| Six teens killed, two more hurt in Ohio SUV crash Posted: 10 Mar 2013 02:35 PM PDT  WARREN, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities have identified six teenagers killed in a one-vehicle SUV crash, along with two teens who were able to escape from the overturned sport utility vehicle submerged in a pond.
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| Many left behind as Silicon Valley rebounds Posted: 10 Mar 2013 02:04 PM PDT  On a morning the stock market was sailing to a record high and a chilly storm was blowing into Silicon Valley, Wendy Carle stuck her head out of the tent she calls home to find city workers duct taping ...
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| Christine Quinn officially launches campaign for NYC mayor Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:34 PM PDT  Christine Quinn made it official on Sunday, announcing her intention to run for mayor of New York City mayor. "I'm running because I love this city," Quinn said in a glossy, often-emotional video posted to her campaign's website, QuinnforNewYork.com. In it, the Democrat talked about her Irish Catholic, middle class upbringing on Long Island, as [...]
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| Captured Syrian city a test for rebel forces Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:03 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Since rebels seized the capital of Raqqa province in northern Syria from the government last week, they have posted guards at state buildings, returned bread prices to pre-war levels and opened a hotline that residents can phone to report security issues, anti-regime activists said Sunday.
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| Christian protesters, police clash in Pakistan Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:16 AM PDT  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of Christians clashed with police across Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
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| Russia puts dead whistleblower on trial Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:01 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - A whistleblowing Russian lawyer whose death in custody became a symbol of rights abuses and strained relations with the United States will go on posthumous trial on Monday in what relatives say is revenge by the Kremlin. Sergei Magnitsky, who died while in pre-trial custody in 2009, is being prosecuted for defrauding the state in what will be the first time Russia has ever tried a dead person, a development Amnesty International says sets a "dangerous precedent". Magnitsky had been jailed after accusing police and tax officials of multimillion dollar tax fraud. ...
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| Before the conclave, horse-trading has begun Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:00 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican insists that the cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection. Everybody knows, however, that power plays, vested interests and Machiavellian maneuvering are all part of the game, and that the horse-trading is already under way.
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| Uncle tried to save 7 from burning Ky. house Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:44 AM PDT  GRAY, Ky. (AP) — Family members say the uncle of one of the seven victims of a rural Kentucky house fire desperately tried to save them from the burning home.
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| Ryan says budget deal possible as he readies own plan Posted: 10 Mar 2013 08:59 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republicans' point person on fiscal issues in Congress said on Sunday that compromise with President Barack Obama is possible on taxes and spending even though his soon-to-be-unveiled budget plan faces certain rejection from Obama's Democrats. Representative Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, acknowledged that Democrats who control the Senate are likely to defeat his proposal to repeal Obama's signature healthcare law and other elements of his plan to balance the budget within 10 years. ...
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| South Africa: Mandela discharged from hospital Posted: 10 Mar 2013 08:12 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela left a hospital after "successful" medical tests and returned to his home in Johannesburg on Sunday, the spokesman for South Africa's president said.
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| Italy says seven foreign hostages killed in Nigeria Posted: 10 Mar 2013 07:57 AM PDT  KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Italy's foreign ministry said Sunday that seven foreign hostages kidnapped in northern Nigeria had been killed as claimed by Islamic extremists, the worst such foreign abduction violence to hit the turbulent West African nation in decades.
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| Cheney unconcerned with critics in new documentary Posted: 10 Mar 2013 07:10 AM PDT  The former vice president got straight to the point in R.J. Cutler's latest documentary "The World According to Dick Cheney," telling the filmmaker he doesn't care what his critics think. "I don't lay awake at night thinking 'gee, what are they going to say about...
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| City Council speaker launches NYC mayoral bid Posted: 10 Mar 2013 06:23 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Long seen as a leading contender, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn formally launched Sunday what she hopes will be a history-making mayoral bid.
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| Defense chief Hagel's Afghan news conference canceled over security fears Posted: 10 Mar 2013 06:08 AM PDT  KABUL (Reuters) - A joint news conference that had been scheduled for Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been canceled over security concerns, U.S. officials said. The officials declined to cite the nature of the security threat. But it comes a day after a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed nine civilians, about a kilometer away from where Hagel was holding a morning meeting. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)
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| Syria's opposition postpones meeting to form government Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:52 AM PDT  AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's opposition as postponed a meeting to form a provisional government, in the latest setback to opposition efforts to create an administration to take over if President Bashar al-Assad is ousted, coalition sources said on Sunday. The Syrian National Coalition meeting to elect a provisional prime minister, which was due to be held on March 12 after being postponed once already, has been rescheduled for March 20, but it was uncertain it would be held even then, the sources said. "We cannot afford a split over this issue any more. ...
