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Drone strikes are legal and extend to US citizens as well, says Obama

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:57 -0400

WASHINGTON In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...

Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:23 -0400

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:06:51 -0400

MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers were combing through the battered remains of buildings left behind in the path of the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery. Gary Bird, fire chief of the badly hit Moore suburb, said he was "98% sure" there were no ...

FBI kill Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:03:15 -0400

MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...

US Senate panel clears key immigration reform bill

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:41 -0400

WASHINGTON - A US Senate panel has cleared a proposed legislation that relaxes restrictions on IT companies to hire foreign techies, thus clearing one of the major hurdles to ushering changes in American immigration law in a generation. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill after its authors won a bipartisan support with three Republicans joining 10 Democrats in the 18-member ...

North Korean special envoy visits China to win confidence

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:56:15 -0400

PYONGYANG, North Korea - In an indication that North Korea may give diplomacy a chance to end regional tension, its leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday sent a special envoy to China to win the confidence of its most important ally. The trip by Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, a senior Workers' Party official and the military's top political officer, comes after months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give ...

Chidambaram says U.S. Federal Reserves statement misunderstood calls for calm

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:01 -0400

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday sought to calm stock markets in India after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested bond purchases could be scaled back if the U.S. economy improves. Addressing a news conference here, Chidambaram said fears that the Federal Reserve would start reversing its U.S. monetary stimulus programme were being misunderstood in stock market and investor ...

US officials say hypersonic weapons likely to hit battlefield by 2025

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:03 -0400

US military officials say high-tech weapons may be flying through the skies at five times the speed of sound by the middle of the next decade. According to military officials, it depends on continued research into hypersonic vehicles like the Air Force's X-51A Waverider, which completed its final test flight earlier this month, reports Fox News. Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager for the Air ...

Lydia Davis pips Indian writer U.R. Ananthamurthy to win Booker International Prize 2013

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:02 -0400

American short story writer Lydia Davis, whose works can be as brief as a single sentence, has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize topling other authors including an Indian named U.R. Ananthamurthy. The influential American writer accepted the 60,000 pounds honour, which is presented every two years to a living, non-UK author for a body of work published in English, at a ceremony held ...

Self-regulation skills better in American girls than boys

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:30:04 -0400

A new study has shown that there is a gender gap when it comes to behavior and self-control in American young children - one that does not appear to exist in children in Asia. In the United States, girls had higher levels of self-regulation than boys. Self-regulation is defined as children's ability to control their behavior and impulses, follow directions, and persist on a task. It has been ...

Sharp decline in US drone strikes in Pakistan

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:30:03 -0400

Islamabad, May 23: (ANI): Drone strikes in Pakistan have fallen sharply since their peak in 2010, perhaps in response to increasing scrutiny of the programme by the US Congress and the American public, according to a media report. This comes just ahead of President Barack Obama's long-awaited address on drones at Washington's National Defence University on Thursday. Bruce Riedel, a former CIA ...

US tourist stabbed in Italy loses kidney

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:01 -0400

A 68-year-old American tourist underwent emergency surgery to remove a kidney after he was stabbed in Italy's Florence city. The tourist, who was not named, was attacked near the famous Duomo cathedral. Doctors at the Santa Maria Nuova hospital said the man suffered knife wounds to a kidney and a lung but was no longer critical, and was conscious and breathing unaided. Police arrested a ...

Belarus dismisses US report on religious freedom

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:50:02 -0400

The Belarusian foreign ministry has dismissed part of the Religious Freedom Report published by the US State Department about the country as "outdated" and failing to take into account the current situation in the country. "As for the State Department's report, it is permeated with trite phrases and usual abstract rubber stamps which the authors of the report rewrite every year, without even ...

Boston bombing probe Man shot dead by FBI

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:50:02 -0400

An FBI agent shot and killed a 27-year-old alleged friend of slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Florida, a day after questioning him as part of the investigation into the April 15 attack, media reports said. The victim, identified as Ibragim Todashev, was shot at a condominium complex Wednesday in Orlando, Florida. The FBI confirmed a man died while one of its agents was ...

Impeachment Support Soars as Voters Say Feds “Out of Control”

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:23:00 -0400

shows more than two-thirds of American voters believe the federal government is "out of control" and a threat to their liberties. Meanwhile, a separate survey commissioned by ...

NJ Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:31 -0400

TRENTON, N.J. -; At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water - and apparently not even clean water at ...

Dissidents find Cuba outside Cuba in Miami

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:30 -0400

MIAMI -; When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami, he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the Cuban-American ...

