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It's all Greek, and then some: $1K offered to decipher strange notes in Homer's 'Odyssey'

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 01:09 PM PDT

Once upon a time, somebody read this 1504 edition of Homer's Odyssey and was apparently so taken by the book, that he or she wrote in the margins of Book 11 (the journey to the underworld of Hades).

A who's who of Putin's friends hit by US sanctions

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 01:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, May 23, 2011 file photo, then, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with his then Chief of Staff ,Vyacheslav Volodin, during a meeting of officials in Pskov, about 600 km (375 miles) northwest of Moscow. The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Monday, April 28, 2014, designated seven Russian government officials, including two key members of the Russian leadership's inner circle, and 17 entities pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13661. E.O. 13661 authorizes sanctions on, among others, officials of the Russian Government and any individual or entity that is owned or controlled by, that has acted for or on behalf of, or that has provided material or other support to, a senior Russian government official. Volodin is on the list. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool, File)MOSCOW (AP) — The seven people from Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle targeted with U.S. sanctions on Monday include men who have helped Putin restore Kremlin control over Russia's economy and its political system. They have been tasked with carrying out some of Putin's most ambitious projects, most notably his plans to make Crimea an integral part of Russia after seizing the peninsula from Ukraine.

Education is a rising issue for 2016 GOP class

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 01:09 PM PDT

FILE - This March 19, 2014 file photo shows former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaking at an education forum in Nashville, Tenn. Battling CHICAGO (AP) — The federal government's role in education is splitting potential presidential hopefuls in the Republican Party, with two prospective candidates personifying the divide.

Closing arguments delayed in Apple-Samsung trial

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 10:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2013 file photo, a man walks past banners advertising smartphones by Samsung and Apple at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea. The high-stakes battle between the world's largest smartphone makers is scheduled to wrap up this week after a monthlong trial that has pulled the curtain back on just how very cutthroat the competition is between Apple and Samsung. Closing arguments in the patent-infringement case are scheduled to begin Monday, April 28, 2014 with the two tech giants accusing each other, once again, of ripping off designs and features. At stake: $2 billion if Samsung loses, a few hundred million if Apple loses. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Han Sang-kyun, File) KOREA OUTSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal court has delayed by a day closing arguments in the Apple and Samsung trial because of an appeals court ruling in another case on a related patent issue.

AP PHOTOS: Tornados rip across Midwest

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 10:16 AM PDT

People walk between two destroyed houses in Mayflower, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. A tornado system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left at least 17 dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)Emergency workers are searching through rubble left in the wake of a series of deadly tornadoes and severe weather, the worst of which hit suburban Little Rock, Ark., Sunday night.

Cloning approach makes diabetes stem cell advance

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 09:12 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — In a potential step toward new diabetes treatments, scientists used a cloning technique to make insulin-producing cells with the DNA of a diabetic woman.

Stowaway boy's refugee mom cries for son

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 08:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2014 file photo, a 15-year-old boy, seen sitting on a stretcher center, who stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from San Jose, Calif., to Maui is loaded into an ambulance at Kahului Airport in Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. The teen's mother, Ubah Mohamed Abdullahi, said while she spoke with Voice of America radio from a refugee camp in eastern Ethiopia, that her son had recently learned that she was alive after being told by his father she had died. (AP Photo/The Maui News, Chris Sugidono, File)SHEDDER REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia (AP) — The Somali mother's home is a small shelter with a frame of sticks covered by ragged blankets on the dusty grounds of a refugee camp. It was to her that her 15-year-old son wanted to travel to on an impossible journey as a stowaway on a plane from California.

Utah woman accused of killing 6 babies charged

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 08:52 AM PDT

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors have filed six first-degree murder charges against a Utah woman accused of killing six babies after giving birth to them, and keeping their bodies in boxes in her garage.

Paul Simon, Edie Brickell arrested in Connecticut

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 08:52 AM PDT

NEW CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell, have been arrested on disorderly conduct charges.

Obama touts Philippine pact amid China concerns

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 08:52 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama looks at his watch before answering a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Philippines President Benigno Aquino III at Malacanang Palace in Manila, the Philippines, Monday, April 28, 2014. President Obama said a 10-year agreement signed Monday to give the U.S military greater access to Philippine bases will help promote regional security, improve armed forces training and shorten response times to humanitarian crises, including natural disasters. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama said a 10-year agreement signed Monday to give the U.S military greater access to Philippine bases will help promote peace and stability in the region and that he hopes China's dominant power will allow its neighbors to prosper on their own terms.

New US sanctions on Russian officials, companies

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 06:31 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama looks towards Press Secretary Jay Carney during a joint news conference with Philippines President Benigno Aquino III at Malacanang Palace in Manila, the Philippines, Monday, April 28, 2014. President Obama said a 10-year agreement signed Monday to give the U.S military greater access to Philippine bases will help promote regional security, improve armed forces training and shorten response times to humanitarian crises, including natural disasters. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)The White House says the United States is sanctioning seven Russian government officials and 17 companies with links to Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle.

Google: Driverless cars are mastering city streets

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 05:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2012, file photo, Google co-founder Sergey Brin gestures after riding in a driverless car with officials, to a bill signing for driverless cars at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google engineers say they have turned a corner in their pursuit of creating a car that can drive itself. Test cars have been able to navigate freeways comfortably for a few years. On Monday, April 28, 2014, Google said the cars can now negotiate thousands of urban situations that would have stumped them a year or two ago. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Google says it has turned a corner in its pursuit of a car that can drive itself.