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| Progressive U.S. pro-Israel group claims Hagel fight as a victory Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:37 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - J Street, a liberal Jewish-American lobbying group barely five years old and once shunned by top Israeli officials, is claiming as a victory the fact that Chuck Hagel was confirmed as defense secretary despite opposition from more conservative Jewish groups. In the week when the most influential Jewish-American group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, held its annual conference in Washington, J Street has been touting its role in securing Hagel's nomination, which supporters say shows its growing clout. ...
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| Bank compensation up in 2012 despite cutback efforts Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:21 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Compensation at the world's biggest banks rose last year, with 35 of them spending a combined 10 billion euros ($13.1 billion) more on staff than in 2011, figures compiled by Reuters show. Bankers' remuneration has rarely been out of the spotlight over the last five years, as the industry's powerhouses were rescued from the brink during the financial crisis with hundreds of billions of taxpayers' dollars. Policymakers have since fought to curb the bonuses they say encouraged excessive - and sometimes catastrophic - risk-taking. ...
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| Top contenders to be the next pope Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:06 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals from around the world gather this week in a conclave to elect a new pope following the stunning resignation of Benedict XVI. In the secretive world of the Vatican, there is no way to know who is in the running, and history has yielded plenty of surprises. Yet several names have come up time repeatedly as strong contenders for the job. Here is a look at who they are:
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| Producers pay tribute to TV gun-show host shot dead in Montana Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:50 AM PDT (Reuters) - Producers of a popular cable program about hunting and guns said on Saturday they were saddened by the "sudden untimely death" of the show's host, Gregory Rodriguez, who police said was shot to death in Montana by a man who later apparently killed himself. Authorities in the resort town of Whitefish in northwestern Montana said Rodriguez, 43, host of "A Rifleman's Journal" on the Sportsman Channel and contributing editor at Guns & Ammo magazine, was killed by the husband of a woman with whom Rodriguez was meeting on Thursday night. ... |
| Suu Kyi selected to remain Myanmar opposition head Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:34 AM PDT  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi was selected Sunday to remain head of Myanmar's main opposition party, keeping her leadership post even as the party undergoes a makeover to adjust to the country's new democratic framework.
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| Big cat sanctuary to reopen to public after deadly lion attack Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:19 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The California wildlife sanctuary where an African lion attacked and killed a 24-year-old intern last week will reopen to the public on Sunday, four days after the woman's death. The Cat Haven preserve, which has been shut since Dianna Hanson's death on Wednesday, will resume regular operations, including offering guided tours to visitors, Cat Haven officials said Shortly before it opens its gates, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims is scheduled to brief reporters on the latest findings from the investigation. ...
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| China's leaders take aim at Railways Ministry Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:03 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — In the annals of Chinese bureaucratic power, the Railways Ministry stood apart. Running everything from one of the world's busiest rail systems to a special police force, the ministry was so pervasive and powerful it resisted government reform efforts for years. Chinese called it "Boss Railway."
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| Air Force stops reporting data on Afghanistan drone strikes Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:45 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With debate intensifying in the United States over the use of drone aircraft, the U.S. military said on Sunday that it had removed data about air strikes carried out by unmanned planes in Afghanistan from its monthly air power summaries. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Afghanistan war, said in a statement the data had been removed because it was "disproportionately focused" on the use of weapons by the remotely piloted aircraft as it was published only when strikes were carried out - which happened during only 3 percent of sorties. ...
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| Western powers congratulate Kenya on poll, not Kenyatta Posted: 10 Mar 2013 12:44 AM PST NAIROBI (Reuters) - Western capitals on Saturday applauded Kenya's peaceful vote but avoided naming president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta, whose election they had said would complicate ties because of the charges of crimes against humanity he faces. Foreign diplomats in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, had made it clear in the run-up to the poll that it could not be business as usual when dealing with Kenyatta if he triumphed in the poll, due to his indictment by the International Criminal Court. ... |
| China says U.S. is top source of hacking attacks on country Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:57 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States was the origin of more than half of the hacking attacks on China in the first two months of 2013, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, amid escalating tensions between Beijing and Washington over the use of the Internet. Beijing and Washington have been squaring off for months over the issue of cyber attacks, each accusing the other of hacking into sensitive government websites. China has long singled out the United States as the top source of intrusion on its computers. ... |
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