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• Fatal stabbing of girl, 8, prompts NorCal manhunt
• Owner of collapsed building captured in Bangladesh
• Obama jokes about aging during second term
• Lawmakers: Syria chemical weapons could menace U.S..
• 3 Taliban bombs target Pakistani politicians
• How earthquakes in Chile have permanently deformed Earth
• California police search for suspect in fatal stabbing of girl
• Lawmaker: FBI checking training angle in bombing
• Leftist priests: Pope Francis can fix church 'in ruins'
• Syria's neighbors cautious about U.S.-led intervention
• News, tweets, video: The best of the White House Correspondents' Dinner
• Pakistan Taliban bomb politicians' offices, kill 9
• Iraq pulls licenses of Al-Jazeera, other channels
• Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
• In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites
• Russia caught bomb suspect on wiretap
• Owner of collapsed building arrested on India border
• Mississippi man charged in suspicious letters case
• Bangladesh building collapse death toll hits 362
• Bangladesh owner is at nexus of politics, business
• Thirteen dead, dozens hurt during Mexican prison riot
• Six months after Sandy, thousands homeless in N.Y., N.J.
• Icelanders oust government over austerity program
• American charged, ex-general held in Venezuela
• Boston bomb suspect in small cell with steel door

Fatal stabbing of girl, 8, prompts NorCal manhunt Posted: 28 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a young girl who died after being stabbed in her home in rural Northern California.

Owner of collapsed building captured in Bangladesh Posted: 28 Apr 2013 12:20 PM PDT The fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed and killed at least 377 people was captured Sunday by a commando force as he tried to flee into India. At the disaster site, meanwhile, ...

Obama jokes about aging during second term Posted: 28 Apr 2013 12:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he's not "the strapping young Muslim socialist" he used to be.

Lawmakers: Syria chemical weapons could menace U.S.. Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:43 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers warned Sunday as they considered a U.S. response that stops short of sending military forces there.

3 Taliban bombs target Pakistani politicians Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:02 AM PDT PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban bombs targeting politicians in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed 11 people, the latest in a series of attacks meant to disrupt next month's parliamentary election, police said.

How earthquakes in Chile have permanently deformed Earth Posted: 28 Apr 2013 10:30 AM PDT Earthquakes can permanently crack the Earth, an investigation of quakes that have rocked Chile over the past million years suggests.

California police search for suspect in fatal stabbing of girl Posted: 28 Apr 2013 10:11 AM PDT (Reuters) - A manhunt was under way on Sunday in a northern California suburb for a suspect who authorities say stabbed a 9-year-old girl to death in a suburban home and fled, officials said. Residents of Valley Springs, California, 60 miles southeast of Sacramento, were being warned on Sunday morning to remain inside their homes with their doors locked as investigators fanned out across the region, hunting for the suspected attacker. ...

Lawmaker: FBI checking training angle in bombing Posted: 28 Apr 2013 09:47 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that the FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing receiving training that helped them carry out the attack.

Leftist priests: Pope Francis can fix church 'in ruins' Posted: 28 Apr 2013 08:39 AM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A new pope from Latin America known for ministering to the poor in his country's slums is raising the hopes of advocates of liberation theology, whose leftist social activism had alarmed previous pontiffs.

Syria's neighbors cautious about U.S.-led intervention Posted: 28 Apr 2013 08:39 AM PDT By Nick Tattersall ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's neighbors, wary of stirring a conflict that could spill back over their borders, would be reluctant partners in a U.S.-led intervention but are ultimately likely to support limited military action if widespread use of chemical weapons is proven. The White House disclosed U.S. intelligence on Thursday that Syria had likely used chemical weapons, a move President Barack Obama had said could trigger unspecified consequences, widely interpreted to include possible U.S. military action. ...

News, tweets, video: The best of the White House Correspondents' Dinner Posted: 28 Apr 2013 07:30 AM PDT A look at the top laughs and best jabs from the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Pakistan Taliban bomb politicians' offices, kill 9 Posted: 28 Apr 2013 06:48 AM PDT PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Taliban detonated bombs at the campaign offices of two politicians in the country's northwest on Sunday, police said, killing at least nine people in an escalation of attacks on secular, left-leaning political parties.

Iraq pulls licenses of Al-Jazeera, other channels Posted: 28 Apr 2013 06:12 AM PDT Iraqi authorities announced Sunday that they had revoked the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine other satellite TV channels, alleging that they are promoting a sectarian agenda as the country grapples with a wave of violence.

Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists Posted: 28 Apr 2013 06:08 AM PDT Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle.

In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites Posted: 28 Apr 2013 05:53 AM PDT America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time ...

Russia caught bomb suspect on wiretap Posted: 28 Apr 2013 04:12 AM PDT Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.

Owner of collapsed building arrested on India border Posted: 28 Apr 2013 03:08 AM PDT The owner of an illegally-constructed building that collapsed last week in a deadly heap in a Dhaka suburb was arrested at a border crossing with India on Sunday, a government minister said.

Mississippi man charged in suspicious letters case Posted: 28 Apr 2013 12:44 AM PDT The arrest of a 41-year-old Mississippi martial arts instructor in a case of poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others ...

Bangladesh building collapse death toll hits 362 Posted: 28 Apr 2013 12:23 AM PDT Bangladesh rescuers on Sunday located nine people alive inside the rubble of a multi-story building that collapsed five days ago, as authorities announced they will now use heavy equipment to drill a central hole from the top to look for survivors and dead bodies.

Bangladesh owner is at nexus of politics, business Posted: 27 Apr 2013 11:52 PM PDT When the cracks in the building appeared early Tuesday afternoon, a stocky man in his early 30s, a feared political operative who a neighbor says dropped out of school in seventh grade, quickly arrived at the scene in this crowded industrial suburb of the capital.

Thirteen dead, dozens hurt during Mexican prison riot Posted: 27 Apr 2013 10:07 PM PDT Thirteen people were killed and some 65 injured in a prison riot on Saturday in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, local officials said.

Six months after Sandy, thousands homeless in N.Y., N.J. Posted: 27 Apr 2013 10:06 PM PDT The 9-year-old girl who got New Jersey's tough-guy governor to shed a tear as he comforted her after her home was destroyed is bummed because she now lives far from her best friend and has nowhere to hang her One Direction posters.

Icelanders oust government over austerity program Posted: 27 Apr 2013 09:33 PM PDT By Balazs Koranyi and Robert Robertson REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, Icelandic voters dumped the Social Democrats from power on Saturday, returning a center-right government that ruled over its stunning financial collapse just five years ago. Once a European financial hub, this windswept north Atlantic island of glaciers, geysers and volcanoes has been limping along for years, still crippled from a crash that brought it to its knees in just a matter of days. ...

American charged, ex-general held in Venezuela Posted: 27 Apr 2013 09:31 PM PDT An American filmmaker was formally charged late Saturday by Venezuelan officials who accuse him of paying right-wing groups to foment postelection unrest on behalf of U.S. intelligence.

Boston bomb suspect in small cell with steel door Posted: 27 Apr 2013 08:40 PM PDT The Boston Marathon bombing suspect is being held in a small cell with a steel door at a federal medical detention center about 40 miles outside the city, a federal official said Saturday.

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