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| US sends B-2s to South Korea for military drills Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 10:35 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a show of force following weeks of North Korean bluster, the U.S. on Thursday took the unprecedented step of announcing that two of its nuclear-capable B-2 bombers joined joint military drills with South Korea, dropping dummy munitions on an island range. Full Story | Top |
| Obama urges Congress to pass gun-control legislation 100 days after Newtown Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 09:25 AM PDT President Barack Obama spoke at the White House with rows of grieving mothers behind him and publicly implored Congress to pass gun-reform legislation 100 days after the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shootings in Newtown, Conn. "We've cried enough. We've known enough heartbreak. ... It's something that if we are serious, we will do," Obama [...] Full Story | Top |
| Girl found, 2 sought after abduction from LA home Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:05 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 20 Los Angeles detectives are hunting for two men who grabbed a 10-year-old girl from her bedroom before dawn and held her for nearly 12 hours before dropping her off at a hospital near her San Fernando Valley home, police said. Full Story | Top |
| 'Gang of 8' Senators on Tour in Arizona Get to See Border Patrol in Action Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:04 AM PDT  About 125 Airplanes and 6 Drones Patrol the Mexican Frontier Full Story | Top |
| Mystery SEAL, Who Could Settle Bin Laden Controversy, Won't Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 10:58 AM PDT  New Reports Cast Doubt on Esquire Magazine's 'Shooter,' Esquire Author 'Absolutely' Stands by Story Full Story | Top |
| Powerball jackpot winner owes $29,000 in child support -sheriff Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 09:34 AM PDT By Dave Warner (Reuters) - The winner of one of the biggest Powerball jackpots of all time owes $29,000 in overdue child support payments, the Passaic County, New Jersey, sheriff's office said on Thursday. Pedro Quezada, 44, a county resident who is married and the father of five children ages 5 to 23, was the sole winner of a $338 million jackpot on Saturday. Because he chose the lump sum option, instead of annual payments over 30 years, he will actually receive $211 million, lottery officials said on Thursday. Officials said that is the third-largest lump sum payment in Powerball history. ... Full Story | Top |
| George Zimmerman's brother says Twitter rant a "mistake" Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:58 AM PDT  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The brother of George Zimmerman, the man charged in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, said on Wednesday he was wrong to tweet a series of racially charged comments about his brother's case. "I made a mistake," Robert Zimmerman Jr. said during an appearance on CNN's Piers Morgan Live. "It unfortunately may not have helped George." George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder for killing Martin, who was 17, after an altercation in a residential neighborhood in Sanford, Florida. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gay marriage at high court: How a case can fizzle Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:35 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Late in the oral argument over same-sex marriage in California, Justice Anthony Kennedy made a startling comment, given the months of buildup and mountain of legal briefs that have descended on the justices. Full Story | Top |
| Newtown Gunman Had Arsenal of Pistols, Shotguns, Swords, Knives Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:27 PM PDT  The Newtown School Massacre Took Less Than Five Minutes Full Story | Top |
| Why Walmart's shelves are empty Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 02:12 AM PDT  Staffing shortages are sending customers fleeing to rival retailers, Bloomberg News reports Full Story | Top |
| Newtown school gunman fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:02 PM PDT  By Mary Ellen Clark and Noreen O'Donnell MERIDEN/NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes, selecting high capacity magazines from a home arsenal stocked with swords, knives and a cache of guns, officials said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pope includes women for first time in Holy Thursday rite Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 11:09 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Two young women were among 12 people whose feet Pope Francis washed and kissed at a traditional ceremony in a Rome youth prison on Holy Thursday, the first time a pontiff has included females in the rite. The pope traveled to the Casal del Marmo prison on Rome's outskirts for the traditional Mass, which commemorates Jesus's gesture of humility towards his apostles the night before he died. The ceremony has been traditionally limited to men because all of Jesus' apostles were male. ... Full Story | Top |
| TSA agent accidentally pepper sprays fellow agents Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 03:29 PM PDT An incident that reportedly led a TSA agent to accidentally shoot five fellow employees with pepper spray left Kennedy International Airport with mud in its eye. According to the New York Post, the stinging substance that is meant to be aimed at the face, and can cause major eye irritation, sent all six airport security [...] Full Story | Top |
| Kennedy will decide gay marriage cases, but how? Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:15 PM PDT Few things were certain after the Supreme Court's first foray into the issue of gay marriage earlier this week—except that conservative-leaning swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy will control the outcome. The four liberal and the four conservative justices appeared to split right down the middle on how (and whether) to decide the constitutionality of both [...] Full Story | Top |