Driver in Ill. van wreck had license supsensions

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:30 -0400

ST. LOUIS -; A New Jersey ex-convict behind the wheel of a van that overturned on an Illinois freeway, killing five passengers returning from a California ministry gathering, had his driving privileges suspended last year for administrative reasons, motor vehicle records ...

Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for sex with patients

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:29 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -; Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released ...

Anti-war protester shouts at Obama during speech

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:29 -0400

CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin is surrounded by security as she shouts at President Barack Obama during his speech on national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. She was removed from the auditorium. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...

House GOP leaders pledge action on immigration

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:26 -0400

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ...

Milestones for Guantanamo Bay detention center

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:26 -0400

FILE - In this July 16, 2009 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, flags hang above the sign marking the Camp Justice compound, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. President Barack Obama's speech national security speech Thursday is expected to reaffirm his national security priorities _ from homegrown terrorists to killer drones to the ...

Maine governor moves out of office over TV dispute

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:26 -0400

AUGUSTA, Maine -; Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the IRS to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television ...

Joe Downtown Restaurant serving Fresh American coming to East Village

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:16:09 -0400

/inline-content --> With an opening expected in July or August, work on a new restaurant in an area of the city's "East Village" is about to begin. Armed with roughly $75,000 in grants from the city Redevelopment Agency, owner Nicholas Akiona will be moving his PublicUs restaurant into space formerly occupied by Philly Steak Express, 1126 Fremont St. Publicus is a Latin term ...

Dominican Republic Latin American leader in Asia trade

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400

Miami.-The Dominican Republic is among Latin America's fastest growing trade partners of China and South Korea, according to an analysis by online publication Latinvex based on figures from the International Monetary Fund and the Korean government. Dominican Republic exports to China last year grew 40.8 percent to $411 million. That was the fifth-highest increase in Latin America. Total ...

Outrage in Chicago Follows Largest Mass School Closing in US History

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:10:23 -0400

The axe has come down in Chicago in the largest mass school closing in US history, an act opponents have called an attempt to further privatize the school system and "neoliberal savagery masquerading as school ...

San Franciscos Michael Crabtree tears Achilles but not expected to miss entire season

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:08:11 -0400

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Coach Jim Harbaugh confirmed that 49ers No. 1 wide receiver Michael Crabtree suffered a torn right Achilles tendon and that Crabtree underwent surgery Wednesday morning. Harbaugh also said that Crabtree is not expected to miss the entire 2013 season, though he declined to give a timetable for Crabtree's return. The injury happened Tuesday during a 7-on-7 drill ...

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Gets Acronym For “Jewish-American Princess” Pulled From Bravo

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:05:55 -0400

In a fascinating bit of cross-cultural misalignment, Michael Yaki, a former San Francisco supervisor and now a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, got Bravo to cut the use of the acronym ';JAP,'; which is colloquially used, often in a self-referential way, to stand for ';Jewish-American Princess,'; from its promos for and episodes of a new ...

New York man held captive for a month in warehouse rescued by police

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:55 -0400

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said. Acting on a tip from the victim's mother, police ...

Our actions are effective says Obama of drone strikes

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:55 -0400

President Barack Obama talks about whether U.S. drone strikes are successful in most cases while delivering remarks at the National Defense University ...

Okla. to hold memorial service for tornado victims

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:55 -0400

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin announces that a memorial and prayer service will be held this Sunday for tornado victims adding, "we can honor those we have lost, pray for those they left behind, and begin to heal ...

Obama Preference is to capture suspects not use drone strikes

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:53 -0400

President Barack Obama expands on U.S. policy regarding unmanned aircraft strikes against suspected terrorists as he addresses the National Defense University ...

Jimmy McMillan on Anthony Weiner

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:52 -0400

Former Congressman Anthony Weiner has officially announced his run for mayor of New York, joining an experienced field of contenders in the 2013 race. While he may not have the credentials of other candidates, McMillan does have pointed words for former Congressman Anthony ...

Senate approves Obama nominee to key appeals court

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:56:14 -0400

In a break from partisan battles over judicial appointments, the Senate gave bipartisan support to Sri Srinivasan, 46, a political appointee in the Justice Department. The court is one level down from the Supreme Court and Srinivasan is viewed by some as a potential justice on the nation's highest ...

New York State museum adds Lincoln artifacts to war exhibit

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:10 -0400

ALBANY, N.Y. – The New York State Museum has added two artifacts to its exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Now in the exhibit, entitled "An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War," are the notes taken by two physicians who attended President Abraham Lincoln on his death bed. Also added to the collection is the only existing oil painting ...

