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4-year-old girl shot dead in car in Miami

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:40 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — A 4-year-old girl was fatally shot while she sat in a car outside her grandfather's Miami home, and now detectives are trying to determine if another child who was in the vehicle pulled the trigger, police said Sunday.

Signed Iconic Beatles Album Auctioned for $290,500

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PDT

Signed Iconic Beatles Album Auctioned for $290,500A copy of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album autographed by all four band members has shattered expectations at auction. The iconic album was sold Saturday for $290,500 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. It had been listed at $30,000 before the sale....

South Africa says Mandela's condition has improved

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Visitors walk past a statue of Nelson Mandela outside the Victor Verster Prison near PaarlJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The condition of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela has improved further, the government said on Sunday, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero spent a fourth day in hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia. "Former President Nelson Mandela had a restful day," South Africa's presidency said in a statement, adding that doctors treating him had reported "a further improvement in his condition". (Reporting by Ed Stoddard; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)

1 killed, 3 hurt accident at Ark. nuclear plant

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:38 AM PDT

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) — One worker died and three others were injured Sunday morning when a heavy piece of equipment fell on them at an Arkansas nuclear plant, officials said.

High court poised to upend civil rights policies

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 10:53 AM PDT

In this March 5, 2013 photo, University of Texas senior Bradley Poole poses for a photo on campus near the Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Austin, Texas. Poole, an advertising major, became president of the school's Black Student Alliance, seeking camaraderie after noticing he often was the only African-American in his classes. In two pivotal legal cases, one on affirmative action and another on voting rights, a divided U.S. Supreme Court may be poised in the coming weeks to rule that racism is largely a relic of America's past. The question is apt as the nation nears a demographic tipping point, when non-whites become the country's majority for the first time. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?

Sanity at issue at Wisconsin dad's trial for killing 3 girls

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 10:06 AM PDT

Attorney Donna Burger watches as Aaron Schaffhausen pleads guilty in a St. Croix County Courtroom on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in Hudson, Wis. Schaffhausen, 35, pleaded guilty to killing his three young daughters at their home in western Wisconsin, but still maintains he shouldn't be held responsible because he was insane. Schaffhausen changed his plea Thursday after more than a day of legal wrangling about what kind of evidence would be allowed at his trial. He answered yes when the judge asked if he was guilty. The change-in-plea means prosecutors won't have to prove Schaffhausen killed his daughters at their River Falls home last July 2012. The defense will have to prove he had a mental disease or defect, and that he lacked substantial capacity to appreciate that what he did was wrong or couldn't control his impulses. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUTHUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Police found a horrifying scene at the Schaffhausen family home in the western Wisconsin city of River Falls last July: three girls dead in their beds, their throats slashed. In the basement, gasoline was sloshed in a possible attempt to burn down their mother's house.

Mark Kelly: Gun control bills need better background checks

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 09:35 AM PDT

En esta fotografía de archivo del 30 de enero de 2013, el ex astronauta Mark Kelly da su testimonio en una audiencia ante la Comisión Judicial del Senado en Washington, D.C. La hija de Kelly paseaba a su perro Shiner en la playa de la isla Goff cuando éste salió corriendo repentinamente, llevándose consigo la correa con la que ella lo conducía y atacó a un león marino bebé sobre la arena el sábado 23 de marzo de 2013. (Foto AP/J. Scott Applewhite, archivo)Mark Kelly, former astronaut and husband of former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, told "Fox News Sunday" that the current gun control legislation being discussed in the U.S. Senate needs to include a background check that carries better mental health screening. Kelly argued that a recent poll showing 90 percent of Americans support a universal background [...]

Mayor: Deaths of Texas DA, wife 'not a random act'

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 09:20 AM PDT

This undated photo taken from the Kaufman County, Texas, website shows Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland. McLelland and his wife were found killed in their house, Saturday, March 30, 2013, two months after one of his assistants was gunned down near their office, authorities said. (AP Photo/Kaufman County)KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Two months after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down, a north Texas district attorney and his wife were found killed in their home, authorities said.

Rivals prepare for legal battle over abortion bans

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 09:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 16, 2012 file photo, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Dalrymple signed legislation on March 26, 2013 that would make North Dakota the nation's most restrictive state on abortion rights, banning the procedure if a fetal heartbeat can be detected — something that can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Rival legal teams, each well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for high-stakes court battles in the coming months over this law and one enacted in Arkansas that would would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel, File)Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation's toughest bans on abortion.

Study shows Shakespeare as ruthless businessman

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 08:34 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Monday March 9, 2009 file of a then newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, presented by the Shakespeare Birthplace trust, is seen in central London, New research depicts William Shakespeare as a grain hoarder, moneylender and tax dodger who became a wealthy businessman during a time of famine.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)LONDON (AP) — New research depicts William Shakespeare as a grain hoarder, moneylender and tax dodger who became a wealthy businessman during a time of famine.

