protecting marijuana during probation check
• Obama to nominate Lew for Treasury
• Brown-eyed guys seem more trustworthy, study suggests
• Bad weather strands released Iran prisoners at airport
• France says 3 Kurdish woman executed in Paris

Husband of S.C. Gov. Haley ships out for Afghan deployment Posted: 10 Jan 2013 01:15 PM PST Haley's office said it is not aware of any other governor's spouse who is deployed with the uniformed military.

Aerial image of NYC as you’ve never seen it before Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:59 PM PST New York City is easily one of the most-photographed places in the United States, and an unusual new photograph is showing why. The picture, taken by Russian photographer Sergey Semonov, is a stitched-together panorama, a flattened version of the type of photographs that Semonov takes for the company he works for, AirPano. The AirPano team [...]

Accused Colo. shooter may have had getaway plan Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:42 PM PST James Holmes' car was full of items indicating he may have planned to flee after allegedly opening fire in an Aurora movie theater.

Bank robber's love letter helped convict him Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:25 PM PST Robert Maday Escaped From Custody But Was Caught After a High-Speed Chase

California's Gov. Brown unveils surprise: a budget surplus Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:10 PM PST SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California's budget deficit is gone after years of financial troubles, Governor Jerry Brown said on Thursday, proposing a plan that raises spending on education and healthcare, boosting total expenditures by 5 percent. Brown vowed to push back at legislators eager to raise spending quickly, restoring the billions of dollars to social services and other state functions that were cut in lean years. ...

Russia may be backing off its anti-US adoption ban Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:54 AM PST The Kremlin appeared to backtrack Thursday, just a little bit, on a controversial new law banning all US adoptions of Russian orphans.

Official: Student opens fire at Calif. high school, wounding 2 Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:38 AM PST At least one person was shot at a high school in California on Thursday, authorities there say. The shooting occurred at Taft Union High School in Bakersfield, Calif., at approximately 9:00 a.m. local time, a Kern County Sheriff official said. The sheriff's official said the suspected shooter--a student at the school--was taken into custody. The [...]

Obama nominates Jack Lew to lead Treasury Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:21 AM PST President Barack Obama is announcing Treasury secretary nominee Jack Lew, pointing to his past work of balancing budgets during the Clinton administration.

Obama signs law giving himself, Bush lifetime Secret Service guards Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:05 AM PST Former presidents have to give up rides on Air Force One. But now they don't have to give up being shadowed by the armed-and-earpieced bodyguards of the Secret Service. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into a law a measure giving him, George W. Bush, and future former presidents and their spouses lifetime Secret Service [...]

1 student shot at high school in Taft, Calif. Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:47 AM PST TAFT, Calif. (AP) — A student was shot and wounded at a San Joaquin Valley high school Thursday and a suspect was taken into custody, officials said.

Inaugural pastor withdraws over anti-gay remarks Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:31 AM PST Rev. Louie Giglio, who was chosen to give the benediction at Obama's inauguration, withdrew from the ceremony after anti-gay remarks he made surfaced.

Shooting reported at high school in Taft, Calif. Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:15 AM PST Gunfire erupted on Thursday at a California high school in inland Kern County, and there was no immediate word on casualties, a sheriff's department dispatcher said.

Photos of dead bin Laden still dangerous, U.S. argues Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:24 AM PST A Justice Dept. lawyer told a court on Thursday it is not ready to release images taken after the al Qaeda leader's death because they still might lead to violence.

Is Jack Lew a friend to Wall Street? Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:07 AM PST It was a little noted event when last fall, during the height of the presidential election campaign, the Treasury Department released Timothy Geithner's phone records. To the extent anyone paid attention at all—and let's face it, almost no one did—financial reporters were struck that the Treasury secretary's most frequent contact was Larry Fink of BlackRock, the world's largest money manager and Geithner's principal conduit to his many friends on Wall Street. ...

Killer whales trapped in Quebec ice free themselves Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:50 AM PST The killer whales trapped under ice in a remote Quebec village reached safety after the floes shifted on Hudson Bay, according to the mayor's office in Inukjuak.

Google Earth spots something 'pretty big' in Chinese desert Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:33 AM PST Since Google Earth launched in 2005, there have been dozens of mysterious images (supposed planes and bunkers, even the face of Jesus) captured by the satellites used for the virtual mapping program. But according to Allen Thomson, this one may be the weirdest. Thomson, a former CIA analyst, was recently using Google Earth while searching [...]

How do you solve a problem like the debt ceiling? Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:08 AM PST Trillion dollar coins? Invoke the 14th Amendment? Impose the "Boehner Rule"? Just raise it?

Obama selects Lincoln, MLK bibles for swearing-in Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:51 AM PST Bibles used by former President Abraham Lincoln and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. have been selected for President Barack Obama's public swearing-in, the President Inaugural Committee (PIC) announced Thursday. "We know our father would be deeply moved to see President Obama take the Oath of Office using his bible," King's children said Thursday [...]

2013 Oscar nominations announced Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:12 AM PST The nominations for the 85th Annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning by this year's host Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone.

Exclusive: Jr. Seau suffered brain disease from NFL hits Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:55 AM PST A team of scientists who analyzed the brain tissue of renowned NFL linebacker Junior Seau after his suicide last year have concluded the football player suffered a debilitating brain disease likely caused by two decades worth of hits to the head.

Authorities find alligator protecting marijuana during probation check Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:39 AM PST CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. - A Castro Valley man is in jail and an alligator authorities say he likely had to protect a stash of marijuana has been taken to a zoo.

Obama to nominate Lew for Treasury Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:05 AM PST Lew's nomination, an open secret in Washington, comes as Obama has been filling out key posts ahead of the official beginning of his second term.

Brown-eyed guys seem more trustworthy, study suggests Posted: 10 Jan 2013 03:48 AM PST Good news for all the brown-eyed guys out there: Men with chocolate-colored irises are judged as more trustworthy than blue-eyed dudes.

Bad weather strands released Iran prisoners at airport Posted: 10 Jan 2013 03:32 AM PST Nearly 50 Iranians headed home after being freed by Syrian rebels in a prisoner swap were stranded on Thursday at the Damascus airport by bad weather that has swept the Middle East.

France says 3 Kurdish woman executed in Paris Posted: 10 Jan 2013 03:15 AM PST PARIS (AP) — Three Kurdish women, including one of the founders of a militant group battling Turkish troops since 1984, were "executed" at a Kurdish center in Paris, the interior minister said Thursday.

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