Father of Chechen shot by FBI suspects son was tortured

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:31 -0400

FBI personnel walk through the complex surrounding the apartment, where Ibragim Todashev was shot and killed by FBI, in Orlando, Florida, May 22, ...

Searchers find body of second child killed in Minnesota mudslide

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:31 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Searchers on Thursday found the body of a second fourth-grader killed when a landslide swept students, who were on a fossil-hunting field trip, into a pit full of water and mud at a park in St. Paul, Minnesota, authorities ...

Cockroaches evolved to avoid sweetened poison

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:40 -0400

This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut butter. For 30 years, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out sweet-tasting bait mixed with poison. But in the early 1990s, a formerly effective product stopped working. Some cockroaches had lost their sweet ...

Forecasters warn Up to 6 major storms this season

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:38 -0400

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major ...

9-Year-Old Takes On Mayor At School Closings Rally

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:23 -0400

CHICAGO (CBS) – A 3rd grader from the South Side has become an Internet sensation, after delivering a rousing speech at a rally against school closings earlier this week. WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports there have been more than 88,000 views on YouTube of 9-year old Asean Johnson speaking at the podium for nearly three minutes on Monday at a protest rally in Daley ...

Fardon Nominated To Succeed Fitzgerald As U.S. Attorney

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:22 -0400

CHICAGO (AP) – The Obama administration has named a private attorney and former federal prosecutor to head the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced the nomination of Zachary Fardon on Thursday. He would replace Patrick Fitzgerald, who stepped down last summer to enter private practice. Fitzgerald rose to national prominence during more than a decade in ...

Concealed Carry Bill Moves To House Floor But Senate Objects

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:20 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A concealed-carry gun deal brokered by House Speaker Michael Madigan cleared a House committee Thursday, but its prospects were unclear across the Capitol in the Senate because of the way it would curb existing local gun laws. The House Judiciary Committee voted 13-3 to send the gun measure to the House floor, where Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, said it would get a ...

Peak Rock Capital acquires Miami paper maker

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:40:51 -0400

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital has acquired Atlas Paper Mills LLC, a Miami-based tissue paper maker. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, according to a news release. A spokesman for Austin-based Peak Rock declined to reveal the name of the affiliate company. Atlas Paper Mills, founded in 1981, manufactures tissue products using 100 percent recycled fiber. It employs 2,000 workers, ...

Miami Beach to select convention center developer July 8

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:13:10 -0400

South Beach ACE is one of the development groups vying for the chance to overhaul the Miami Beach Convention Center. Its plan focuses on orienting the convention center toward the east and developing a small amount of retail, in addition to an 800-room hotel as part of the convention center. Miami Beach commissioners will vote July 8 on which of two developers will overhaul its convention center ...

White House Fact Sheet on Counterterrorism Policy

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:36 -0400

Fact Sheet: U.S. Policy Standards and Procedures for the Use of Force in Counterterrorism Operations Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities Since his first day in office, President Obama has been clear that the United States will use all available tools of national power to protect the American people from the terrorist threat posed by al-Qa’ida and its associated ...

Sailing Americas Cup Panel Suggests New Rules for Safety

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:08:51 -0400

The ...

Pennsylvania Couple Got All Stabby During Argument Over American Idol Finale

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:19 -0400

While the audience for "American Idol" continues to shrink, Ryan Seacrest will be happy to know that some viewers remain so passionate about the TV show that they'll stab each other while arguing about the program's finale. That is what happened last week in the Red Lion, Pennsylvania home shared by Karen Harrelson, 48, and Gregory Stambaugh, ...

Tornado Alley lacks basements

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:43 -0400

>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on 'AC360' tonight, 8pm ET. (CNN) -- It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement. Yet few homes in the Oklahoma City area have them -- even though that state is hit by far more powerful tornadoes than most others. "Probably less than one ...

Obama New guidelines in place for drone strikes

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:05 -0400

WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama says he has signed new policy guidelines to oversee when the U.S. can use drone strikes against suspected ...

Obama cites need to support emerging democracies

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:04 -0400

WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama says supporting transitions to democracy in unstable regions like the Middle East will remain a key part of his strategy for fighting ...

Little known about suspect in Wash. ricin case

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:03 -0400

During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apartments near the intersection of First Avenue and Oak Street in Browne's Addition on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Spokane, Wash. The search warrant is in connection with ricin-laced letters intercepted at a Post Office facility in Spokane earlier in ...

