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• Guns for Beyoncé tickets proposed
• Titanic II blueprints unveiled, but don't call it 'unsinkable'
• Drop in Taliban attacks incorrect
• Search called off for missing sailboat
• Ohio town still grieves one year after deadly shootings
• Watch Live: Obama on perils of cuts
• North Korea's prison camps expand under new ruler
• Senate clears the way for confirmation of Hagel
• Amid Palestinian protests, rocket hits Israel
• Teen pleads guilty to Ohio school shooting spree
• In Germany, Kerry defends Americans 'right to be stupid'
• Progress at Iran nuke talks?
• UNC sexual assault victim faces expulsion for talking
• NY man smashes up shop for selling son bath salts
• Morrissey won't do Kimmel with 'Duck Dynasty' as guests
• Meat from donkey and water buffalo found in food in South Africa
• Photographs: Inside North Korea
• Scrapyard oil tankers help Iran skirt sanctions
• Burning hot air balloon in Egypt plummets, killing 19
• JPMorgan Chase to cut up to 4,000 jobs in 2013
• Benedict gets new title, new shoes for retirement
• Gov. Jindal says president's budget warnings are scare tactics
• Year after Trayvon Martin's death, ‘stand your ground’ laws survive
• Gunmen target vaccine effort in Pakistan
• Can drones ever be constitutional?

Guns for Beyoncé tickets proposed Posted: 26 Feb 2013 12:56 PM PST But a music manager's idea still needs an approving nod from the superstar.

Titanic II blueprints unveiled, but don't call it 'unsinkable' Posted: 26 Feb 2013 12:39 PM PST A modern replica of the doomed ocean liner will include modern comforts.

Drop in Taliban attacks incorrect Posted: 26 Feb 2013 12:06 PM PST The military coalition in Afghanistan now says there was no decline in attacks on troops.

Search called off for missing sailboat Posted: 26 Feb 2013 11:50 AM PST The Coast Guard says distress calls from a sinking boat may have been a hoax.

Ohio town still grieves one year after deadly shootings Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:43 AM PST Accused shooter T.J. Lane pleads guilty to killing three high school classmates.

Watch Live: Obama on perils of cuts Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:27 AM PST The president warns of the economic impact of the "sequester."

North Korea's prison camps expand under new ruler Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:10 AM PST An analysis of satellite images suggests that at least one North Korean prison camp has been significantly expanded over the past decade.

Senate clears the way for confirmation of Hagel Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:54 AM PST The vote was 71-27 on Tuesday to end the GOP filibuster.

Amid Palestinian protests, rocket hits Israel Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:37 AM PST People in the West Bank protested and called for a third intifada.

Teen pleads guilty to Ohio school shooting spree Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:22 AM PST T.J. Lane killed three boys and injured three others one year ago tomorrow.

In Germany, Kerry defends Americans 'right to be stupid' Posted: 26 Feb 2013 08:49 AM PST "We live and breathe the idea of ... political freedom and political tolerance," Kerry told students.

Progress at Iran nuke talks? Posted: 26 Feb 2013 08:33 AM PST ALMATY (Reuters) - Major powers on Tuesday offered Iran limited sanctions relief in return for a halt to the most controversial part of its nuclear program, and Iran promised to respond with a proposal on the same scale. The talks in Kazakhstan were the first in eight months between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany - the "P5+1" - on a decade-old dispute that threatens to trigger another war in the Middle East. ...

UNC sexual assault victim faces expulsion for talking Posted: 26 Feb 2013 08:15 AM PST Landen Gambill reported being raped by a student she says is still on campus.

NY man smashes up shop for selling son bath salts Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:58 AM PST WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A northern New York man has admitted he used a baseball bat to smash up a head shop after his son overdosed on bath salts sold at the store.

Morrissey won't do Kimmel with 'Duck Dynasty' as guests Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:42 AM PST The singer and animal rights activist says he canceled his appearance on the show.

Meat from donkey and water buffalo found in food in South Africa Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:25 AM PST The findings of a study follow news that Europe has a horsemeat problem.

Photographs: Inside North Korea Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:09 AM PST Female North Korean traffic police officers gather in front of bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to pay their respects in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. North Koreans turned out to commemorate what would have been the 71th birthday of Kim Jong Il who died on Dec. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Scrapyard oil tankers help Iran skirt sanctions Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:53 AM PST The aging boats that ship to China are a new way for Iran to keep its oil flowing.

