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| Ohio man who sexually assaulted baby seeks mercy Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:03 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Condemned killer Steven Smith's argument for mercy isn't an easy one. Smith acknowledges he intended to sexually assault his girlfriend's 6-month-old daughter but says he never intended to kill the baby. Full Story | Top |
| Two 'Dangerous' Inmates Escaped From Texas Jail Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:30 PM PDT  Authorities Say Brian Tucker and John King Squeezed Through a Gate to Escape Full Story | Top |
| Scientists reportedly discover gate to hell Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 01:39 PM PDT It sounds like something out of a horror movie. But Italian scientists say that the "Gate to Hell" is the real deal—poisonous vapors and all. The announcement of the finding of the ruins of Pluto's Gate (Plutonium in Latin) at an archeology conference in Turkey last month, was recently reported by Discovery News. Francesco D'Andria, [...] Full Story | Top |
| N.Y. politicians arrested in alleged mayoral race bribe scheme Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 04:25 PM PDT By Edith Honan and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) - A high-ranking Democratic New York State senator was arrested on Tuesday and charged with trying to buy a place on the Republican ticket in the city's mayoral race, in what prosecutors said was part of a bribery scandal that reflected pervasive corruption in New York politics. Five other politicians, three Republicans and two Democrats, were also arrested and charged with collectively accepting more than $100,000 in bribes in meetings that often took place in parked cars, hotel rooms and state offices, according to court papers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Parents: Speechless after Pope hugged disabled son Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 04:51 AM PDT  JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island couple says they were speechless and moved to tears when Pope Francis hugged and kissed their 8-year-old son in St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| U.N. overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treaty Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 04:54 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers. The official U.N. tally showed 154 votes in favor, 3 against and 23 abstentions, though diplomats and U.N. officials said the actual vote was 155-3-22 due to Angola being recorded as having abstained and not voting yes. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare credits could trigger surprise tax bills Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 09:56 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don't accurately project their income. Full Story | Top |
| Obama spiritual adviser sees vibrant faith in ‘comforter in chief’ Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 04:10 AM PDT Power Players Joshua DuBois is not your ordinary pastor. For the past four years, the 30-year-old Pentecostal minister was the spiritual adviser to the leader of the free world, praying with President Obama in the Oval Office and leading the administration's outreach to faith-based groups. "He's a deeply faithful president and didn't need a whole [...] Full Story | Top |
| White House defends brain research initiative’s $100 million price tag Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:24 AM PDT UPDATED 3:31 p.m. ET The cost of President Barack Obama's new $100 million BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) announced Tuesday is far outweighed by the benefits gained, the White House argued later in the day. The initiative—a subject the president first referenced during his State of the Union address in January—would support [...] Full Story | Top |
| North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 02:56 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday it will restart its long-shuttered plutonium reactor and increase production of nuclear weapons material, in what outsiders see as its latest attempt to extract U.S. concessions by raising fears of war. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea to restart nuclear reactor in weapons bid Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:22 PM PDT By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it would revive a mothballed nuclear reactor able to produce bomb-grade plutonium but stressed it was seeking a deterrent capacity and did not repeat recent threats to attack South Korea and the United States. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the crisis over North Korea had gone too far and he appealed for dialogue and negotiation to resolve the situation. "Nuclear threats are not a game. ... Full Story | Top |
| North Korea: US signals strength, but speaks softly Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 05:49 AM PDT As North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has issued increasingly belligerent statements toward South Korea and the United States in recent weeks, many North Asia analysts have concluded that the young Mr. Kim is acting to establish his tough-guy credentials with key audiences: the North Korean public, but also the military and other North Korean elites. Full Story | Top |
| Spike in law enforcement assassinations raises fears Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 08:56 AM PDT The Easter weekend assassination of a Texas prosecutor highlights a growing concern about targeted attacks on law enforcement authorities. It's a fear one Texas police officer shared with Yahoo News. He and his family spent the past holiday season essentially in hiding after learning his name was inked on a white supremacist gang's hit list. [...] Full Story | Top |
| NRA to school officials: Train and arm a staffer Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 11:16 AM PDT Schools across the nation should train selected staff members to carry weapons and should each have at least one armed security officer to make students safer and allow a quicker response to an attack, ... Full Story | Top |
