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No breakthrough in talks between UK and Ecuador over Assange

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:11 -0400

LONDON - Talks between the United Kingdom and Ecuador have ended without any breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fate with the Andean nation. Ecquador said it was vowing not to succumb to diplomatic pressure and was ready to consider any request from Edward Snowden, another whistleblower, for asylum. As the fugitive anti-secrecy advocate marks one year holed up in the ...

Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:36 -0400

ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...

Afghans break off talks with US on security deal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:01 -0400

The Afghan government Wednesday said it has suspended talks with the US on the proposed security agreement, saying America has a contradictory stance over the peace process in the country. "The ongoing fourth round of talks between Afghanistan and the US on the security agreement is suspended. The decision was taken because of US inconsistency in statements and actions in regard to the Afghan ...

Obama to propose further U.S. Russain nuclear arms cut

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:10:02 -0400

Berlin, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday will propose plans for the United States and Russia to further cut strategic nuclear warheads during his high-profile speech at the landmark Brandenburg Gate, a senior U.S. official said. During his first visit to Berlin as U.S. president, Obama will propose reducing atomic weapons by a third below the 1,550 agreed ...

Afghanistan calls off talks with U.S. on security agreement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:02 -0400

Kabul, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): The Afghan government on Wednesday announced that it suspended talks with the United States on the proposed security agreement, saying the United States had contradictory stance over the peace process in Afghanistan, local media reported. "The ongoing fourth round of talks between Afghanistan and the United States on the security agreement is suspended. The decision ...

NSA surveillance revealed abandoned al-Qaedas NY stock exchange bombing plot

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:10:02 -0400

The US-led surveillance programme which has created a lot of furor for snooping on citizens' web activities and phone records has revealed information about al-Qaeda's plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) in 2008. FBI Assistant Director Sean Joyce said that the agency found out through the electronic surveillance that al-Qaeda was actually in the initial stage of bombing the NYSE which ...

US to join direct peace talks with Taliban over Afghanistans future in Qatar

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:03 -0400

The United States is to open direct talks with Taliban leaders within days. The development comes after Washington agreed to drop a series of preconditions that have previously held back negotiations over the future of Afghanistan. According to the Guardian, political representatives of the Taliban will meet Afghan and US officials in Doha, the capital of Qatar. They will have discussions on ...

Serena Williams sparks outrage with drunk not virgin comments on US teenage rape victim

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:03 -0400

American tennis star Serena Williams has sparked outrage with her comments about a teenage rape victim, saying that the victim was 'drunk' and 'maybe...not a virgin'. In an excerpt from Rolling Stone magazine, Williams criticised a 16-year-old girl who was raped by two football players, her fellow school students, while she was drunk, in Ohio in August 2012, News.com.au reports. According to ...

US Names New Envoy to Africas Great Lakes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:23 -0400

Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold will work closely with U.N. envoy Mary Robinson to advance a U.N. framework for peace in the region. The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has endured years of conflict and ...

Man disrupts US flight by screaming about CIA

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:02 -0400

A man stood up from his seat during a flight to the US, and screamed about the CIA, security leaks and poison, but was subdued by fellow passengers, a media report said Tuesday. The disruption occurred Monday during the United Airlines Flight 116 from Hong Kong that eventually landed safely at its scheduled destination in Newark, CNN reported. Passengers onboard the Boeing 777 flight said the ...

Putin Obama agree to push for Syria talks in Geneva

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:10:06 -0400

Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday held here face-to-face talks on Syria on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Britain. At a press conference after their two-hour talks, the two leaders admitted they had big differences on Syria, but they agreed to push for a summit in Geneva, Switzerland. "Our positions do not ...

Police Paraplegic castrated at Philly facility

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:43:12 -0400

PHILADELPHIA -; A 41-year-old man is being held on $5 million bail after police say he castrated a paraplegic during a dispute at an assisted living facility in ...

Rick Perry takes aim at New York

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:41:53 -0400

Rick Perry stars in an ad out Wednesday that coincides with his swing across the Northeast to lure jobs to Texas.The one-minute, campaign-style video - shared first with POLITICO - attacks New York, where the governor is spending the day, as a high-tax, high-regulation state. ...

Brazil UnrestThe Brazilian government has deployed more national security force Latin America News

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:39:49 -0400

The Brazilian government will deploy National Public Security Force in five cities hosting the FIFA football tournament in an effort to contain the ongoing protests across the country. The announcement by the Brazilian Justice Ministry comes after a day of violent clashes between protesters and riot police. The ministry decided to deploy the joint federal police force on Wednesday in response ...

