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• Obama raises stakes in Crimean standoff with Putin
• Iditarod: 5 things to know about trail conditions
• Obama says Crimea separation would violate law
• EU leaders slap initial sanctions on Russia
• Crimea lawmakers schedule vote on joining Russia
• Conservatives: GOP needs to stand on principle
• Museum's sculpture may be idol stolen in India
• State Dept. considers adding Russians to sanctions list over human right violations
• Conservative conference highlights GOP divisions
• Witness: Pistorius prayed over his shot girlfriend
• Crimea parliament votes to join Russia
• Crimea: 11,000 pro-Russian troops in control
• Pakistani woman on a mission to educate children
• Libya: Niger extradites Gadhafi's son al-Saadi
• Survey: Cost a growing factor in college decisions
• Under new SAT, 1,600 is perfect again
• Tymoshenko says West must stop Russian aggression
• CIA investigates whether officers spied on Senate
• Biden highlights $35 million proposal for rape kit testing
• Contractor in NJ blast faced $100K in fines

Obama raises stakes in Crimean standoff with Putin Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:28 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is raising the stakes in the West's standoff with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He's imposing sanctions against Moscow and rejecting plans for a referendum on the future of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimea.

Iditarod: 5 things to know about trail conditions Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:26 AM PST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Punishing conditions along the early part of Alaska's nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have brought many mushers literally to their knees, knocking some out of the running altogether.

Obama says Crimea separation would violate law Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:10 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says a referendum for Ukraine's Crimea region to separate and become part of Russia would violate international law.

EU leaders slap initial sanctions on Russia Posted: 06 Mar 2014 10:40 AM PST BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union suspended talks with Russia on a wide-ranging economic pact and on a visa deal Thursday, punishing Moscow for its military incursion into the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine.

Crimea lawmakers schedule vote on joining Russia Posted: 06 Mar 2014 10:40 AM PST SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Lawmakers in Crimea voted unanimously Thursday to split from Ukraine and join Russia instead, and scheduled a referendum in 10 days for voters on the disputed peninsula to support or reject their decision.

Conservatives: GOP needs to stand on principle Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:18 AM PST OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Republican leaders implored conservatives to offer stark contrast to President Barack Obama's policies and stand firm on principles as a way to win back Senate control in the fall elections and prepare for the 2016 presidential campaign.

Museum's sculpture may be idol stolen in India Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:39 AM PST TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An 11th-century Indian statue owned by an Ohio art museum may have been stolen before the institution purchased it.

State Dept. considers adding Russians to sanctions list over human right violations Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:07 AM PST The United States is "actively considering" adding names of Russians involved in the incursion in Ukraine to the "Magnitsky list" of human rights offenders subject to visa bans and asset freezes, a U.S. State Department official said on Thursday. "We are actively considering adding new names," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rubin said at a House of Representatives committee hearing on the crisis in Ukraine. Under a 2012 U.S. law named after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in prison, the United States targeted Russian officials involved in human rights abuses with visa bans and asset freezes. The State Department placed 18 Russian individuals on a public list of those affected, and a handful of other senior officials are on a list that was not made public.

Conservative conference highlights GOP divisions Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:07 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top Republican leaders are courting conservative activists gathered in suburban Washington this week, highlighting the tug of war for the GOP's soul.

Witness: Pistorius prayed over his shot girlfriend Posted: 06 Mar 2014 04:23 AM PST PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius shook slightly, his hands covering his ears as a neighbor described in court Thursday how the famous athlete knelt next to his dead or dying girlfriend, praying as he tried to help Reeva Steenkamp breathe.

Crimea parliament votes to join Russia Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:20 AM PST The Moscow-backed government sets a referendum on the decision within 10 days.

Crimea: 11,000 pro-Russian troops in control Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:20 AM PST SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian forces numbering more than 11,000 controlled all access to Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and have blockaded all military bases that have not yet surrendered, Crimea's new leader said.

Pakistani woman on a mission to educate children Posted: 06 Mar 2014 02:32 AM PST KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Humaira Bachal knows firsthand how lack of education hurts her community. She had a cousin that died because his mother couldn't read the expiration date on a bottle of medicine. She knows women in her neighborhood who died giving birth at home because their families didn't know to send them to the hospital.

Libya: Niger extradites Gadhafi's son al-Saadi Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:12 AM PST TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Niger on Thursday extradited to Libya one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, al-Saadi, who fled as his father's regime crumbled in 2011 and who was under house arrest in the desert West African nation ever since, the government in Tripoli said.

Survey: Cost a growing factor in college decisions Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:56 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new survey of the nation's college freshmen has found that the percentage attending their first-choice school has reached its lowest level in almost four decades, as cost and the availability of financial aid have come to play an influential role in decisions of where to enroll.

Under new SAT, 1,600 is perfect again Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:56 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The perfect score will again be 1,600. What's more, the essay will be optional, students will no longer be penalized for wrong answers and the vocabulary is shifting to do away with some high-sounding words such as "prevaricator" and "sagacious."

Tymoshenko says West must stop Russian aggression Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:50 PM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's former prime minister, urged the West on Wednesday to ramp up pressure on Russia to force it to withdraw troops from Crimea.

CIA investigates whether officers spied on Senate Posted: 05 Mar 2014 05:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA is investigating whether its officers improperly monitored members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which oversees the intelligence agency, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Biden highlights $35 million proposal for rape kit testing Posted: 05 Mar 2014 04:09 PM PST Vice President Joe Biden proposed $35 million in grant funding Wednesday afternoon to help clear the hundreds of thousands of backlogged rape kits off the shelves of police stations and labs.

Contractor in NJ blast faced $100K in fines Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:23 PM PST EWING, N.J. (AP) — The contractor working for New Jersey's largest utility at the site of a town house explosion that killed one resident recently had been fined more than $100,000 by safety regulators for problems at two other sites, but the utility said Wednesday it never had any problems with the construction firm.

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