| US sends nuclear-capable B-2 bombers to SKorea Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:23 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S military says two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers have completed a training mission in South Korea amid threats from North Korea that include nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul. Full Story | Top |
| NKorea orders rocket prep after US B-2 drill Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:16 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's leader responded Friday to America's use of nuclear-capable B-2 bombers in joint South Korean military drills with more angry rhetoric, saying his rocket forces are ready "to settle accounts with the U.S." Full Story | Top |
| North readies rockets after U.S. flies stealth bombers over South Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:18 PM PDT  By David Chance and Phil Stewart SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea put its rocket units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed off on the order at a midnight meeting of top generals and "judged the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists in view of the prevailing situation", official KCNA news agency said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama: 'Shame on us' if Newtown is forgotten Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 09:59 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to remember the children gunned down in America and not "get squishy" in the face of powerful forces against gun control legislation, as supporters struggle to win over moderate Democrats before a Senate vote expected next month. Full Story | Top |
| China's first lady serenaded Tiananmen troops Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 06:08 PM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — A photo of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, flickered across Chinese cyberspace this week. Full Story | Top |
| How Police Identified Severed Head After 24-Year Mystery Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 05:11 AM PDT  A severed head found on a golf course 24 years ago has been identified using DNA evidence and may be linked to a serial killer, New Jersey police said today. The head of 25-year-old Heidi Balch, who worked as a prostitute around Manhattan in 1988,... Full Story | Top |
| Scooter ads face scrutiny from gov't., doctors Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 03:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — TV ads show smiling seniors enjoying an "active" lifestyle on a motorized scooter, taking in the sights at the Grand Canyon, fishing on a pier and high-fiving their grandchildren at a baseball game. Full Story | Top |
| Obama Implores Congress, 'Shame on Us If We've Forgotten' Newtown' Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 11:24 AM PDT  ABC News' Jim Avila and Mary Bruce Report: President Obama today vowed to never forget the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre as he made an emotional and poignant plea for Congress to take action against gun violence. "The entire country... Full Story | Top |
| Rogue Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hepatitis Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 09:13 PM PDT  Unsanitary Practice Put Patients at Risk, Dentistry Board Says Full Story | Top |
| Pope washes women's feet in break with church law Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 05:24 PM PDT  ROME (AP) — In his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention center — a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men. Full Story | Top |
| Pope washes feet of young detainees in ritual Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 03:20 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates, including two young women, at a juvenile detention center in a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men. Full Story | Top |
| German migrant program offers cautions for US Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 08:54 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — In gritty backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time in cafes sipping coffee, chatting in Turkish and reading Turkish newspapers. Full Story | Top |
| Can Your Child Be Too Religious? Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 02:45 AM PDT Religion can be a source of comfort that improves well-being. But some kinds of religiosity could be a sign of deeper mental health issues. Full Story | Top |
| Mystery of Desert 'Fairy Circles' Solved, Creators Found Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 11:04 AM PDT  The "artists" behind bizarre, barren, grassless rings dotting the desert of Southwest Africa have been found lurking right at scientists' feet: termites. Full Story | Top |
| Rush Limbaugh: Regardless of Supreme Court Ruling Gay Marriage Is 'Inevitable' Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 05:10 PM PDT  In his radio show today, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh said defenders of traditional marriage have lost the battle, even though the Supreme Court won't hand down its decisions for another few months. "I don't care what the Supreme Court does, this is now... Full Story | Top |
| In a Chicago suburb, an indoor farm goes 'mega' Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 10:21 AM PDT  BEDFORD PARK, Ill. (AP) — Farming in abandoned warehouses has become a hot trend in the Midwest — with varying degrees of success — as more entrepreneurs worldwide experiment with indoor growing systems in attempts to grow more food locally. Full Story | Top |
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