Extreme Arizona wildfire burns 5000 acres in just 7 hours

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:27:48 -0400

By Henry Austin, NBC News contributor Hundreds of people were evacuated in Arizona on Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just seven hours.More than 300 firefighters, along with multiple helicopters and aircraft, moved in to tackle the "extreme" blaze which started in "remote, rugged terrain" on the east side of Granite Mountain near Prescott, ...

Accused Cleveland kidnapper to appear at pre-trial hearing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:17:06 -0400

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A former Cleveland school-bus driver accused of holding three women captive in his home and torturing them for a decade is scheduled to appear in court for a pre-trial hearing on ...

The Executioner under microscope in trial of accused U.S. mobster Bulger

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:17:06 -0400

BOSTON (Reuters) - Attorneys for accused mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger will seek on Wednesday to paint star witness John "The Executioner" Martorano as a heartless killer whose testimony cannot be trusted in the trial of one of Boston's most feared ...

FBI search for Jimmy Hoffas body may last two more days

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:17:05 -0400

A federal investigator carries yellow crime tape at a field which investigators are prepared to dig up for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in Oakland Township, Michigan June 17, ...

10 Things to Know for Today

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:14:06 -0400

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA TO PUSH NUCLEAR CUTS A senior administration official says Obama will propose reduce the U.S. and Russian stockpiles by up to one-third at a speech in Berlin. 2. TALIBAN STRIKE ON US TROOPS AFTER PEACE TALK AGREEMENT Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai also suspended talks ...

PH stock index dips as markets wait for US Federal Reserve meeting on bond-buying

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:12:36 -0400

Screengrab from http://www.pse.com.ph MANILA, Philippines -- The local stock barometer dipped on Wednesday after a three-day rebound as regional markets awaited clues on US monetary policy from an ongoing US Federal Reserve meeting. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index shed 5.57 points or 0.09 percent to close at 6,513.20. Mining/oil and property counters saw the steepest drop for ...

JP Morgans man in the White House Barack Obamas legacy of ashes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:02:09 -0400

At one time, it seems decades ago now, the general thinking in the USA was that President Barack Obama would jolt the American political system into actually doing something beneficial for its citizens rather than spying on them, building F-35 aircraft, upgrading nuclear weapons, spending trillions of dollars (US) on national security, cutting unemployment benefits/food stamps, fomenting war with ...

Video Unusual heat wave bakes Alaska

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:40:22 -0400

Alaska is dealing with an unusual heat wave. Temperatures have reach 70 in Anchorage almost every day for more than a week, while a more remote area saw a high of ...

Authorities name casualties in Colorado fire

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:27 -0400

A Colorado sheriff said firefighters "are getting the upper hand" on the most destructive wildfire in state history Saturday, an announcement that came as authorities gained a clearer picture of the grim landscape the blaze has left ...

Taliban claims responsibility for attack on US military base in Afghanistan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:32:34 -0400

CAIRO, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on the US military base Bagram, situated 50 kilometers away from Afghan capital Kabul. Earlier sources from the US administration said four American military were had been killed as a result of a terrorist act in Afghanistan. A statement by the Taliban said that last night gunmen struck the base with "two ...

Worst Repair Costs Where

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:30:13 -0400

tricked-out smartphone in your pocket), you won't know what's wrong until you take it in for service. Unfortunately, motorists in different states can have very different experiences at the auto shop, and they're likely to walk away with very different bills. The folks at CarMD recently looked at repair costs across the U.S. ...

Liberals brace for Supreme Court decision on voting rights

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:22:26 -0400

By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News Bracing for an impending Supreme Court decision that could limit the reach of the Voting Rights Act, liberal legal experts and advocates are assessing what to do if the court strikes down a central part of the law.Addressing the annual convention of the liberal lawyers’ group the American Constitution Society, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a pioneer ...

NSA claims secret surveillance programs have foiled at least 50 terror plots since the September 11 attacks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:21:53 -0400

The head of the US National Security Agency has claimed secret surveillance programs have foiled at least 50 terror plots since the September 11 ...

American Airlines US Airways seek EU approval for merger

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:15:51 -0400

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - US Airways Group (LCC.N) and American Airlines (AAMRQ.PK) are seeking EU antitrust approval for their planned $11 billion merger, which would create the world's largest carrier. The proposed tie-up, the fourth in the U.S. ...

