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Donna Tartt wins fiction Pulitzer for 'Goldfinch'

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:09 PM PDT

This photo provided by Little, Brown and Company shows the book cover of NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch," already among the most popular and celebrated novels of the past year, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. One of the country's top colonial historians, Alan Taylor, has won his second Pulitzer, for "The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War In Virginia."

Two newspapers win Pulitzers for NSA revelations

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:09 PM PDT

FILE - A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. A report that revealed the massive U.S. government surveillance effort is among the top finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. The stories were based on thousands of documents handed over by Snowden. The reports were published by Barton Gellman of The Washington Post and Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewan MacAskill of The Guardian. (AP Photo/The Guardian, File)The Washington Post and the Guardian have won Pulitzer Prizes in public service for revealing the massive U.S. government surveillance effort.

The mystery of Tsarnaev's widow

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:51 AM PDT

Katherine Russell in CambridgeA year after the Boston attacks, questions remain about what Katherine Russell knew and who she really is.

April 15 not much of a deadline for most taxpayers

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:51 AM PDT

This photo taken April 13, 2014 shows the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington at daybreak. Tuesday, April 15, is the federal tax filing deadline for most Americans. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)WASHINGTON (AP) — The calendar shows April 15, and you haven't even started on your federal tax return? Chances are, you don't need to fret.

French school carries out DNA dragnet in rape case

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:51 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — French investigators began taking DNA samples Monday from 527 male students and staff at a high school — including boys as young as 14 — as they searched for the assailant who raped a teenage girl on the closed campus.

$6M bail set for Utah woman in dead babies case

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:28 AM PDT

Megan HuntsmanPLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — A judge has set a $6 million bail for a Utah woman accused of killing six babies she gave birth to over 10 years.

Chile's Valparaiso still aflame; 12 dead; 500 hurt

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:28 AM PDT

Firefighters take a break from battling blazes after an out of control forest fire reached urban areas in the city of Valparaiso, Chile, early Monday April 14, 2014. Firefighters struggled for a second night to contain blazes that reached this port city, killing at least a dozen people, destroyed hundreds homes and has forced the evacuation of thousands. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)VALPARAISO, Chile (AP) — Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and the smoldering wreckage of hilltop neighborhoods Monday as sailors in riot gear prepared to evacuate 700 more families who would be endangered if the winds turn again.

Engaged pair, teen athlete among dead in bus crash

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:28 AM PDT

This undated image provided by the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. shows Michael Myvett. Myvett and his fiancee, Mattison Haywood, who were recently engaged in Paris, were killed on the bus carrying high school students to Humboldt State University when it was hit by a FedEx tractor trailer Thursday night. Myvett and Haywood were chaperones on the bus. (AP Photo/Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five high school students and three chaperones have been confirmed dead or are unaccounted for after a charter bus heading to Humboldt State University was struck by a FedEx tractor-trailer in Northern California. The bus and big rig drivers were also killed.

Bail set for suspect in Florida day care crash

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 08:41 AM PDT

Robert Corchado makes his initial court appearance Friday, April 11, 2014 at the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Fla. Police say on Wednesday, Corchado, 28, crashed his Dodge Durango into a convertible, which in turn smashed into the KinderCare building and fled the scene. A girl was killed and 14 people were injured. He was ordered Friday to stay in jail until a judge can determine whether he is a flight risk. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber, Pool)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has set bail at $100,000 for a man accused in a crash that killed a 4-year-old girl and injured 14 people at a central Florida day care center.

Daughter, mother of Jewish community center victims speaks

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 08:41 AM PDT

Police officers gather at the scene of a shooting at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, KansasJust hours after her father and son were shot and killed in the parking lot of a Jewish community center in Overland Park, Kan., by a 73-year-old man with a history of anti-Semitism, Mindy Corporon spoke at a vigil for the victims Sunday night, surprising mourners.

Prosecutor presses Pistorius at murder trial

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 07:39 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius, right, accompanied by relatives arrives at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 14, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The chief prosecutor in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial on Monday alleged numerous inconsistencies in the athlete's account of how he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year, seeking to show that the athlete is lying when he says he shot her by mistake.

Libya trial of Kadhafi son, aides adjourned

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 07:06 AM PDT

Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, appears in front of supporters and journalists at his father's residential complex in Tripoli on August 23, 2011The trial of top figures from Moamer Kadhafi's regime for abuses committed during the 2011 uprising that toppled the dictator was adjourned Monday until April 27, marking the second postponement in the proceedings since March 24.

Police demand DNA from 527 males in rape case

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 07:06 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — French police demanded that male students and staff at a high school in western France — 527 people in total — give DNA samples as they searched for the assailant who raped a teenage girl.

Ukraine asks for UN peacekeepers in restive east

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:34 AM PDT

A pro-Russian gunman stands guard at a seized police station in the eastern Ukraine town of Slovyansk on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Pro-Moscow protesters have seized a number of government buildings in the east over the past week, undermining the authority of the interim government in the capital, Kiev. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)HORLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has called for the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping troops in the east of the country, where pro-Russian insurgents have occupied buildings in nearly 10 cities.