Exxon continues cleanup of Arkansas oil pipeline spill

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 08:18 AM PDT

Handout of men wearing protective clothing survey cleanup efforts from oil spill in Mayflower(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil on Sunday continued cleanup of a pipeline oil spill in Arkansas that loosed thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude and forced the evacuation of 22 homes. Exxon's Pegagus pipeline, ...

Did you hear something? Mice can cough, study finds

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 07:32 AM PDT

This Jan. 18, 2013 photo provided by the NYU Langone Medical Center shows genetically engineered mice used to model human diseases in a cage with nesting material in a research building at the hospital's complex in New York. During Superstorm Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, a storm surge flooded the basement housing some 7,000 cages of mice used for studying cancer, diabetes, brain development and other health issues. Each cage held up to five of the little rodents, and even four months later, nobody knows exactly how many perished. (AP Photo/New York University)It may be as quiet as, well, a mouse, but mice apparently can cough, new research finds. The findings suggest the rodents could be used in research to fight coughing in humans.

NKorea calls nukes country's 'life' at big meeting

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 07:17 AM PDT

South Korean Army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, March 31, 2013. North Korea warned South Korea on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top North Korean decision-making body issued a pointed warning Sunday, saying that nuclear weapons are "the nation's life" and will not be traded even for "billions of dollars."

Pope makes Easter plea for Mideast peace

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 07:01 AM PDT

Pope Francis, holding the pastoral staff, celebrates the Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in his first Easter Sunday message to the world, decrying seemingly endless conflicts in the Middle East and on the Korean peninsula after celebrating Mass along with more than 250,000 people in flower-bedecked St. Peter's Square.

5 young siblings die in house fire in France

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 06:15 AM PDT

Authorities say five young siblings have died after a fire erupted in a home in northern France.

Fighting erupts after car bombing in Mali

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 05:45 AM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian soldiers backed by French fighter jets battled Islamist rebels in Timbuktu on Sunday after insurgents used a car bomb as cover to infiltrate the northern desert town overnight, sources said. The French-led offensive in Mali has pushed a mix of Islamists out of the northern towns and the remote mountain bases they had occupied but the militants have hit back with several suicide attacks. ...

Churches slam British government's welfare reforms

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 05:30 AM PDT

Government welfare reforms that include a contentious cut dubbed the "bedroom tax" will cause upheaval for some of Britain's most vulnerable people, religious leaders and anti-poverty activists claim.

Uneasy calm in Kenya after court ruling on vote

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PDT

Supporters of losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga protest in front of riot police guarding the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, March 30, 2013. Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president, in a verdict on a petition by candidate Raila Odinga appealing the election result, ending an election season that riveted the nation amid fears of a repeat of the 2007-08 postelection violence. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Kenyan police deployed forces Sunday in the capital and in the lakeside city of Kisumu to contain the continuing threat of violence after two people were killed in riots Saturday, officials said ...

Afghans warned: the taxman is coming after you

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 04:15 AM PDT

Najib Ullah Latify the owner of factory High Standard Pipe explains about his factory in KabulOne of Afghanistan's most surprising success stories lies tucked away on a potholed street notorious for suicide bombings and lined with rusting construction equipment ...

Pope appeals for peace in Easter message

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 03:59 AM PDT

Pope Francis waves as he leaves at the end of the Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the VaticanPope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula ...

2 in China first known deaths from H7N9 bird flu

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 03:44 AM PDT

Two Shanghai men have died from a lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the strain ...

Egypt's 'Jon Stewart' appears before prosecutors

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 03:29 AM PDT

A popular television satirist known as Egypt's Jon Stewart has appeared before prosecutors after an arrest warrant was issued against him for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader.

Pope leads Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 02:14 AM PDT

Pope Francis, holding the pastoral staff, celebrates the Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis is celebrating his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, which is packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans.

At least 12 killed in Mexican bus crash

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 11:42 PM PDT

At least 12 people died when a bus and a car collided in a mountainous part of the western Mexican state of Veracruz on Saturday evening, local emergency services said.