Zimmerman jury selection moving into a new phase

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:34:40 -0400

Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are about to move into the next phase of jury selection.On Wednesday, lawyers from both sides will begin whittling down a group of 40 prospective jurors, selected over a little more than a week's time, to a final group of six jurors and four alternates. In Florida, 12 jurors are required only for criminal trials involving ...

Jurors reflect on complexities of Zimmerman case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:46 -0400

Prosecutors and defense attorneys personally interviewed 58 potential jurors over seven days about their media exposure to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman last year in Sanford, Fla. They have asked 40 jury candidates to return for the next round of questioning and dismissed scores of others. They eventually must whittle down ...

W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to train

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:45 -0400

A former Massey Energy official who is cooperating in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when he's sentenced Aug. ...

Crucial finding made in search for long-lost shipwreck

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:25:55 -0400

A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, a crucial finding as crews dig toward what they hope is the carcass of a French ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th century. Expedition leaders still weren't ready to declare they had found a shipwreck or the ...

Ticket prices heat up for NBA finals in Miami

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:23:25 -0400

The online ticket resale site StubHub showed just about 3,000 tickets were available for purchase on the secondary markets in Miami for Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Heat and the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday ...

Capitols Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:21:45 -0400

By VALERIE BONKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The 19th-century orator and writer Frederick Douglass will once again stand tall in the U.S. Capitol. A 7-foot bronze likeness of Douglass is being unveiled Wednesday in a ceremony led by House Speaker John Boehner. The statue joins sculpted tributes to fellow black Americans Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Sojourner Truth on permanent ...

Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:18:31 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Carolyn Kaster - People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June ...

Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:18:30 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast. ...

Endangered list highlights at-risk landmarks and landscapes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:18:28 -0400

11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). Now in its 26th year, the list spotlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. This year's roster reflects sites that are threatened by not-so-benign neglect, encroaching development and the impact of ...

UK Auditor Agrees Fine And Ban In New York

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:15:48 -0400

A division of one of the UK's biggest auditors, Deloitte, has been fined $10m (6.4m) by New York state for its actions in advising Standard Chartered Bank over money laundering. In addition to the fine, Deloitte's Financial Advisory Services arm was also banned for one year from taking new work in the state after officials ruled it did not carry out its duties independently. The ...

American predator professor suspected to have abused Filipino children roamed Asia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:12:38 -0400

Mexican authorities have arrested an American professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen. Prosecutor Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres said Walter Lee Williams, 64, (pictured) a former university professor, is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling to Philippines for child sex. Garcia said Williams was ...

Big Lie America Doesnt Have 1 Richest Middle-Class in the World...Were Ranked 27th

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:06:14 -0400

America is the richest country on Earth. We have the most millionaires, the most billionaires--and a increasingly poor "middle ...

An American City Govt. Seeks the Cruel Power to Banish People from the Streets in... Vermont

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:06:13 -0400

Burlington Vt.'s city ordinance allows the immediate and arbitrary banishment of people from public streets with no due process of law and no effective appeal ...

Gringos on the Ayahuasca Trail ... Young Americans Are Flocking to S. America for Pychedelic Promise

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:06:13 -0400

music and inebriated shouts pouring from the gringo bars. Rurrenabaque is at the epicenter of Bolivia's burgeoning eco-tourism industry, with dozens of expeditions into the jungle leaving daily. But travelers often become intrigued by a different local offering: guided shamanic tours which use the hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca to prompt spiritual revelations. Ayahuasca has featured ...

Taliban We killed 4 U.S. troops at Afghan air base

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:05:58 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the U.S. on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country. The deadly attack underscores the challenges ahead in trying to end the violence roiling Afghanistan via peace ...

Brazil braces for more anti-government protests

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:59:53 -0400

Brazil braced for a new round of anti-government protests Wednesday after a violent night of looting and vandalism in Sao Paulo that led to at least 30 arrests. An estimated 50,000 people flooded the city's central Cathedral Square for the second night running, marching through streets and waving banners carrying slogans such as, "The people have awakened." One group tried to ...

Unusual Heat Wave Bakes Alaska

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:28:18 -0400

Alaska is dealing with an unusual heat wave. Temperatures have reach 70 in Anchorage almost every day for more than a week, while a more remote area saw a high of 96. (June ...

