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| Explosion at Mexican oil giant kills 25 Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:08 PM PST  A powerful blast rocked the Mexico City headquarters of Pemex, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 100. Full Story | Top |
| Columbia space shuttle tragedy: 10 years later Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 01:00 PM PST  Full Story | Top |
| LA archbishop relieves retired cardinal of duties Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:32 PM PST  Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez announced Thursday night that he has relieved retired Cardinal Roger Mahony of his remaining duties and a former top aide to Mahony has stepped down from his current post, on the same night the church released thousands of pages of personnel files of priests accused of sexual abuse. Full Story | Top |
| Fireworks cause deadly highway collapse in China Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:51 PM PST  Fireworks for Lunar New Year celebrations exploded on a truck in central China, destroying part of an elevated highway. State media had conflicting reports on casualties. Full Story | Top |
| As she leaves, Clinton sounds warning over Syria Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 07:09 PM PST  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a parting warning Thursday about Syria's civil war, accusing Iran of playing an increasingly prominent role in directing the violence. Full Story | Top |
| Negotiators talking to Alabama captor through pipe Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:25 PM PST  Hostage negotiators, speaking into a 4-inch-wide ventilation pipe, tried Thursday to talk a man into releasing a kindergartener and ending a standoff in an underground bunker that stretched into its third day. Full Story | Top |
| Former NYC mayor Ed Koch, 88, in intensive care Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 07:29 PM PST  Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has been moved to intensive care for closer monitoring of the fluid in his lungs and legs, his spokesman said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Soldier admits shooting man trying to cure hiccups Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 07:11 PM PST  A Fort Hood soldier has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, saying he shot his friend accidentally while trying to scare away his hiccups. Full Story | Top |
| Beyonce responds to lip-sync controversy Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:39 PM PST  The singer performs an off-the-cuff rendition of the national anthem at a Super Bowl press conference, but admits she lip-synced the song at President Obama's inauguration last week. Full Story | Top |
| Gas prices get early start on spring surge Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:04 PM PST  Gasoline prices are getting an early start on their annual spring march higher. Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutor shot and killed outside Texas courthouse Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:02 PM PST  An assistant district attorney was shot and killed Thursday morning near the North Texas courthouse where he worked. Full Story | Top |
| Shooter at Atlanta school was fellow student Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 06:38 PM PST  A student opened fire at his middle school, wounding another teen in the head. Full Story | Top |
| Get it while it's fresh! Cans of ‘clean air’ for sale in China Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 03:43 PM PST  Air pollution in China has gotten so bad that one entrepreneur is selling cans of fresh air. Full Story | Top |
| Suit claiming Hebrew National hot dogs not kosher dismissed Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 04:59 PM PST ConAgra Foods Inc has won the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by consumers claiming the company's Hebrew National hot dogs and other products are not kosher. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank in St. Paul federal court ruled on Thursday that he does not have jurisdiction over a dispute that he described as "intrinsically religious in nature." Eleven consumers filed the lawsuit last May, asserting that ConAgra misled customers into believing that its products were kosher according to "the most stringent" Orthodox Jewish standards by including a symbol on its packaging. ... Full Story | Top |
| California's Hispanic population projected to outnumber white in 2014 Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 07:05 PM PST  California's Hispanic population will equal that of whites this year before becoming the state's largest demographic group in 2014 for the first time since statehood in 1850, a government report showed on Thursday. That change in the most populous U.S. state will make it the third where whites do not comprise a plurality of the population, after New Mexico and Hawaii. The shift is occurring alongside nationwide growth in the Hispanic population, which grew to 16.7 percent of the total in 2011 from 12.5 percent in 2000, according to U.S. Census figures. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. looking to get tough on China cyberattacks Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:30 PM PST The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese hackers are waging against U.S. companies and government agencies. Full Story | Top |
| Photos: Artist creates mind-boggling montages Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:00 AM PST  Full Story | Top |
| More than $200,000 in gold coins stolen from vacant home Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:22 PM PST ALBURGH, Vt. (AP) â€" Vermont State Police say more than $200,000 in gold coins were stolen from a vacant home after its eccentric owner died in a farm accident last year. Full Story | Top |
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