Burning hot air balloon in Egypt plummets, killing 19 Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:36 AM PST A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field.

JPMorgan Chase to cut up to 4,000 jobs in 2013 Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:20 AM PST The cuts will come mainly through attrition, a spokeswoman said.

Benedict gets new title, new shoes for retirement Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:04 AM PST Pope Benedict XVI will be known as "emeritus pope" in his retirement and will wear white.

Gov. Jindal says president's budget warnings are scare tactics Posted: 26 Feb 2013 05:14 AM PST "The reality is that this is just part of political theater," said the Louisiana Governor.

Year after Trayvon Martin's death, ‘stand your ground’ laws survive Posted: 26 Feb 2013 04:24 AM PST Laws which allowed deadly force in public spaces are still on the books.

Gunmen target vaccine effort in Pakistan Posted: 26 Feb 2013 04:09 AM PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen have shot dead a police officer protecting a team of polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan.

Can drones ever be constitutional? Posted: 26 Feb 2013 03:53 AM PST Congressional oversight or a special court are being proposed for the program.

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• Militants say they'll kill French hostages
• What's cooking? Just ask Pippa
• No joke: The Onion begs for forgiveness over Tweet
• Entrepreneurial bug bites San Quentin inmates
• Census Bureau drops use of segregation-era term
• Supreme Court justices reprimand Texas prosecutor
• The Onion begs for forgiveness over Tweet
• Fine print may protect NASCAR from lawsuits
• Manhunt for Vegas shooter widens to East Coast
• Photographs: Off duty rebels in Syria
• Monarchs by the million flock to Mexico's drug country
• 'Sequester' on president's agenda at meeting with governors
• Billboard converts desert air into drinking water
• 70,000 deaths later, Syria says it's ready to talk
• Not everyone made it out in 'Argo': Americans left behind in Tehran remember
• One corner of Manhattan still a ghost town months after Sandy
• Monday in politics: Obama meets with governors on sequester, and more
• 'Unjust!' Poet shouts down court after getting 15 years for verse
• Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric resigns
• Horse meat found in Ikea's Swedish meatballs
• First lady to press governors on veterans' jobs
• Italian turnout drops in key national election
• Trial set to open for Gulf oil spill litigation
• Colorado snowstorm triggers blizzard warnings, slows air traffic
• NRA uses Justice Dept. memo to accuse Obama on guns

Militants say they'll kill French hostages Posted: 25 Feb 2013 11:45 AM PST A radical Islamic group took the family outside a national park in Cameroon's north region.

What's cooking? Just ask Pippa Posted: 25 Feb 2013 11:29 AM PST The sister of the Duchess of Cambridge will give cooking tips to the masses in a new column.

No joke: The Onion begs for forgiveness over Tweet Posted: 25 Feb 2013 11:13 AM PST The satirical newspaper apologizes for an offensive reference to a 9-year-old actress.

Entrepreneurial bug bites San Quentin inmates Posted: 25 Feb 2013 10:56 AM PST SAN QUENTIN, California (Reuters) - One by one, the entrepreneurs, clad in crisp blue jeans and armed with PowerPoint presentations, stood before a roomful of investors and tech bloggers to explain their dreams of changing the world. For these exuberant times in Silicon Valley, the scene was familiar; the setting, less so. With the young and ambitious flocking again to northern California to launch Internet companies, there were signs one recent morning that startup mania has taken hold even behind the faded granite walls of California's most notorious prison. "Live stream has gone mainstream. ...

Census Bureau drops use of segregation-era term Posted: 25 Feb 2013 10:22 AM PST After more than a century, the agency will no longer use "Negro" to describe black Americans in surveys.

Supreme Court justices reprimand Texas prosecutor Posted: 25 Feb 2013 10:06 AM PST Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer admonish the federal prosecutor for a racially charged comment.

The Onion begs for forgiveness over Tweet Posted: 25 Feb 2013 09:49 AM PST The satirical newspaper apologizes for an offensive reference to a 9-year-old actress.

