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A murder mystery ends after 28 years

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:47 PM PDT

Defendant Gerhartsreiter listens to the prosecutor during his murder trial at the LA Superior Court in Los AngelesA jury convicts a man who pretended to be member of the Rockefeller family.

McConnell staff meets with FBI over alleged bugging

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:31 PM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. answers questions from reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, following a Republican strategy session. The FBI is investigating allegations that McConnell's re-election campaign office was bugged with an electronic listening device. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A recording about rival Ashley Judd was made "illegally and illicitly," an aide says.

Nation's largest public utility could be put up for sale

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:16 PM PDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Obama administration's 2014 budget is calling for a strategic review of the Tennessee Valley Authority, opening the possibility that the largest U.S. public utility could be sold.

Secret Service: Reagan shooter behaves when he goes out

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. Hinckley, who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 has behaved well over the past year when he's been freed from a Washington mental hospital to visit his mother in Virginia, according to U.S. Secret Service reports. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)John Hinckley has visited his mom, shopped, and done volunteer work.

Pentagon plans to cut up to 50,000 jobs

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT

U.S. Navy handout photo of the USS John S. McCain at seaThe civilian reductions are tied to plans to close bases and combine facilities.

Rockefeller impostor convicted of 1985 murder

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:46 AM PDT

Prosecutor Habib Balian makes his final arguments in the murder trial of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Gerhartsreiter has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune,Walter Mancini, Pool )A jury finds the German immigrant guilty in the death of a man missing for 28 years.

Jury reaches verdict in Rockefeller imposter case

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 10:59 AM PDT

Prosecutor Habib Balian makes his final arguments in the murder trial of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Gerhartsreiter has pleaded not guilty to the killing of John Sohus, 27, who disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter was a guest cottage tenant at the home of Sohus' mother, where the couple lived. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune,Walter Mancini, Pool )A German immigrant is charged with the murder of a man who disappeared in 1985.

Putin accidentally listed among criminals

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a speech during a tour of the Amsterdam Hermitage MuseumFinland apologizes for including the Russian president on a blacklist.

Gloria Steinem backs Christine Quinn for NYC mayor

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 08:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2011 photo, Gloria Steinem attends the PBS Winter TCA Tour at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. The two were in a public spat over a bill giving sick leave to New Yorkers.

Photographs: Rare photos from Ellis Island

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 08:27 AM PDT

Photographs: Rare photos from Ellis Island

Background checks back in Senate deal

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 08:11 AM PDT

Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. speak to reporters as they walk from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's, D-Nev., office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, after a meeting on gun control. Reid's determination to stage a vote came despite continued inconclusive talks between Manchin, Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., aimed at finding compromise on expanding background checks to more gun purchasers. But Manchin left a meeting in Reid's office late Tuesday and said he hoped a deal could be completed on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Could the compromise help keep the mentally ill from getting guns?

Background checks back in Senate deal

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 07:41 AM PDT

Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. speak to reporters as they walk from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's, D-Nev., office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, after a meeting on gun control. Reid's determination to stage a vote came despite continued inconclusive talks between Manchin, Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., aimed at finding compromise on expanding background checks to more gun purchasers. But Manchin left a meeting in Reid's office late Tuesday and said he hoped a deal could be completed on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)The reported deal would expand the checks to cover all commercial sales.

British 'test tube baby' pioneer Robert Edwards dies

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 06:39 AM PDT

A picture of Robert Edwards of Britain is projected as winner of 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology is announced in StockholmThe Nobel prize-winning scientist pioneered in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

Pa. man charged with bomb threat at White House

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 06:09 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after police say he made a bomb threat outside the White House.

NC dad dug for buried children until he couldn't breathe

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 05:53 AM PDT

In this image made from video and provided by WSOC-TV Charlotte, authorities work to rescue two children at a construction site, Sunday, April 7, 2013, in Stanley, N.C. Two television stations are reporting that two children are trapped under a home under construction in Lincoln County near Charlotte. WBTV and WSOC report firefighters from several places, including Charlotte, are on the scene Sunday night. (AP Photo/WSOC TV)The man was operating a backhoe in a pit when the walls caved in.