Exxon pipeline leaks thousands of barrels of Canadian oil in Arkansas

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 11:11 PM PDT

Exxon Mobil was working to clean up thousands of barrels of oil in Mayflower, Arkansas, after a pipeline carrying heavy Canadian crude ruptured ...
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Egypt issues arrest warrant for TV satirist

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 12:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday Dec. 8, 2012 file photo, Egyptian TV host Bassem Youssef addresses attendants at a gala dinner party in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's state news agency said Saturday, March 30, 2013 that the public prosecution office has issued an arrest warrant against a popular TV satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's president. The warrant issued Saturday is the latest in a series of legal action against Youssef, known as Egypt's Jon Stewart. The warrant comes amid a widening crackdown against opposition figures, driving fears over freedoms of expression and assembly. (AP Photo/Ahmed Omar, File)Egypt's state prosecutors ordered the arrest Saturday of a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader, in a move that government opponents say is aimed at silencing critics of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Phil Ramone, Grammy-winning producer, dead at 72

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 11:08 AM PDT

In this Oct. 6, 2008 photo, Arts Advocacy Award honoree Phil Ramone attends the 2008 National Arts Awards presented by Americans For The Arts at Cipriani's 42nd St. in New York. Ramone, the Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, has died. He was 72. His son, Matt Ramone, confirmed the death. Phil Ramone was among the most honored and successful music producers in history, winning 14 Grammys and working with many of the top artists of his era. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)Phil Ramone, the Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, has died at 72.

After 55 years, Ohio's Easter Eggshelland comes to an end

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 10:38 AM PDT

Handout of a portrait of Manolio made of colored eggs in LyndhurstAfter more than 50 years, loyal fans have one last chance to visit Easter-themed mosaics made of thousands of brightly colored eggs on a lawn in an eastern suburb of Cleveland.

Cyprus bank's big savers to lose up to 60 percent

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 09:08 AM PDT

Personas hacen fila mientras un guardia de seguridad abre la puerta de una sucursal del banco Laiki en Nicosia, el viernes 29 de marzo de 2013. Los bancos en Chipre abrieron normalmente por segundo día pero continúan los límites a los retiros de dinero ante la crisis financiera. (AP Foto/Petros Giannakouris)Big depositors at Cyprus' largest bank may be forced to accept losses far more than initially estimated to save the country from bankruptcy, officials said.

HIV, hepatitis tests urged for 7,000 Oklahoma dental patients

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 08:37 AM PDT

A Tulsa, Oklahoma, health center on Saturday began drawing blood samples from patients who may have been exposed to viruses at an oral surgery dental clinic that is under investigation.

U.S. commandos hand over troubled area to Afghans

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 06:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 file photo a member of the Afghan special forces, left, briefs soldiers after a training exercise on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. A senior U.S. commander said Saturday, March 30, 2013 that American special operations forces have handed over their base in eastern Afghanistan's Nirkh district to local Afghan commandos -- meeting a demand by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that U.S. forces withdraw from the district after allegations that their Afghan counterparts committed human rights abuses there. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)U.S. special operations forces handed over their base in a strategic district of eastern Afghanistan to local Afghan special forces on Saturday, a senior U.S. commander said ...

Justin Bieber's monkey quarantined in Germany

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 05:19 AM PDT

A German official says Justin Bieber had to leave a monkey in quarantine after arriving in the country last week without the necessary papers for the animal.

2 Wash. boys to stand trial for murder conspiracy

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 02:44 AM PDT

A northeast Washington judge has found two boys, ages 10 and 11, competent to stand trial in juvenile court on a murder conspiracy charge.

Former Nev. lawmaker arrested after freeway chase

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 01:42 AM PDT

Ex-Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, holds his arms up as he is arrested, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Victorville, Calif. Brooks led police on a chase from Barstow, Calif., until his tires were spiked in Victorville, Calif. Brooks was arrested on charges including resisting arrest and throwing objects, just hours after he became the first lawmaker ever expelled from the Nevada Legislature. (AP Photo/Jennifer Simpson)Police chased a former lawmaker on a freeway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles and arrested him at gunpoint following a struggle, hours after he became the first person ever expelled from the Nevada Legislature.

Little Cyprus thumbs its nose at EU 'bullies'

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 01:27 AM PDT

Two men walk in the old city of the capital Nicosia, on Friday, March 29, 2013. Banks in Cyprus are open for normal business for the second day, but with strict restrictions on how much money their clients can access, after being shut for nearly two weeks.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)The moment word broke that Cypriot lawmakers in Parliament had voted down a bailout deal that would have raided everyone's savings to prop up a collapsing banking sector, a huge cheer rose up ...

Death toll in Tanzania building collapse rises to 17

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 12:40 AM PDT

An aerial view shows bystanders watching rescuers search for survivors amongst the rubble of a collapsed building in the Kariakoo district of central Dar es SalaamThe death toll from the collapse of a building in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam has climbed to 17, a senior government official said on Saturday. ...

N. Korea claims a 'state of war' with S. Korea

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 09:36 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un watches soldiers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) taking part in landing and anti-landing drills in the eastern sector of the front and the east coastal areaNorth Korea said on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea in a continuing escalation of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington, but the South brushed off the statement as little more than tough talk. The two Koreas have been technically in a state of war for six decades under an armistice that ended their 1950-53 conflict. Despite its threats few people see any indication Pyongyang will risk a near-certain defeat by re-starting full-scale war. ...

