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• Meet the Banking Caucus, Wall St's secret weapon in Washington
• U.S. journalist released in east Ukraine
• Chicago pediatrician identified as Kabul shooting victim
• Chicago pediatrician identified as Kabul shooting victim
• Shaky ground in tornado alley
• Tech firms pony up cash to prevent next Heartbleed
• Israel mulls reprisals for Palestinian-Hamas deal
• Obama rejects notion that trade deal is in danger
• Clashes in east Ukraine leave at least 2 dead
• Matt Bai: Is Warren really Hillary's nightmare? Hardly
• Afghan hospital guard kills 3 American doctors
• Crusades fought, eBay bids sought for relics
• Ukraine official: city hall cleared of protesters
• Obama to Russia: More sanctions are 'teed up'
• Vermont moves toward labeling of GMO foods
• Obama calls for peaceful end to island dispute
• Witness: Iraqi teens posed no threat before death
• FCC reversal on 'net neutrality' would permit Internet fast lane
• Soldier accused of killing teens in Iraq
• Execution case puts Oklahoma in legal bind
• Man killed in Utah court had promised judge he'd behave
• Court tosses $3.4M award to child porn victim

Meet the Banking Caucus, Wall St's secret weapon in Washington Posted: 24 Apr 2014 11:27 AM PDT Industry campaign cash flows to pro-bank activists in Congress, yielding big returns.

U.S. journalist released in east Ukraine Posted: 24 Apr 2014 11:25 AM PDT Simon Ostrovsky, an American reporter for VICE News, has been released and is in good condition after being held by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine for several days.

Chicago pediatrician identified as Kabul shooting victim Posted: 24 Apr 2014 09:35 AM PDT Dr. Jerry Umanos is one of three U.S. physicians who were killed at Afghanistan's Cure International Hospital.

Chicago pediatrician identified as Kabul shooting victim Posted: 24 Apr 2014 09:35 AM PDT

Shaky ground in tornado alley Posted: 24 Apr 2014 09:03 AM PDT A series of small earthquakes has Sooner state wondering if the "Big One" is about to hit.

Tech firms pony up cash to prevent next Heartbleed Posted: 24 Apr 2014 08:47 AM PDT

Israel mulls reprisals for Palestinian-Hamas deal Posted: 24 Apr 2014 08:31 AM PDT Israel's security cabinet met Thursday to weigh its retaliation to a unity deal struck between the Palestinian leadership and the Hamas rulers of Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted angrily to Wednesday's agreement between the rival factions accusing Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of choosing "Hamas, not peace". They were not expected to order a complete halt to US-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians, however, despite the announcement by a Netanyahu aide of the cancellation of a scheduled meeting on Wednesday evening, the broadcaster said. Netanyahu's office described the deal between Abbas and Hamas, which opposes all peace talks with Israel, as "very serious".

Obama rejects notion that trade deal is in danger Posted: 24 Apr 2014 05:39 AM PDT TOKYO (AP) — As negotiators struggle, President Barack Obama is rejecting suggestions that an Asia-Pacific trade deal is in danger and says the U.S. and Japan must take bold steps to overcome differences that are threatening completion of the cornerstone of his strategic rebalance to the region.

Clashes in east Ukraine leave at least 2 dead Posted: 24 Apr 2014 04:51 AM PDT SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian government troops moved against pro-Russia forces in the east of the country on Thursday and killed at least two of them in clashes at checkpoints manned by the insurgents, the government and insurgents said. Russian President Vladimir Putin decried what he described as a "punitive operation."

Matt Bai: Is Warren really Hillary's nightmare? Hardly Posted: 24 Apr 2014 04:50 AM PDT Let's talk about Elizabeth Warren and her political ambitions. Because, you know, somebody has to.

Afghan hospital guard kills 3 American doctors Posted: 24 Apr 2014 03:48 AM PDT A U.S. nurse was also wounded in the attack at a Kabul hospital, officials said.

Crusades fought, eBay bids sought for relics Posted: 24 Apr 2014 02:12 AM PDT ROME (AP) — Wars have been fought to obtain them. Medieval monks and modern-day bandits have pilfered them. Two millennia after the first Christian martyrs' blood stained Rome, the temptation of, and fascination with, religious relics endures. And the canonization of two well-loved popes, John Paul II and John XXIII, on Sunday is feeding a seemingly endless appetite for fresh relics.

Ukraine official: city hall cleared of protesters Posted: 24 Apr 2014 01:26 AM PDT DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Police have cleared the city hall in a southeastern Ukrainian city of pro-Russian protesters who had been occupying it for over a week, Interior Minister Avakov said Thursday, but local police officials and protesters presented quite another picture of what happened.

Obama to Russia: More sanctions are 'teed up' Posted: 24 Apr 2014 01:09 AM PDT TOKYO (AP) — President Barack Obama is accusing Russia of failing to live up to its commitments and warning Moscow that the United States has another round of economic sanctions "teed up." Still, he acknowledged those penalties may do little to influence Vladimir Putin's handling of the crisis in Ukraine.

Vermont moves toward labeling of GMO foods Posted: 23 Apr 2014 10:15 PM PDT MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont lawmakers have passed the country's first state bill to require the labeling of genetically modified foods as such, setting up a war between the behemoth U.S. food industry and an American public that overwhelmingly approves of the idea.

Obama calls for peaceful end to island dispute Posted: 23 Apr 2014 10:15 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that he wants to see a dispute between China and Japan over islands in the East China Sea resolved peacefully, while affirming that America's mutual security treaty with Japan applies to the islands.

Witness: Iraqi teens posed no threat before death Posted: 23 Apr 2014 06:34 PM PDT JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Washington (AP) — Two unarmed Iraqi brothers posed no threat as they herded cattle in a palm grove where a U.S. Army reconnaissance team was hidden one day seven years ago, a former soldier said Wednesday at a preliminary hearing.

FCC reversal on 'net neutrality' would permit Internet fast lane Posted: 23 Apr 2014 06:34 PM PDT

Soldier accused of killing teens in Iraq Posted: 23 Apr 2014 06:34 PM PDT JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The two unarmed Iraqi brothers posed no threat as they herded cattle in a palm grove where a U.S. Army reconnaissance team was hidden one day seven years ago. But then-Staff Sgt. Michael Barbera took a knee, leveled his rifle and killed them — from nearly 200 yards away, a former fellow soldier said Wednesday at a preliminary hearing in the case.

Execution case puts Oklahoma in legal bind Posted: 23 Apr 2014 06:34 PM PDT Death row inmates benefited after challenging drug secrecy in civil court, not criminal.

Man killed in Utah court had promised judge he'd behave Posted: 23 Apr 2014 06:34 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Tongan Crip gang defendant who was fatally shot by a U.S. marshal while attacking a witness during a federal court trial had promised a judge earlier that he would behave, a court transcript shows.

Court tosses $3.4M award to child porn victim Posted: 23 Apr 2014 01:04 PM PDT Supreme Court says man found with pictures not responsible for entirety of woman's losses.

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