Visit soon Americas 11 most endangered places

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:25:57 -0400

Obama to push for deep cuts to US Russia nukes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:19 -0400

June 18, 2013: President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern ...

The Game 7 Winner is Less Important Than Why The Miami Heat Are Better For The NBA Than The Spurs.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:16 -0400

LeBron James of the Miami Heat looks to move against the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 21, 2012 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The Miami Heat won the NBA Finals, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 to capture the best-of-seven championship series four games to one. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via ...

New York City aims to require apartment dwellers to compost food scraps

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:18:57 -0400

NEW YORK -- Legions of New York City apartment dwellers will soon be asked -- and may eventually be forced -- to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to make the city ...

American Medical Association recognises obesity as a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:16:37 -0400

United States The American Medical Association (AMA) has voted to recognise obesity as a disease, describing it as an "epidemic" gripping the US.At its annual meeting, the AMA noted that obesity rates in the US have doubled among adults in the past 20 years and tripled among children in a generation.More than one-third of US adults are obese.The World Health Organisation and the US ...

Why we’ve been obsessed with Jimmy Hoffa for 38 years

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:13:16 -0400

10 hours ago As the latest twist in the search for the body of Jimmy Hoffa commenced in a field north of Detroit on Monday, it continued a nearly 40-year fascination with Hoffa's disappearance. Many remain curious as to what exactly happened to the late president of the Teamsters union despite the fact that there is a generation of people who may not exactly remember what he was famous for ...

Mexico nabs most wanted American sex predator at resort town

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:07:48 -0400

(42 mins ago) Mexican officials said they arrested Walter Lee Williams, a US citizen and alleged child sexual predator who was on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted criminals. Williams was arrested in Playa del Carmen, a seaside resort town just south of Cancun on Mexico's Caribbean coast, said Gaspar Armando Garcia, the Quintana Roo state ...

Obama to call for U.S.-Russia nuclear arms cuts

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:54:32 -0400

Barack Obama 's foreign-policy speech in Berlin Wednesday will call for additional U.S.-Russia nuclear-arms cuts, administration officials said. He is expected to say Washington and Moscow can shrink their nuclear arsenals by up to one-third beyond cuts mandated under the 2010 New Start, or Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, without hurting deterrence or capabilities, the officials told The ...

Syria peace talks delayed after Putin unyielding

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:54:32 -0400

Syrian peace talks will be delayed after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boycott talks that assume President Bashar Assad will resign, officials said. The international peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland, proposed by Washington and Moscow six weeks ago to be held as soon as May is now likely to be delayed until September, a Western official told several news organizations after ...

Investors look for answers on economy from Fed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:29:48 -0400

In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ...

Russian Church in America marks 400th anniversary of Romanov dynasty

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:19:45 -0400

NEW YORK, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia /ROCOR/ has marked the 400th anniversary since accession of the Romanov dynasty to the Russian throne. The main events of the celebration were held in the Cathedral of the Icon of Our Lady of the Sign in New York City. Tuesday night, a remembrance vespers service for the late czars and emperors of Russia was held there. ...

Miami forces Game 7 with OT victory

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:22 -0400

MIAMI - For years, Ray Allen’s routine has not changed. Show up for work hours earlier than just about everyone else, go onto the court and take hundreds of jump shots. It paid off for him on Tuesday. And he’ll be back out there on Thursday - since the Miami Heat season still has one game remaining. Allen’s three-pointer with 5.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter capped a ...

Analysis Hospital investors sold on U.S. health reform despite bumps

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:03:49 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators have been on a tear this year, on average posting triple the gains of the broader stock market, as investors tallied up the benefits of President Barack Obama's healthcare ...

U.S. builders complain they cant find skilled carpenters

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:05 -0400

1 of 4. Carpenter's work on installing fascia trimwork at a housing site at Mid-Atlantic Builders ''The Villages of Savannah'' development in Brandywine, Maryland May 31, ...

After court rules California gay marriage fight may go on

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:04 -0400

A man carries flags at a rally in support of same-sex marriage at the State of California Supreme Court in San Francisco, California March 26, ...

Jury selection in Trayvon Martin murder case moves into final phase

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:04 -0400

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of slain teen Trayvon Martin, sits with family attorney Benjamin Crump, during proceedings in the trial of George Zimmerman in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Florida, June 17, ...

