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• Coal firm to pay record fine for water pollution
• Russia's top diplomat snubs Ukrainian counterpart
• Big coal producer in settlement over tainted water
• AP PHOTOS: Ash Wednesday celebrated worldwide
• New SAT: The essay portion is to become optional
• Rangers, Lightning swap captains on deadline day
• Gene identified for butterfly wing marking mimicry
• Target tech chief resigns as it overhauls security
• Former IRS official refuses to testify at hearing
• Former IRS official to show up; will she testify?
• 'How We Die' author Nuland dies in Conn. at age 83
• Army sex trial begins as prosecutor pushed aside
• Defense tries to shake witness in Pistorius trial
• 2 years later, Congress poised to undo flood law
• Texas primary leaves tea party influence unsettled
• Netanyahu and Gov. Brown to sign pro-business pact
• Analysts: Russia unlikely to pull back in Crimea
• Israel tightens control in key areas of West Bank
• Israel tightens grip on heart of West Bank
• Lebanon's political system sinks nation into debt
• Davis, Abbott set to face off for Texas governor
• Woman killed in NJ explosion after gas line leak
• In Kiev, Kerry visits protest sites, promises aid
• Obama's budget: Election-year themes to rally Dems
• NJ teen suing parents won't get immediate support

Coal firm to pay record fine for water pollution Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:33 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation's largest coal producers will pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce illegal toxic discharges into hundreds of waterways across five Appalachian states, according to a proposed settlement Wednesday.

Russia's top diplomat snubs Ukrainian counterpart Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:18 PM PST Foreign minister leaves Paris negotiations without having hoped-for meeting, says talks may continue.

Big coal producer in settlement over tainted water Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:16 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation's largest coal producers will pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce illegal toxic discharges into hundreds of waterways across five Appalachian states, according to a proposed settlement Wednesday.

AP PHOTOS: Ash Wednesday celebrated worldwide Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:16 PM PST Millions of Christians around the world will be seen with ashes in the form of a cross on their foreheads Wednesday as they celebrate the first day of Lent. Ash Wednesday, as it is called, is 46 days before Easter, which includes six Sundays. For Christians, so begins a 40-day period of prayer and fasting, or abstaining from a particular food they like; The six Sundays during this are not included in the fasting period.

New SAT: The essay portion is to become optional Posted: 05 Mar 2014 11:44 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions.

Rangers, Lightning swap captains on deadline day Posted: 05 Mar 2014 11:11 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — In a surprising move just hours before the NHL trade deadline, the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning pulled off a major deal on Wednesday, swapping captains Ryan Callahan and Martin St. Louis in a blockbuster.

Gene identified for butterfly wing marking mimicry Posted: 05 Mar 2014 11:10 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — To fool predators, some butterflies create wing color patterns that make them resemble their unpalatable cousins. Only recently have scientists been unraveling how they do that, and now researchers have identified the gene that does the trick for an Asian swallowtail.

Target tech chief resigns as it overhauls security Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:39 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp. Chief Information Officer Beth Jacob is resigning effective Wednesday as the retailer overhauls its information security and compliance division in the wake of a massive pre-Christmas data breach.

Former IRS official refuses to testify at hearing Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:39 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner is once again refusing to answer questions at a congressional hearing on the targeting of tea party groups.

Former IRS official to show up; will she testify? Posted: 05 Mar 2014 06:22 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee is recalling a former Internal Revenue Service official who refused to answer questions about the agency's tea party controversy at a hearing last spring. But it's unclear whether she will answer questions this time, either.

'How We Die' author Nuland dies in Conn. at age 83 Posted: 05 Mar 2014 06:22 AM PST HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Dr. Sherwin Nuland, a medical ethicist who opposed assisted suicide and wrote an award-winning book about death called "How We Die," has died at age 83.

Army sex trial begins as prosecutor pushed aside Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:52 AM PST FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The closely watched sex assault trial for an Army general is finally set, but it will unfold with lingering questions about the accuser's credibility and without the prosecutor who led the case for nearly two years.

Defense tries to shake witness in Pistorius trial Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:52 AM PST PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The chief defense lawyer in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial sought on Wednesday to undermine the prosecution testimony of a couple who say they heard screams and gunfire the night the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend, saying similarities in their accounts indicated that they had aligned their versions at the expense of the truth.

2 years later, Congress poised to undo flood law Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:21 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than two years after Congress approved a landmark bill to overhaul the federal flood insurance program, lawmakers are poised to undo many of the changes after homeowners in flood-prone areas complained about sharp increases in premiums.

Texas primary leaves tea party influence unsettled Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:21 AM PST AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The first primary in what Republicans hope is a triumphant election year sent a message that U.S. Sen Ted Cruz and the tea party still wield considerable influence in one of the nation's most conservative states.

Netanyahu and Gov. Brown to sign pro-business pact Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:21 AM PST SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning a swing through the Silicon Valley to meet with high-tech leaders and sign a pro-business agreement with Gov. Jerry Brown.

Analysts: Russia unlikely to pull back in Crimea Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:17 AM PST U.S. and Europe may be forced into a strategy of trying to stop further Russian advances.

Israel tightens control in key areas of West Bank Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:17 AM PST Two decades after peace efforts began, more than 60 percent of the West Bank remains under sole Israeli control, and the fate of this territory is a key point of contention in U.S.-led Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The division of the West Bank into islands of Palestinian self-rule and areas under full Israel control was devised as part of interim peace agreements in the 1990s and meant to be temporary, but has remained in place for lack of a final peace deal.

Israel tightens grip on heart of West Bank Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:17 AM PST LUBBAN AL-SHARKIYEH, West Bank (AP) — Ahmed Awais is desperate to get out of his parents' cramped home where he, his wife and three preschool children share one room, sleeping on mattresses on the floor.

Lebanon's political system sinks nation into debt Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:17 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese politicians are looking for tens of millions of dollars in aid at a Paris conference on Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and world diplomats to help their country cope with a flood of refugees from neighboring Syria's civil war. But while authorities plead for cash, Lebanon's house is hardly in order.

Davis, Abbott set to face off for Texas governor Posted: 04 Mar 2014 07:09 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans picked the state's attorney general in the fight to succeed longtime Gov. Rick Perry, while a rising Democratic star coasted to her party's nomination Tuesday night during the nation's first statewide primary.

Woman killed in NJ explosion after gas line leak Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:36 PM PST EWING, N.J. (AP) — Officials say a woman's body was found on a car near the site of an explosion in a New Jersey housing development that also injured seven workers.

In Kiev, Kerry visits protest sites, promises aid Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:21 PM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a somber show of U.S. support for Ukraine's new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets Tuesday where more than 80 anti-government protesters were killed last month, and promised beseeching crowds that American aid is on the way.

Obama's budget: Election-year themes to rally Dems Posted: 04 Mar 2014 04:51 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's election-year budget seeks to rally fellow Democrats with new help for the working poor and fresh money for road-building, education and research. It also pulls back from controversial cuts to Social Security that had been designed to lure Republicans to the bargaining table.

NJ teen suing parents won't get immediate support Posted: 04 Mar 2014 03:49 PM PST MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A northern New Jersey honor student who says her parents kicked her out of the house when she turned 18 is now suing them, asking a court to make them support her and pay for her college.

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