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• Andy Griffith's widow gets permit to raze his home
• Police: Man fatally shoots woman, takes 3-year-old hostage
• San Diego pandas get a rare treat: snow
• Obama skeptical of Assad's claims
• High unemployment rates will continue through 2015, Fed says
• With more cops on patrol, Chicago homicides decline
• Sandy's devastation still pains popular NYC tourist destination
• U.S. military's Guantanamo buildings need attention
• Saudi-born man accused of being al-Qaida operative
• "Sequester" job cuts may have been exaggerated, experts say
• Heffernan: How an iPhone can help you find inner peace
• Unfortunate rat may have caused recent Fukushima outage
• Obama's limo breaks down, gets towed
• Colorado police look for car in official's killing
• What happened in Syria?
• White House Easter Egg Roll safe from sequester
• Feds say American Indian organized crime gang dented, not gone
• GM recalls about 34,000 vehicles to fix transmissions
• Conn. football players accused of sexual assault
• Obama calls U.S. Israel's 'greatest friend'
• Woman at center of spy allegations is enigma
• Colo. Department of Corrections chief shot, killed
• Nonprofit worker weeps as he recounts 'stop and frisk' incident
• Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA
• Subway worker stuck in chest high mud 75 feet below ground

Andy Griffith's widow gets permit to raze his home Posted: 20 Mar 2013 01:52 PM PDT Upset friends had hoped it would be preserved as a museum or Graceland-type estate.

Police: Man fatally shoots woman, takes 3-year-old hostage Posted: 20 Mar 2013 01:37 PM PDT Some school children in Fort Wayne, Ind., saw the attack on their way to school.

San Diego pandas get a rare treat: snow Posted: 20 Mar 2013 01:06 PM PDT There was snow in San Diego this week — well, at least for a lucky group of giant pandas.

Obama skeptical of Assad's claims Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:20 PM PDT Use of chemical weapons in Syria would be a game-changer for the U.S.

High unemployment rates will continue through 2015, Fed says Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:04 PM PDT The updated forecasts are nearly identical to projections made in December.

With more cops on patrol, Chicago homicides decline Posted: 20 Mar 2013 11:48 AM PDT Hundreds of officers hit dangerous neighborhood streets on overtime every night.

Sandy's devastation still pains popular NYC tourist destination Posted: 20 Mar 2013 11:32 AM PDT NEW YORK—In most parts of lower Manhattan, few signs remain of the damaging floodwaters and raging winds from Superstorm Sandy that nearly washed this part of the city away in October. In hard-hit areas around Battery Park, the power has been restored, phone service is back, thousands of office workers have returned to their desks [...]

U.S. military's Guantanamo buildings need attention Posted: 20 Mar 2013 11:01 AM PDT "We've got to take care of our troops," says a U.S. commander.

Saudi-born man accused of being al-Qaida operative Posted: 20 Mar 2013 10:45 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal grand jury has indicted a Saudi-born man accused of being an al Qaeda operative who conspired to attack American soldiers in Afghanistan and diplomats in Nigeria, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, also known as "Spin Ghul," was indicted on conspiracy charges in February 2012 after extradition from Italy, but the charges were unsealed only on Wednesday, the department said. He was born in Saudi Arabia but claims citizenship in Niger, the department said. (Reporting by David Ingram; Editing by Sandra Maler)

"Sequester" job cuts may have been exaggerated, experts say Posted: 20 Mar 2013 10:29 AM PDT Government offices are more likely to limit hours than layoff employees.

Heffernan: How an iPhone can help you find inner peace Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:42 AM PDT Buddhism and technology are boon companions. Unlike some home-schooling, cloth-diapering evangelical Christians, or observant Jews—many of whom sanctify weekly abstinence from electricity—Zen types have long expressed nothing short of zeal for digital novelty and global circuits.

Unfortunate rat may have caused recent Fukushima outage Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:10 AM PDT A 6-inch carcass was found near a switchboard.

Obama's limo breaks down, gets towed Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:53 AM PDT The president hadn't yet arrived in the country when the malfunction occurred.

Colorado police look for car in official's killing Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:38 AM PDT The state's head of Corrections Department was shot when he answered his door.

What happened in Syria? Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:07 AM PDT A U.S. ambassador denies evidence of chemical weapons while Assad the rebels trade allegations.

White House Easter Egg Roll safe from sequester Posted: 20 Mar 2013 07:36 AM PDT While White House spokesman Jay Carney told  reporters Tuesday that the White House Easter Egg Roll would not fall victim to sequestration,  there are other areas that are feeling the burn of  budget cuts: Native American Reservations The Star Tribune reported Tuesday that reservations have cut security, ...

Feds say American Indian organized crime gang dented, not gone Posted: 20 Mar 2013 07:04 AM PDT Federal prosecutors say the group terrorized people in the Upper Midwest.

GM recalls about 34,000 vehicles to fix transmissions Posted: 20 Mar 2013 06:49 AM PDT DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling nearly 34,000 Buicks and Cadillacs in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere to fix a problem with the automatic transmissions.

Conn. football players accused of sexual assault Posted: 20 Mar 2013 06:33 AM PDT TORRINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Two members of the Torrington High School football team have been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, who has been taunted on social media sites in recent weeks by dozens of classmates upset at the allegations.

Obama calls U.S. Israel's 'greatest friend' Posted: 20 Mar 2013 06:02 AM PDT The visit will address Iran's threat and Syria.

Woman at center of spy allegations is enigma Posted: 20 Mar 2013 05:14 AM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — The 27-year-old Chinese woman at the center of spying allegations hanging over her boyfriend, a defense contractor in Hawaii, is not in custody.

Colo. Department of Corrections chief shot, killed Posted: 20 Mar 2013 04:59 AM PDT MONUMENT, Colo. (AP) — The head of the Colorado Department of Corrections has been shot and killed at his home, and authorities say the gunman is on the loose.

Nonprofit worker weeps as he recounts 'stop and frisk' incident Posted: 20 Mar 2013 04:44 AM PDT Nicholas Pert is one of about a dozen New Yorkers expected to testify about the policy.

Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA Posted: 20 Mar 2013 04:28 AM PDT By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA chief Charles Bolden has advice on how to handle a large asteroid headed toward New York City: Pray. That's about all the United States - or anyone for that matter - could do at this point about unknown asteroids and meteors that may be on a collision course with Earth, Bolden told lawmakers at a U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee hearing on Tuesday. ...

Subway worker stuck in chest high mud 75 feet below ground Posted: 20 Mar 2013 04:10 AM PDT The man was treated for hypothermia and is in serious but stable condition.

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