Argentina offers to pay debts with cash, bonds

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 09:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012 file photo, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez speaks at an event marking the 158 anniversary of the stock exchange in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The South American country has until midnight Friday, March 29, 2013 to propose how it would satisfy a $1.4 billion judgment won by plaintiffs in U.S. courts who have insisted for a decade on getting full payment in cash, plus interest and penalties, on sovereign debt that the country hasn't paid since its world-record default in 2002. Fernandez's government is reportedly preparing a response that analysts say could lead the country into another catastrophic default. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File)Argentina is offering a creative way out of its debt showdown in a U.S. appellate court.

N.C. police: 3 dead after shooting, police standoff

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 09:05 PM PDT

Authorities in a Charlotte suburb say a man suspected of shooting two neighbors has committed suicide after a six-hour police standoff.

Pope's foot-wash a final straw for traditionalists

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 08:49 PM PDT

Pope Francis, right, looks up to the Crucifix during the Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, March 29, 2013. Pope Francis began the Good Friday service at the Vatican with the Passion of Christ Mass and hours later will go to the ancient Colosseum in Rome for the traditional Way of the Cross procession. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Pope Francis has won over many hearts and minds with his simple style and focus on serving the world's poorest, but he has devastated traditionalist Catholics who adored his predecessor, Benedict XVI, for restoring much of the traditional pomp to the papacy.

Two fifth-graders face trial in alleged Washington murder plot

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 08:34 PM PDT

Two Washington state fifth-grade boys, accused in a foiled plot to rape and kill a girl and kill or harm six other classmates, will stand trial as juveniles, a prosecutor said on Friday. Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen said the boys, 11 and 10, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment on Friday over the alleged murder-rape plot that also targeted other children in Colville, Washington, about 215 miles east of Seattle. One of the boys wanted the girl dead because "she's rude and always made fun of me and my friends," according to court documents. ...

N.Korea claims 'a state of war' with S.Korea

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 07:17 PM PDT

North Korean army officers punch the air as they chant slogans during a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, March 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of North Koreans turned out for the mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of their leader Kim Jong Un's call to arms. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)It's the latest of a string of threats that have raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Navy SEAL killed in parachute accident

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 07:01 PM PDT

A member of the elite U.S. Navy SEALs died and another was injured in a parachute training accident in Arizona, military officials said on Friday.

State asks Sandy Hook charities how money is spent

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 06:46 PM PDT

Connecticut's top law enforcement official is asking charitable groups raising money around the Newtown school shooting to disclose more information, an unprecedented step suggesting the state has questions about how contributors' money is being spent. At least 69 groups are raising money around the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year, where 20 small [...]

Confederate flag comes down at old N.C. capitol

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 06:30 PM PDT

A Confederate flag is seen on display at the old Capitol, which houses the governor's office and still hosts numerous government events, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Raleigh, N.C. State Historic Sites Director Keith Hardison says the flag raised last week inside the House chamber is part of a historical display replicating how the antebellum building appeared in 1863. (AP Photo/Michael Biesecker)The battle flag is being taken down after civil rights leaders raised concerns.

Police searching for man who fell from plane

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 05:43 PM PDT

A southeastern Tennessee aman who was thrown from an experimental aircraft while he was learning to fly.

Airports challenging FAA's planned tower shutdowns

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 04:57 PM PDT

Airport operators are mounting a legal challenge to the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to cut funding for 149 air traffic control towers, accusing the agency of violating federal law meant ...

Dozens indicted in Atlanta school cheating scandal

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 04:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 13, 2011 file photo, outgoing schools superintendent, Dr. Beverly Hall, center, arrives for her last Atlanta school board meeting at the Atlanta Public Schools headquarters in Atlanta. Hall and nearly three dozen other administrators, teachers, principals and other educators were indicted Friday, March 29, 2013, in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUTTeachers allegedly wrongly promoted students for bonus payments.

Navy SEAL dies in training accident

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 01:50 PM PDT

Another man also is injured during the parachute exercise, authorities say.

Sex offenders in Texas could catch a break

Posted: 29 Mar 2013 01:34 PM PDT

File - In This May 18, 2001 file photo, Nueces County Texas District Attorney Carlos Valdez looks at one of the signs that District Judge Manuel Banales ordered 21 registered sex offenders to place in their yards in Corpus Christi, Texas. While statehouses nationwide work on legislation aimed at curbing how and where sex offenders can live and work, a proposal in Texas that would strip employment information from the state's sex offender registry is being cheered by those on the list as a minor but extraordinary easing of the law. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Paul Iverson, File)State lawmakers consider a bill to remove certain data from an online registry.
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