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| Women in combat: What concerns U.S. Marines the most Friday, Feb 01, 2013 04:20 PM PST  Male Marines listed being falsely accused of sexual harassment or assault as a top concern in a survey about moving women into combat jobs, and thousands indicated the change could prompt them to leave the service altogether. Full Story | Top |
| Violence flares in restless Egypt, one protester killed Friday, Feb 01, 2013 01:52 PM PST  Police and protesters scuffle as protesters try to break through a gate of the presidential palace during a protest in Cairo, February 1, 2013. Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi hurled petrol bombs at his palace on Friday as protesters returned to the streets of Egypt demanding his overthrow after the deadliest violence of his seven months in power. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) Full Story | Top |
| Twitter says hackers compromise 250K accounts Friday, Feb 01, 2013 09:45 PM PST  In the latest online attack, Twitter said Friday that hackers may have gained access to information on a quarter of a million of its more than 200 million active users. Full Story | Top |
| Authorities release photo of accused Ala. abductor Friday, Feb 01, 2013 07:11 PM PST  After four anxious days, only the slimmest of details has come to light in a police standoff with an Alabama man who is accused of holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in a bunker, a sign of just how delicate the negotiations are. Full Story | Top |
| Ed Koch's legacy: 'He gave us our morale, our pride' Friday, Feb 01, 2013 01:48 PM PST  Former New York Mayor Ed Koch pulled his city out of chaos and made it safe and clean. Full Story | Top |
| Manhunt underway for murderer mistakenly freed in Chicago Friday, Feb 01, 2013 05:40 PM PST  Questions swirl about what caused the mix-up and why he was taken to Chicago in the first place. Full Story | Top |
| Google offering best hackers some 'pi' Friday, Feb 01, 2013 01:50 PM PST  Whoever cracks Google's Chrome operating system will walk away with $3.14159 million. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt 'bodyguards' take stand against sex assault Friday, Feb 01, 2013 11:38 PM PST  CAIRO (AP) â€" With bright neon vests and hardhats gleaming at dusk, a dozen Egyptian volunteers fanned out through Cairo's crowded Tahrir Square. Their project: end a surge in sexual assaults on women that activists say has become the darkest stain on the country's opposition street movement. Full Story | Top |
| Study reveals alarming rate of military veteran suicides Friday, Feb 01, 2013 04:44 PM PST  The U.S. government releases the results of its most extensive study yet on suicide among military veterans. Full Story | Top |
| Looters ransack hoarder's house, steal $200K in coins Friday, Feb 01, 2013 04:42 PM PST  It took months for anyone to discover that an eccentric man known simply as Radkin had died. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio man pleads guilty in adopted child rape case Friday, Feb 01, 2013 09:24 PM PST  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) â€" An Ohio man pleaded guilty Friday to raping a boy at the center of sexual abuse allegations that have already landed the boy's adoptive father and another man long prison sentences. Full Story | Top |
| 'Pray 4 Ethan': Alabama hostage standoff drags on Friday, Feb 01, 2013 01:33 PM PST  The suspected gunman has been locked in a standoff with law enforcement officers near the small town of Midland City. Full Story | Top |
| 31 killed as militants attack Pakistan checkpoint Friday, Feb 01, 2013 10:18 PM PST DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants attacked an isolated army checkpoint in Pakistan's restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 31 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, officials said. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in response to a U.S. drone strike in neighboring North Waziristan last month in which two commanders were killed. ... Full Story | Top |
| 4 detained after deadly highway collapse in China Friday, Feb 01, 2013 08:45 PM PST  BEIJING (AP) â€" Chinese authorities have detained four people, state media said Saturday, a day after at least 11 people died when a truck loaded with fireworks for Lunar New Year celebration exploded, collapsing an elevated portion of highway in central China. Full Story | Top |
| These gas prices are out of season Friday, Feb 01, 2013 03:20 PM PST U.S. drivers are now paying more to fill up their gas tanks than they ever have at this time of year. Full Story | Top |
| Dow ends above 14,000 for the first time since 2007 Friday, Feb 01, 2013 01:21 PM PST  Stocks rose to five-year highs after data showed economic recovery is on track. Full Story | Top |
| Scott Brown decides to steer clear of Massachusetts U.S. Senate race Friday, Feb 01, 2013 10:50 AM PST Scott Brown announced Friday that he won't vie for a political comeback this year in the special Massachusetts U.S. Senate race, dashing Republican hopes of having the well-known former senator on the ticket. After a stunning 2010 special election victory that brought him to Congress, Brown was defeated last November by Democrat Elizabeth Warren in [...] Full Story | Top |
| White House expects Hagel to be confirmed Friday, Feb 01, 2013 12:24 PM PST  But few believe the contentious hearings earned Chuck Hagel new support. Full Story | Top |
| Applebee’s defends firing waitress who posted receipt Friday, Feb 01, 2013 11:21 AM PST Facing a public relations nightmare over the firing of a waitress who posted online a pastor's note complaining about an automatic gratuity, Applebee's released a lengthy statement on Facebook defending its actions on Friday. "The guests who visit Applebee’sâ€"people like youâ€"expect and deserve to be treated with professionalism and care in everything we do," read [...] Full Story | Top |
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