• Petraeus mistress Paula Broadwell apologizes for extra-marital affair

  Former CIA director General David Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell has apologized for her extra-marital affair with the disgraced chief. In her first in-depth interview, with ABC News affiliate WSOC in Charlotte, Broadwell said she has regret for the harm that the whole episode has caused. She said that she is regretful for the pain she has caused to her family and friends, and she is not ...

• Report shows big drop in teen births in US

  The birth rate among American teenage girls has dropped considerably, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The birth rate among women ages 15-19 decreased by almost half from 1991 to 2011, from 62 to 31 births per 1,000 adolescents. From 2007 to 2011, the most recent period of the study, the birth rate fell 25 percent, but its decline was even greater ...

• Pakistan remains opposed to illegal drone strikes in country after Obama speech

  The Pakistan Government has repeated its view that drone strikes by America in its territory were illegal. The rhetoric from Pakistan came after President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for the use of he unmanned vehicles. According to the Daily Times, Obama mounted a firm defence of the covert drone war as 'legal' in a major speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday. He, however, ...

• Spanish art gets privileged space in New York museum

  New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reopened its European paintings galleries after a two-year renovation, giving a privileged space to Spanish masters Velazquez, El Greco and Goya. Prior to the overhaul, the Met's large collection of works by Velazquez, Goya, Ribera, Murillo and El Greco had been distributed in different galleries organized either by artistic movement or ...

• Indians rules the roost in National Geographic Bee

  A 12-year-old Indian American from Plainville, Massachusetts, has emerged as the winner of this year's National Geographic Bee. Sathwik Karnik won the 25th annual geography bee on Wednesday -correctly answering the question, "Because Earth bulges at the equator, the point that is farthest from Earth's center is the summit of a peak in Ecuador. Name this peak," as Chimborazo, People magazine ...

• Carrie Underwood donates $1 mn to Red Cross

  Singer Carrie Underwood has donated $1 million to fund the American Red Cross' hurricane relief efforts in her hometown Oklahoma. "I have watched the devastation in my home state of Oklahoma over the past several days with great sadness," femalefirst.co.uk quoted te 30-year-old as saying. "With the help of my fans, who attended my concerts over the past year, we can offer the Red Cross a ...

• Bill Clinton other celebs at Vienna AIDS charity

  Guests in fancy costumes arrive for the opening ceremony of the 21st Life Ball in front of city hall in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Life Ball is a charity gala to raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS. (AP Photo/Hans ...

• Guitar Center Employees Unionize in New York

  May 25, 2013 1:20 PM ET Employees at Guitar Center's flagship store in Manhattan overwhelmingly voted on Friday to form a union of its 57 retail workers. The new bargaining unit will press the company for improved working conditions and a reversal of declining wages at the 14th Street store. The ...

• San Antonio flooding kills 1 200-plus rescued

  SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Fire Department says it's rescued more than 200 people from homes and cars amid flooding that killed at least one person.The massive flooding Saturday was caused by torrential rains in San Antonio. The Fire Department says it's conducted more than 235 water-related rescues.Department spokesman Christian Bove says a woman died after being trapped in her ...

• Missouri highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass

  CHAFFEE, Mo. – The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a cargo train collision in southeast Missouri. Authorities say a highway overpass collapsed early today when rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after the collision. Seven people were injured, though none seriously. The bridge collapsed after a Union Pacific train hit the side of a Burlington ...

• Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse officials

  MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on ...

• 100s Of Food Workers Join Picket Line Outside ATT Park

  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — More than 750 people who work concessions at San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park Saturday morning launched a one-day strike as their union bargains for better wages, benefits and job security, a union spokeswoman said. The strike by the union UNITEHERE Local 2, against the Giants’ food and beverage subcontractor Centerplate, was taking place during ...

• American Restoration crews designs unique trophy

  NASCAR turned to Rick Dale and his wife, Kelly, of the History Channel's "American Restoration" show to come up with a unique trophy to present to the winner of Saturday's Nationwide ...

• Tyson Gay roars to 100m victory at New York Diamond League meet

  United States Tyson Gay roared to a 100-metres victory while Sanya Richards-Ross withdrew and high jumper Blanka Vlasic made an emotional comeback triumph in Saturday's New York Diamond League athletics meet.Cold, windy and rainy conditions dimmed bids for spectacular performances at the third of 14 stops in the global series, making health issues a concern as athletes look to the world ...