Obama Congress briefed on every drone strike

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:05:01 -0400

In a national security speech Thursday, Obama said the administration has briefed the appropriate congressional committees about all drone strikes outside of Iraq and Afghanistan, such as in ...

Obama endorses more oversight of drone strikes

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:59 -0400

President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president Barack revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial ...

Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma towns mettle

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:59 -0400

MOORE, Okla. -; Oklahoma natives know tornadoes. They've been carried into storm cellars as children and huddled in closets with their own ...

Woman accused of contaminating daughters IV tubes

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:56 -0400

TUCSON, Ariz. -; A prosecutor says a woman on trial in Tucson contaminated her hospitalized infant daughter's intravenous lines in an attempt to get attention from the girl's ...

Obama condemns `appalling attack on UK soldier

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:55 -0400

Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to ...

President Clinton to bring his Global Initiative to Chicago

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:48 -0400

President Clinton is bringing his Global Initiative to Chicago. With unemployment still above 9 percent in Chicago, what more perfect place could there for President Bill Clinton to bring his third annual meeting of the Clinton Global initiative? With various bold face names in politics, show business and corporate America attendance, more than 1,000 people are scheduled to gather in the Wind ...

Part of unused parking garage collapses in Md.

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:42 -0400

Three months after a parking garage collapsed and forced Miami Dade College’s West campus to close, students will return to their regular classes ...

Miami-Dade public defender allowed to pull out of cases because of workload

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:41 -0400

Describing what it called a "damning indictment" of representation for poor criminal defendants, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Miami-Dade County public defender's office could withdraw from a large chunk of felony cases because of excessive workloads.The court divided 5-2 on the issue, with Justice Peggy Quince writing a majority opinion that said attorneys ...

New federal prosecutor nominated for Chicago

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:41 -0400

A federal judge in Miami has rejected a local doctor’s bid to collect $600,000 in legal defense fees from the U.S. attorney’s office after prosecutors failed to win a conviction amid their alleged misconduct at the physician’s ...

Officials clarify numbers on Okla. tornado damage

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:39 -0400

Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and ...

Ammonium nitrate chemical behind texas explosion is all over the United States

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:57:00 -0400

Smoke rises in the distance about half a mile from the West Fertilizer Company, April 18, 2013 in West, Texas. A massive explosion at the fertilizer company injured more than 200 people and left damaged buildings for blocks in every direction. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty ...

Morgan Falls Asleep On Air

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:04 -0400

Morgan Freeman is pretty much Hollywood royalty, so it's no surprise that two Seattle-based news anchors were super excited to interview the famous actor. But the 75-year-old star didn't seem to share their excitement, as he struggled to keep his eyes open during an early-morning interview with the anchors on Wednesday. Freeman appeared to nod off during the segment, ...

A TALL ORDER Lincoln Note Saving Teen Soldier Up for Sale

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:04 -0400

The recently found telegram from 1865 was signed by Lincoln who urged Union Army officials to allow Perry Harris to be discharged from service after an impassioned plea from his ...

Apples Cook on Taxes Being an American Innovator Transcript of Senate Testimony

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:03 -0400

released transcripts of the statements made by CEO Tim Cook before a U.S. Senate subcommittee earlier this week, during which the bi-partisan group accused the tech giant of stashing its cash overseas in order to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. Cook, joined by Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and the company's tax chief Phillip Bullock, countered those claims by saying the maker ...

Obama America at crossroads in terror fight

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:38 -0400

President Barack Obama speaks about his administration's drone and counterterrorism policies, as well as the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ...

Latin America Amnesty Releases Annual Human Rights Report

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:51:10 -0400

annual report for 2013 , in which it highlights the main issues affecting human rights globally and in Latin America. The 2013 report focused much of its attention on the plight of migrants and refugees, and in this context the organisationurged the US government to reconsider its immigration laws as hundreds of Latin American citizens risk their lives every year in illegal border ...

Stiletto Network of women help each other rise in workplace

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:18 -0400

Author Pamela Ryckman's new book details what she calls a stiletto network. She says women throughout the country are creating their own networks to help one another start businesses and rise in corporate America. Kate Snow's full report airs Friday, May 24 at 10pm/9CDT on NBC's Rock Center with Brian ...

Tutor with cancer busted for meth at school cops say

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:17 -0400

Police in Massachusetts say a 57-year-old tutor, who once served as a state representative and now being treated for stage-three cancer, accepted packages containing heat-sealed freezer bags filled with meth at the school where he worked. WHDH's Jonathan Hall ...

