| Quebec premier takes rail chief to task Posted: 11 Jul 2013 11:48 AM PDT  LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Crews worked tirelessly Thursday to find the burned remains of the 50 people presumed dead in Saturday's catastrophic oil train derailment, as Quebec Premier Pauline Marois toured the traumatized town and took the American railway's chief to task for not visiting sooner.
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| Jury in Zimmerman case may consider manslaughter Posted: 11 Jul 2013 11:02 AM PDT  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A judge said Thursday that jurors in the George Zimmerman case can consider the lesser charge of manslaughter, but she denied a request for the jury also to consider third-degree murder after a defense attorney called the proposal "outrageous."
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| An unforgettable night for teens with life-threatening illnesses Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:32 AM PDT  The No Worries Now Prom brings sick teens together When Fred Scarf was 15 years old, he lost one of his closest friends, Sheri, to cancer. "I felt like I died inside," he said, "and I knew I had to do something big. I was driven." With their plans of going to their high school [...]
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| D.C. to consider decriminalizing marijuana Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:32 AM PDT  Carrying pot in the nation's capitol may soon not be a crime. The Washington, D.C., city council announced on Wednesday that it will consider legislation that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. The "Simple Possession of Small Quantities of Marijuana Decriminalization Amendment Act," introduced by councilman Tommy Wells, would remove criminal penalties for [...]
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| Deadly accidents in Canada in the last 150 years Posted: 11 Jul 2013 09:48 AM PDT  LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Police say 50 people are presumed dead following Saturday's fiery oil train crash that incinerated the downtown area of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, making it Canada's worst railway crash in nearly 150 years. Here is a list of some past accidents in Canada — including air crashes, shipwrecks, mining disasters and derailments — with high death tolls.
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| Quebec premier arrives at rail disaster site Posted: 11 Jul 2013 08:32 AM PDT  LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Quebec Premier Pauline Marois arrived Thursday to tour the site of Canada's worst railway catastrophe in almost 150 years, six days after a runaway oil train demolished the heart of a small town, killing 50 people in a fiery explosion.
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| Asiana plane crash survivors visit wreckage Posted: 11 Jul 2013 08:32 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Survivors of the Asiana flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport have returned to the wreckage site.
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| Why the Border Patrol doesn't support immigration reform Posted: 11 Jul 2013 06:29 AM PDT  A last-minute addition to bill has the union worried.
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| Asiana passengers called 911 begging for help Posted: 11 Jul 2013 05:44 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Emergency calls from people aboard a plane that crashed at San Francisco International Airport portray a scene of chaos, with passengers begging for help and saying ambulances weren't coming fast enough. |
| The dead aren't always excused from trial Posted: 11 Jul 2013 05:30 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — The tax-evasion conviction of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky more than three years after his death in a Russian prison was the first under a 2011 Russian law allowing posthumous trials, but not the first time the dead have been put on trial.
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| Probe examines pilot pairing in SF crash-landing Posted: 11 Jul 2013 05:30 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investigators are examining the cockpit interaction of two Asiana Airlines pilots who had taken on new roles before the crash of Flight 214 — one of whom had seldom flown a Boeing 777 and an instructor who was on his first training flight. |
| Environmental activists scale London's Shard tower Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:58 AM PDT  Six environmental activists were attempting Thursday to scale the Shard, Western Europe's tallest building, to protest drilling in the Arctic by oil companies. Greenpeace group said the six climbers, all ...
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| Obama rewards two big donors with plum diplomatic assignments Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:30 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama rewarded two major donors to his re-election campaign with plum diplomatic assignments in Britain and Italy on Wednesday. Obama announced plans to send Kentucky businessman Matthew Barzun to London as the U.S. ambassador to Britain. Barzun was finance chairman for Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. He raised more than $500,000 for the Obama campaign in 2012. In addition, Obama said he would send Washington lawyer John Phillips to be the U.S. ambassador to Italy. He raised between $100,000 and $200,000 for the Obama campaign last year. ...
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| Probe examines pilot paring in SF crash-landing Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:30 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investigators are examining the cockpit interaction of two Asiana Airlines pilots who had taken on new roles before the crash of Flight 214 — one of whom had seldom flown a Boeing 777 and an instructor who was on his first training flight. |
| Boston bombing suspect's hearing frustrates some Posted: 11 Jul 2013 03:28 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings got little satisfaction from surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's first public appearance since the deadly attacks. "Not guilty," was all he said, over and over.
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| Egypt's Brotherhood vows to keep defying 'coup' Posted: 11 Jul 2013 03:28 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says it will continue its "peaceful" resistance in defiance of the military's ouster of the country's Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi.
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| Study: Youth attitudes shift in Great Recession Posted: 11 Jul 2013 03:28 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Drew Miller clearly remembers the day his father was laid off.
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| Dead Russian lawyer Magnitsky found guilty Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:42 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agencies say a court in Moscow has found dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky guilty of tax evasion, concluding an unusual posthumous trial. |
| Fla. cities on guard for any post-Zimmerman unrest Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:11 AM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Police and city leaders in Florida say they have taken precautionary steps for the possibility of mass protests or even civil unrest if George Zimmerman is acquitted in the killing of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, particularly in African-American neighborhoods where passions run strongest over the case.
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| Singer Randy Travis recovering from brain surgery Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:56 AM PDT  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music stars and fans joined together to urge prayers for Randy Travis overnight as he recovered from brain surgery following a stroke at a Texas hospital.
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| Saudi princess charged with human trafficking in Calif. Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:40 AM PDT  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Suitcase in hand, the 30-year-old domestic worker from Kenya managed to flag down a Southern California bus and tell a passenger she had been held against her will and believed she was a victim of human trafficking. It wasn't long before a Saudi princess was under arrest.
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| Romania takes step toward punishing gulag guards Posted: 11 Jul 2013 12:55 AM PDT  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Guards slammed doors on prisoners' fingers, beat them on the soles of their feet and burned them with cigarettes. They served rotten meat and forced inmates to eat excrement as punishment. In extremes of heat and cold, they made their victims haul crushing loads until they collapsed.
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| Obama's Europe envoy to face Benghazi questions Posted: 11 Jul 2013 12:40 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A confirmation hearing Thursday for President Barack Obama's choice as chief American diplomat for Europe could provide some surprising fireworks on the administration's handling of the Benghazi attack, its plan to arm Syria's rebels, and more.
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| Marathon suspect's hearing frustrates some Posted: 11 Jul 2013 12:24 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings got little satisfaction from suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's first public appearance since the deadly attacks. "Not guilty" was all he said, over and over.
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| Police: Quebec train crash death toll now at 20 Posted: 10 Jul 2013 10:38 PM PDT  LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Canadian officials told distraught families Wednesday that 30 people still missing after the fiery crash of a runaway oil train are all presumed dead.
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