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Obama's backup plan: Maximum 13-year wait for citizenship
Paws up: Peach the police dog 'writes' witness statement
NYC deli apologizes to Forest Whitaker for patdown
Pregnant teen wins battle to keep her baby
#ForDaLuLz: Hackers take control of Jeep's Twitter feed
Macs hit by hackers who targeted Facebook, says Apple
Disney discovers Mickey Mouse sketch from 1938
Man reunited with dog after ten years apart
Photos: Life in Detroit
Gen. John Allen declines top NATO post
Pistorius: 'I believed someone had entered my house'
NASA briefly loses all contact with space station
Gunman leaves trail of dead in Calif. shooting spree
Google's stock price breaks $800 for 1st time
Tourists treated to dolphin ‘super-pod’ sighting
Gunman leaves a trail of dead in Calif. shooting spree
Orange County shooting spree leaves several dead
Physicists studying Higgs data say universe is doomed
McConnell pokes fun at possible Democratic Senate challengers
Did two American executives fake their deaths in Mexico?
U.S. and Iran ally to save Olympic wrestling
Complicated profile of Newtown shooter
Toddler injured in Sandy fighting deadly infection from injury
Another death from new virus in U.K.
Young veterans getting left behind in economic recovery

Obama's backup plan: Maximum 13-year wait for citizenship

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 01:23 PM PST

Illegal immigrants would face a maximum of a 13-year wait to become citizens if the Obama administration's version of immigration reform passed, according to a leaked draft of the bill obtained by the Miami Herald. The unfinished bill, first published by USA Today over the weekend, was drafted as a backup plan in case Congress [...]

Paws up: Peach the police dog 'writes' witness statement

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 01:06 PM PST

When members of the Crown Prosecution Service in West Midlands, England asked the police department for a statement from a witness named "PD Peach," they were told that would be exceedingly difficult because Peach, while intelligent, was but a humble police dog. [Related: Man reunited with dog after 10 years apart] Alas, either CPS didn't [...]

NYC deli apologizes to Forest Whitaker for patdown

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 12:49 PM PST

The owner of a Manhattan deli, where Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker was accused of shoplifting and frisked, has apologized and says the employee who patted down the actor is "no longer with us."

Pregnant teen wins battle to keep her baby

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 12:32 PM PST

A pregnant teen who sued her parents, claiming they were coercing her to have an abortion, will be able to give birth to her baby. Attorneys representing the 16-year-old girl were granted a long-term injunction against the girl's parents in Texas family court on Monday,...

#ForDaLuLz: Hackers take control of Jeep's Twitter feed

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:58 AM PST

A day after Burger King was the victim of an apparent Twitter hack, Jeep's verified Twitter feed appears to have fallen victim to one, too. Shortly after noon, the description of the car maker's Twitter account was changed to say it had been sold to Cadillac, its avatar swapped out for a Cadillac symbol, and [...]

Macs hit by hackers who targeted Facebook, says Apple

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:41 AM PST

BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc was recently attacked by hackers who infected the Macintosh computers of some employees, the company said on Tuesday in an unprecedented disclosure that described the widest known cyber attacks against Apple-made computers to date. Unknown hackers infected the computers of some Apple workers when they visited a website for software developers that had been infected with malicious software. The malware had been designed to attack Mac computers, the company said in a statement provided to Reuters. ...

Disney discovers Mickey Mouse sketch from 1938

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:25 AM PST

The psychedelic 'Mickey's Toothache' was drawn by artist Ferdinand Horvath.

Man reunited with dog after ten years apart

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:08 AM PST

Shortly after his pet boxer passed away, New Hampshire man Jamie Carpentier wasn't looking to take on another dog. But he went online anyway and looked at pictures of dogs on the Humane Society of Greater Nashua website. You know, just browsing. But then he saw a familiar face -- his old basset hound, Ginger. [...]

Photos: Life in Detroit

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:52 AM PST

A vacant, blighted home is seen in a once thriving neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan February 6, 2013. Throughout its long decline, Detroit has sought ways to restore to its former glory a city that was home to 1.8 million people, pinning its hopes on grandiose plans for the automotive industry or casinos. With just 700,000 people left, ambitions are now focused on making less populated neighborhoods viable and repurposing land, perhaps for urban farming. Where the cash-strapped city can't provide, grassroots groups and investors help fill the gaps. Picture taken February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT)

Gen. John Allen declines top NATO post

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:36 AM PST

The embattled general is retiring in order to take care of his sick wife.

Pistorius: 'I believed someone had entered my house'

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:03 AM PST

At a hearing, the sprinter gave his version of events that led to his girlfriend's death.

NASA briefly loses all contact with space station

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:46 AM PST

Officials say ISS is able to talk to Moscow control and that there is no danger.

Gunman leaves trail of dead in Calif. shooting spree

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:29 AM PST

Cops Investigate 3 Crime Scenes, Following Deadly Shootings in Tustin, Calif.

Google's stock price breaks $800 for 1st time

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:13 AM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google's stock price topped $800 for the first time Tuesday amid renewed confidence in the company's ability to reap steadily higher profits from its dominance of Internet search and prominence in the increasingly important mobile device market.

Tourists treated to dolphin ‘super-pod’ sighting

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 08:57 AM PST

Think of it as the anti-Carnival Triumph experience. Last week, a group of tourists on a boat off the coast of San Diego were treated to a sight both unusual and awesome -- a super-pod of dolphins. Footage taken from the deck of the ship shows thousands of dolphins elegantly leaping above the waves. The [...]

Gunman leaves a trail of dead in Calif. shooting spree

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 08:39 AM PST

The deadly chaos ended when the alleged shooter shot and killed himself.

Orange County shooting spree leaves several dead

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 08:06 AM PST

At least three people are dead and others wounded after shooting that moved from street to freeway.

Physicists studying Higgs data say universe is doomed

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 07:14 AM PST

"It may be that the universe we live in is inherently unstable," a scientist said.

McConnell pokes fun at possible Democratic Senate challengers

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:58 AM PST

Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's reelection campaign posted its first video Tuesday, which mocks the Democrats' search for a viable challenger to the top-ranking Senate Republican and includes cameos from actress Ashley Judd, a possible candidate. The Web video, entitled "Obama's Kentucky Candidate," features Ed Marksberry, a contractor from Owensboro who declared his candidacy in [...]

Did two American executives fake their deaths in Mexico?

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:41 AM PST

A reporter who described the two bodies thinks he may have been "fed" the story.