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From Boston to Newtown: Obama plays national grief counselor

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:28 PM PDT

Grief counseling is not mentioned in the Constitution nor does it ever come up in presidential debates. But part of the job of any president in this already tear-stained century is to channel our collective sadness, to speak for all Americans at a time of national tragedy.

Woman sentenced to 22 years in prison for killing grandson

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A 75-year-old Detroit-area woman convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of her teen grandson was sentenced to at least 22 years in prison Thursday, despite a plea from her lawyer that she may not survive a long stay.

Food poisonings up from raw milk, poultry bacteria

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:42 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Bacteria commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is causing more and more food poisonings, health officials said Thursday.

Nurse pleads guilty in murder-for-hire case

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:32 PM PDT

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A former Cleveland Clinic nurse accused of trying to hire an emergency room patient to kill a woman pleaded guilty Thursday in a murder-for-hire plot.

Sanford hit with ‘Appalachian Trail’ ad

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:56 AM PDT

Mark Sanford Accused of Trespassing at Ex-Wife's HomeDemocrats attack the S.C. Republican for disappearing to visit his former mistress.

Abortion clinic worker saw babies breathe

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is shown. Eight former employees of a run-down West Philadelphia abortion clinic now face prison time for the work they did for Gosnell. Three have pleaded guilty to third-degree murder. And Gosnell, 72, is on trial in the deaths of a patient and seven babies allegedly born alive. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department via Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, File)A witness in the murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell was so upset that she called authorities.

Gabby Giffords 'angry' over gun vote

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:11 AM PDT

Mark Kelly on Gun Vote: 'Gabby Is Angry Today'"Passing that bill into law was the right thing to do," says her husband, Mark Kelly.

Airshow organizers nix atomic bomb re-enactment

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:55 AM PDT

CINCINNATI (AP) — A popular southwest Ohio air show has canceled plans to stage a re-enactment of the devastating World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after protests, officials said Thursday.

Miss. man charged with threatening Obama

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:40 AM PDT

This undated photo obtained from the facebook page of Paul Kevin Curtis, shows, according to neighbors, Paul Kevin Curtis, 45. Curtis was arrested Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at his home in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line. He is accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to to national leaders. (AP Photo)Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, faces 15 years in prison and $500,000 fine.

Miss. man charged with threatening Obama

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:55 AM PDT

This undated photo obtained from the facebook page of Paul Kevin Curtis, shows, according to neighbors, Paul Kevin Curtis, 45. Curtis was arrested Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at his home in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line. He is accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to to national leaders. (AP Photo)Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, is accused of sending letters laced with poison.

'World will return to this great American city'

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:45 AM PDT

President Barack Obama attends an interfaith healing service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Thursday, April 18, 2013, for victims of Monday's Boston Marathon explosions. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)The president speaks during service for Boston bombing victims.

Senators who blocked gun bill represent just 38% of America

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:09 AM PDT

How Broken Is the Senate? The Gun Bill Blockers Only Represent 38% of AmericaThe legislative body allows 41 senators to block the will of their 59 counterparts.

Malala Yousafzai takes the cover of Time’s ‘Most Influential’ issue

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, Malala Yousufzai, the 15-year-old girl who was shot at close range in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan, reads a book as she continues her recovery at the hospital. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban, is writing a memoir. Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson said Thursday March 28, 2013 it will release President Obama and Sen. Rand Paul also shared the honor with LeBron James and Jay-Z.

Teens pleads not guilty in Ga. baby slaying

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:44 AM PDT

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A coastal Georgia teenager has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the slaying of a baby that authorities say was shot in the face during an attempted robbery on a street.

Pakistan's Musharraf runs from court after arrest order

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:28 AM PDT

File photo shows former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf meeting journalists after attending the CLSA Investors Forum in Hong KongLawyers shouted, "Look who is running, Musharraf is running!"

FBI seeking 2 men of interest in Boston bomb video

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:12 AM PDT

A line of investigators is form as they enter a building adjacent to one of the blast sites near the Boston Marathon finish line, Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Boston. Boston remained under a heavy security presence, with scores of National Guard troops gathering among armored Humvees in the Boston Common. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the FBI wants to speak with two men seen in at least one video from the Boston Marathon.

Frantic search for Texas blast surviviors

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:42 AM PDT

The remains of the the West Fertilizer Co. plant smolder in the rain on Thursday, April 18, 2013, in West, Texas. A massive explosion at the plant killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160, officials said overnight. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool) MANDATORY CREDITRescue workers comb through debris left by a fatal plant explosion.

Stern warning for U.S. getting involved in Syria

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:05 AM PDT

Hagel, Dempsey Warn of Involvement in SyriaDefense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Congress about unintended consequences.

Bird flu virus spreading without birds, but how?

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:55 AM PDT

A family watches a worker spray disinfectant in Naidong village, where a boy tested positive for the H7N9 virus, in Beijing Monday, April 15, 2013. The new case of bird flu in China's capital, a 4-year-old boy who displayed no symptoms, is adding to the unknowns about the latest outbreak that has caused 63 confirmed cases and 14 deaths, health officials said Monday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTSo far there has been no sign of sustained human-to-human transmission.

Boston Marathon's tales of the wounded

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:02 AM PDT

This image from video shows Boston Marathon bombing victim Kevin White during an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday evening, April 17, 2013 soon after Kevin White was released from Boston Medical Center, where he was treated for injuries he suffered in Monday's blast. Kevin White had just left a restaurant with his parents when the first of two bombs that hit the Boston Marathon exploded about 10 feet away. The force of the blast, he said Wednesday, was so strong that it slammed them to the ground, breaking some of his mother's bones and tearing his father's right foot so badly surgeons had to amputate it. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngow)An boy cheering his mother, and a set of newlyweds lived, but had their lives changed.

4 UK men jailed for toy-car terror plot

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 05:47 AM PDT

This is an undated handout photo issued by London's Metropolitan Police of top row left to right, Zahid Iqbal, Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed and bottom row left to right Umar Arshad and Syed Farhan Hussain. The four men have been jailed in Britain for discussing plans to carry out a terrorist attack using homemade guns and bombs. they pleaded guilty in March to engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police)LONDON (AP) — The terror plot involved targeting British reserve troops using a toy-car packed with explosives.

Man arrested for ricin thought he had found body part conspiracy

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:36 AM PDT

A Prince George's County, Md. firefighter, left, gets dressed in a protective suit before going into a government mail screening facility in Hyattsville, Md., Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Police swept across the U.S. Capitol complex to chase a flurry of reports of suspicious packages and envelopes Wednesday after preliminary tests indicated poisonous ricin in two letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Paul Kevin Curtis claimed "parties within the government" were trying to ruin him.

Hero from iconic marathon photo gets attention, FBI visit

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:16 AM PDT

Carlos Arredondo speaks to a reporter in his home in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Arredondo, a peace activist whose son was killed during the Iraq war, was handing out flags nearby at the time of the explosions and assisted victims after a pair of bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)The FBI agents, Carlos Luis Arredondo said, asked routine questions.

Economics student takes out Republican debt talking point

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 03:45 AM PDT

Harvard Professor and Economist Rogoff speaks during Sohn Investment Conference in New YorkA country's debt may have less of a drag on growth than was previously thought.

Obama to visit Boston amid search for suspect

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:20 AM PDT

Officials stand guard near the site of the Boston Marathon explosions, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. Authorities investigating the deadly bombings have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was catapulted onto the roof of a nearby building, an official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)The president will attend a memorial service amid a manhunt for a suspect seen on video.
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