• GLAAD Boy Scouts sending very mixed message on equality

  boy scouts of american with ross. they're going to allow gay scouts but they are not going to allow gay adult to serve as den leaders, scout leaders a as well. what do you make of that in broad terms first of ...

• Public education fight heats up in Chicago

  The largest round of school closures in American history hit Chicago this week as 50 schools were shut down. Ed explains who the real heroes are and John Nichols of The Nation Magazine breaks down all the ...

• Jenna Lyons fashion queen of America | profile

  It is Memorial Day weekend in America, the unofficial start of summer, and my friend and her teenage daughter are in the Hamptons, having scored an invitation to stay at the beachside mansion of one of New York's wealthiest families."What are you going to wear?" I asked my friend, before she set off, mindful of the grey and drizzly weather and the fact that grand-style ...

• AP PHOTOS Bayern beats Dortmund 2-1 in final

  Bayern Munich defeated German rival Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League final Saturday night, ending four years of frustration for Bayern in Europe's biggest soccer tournament. Arjen Robben ran onto Franck Ribery's backheeled flick in the penalty area and put the ball past goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller in the 89th minute to send Bayern to its first Champions League victory ...

• The Ecuadorian president said Thursday during his inauguration that the times we are now living in Latin American countries is thanks to the election of progressive governments from their people which is now said that Latin America is not the backy

  The Ecuadorian President said his government will keep fighting for the deepening of the Citizen Revolution, "not only in Ecuador, but in Latin America", noting that "we are no longer anyone's ...

• New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 5

  New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) celebrates defeating the Washington Capitals with team mates Anton Stralman (6) and Derek Stepan (21) during Game 7 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal playoff hockey game in Washington May 13, 2013. New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins takes place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 on Saturday afternoon, with the Rangers knowing they are on ...

• Will Anthony Weiners second act be successful

  New York Times reporter Michael Barbaro and Maeve Reston from the LA Times join MSNBC's Craig Melvin to talk about a possible "second act" in Anthony Weiner's political ...

• Mississippi monument rededicated to mark Iowas role in Civil War siege

  VICKSBURG, Mississippi (Reuters) - A century and a half after the Civil War's battle of Vicksburg, a large group of Iowans led by Governor Terry Branstad joined Southerners on Saturday to commemorate the Iowa soldiers who lost their lives on the Mississippi ...

• Tornado Victims Include Animal Lover Man in Truck

  One was an animal lover. Another loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only babies. These are the victims' stories. ——— ...

• North American College Breaks Ground On 10-story Building

  ROME, ITALY, April 15 (CNA/EWTN News) .- Seminarians filled the North American College with strains of "Holy God We Praise Thy Name" as they took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new 10-story structure."Things have gone so well in the last decades, that we need more space and it's wonderful," Archbishop John J. Meyers of Newark explained to CNA April 12 after he ...

• Giffords Husband Address Graduates at Bard

  Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says the futures of today's college graduates "shines bright." Giffords spoke only briefly Saturday at the Bard College commencement but urged the graduates to create, lead and innovate. Giffords was among 13 people wounded in a January 2011 shooting outside a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket that left six others dead. The Democrat resigned from ...

• Authorities Search for Iowa Teen Amid Rain Wind

  Authorities on Saturday searched amid rainy and windy conditions for an Iowa teenager who was abducted Monday. It was the sixth day searchers scoured various areas in central Iowa for 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard, who was kidnapped along with a 12-year-old friend from a school bus stop. Police have said Michael Klunder, 42, abducted the girls in Dayton, a small town about 60 miles north of ...

• Santa Cruz Gang Task Force Arrests Man Who Fled During Probation Check

  SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF) — A man was arrested after attempting to flee from officers during a probation compliance check Friday night in Las Lomas, a Santa Cruz sheriff’s sergeant said. Santa Cruz County sheriff’s Gang Task Force went to a home on Harrington Road in Las Lomas to conduct a probation compliance check of Thomas Koch, 24, at about 11 p.m., Sgt. Stefan Fish said. When ...

• Suspect Dies After Struggle With Sacramento Police Officers

  SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a suspect who died after what’s being described as a violent struggle with Sacramento police officers who were called to a retail store by a clerk who told a 911 dispatcher that she feared for her safety. Police say the trouble started around 6 p.m. Friday when the clerk at a Metro PCS store called 911 and said the man ...

