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Paramedic from Texas plant blast arrested

Posted: 10 May 2013 12:58 PM PDT

File picture shows the site of a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, as pictured from the air as Obama assesses the damage from Marine OneBryce Reed was charged with possessing bomb-making materials.

Shapiro: Obama’s Bush-league mistakes, from Benghazi to Syria

Posted: 10 May 2013 12:58 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speak during his visits Manor New Technology High School, Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Manor, Texas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)It's simple: Don't make threats until you've worked out how they'll be enforced.

Movie theater publicity stunt results in police response

Posted: 10 May 2013 12:12 PM PDT

The manager of a movie theater in Jefferson City, Mo., is defending himself after a publicity stunt resulted in a police response last weekend. KMIZ reports that management of Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters hired an actor to dress in full tactical gear (complete with a fake gun) and walk into the movie theater during the [...]

Obama to tout health law ahead of Mother's Day

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:56 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama delivers remarks on jobs during a visit to Manor New Tech High School in AustinPresident Barack Obama on Friday planned to deliver remarks touting his health care law's benefits for women, whose response to the program the White House believes will be key to its success. Obama's remarks, to be delivered in the White House East Room, are being tied to Mother's Day. But the event represents the beginning [...]

Man awarded $59K for incorrect death diagnosis

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:40 AM PDT

It's everyone's worst nightmare: Being diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only months to live. Then, after several months, learning it was all a mistake. Mark Templin was recently awarded an almost $60,000 settlement for just such an agonizing experience. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy pointed to Dr. Patrick Morrow's "negligent failure to meet [...]

Cop reunites with man he saved on Golden Gate Bridge

Posted: 10 May 2013 10:54 AM PDT

BriggsOn March 11 2005, Kevin Berthia wanted to take his own life.

Ohio kidnap suspect is father of child born in captivity

Posted: 10 May 2013 10:38 AM PDT

Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office booking photo of Ariel CastroAmanda Berry's baby was born on Christmas Day, 2006, authorities have said.

Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion

Posted: 10 May 2013 10:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 2, 2013, file photo investigators move and look through the debris of the destroyed fertilizer plant in West, Texas. Texas law enforcement officials launched a criminal investigation Friday, May 10, 2013, into the massive explosion last month that killed 14 people. (AP Photo/LM Otero, Pool)The massive blast that killed 14 was previously treated as an industrial accident.

Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, dies

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:52 AM PDT

FILE - In July 29, 1999 file photo, Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of political activist Malcolm X, leaves Family Court in Yonkers, N.Y., after a detention hearing. In 1997, Shabazz, then 12, set a fire at the Yonkers home of his grandmother, Betty Shabazz, Malcolm Xís widow. She died from severe burns. U.S. officials say Shabazz was killed Thursday, May 10, 2013 in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)In 1997, Shabazz set a fire that killed his grandmother, Betty Shabazz.

Uncle: Marathon bombing suspect buried in Virginia

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2010, photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev smiles after accepting the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship in Lowell, Mass. Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a police shootout, was buried in an undisclosed location outside the city of Worcester, police said Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie, File) MANDATORY CREDITRuslan Tsarni said that the body was buried with the help of a "faith coalition."

Ohio kidnap suspect confirmed as father of captive girl

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:36 AM PDT

A girl adds a balloon outside the home of Gina DeJesus Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. Ariel Castro, the man accused of raping and kidnapping DeJesus and 2 other women, who were missing for about a decade before being found alive at his home, was ordered held Thursday on $8 million bail. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio attorney general says tests have confirmed that alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl rescued from his house with three women this week.

IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups in 2012 election

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:06 AM PDT

Sequester Hits IRS, More than 89,000 Employees FurloughedWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.

Plague helped bring down Roman Empire, graveyard suggests

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:06 AM PDT

Plague Helped Bring Down Roman Empire, Graveyard SuggestsPlague may have helped finish off the Roman Empire, researchers now reveal.

Seeking re-election, Imelda extends Marcos dynasty

Posted: 10 May 2013 07:50 AM PDT

Seeking re-election, Imelda extends Marcos dynastyTwenty-seven years after a public revolt ousted her dictator husband, Imelda Marcos is the Philippines' ultimate political survivor: She dazzled voters with her bouffant hairstyle, oversized jewelry and ...

