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Multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring with terror links busted

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:55 -0400

NEW YORK - Authorities in New York are claiming to have busted a multi-million cigarette smuggling ring and arrested at least 16 Palestinian immigrants having alleged links with known terror organisations. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Thursday said that the 16 members of the criminal ring in New York City, Albany County and Schenectady County ...

Rooney Mara to endorse Calvin Klein perfume

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:00:02 -0400

Actress Rooney Mara has been named the new face of American designer brand Calvin Klein's new perfume. The 28-year-old will reunite with David Fincher, who directed her in "The Social Network" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", to shoot a series of TV advertisements for the fashion house' upcoming female fragrance, Downtown. "I am very excited to be included in the group of amazing women ...

Obama Turns Focus on Middle-Class Jobs

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:22 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big business. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he has been visiting cities across the country that are doing "interesting and creative" things to "re-ignite the engine" of middle class economic growth and make sure ...

Mariah Careys rep slams American Idol lip-synching rumors

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400

Mariah Carey's spokesperson has vehemently denied rumours that the singer was lip-synching during her performance on American Idol on Thursday night. The Idol judge, who took the stage during the reality TV show's big finale, treated fans to a number of her greatest hits, including 'Hero', 'Vision of Love', 'We Belong Together 'and 'Make it Happen'. But many viewers took to Twitter, to question ...

US First Lady laments culture of African Americans aspiring to be baller or rapper

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:20:03 -0400

Michelle Obama urged graduates of Bowie State University to encourage more young African Americans to follow in their footsteps and focus on education. On Friday, she asked the graduates at commencement ceremonies held at the nearby University of Maryland, College Park, campus, just north of Washington to become an example of excellence to the next generation. The First Lady said that more ...

NYT website attacked by unknown hackers

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:02 -0400

The New York Times has revealed that its website was hacked earlier this week, preventing access to a small number of users. The newspaper claimed that earlier Chinese hackers had attacked the website for months, but did not mention the sources for the latest round of attacks. The Chinese hacking led the paper to turn to an outside security firm to block future attacks. A Huffington Post report ...

Hurdler Merritt gears up for new Diamond League season

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:01 -0400

American hurdler Aries Merritt, who won his first Olympic gold in London and set a world record in the men's 110m hurdles last year, has geared up for the 2013 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League Shanghai leg. "I will try to start the season in my best form and hopefully I'll be in my best so I won't disappoint the fans that come to watch the competition," ...

America Ferrera graduates 10 years after starting college

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:20:02 -0400

Actress America Ferrera graduated from the University of Southern California, 10 years after beginning her International Relations course. "Graduation day! Congratulations to everyone in the Class of 2013!" she said Friday on Twitter. Ferrera tweeted the joy of her achievement this week: "At last it's happening! It's taken me 10 years, but I feel great." Born in Los Angeles of Honduran ...

Winning numbers drawn in Powerball jackpot

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:42:20 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Gregory Bull - Joe Fajardo poses holding his Powerball lottery ticket after buying it at a store Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. With the majority ...

I Followed What I Thought Was the Law.

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:30:45 -0400

More than four years after he choked back tears at his sentencing, O.J. Simpson addressed a Las Vegas court on Wednesday sounding cheerful and confident in his bid to a win a new trial. He bantered with bailiffs during breaks, making them laugh, and chuckled at himself at times during testimony when discussing his drinking at the time. Simpson, 65, was called to the stand on the third day ...

Fremont Silicon Valley-Area Hub Becomes Factory Town

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:29:47 -0400

FREMONT (CBS/AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Down the road in another plant, crews slice solar cells, place them under glass sheets and create panels that ship by the boxful to Europe. Elsewhere in this town, industrial workshops ...

Amgen Tour Of California Bicycles Vs. Cars

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:29:47 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) — The Amgen tour of California rolls out of San Francisco to the finish line in Santa Rosa tomorrow. The route through lush wine country is popular year round. But not everyone’s happy about all the bicycle traffic. Close encounters with drivers are becoming common and incidents of road rage are on the rise. Gary Helfrick of the Bicycle Coalition keeps a database ...