Spurs Left to Rue Missed Opportunities Against Miami

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:59:23 -0400

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South San Francisco Husband Wife Charged With Operating Brothels

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:56:12 -0400

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to ...

Nigeria Mass Infanticide in America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:55:24 -0400

A report from the office of the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that, in 2009 alone, 784,708 successful abortions were carried out in that country. "That's a breathtaking number, no matter which side of the abortion debate you sit on," the report admits. "What this statistic doesn't convey is a more mysterious number: how many women ...

MLB Arizona 3 Miami 2

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:52:34 -0400

Paul Goldschmidt homered in the bottom of the ninth Tuesday to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 win over the Miami Marlins. Goldschmidt sent the second pitch ...

3 arrested in suspected slavery case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:30:14 -0400

>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused of ...

McCaskills early endorsement of Hillary Clinton is meant as a nudge

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:22:28 -0400

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Chicago on June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott ...

A guide to the Federal Reserves events Wednesday

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:58 -0400

AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:18:04 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...

Call for revising Japan-US military agreement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:11:47 -0400

/enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - The US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement needs revision in order to better catch US military personnel who commit rape in Japan, a Japanese Diet member said Tuesday. Tomoko Abe, a member of Japan's House of Representatives, made the remarks on the sidelines of an event in Washington co-hosted by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, the Council on Foreign ...

Miami produce miracle comeback to force decider

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:08:42 -0400

As it happened: NBA Finals - Heat v Spurs VI The Miami Heat produced an extraordinary comeback to beat the San Antonio Spurs 103-100 in overtime today to force a decisive seventh game in the NBA ...

Mexico detains FBI Ten Most-Wanted fugitive in beach resort

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:08:29 -0400

CANCUN (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the FBI's 10 most-wanted list and faces sex crimes charges in the Philippines. Walter Lee Williams, 64, was arrested in the southern beach resort of Playa del Carmen. The FBI said he was an anthropology and gender studies professor at the University of Southern California ...

Accused Colorado theater gunmans lawyers seek psychiatric hospital video

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:59:16 -0400

DENVER (Reuters) - Attorneys for the former graduate student charged with shooting 12 moviegoers to death in a Denver-area theater last summer have renewed their bid for access to a videotape of their client at the hospital where he was undergoing psychiatric ...

Outside View America strikes out

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:48:20 -0400

Using a baseball metaphor, in the field of national security, when the United States comes to bat, it often starts with 2 1/2 strikes against it. Strike 1 is the chronic tendency to misinterpret, distort and even invent threats often for politically expedient reasons. Strike 2 is the failure to address the question of "what next?" once crucial foreign or national security policy ...

Miami Beat San Antonio in Overtime to Force Game Seven

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:23:20 -0400

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Calif.-based burger chain Johnny Rockets sold

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:07 -0400

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -; Johnny Rockets, the Southern California-based burger chain with 1950s flair, has been sold to a private equity firm that targets underperforming and specialty ...

Boy 6 dies after dog attack at N. Calif. home

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:06 -0400

UNION CITY, Calif. -; A 6-year-old San Francisco Bay Area boy died after he was attacked by a dog that belongs to his uncle, who is a police officer, authorities and a family spokesman said ...

Sports Briefing | Tennis American Upsets Top Seed at Eastbourne

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:05 -0400

Jamie Hampton, an American qualifier, upset top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, 7-6 (2), 6-2, in the first round at Eastbourne, England. ...

Feds say Calif. hospice owes $112M for fake claims

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:53 -0400

Pacurar said internal audits had found that the organization sometimes requested, and received, Medicare's $172-per-day hospice reimbursement for patients who did not meet the government's technical requirement that hospice patients have six months or less to ...

Wall Street opens higher boosted by New York manufacturing data

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:37 -0400

U.S. stocks opened broadly higher Monday, as investors awaited Wednesdays Fed policy meeting, with increasing confidence that the Fed wont start tapering in super-easy ...

Wall Street close in green ahead of the Feds meeting tomorrow

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:37 -0400

U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday after U.S. housing starts and consumer inflation rose below estimates last month as investors await the end of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting ...

EU shares rose ahead of the Federal Reserve decision

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:35 -0400

The European Union saw its market opening and closing the day in green to actually rebound from their longest streak of weekly losses in 14 months as investors awaited this week’s Federal Reserve meeting for signs on the pace of stimulus ...