• Bicyclist Injured In Crash With School Bus In San Jose

  […] first because it was the first link in the Feed, a cyclist was hit by a school bus in CA. Bicyclist Injured In Crash With School Bus In San Jose OK it was only technically a bus because it was being used to transport school children otherwise ...

• 7 hurt when trains collide in Mo. buckling road

  Emergency personnel respond to the scene where of a train derailment near Rockview, Mo. Saturday. The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven ...

• NTSB Bridge collapse in Wash. is wake-up call

  SEATTLE — The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation. "This is a really significant event and we need to learn from it, not just in Washington but around the country," Debbie Hersman said after taking a boat ride on the Skagit River below the dramatic scene where a truck bumped ...

• Two freight trains collide in Missouri bringing down overpass

  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 ...

• Newark archdiocese official resigns following priests arrest

  NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A leading official from the Catholic archdiocese of Newark has resigned his post as vicar general following the arrest of a priest accused of violating a deal that barred him from interacting with children, the archdiocese said on ...

• PGE Shareholders Will Pay For Pipeline Explosion Penalties Not Customers

  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Officials at Pacific Gas & Electric say customers will not be paying the massive fines being sought by state regulators in the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion in San Bruno, but that PG&E’s shareholders will bear that cost. On Friday the utility said it thought the record $2.25 billion in fines being sought by state regulators is illegally excessive, ...

• From Alaska to Florida Americans take to streets against Monsanto and GMOs

  USA Protesters across the US are joining the worldwide rally against biotech giant Monsanto and genetically engineered crops. The mass protest comes shortly after the Senate turned down a bill that would allow states to require the labeling of GM foods. Organizers of the major rally ...

• Official Woman killed in San Antonio flooding

  View Photo Associated Press/Eric Gay - A San Antonio metro bus sits in floodwaters after it was swept off the road during heavy rains, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric ...

• Gay wins 100 at Adidas Grand Prix in New York

  NEW YORK (AP) -- Tyson Gay accomplished all his goals at the Adidas Grand Prix: He won, put his body through the grind of rounds - and stayed ...

• Obama awards top U.S. honor to girls killed in 1963 racial bombing

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded the highest U.S. civilian honor on Friday to four black girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing 50 years ago, saying their tragic deaths ultimately "helped to trigger ...

• A GREAT AMERICANVeteran Remembers Army Pilot Wife on Memorial Day

  A Massachusetts veteran is planning to spend this Memorial Day remembering his Black Hawk pilot wife, who was killed in Afghanistan less than four months after they were married. Chris Cullen married his wife Sara in November 2012 after resigning from his Army job last March so that they could be together, MyFoxBoston.com reported. But on March 11, 2013, "basically, my world ...

• One driver killed as heavy rains flood streets in San Antonio

  SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A woman died when her car was washed off a bridge on Saturday as drenching rains in Texas spawned flood waters so powerful they swept a city bus off the street, San Antonio officials ...

• Survivor Rescuer Reunite at Maine B-52 Crash Site

  A survivor of a deadly Maine B-52 bomber crash has reunited with the man who rescued him at a somber event marking 50 years since the accident. Retired Air Force navigator Gerald Adler traveled from California for the event at Elephant Mountain, where seven crew members died during the crash on a training mission in January 1963. Among those attending the event Saturday was the medic who ...

• Disparities in breast cancer treatment Column

  There is still a lot of work to be done in the fight against breast cancer, including making sure all women have the opportunity to make their own personal decisions about their medical ...

• Slippery slope to accepting atheist Boy Scouts Column

  The new "compromise" adopted by the BSA is an irrational and thus an unstable one. On Thursday, delegates to the national convention of the Boy Scouts of America adopted ...

• Energy policy is national security issue Column

  Energy self-sufficiency, which could be attainable in a decade or so, would mean that U.S. foreign policy couldn't be held hostage to energy ...

• Senate House immigration bills set for clash in Congress

  Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson speaks with MSNBC's Alex Witt about the future of Guantanamo Bay. Former Governor Richardson discusses President Obama's recent comments on drones. He mentions the importance of confidentiality when national security is on the line. Former Governor Richardson talks about the immigration bill and how he sees it moving through Congress. He also ...

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