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| Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:38 PM PST  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â€" Afghanistan's president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans. Full Story | Top |
| Prime suspect sought in Las Vegas shooting, crash Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 02:21 AM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) â€" Police are seeking a 26-year-old man as the prime suspect in last week's pre-dawn shooting and crash on the Las Vegas Strip that killed three people and injured several others Full Story | Top |
| Cruz's tactics boil Washington, but impress Texas Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:02 AM PST  HOUSTON (AP) â€" Ted Cruz glanced at his black cowboy boots, beneath a silver Texas belt buckle, waiting for the admirers to stop clapping. Full Story | Top |
| Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:40 AM PST Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's former press secretary, says that he was once instructed by the White House not to acknowledge the administration's use of drones. "When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was, you're not even to acknowledge the drone program," Gibbs said [...] Full Story | Top |
| Pistorius' brother facing culpable homicide charge Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 07:29 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) â€" The brother of Olympic star Oscar Pistorius is facing a culpable homicide charge for a 2008 road death, compounding problems for the family after the double-amputee runner was charged with premeditated murder in the Feb. 14 shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Full Story | Top |
| Republican Senator McCain says Hagel "not qualified" as defense secretary Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 08:37 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain on Sunday said his former colleague Chuck Hagel was not qualified to be U.S. defense secretary but the Senate would likely vote on his nomination rather than hold it up with procedural hurdles. Before going on a weeklong recess, Republican lawmakers succeeded in delaying a Senate vote on Hagel's nomination earlier this month. Hagel is expected to win confirmation if a vote is held because Democrats control 55 votes in the 100-seat Senate. ... Full Story | Top |
| Why can't Washington compromise? They're too human Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 07:49 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Turns out politicians are people, too, only worse. Full Story | Top |
| Palestinians call for probe of Israeli prisons Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 11:11 AM PST  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) â€" Palestinians on Sunday called for an international investigation of Israel's treatment of Palestinian detainees after a 30-year-old prisoner died in custody and a hunger strike by four other inmates sparked a week of West Bank protests. Full Story | Top |
| House Republicans hit back on sequestration with Academy Award-themed video Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:59 PM PST In the final week before "the sequester" takes effectâ€"automatic, across-the-board spending reductions triggered if the White House and Congress fail to reach a budget deal by March 1 â€"Republicans and Democrats are doing what they can to ensure the other side takes the blame when the hammer falls. The National Republican Congressional Committee will release [...] Full Story | Top |
| 19 arrested after disturbance at Chicago mall Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:14 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) â€" Nineteen teenagers have been arrested following a disturbance that shut down a Chicago shopping mall and left two people with minor injuries. Full Story | Top |
| 2nd blizzard bearing down on Plains region Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 11:14 PM PST  DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) â€" A second major winter storm was bearing down on the central Plains, forcing cancellations and sending public works crews scrambling for salt and sand supplies less than a week after another system dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the region. Full Story | Top |
| Ronda Rousey wins historic women's UFC debut Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 12:26 AM PST  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) â€" Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche made history just by stepping into the UFC cage. When Rousey recorded another savage victory with her signature move, she demonstrated why she could be a trailblazer in women's sports for years to come. Full Story | Top |
| Governors join White House to fight automatic cuts Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:12 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Governors from both parties are warning of the damaging economic impact if the White House and Congress fail to reach a deal to stave off across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Farrakhan focuses on economics in Chicago speech Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 05:48 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) â€" Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday called on blacks nationwide to curb economic disparities by cutting back on excessive spending, pooling resources and investing in land â€" an action plan he laid out during a three-hour speech at the movement's annual Saviours' Day convention. Full Story | Top |
| Study says too many Americans still drink too much Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:01 PM PST  (Reuters) - On any given day in the United States, 18 percent of men and 11 percent of women drink more alcohol than federal guidelines recommend, according to a study that also found that 8 percent of men and 3 percent of women are full-fledged "heavy drinkers." That means the great majority of Americans stay within the advised limit of two drinks a day for men and one for women, according to the study that appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. ... Full Story | Top |