Police: Blast in Nigerian capital kills 71

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:04 AM PDT

People gather at the site of a blast at the Nyanya Motor Park, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) from the center of Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, April 14, 2014. An explosion blasted through a busy commuter bus station on the outskirts of Abuja before 7 a.m. (0600 GMT) Monday as hundreds of people were traveling to work. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan)ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police say an explosion that ripped through a busy bus station in Nigeria's capital has killed at least 71 people and wounded 124.

Live Report: Pistorius cross-examination

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:04 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius (C) leaves the North Gauteng Hight Court in Pretoria on April 11, 2014A recap of the main points from this morning's evidence in the Pistorius trial.

Police ID supremacist as Kansas shootings suspect

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 04:45 AM PDT

This photo provided by 41ActionNews, shows Frazier Glenn Cross. Cross is accused of killing three people outside of Jewish sites near Kansas City, Sunday April 13, 2014. (AP Photo/41ActionNews)OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The man accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City is a well-known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt.

Yet another building seized in east Ukraine

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 04:30 AM PDT

A pro-Russian gunman stands guard at a seized police station in the eastern Ukraine town of Slovyansk on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Pro-Moscow protesters have seized a number of government buildings in the east over the past week, undermining the authority of the interim government in the capital, Kiev. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A pro-Russian mob on Monday seized a police building in yet another city in Russian-leaning eastern Ukraine, defying government warnings that it was preparing to act against the insurgents.

Pistorius breaks down on stand in murder trial

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:27 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius, right, accompanied by relatives arrives at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 14, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Monday accused him of tailoring his version of how he killed his girlfriend to fit evidence at the scene, exhaustively alleged inconsistencies in the athlete's account of the fatal shooting of Reeva Steenkamp.

MTV Movie Awards big Hollywood studio plug-fest

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:36 AM PDT

Josh Hutcherson poses with his best male performance award and movie of the year award for LOS ANGELES (AP) — Last year, the MTV Movie Awards moved up its broadcast date from June to April to incorporate a summer movie plug-fest. Sunday night's show cemented that change, as clips from anticipated blockbusters debuted at the madcap ceremony.

Medical pot measure could boost Fla. Democrats

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 12:48 AM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2013 file photo shows different strains of marijuana displayed for sale at The Clinic, a Denver-based dispensary with several outlets, in Denver. Tied to an unpopular president and his signature health care law, Democrats in the nation's largest swing-state see the prospect of legal medical marijuana as a rare source of hope and high voter turnout in this year's midterm elections. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)MIAMI (AP) — Democrats in the nation's largest swing-state see the question of whether to legalize medical marijuana as a rare source of hope and high voter turnout in this year's midterm elections.

False leads in search for missing jet

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 11:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2014 file photo, members of the media scramble with their smart phones and cameras to photograph pictures of the two men, a 19-year-old Iranian identified by Malaysian police as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, left, and the man on the right, his identity still not released, who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 with a stolen passports, held up by a Malaysian policewoman during a press conference, in Sepang, Malaysia. News early on that two of the 239 passengers on board used stolen passports fueled speculation of terrorism. However, Malaysian police determined that the men were Iranians seeking to illegally migrate to Europe and not terrorists. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)If the signals detected deep in the Indian Ocean are truly from the wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, they ultimately will close the book on a frustrating long list of false leads in the effort to find the jet. Here are the most prominent moments in which hopes of solving the tragic aviation mystery were dashed:

Feds revisit safety rules after Calif. bus crash

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 11:14 PM PDT

California Highway Patrol Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team Lt. Scott Fredrick, center right, speaks at a news conference in Willows, Calif., Friday, April 11, 2014. At least ten people were killed and dozens injured in the fiery crash between a FedEx truck and a bus carrying high school students on a visit to a Northern California College. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)RED BLUFF, Calif. (AP) — Federal transportation authorities are investigating ways to minimize death and injuries in bus crashes following the fiery wreck leaving 10 dead when a FedEx truck slammed into a bus carrying high school students in Northern California.

Official says sub will be used in search for jet

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 10:10 PM PDT

A Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft, right, lands at Perth International Airport after returning from the ongoing search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia, Sunday, April 13, 2014. Following four strong underwater signals in the past week, all has gone quiet in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airline, meaning the batteries on the all-important black boxes may have finally died. Despite having no new pings to go on, crews are continuing their search Sunday for debris and any sounds that could still be emanating. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)PERTH, Australia (AP) — Search crews will for the first time send a sub deep into the Indian Ocean to try to determine whether signals detected by sound-locating equipment are from the missing Malaysian plane's black boxes, the Australian head of the search said Monday.

'Hunger Games' top winner at MTV Movie Awards

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 09:09 PM PDT

Jared Leto poses in the press room with the award for Best On-Screen Transformation for LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" earned the prize for best film at Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards, besting even top Oscar winner "12 Years a Slave."
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