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| What Obama still hasn't figured out about being president Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 02:20 AM PST For a week leading up to the president's Tuesday address, White House advisers were trying out yet another new catchphrase, telling any reporter they could find that President Barack Obama had discovered he had "a phone and a pen," and he intended to use them in the year ahead. Full Story | Top |
| 'Zombie' Bees Surface in the Northeast Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 08:32 AM PST  Researchers Aren't Sure How Many Bees Have Been Infested Full Story | Top |
| Elementary school takes lunches away from students owing account balances Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 09:47 AM PST Maybe Ebenezer Scrooge wasn't such a bad guy after all. A group of up to 40 elementary school students in Utah had their lunches taken away due to outstanding balances on their accounts, according to a report from the Salt Lake Tribune. Full Story | Top |
| Hillary Clinton biggest Democratic front-runner ever: poll Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 07:00 AM PST  She still hasn't announced whether she's running for president in 2016, but the former secretary of state is already the biggest front-runner ever for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Washington Post reports. Full Story | Top |
| Ted Cruz Thinks You're Stupid Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 02:45 AM PST  The senator claims he "didn't try to shut down the government," despite strategizing to do so. Having satisfied the lunatic right, he's trying to move back to the middle for 2016. Full Story | Top |
| Households, trade keep U.S. economy humming in fourth quarter Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 09:40 AM PST  By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Strong household spending and robust exports kept the U.S. economy on solid ground in the fourth quarter, but stagnant wages could chip away some of the momentum in early 2014. Gross domestic product grew at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the final three months of last year, the Commerce Department said on Thursday, in line with economists' expectations. While that was a slowdown from the third-quarter's brisk 4.1 percent pace, it was a far stronger performance than had been anticipated earlier in the quarter and welcome news in light of some drag from October's partial government shutdown. For today, the sun is out and shining," said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in New York. Full Story | Top |
| What Happens When You Call 911 for Dumb Reasons Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 06:11 AM PST  From a philosophical reaction to pot brownies, to complaining about an uncommitted boyfriend, 911 dispatchers have handled their fair share of ridiculous non-emergency calls. The Washington County Dispatch in Oregon has decided to do something about it. Their agency is debuting a brand new campaign... Full Story | Top |
| Fisherman reels in camera with working memory card filled with 5 years of photos Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 11:00 AM PST Fisherman, Stephen Garnett, pulled in a long lost waterlogged camera with photos amazingly still in tact, from the bottom of Lake Tahoe. Full Story | Top |
| House GOP leaders: Unlawful immigrants should be able to stay, but under certain circumstances Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 01:49 PM PST  House GOP leaders released a document of "standards" for immigration reform on Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Snow, ice send South's flagship city reeling Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 04:40 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — The snow and sleet have stopped falling and traffic was moving again around Atlanta following a crippling storm — but transportation and rescue officials said that didn't mean it was safe yet to drive, especially after the sun goes down. Full Story | Top |
| Scientists hail breakthrough in embryonic-like stem cells Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 10:29 AM PST  By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - In experiments that could open a new era in stem cell biology, scientists have found a simple way to reprogram mature animal cells back into an embryonic-like state that allows them to generate many types of tissue. Chris Mason, chair of regenerative medicine bioprocessing at University College London, who was not involved in the work, said its approach in mice was "the most simple, lowest-cost and quickest method" to generate so-called pluripotent cells - able to develop into many different cell types - from mature cells. The researchers took skin and blood cells, let them multiply, then subjected them to stress "almost to the point of death", they explained, by exposing them to various events including trauma, low oxygen levels and acidic environments. Within days, the scientists found that the cells had not only survived but had also recovered by naturally reverting into a state similar to that of an embryonic stem cell. Full Story | Top |
| ACLU bankrolling gay nuptials in ‘My Big Gay Illegal Wedding’ contest Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 06:35 AM PST Brian Jensen and Jeromy Manke, a same-sex engaged couple in Nevada, are in the running to win a free trip to New York City, $5,000, and help from a wedding planner to fund their spring nuptials in California. Full Story | Top |