2013 Atlantic hurricane season forecast to be above normal possibly extremely active

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:17 -0400

By Elizabeth Chuck, Staff Writer, NBC News Batten down the hatches.Forecasters said Wednesday that the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be "above normal and possibly extremely active," predicting three to six major hurricanes this season.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its outlook that it forecast seven to 11 Atlantic hurricanes for the 2013 ...

Moore mayor calls for law requiring storm shelters in new homes

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:17 -0400

Residents of Moore, Oklahoma can now return to what had been their homes, but the mighty task of rebuilding is hampered by more severe weather. Michael Thompson, Oklahoma Secretary of Safety and Security, ...

Boehner House wont be stampeded on immigration by White House

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:15 -0400

House Speaker John Boehner says that while good work has been done in the Senate on an immigration plan, the House will not be rushed into approving ...

Friends EP teaches filmmaking to blind students

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:15 -0400

If you think that the ability to see is the first requirement for being able to make a movie, then you haven't been to Kevin Bright's film-making class at the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. Rock Center's Harry Smith visited Bright, one of the executive producers of the wildly successful show "Friends," taught his students how to make films - even though many of ...

Prosecutor iPad theft defendants ambushed victim

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:13 -0400

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A prosecutor in Las Vegas is comparing two men accused of killing a high school student who refused to let go of his iPad to wild animals ambushing a weak ...

What is the economic responsibility of corporate America | Heidi Moore

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:36:33 -0400

dealing with a do-nothing Congress with little more than perhaps quiet exasperation. Now that his term is nearly over, he is a bolder man. In his testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of Washington, he pulled no punches. He ...

Maine lawmakers governor in stand-off on Medicaid expansion

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:23 -0400

BOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill that would expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's Republican governor, who has vowed a ...

Arizona jury resumes weighing death penalty in Arias murder case

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:23 -0400

Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ...

Fitch Affirms State University of New York Lease Revs at AA- Outlook Stable

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:35 -0400

Fitch: Sub-Saharan Africa Has Gradual Upgrade Potential Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published report that targeted reforms and policy initiatives could see Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) sub-investment grade ratings gradually upgraded, despite per capita income falling well short of peers. The challenge for Africa from a rating perspective is the low level of GDP per capita - most SSA ...

Hearing set in lawsuits over Chicago school closings

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:38 -0400

A day after the controversial Chicago Board of Education vote to shut down 50 schools, a federal judge today scheduled a four-day hearing in July to decide whether to halt the closures.The hearing before U.S. District Judge John Lee is likely to include witness ...

Video Twitter helps tornado victim reunite with dog

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:20 -0400

A giant tornado tore through the middle of Moore, Okla., killing at least 51 people, 20 of them children. Charlie Rose, Norah O'Donnell and Anna Werner ...

Startup America is now UP Global chaired by Steve Case

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:31:34 -0400

Steve Case . The combined entity's mission actually sounds quite a lot like Startup America, which is based in D.C. and spawned such programs as the coworking hub 1776, ...

Four Hurt In Wrong-Way Crash On Chicago Skyway

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:29:18 -0400

CHICAGO (STMW) – A 25-year-old man has been cited for driving the wrong way on the Chicago Skyway, after a head-on crash with a pickup truck Thursday morning that sent four people to hospitals. The crash happened about 5:04 a.m. on the Skyway near 85th Street, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli ...

Lawmakers Approve Required Birth Control Lessons In Sex Ed Classes

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:29:05 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – State lawmakers have passed legislation that would mandate schools that teach sex education in Illinois also would have to give students information about birth control. WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports it's now up to Gov. Pat Quinn to decide whether to sign the measure. Currently, abstinence is the only required curriculum for sex ed ...

Few basements in Tornado Alley

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14:59 -0400

Pint-sized Pour Boatswain American IPA

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:14 -0400

If you're a bargain-hunting beer lover, you may find it hard to resist a tall 22-ounce bottle of Boatswain American IPA, which Trader Joe's sells for $1.99. But trust me -- resist. This Boatswain is out of its ...

Iraqi policewomen to get training ‘exposure to American culture’ in U.S.

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:55 -0400

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department has sponsored a visit by a delegation of Iraqi police officers for a training course in cooperation with the Iraqi Interior Ministry. The department’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs oversaw a three-week training course for 10 Iraqi women officers on criminal investigation and other ...

