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• North Sea oil platform leak sparks evacuation
• Puerto Rico slowly warms to more gay rights
• Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremonial start
• Work continues near sinkhole that swallowed man
• Syria, Iran say US aid to rebels will extend war
• Benedict's obedience to new pope part of tradition
• SpaceX Dragon capsule glitch (and recovery) shows why spaceflight is hard
• Developer pledges to continue Berlin Wall removal
• Moscow skeptical about U.S. autopsy of Russian boy
• Cuts in place, Obama and GOP brace for next fight
• Posters promoting African pope appear in Rome
• Pistorius bought, collected guns in Olympic year
• Fla. sinkhole that swallowed man grows deeper
• Lawyers for accused Colorado gunman challenge insanity defense law
• LA to create small parks to force sex offenders from neighborhoods
• Publisher to stop selling second book by Jonah Lehrer
• With record highs in sight, stocks face roadblocks
• Bernanke: Premature Fed pullback could 'short-circuit' recovery
• Homeland Security released over 2,000 immigrants
• Venezuela rejects 'absurd' rumors over Chavez's death
• Political gridlock at budget-cuts deadline
• 2,200 pieces of artwork seized in New Jersey
• Obama signs order to start "sequester" cuts
• Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to world of bodybuilding
• Adopted Russian boy's death ruled accidental in Texas

North Sea oil platform leak sparks evacuation Posted: 02 Mar 2013 12:26 PM PST The TAQA oil company says dozens of workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a hydrocarbon leak was detected.The Abu Dhabi-based company says 71 of the 145 workers on the Cormorant ...

Puerto Rico slowly warms to more gay rights Posted: 02 Mar 2013 12:09 PM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The advance of gay rights across the United States is spreading into Puerto Rico, making the island a relatively gay-friendly outpost in a Caribbean region where sodomy laws and harassment of gays are still common.

Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremonial start Posted: 02 Mar 2013 11:53 AM PST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mushers and their dogs are taking a leisurely jaunt through Anchorage in the ceremonial start of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Work continues near sinkhole that swallowed man Posted: 02 Mar 2013 10:14 AM PST SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) — Engineers worked gingerly Saturday to find out more about a slowly growing sinkhole that swallowed a Florida man in his bedroom, believing the entire house could eventually succumb to the unstable ground.

Syria, Iran say US aid to rebels will extend war Posted: 02 Mar 2013 09:10 AM PST DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria and Iran said Saturday that Washington's decision to provide aid to rebels will only prolong the fighting aimed at toppling President Bashar Assad whose troops scored a major strategic victory in the country's heavily contested north.

Benedict's obedience to new pope part of tradition Posted: 02 Mar 2013 06:27 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — He slipped it in at the end of his speech, and said it so quickly and softly it almost sounded like an afterthought.

SpaceX Dragon capsule glitch (and recovery) shows why spaceflight is hard Posted: 02 Mar 2013 06:10 AM PST The struggles a private cargo capsule faced in orbit Friday reinforce the notion that spaceflight remains a challenging proposition, experts say.

Developer pledges to continue Berlin Wall removal Posted: 02 Mar 2013 05:53 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — A German property developer has rejected calls to halt work to remove one of the last remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall, despite angry protests against the plan.

Moscow skeptical about U.S. autopsy of Russian boy Posted: 02 Mar 2013 05:37 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) — Russia voiced strong skepticism Saturday about the U.S. autopsy on a 3-year-old adopted Russian boy in Texas and demanded further investigation as thousands rallied in Moscow to support the Kremlin ban on U.S. adoptions of Russian children.

Cuts in place, Obama and GOP brace for next fight Posted: 02 Mar 2013 03:44 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Severe spending cuts now the law of the land, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability for failing to stave off what both parties acknowledged was a foolhardy way to slash $85 billion in federal spending.

Posters promoting African pope appear in Rome Posted: 02 Mar 2013 03:28 AM PST ROME (Reuters) - Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana is not "running" for pope but he clearly has supporters who think enough of him that they have plastered posters with his picture around Rome. "Vote Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson at the conclave!," was written in bold on posters above a photograph of the cardinal, a favourite among bookmakers to succeed Benedict, who on Thursday became the first pope in six centuries to resign. The posters were plastered over banners that had been used for candidates in Italian elections earlier this week. ...