| Going, going, gone? A Southern Democrat's battle for electoral survival Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 04:02 AM PST Sen Mark Pryor vying for 3rd term against challenger Republican Congressman Tom Cotton Full Story | Top |
| Senior Democratic Congressman Waxman to retire Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 01:58 PM PST By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Representative Henry Waxman of California, a leading liberal who helped craft President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul, said on Thursday he would retire from Congress at the end of the year. After 40 years in Congress, Waxman, 74, said he was ready to move on. "In 1974, I announced my first campaign for Congress," Waxman said in a statement. Obama saluted Waxman as "one of the most accomplished legislators of his or any era." "Thanks to Henry's leadership, Americans breathe cleaner air, drink cleaner water, eat safer food, purchase safer products, and, finally, have access to quality, affordable healthcare," the White House said in a statement. Full Story | Top |
| Whale of a Tale: Rare Marine Fossil Found at School Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 05:47 AM PST  A whale fossil that's been sitting on the grounds of a Southern California school for perhaps 80 years may be a previously unknown species. However, museum paleontologist Howell Thomas believes the skull belongs to a new species of extinct sperm whale. "It's a pretty remarkably complete skull," said Martin Byhower, a 7th-grade science teacher who first noticed the skull and alerted Thomas. Chadwick School is a private K-12 school in Palos Verdes, not far from Long Beach, Calif. Almost 80 years ago, when the campus was constructed, builders left boulders of hard sedimentary rock, known locally as Palos Verdes stone, sitting around, sometimes incorporating them into the school buildings. Full Story | Top |
| House GOP leaders urge Obama, Dems to act on bills Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 08:37 AM PST CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — House Republican leaders challenged President Barack Obama on Thursday to override the opposition of the Senate's top Democrat and help pass trade legislation the administration favors. Full Story | Top |
| US prosecutors seek execution of marathon suspect Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 03:09 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) in the Boston Marathon bombing. Full Story | Top |
| Ga. governor takes blame for storm preparations Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 10:56 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is taking responsibility for the storm preparation failures that led to an epic traffic jam in Atlanta. Full Story | Top |
| Want the American dream? Move to these 10 cities Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 06:00 AM PST  Upward mobility varies significantly depending on where you live. Full Story | Top |
| Toronto's scandal-plagued mayor Rob Ford defends Bieber Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 10:03 AM PST  Toronto's bad boy mayor Rob Ford on Thursday defended troubled pop star Justin Bieber after police in Canada's largest city charged the teenager with assault, his second arrest in a week. I wish I was as successful as he was," Ford told a Washington radio show, urging listeners to "think back" to when they were teenagers. Bieber was charged Wednesday with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto last month. Toronto police accused Bieber of hitting the driver "several times" over the back of the head. Full Story | Top |
| Constitution Check: Is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act unconstitutional? Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 08:00 AM PST Lyle Denniston looks at a claim that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act is actually a law that advocates the establishment of religion and is unconstitutional. Full Story | Top |
| US will likely extradite Knox if Italy asks Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 04:05 PM PST The United States will have little legal argument for turning down an extradition request should Italy seek the return of Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British housemate. In the latest dramatic twist in the high-profile case, a court in Florence on Thursday sentenced Knox to 28 years and six months in prison for killing Meredith Kercher in the university town of Perugia. Her lawyers now plan to appeal this latest conviction in turn to the Italian Supreme Court, but if they fail Knox could find herself flying back to a country where she has already spent four years in jail. "As popular as she is here and as pretty as she is here -- because that's what this is all about, if she was not an attractive woman we wouldn't have the group love-in -- she will be extradited if it's upheld," said Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. Full Story | Top |
| Doctors use peanuts to cure children of potentially fatal allergy Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 01:20 PM PST  Paris (AFP) - Doctors said Thursday they could treat peanut allergy by feeding children the very thing their bodies reject, so building tolerance that could save a life in case of accidential ingestion. Full Story | Top |
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