Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Daily News: Most Popular News Headlines - Boston bombings: Is Misha a red herring?

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Boston bombings: Is Misha a red herring? 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:25 AM PDT
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of the Boston bombing suspects, and the suspects' father Anzor Tsarnaev, speak at a news conference in Dagestan on April 25.The New York Review of Books says it has found the mysterious Misha. Mikhail Allakhverdov says he's no Svengali
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Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghanistan president's office: NYT 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 03:55 AM PDT
(Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times says, citing current and former advisers to the Afghan leader. The so-called "ghost money" was meant to buy influence for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) but instead fuelled corruption and empowered warlords, undermining Washington's exit strategy from Afghanistan, the newspaper quoted U.S. officials as saying. ...
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Christie: Obama 'kept every promise' on storm aid 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:50 AM PDT
HIGHLANDS, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama "has kept every promise he's made" about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy.
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Cool: Ice needles on a beach in Minnesota 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:55 AM PDT
Springtime in Minnesota: the sun, the beach, the ice. Wait, what? Despite temperatures climbing to almost 80 degrees on Sunday, beachgoers to a lake in eastern Minnesota saw spiky mounds of ice in almost volcanic-looking formations along the edge of the beach. According to a local weather reporter on KARE, the ice needles formed when [...]
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Ohio girl, 8, gets kidney donation from teacher 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 06:31 AM PDT
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio girl is recovering after getting a critical kidney transplant — with the organ donated by her former kindergarten teacher.
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Mother in UK forced 14-year-old to get pregnant 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:30 AM PDT
LONDON (AP) — A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge said.
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Nepal officials vow to ensure security on Everest after fight 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:30 AM PDT
FILE - In this Tuesday, May 6, 2003 file photo, Mount Everest, at 8,850-meter (29,035-foot), the world's tallest mountain situated in the Nepal-Tibet border as seen from an airplane. Days after four people died amid a "traffic jam" of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's little they can do to control it. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi, File)By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal officials vowed on Monday to ensure the safety of climbers seeking to scale Mount Everest after three European climbers were involved in a fight with sherpa guides on their way to the peak of the world's highest mountain. Three experienced climbers from Britain, Italy and Switzerland were on route to camp three at 7,000 meters (22,965 feet) on the 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) Everest summit when a brawl broke out on Saturday with sherpas fixing their ropes. Witnesses said the sherpas pelted the Europeans' tents with stones and punches were thrown. ...
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Authorities: Student shoots self in Ohio classroom 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:44 PM PDT
Police and firefighters gather outside LaSalle High School, Monday, April 29, 2013, in Cincinnati, after a high school student pulled out a gun and shot himself in a classroom. The Hamilton County sheriff's office says the youth was taken to a hospital with a self-inflicted wound. They say there apparently was no threat to other students at the private school. (AP Photo/Cincinnati Enquirer, Glenn Hartong)CINCINNATI (AP) — An honors student at an all-male Catholic high school tried to commit suicide in his first-period classroom Monday, police said, critically wounding himself with a gunshot and sending other students scrambling for cover.
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Game changer: Maj. Gen. Abrams on the “homegrown” rejection of Taliban in Afghanistan 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:16 AM PDT
On the Radar Maj. Gen. Robert B. Abrams, the top U.S. and NATO commander in southern Afghanistan, is confident the country won't fall back into the grips of the Taliban and other extremists when international forces pull out in two years—pointing to what he calls a "homegrown" rejection of the Taliban and the readiness of [...]
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Boston suspect's defense team gets major boost 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:00 PM PDT
FILE - In this April 26, 2013 file photo, Judy Clarke, a defense lawyer whose high-profile clients include "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph, and Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner, speaks at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Clarke was appointed Monday, April 29, 2013 to the team representing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)BOSTON (AP) — The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has won life sentences instead of the death penalty for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber and the gunman in the rampage that injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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Breaking a sports barrier, NBA's Jason Collins comes out as gay 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:54 PM PDT
File photo of Washington Wizards' Jason Collins going to the basket against Chicago Bulls' Taj Gibson during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Chicago, IllinoisBy Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran basketball player Jason Collins announced on Monday that he was gay, smashing through one of the final frontiers in U.S. sports with a frank personal statement and winning warm praise as a groundbreaker. Collins, a 12-year player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), became the first active athlete from any of the four major U.S. men's professional sports leagues to come out publicly as gay. He was quickly enveloped in a wave of support from the White House to tennis player Martina Navratilova, a pioneer for gay athletes in sport. ...
