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• Chicago lottery winner's death ruled a homicide
• McChrystal calls for enduring Afghan force
• Staffers give Clinton a helmet as welcome back gift
• Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Calif. school
• Syrians ignore Assad 'peace plan,' fighting continues
• Ticketmaster accidentally sells inaugural tickets too soon
• Photo shows Secy. Hillary Clinton back at work
• Hearing offers first glimpse of Aurora shooting evidence
• Will 2013 be the 'year of the phablet'?
• One of two accused Ohio rapists wants trial moved
• Parents of children allegedly slain by nanny speak out
• Not a household name: Who is Chuck Hagel?
• Syria's Japanese 'war tourist' gets flak back home
• Couple’s stolen love letters returned 40 years later
• U.S. spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement
• Afghanistan U.S. troop exit may be rapid
• Cat nabbed for prison contraband smuggling
• Alleged movie theater gunman to hear evidence against him
• Obama to nominate Hagel, Brennan for top national security posts
• Ala. teen accused of plotting to bomb classmates
• Missing fashion mogul turned Missoni into a global brand
• Hagel and Brennan nominations, Clinton back at work, and more
• Republican party seems as divided and angry as ever
• Obama to nominate John Brennan to head CIA
• Judge weighs extent of priest file redaction

Chicago lottery winner's death ruled a homicide Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:44 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — With no signs of trauma and nothing to raise suspicions, the sudden death of a Chicago man a day after he collected a large pile of lottery winnings was initially ruled a result of natural causes.

McChrystal calls for enduring Afghan force Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal said Monday he backs the White House's drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan slated for 2014, but added that the U.S. owes Afghans some sort of enduring security presence to support them.

Staffers give Clinton a helmet as welcome back gift Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:36 AM PST Cheers, a standing ovation and a gag gift of protective headgear greeted Secretary of State Clinton as she returned to work on Monday.

Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Calif. school Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:18 AM PST GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — A bomb threat has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of children from a Southern California elementary school until police can make sure the campus is safe.

Syrians ignore Assad 'peace plan,' fighting continues Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:01 AM PST Hours after Assad addressed cheering loyalists on Sunday in his first public speech in months, clashes erupted near the road to the airport.

Ticketmaster accidentally sells inaugural tickets too soon Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:32 AM PST The limited number of tickets available to the public for President Barack Obama's inaugural ball and parade were snatched up hours before they were supposed to be available, thanks to Ticketmaster mistakenly putting them up for sale hours earlier than scheduled. After signing up with the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) to receive ticketing information, users [...]

Photo shows Secy. Hillary Clinton back at work Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:16 AM PST The State Department released a photo today showing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton back at work. Clinton had been out for weeks thanks to a series of medical concerns. She cancelled a trip to North Africa and the Middle East and appointments for testifying to...

Hearing offers first glimpse of Aurora shooting evidence Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST After this week's proceedings, prosecutors will decide whether to seek the death penalty in the case against James Holmes.

Will 2013 be the 'year of the phablet'? Posted: 07 Jan 2013 09:21 AM PST SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Call it phablet, phonelet, tweener or super smartphone, but the clunky mobile phone - closer in size to a tablet than the smartphone of a couple of years back - is here to stay. A surprise hit of 2012, it is drawing in more users, more handset makers and is shaping the way we consume content. "We expect 2013 to be the year of the phablet," said Neil Mawston, UK-based executive director of Strategy Analytics' global wireless practice. ...

One of two accused Ohio rapists wants trial moved Posted: 07 Jan 2013 09:05 AM PST With a flood of national media attention and the wrath of Anonymous nipping at his heels, one of the teens accused of rape in Steubenville, Ohio is trying to get his trial postponed and relocated. The lawyer for Trent Mays, the suspect, announced on Sunday that he would be filing motions to have the case moved on account of the exposure and "what we perceive as threats to individuals, perhaps witnesses, and also defendants and even defense counsel." He added, "We're concerned about safety issues at this point."

Parents of children allegedly slain by nanny speak out Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:48 AM PST On Oct. 26, Marina Krim returned to the family apartment with on of her children to find her two other kids stabbed to death in a bathtub.

Not a household name: Who is Chuck Hagel? Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:37 AM PST Meet Obama's Top Defense Secretary Candidate

Syria's Japanese 'war tourist' gets flak back home Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:15 AM PST Boredom led Toshifumi Fujimoto to one of the world's most dangerous countries.

Couple’s stolen love letters returned 40 years later Posted: 07 Jan 2013 07:41 AM PST The daily letters sent by Lloyd and Marian Michael during World War II meant everything to the couple—and probably nothing to the burglar who swiped them 40 years ago out of a storage shed in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. As reported in the Daily Bulletin, the couple received a call from a veteran who said he [...]

U.S. spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement Posted: 07 Jan 2013 07:25 AM PST The Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report on the government's enforcement efforts from a Washington think tank.

Afghanistan U.S. troop exit may be rapid Posted: 07 Jan 2013 07:08 AM PST At first the military hoped there might be as many as 20,000 U.S. troops left behind after combat operations in Afghanistan officially cease at the end of 2014. But now an administration official is saying that number will not exceed 10,000 and could be even...

Cat nabbed for prison contraband smuggling Posted: 07 Jan 2013 06:34 AM PST A cunning feline was detained by Brazilian police after it was busted smuggling escape tools taped to its body into a prison.

Alleged movie theater gunman to hear evidence against him Posted: 07 Jan 2013 06:19 AM PST [Updated at 9:30 a.m. ET/6:30 a.m. MT] CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- The biggest hearing thus far in The People of the State of Colorado vs. James Eagan Holmes gets underway here Monday morning. Anyone officially connected to the case has been under a gag order since Holmes was arrested in the July 20 movie theater massacre. [...]

Obama to nominate Hagel, Brennan for top national security posts Posted: 07 Jan 2013 06:03 AM PST The choice of Hagel will likely set up a tough Senate confirmation battle against critics who have attacked his record on Israel and Iran.

Ala. teen accused of plotting to bomb classmates Posted: 07 Jan 2013 05:28 AM PST An eastern Alabama high school student faces an attempted assault charge after authorities say he planned to use homemade explosives in a terrorist attack on fellow students at his school.

Missing fashion mogul turned Missoni into a global brand Posted: 07 Jan 2013 05:12 AM PST Thirty minutes after takeoff, the plane carrying fashion mogul Vittorio Missoni vanished into the Caribbean.

Hagel and Brennan nominations, Clinton back at work, and more Posted: 07 Jan 2013 04:23 AM PST President Barack Obama will be busy with nominations on Monday. He is expected to nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense and John Brennan as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. It sounds like Hagel might face a rough confirmation fight. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said [...]

Republican party seems as divided and angry as ever Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:50 AM PST Enraged tea party leaders are threatening to knock off dozens of Republicans who the fiscal cliff deal.

Obama to nominate John Brennan to head CIA Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:39 AM PST President Barack Obama will nominate John Brennan as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Judge weighs extent of priest file redaction Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:17 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge is weighing whether to change an order that would allow the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to black out the names of church higher-ups — including recently retired Cardinal Roger Mahony — when it releases thousands of pages of personnel files on priests accused of child molestation.

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