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| Mother of newborn in sewer was present for rescue Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:44 PM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — The mother of the Chinese newborn trapped in a sewer pipe in a stunning ordeal caught on video had raised the initial alarm and was present for the entire two-hour rescue but did not admit giving birth until confronted by police, reports said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| New virus called ‘threat to the entire world’ Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:20 AM PDT The first death in France from a new SARS-like coronavirus brings the worldwide total for the disease to 27 deaths and 49 infections, CNN reports. The 65-year-old Frenchman was diagnosed after returning from a stay in Dubai. According to CNN, the World Health Organization has said the disease was first seen in Saudi Arabia last [...] Full Story | Top |
| Missing man walks up to news crew reporting on … missing man Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:40 AM PDT A local television news crew reporting on a missing Maine man found him as they were about to shoot a live update near his home. Robert McDonough, a 73-year-old who suffers from dementia, had been missing for more than 14 hours when he walked past the WMTW News 8 crew camped out on the side [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama explains lipstick on his collar Wednesday, May 29, 2013 06:47 AM PDT President Barack Obama had some explaining to do. The commander in chief arrived at the East Room for an event Tuesday night honoring Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders—one of whom had shown him some love. There to speak of their contributions, he began his remarks by discussing a very red mark on his collar left by [...] Full Story | Top |
| Old Torah scroll found in Italy university library Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:25 PM PDT ROME (AP) — An Italian expert in Hebrew manuscripts said Wednesday he has discovered the oldest known complete Torah scroll, a sheepskin document dating from 1155-1225. It was right under his nose, in the University of Bologna library, where it had been mistakenly catalogued a century ago as dating from the 17th century. Full Story | Top |
| Tsarnaev’s first phone call to mom: ‘Be patient. Everything will be fine.’ Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:30 AM PDT Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, says she has spoken with her son for the first time since his arrest. "I couldn't stop myself from crying," Tsarnaeva said in an phone interview with Bloomberg News late Monday from her home in Dagestan, Russia. "He said: 'I am absolutely fine; my [...] Full Story | Top |
| Does Adam Levine Hate America or Just Country Music? Wednesday, May 29, 2013 06:40 AM PDT  Last night on NBC, Adam Levine—the tattooed, six-packed bro of Maroon 5 turned "coach" on The Voice—faced off with either all of the nation or at least the vast swath of it that loves country music. Either way you read it, Levine lost a war with a hot mic when, disappointed with the results of The Voice's top six voting, he muttered "I hate this country" live on national television. Full Story | Top |
| Michele Bachmann won’t seek re-election Wednesday, May 29, 2013 01:48 AM PDT Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann said early Wednesday that she will not run for re-election in 2014. The Minnesota conservative made the announcement in a video posted on her website. "After a great deal of thought and deliberation, I have decided next year I will not seek a fifth congressional term," Bachmann said in the eight-and-a-half-minute [...] Full Story | Top |
| Like your health care policy? You may be losing it Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:27 PM PDT  Many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren't up to the basic standards of President Barack Obama's ... Full Story | Top |
| George Zimmerman Spent His Trayvon Kickstarter, So His Lawyers Want You to Pay Them Wednesday, May 29, 2013 01:25 PM PDT  With 12 days remaining until George Zimmerman goes on trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman's lawyers are pleading for more money, insisting that they've somehow burned through almost all of the more than $300,000 in online donations the public somehow have to an alleged murderer. "We've calculated that we need another $120,000 to give George the defense he deserves. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. drone kills Pakistan Taliban Number two: security officials Wednesday, May 29, 2013 03:50 AM PDT  By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed the number two of the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan region on Wednesday, three security officials said, in what would be a major blow in the fight against militancy. The drone strike killed seven people, Pakistani security officials said, including Taliban deputy commander Wali-ur-Rehman, in the first such attack since a May 11 general election in which the use of the unmanned aircraft was a major issue. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ho! Ho! Ho! ‘Merry Christmas Bill’ expected to become law in Texas soon Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:36 AM PDT After a good amount of hoopla, Texas Governor Rick Perry is expected to quietly sign legislation allowing public schools to celebrate Christmas and other winter holidays plainly and explicitly without fear of lawsuits. Full Story | Top |