The IRS as political tool It started with the Kennedy White House

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:51 -0400

Republicans are getting tripped up by the media when challenged about evidence of President Obama's personal involvement in the IRS scandal. Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, who chairs the House committee looking into the IRS, "admitted there was no evidence" linking Obama to the IRS scandal, as MSNBC described his appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Camp said, ...

Anthony Weiner Is Too Liberal to Be New York City Mayor

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:00 -0400

Since 1993, New York's mayors have been Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, and Mike Bloomberg, who won his first two terms as a Republican and last as an independent. The result has been a city which has blossomed, with crime plummeting, real estate prices rising and the standard of living on a steady upswing. All this has been achieved while living, and persevering through, two major terrorist ...

Video New York congressman rebounds from scandal announces run for mayor

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:48:20 -0400

Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned two years ago after posting a lewd photo online, announces he is running for New York City mayor. Lindsey Parietti ...

Medal of Honor winner McGarity dies in Tenn.

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:14 -0400

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -; Former World War II Army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at age 91, a funeral home said ...

Turkey debates alcohol sales and ad restrictions

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:14 -0400

ANKARA, Turkey -; Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages - a proposal the government insists is aimed at protecting the young from the ills of spirits but which secularists say is an example of the Islamic-based ruling party's encroachment on personal ...

Parents sue Pittsburgh zoo in boys mauling death

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:13 -0400

PITTSBURGH -; The parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a wild African dogs exhibit and was mauled to death last fall have sued the Pittsburgh ...

Nader loses appeal of 04 ballots in Maine

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:12 -0400

PORTLAND, Maine -; Ralph Nader has lost his bid to punish Democrats he has accused of trying to keep him off ballots in Maine during his failed presidential run in ...

Body of child found in deadly Minn. landslide

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:12 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minn. -; Authorities in St. Paul say they've recovered the body of a child missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured at a park along the Mississippi ...

Panel rejects Pentagons request for base closings

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:11 -0400

The House Armed Services readiness subcommittee passed a bill Thursday rejecting the Obama administration's request for more domestic base ...

5 arrested in Conn. $4M jewelry heist kidnapping

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:09 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -; Authorities say five people have been arrested in the robbery of $4 million in jewelry from a Connecticut store in an elaborate heist that began with the kidnapping of store employees more than 40 miles ...

Teen arrested in death of his 2 brothers in Utah

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:06 -0400

WEST POINT, Utah -- A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Salt Lake City subdivision of new homes and tidy lawns, police said.Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson said authorities believe the boys died from knife wounds. It appears the 15-year-old boy acted alone, he said."As result of the emerging details, the ...

Boy Scouts of America to vote on lifting anti-gay ban

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:03 -0400

The vote on Thursday by more than 1 400 delegates comes amid intense lobbying by gay-rights activists and members of conservative organisations. However, the proposal would not remove the organisation's ban on gay adult leaders. Representatives from both sides have rallied in Grapevine, Texas, near Dallas, where the scouting organisation is hosting its national annual meeting. The vote ...

Iowa kidnapping suspect probed in cousins deaths

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:40:59 -0400

An Iowa police chief says a dozen investigators are looking into whether the suspect in Monday's kidnapping of two girls is connected to last year's slaying of two cousins who vanished 90 miles ...

BYU animation program featured in The New York Times

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:32 -0400

Students working on a short film sit in a daily meeting to discuss their progress in the BYU Animation lab at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, Aug. 9, ...

Watch CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Awkwardly Encounter The Growing Reality Of Atheism In America

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:09 -0400

Wolf Blizter learns the hard way: ';Never ask a question presuming the answer…'; Screenshot There’s an old adage in trial law that says, ';Never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to.'; Of course, journalism can’t be bound by that same mandate, as journalists are often called upon to investigate, uncover, or break news and therefore have ...

Pritzkers ties to thrift tax haven eyed

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:06 -0400

President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of commerce is facing scrutiny in the Senate for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in ...

George Zimmerman defense releases photos texts of Trayvon Martin

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:48 -0400

Martin last year during a confrontation at a gated community in Sanford. He is pleading not guilty, claiming self-defense. His trial starts next month. The photos show Martin blowing smoke and extending his middle finger to the camera. The photos also show a gun and what appears to be a potted marijuana plant. In the text messages, Martin tells a friend that his mother has told him he needs to ...

Working single dad takes pay cut to keep child care assistance

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:41 -0400

Dan Greeley fell victim to what is known as the "Cliff Effect" - when just a small raise in a family's income leads to an abrupt termination of an essential public benefit like food stamps, health insurance or child care assistance. Watch Holt's full report, 'Cliffhanger' Fri., May 24 at 10pm/9c on NBC's Rock Center with Brian ...

