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• US scrambles to salvage Syrian opposition talks
• Firefox says its phones will start appearing this summer
• Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program
• Fidel Castro makes rare appearance in Cuban parliament
• Prime suspect in Vegas shooting, crash is named, but remains at-large
• Romney to give first postelection interview to Fox News
• Fence repaired, Daytona 500 will go on
• McCain: Obama should have Camp David budget summit
• Syria rebels use tanks to fight for police academy near Aleppo
• CEO Paul McIlhenny of Tabasco sauce company dies
• British cardinal rejects 'inappropriate behavior' allegations
• Kerry takes case on Syria to Europe, Mideast
• In historic UFC bout, Rousey and Carmouche score one for female athletes everywhere
• Berlusconi's last throw of the dice in Italy election
• Pope, on last Sunday, says following God's wishes
• CEO Paul McIlhenny at co. that makes Tabasco dies
• Leftist may hold key to stable rule in Italy
• Prime suspect sought in Vegas shooting, crash
• Kerry makes first foreign trip as top U.S. diplomat
• Pistorius' brother facing culpable homicide charge
• Justices poised to query voting rights focus on South
• Catholic activists petition LA cardinal not to join papal conclave
• S. Korea's new leader faces N. Korea nuke crisis
• Nobu honored at South Beach Wine and Food Festival
• New England storm may pack less punch than feared

US scrambles to salvage Syrian opposition talks Posted: 24 Feb 2013 12:30 PM PST LONDON (AP) — The U.S. is frantically trying to salvage a Syrian opposition conference set for this coming week that John Kerry plans to attend during his first official overseas trip as U.S. secretary of state.

Firefox says its phones will start appearing this summer Posted: 24 Feb 2013 10:52 AM PST Mozilla, the non-profit foundation behind the popular Firefox Web browser, is getting into phones. But it's not stopping at Web browsers — it's launching an entire phone operating system.The Mountain View, ...

Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program Posted: 24 Feb 2013 10:19 AM PST Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's former press secretary, says that he was once instructed by the White House not to acknowledge the administration's use of drones. "When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was, you're not even to acknowledge the drone program," Gibbs said [...]

Fidel Castro makes rare appearance in Cuban parliament Posted: 24 Feb 2013 09:46 AM PST HAVANA (Reuters) - Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance on Sunday as he took his long-empty seat beside brother Raul Castro at the opening session of the National Assembly, the official National Information Agency reported.

Prime suspect in Vegas shooting, crash is named, but remains at-large Posted: 24 Feb 2013 09:29 AM PST LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 26-year-old man was being sought Sunday as the prime suspect in a pre-dawn shooting on the Las Vegas Strip last week which led to a fiery crash that left three people dead and several others injured.

Romney to give first postelection interview to Fox News Posted: 24 Feb 2013 09:14 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Fox's Chris Wallace has landed the first postelection interview with defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann.

Fence repaired, Daytona 500 will go on Posted: 24 Feb 2013 08:25 AM PST Neither NASCAR nor Daytona International Speedway has a lot of answers following the horrific crash at the conclusion of Saturday's Nationwide Series race that sent shards of metal and two tires flying into the stands injuring at least 28 fans, but officials were confident that Sunday's race would begin on time.

McCain: Obama should have Camp David budget summit Posted: 24 Feb 2013 07:20 AM PST Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama should invite lawmakers to Camp David or the White House to hammer out a last-minute deal to avert deep budget cuts set to start taking effect at week's end.The ...

Syria rebels use tanks to fight for police academy near Aleppo Posted: 24 Feb 2013 07:03 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels used captured tanks to launch a fresh offensive on a government complex housing a police academy near Aleppo and clashed with government troops protecting the strategic installation on Sunday.

CEO Paul McIlhenny of Tabasco sauce company dies Posted: 24 Feb 2013 06:30 AM PST AVERY ISLAND, La. (AP) — Paul C.P. McIlhenny, chief executive and chairman of the board of the McIlhenny Co. that makes the trademarked line of Tabasco hot pepper sauces sold the world over, has died. He was 68.

British cardinal rejects 'inappropriate behavior' allegations Posted: 24 Feb 2013 06:14 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, a cardinal expected to take part in the conclave to choose the next pope, rejected allegations on Sunday that he had behaved in an "inappropriate" way with other priests. The Observer newspaper said Cardinal Keith O'Brien, 74, the archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, who is known for outspoken views on homosexuality, had been reported to the Vatican over allegations of inappropriate behavior stretching back 30 years. "Cardinal O'Brien contests these claims and is taking legal advice," a spokesman for the cardinal said. ...

Kerry takes case on Syria to Europe, Mideast Posted: 24 Feb 2013 05:24 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kerry has embarked Sunday on his first official overseas trip as secretary of state, hoping to bring new ideas to Europe and the Mideast about how to end nearly two years of violence in Syria.