| House Intel Chair Mike Rogers Calls Chinese Cyber Attacks 'Unprecedented' Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 10:00 AM PST  House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said it was “beyond a shadow of a doubt†that the Chinese government and military is behind growing cyber attacks against the United States, saying “we are losing†the war to prevent the attacks. “They use their military... Full Story | Top |
| Governors coming to terms with sequester, but demand more flexibility from Washington Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 03:38 PM PST WASHINGTON --Â Governors frustrated by the prospect of $85 billion in across-the-board federal spending cuts set to kick in next week have made the "F-word" their term of choice at the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association. That word, of course, is "Flexibility." "We believe in what we call flexible federalism," said Delaware Gov. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Pope, on last Sunday, says following God's wishes Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 07:53 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict spoke from his window for the last time on Sunday, telling the faithful packed into St. Peter's Square that the first papal abdication in centuries was God's will and insisting he was not "abandoning" the Church. Four days before the 85-year-old's often troubled eight-year rule ends, new talk of scandal hit the cardinals who will choose his successor; one of them, a Scottish archbishop, had to deny a media allegation of misconduct with young priests in the 1980s. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former US envoy Pickering on problems at Benghazi mission Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:32 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former American diplomat Thomas Pickering said what struck him most during a review of last year's attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, were the frequent personnel changes, second-guessing on security upgrades, and dismissive attitude toward dozens of security incidents. The temporary status of the mission also led to uncertainty about providing additional funding, including for security, he said in an interview. The United States established a diplomatic presence in the eastern Libyan city after the 2011 revolt against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fidel Castro surprises with parliament appearance amid leadership speculation Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 03:33 PM PST  HAVANA (Reuters) - Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance Sunday by joining the opening session of the National Assembly, state media reported amid speculation the gathering could give clues on planning for a future leadership succession. Since falling ill in 2006 and ceding the presidency to his brother, Fidel Castro has given up all official positions except as a deputy in the National Assembly. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pope gives final Sunday blessing before resigning Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 07:42 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) â€" Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his pontificate on a cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square, explaining that his waning years and energy made him better suited to the life of private prayer he soon will spend in a secluded monastery than as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry makes first foreign trip as top U.S. diplomat Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 02:04 PM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - John Kerry views his first trip as U.S. secretary of state as a listening tour, but the leaders he meets will want to hear whether he has any new ideas on Syria, Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kerry arrived on Sunday in London, the first stop on a nine-nation, 11-day trip that will also take him to Berlin, Paris, Rome, Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha before he returns home on March 6. ... Full Story | Top |
| Palestinians say detainee tortured before death Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 12:14 PM PST  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian officials said on Sunday a Palestinian detainee who died in an Israeli prison was tortured before his death, but Israel said autopsy findings were preliminary and inconclusive. The death of 30-year-old Arafat Jaradat in an Israeli jail on Saturday and a hunger strike by four inmates have flared tension across the occupied West Bank, where stone-throwing protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers on Sunday. The Palestinian autopsy findings could further fuel unrest that has surged in the Palestinian Territories weeks before U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Topless women protest against Berlusconi as he votes in election Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 05:24 AM PST MILAN (Reuters) - A group of topless women were dragged away by police on Sunday when they protested against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he voted in Italy's election. The protesters, from the Ukrainian women's rights group Femen, shouted "Basta (Enough) Berlusconi", as the media tycoon was voting in a polling station in a Milan school. The same words were painted on their bodies. Police quickly grabbed the women and roughly bundled them away. ... Full Story | Top |
| All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 08:20 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who's to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week's end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and governors worrying about the mess. Full Story | Top |
| In South Carolina, disgraced former governor seeks a resurrection Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 02:01 PM PST  CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The appearance by a candidate for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District here last week was delayed. The event's co-host, an undertaker, had been detained at his funeral home by an unexpected "delivery." A couple of people in the audience laughed as they realized what sort of delivery a funeral home receives. Questions of life and death seemed oddly appropriate because the afternoon's guest of honor was a man who is trying to undergo a political resurrection: former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. ... Full Story | Top |
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