Neighbors describe student behind stabbing as shy

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 05:08 AM PDT

Dylan Quick, who is a suspect in the multiple stabbings on the Lone Star Cy-Fair Campus, right, is escorted by Harris County Sherrif's Office investigators after being questioned, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Houston. Quick, a student at the school, allegedly went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at the Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people — many in the face and neck — before being subdued and arrested, authorities and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty)Dylan Quick allegedly wounded least 14 people, two critically, at a Texas college.

Sexting congressman Weiner weighing a run for NYC mayor

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 04:52 AM PDT

Don't pull an Anthony Weiner.Anthony Weiner, the former congressman who was forced out of office after he was busted sexting with women who were not his wife, says he's considering a run for New York City mayor this year. In an interview with the New York Times magazine, Weiner, who resigned under pressure in 2011, says he wants a [...]

Michelle Obama to talk youth violence in Chicago

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 04:22 AM PDT

Michelle Obama Heads Home to Chicago to Address Youth ViolenceIn what may be her most comprehensive remarks on gun violence to date, the first lady is expected to deliver a deeply personal speech today about what can be done to halt the youth violence epidemic in her home town. Visiting Chicago, Obama will speak...

Court case protects publishing McConnell's Judd audio

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 03:52 AM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. answers questions from reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, following a Republican strategy session. The FBI is investigating allegations that McConnell's re-election campaign office was bugged with an electronic listening device. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Mother Jones was the center of the controversy over Romney's "47%" comments.

Court case protects publishing McConnell's Judd audio

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 03:37 AM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. answers questions from reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, following a Republican strategy session. The FBI is investigating allegations that McConnell's re-election campaign office was bugged with an electronic listening device. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Mother Jones was the center of the controversy over Romney's "47%" comments.

Cuba turns over Fla. couple, kids to U.S.

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 02:51 AM PDT

This photo combination made from undated images provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office shows 35-year-old Joshua Michael Hakken, left, and his wife, 34-year-old Sharyn Patricia Hakken. Cuba says it will turn over to the United States the Florida couple who allegedly kidnapped their own children from the mother's parents and fled by boat to Havana. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)The couple is accused of abducting their own sons and fleeing to Cuba by boat.

Spring storm crawls eastward; dumps snow, rain

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:20 AM PDT

Laramie resident John Waggener brushes the snow from the roof of his car after enjoying dinner at a downtown restaurant in Laramie, Wyo., Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Jeremy Martin)CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A chilly spring storm was making its way eastward Wednesday after heavy snow and freezing rain prompted hundreds of flight cancellations, stranded motorists and knocked out power to thousands in several Western states.

Cuba turning over Florida couple, children to U.S.

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:04 AM PDT

This photo combination made from undated images provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office shows 35-year-old Joshua Michael Hakken, left, and his wife, 34-year-old Sharyn Patricia Hakken. Cuba says it will turn over to the United States the Florida couple who allegedly kidnapped their own children from the mother's parents and fled by boat to Havana. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)The couple is accused of kidnapping their two young sons and fleeing by boat to Havana.

Blue Angels cancel air shows over budget cuts

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, March 23, 2013 file photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels perform their precision aerobatics over the Florida Keys during the Southernmost Air Spectacular at Naval Air Station Key West, in Key West, Fla. The commander of Naval air forces announced on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 that the U.S. Navy has canceled the remainder of the elite Blue Angels demonstration team's 2013 season because of federal cuts. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Rob O'Neal, File)The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels says the rest of its season is canceled.

Company recalls birth control batch containing extra placebos

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:03 AM PDT

Canadian birth control pill manufacturer Apotex has issued an "urgent recall" of its Alysena-28 line because a single batch (50,000 packages) may have made it into the marketplace with two weeks of placebo sugar bills. A normal month's supply of the pill contains one week's worth of white placebos and three weeks of pink birth [...]
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