Fine print may protect NASCAR from lawsuits Posted: 25 Feb 2013 08:57 AM PST Injured fans at the Daytona 500 face hurdles if they want to bring a case against the racing organization.

Manhunt for Vegas shooter widens to East Coast Posted: 25 Feb 2013 08:40 AM PST Ammar Harris is accused and firing shots into a Maserati, killing an aspiring rapper.

Photographs: Off duty rebels in Syria Posted: 25 Feb 2013 07:52 AM PST A Free Syrian Army fighter sews cloth in Aleppo February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Monarchs by the million flock to Mexico's drug country Posted: 25 Feb 2013 07:34 AM PST Every year, millions of monarchs migrate 2,000 miles.

'Sequester' on president's agenda at meeting with governors Posted: 25 Feb 2013 07:18 AM PST The Obama administration has been issuing severe warnings to Congress on the budget cuts.

Billboard converts desert air into drinking water Posted: 25 Feb 2013 07:02 AM PST An advertising agency has created what it is calling the world's first billboard that converts air into drinking water. The billboard--a collaboration between Agency Mayo DraftFCB and Peru's University of Engineering and Technology--was placed in Lima, Peru's rain-starved desert capital. Lima gets less than an inch of rain per year on average, but since the [...]

70,000 deaths later, Syria says it's ready to talk Posted: 25 Feb 2013 06:45 AM PST Assad and his foes are locked in a bloody stalemate after nearly two years of combat.

Not everyone made it out in 'Argo': Americans left behind in Tehran remember Posted: 25 Feb 2013 06:13 AM PST 52 Americans who didn't make it out of the embassy and were subjected to torture for 444 days.

One corner of Manhattan still a ghost town months after Sandy Posted: 25 Feb 2013 05:23 AM PST Roughly 85 percent of small businesses near the South Street Seaport are still boarded up.

Monday in politics: Obama meets with governors on sequester, and more Posted: 25 Feb 2013 05:07 AM PST The House and Senate are back in session on Monday, and the governors are still in Washington for the National Governors Association winter meeting and the top topic for the day – and this week – is the sequester. The sequester is the $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to kick in Friday [...]

'Unjust!' Poet shouts down court after getting 15 years for verse Posted: 25 Feb 2013 04:33 AM PST Dozens of people have been arrested in the past year for social media posts deemed insulting.

Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric resigns Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:59 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric resigned on Monday following allegations he behaved in an "inappropriate" way with other priests, and said he would not be going to the Vatican to take part in the election for Pope Benedict's replacement. Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who had been expected to take part in the conclave, said he had tendered his resignation to Pope Benedict some months ago as he was turning 75 and because he was suffering from "indifferent health". ...

Horse meat found in Ikea's Swedish meatballs Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:43 AM PST BRUSSELS (AP) — Czech authorities said Monday they have detected horse meat in meat balls labeled as beef and pork for Swedish furniture retailer giant Ikea, while European Union officials met to discuss tougher food labeling rules to counter the developing scandal.

First lady to press governors on veterans' jobs Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:27 AM PST Mrs. Obama wants states to act to allow veterans to receive professional credentials.

Italian turnout drops in key national election Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:10 AM PST ROME (AP) — Italians voted for a second day Monday in a national election that will determine whether they are prepared to stay the course of painful economic reform or send a message of discontinuity to the political class that led the country to the brink of disaster by rallying around a protest party.

Trial set to open for Gulf oil spill litigation Posted: 25 Feb 2013 02:03 AM PST NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly three years after a deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a high-stakes trial for the raft of litigation spawned by the disaster.

Colorado snowstorm triggers blizzard warnings, slows air traffic Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:47 AM PST DENVER (Reuters) - A wind-driven snowstorm blanketed eastern Colorado on Sunday, creating blizzard conditions on the High Plains and prompting the cancellation of 200 flights in and out of Denver International Airport, authorities said. Governor John Hickenlooper ordered all non-essential state workers to report to work two hours later than scheduled on Monday to give Denver snow plow drivers more time to clear city streets. By early evening, 10 inches of snow had accumulated in the Denver metropolitan area, as snowfall tapered off. ...

NRA uses Justice Dept. memo to accuse Obama on guns Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:29 AM PST NRA using Justice Department memo in attempt to link Obama to gun seizures he doesn't support

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