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Sorting through the scandals: What’s at stake for the White House

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:22 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama leaves the stage after delivering a statement about the Internal Revenue Service in the East Room of the White House in WashingtonQuestions swirl over the IRS, Department of Justice, and the Benghazi attack.

Obama taps his point man on sequester to head IRS

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama on Thursday appointed Danny Werfel, an official with the Office of Management and Budget, as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Werfel replaces Steven Miller, the acting commissioner forced to resign Wednesday over the IRS having targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny. Werfel, whose appointment will be effective May 22, "will [...]

Lawyers plead for mercy for Arias in death penalty phase

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:22 PM PDT

Jodi Arias appears for the sentencing phase of her trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The same jury that convicted Arias of murder one week ago took about three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the stabbing and shooting death of her one-time lover in his bathroom five years ago. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)PHOENIX (AP) — An attorney for Jodi Arias on Thursday told the jury deciding the former waitress's fate to consider factors including her age, troubled upbringing and talent as an artist, and show her mercy for killing her boyfriend five years ago.

Pelosi: GOP using IRS, Benghazi and DOJ issues as ‘evasion’ tactic

Posted: 16 May 2013 11:36 AM PDT

Pelosi: Sequester Republicans are exploiting the issues for political gain, says the House minority leader.

Pope: 'Cult of money' tyrannizes poor

Posted: 16 May 2013 10:52 AM PDT

Pope Francis leaves after he led his Wednesday general audience at San Peter's square at the VaticanPope Francis denounces the global financial system that turns humans into expendable consumer goods.

Boston bomb suspect's nasty note

Posted: 16 May 2013 10:20 AM PDT

'F***' America,' Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Wrote in Boat: OfficialsDzhokhar Tsarnaev left a message for America in the boat where police found him.

Boston Marathon runners who didn't finish race get a do-over

Posted: 16 May 2013 10:06 AM PDT

Denise White, of Duxbury, Mass., center, pauses to read notes written on running shoes at the site of a memorial near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, one month after the bombing, in Boston, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)More than 5,600 competitors were pulled off the second-half of the course.

Is half of America really mentally ill at some point? A Yahoo! News chat

Posted: 16 May 2013 09:36 AM PDT

This undated image shows the cover of the revised American Psychiatric Association's guidebook of mental disorders being released in May 2013. It is the manual's first major update in nearly 20 years, but prominent critics say the APA is out of control, turning common human problems into mental illness in a trend they say will just make the Join Yahoo! News' Lizzie O'Leary, Dr. Sally Satel, psychiatrist and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Dr. William Glazer, the president of Glazer Medical Solutions and formerly on the faculty at Yale and Harvard Medical schools, at 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday for a discussion of the controversial fifth edition of the "bible" of mental illness, formally known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The DSM-5 will include new disorders, and has changed how some conditions - like ADHD and autism - are diagnosed. According to the new definitions, some experts say almost 50 percent of Americans could be diagnosed as mentally ill in their lifetimes.

Exhibition of secretly shot photos upsets NYers

Posted: 16 May 2013 08:50 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows.

Mom chases child abductor and crashes his car; girl safe

Posted: 16 May 2013 08:18 AM PDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say a mother who saw her 5-year-old being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt.

Obama dreams of ‘going Bulworth,’ report says

Posted: 16 May 2013 07:49 AM PDT

Obama aims to halt perception of passive presidentWarren Beatty played a politician who gives up and tells the truth.

President Obama wants to 'go Bulworth'? What's that?

Posted: 16 May 2013 07:32 AM PDT

Obama aims to halt perception of passive presidentBeset by a cycle of bad news that is threatening to stall his second term, President Obama has talked wistfully of "going Bulworth," according to a report in Thursday's New York Times.

Saudi health workers sickened by SARS-like virus

Posted: 16 May 2013 06:42 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and SARS, which was first identified last year in the Middle East. The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia told world health officials that two health care workers became ill this month after being exposed to patients with the a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS. One is critically ill. (AP Photo/Health Protection Agency, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia, health officials said Wednesday.