| Crazy Isn't as Crazy Was: How the GOP Ran Out of Use for Michele Bachmann Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:59 AM PDT  Michele Bachmann's career took off in November 2008, when she told MSNBC's Chris Matthews that reporters needed to "do a penetrating exposé" on members of Congress to "find out if they are pro-America or anti-America." Given then-Sen. Barack Obama's sketchy past, she said, "What it is that Barack Obama really believes?" Democrats gave her opponent $8 million in 10 days, but she won anyway. ... Full Story | Top |
| To Save Holder, the White House Tries to Keep the GOP from Meeting the Press Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:43 AM PDT  Despite strong opposition from conservatives, Eric Holder has never faced any real threat to his position. That's largely because the threats have never been substantive; the most serious, Fast and Furious, landed some distance from his desk, and the media didn't bite at right-wing efforts to make it a big deal. But the Department of Justice's heavy-handed media subpoenas and search warrants have shifted that perspective, aligning the media for the first time with the interests of a Republican Congress antsy to see Holder go. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bachmann’s rise and fall—and what it says about the GOP Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:26 AM PDT There was a time, albeit brief, when polls showed Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann topping the 2012 Republican presidential primary field. And that tells you something about the challenges the GOP faces as it tries to rebrand itself as a viable party in presidential politics. Bachmann, who announced on Wednesday she would not seek re-election to [...] Full Story | Top |
| 4 of the early 20th century's wildest, most self-destructive celebrities Wednesday, May 29, 2013 02:15 AM PDT  Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes would be well advised to learn the lessons of these cautionary tales from the Depression era... Full Story | Top |
| Republicans challenge U.S. attorney general on leak testimony Wednesday, May 29, 2013 02:30 PM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley and David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican lawmakers asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday to clarify testimony he gave Congress this month about his role in the targeting of journalists in a leak probe. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia and colleague James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin sent a letter to Holder saying recent media reports "appear to be at odds with your sworn testimony. ... Full Story | Top |
| Move over tequila, here comes Chinese firewater Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:49 AM PDT  By Pete Sweeney CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese baijiu, a flammable, pungent white liquor averaging a 110-proof wallop, is the world's most consumed form of liquor thanks to its popularity in China, but for the first time distillers are looking to develop export markets. According to data from International Wine & Spirit Research, Chinese people drank over 11 billion liters of baijiu in 2012; the spirit, distilled from sorghum, wheat or rice, accounted for more than one-third of all spirits consumed in the world. ... Full Story | Top |
| Staking tomatoes brings benefits, responsibilities Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:03 AM PDT  A month from now, don't say I didn't warn you. Full Story | Top |
| Angry about immigration plan, some gay donors cut off Democrats Wednesday, May 29, 2013 04:57 PM PDT  By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some disappointed activists say they are yanking their support for the Democratic Party after Senate Democrats opposed a proposal in an immigration bill that would have allowed citizens to bring their foreign-born, same-sex spouses to the United States. Jonathan Lewis, a Miami philanthropist who donated more than $35,000 in 2012, has stopped giving and is urging others to do the same until President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats stop breaking promises to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. ... Full Story | Top |
| Researchers Find Tinnitus Cause and Treatment Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:12 AM PDT Pennsylvania scientists have discovered the cause of the chronic disorder known as tinnitus, and have also found a way to treat it. Their goal is a preventive strategy for individuals whose work situations could cause them to be exposed to very loud noise. Full Story | Top |
| Woman raises funds to visit Alaska ghost town with family ties Wednesday, May 29, 2013 04:20 PM PDT  Forty miles off the coast of Alaska lies an uninhabited island, abandoned for the past 50 years. For Joan Naviyuk Kane, who launched a crowdsourced Web-funding campaign to visit the island, it's rich with family history and ancestral roots. Now, an anonymous donation has assured the 35-year-old's travel to King Island this summer, which is [...] Full Story | Top |
| Letters sent to Bloomberg tested positive for ricin Wednesday, May 29, 2013 03:51 PM PDT NEW YORK—Two threatening letters mailed to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and opened last week have tested positive for ricin, the New York Police Department said Wednesday. The letters, first reported by The New York Times, were addressed to Bloomberg and mailed to a municipal building in New York City that houses the Department of Housing Preservation [...] Full Story | Top |
