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• Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad resigns
• Music purchases predicted by brain activity
• Boston mayor fractures leg, in hospital again
• Activists say Syrian airstrike kills 18
• PSY says he hopes N. Koreans enjoy his new single
• Beijing reports its 1st case of the new bird flu virus
• Police: 3 found shot to death inside Kansas home
• Lion Air plane crashes into sea in Bali, Indonesia
• All passengers safe as Lion Air plane overshoots runway in Bali
• Seeking calm in Koreas, U.S. looks again to China
• Calif. man diagnosed with meningitis is brain dead
• Pope faces tough decisions as Vatican reforms loom
• Looking for logic in North Korea's threats
• Hawaii land board approves Thirty Meter Telescope
• Kerry to meet China's leaders to discuss N. Korea
• Ga. police officer shot after stop, suspect killed
• Spring storm socks Midwest, Deep South
• Bigger reward sought in probe of killings of Texas prosecutors
• Korean conflict could impact your next phone
• Oklahoma governor throws wet blanket on Flaming Lips tune
• Student charged in Virginia college shooting
• Teen suicides linked to disturbing trend
• California pension fund to divest from gunmakers
• Navy panel: Sub commander who faked death should be discharged
• 'Not your typical juvenile crime'

Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad resigns Posted: 13 Apr 2013 12:18 PM PDT Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad resigned on Saturday, leaving the Palestinians without one of their most moderate and well-respected voices just as the U.S. is launching a new push for Mideast peace.

Music purchases predicted by brain activity Posted: 13 Apr 2013 12:18 PM PDT Activity in certain regions of the brain can predict whether you'll like a new song enough to buy it, whether it's indie rock like Florence + The Machine's "Drumming Song" or experimental electronica like Ratatat's "Neckbrace."

Boston mayor fractures leg, in hospital again Posted: 13 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT Thomas Menino has fractured a bone in his lower leg, the latest in a series of health issues that have dogged the city's longest-serving chief executive.

Activists say Syrian airstrike kills 18 Posted: 13 Apr 2013 08:44 AM PDT A Syrian government airstrike on a town in the country's northwest killed at least 18 people Saturday, shattering store fronts, setting cars ablaze and sending a giant plume of black and gray smoke over the horizon.

PSY says he hopes N. Koreans enjoy his new single Posted: 13 Apr 2013 05:42 AM PDT South Korean rapper PSY says he hopes North Koreans will enjoy his new single even as tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula.

Beijing reports its 1st case of the new bird flu virus Posted: 13 Apr 2013 04:41 AM PDT A 7-year-old girl has become Beijing's first confirmed case of a new strain of the bird flu virus that has killed 11 people and sickened 37 others in eastern China, officials said Saturday.

Police: 3 found shot to death inside Kansas home Posted: 13 Apr 2013 04:25 AM PDT Police say three people have been found shot to death inside a home in Topeka, Kan.

Lion Air plane crashes into sea in Bali, Indonesia Posted: 13 Apr 2013 03:25 AM PDT A Lion Air plane carrying more than 100 passengers overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday and crashed into the sea, police said.

All passengers safe as Lion Air plane overshoots runway in Bali Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:40 AM PDT A Lion Air passenger jet overshot the runway on the Indonesian island of Bali on Saturday and landed in water ...

Seeking calm in Koreas, U.S. looks again to China Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:09 AM PDT As North Korea prepares a potential missile test and issues threats almost daily, the Obama administration on Saturday looked again for China to force its unruly neighbor to stand down.

Calif. man diagnosed with meningitis is brain dead Posted: 13 Apr 2013 01:23 AM PDT A 33-year-old West Hollywood man who felt sickened by bacterial meningitis earlier this week has been declared brain dead amid warnings to sexually active gay men about the deadly strain of illness, officials said.

Pope faces tough decisions as Vatican reforms loom Posted: 13 Apr 2013 12:07 AM PDT Pope Francis has spent much of his first month as pope charming ordinary Catholics with his ordinary yet extraordinary papal ways and making clear he is very much the boss ...

Looking for logic in North Korea's threats Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:52 PM PDT To the outside world, the talk often appears to border on the lunatic, with the poor, hungry and electricity-starved nation threatening to lay waste to America's cities in an atomic firestorm ...

Hawaii land board approves Thirty Meter Telescope Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:35 PM PDT A plan by California and Canadian universities to build the world's largest telescope at the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano won approval from the state Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday.

Kerry to meet China's leaders to discuss N. Korea Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:04 PM PDT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets China's top leaders on Saturday in an effort to persuade them to exert pressure on North Korea to scale back its belligerent rhetoric and, eventually, return to nuclear talks. Travelling to Beijing for the first time as secretary of state, Kerry made no secret of his desire to see China take a more activist stance toward North Korea, which in recent weeks has threatened nuclear war against the United States. ...

Ga. police officer shot after stop, suspect killed Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:49 PM PDT A suburban Atlanta police officer has been hospitalized after being shot during a traffic stop and the suspect was fatally shot by police after a pursuit through north Fulton County.

Spring storm socks Midwest, Deep South Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:34 PM PDT At least three people are killed and thousands are without power.

Bigger reward sought in probe of killings of Texas prosecutors Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:19 PM PDT Texas authorities are seeking to double an existing $200,000 reward.

Korean conflict could impact your next phone Posted: 12 Apr 2013 06:47 PM PDT If war erupts, supplies of electronic gadgets will be impacted.

Oklahoma governor throws wet blanket on Flaming Lips tune Posted: 12 Apr 2013 06:17 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's governor has taken The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" out of rotation, pulling the tune as the state's official rock song in a move her office says has more to do with priorities than musical taste.

Student charged in Virginia college shooting Posted: 12 Apr 2013 06:02 PM PDT Police are trying to determine why the 18-year-old attacked two women, officers say.

Teen suicides linked to disturbing trend Posted: 12 Apr 2013 05:46 PM PDT After a sexual assault, embarrassing online pictures haunt victims.

California pension fund to divest from gunmakers Posted: 12 Apr 2013 05:17 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's pension fund for teachers made official on Friday its plan to divest holdings in firearms companies whose weapons are illegal in the state. The California State Teachers' Retirement System will now sell holdings in two publicly traded gunmakers Sturm, Ruger & Co and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. The investments are worth about $3 million. The divestment plan has been in play since January at the $161. ...

Navy panel: Sub commander who faked death should be discharged Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:01 PM PDT Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II sent his mistress an email saying he had died unexpectedly.

'Not your typical juvenile crime' Posted: 12 Apr 2013 03:15 PM PDT The boys accused of attacking Audrie Pott may face homicide charges.

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