‘Culture of rot’ at IRS, Congressman says

Posted: 16 May 2013 06:27 AM PDT

The John Weld Peck Federal Building, shown Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Cincinnati, houses the main offices for the Internal Revenue Service in the city. The IRS apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was Rep. Charles Boustany promises that "heads will roll" over agency's tea party targets.

Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 2 Americans

Posted: 16 May 2013 06:11 AM PDT

Afghan and U.S. soldiers arrive to the scene where a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. A Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the early morning attack, killing at least six people in the explosion and wounding more than 30, police and hospital officials said. The powerful explosion rattled buildings on the other side of Kabul and sent a pillar of white smoke into the sky in the city's east. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military says two American service members are among the 15 dead in a car bomb attack in Kabul.

At least 6 dead in Texas tornadoes

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:38 AM PDT

An unidentified injured person is carried to an ambulance in Granbury, Texas, on Wednesday May 15, 2013. Officials report the tornado caused Officials say dozens more were injured and hundreds left homeless.

Kabul car bomb kills 2 NATO troops, 4 contractors

Posted: 16 May 2013 04:21 AM PDT

Afghan and U.S. soldiers arrive to the scene where a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. A Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the early morning attack, killing at least six people in the explosion and wounding more than 30, police and hospital officials said. The powerful explosion rattled buildings on the other side of Kabul and sent a pillar of white smoke into the sky in the city's east. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO says two of its service members and four civilian contractors were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a convoy belonging to the military alliance in the Afghan capital.

Grisly execution videos highlight growing brutality in Syria

Posted: 16 May 2013 04:05 AM PDT

Grisly Execution Videos Show Growing Brutality in SyriaThere is now widespread fear the conflict could result in ethnic cleansing.

IRS has long history of political dirty tricks

Posted: 16 May 2013 04:05 AM PDT

IRS Has Long History of Political Dirty TricksPresidents Nixon, Kennedy, Johnson all used the agency to punish enemies.

Joint Chiefs chairman cites 'crisis' over assaults

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 26, 2013, file photo, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey speaks during his lecture at Joint Staff College in Tokyo. One after another, the charges have tumbled out _ allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office. But for the Pentagon there seem to be few clear solutions beyond improved training and possible adjustments in how the military prosecutes such crimes. Changing the culture of a male-dominated, change-resistant military that for years has tolerated sexism and sexist behavior is proving to be a challenging task. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)'We're losing the confidence of the women who serve," the nation's top military officer said.

GOP not satisfied by Benghazi email release

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:14 AM PDT

An email from then-CIA Director David Petraeus is among the 99 pages of emails regarding Benghazi released by the White House Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Petraeus objected to the final talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. The White House on Wednesday released 99 pages of emails and a single page of hand-written notes made by Petraeus' deputy, Mike Morell, after a meeting at the White House the day before Rice's appearance. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Congressional Republicans are demanding more information on the Benghazi attack.

Car bomb hits NATO convoy in Kabul; 6 dead

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:28 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least six people in the explosion and wounding more than 30, police and hospital officials said.

Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:28 AM PDT

Cambodian rescuers work at the site of a factory collapse in Kai Ruong village, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The ceiling of the factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident to spotlight lax safety conditions in the global garment industry. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident to spotlight lax safety conditions in the global garment industry.

No Powerball winner; jackpot soars to $475 million

Posted: 15 May 2013 11:42 PM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 28, 2012, file photo shows a customer at a 7-Eleven convenience store with a Powerball ticket in Tampa, Fla. The jackpot for the latest drawing on Wednesday, May, 15, 2013, has ballooned to an estimated $360 million, with a cash value of $229.2 million, making it the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot ever. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)The jackpot soars after no tickets matched the winning numbers in the latest drawing.

At least 6 confirmed dead in Texas tornado

Posted: 15 May 2013 11:10 PM PDT

An unidentified injured person is carried to an ambulance in Granbury, Texas, on Wednesday May 15, 2013. Officials report the tornado caused GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Officials say at least six people were killed when a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of North Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes and injuring dozens of people.
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