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Social Security pledge at risk 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:30 AM PDT
PROMISES, PROMISES: Social Security pledge at riskThe issue: As the population gets older, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are eating up more and more of the federal budget, squeezing the ability of the government to pay for other programs. Today, ...
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Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Roman Catholic Church 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:50 AM PDT
Rosemarie Smead sings with the audience before being ordained a Roman Catholic priest in LouisvilleBy Mary Wisniewski LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - In an emotional ceremony filled with tears and applause, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday as part of a dissident group operating outside of official Roman Catholic Church authority. Rosemarie Smead is one of about 150 women around the world who have decided not to wait for the Roman Catholic Church to lift its ban on women priests, but to be ordained and start their own congregations. ...
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Why Ron Paul is slamming Boston's response to the bombings 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:00 PM PDT
Ron Paul isn't a fan of the "surveillance state."The libertarian says the military-style lockdown "should frighten us as much or more than the attack itself"
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Last pieces of 1 World Trade Center are rising 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:02 AM PDT
NEW YORK (AP) — One World Trade Center already is New York's tallest building.
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Florida teenager's shooter faces deadline in court 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:05 AM PDT
George Zimmerman arrives for a hearing in Seminole circuit court in SanfordBy Barbara Liston ORLANDO (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Florida want George Zimmerman to state publicly at a court hearing on Tuesday whether he will pursue his immunity defense in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin on the basis of the state's "Stand Your Ground" law, or waive his right to use it. Prosecutors asked Judge Debra Nelson in a motion to remind Zimmerman "that should defendant in fact wish to waive any pre-trial immunity challenge under this statute, he may not attempt to do so later, particularly once trial has commenced. ...
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Anti-abortion movement seeks new laws with Gosnell trial 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 01:10 PM PDT
Anti-abortion activists are harnessing the outrage generated over the trial of a Philadelphia abortion doctor to pressure lawmakers to pass more restrictive abortion laws. The activists say the trial of 72-year-old Kermit Gosnell, which concludes Monday as attorneys on both sides make their closing arguments, shows that late-term abortions are inhumane and unsafe and should [...]
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1st female Iraq war resister to be court-martialed 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 01:47 PM PDT
In a Friday, August 31, 2012 photo, United States Iraq war resister Kimberly Rivera speaks at a press conference in Toronto. A court-martial got underway Monday, April 29, 2013 for Rivera, the first female U.S. Army soldier to flee to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in the Iraq war. Rivera is charged with desertion and could face up to five years in prison and a dishonorable discharge if convicted. (AP Photo/The Canadian Pres, Aaron Vincent Elkaim)FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — A court-martial got underway Monday for the first female U.S. Army soldier to flee to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in the Iraq war.
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Obama calls Collins, offers support on coming out 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:48 PM PDT
FILE - In this April 17, 2013 file photo, Washington Wizards center Jason Collins, right, battles for a rebound against Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago. Jason Collins has become the first male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay. Collins wrote a first-person account posted Monday on Sports Illustrated's website. The 34-year-old Collins has played for six NBA teams in 12 seasons. He finished this past season with the Washington Wizards and is now a free agent. He says he wants to continue playing. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A groundbreaking pronouncement from NBA veteran Jason Collins — "I'm gay" — reverberated Monday through Washington, generating accolades from lawmakers on Twitter and a supportive phone call from President Barack Obama.
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Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:01 AM PDT
Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugsThey sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous 'superbugs' ...
