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• Militants say they'll kill French hostages
• What's cooking? Just ask Pippa
• No joke: The Onion begs for forgiveness over Tweet
• Entrepreneurial bug bites San Quentin inmates
• Census Bureau drops use of segregation-era term
• Supreme Court justices reprimand Texas prosecutor
• The Onion begs for forgiveness over Tweet
• Fine print may protect NASCAR from lawsuits
• Manhunt for Vegas shooter widens to East Coast
• Photographs: Off duty rebels in Syria
• Monarchs by the million flock to Mexico's drug country
• 'Sequester' on president's agenda at meeting with governors
• Billboard converts desert air into drinking water
• 70,000 deaths later, Syria says it's ready to talk
• Not everyone made it out in 'Argo': Americans left behind in Tehran remember
• One corner of Manhattan still a ghost town months after Sandy
• Monday in politics: Obama meets with governors on sequester, and more
• 'Unjust!' Poet shouts down court after getting 15 years for verse
• Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric resigns
• Horse meat found in Ikea's Swedish meatballs
• First lady to press governors on veterans' jobs
• Italian turnout drops in key national election
• Trial set to open for Gulf oil spill litigation
• Colorado snowstorm triggers blizzard warnings, slows air traffic
• NRA uses Justice Dept. memo to accuse Obama on guns

Militants say they'll kill French hostages Posted: 25 Feb 2013 11:45 AM PST A radical Islamic group took the family outside a national park in Cameroon's north region.

What's cooking? Just ask Pippa Posted: 25 Feb 2013 11:29 AM PST The sister of the Duchess of Cambridge will give cooking tips to the masses in a new column.

No joke: The Onion begs for forgiveness over Tweet Posted: 25 Feb 2013 11:13 AM PST The satirical newspaper apologizes for an offensive reference to a 9-year-old actress.

Entrepreneurial bug bites San Quentin inmates Posted: 25 Feb 2013 10:56 AM PST SAN QUENTIN, California (Reuters) - One by one, the entrepreneurs, clad in crisp blue jeans and armed with PowerPoint presentations, stood before a roomful of investors and tech bloggers to explain their dreams of changing the world. For these exuberant times in Silicon Valley, the scene was familiar; the setting, less so. With the young and ambitious flocking again to northern California to launch Internet companies, there were signs one recent morning that startup mania has taken hold even behind the faded granite walls of California's most notorious prison. "Live stream has gone mainstream. ...

Census Bureau drops use of segregation-era term Posted: 25 Feb 2013 10:22 AM PST After more than a century, the agency will no longer use "Negro" to describe black Americans in surveys.

Supreme Court justices reprimand Texas prosecutor Posted: 25 Feb 2013 10:06 AM PST Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer admonish the federal prosecutor for a racially charged comment.

The Onion begs for forgiveness over Tweet Posted: 25 Feb 2013 09:49 AM PST The satirical newspaper apologizes for an offensive reference to a 9-year-old actress.

Fine print may protect NASCAR from lawsuits Posted: 25 Feb 2013 08:57 AM PST Injured fans at the Daytona 500 face hurdles if they want to bring a case against the racing organization.

Manhunt for Vegas shooter widens to East Coast Posted: 25 Feb 2013 08:40 AM PST Ammar Harris is accused and firing shots into a Maserati, killing an aspiring rapper.

Photographs: Off duty rebels in Syria Posted: 25 Feb 2013 07:52 AM PST A Free Syrian Army fighter sews cloth in Aleppo February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Monarchs by the million flock to Mexico's drug country Posted: 25 Feb 2013 07:34 AM PST Every year, millions of monarchs migrate 2,000 miles.

'Sequester' on president's agenda at meeting with governors Posted: 25 Feb 2013 07:18 AM PST The Obama administration has been issuing severe warnings to Congress on the budget cuts.

Billboard converts desert air into drinking water Posted: 25 Feb 2013 07:02 AM PST An advertising agency has created what it is calling the world's first billboard that converts air into drinking water. The billboard--a collaboration between Agency Mayo DraftFCB and Peru's University of Engineering and Technology--was placed in Lima, Peru's rain-starved desert capital. Lima gets less than an inch of rain per year on average, but since the [...]

70,000 deaths later, Syria says it's ready to talk Posted: 25 Feb 2013 06:45 AM PST Assad and his foes are locked in a bloody stalemate after nearly two years of combat.

Not everyone made it out in 'Argo': Americans left behind in Tehran remember Posted: 25 Feb 2013 06:13 AM PST 52 Americans who didn't make it out of the embassy and were subjected to torture for 444 days.

One corner of Manhattan still a ghost town months after Sandy Posted: 25 Feb 2013 05:23 AM PST Roughly 85 percent of small businesses near the South Street Seaport are still boarded up.

Monday in politics: Obama meets with governors on sequester, and more Posted: 25 Feb 2013 05:07 AM PST The House and Senate are back in session on Monday, and the governors are still in Washington for the National Governors Association winter meeting and the top topic for the day – and this week – is the sequester. The sequester is the $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to kick in Friday [...]

'Unjust!' Poet shouts down court after getting 15 years for verse Posted: 25 Feb 2013 04:33 AM PST Dozens of people have been arrested in the past year for social media posts deemed insulting.

Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric resigns Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:59 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric resigned on Monday following allegations he behaved in an "inappropriate" way with other priests, and said he would not be going to the Vatican to take part in the election for Pope Benedict's replacement. Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who had been expected to take part in the conclave, said he had tendered his resignation to Pope Benedict some months ago as he was turning 75 and because he was suffering from "indifferent health". ...

Horse meat found in Ikea's Swedish meatballs Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:43 AM PST BRUSSELS (AP) — Czech authorities said Monday they have detected horse meat in meat balls labeled as beef and pork for Swedish furniture retailer giant Ikea, while European Union officials met to discuss tougher food labeling rules to counter the developing scandal.

First lady to press governors on veterans' jobs Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:27 AM PST Mrs. Obama wants states to act to allow veterans to receive professional credentials.

Italian turnout drops in key national election Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:10 AM PST ROME (AP) — Italians voted for a second day Monday in a national election that will determine whether they are prepared to stay the course of painful economic reform or send a message of discontinuity to the political class that led the country to the brink of disaster by rallying around a protest party.

Trial set to open for Gulf oil spill litigation Posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:03 AM PST NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly three years after a deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a high-stakes trial for the raft of litigation spawned by the disaster.

Colorado snowstorm triggers blizzard warnings, slows air traffic Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:47 AM PST DENVER (Reuters) - A wind-driven snowstorm blanketed eastern Colorado on Sunday, creating blizzard conditions on the High Plains and prompting the cancellation of 200 flights in and out of Denver International Airport, authorities said. Governor John Hickenlooper ordered all non-essential state workers to report to work two hours later than scheduled on Monday to give Denver snow plow drivers more time to clear city streets. By early evening, 10 inches of snow had accumulated in the Denver metropolitan area, as snowfall tapered off. ...

NRA uses Justice Dept. memo to accuse Obama on guns Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:29 AM PST NRA using Justice Department memo in attempt to link Obama to gun seizures he doesn't support

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