Govt report Smooth launch unsure for health law

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:22 -0400

WASHINGTON - There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.But in a report to be released Wednesday, the congressional Government Accountability Office also sees positive signs as the Oct. 1 deadline approaches for new health insurance markets ...

McCaskill endorses Hillary Clinton presidential effort

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:08 -0400

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, an early backer of Barack Obama in 2008, on Tuesday announced her backing of Ready for Hillary, a group encouraging the former secretary of state to run for president in ...

KC terrorist supported plan to bomb New York Stock Exchange FBI tells Congress

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:02 -0400

Everyone knows someone who is habitually late. It’s a maddening trait to the unafflicted who see the problem as remarkably easy to fix: Start earlier. That’s how the Royals’ two new hitting coaches, George Brett and Pedro Grifol, diagnosed Eric Hosmer’s ...

13-year-old charged with murder after using wrestling move on 5-year-old sister

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:48 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV."The 13-year-old reported he started to wrestle with the victim and practiced 'WWE' style wrestling moves on the 5-year-old," Col. John ...

Call him what you like but dont mess with American Samoa

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:44 -0400

Rachel Maddow reports on the quiet dignity of Congressman Eni Faleomavaega, of American Samoa, who ignored the ridiculous mispronunciation of his name in an introduction by Rep. Kerry Bentivolio but made sure Bentivolio and everyone in the room was clear on "American ...

Disabled Ohio woman daughter held captive in horrid conditions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:38 -0400

Jessica L. Hunt, Jordie L. Callahan and Daniel Brown were arrested on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said on June 18, the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the ...

Massachusetts police search NFL players home in homicide probe report

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:55:07 -0400

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez talks on a phone during media day for the NFL Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis January 31, ...

Empire State Building gets left-field $2 billion offer to sell

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:55:00 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City real estate company offered to buy the Empire State Building for $2 billion, a written offer showed, significantly below the skyscraper's appraisal price and about three weeks after investors in the iconic building approved a plan to take the tower public in a real-estate investment ...

California senators want more information on oil well acid jobs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:21 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California state legislators on Tuesday told regulators and oil industry lobbyists they wanted more information about the use of acid to increase flows in wells in a technique that is used more often in the state than the controversial fracking ...

Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:21 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general being relieved of command, died on Tuesday in a car wreck in Los Angeles, his employer ...

American Airlines-US Air merger denounced as “merger of convenience” and anti-consumer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:50:42 -0400

Washington, D.C. - The Aviation Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Technology Committee at a hearing on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, will discuss issues regarding the proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines. Once considered a slam dunk for approval, this merger is now facing questions about competition and its effect on consumers. "There are no benefits to this merger ...

Google asks FISA court to lift gag order on NSA surveillance program

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:49:17 -0400

WASHINGTON Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security. The move came in a legal motion filed in the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ...

Mich. woman ordered to trial on false rape report

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:11:35 -0400

PORT HURON, Mich. -; A Michigan woman accused of faking a sexual assault was ordered to stand trial on charges of making a false report of rape and tampering with evidence Tuesday after a doctor said her purported bruises faded after he wiped them with ...

Americas looming helium disaster

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:09:47 -0400

Imagine that you sustain an injury, sending you to the hospital. The doctor orders an MRI. But the critical material that allows the MRI to operate - liquid helium - is not available. So you don’t receive your MRI and a proper diagnosis cannot be made. If Congress does not act on bipartisan legislation by Sept. 30, such a scenario is a very real possibility in the near future.On that date, ...

Patty Griffin performs songs from her new album American Kid Wednesday at the Neptune

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:38 -0400

Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin recently kicked off a tour in support of her seventh album, "American Kid," featuring the song "Don't Let Me Die in Florida." The album "was written to honor my father," Griffin says. It's her first collection of mostly new songs since "Children Running Through" in 2007. Before "American Kid," Griffin ...

A new take on grass-fed meat Pig farmer markets pork raised on marijuana

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:55:32 -0400

By Elisha Fieldstadt The possibilities when it comes to marketing meat made from marijuana-fed animals are close to endless, but the man who came up with the idea has decided to simply call them "Pot Pigs."William von Scheneidau, owner and founder of BB Ranch in Seattle, didn’t come up with the idea to feed pigs and other animals weed while sitting around a bong in the basement ...

Analysis Why Edward Snowden isnt a whistle-blower legally speaking

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:55:31 -0400

Ever since Edward Snowden revealed himself as the leaker of classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs, he has sometimes been called a whistle-blower. But is ...

