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Man identified in retesting of World Trade Center remains

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:32 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities retesting human remains recovered from the World Trade Center site have identified those of a 55-year-old man.

Carnival plans major improvements

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:31 PM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 14, 2013 file photo shows the disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph being towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala. Carnival Cruise Lines on Wednesday, April 17, announced a $300 million program to add emergency generators, upgrade fire safety and improve engine rooms on all 24 of its ships. The announcement could help the brand begin rebounding from a wave of bad publicity that began in February, when an engine fire knocked out power on the Carnival Triumph. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)The cruise line will invest millions to upgrade all 24 of its ships.

Ex-judge's wife charged in Texas DA deaths

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:16 PM PDT

File - In this April 15, 2013 file photo, the home of Eric Lyle Williams is shown in Kaufman, Texas. Texas authorities have arrested the former justice of the peace's wife, Kim Lene Williams. Online jail records do not list charges against her and officials in Kaufman County wouldn't immediately comment on the reason for her arrest. A law enforcement official has said authorities are trying to build a case against Eric Lyle Williams in the deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)Kim Williams confesses to her involvement in three shooting deaths, police say.

Conflicting reports on bombing arrest

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Investigators comb through the post finish line area of the Boston Marathon at Boylston Street, two days after two bombs exploded just before the finish line, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Boston police say a suspect has not been taken into custody.

Arrest imminent in marathon bombing

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 10:59 AM PDT

Investigators comb through the post finish line area of the Boston Marathon at Boylston Street, two days after two bombs exploded just before the finish line, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings will be arrested, police say.

Funeral held for diplomat killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 10:28 AM PDT

Rev. Kenneth Fischer begins the funeral service of U.S. diplomat Anne T. Smedinghoff at St. Luke Catholic Church Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in River Forest, Ill. Smedinghoff was killed by a bomb when she set out on foot for a one block trip to deliver books to a school in southern Afghanistan on April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast-Pool)Hundreds of friends and family members pay their respects to Anne Smedinghoff.

Background check bill faces likely Senate defeat

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 10, 2013 file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa. arrive for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to announce that they have reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers. Supporters try to salvage an expansion of background checks, the heart of Congress' struggling post-Newtown effort to restrict guns. Forty-one senators are potentially ready to oppose the measure _ enough to sink it unless gun control forces figure out a way to attract more votes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Pressure cooker lid offers clues to bombing

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:42 AM PDT

This image from a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security joint bulletin issued to law enforcement and obtained by The Associated Press, shows the remains of a pressure cooker that the FBI says was part of one of the bombs that exploded during the Boston Marathon. The FBI says it has evidence that indicates one of the bombs was contained in a pressure cooker with nails and ball bearings, and it was hidden in a backpack. (AP Photo/FBI)Authorities recover a piece of circuit board that may be a part of one of the explosive devices.

Ricin-laced sent letter to Obama

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:26 AM PDT

Secret Service: Ricin-Laced Letter to Obama Has Been FoundThe mail field-tested positive for the poison, police officials say.

Suspicious letter mailed to Obama

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:11 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the bomb blast in Boston while in WashingtonA source says it was similar to another that tested positive for ricin.

Rand Paul hints at presidential run in 2016

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:55 AM PDT

Rand Paul Hints at Presidential Run in 2016A Tea Party favorite, Paul is libertarian like his father-congressman.

Evidence of nerve gas in Syria

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:23 AM PDT

A bus, used as cover from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, blocks a street lined with damaged buildings in Aleppo's Salaheddine districtYasser's Wife and Two Toddlers Died of Symptons Similar to Nerve Gas Use

Pressure cooker bomb offers clues

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:07 AM PDT

Pressure cookers help make good bombs _ and cluesThe homemade explosive devices are common in places like Afghanistan.

Wife of ex-judge arrested in slain Texas DA case

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:51 AM PDT

File - This photo provided by the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office shows Eric Williams. Texas authorities have arrested the former justice of the peace's wife, Kim Lene Williams. Online jail records do not list charges against her and officials in Kaufman County wouldn't immediately comment on the reason for her arrest. A law enforcement official has said authorities are trying to build a case against Eric Lyle Williams in the deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia. (AP Photo/Kaufman County Sheriff's Office, File)Officials are trying to build a case against her husband for two murders.

Hospital apologizes for leaving baby's body in dirty laundry

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:35 AM PDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota hospital is apologizing for mishandling a stillborn baby who was discovered at a laundry service.

NH legislator calls women 'vaginas' in House email

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:20 AM PDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Republican legislator is drawing ire for referring to women as "vaginas" in an email to his House colleagues during a debate over repealing a law allowing people to use deadly force to defend themselves.

New Zealand lawmakers approve gay-marriage bill

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:04 AM PDT

New Zealand lawmaker Louisa Wall, who sponsored the gay marriage bill, stands on the steps of Parliament in Wellington before voting for the same-sex marriage Tuesday, April 16, 2013. New Zealand has become the 13th country in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament today after lawmakers vote 77 to 44 in favor of the gay-marriage bill. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)The country became the 13th in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.

Ariz. bill passed makes cities sell turned-in guns

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:32 AM PDT

Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords listens as her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly speaks on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, during a ceremony to honor Gabriel PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate has joined the House in passing a bill that would require cities and counties to sell guns turned in at community buyback events instead of destroying them.

Fox pulls 'Family Guy' episode following Boston bombings

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 05:45 AM PDT

This image released by Fox shows characters from the Fox animated series, Creator Seth MacFarlane slammed a mash-up that appeared on the Internet.

Britain's Iron Lady laid to rest with full pomp

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 05:14 AM PDT

A Union flag draped coffin bearing the body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is carried on a gun carriage drawn by the King's Troop Royal Artillery during her ceremonial funeral procession in London, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The Iron Lady is being laid to rest - yet even in death, she remains a divisive figure. World leaders and dignitaries from 170 countries are to attend the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday, an elaborate affair with full military honors that will culminate with a service at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)LONDON (AP) — Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, was laid to rest Wednesday with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarizing political figure.

Private rocket takes maiden flight from Virginia today

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 05:04 AM PDT

New Private Rocket Launching on Maiden Flight from Virginia TodayAntares is slated to lift off at 5 p.m. EDT in a test of future space station trips.

Bird flu mystery deepens as some victims had no poultry contact

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 04:12 AM PDT

An employee works at a poultry farm on the outskirts of ShanghaiThe virus has killed 16 people to date in China.

Stories of dead and injured in Boston bombing

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 02:54 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by Bill Richard shows his son, Martin Richard, in Boston. Martin Richard, 8, was among the at least three people killed in the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Bill Richard)An 8-year-old boy, an outgoing young woman, and a Chinese grad student were killed.

Ex-wife says former S.C. Gov. Sanford trespassed

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 02:39 AM PDT

FILE - South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Sanford, and his wife, Jenny, watch returns at an election-night party in this Nov. 5, 2002 file photo taken at a restaurant in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford must appear in court two days after running for a vacant congressional seat to answer a complaint that he trespassed at his ex-wife's home, according to court documents acquired by The Associated Press on Tuesday April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)Sanford must appear in court two days after running for a vacant congressional seat.

Senate vote nears, background checks in peril

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:38 AM PDT

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., walks with Rep. Ron Barber D-Ariz., and Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio, during the dedication of a room in the Capitol Visitors Center to slain congressional staffer Gabriel Zimmerman on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Zimmerman died two years ago in the Tucson, Ariz., attack that critically wounded Giffords and took six lives. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)A bipartisan effort to expand gun-buyer background checks is in deep trouble.
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