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Egypt issues arrest warrant for TV satirist
Phil Ramone, Grammy-winning producer, dead at 72
After 55 years, Ohio's Easter Eggshelland comes to an end
Cyprus bank's big savers to lose up to 60 percent
HIV, hepatitis tests urged for 7,000 Oklahoma dental patients
U.S. commandos hand over troubled area to Afghans
Justin Bieber's monkey quarantined in Germany
2 Wash. boys to stand trial for murder conspiracy
Former Nev. lawmaker arrested after freeway chase
Little Cyprus thumbs its nose at EU 'bullies'
Death toll in Tanzania building collapse rises to 17
N. Korea claims a 'state of war' with S. Korea
Argentina offers to pay debts with cash, bonds
N.C. police: 3 dead after shooting, police standoff
Pope's foot-wash a final straw for traditionalists
Two fifth-graders face trial in alleged Washington murder plot
N.Korea claims 'a state of war' with S.Korea
Navy SEAL killed in parachute accident
State asks Sandy Hook charities how money is spent
Confederate flag comes down at old N.C. capitol
Police searching for man who fell from plane
Airports challenging FAA's planned tower shutdowns
Dozens indicted in Atlanta school cheating scandal
Navy SEAL dies in training accident
Sex offenders in Texas could catch a break

Egypt issues arrest warrant for TV satirist

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 12:39 PM PDT

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

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

After 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

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

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

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

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

The 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 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

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 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

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

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

Teachers allegedly wrongly promoted students for bonus payments.