| China Doesn't Care if Its 'Digitalized' Military Cyberwar Drill Scares You Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:39 AM PDT  In the face of fears from President Obama to the Pentagon and across the globe about the increasing military might behind Chinese hacking, China's state news agency announced Wednesday that the nation's People's Liberation Army "will conduct an exercise next month to test new types of combat forces including units using digital technology amid efforts to adjust to informationalized war." You know, right after Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting about the state of, among other things, a cyberwar going on underneath their noses. Full Story | Top |
| Vets advocate: Obama must ‘step up’ to shrink disability benefits backlog Wednesday, May 29, 2013 04:07 AM PDT Top Line With nearly 900,000 veterans waiting to hear from the Veterans Administration about disability benefits claims—and the average wait time stretching to almost 300 days—the advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) is calling on the president to make policy changes that will help diminish the backlog. IAVA's Chief Policy Officer Tom [...] Full Story | Top |
| Wife: I'm sorry for trusting Pa. abortion doctor Wednesday, May 29, 2013 01:52 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The wife of a rogue abortion doctor told a judge Wednesday that her husband deserves his life sentence for killing babies born alive, but complained that she and her children are left to deal with the public scorn. Full Story | Top |
| Rep. Bachmann says she won't run for re-election Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:22 AM PDT  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman whose sharply conservative views on social and fiscal issues elevated her to a leader of the tea party movement, announced Wednesday she will not seek a fifth term but insisted the decision was unrelated to ethics inquiries or her near-loss last fall. Full Story | Top |
| Growing crystal meth use blurs drug-hungry Afghanistan's future Wednesday, May 29, 2013 03:02 AM PDT  By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL (Reuters) - Impoverished Afghanistan, already plagued by insurgency and struggling to contain crippling rates of opium addiction, faces another potential headache with spiraling usage of the synthetic drug crystal methamphetamine. The growing use of the drug, known as crystal meth or ice, comes at a critical time. Some fear that, with the exit of most foreign troops by the end of next year and dwindling interest and aid from the international community, significant addiction to the relatively new drug could wreak social havoc. ... Full Story | Top |
| Michele Bachmann Is Quitting Under Fire Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:19 AM PDT  Rep. Michele Bachmann, the notorious four-term congresswoman whose political star power, like the Tea Party movement she came to embody, has quietly faded almost as quickly as it so vehemently burst onto the national scene, will not seek reelection in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. Full Story | Top |
| Controversies add to Obama's 2nd term frustrations Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:00 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the opening months of his second term have been a frustrating reminder of the limits of presidential power and the durability of the Washington political apparatus he disdains. Full Story | Top |
| AP Exclusive: Soldier to admit Afghan massacre Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:00 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — The Army staff sergeant charged with slaughtering 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty in a deal that requires him to recount the horrific attack for the first time, his attorney told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Scientists say: Give drones a chance Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:46 AM PDT ATLANTA—As dozens of protesters waved signs proclaiming, "Stop Assassinations: Ground the Drones!" outside the Grand Hyatt on Tuesday, a room full of scientists, oblivious to their demonstrations, raptly watched a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation about "riparian vegetation," "river morphology" and the helpful qualities of beaver dams. The researchers who came from around the world to attend [...] Full Story | Top |
| Judge rejects Holmes' challenge to insanity law Wednesday, May 29, 2013 06:23 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Colorado's laws on insanity pleas and the death penalty are constitutional, a judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting a key argument by lawyers for the defendant in the deadly movie theater shootings. Full Story | Top |
| Independent RI Gov. Chafee, ex-GOP, to become Dem Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:44 PM PDT  NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) — Independent Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his 2014 bid for a second term, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, confirming a move that Chafee has been talking about for months as a way to better position himself for re-election. Full Story | Top |
| Spot a Bad Hotel – Before You Book Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:13 AM PDT How to decode online listings to find the best hotels - and avoid the worst. Full Story | Top |
| Buddhist mobs spread fear among Myanmar's Muslims Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:46 PM PDT  LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) — It was a terrifying sight: hundreds of angry, armed men on motorcycles advancing up a dusty street with no one to stop them. Full Story | Top |
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