In historic UFC bout, Rousey and Carmouche score one for female athletes everywhere Posted: 24 Feb 2013 04:35 AM PST ANAHEIM, Calif. – Nothing was more predictable, nor nearly as significant, as Ronda Rousey's arm bar victory over Liz Carmouche in the first round of their bantamweight title fight on Saturday.

Berlusconi's last throw of the dice in Italy election Posted: 24 Feb 2013 04:18 AM PST ROME (Reuters) - Billionaire showman Silvio Berlusconi has again astonished Italy with a storming comeback that has frayed nerves in European capitals and among investors, but the signs are his final gamble has failed. The 76-year-old media magnate and four-times prime minister looked down and out for much of 2012 after a jeering crowd hounded him from office in November 2011 as Italy tottered towards a Greek-style debt crisis. His indecision over whether to stand in this weekend's election brought his People of Freedom Party (PDL) to the brink of disintegration. ...

Pope, on last Sunday, says following God's wishes Posted: 24 Feb 2013 04:02 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, speaking in his last Sunday address before becoming the first pope in some six centuries to step down, said he was following God's wishes and that he was not abandoning the Roman Catholic Church. Benedict, speaking in a strong voice to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, said he would continue to serve and love the Church by praying and meditating after his historic abdication on Thursday. "The Lord is calling me to climb onto the mountain, to dedicate myself even more to prayer and meditation," he said to cheers of "Long Live the Pope". ...

CEO Paul McIlhenny at co. that makes Tabasco dies Posted: 24 Feb 2013 03:46 AM PST AVERY ISLAND, La. (AP) — Paul C. McIlhenny, chief executive and chairman of the board of the McIlhenny Company that makes the trademarked line of Tabasco hot pepper sauce and other products, has died, the company said Sunday.

Leftist may hold key to stable rule in Italy Posted: 24 Feb 2013 02:56 AM PST ROME (Reuters) - Italy's chance of stable government after elections this weekend may rely on forcing two awkward partners into coalition: former European Commissioner Mario Monti and an openly gay leftist he has vowed not to work with. The mutual sniping between Monti and Nichi Vendola, governor of the southern region of Puglia, has intensified during the final weeks of campaigning for elections on Sunday and Monday and both have declared their visions for Italy "incompatible". ...

Prime suspect sought in Vegas shooting, crash Posted: 24 Feb 2013 02:41 AM PST LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police are seeking a 26-year-old man as the prime suspect in last week's pre-dawn shooting and crash on the Las Vegas Strip that killed three people and injured several others

Kerry makes first foreign trip as top U.S. diplomat Posted: 24 Feb 2013 01:36 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Kerry views his first trip as U.S. secretary of state as a listening tour, but the leaders he meets will want to hear whether he has any new ideas on Syria, Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kerry leaves on Sunday for London, the first stop on a nine-nation, 11-day trip that will also take him to Berlin, Paris, Rome, Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha before he returns home on March 6. It is an introductory trip for a man who needs little introduction abroad after spending 28 years in the U.S. ...

Pistorius' brother facing culpable homicide charge Posted: 24 Feb 2013 01:19 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family lawyer of Oscar Pistorius says the brother of the Olympic paraplegic athlete is facing culpable homicide charge in a 2010 road death.

Justices poised to query voting rights focus on South Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:57 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Supreme Court last scrutinized the 1965 Voting Rights Act in 2009, Justice Anthony Kennedy peered down from the bench and asked why federal rules were tougher for Alabama and Georgia than for Michigan and Ohio. Chief Justice John Roberts pointedly added that it seemed lawyers defending the rules, which were created to protect black voters, believed that even in modern times "southerners are more likely to discriminate than northerners. ...

Catholic activists petition LA cardinal not to join papal conclave Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:08 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Roman Catholic activists on Saturday petitioned a U.S. cardinal to recuse himself from taking part in selecting a new pope so as not to insult survivors of sexual abuse by priests committed while he was archbishop of Los Angeles. The activists delivered a petition with nearly 10,000 signatures to the North Hollywood church where Cardinal Roger Mahony resides. ...

S. Korea's new leader faces N. Korea nuke crisis Posted: 23 Feb 2013 09:46 PM PST Park Geun-hye's campaign vow to soften Seoul's hard-line approach to North Korea is being tested.

Nobu honored at South Beach Wine and Food Festival Posted: 23 Feb 2013 08:58 PM PST Normally, chef and restaurateur Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa prefers to stay out of the limelight.

New England storm may pack less punch than feared Posted: 23 Feb 2013 08:43 PM PST A weather system threatening New England with a third straight weekend of winter storms appeared to be weakening Saturday.

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