mardi 26 février 2013

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Guns for Beyoncé tickets proposed

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 12:56 PM PST

Beyonce sits courtside at the NBA All-Star basketball game in HoustonBut a music manager's idea still needs an approving nod from the superstar.

Titanic II blueprints unveiled, but don't call it 'unsinkable'

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 12:39 PM PST

Handout of artist's rendering of proposed cruise ship Titanic II in New YorkA modern replica of the doomed ocean liner will include modern comforts.

Drop in Taliban attacks incorrect

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 12:06 PM PST

Reported drop in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan incorrectThe military coalition in Afghanistan now says there was no decline in attacks on troops.

Search called off for missing sailboat

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 11:50 AM PST

2 Adults, 2 Kids Missing Off Calif. CoastThe Coast Guard says distress calls from a sinking boat may have been a hoax.

Ohio town still grieves one year after deadly shootings

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:43 AM PST

Chardon High SchoolAccused shooter T.J. Lane pleads guilty to killing three high school classmates.

Watch Live: Obama on perils of cuts

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:27 AM PST

President Barack Obama walks off the Marine One helicopter to head to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. The president is traveling to Newport News, Va., for an event on the automatic budget cuts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)The president warns of the economic impact of the "sequester."

North Korea's prison camps expand under new ruler

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:10 AM PST

An analysis of satellite images suggests that at least one North Korean prison camp has been significantly expanded over the past decade.

Senate clears the way for confirmation of Hagel

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:54 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013, file photo, Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A deeply divided Senate is moving toward a vote on President Barack Obama's contentious choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department, with the former Republican senator on track to win confirmation after a protracted political fight. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)The vote was 71-27 on Tuesday to end the GOP filibuster.

Amid Palestinian protests, rocket hits Israel

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:37 AM PST

Rocket explodes in Israel, first attack from Gaza since trucePeople in the West Bank protested and called for a third intifada.

Teen pleads guilty to Ohio school shooting spree

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:22 AM PST

T.J. Lane is escorted into the Geauga county courthouse Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, 18, charged with killing three students at an Ohio high school a year ago, will enter a guilty plea during a court hearing later Tuesday morning, said attorney Ian Friedman. Lane's appearance in the courtroom comes one day before the anniversary of the deadly shootings at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)T.J. Lane killed three boys and injured three others one year ago tomorrow.

In Germany, Kerry defends Americans 'right to be stupid'

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 08:49 AM PST

German Chancellor Merkel and U.S. Secretary of State Kerry speak to media at the Chancellery in Berlin"We live and breathe the idea of ... political freedom and political tolerance," Kerry told students.

Progress at Iran nuke talks?

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 08:33 AM PST

Members of the Iranian delegation, led by chief nuclear negotiator Jalili, sit at a table during talks in AlmatyALMATY (Reuters) - Major powers on Tuesday offered Iran limited sanctions relief in return for a halt to the most controversial part of its nuclear program, and Iran promised to respond with a proposal on the same scale. The talks in Kazakhstan were the first in eight months between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany - the "P5+1" - on a decade-old dispute that threatens to trigger another war in the Middle East. ...

UNC sexual assault victim faces expulsion for talking

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 08:15 AM PST

UNC.edu/FlickrLanden Gambill reported being raped by a student she says is still on campus.

NY man smashes up shop for selling son bath salts

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:58 AM PST

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A northern New York man has admitted he used a baseball bat to smash up a head shop after his son overdosed on bath salts sold at the store.

Morrissey won't do Kimmel with 'Duck Dynasty' as guests

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:42 AM PST

Singer Morrissey says no to Kimmel, 'Duck Dynasty'The singer and animal rights activist says he canceled his appearance on the show.

Meat from donkey and water buffalo found in food in South Africa

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:25 AM PST

The findings of a study follow news that Europe has a horsemeat problem.

Photographs: Inside North Korea

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:09 AM PST

Photographs: Inside North KoreaFemale North Korean traffic police officers gather in front of bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to pay their respects in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. North Koreans turned out to commemorate what would have been the 71th birthday of Kim Jong Il who died on Dec. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Scrapyard oil tankers help Iran skirt sanctions

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:53 AM PST

Iranian crude oil supertanker The aging boats that ship to China are a new way for Iran to keep its oil flowing.

Burning hot air balloon in Egypt plummets, killing 19

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:36 AM PST

Egypt hot air balloon crash death toll rises to 19A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field.

JPMorgan Chase to cut up to 4,000 jobs in 2013

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:20 AM PST

The entrance to JPMorgan Chase's international headquarters on Park Avenue is seen in New YorkThe cuts will come mainly through attrition, a spokeswoman said.

Benedict gets new title, new shoes for retirement

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:04 AM PST

Workers sets up a stage for the media next to St Peter's Square ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's last public audience Wednesday, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules of the conclave that will elect his successor, allowing cardinals to move up the start date if all of them arrive in Rome before the usual 15-day transition between pontificates. Benedict signed a legal document, issued Monday, with some line-by-line changes to the 1996 Vatican law governing the election of a new pope. It is one of his last acts as pope before resigning Thursday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Pope Benedict XVI will be known as "emeritus pope" in his retirement and will wear white.

Gov. Jindal says president's budget warnings are scare tactics

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 05:14 AM PST

Bobby Jindal: President Obama 'Trying to Scare the American Public' on Sequestration"The reality is that this is just part of political theater," said the Louisiana Governor.

Year after Trayvon Martin's death, ‘stand your ground’ laws survive

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 04:24 AM PST

FILE - In this March 21, 2012 file photo, demonstrators pray during the Million Hoodie March in Union Square, N.Y. The march was in memory of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida. After the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin at the hands of a neighborhood watch leader, civil rights leaders warned that Sanford, Florida., risked its upscale reputation and could become a 21st century version of civil rights flashpoints like Selma, Alabama. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)Laws which allowed deadly force in public spaces are still on the books.

Gunmen target vaccine effort in Pakistan

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 04:09 AM PST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen have shot dead a police officer protecting a team of polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan.

Can drones ever be constitutional?

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 03:53 AM PST

FILE In this undated handout file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, an MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. An instruction on camouflaging cars is one of 22 tips on how to avoid drones, listed on a document left behind by the Islamic extremists as they fled northern Mali from a French military intervention in January. The tip sheet, found Feb. 6, 2013 by an AP reporter in Timbuktu, reflects how al-Qaida's chapter in North Africa anticipated a military intervention that would make use of drones, as the battleground in the war on terror worldwide is shifting from boots on the ground to unmanned planes in the air.(AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force, File)Congressional oversight or a special court are being proposed for the program.
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