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Jason Aldean Files for Divorce From Jessica Ussery After Cheating Scandal 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:45 AM PDT
Jason Aldean Files for Divorce From Jessica Ussery After Cheating Scandal"She will always be important to me," the country singer says of his wife of nearly 12 years, with whom he has two daughters
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Justices refuse Alabama's immigration law appeal 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:57 AM PDT
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court rebuffed the state of Alabama on Monday by deciding not to intervene in a case where federal judges blocked a state law that criminalizes the harboring of illegal immigrants. By refusing to hear Alabama's appeal of the Obama administration's lower court victories, the justices steered clear of a hot-button debate at a time when Congress is engaged in writing legislation to overhaul immigration laws. ...
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Powerful blast injures up to 40 in Prague 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:54 AM PDT
Paramedics help an injured woman after an explosion in downtown Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, April 29, 2013. Police said a powerful explosion has damaged a building in the center of the Czech capital and they believe some people are buried in the rubble. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)PRAGUE (AP) — A powerful explosion badly damaged an office building in the center of the Czech capital Monday, injuring up to 40 people. Authorities believe people may still be buried in the rubble.
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Man ordered to install septic system, insists his outhouse is just fine 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 01:51 PM PDT
A Pennsylvania man, who says his outhouse works just fine, is being ordered to install a septic system. The man told Lancaster Online that the septic system could cost him thousands. The man, 77-year-old Wilson Huyett, told the website that Salisbury Township told him he has to replace the outhouse with a septic system that [...]
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Gay Catholic school teacher in Ohio fights firing 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:30 AM PDT
A gay teacher who said she was fired by an Ohio Catholic school after her mother's published obituary included the name of her partner is fighting to get her job back. Carla Hale, 57, said she was told ...
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Sandra Day O'Connor's second thoughts on the 2000 Bush v. Gore decision 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:31 AM PDT
Supporters of Al Gore and George W. Bush face off against one another on Dec. 11, 2000 in front of the Supreme Court. The retired justice acknowledges that the ruling that put Bush in the White House hurt the court's reputation
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Colorado immigrant tuition bill signed 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:52 PM PDT
Immigrant students living in the U.S. illegally will now qualify for in-state tuition at Colorado colleges. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the proposal into law Monday afternoon at the Metropolitan ...
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Your child's brain on math: Don't bother? 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 02:01 PM PDT
By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Parents whose children are struggling with math often view intense tutoring as the best way to help them master crucial skills, but a new study released on Monday suggests that for some kids even that is a lost cause. According to the research, the size of one key brain structure and the connections between it and other regions can help identify the 8- and 9-year olds who will hardly benefit from one-on-one math instruction. ...
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Family Crypt of Medieval Knight Possibly Discovered 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:26 AM PDT
Family Crypt of Medieval Knight Possibly DiscoveredArchaeologists have unearthed skeletal remains of eight people that may be the relatives of a medieval knight discovered under a parking lot last month in Scotland. The team uncovered one partial skeleton and seven complete skeletons, including one infant and an adult female.
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Wow! Monster Hurricane on Saturn Spied by NASA Spacecraft 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 03:04 PM PDT
Wow! Monster Hurricane on Saturn Spied by NASA SpacecraftSpectacular new images from a NASA spacecraft orbiting Saturn have captured the most detailed views ever of an enormous hurricane churning around the ringed planet's north pole. 
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Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:01 AM PDT
Strawberry Swamp at Hobcaw Barony just outside Georgetown, S.C., is seen in this April 12, 2013 photograph. Clemson University researchers have mapped the advance of salt water due to rising sea levels at the swamp during the past six decades. The dead trees are trees those that can no longer survive in the salt water environment. The study found a 300 percent increase in the salt marsh during the period. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Living in a coastal town or city with seawalls and docks on the waterfront, it can be difficult to notice the sea level rise by increments each year. But effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding dirt road in Georgetown County where acres of what was once a forested wetland have morphed into a salt marsh of dead trees jutting toward the sky.
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Karzai’s ‘ghost money’—he warned us in 2008 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:17 AM PDT
Word that the CIA gave Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office tens of millions of dollars in cash over a decade is a weird blend of shocking and entirely unsurprising. After all, when it comes to dollars, Karzai made his goals pretty clear as far back as December 2008. The New York Times reported Monday that [...]
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