Egypt sentences 683 to death in another mass trial

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 05:25 AM PDT

An Egyptian woman overcome by emotion weeps after a judge sentenced to death more than 680 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya, Egypt, Monday, April 28, 2014. Attorney Ahmed Hefni told reporters outside the court in Minya on Monday that the death sentences first have to be approved by Egypt's mufti, the top Islamic official — a step that is usually considered a formality. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)MINYA, Egypt (AP) — A judge in Egypt on Monday sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president, including the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader, the latest in mass trials that have drawn international condemnation and stunned rights groups.

'To Kill a Mockingbird' finally going digital

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2007, file photo, author Harper Lee smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee has signed on for Scout, Boo Radley and Atticus Finch to enter the electronic age.

Syria's Assad to run for president in June 3 vote

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:38 AM PDT

FILE - This Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview in Damascus, Syria. The speaker of the Syrian parliament said on Monday, April 28, 2014 that President Bashar Assad has declared his candidacy for presidential elections. Opposition activists and Western countries have criticized Assad's decision to run for president, saying it will only exacerbate the country's three year war that has killed over 150,000 people and displaced more than one-third of all Syrians. (AP Photo/SANA, File)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Bashar Assad announced his candidacy for the June 3 presidential elections on Monday, a race he is likely to win amid a raging civil war that initially began as an uprising against his rule.

Insurgents seize building in eastern Ukraine

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:49 AM PDT

Masked pro Russian armed men stand at the city hall during negotiations about the release of foreign military observers being held by Ponomarev's group in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. At least one of the eight European military observers held prisoner by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine has been freed. Earlier in the day, the eight observers had been shown in public for the first time since they were detained on Friday and accused of spying for NATO. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KOSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Masked and armed militants on Monday seized a council building in yet another city in eastern Ukraine, expanding their onslaught in the region, while Barack Obama said the U.S. would levy new sanctions on Russians for Moscow's alleged involvement in the unrest.

Egypt sentences 683 to death in mass trial

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:16 AM PDT

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie shouts slogans from the defendant's cage during his trial with other leaders of the Brotherhood in a courtroom in CairoMINYA, Egypt (AP) — A judge in Egypt sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president on Monday over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in Egypt that included the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader, defense lawyers said.

Tornadoes kill 13 in Arkansas, 1 in Oklahoma

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:16 AM PDT

DELETES REFERENCE TO DEAQTH TOLL - This photo provided by James Bryant shows tornado damage, Sunday, April 27, 2014 in Mayflower, Ark. A powerful storm system rumbled through the central and southern United States on Sunday, spawning several tornadoes, including one in a small northeastern Oklahoma city and another that carved a path of destruction through several northern suburbs of Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Courtesy of James Bryant) MANDATORY CREDITVILONIA, Ark. (AP) — Residents of Vilonia, which was devastated by a tornado three years ago, huddled in the dark early Monday wondering how they would rebuild again, after the nation's strongest twister this year leveled homes and businesses in their city and others nearby, killing at least 13 people.

Obama: US to levy new Russia sanctions Monday

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 01:30 AM PDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Seeking to ratchet up pressure on Vladimir Putin, President Barack Obama said the United States will levy new sanctions Monday on Russian individuals and companies in retaliation for Moscow's alleged provocations in Ukraine.

Obama: Philippine pact will improve Asia security

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 01:30 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama reviews the honor guard at Malacanang Palace ahead of his bilateral meeting with Philippines President Benigno Aquino III in Manila, the Philippines, Monday, April 28, 2014. Obama is on the last stop of his four-country Asia trip. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama is assuring Filipinos that a new security agreement doesn't mean the U.S. is trying to reestablish military bases in their country.

Obama pledges federal help after deadly tornado

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 12:58 AM PDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending his deepest condolences to those affected by a deadly tornado that ripped through Arkansas.

Closing arguments set in Apple-Samsung trial

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 12:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2013 file photo, a man walks past banners advertising smartphones by Samsung and Apple at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea. The high-stakes battle between the world's largest smartphone makers is scheduled to wrap up this week after a monthlong trial that has pulled the curtain back on just how very cutthroat the competition is between Apple and Samsung. Closing arguments in the patent-infringement case are scheduled to begin Monday, April 28, 2014 with the two tech giants accusing each other, once again, of ripping off designs and features. At stake: $2 billion if Samsung loses, a few hundred million if Apple loses. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Han Sang-kyun, File) KOREA OUTSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The high-stakes battle between the world's largest smartphone makers is scheduled to wrap up this week after a monthlong trial that has pulled the curtain back on just how very cutthroat the competition is between Apple and Samsung.

All eyes on Silver, as Sterling fallout continues

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 12:27 AM PDT

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver answers questions during a news conference before Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, April 26, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)The Los Angeles Clippers have Monday off.

Obama says Philippine pact promotes Asia security

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 11:40 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Subang, Malaysia, Monday, April 28, 2014, before heading to Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Philippines. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama said a 10-year agreement signed Monday to give the U.S military greater access to Philippine bases will help promote regional security, improve armed forces training and shorten response times to humanitarian crises, including natural disasters.

Divers renew search for South Korea ferry dead

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 11:40 PM PDT

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won bows to the nation after offering his resignation at the Central Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Chung offered to resign Sunday over the government's handling of a deadly ferry sinking, blaming JINDO, South Korea (AP) — Divers on Monday renewed their search for more than 100 bodies still trapped in a sunken ferry after weekend efforts were hindered by bad weather, strong currents and floating debris clogging the ship's rooms. Investigators, meanwhile, expanded a probe into how coast guard and other rescuers responded after learning the ferry was sinking.
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