Pistorius bought, collected guns in Olympic year Posted: 02 Mar 2013 03:12 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol dubbed by its manufacturer as "the most powerful production revolver in the world" and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.

Fla. sinkhole that swallowed man grows deeper Posted: 02 Mar 2013 02:06 AM PST SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) — Engineers worked gingerly to find out more about a slowly growing sinkhole that swallowed a Florida man in his bedroom, believing the entire house could eventually succumb to the unstable ground.

Lawyers for accused Colorado gunman challenge insanity defense law Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:56 PM PST DENVER (Reuters) - Attorneys for accused movie theater gunman James Holmes are asking a judge to rule on the constitutionality of Colorado's insanity defense law before they decide whether their client should enter an insanity plea, court filings made public on Friday showed. In a series of motions, public defenders representing Holmes said Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester needs to define how much information Holmes would have to disclose to court-appointed psychiatrists should he raise the insanity defense. ...

LA to create small parks to force sex offenders from neighborhoods Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:40 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The city of Los Angeles, seeking to force registered sex offenders out of neighborhoods where they have clustered in large numbers, is building tiny green spaces to exploit a state law banning offenders from living near parks, officials said on Friday. Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino, whose district includes a pair of neighborhoods called Harbor Gateway and Wilmington where the parks will be built, said the large population of sex offenders in his district had created unease among residents. ...

Publisher to stop selling second book by Jonah Lehrer Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:25 PM PST (Reuters) - A second book by U.S. writer Jonah Lehrer, who previously admitted to making up quotes from singer Bob Dylan, is being pulled from sale, its publisher said on Friday. Lehrer's book "How We Decide" will no longer be sold after going through a fact checking process, according to publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Published in 2009, the book explores how people's minds make decisions and how those decisions can be improved. ...

With record highs in sight, stocks face roadblocks Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:08 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - If Wall Street needs to climb a wall of worry, it will have plenty of opportunity next week. Major U.S. stock indexes will make another attempt at reaching all-time records, but the fitful pace that has dominated trading is likely to continue. Next Friday's unemployment report and the hefty spending cuts that look like they about to take effect will be at the forefront. The importance of whether equities can reach and sustain those highs is more than Wall Street's usual fixation on numbers with psychological significance. ...

Bernanke: Premature Fed pullback could 'short-circuit' recovery Posted: 01 Mar 2013 09:15 PM PST Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Friday that pulling back on aggressive policy measures too soon would pose a real risk of damaging a still-fragile recovery.

Homeland Security released over 2,000 immigrants Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:11 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned.

Venezuela rejects 'absurd' rumors over Chavez's death Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:21 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Senior aides and relatives of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez countered on Friday a crescendo of rumors that the socialist president may be dead from cancer, saying he was still battling for his life. "There he is, continuing his fight, his battle, and we are sure of victory!" his older brother Adan Chavez, the governor of Barinas state, told cheering supporters. Speculation about Chavez, 58, hit fever pitch this week, fed in part by assertions from Panama's former ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Guillermo Cochez, that the Venezuelan leader had died. ...

Political gridlock at budget-cuts deadline Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:04 PM PST Combative Obama, Republicans blame each other as sequester cuts begin.

2,200 pieces of artwork seized in New Jersey Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:48 PM PST The trove of art arrived in New Jersey last year from Texas on an 18-wheeler.

Obama signs order to start "sequester" cuts Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:14 PM PST Government agencies not must hack $85 billion from their budgets.

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to world of bodybuilding Posted: 01 Mar 2013 05:42 PM PST The action movie star turned politician will become an editor of several muscle magazines.

Adopted Russian boy's death ruled accidental in Texas Posted: 01 Mar 2013 04:53 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas authorities ruled the death of a Russian boy adopted by a U.S. couple an accident on Friday, but said a probe would continue into a case that has intensified a dispute over international adoptions. The January 21 death of Max Shatto, 3, had sparked criminal and child welfare investigations in Texas, probes by authorities in Russia, and calls from Russian lawmakers for his 2-year-old brother to be returned to Russia. Max died from a torn artery in his abdomen and had bruises consistent with injuring himself, Ector County officials said in a statement. ...

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