Woman held captive in Cleveland home rebuffs mother, grandmother

Posted: 10 May 2013 06:50 AM PDT

Law enforcement officials gather evidence at the crime scene where three women were held captive in Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old former school bus driver, is being held on $8 million bail under a suicide watch in jail, where he is charged with rape and kidnapping for allegedly abducting three women and holding them captive in his home for a decade. (AP Photo/David Duprey)Michelle Knight is shunning visits from relatives, some of whom thought she was a runaway.

Creepy ghost town comes up for air

Posted: 10 May 2013 06:04 AM PDT

In this May 6, 2013 photo, former resident and tourist guide Norma Berg walks by a street in Epecuen, a village that once was submerged in water in Argentina. People come to see the rusted hulks of automobiles and furniture, crumbled homes and broken appliances. They climb staircases that lead nowhere, and wander through a graveyard where the water toppled headstones and exposed tombs to the elements. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)A strange town spent a quarter century under water in Argentina.

S. Korean president fires spokesman amid sexual assault allegations

Posted: 10 May 2013 05:34 AM PDT

South Korean President Fires Spokesman Amid Sexual Assault Allegations in USYoon Chang-jung was accused of sexually assaulting an intern at a Washington, D.C., hotel.

Prince Harry carries on legacy of Princess Diana to rid world of landmines

Posted: 10 May 2013 05:02 AM PDT

England's Prince Harry, right, speaks with British Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott during a reception and dinner at the British Ambassador's residence, Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, Pool)Power Players Prince Harry made a visit to Capitol Hill yesterday to tour an exhibit on landmines, a cause dear to the heart of his late mother Princess Diana, and inadvertently won the hearts of flocks of female admirers who followed him to the exhibit. The CEO of the HALO Trust, the charity that organized [...]

'Zero-day' hacks have Washington cyber experts worried

Posted: 10 May 2013 04:46 AM PDT

In this Feb. 20, 2013 photo, a cadet works at a computer inside a classroom at the Center for Cyberspace Research, where cyber warfare is taught, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The U.S. service academies are ramping up efforts to groom a new breed of cyberspace warriors to confront increasing threats to the nation's military and civilian computer networks that control everything from electrical power grids to the banking system. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)Hacker tools that go to the highest buyer scare government agencies.

Why are baby right whales turning up dead?

Posted: 10 May 2013 04:30 AM PDT

Worst-Ever Right Whale Die-Off Continues to PuzzleScientists say it's the worst die-off on record for the species.

Bangladesh workers find survivor in factory rubble

Posted: 10 May 2013 04:30 AM PDT

Bangladesh workers find survivor in factory rubbleRescue workers in Bangladesh freed a woman buried for 17 days inside a prayer room in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building. The amazing rescue took place Friday as the death toll from the ...

Search ends for 2 Australian cruise passengers

Posted: 10 May 2013 03:44 AM PDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Police have called off the search for two Australian passengers two days after they were lost overboard from a Carnival Corp. cruise ship off the Australian east coast.

Ohio man's ex-relatives say he's a 'monster'

Posted: 10 May 2013 02:26 AM PDT

This image provided by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's office shows the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center booking photo of Ariel Castro, 52, after he was ordered to be held on $8 million bail Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, a former school bus driver, is accused of imprisoning three young women and beating them repeatedly over a decade in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Cuyahoga County)Ariel Castro terrorized his late wife, frequently beating her and locking her indoors, her relatives say.

Calif. search grows for suspect in family killing

Posted: 10 May 2013 01:41 AM PDT

This undated photo released by the Shasta County Sheriff's office shows Shane Miller, 45, who is suspected of a triple homicide at his home in rural Northern California. Shasta County Sheriff's Lt. Tom Campbell said Miller remained on the loose on Wednesday, May, 8, 2013, a day after the killings six miles west of Shingletown. (AP Photo/Shasta County Sheriff)Shane Franklin Miller is being sought in the shooting deaths of his wife and daughters.

Whole Foods mixes up chicken, vegan salads

Posted: 09 May 2013 11:39 PM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Whole Foods Market Inc. said Thursday that labels on a chicken salad and those on a vegan version of the salad were reversed at some of its cold food bars in the Northeast.
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