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| 'Barriers of bodies' trapped Brazil fire victims Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 10:28 PM PST  More than 230 people are dead after a fast-moving fire roared through a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil. Full Story | Top |
| Senators reach deal on immigration overhaul Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 09:05 PM PST  A bipartisan group of senators agrees on a framework for sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws. Full Story | Top |
| Obama on Clinton: 'I'm going to miss her' Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 04:32 PM PST  President Barack Obama lauded Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as one of his closest advisers and said their shared vision for America's role in the world persuaded his one-time rival â€" and potential successor â€" to be his top diplomat while he dealt with the shattered economy at home. Full Story | Top |
| ‘Argo’ rises, ‘Lincoln’ fades at SAG Awards Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 10:31 PM PST  Ben Affleck's sharp period political thriller upstages Steven Speilberg's presidential biopic and is now the Oscar frontrunner for best picture. Full Story | Top |
| Curfew to start in 3 Egypt provinces hit by riots Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 10:14 PM PST  A curfew was to begin Monday after Egypt's president declared a state of emergency in three Suez Canal provinces hit hardest by a weekend wave of unrest that left more than 50 dead. Full Story | Top |
| Barge with 80,000 gallons oil hits bridge, leaks Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 06:40 PM PST  A barge carrying 80,000 gallons of oil hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., on Sunday, spilling light crude into the Mississippi River and closing the waterway for eight miles in each direction. Full Story | Top |
| Obama: Can we make a difference in Syria? Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 05:27 PM PST  President Barack Obama said he has been wrestling with the question whether a U.S. military intervention in Syria's 22-month-old civil war would help resolve the bloody conflict or make things worse. Full Story | Top |
| Fraud concerns linger over new Illinois license law Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 04:58 PM PST  As Illinois becomes the fourth state to give illegal immigrants permission to drive, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid pitfalls other states faced. Full Story | Top |
| Two different gun stories, one cautionary tale Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 05:42 PM PST  After a tragedy like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the statistic is always trotted out. Compared to just about anywhere else with a stable, developed government â€" and many countries without even that â€" the more than 11,000 gun-related killings each year in the United States are simply off the charts. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. condemns sentencing of American pastor in Iran Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 05:23 PM PST The U.S. State Department on Sunday condemned an Iranian court for sentencing an Iranian-American Christian pastor to eight years in prison. The State Department said it had confirmed reports of Saeed Abedini's sentencing with the family's attorney and called for his release. "We condemn Iran's continued violation of the universal right of freedom of religion and we call on the Iranian authorities to respect Mr. Abedini's human rights and release him," State Department spokesperson Darby Holladay said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Billions in gas drilling royalties transform lives Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 08:33 PM PST  PITTSBURGH (AP) â€" Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy. Full Story | Top |
| 2 rescued after small plane crash on Hudson River Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 08:35 PM PST YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) â€" Two people were rescued Sunday when their single-engine plane crashed and sank into the icy Hudson River off Yonkers, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Report: Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force fivefold Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 09:09 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon plans to assign significantly more personnel in coming years to counter increasing threats against U.S. government computer networks and conduct offensive operations against foreign foes, a U.S. defense official said on Sunday. The plan, which would increase both military and civilian staffing at U.S. Cyber Command, comes as the Pentagon moves toward elevating the new command and putting it on the same level as the major combatant commands. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sarah Palin vows to fight on without Fox News gig Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 10:37 AM PST  The “lamestream media,†as Sarah Palin calls it, may have written her off now that the former vice presidential candidate and tea party favorite has lost her principal media voice as a well-paid commentator on Fox News. Full Story | Top |
| Karnow, Vietnam reporter-historian, dies at age 87 Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 02:47 PM PST  Stanley Karnow, the award-winning author and journalist who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, worked on an accompanying documentary and later won a Pulitzer for a history of the Philippines, died Sunday morning. He was 87. Full Story | Top |
| Family heading to Turkey to seek missing N.Y. woman Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 11:46 AM PST  Relatives of a missing New York City woman who disappeared during a vacation to Turkey, her first trip outside the U.S., are heading to Istanbul to look for her, her brother said Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Snowmobiler suffers head injury after crash at Winter X Games Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 08:18 PM PST Snowmobile rider Caleb Moore has had a "secondary complication involving his brain" after a crash at the Winter X Games led to bleeding around his heart. Full Story | Top |
| Venezuela transfers inmates from prison after riot kills 58 Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 05:01 PM PST  URIBANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities transferred inmates out of a prison on Sunday following a bloody riot two days earlier that killed 58 people and again highlighted chaos in the country's jails. It was the fourth high-profile incident in 18 months in a penal system that has experienced repeated fatal clashes and shootouts. Venezuela's prisons house three times the number of inmates they were designed to hold. ... Full Story | Top |
| Israel warns of attack on Syrian chemical weapons Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 11:24 AM PST  Israel could launch a pre-emptive strike to stop Syria's chemical weapons from reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah or al-Qaida inspired groups, officials said Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Ghost of MLK pays visit to Obama on ‘SNL’ Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 10:36 AM PST  As you might expect, the inaugural lip-syncing scandal that's enveloped Beyoncé this week provided plenty of fodder for "Saturday Night Live." During the cold-opening sketch, President Obama--played by Jay Pharoah--was paid a visit by the ghost of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for a fireside chat on inauguration night. "Tell me Dr. King, [...] Full Story | Top |
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