Obama to visit site of tornado devastation and visit families

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:40 -0400

President Obama is expected to visit the site of Monday's tornado in Oklahoma, and a memorial is also planned for the 24 who died in the twister. MSNBC's Craig Melvin reports from Moore, Okla. on the ...

Activists rally – and pray – as Boy Scouts vote on gays

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:39 -0400

Terri Hall, left, of San Antonio, Texas, stands with her son Nathaniel Hall, 8, as they rally near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual ...

Too much terrorism data Connecting the dots may be getting harder

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:39 -0400

Tamerlan Tsarnaev landed on America's terrorist watch list in 2011. Tamerlan's younger brother, Dzhokhar, now charged in the Boston Marathon bombing case, seems not to have made the list.Ultimately, Tamerlan's inclusion on the watch list did not lead investigators to detect the April 15 bomb plot that killed three and wounded at least 260 – prompting inevitable questions ...

White House Fourth American killed in overseas drone strikes

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:20:29 -0400

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is set to at least partially lift the veil of secrecy surrounding U.S.-directed drone strikes around the world, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American ...

Hundreds mourn Oklahoma tornado victim schoolgirl who liked to sing

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:43 -0400

1 of 3. Mourners leave the first memorial service for a child killed by the tornado that struck Plaza Towers elementary school in Oklahoma City, May 23, ...

Frustrated family of American found dead in Singapore withdraw inquiry

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:17:02 -0400

The parents of Shane Todd, the American engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment on June 24, 2012, announced Wednesday that they are withdrawing from the official inquiry into their son's death and will leave Singapore immediately. "We no longer have confidence in the transparency and the fairness of the system," the Todds said in a statement released to CBS ...

Video 94-year-old opened storm shelter to neighbors as tornado approached

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:59 -0400

Nancy Davis, 94, welcomed her neighbors into her storm shelter as the tornado bore down in Oklahoma Monday. She talks to Manuel Bojorquez about what it was like inside the shelter and whether she'll rebuild after a twister destroyed her home for a second ...

Post-traumatic stress disorders effect on U.S. veterans explored on CBS Radio News

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:59 -0400

From left, retired Army Capt. Shannon Meehan, retired Army Col. David W. Sutherland, "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft, retired Army Col. Charles W. Hoge, M.D., and retired Army 1st Sgt. Steve Robinson work on Kroft's CBS Radio News report, "Combat Stress: Finding the Way ...

Delta CEO talks air traveler headaches from fees to redeeming miles

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:58 -0400

(CBS News) Ever wondered why airlines charge so many fees? "CBS This Morning" co-host Norah O'Donnell did, and asked Richard Anderson, chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines, why so many fees are being extracted from travelers, from bags to drinks on the planes. Anderson noted there are few things at work here: "If you look at the totalities of the cost of air travel today ...

Vietnam War-era films unearthed man attempts to reunite families with their films

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:58 -0400

(CBS News) Keeping in touch with loved ones fighting on the front lines has changed. These days, military families can use webcams or e-mail. In the past, they turned to home video, and before that, film. A man in Albuquerque, N.M., found some rare film footage from the Vietnam War era and now, he wants to return those memories to more than 200 families. In 1968, Sheri Maloy is one of the people ...

Thunderstorms slow cleanup in Oklahoma town hit by tornado 1st of victims to be laid to rest

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:58 -0400

This undated handout photo provided by Brandie Candelaria shows Antonia Candelaria. Candelaria was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Texas on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Brandie ...

Clean-up efforts underway in Okla.

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:55 -0400

Christine Jones is comforted by her daughter Ashley as they stand in front of Christine's home which was destroyed when a tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., May 22, 2013. Residents have begun to sort through what is left of the some 13,000 homes damaged or destroyed Monday when the massive twister plowed through the Oklahoma City suburb. About 33,000 people were affected, according to ...

Ga. Teens Remarkable Road to Top of the Class

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:14:16 -0400

PHOTO: High school senior Chelesa Fearce, 17, has overcome homelessness to become a star student and valedictorian at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, ...

10 Things to See A week of top AP photos

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:02:21 -0400

Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should ...

A-Rod sells Miami Beach mansion at 21 discount

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:51 -0400

Alex Rodriguez's home has sold for $30 million. New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez may have sold his South Florida home for $30 million, a 21 percent discount on the original price. According to TMZ, a Palm Beach celebrity signed on the dotted line for the sluggers spacious home in Miami Beach. The onetime home run king bought the property, at 4358 N. Bay Road, in 2010 for $7.4 million. He ...