| What’s that smell? Dreadful odor in Texas forces folks indoors Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 09:48 AM PDT Skunks ain't got nothing on this stench. A north Texas town is under attack by an invisible enemy as ruthless as it is odorous. CBS 11 News reports that in Boyd, Texas, many residents are staying indoors to avoid an overpowering stench. Don Dixon said, "I thought maybe it was a neighbor's dead cow, dead [...] Full Story | Top |
| When buying a diamond ring, learn the 4 C's Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:12 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Buying a diamond ring can be intimidating. What do you look for? How much should you pay? Should you buy online or in a store? Full Story | Top |
| New Law Spurs Controversy, Debate Over Genetically Modified Crops Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 05:44 AM PDT  An uproar has erupted on social media platforms in the days following President Obama's signing into law legislation opponents are deriding as the Monsanto Protection Act – but groups disagree about what the real consequences of the bill will be. The derogatory name for the... Full Story | Top |
| Woman Barely Escapes Path of Oncoming Train Trying to Save Cell Phone Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 10:42 AM PDT So many of us are attached to our cell phones as if they are a part of our bodies. In fact, we can hardly go anywhere without bringing a mobile device along, whether it's to keep in touch with friends and family members or to check social media, or maybe even just to get the [...] Full Story | Top |
| NRA-funded proposal seeks armed personnel in schools Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 02:27 PM PDT  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by the National Rifle Association released on Tuesday proposed that armed personnel be stationed in every school in response to December's school massacre in Connecticut. The proposal by the National School Shield Task Force also includes security accords between schools and law enforcement, an online safety assessment tool for schools, state safety standards and improved federal coordination for school safety. ... Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutor: Researcher stole cancer data for China Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 01:56 PM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin is charged with espionage after prosecutors say he stole a possible cancer-fighting compound with the intent of studying it in China. Full Story | Top |
| Possible human remains found in new 9/11 debris Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:48 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Riches pulled his firefighter son's mangled body out of the rubble at the World Trade Center, but the phone calls still filtered in years afterward. The city kept finding more pieces of his son. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. General Says North Korea Situation Is 'Volatile' and 'Dangerous' Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:13 PM PDT  Gen. James Thurman Said He Has Never Seen Things as Tense as They Are Now Full Story | Top |
| NY state sen. arrested in alleged mayor race plot Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 04:47 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker was arrested along with five other politicians Tuesday in an alleged plot to pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to GOP bosses to let him run for mayor of New York City as a Republican. Full Story | Top |
| Associated Press drops ‘illegal immigrant’ from stylebook Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 12:23 PM PDT The Associated Press announced today that it will no longer use the term "illegal immigrant" to describe people who are living in the country illegally. "The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term 'illegal immigrant' or the use of 'illegal' to describe a person," AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll wrote. "Instead, it tells users that 'illegal' [...] Full Story | Top |
| Suspended Conn. priest admits to meth charge Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 09:41 AM PDT  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A suspended Roman Catholic priest accused of making more than $300,000 in methamphetamine sales out of his Connecticut apartment while running an adult video and sex toy shop pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal drug charge. Full Story | Top |
| Help shrinks as poverty spikes in the US Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 05:22 AM PDT  Antonio Hammond is the $18,000 man. He's a success story for Catholic Charities of Baltimore, one of a multitude of organizations trying to haul people out of poverty in this Maryland port city where one ... Full Story | Top |
| Faint 'Red Arcs' Spotted Over Europe Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 08:45 AM PDT  Glowing red arcs invisible to the naked eye have now been detected high above most of Europe using advanced cameras pointed at the sky. Full Story | Top |
| Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket fire Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:10 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck targets early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire toward southern Israel, the first air strikes launched by Israel since an informal cease-fire ended eight days of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza. Full Story | Top |
| Transgender man plans to keep seeking divorce Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:15 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — A transgender Arizona man whose divorce request was rejected after his marriage was declared invalid plans to keep trying to get his 9-year union dissolved, saying Tuesday that he wants the three children to whom he gave birth to know their parents' marriage was legitimate. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to propose $100M brain mapping project Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:21 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Congress to spend $100 million next year to start a new project to map the human brain in hopes of eventually finding cures for diseases like Alzheimer's. Full Story | Top |
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