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| Two freight trains collide in Missouri, bringing down overpass Saturday, May 25, 2013 01:23 PM PDT  By Tim Bross ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said. None of the seven people hurt in the fiery crash - two train workers and five people who had been in two cars on the overpass - suffered life-threatening injuries, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| British police arrest 3 over soldier's killing Saturday, May 25, 2013 03:39 PM PDT  British counter-terrorism police on Saturday arrested three people suspected of involvement in the killing of a soldier hacked to death in a London street by two men shouting Islamist slogans. The killing of the soldier in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack has led to angry protests against radical Islam and fears of a possible anti-Muslim backlash. Michael Adebolajo, 28 and Michael Adebowale, 22, are under armed guard in hospital after being shot and arrested by police on suspicion of murder on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fired for word: 'Negro' in Spanish class Saturday, May 25, 2013 06:50 AM PDT One of the first lessons one learns in English class is that context is everything. The same holds true in Spanish. Full Story | Top |
| Improving economy changes political landscape Saturday, May 25, 2013 06:13 AM PDT  Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack ... Full Story | Top |
| Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos Saturday, May 25, 2013 01:35 AM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Full Story | Top |
| Did Attorney General Eric Holder OK Attempt to Hack Journalist's Email? Saturday, May 25, 2013 05:41 AM PDT  The Justice Department stopped short of saying that Attorney General Eric Holder O.K.'d the investigation into Fox News reporter James Rosen. But critics have seized on a comment Holder made last week, asking if the attorney general misled Congress. The Obama administration has been criticized... Full Story | Top |
| Boy Scouts: Will anti-gay troops emerge? Saturday, May 25, 2013 12:36 PM PDT The decision by the Boy Scouts of America to stop seeing homosexuality as a moral failing and accept gay boys raises an important question for troops from Sheboygan to Atlanta: Will Cub scouts and Eagle scouts exodus en masse, and, if so, to where? Full Story | Top |
| Court smacks down Joe Arpaio: Turning point for 'America's toughest sheriff?' Saturday, May 25, 2013 08:54 AM PDT A federal court on Friday found that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio systematically violated the constitutional rights of illegal immigrants through "saturation" sweeps that ended up targeting people based on their appearance or perceived ancestry. Full Story | Top |
| Clinton leads 2016 poll in Iowa, but Rand Paul is close Saturday, May 25, 2013 12:09 PM PDT Hillary Clinton for president in 2016? Full Story | Top |
| Mo. highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass Saturday, May 25, 2013 06:25 PM PDT  CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) — A highway overpass in southeast Missouri collapsed early Saturday when rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after a cargo train collision, authorities said. Seven people were injured, though none seriously. Full Story | Top |
| Key senators tightly control immigration debate Saturday, May 25, 2013 07:53 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the soothing words she heard from fellow Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii never had a chance to win a relatively modest change to far-reaching immigration legislation. Full Story | Top |
| As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence Saturday, May 25, 2013 12:32 PM PDT  By Tim Gaynor NACO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating the small Mexican town of Naco from a neighboring town in the United States. "The wall projects hostility," she said, paint pot in hand and surrounded by youngsters from both the United States and Mexico. "The idea is to transform it with art, friendship, colors and life ... into something that unites us," said Borquez, who is director of the local museum. ... Full Story | Top |
| Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse Saturday, May 25, 2013 06:05 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. Full Story | Top |
| Thousands walk, run final mile of Boston Marathon Saturday, May 25, 2013 09:19 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when she and thousands of other athletes joined victims of the blast to run and walk the last mile of the race. Full Story | Top |
| Will Smith, Jaden Smith & Alfonso Ribeiro Perform The Carlton Dance Saturday, May 25, 2013 02:03 PM PDT  Will Smith, along with son Jaden, made an appearance on the UK's "Graham Norton Show" on Friday to promote their upcoming film, "After Earth." What ensued may arguably be the most entertaining three minutes in television history. Full Story | Top |
| Spotted: 1st Evidence of Leopard Eating Chimp Saturday, May 25, 2013 06:25 AM PDT  Only rarely have people seen what happens when chimpanzees and leopards come into close quarters in the wilds of Africa. On these occasions, chimpanzees have made loud, fearful calls, or played the aggressor: In one case, chimps even surrounded a leopard den and killed a cub. Full Story | Top |
| Even Undocumented Students Need Aid for College—and Now They May Get It Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:56 AM PDT Undocumented students may be the biggest beneficiaries of the immigration bill headed for a full vote by the Senate as early as June 3. Full Story | Top |
| Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer Saturday, May 25, 2013 06:24 AM PDT  By Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time. The rioting in Stockholm abated after a week of masked youths vandalizing schools and police stations, setting cars alight and hurling stones at firefighters, police said. "It was much calmer - rocks weren't being thrown at police or firefighters - and that's a sign that it's calmer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria Saturday, May 25, 2013 01:11 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period." Full Story | Top |
| Christians in the Arab world: A guide Saturday, May 25, 2013 04:00 AM PDT  As Islamists come to power across much of the Middle East, Christians are facing growing persecution Full Story | Top |
| NYPD investigating actress Bynes allegations Saturday, May 25, 2013 06:33 PM PDT  Internal Affairs officers on Saturday were looking into allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was arrested for heaving a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment Thursday night. Full Story | Top |
| The Justice Department Investigated a New York Times Reporter, Too Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:58 AM PDT  The New York Times reports the Department of Justice investigated national security leaks given to Times reporter David Sanger over his story last year about the Stuxnet virus by pulling all the email and phone records of government officials who communicated with the reporter. Last summer, Sanger reported the U.S. helped develop the Stuxnet virus and used it to attack Iran, becoming the first country to carry out a sustained cyber attack with the intent of destroying another country's infrastructure. ... Full Story | Top |
| Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally Saturday, May 25, 2013 07:40 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country's first-ever gay pride march. Full Story | Top |
| Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:17 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah warned Saturday that the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period," and vowed his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally in Damascus is under attack. Full Story | Top |
| Giffords, husband address graduates at Bard Saturday, May 25, 2013 03:27 PM PDT  ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged a group of newly minted college graduates on Saturday to change the world — starting tomorrow. Full Story | Top |
| 2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar Saturday, May 25, 2013 05:35 AM PDT YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence. Full Story | Top |
| Japan government says unaware of ghosts at PM residence: paper Saturday, May 25, 2013 03:22 AM PDT  TOKYO (Reuters) - A delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assassinations, has revived talk of ghosts in the corridors, prompting the government to deny any knowledge of hauntings. Abe has not moved into the prime minister's official residence for five months since he took power. Asked by an opposition lawmaker about the reported hauntings, the government issued a formal statement on Friday saying it was not aware of ghost sightings, Asahi newspaper and other media reported. ... Full Story | Top |
| Survivor, rescuer reunite at Maine B-52 crash site Saturday, May 25, 2013 07:11 PM PDT  ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) — After surviving a deadly B-52 bomber crash and a night on a frozen mountainside, Gerald Adler, injured and frostbitten, could recall only the red handlebar mustache of his rescuer. Full Story | Top |
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