US One Drone Victim Was Intent on Anti-American Terrorism

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:35:03 -0400

U.S. law enforcement officials say that one of the four Americans it now acknowledges killing in drone strikes was a young man who left the country for Pakistan intent on engaging in violent terrorism against the United States. Jude Kenan Mohammad had not been previously identified in news media reports as being killed by a U.S. drone attack, unlike three other Americans the government on ...

84-year-old NM woman indicted for drug trafficking

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:22 -0400

http://bit.ly/10pHzTh ) that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and ...

Mourners remember girl 9 killed in Okla. tornado

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:21 -0400

This undated handout photo provided by Brandie Candelaria shows Antonia Candelaria. Candelaria was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Brandie ...

Guilty plea in shooting of ICE agents in Mexico

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:20 -0400

Julian Zapata Espinoza pleaded guilty Thursday to the February 2011 shootings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He faces up to life in ...

Farm bill Senate rejects GMO labeling amendment

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:18 -0400

WASHINGTON -; The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would allow states to require labeling of genetically modified ...

Calif. profs assignment raises ethics questions

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:13 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO -; A San Francisco State University professor is drawing scrutiny for a class assignment that asked students to create a political campaign ...

Carole King Honored With Gershwin Prize at White House Ceremony

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:29:27 -0400

Carole King was was presented with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the White House last night by President Obama, who called the singer-songwriter a "living ...

Feds mainstream media argue ‘there are no states’ and feds have ultimate power over all state laws

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:29:18 -0400

Natural News May 23, 2013 There is a constitutional fight brewing between Kansas, whose current governor is a former federal legislator, and the Obama Administration over the passage of a state law banning federal agents from enforcing national gun control mandates and regulations when all firearms business is conducted between citizens within the state’s boundaries. Gov. Sam Brownback ...

Storm took towns youngest as it swept through

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:14 -0400

The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified all 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 ...

Evacuated residents of ND city to return Friday

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:14 -0400

The threat of a possible dam failure on a river near a northeastern North Dakota city appears to be easing, and officials were considering Thursday when 1,300 evacuated residents would be able to return to their ...

Hofstra petition seeks better off-campus security

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:08 -0400

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- More than 2,000 people have signed a petition asking Hofstra University to beef up off-campus security following the killing of a student.Andrea Rebello, a Hofstra junior, was accidentally shot by a police officer during a May 17 home invasion. The intruder, a prison parolee, was also killed.The petition was launched by a former Hofstra homecoming king and queen. It demands ...

How will the other New York team react to NYCFC | Graham Parker

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:22:39 -0400

Former New York Red Bulls player, now head coach, Mike Petke said he looks forward to "smashing" the new New York City FC team when they first visit in 2015 Photograph: ...

Cruise lines adopt passenger bill of rights

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:22:00 -0400

NEW YORK – The cruise industry said Wednesday that it's adopting a passenger bill of rights that guarantees the "safety, comfort and care" of guests. The bill of rights promises, among other things, full refunds for trips that are canceled due to mechanical failure, and a backup power source on every ship to keep systems running in the event of a main generator failure. The ...

80s Crushes Then Now

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:59 -0400

See The Rest Of The Photos of "Looking Back On Your Fave '80s Crushes" Here! Phoebe Cates as Linda Barrett in "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" (1982) Hoowee! Phoebe Cates wowed in a red bikini in the iconic '80s coming-of-age film, "Fast Times At Ridgemont High." She gave us an eye-popping topless scene in the film, fulfilling Brad's fantasy. Phoebe ...

No More Movie Sex For Brad

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:59 -0400

Brad Pitt: No more movie sex scenes for me Sorry ladies, but Brad Pitt won't be taking his clothes off on film any more. The actor's friend told Esquire magazine that Pitt hasn't been doing steamy scenes since he got serious with Angelina Jolie. "This is a guy who has tried not to do any sexy scenes with other women since he's met Angelina," Frank Pollaro told the ...

Burger Sauces From the Pros

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:59 -0400

nnFor those of you who are lucky to live on (or travel to) the West Coast, you may say In-N-Outu2019s beauty is the two thin patties of 100 percent American beef smashed together with fresh tomato and lettuce on a homemade bun. For all of you East Coasters, you may believe that Danny Meyeru2019s custom-blend burger topped with gooey American cheese is that much more incredible because of that ...