US State Department says screaming man was ex-employee

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50:11 -0400

(20 mins ago) A US State Department spokeswoman says a man who ranted about national security and screamed ';I'm dead'' during a flight from Hong Kong once worked at the agency. The spokeswoman said the passenger ended his time at the department in 2006. She gave no details about his job or why he no longer works there. The man started screaming nine hours into a 15-hour ...

California judge irked by accused killer acting as own lawyer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:48:50 -0400

SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - An accused California serial killer representing himself at his own murder trial drew a series of rebukes from the judge on the first day of testimony and was warned to obey procedural rules in court or risk losing the right to serve as his own ...

New York state announces plan for board to help cash-strapped cities

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:48:49 -0400

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives for a meeting with Appropriations Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman Senator Daniel Inouye and Senator Thad Cochran on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, ...

San Francisco Fire Breaks Out In Tenderloin District Building

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:52 -0400

Bret Burkhart tweeted that firefighters were trying to rescue people from the roof of the building. KGO later reported that the fire was started during a barbecue on the roof, and that no one was injured. ...

MLB Baltimore 5 Detroit 2

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:36:20 -0400

Zach Britton notched his first victory of the year Tuesday, pacing Baltimore over Detroit 5-2. Jones' shot in the fifth inning put the Orioles ahead 5-0 ...

CHP copter saves teens from soaring Sierra cliff

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:46 -0400

SIERRA CITY, Calif. -; Two stranded teenage boys were plucked off a peak at an elevation of more than 8,000 feet by a California Highway Patrol helicopter as it was rocked by gusty ...

Journalist Michael Hastings Dies In Car Crash At Age 33

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:38 -0400

Michael Hastings, 33, has died in a car crash in Los Angeles, according to reports. The author of wartime books and articles that included a candid profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal is seen here at an event last ...

Oklahoma executes inmate for couples 2000 deaths

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:01:27 -0400

McALESTER, Okla. -- Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago.James Lewis DeRosa was killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, becoming the state's second inmate executed this year.At a clemency hearing last month, DeRosa took responsibility for his role in the Oct. 2, 2000, ...

Award-winning journalist dies in car accident at 33

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:26 -0400

Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday. Hastings wrote about politics for the popular news site and has written books about dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Hastings won a Polk Award for magazine ...

Obama family trip under fire amid sequester cuts- Walter Reed plans to furlough thousands

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:25 -0400

President Obama's trip this month to Africa, with the first family tagging along, is projected to cost taxpayers as much as $100 million, sparking criticism as the federal government scrimps along during sequester-related budget cuts. Among the related costs will be fighter jets; hundreds of Secret Service agents; a Navy ship with a full trauma center; and military cargo planes to bring 56 ...

United Airlines Changes Frequent Flier Program Adds Dollars Spent To Miles

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:22 -0400

United just announced it is joining Delta in adding spending minimums to its elite frequent flier program in addition to mileage. Photo: Wikipedia Earlier this ...

United Airlines Becomes North American Launch Customer for Boeing 787-10 as It Increases Dreamliner Order to 65

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:56:17 -0400

United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) today increased its 787 Dreamliner order to 65 aircraft (including six previously delivered aircraft) with an order for 20 787-10s. United is the North American launch customer for the 787-10 and it expects delivery of its first aircraft in 2018. United ordered 10 incremental 787-10 aircraft and will convert 10 existing 787s on order to 787-10s, enabling the airline to ...

Dish wont submit revised bid for Sprint

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:50:32 -0400

Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's ...

Dwindling Great Lakes squeeze shipping industry

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:48:48 -0400

TOLEDO, Ohio -- It’s the 14th straight year of low water levels for the $34 billion shipping industry that relies on the Great Lakes.And for ships like the Mesabi Miner, that comes at a great cost.On a recent Saturday the vessel drifted through the Detroit River and docked in Toledo, where the crew began the eight-hour process of unloading 66,000 tons of iron ore, the rounded clay-colored ...

United Dreamliner diverted due to possible oil filter problem

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:41:41 -0400

SEATTLE (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Tuesday that a Boeing Co 787 on its way to Tokyo from Denver was diverted to Seattle after an indication of a problem with an oil filter, but the plane landed without ...

Capitol Hill cooperation allows congressman to breathe easier

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:38 -0400

PHOENIX -- A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is a doctor for stepping in to ...