1 of 2 fires north of LA contained

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:06 -0400

A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north of Los ...

Can Al-Jazeera win hearts and minds in America

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:25 -0400

The pan-Arab news giant is laying the groundwork for the launch ofAl-Jazeera America after its purchase of Current TV, a struggling US ...

Two men charged with killing Malcolm Xs grandson

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:52:05 -0400

Murder probe underway after Malcolm X's grandson dies Two men arrested in the fatal beating of the grandson of US civil rights activist Malcolm X were sent to prison on Saturday to await trial, a Mexico City court spokesman said. David Hernandez and Manuel Perez, waiters at the Palace nightclub near Mexico City's popular Garibaldi Square, face charges of murder and robbery, the ...

1 of 2 Fires North of LA Contained

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:38:51 -0400

A wildfire burning in the hills along Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles has been fully contained. Los Angeles County fire officials said the 712-acre blaze was fully contained late Saturday after it broke out Friday and briefly threatened an elementary school and about 20 ...

Bomb Scare Prompts Evacuation After Amgen Tour Bike Race In Livermore

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:37:46 -0400

LIVERMORE (CBS SF) — Festivities surrounding the Amgen Tour of California Race were brought to a temporary halt by a bomb scare in downtown Livermore Saturday afternoon, according to a police spokeswoman. The multi-city bicycle race had already passed through town around 2:30 p.m. but many people remained on the scene when a suspicious cardboard box with a postmark from Southern California ...

Fractured rail focus of derailment probe

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:27:23 -0400

>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Federal investigators ruled out foul play in a commuter train derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that left more than 70 people injured and shut down service along the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor, officials said Saturday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are now focusing on a broken rail as a ...

Tea Party leader reacts to IRS scandal

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:56:14 -0400

tea party and other conservative groups for scrutiny, controversy is growing. lawmakers and others want to know if there was political motivation behind the agency's ...

Educating girls in developing countries

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:56:13 -0400

girls out of school around the world and we can all doing? and play a small part to put her in the classroom and send her on a journey to follow her dreams and raise her community ...

Why we should care about the AP phone records

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:56:11 -0400

In this week's "Thought Bubble," MSNBC's Craig Melvin talks about the Justice Department's secret attainment of Associated Press phone ...

Americans fail to find jobs as firms hire foreigners

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:48:51 -0400

Microsoft says it has such trouble filling its more than 3,000 vacancies for software developers and engineers, it expects to offer a third of those jobs to foreigners, the vast majority of them recruited off college ...

World science map grim for Latin America

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:48:36 -0400

The highly respected Nature Scientific Reports journal has just published a map of the world's leading science cities and it looks pretty bad for emerging countries: It shows the planet's Northern Hemisphere full of lights and the south almost solidly ...

American tyranny Government run amok

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:48:33 -0400

Government is bad for personal freedom. That argument is premised upon the truism that everything government does interferes with freedom because it either prohibits or compels. Everything it owns it has taken from others. Much of what it says is divorced from the truth. President Obama, like President George W. Bush, has argued that his first job is to keep America safe, and if he impairs ...

Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:47:24 -0400

1 of 4. Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were injured on Friday in a train accident near Fairfield, Connecticut, a Fairfield Police spokesman said on ...

Authorities Hofstra student killed by police

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:02:41 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Sleepy Hollow High School - In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra ...

IRS scandal could be most damaging

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:02:29 -0400

war on terror . benghazi was a terrible security failure, but we knew that on day one and the more we learn about the aftermath, the less it looks like a scandal and more it looks like typical bureaucratic ...

Paul McCartneys Out There Tour Heads To North America

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:44 -0400

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando. The massive production, which requires 31 trucks' worth of equipment, includes lasers, huge pyrotechnics, and state of the art video displays, according to the website of the former Beatles star. McCartney performed the show to a sold-out crowd of 55,000 people in Brazil ...

Los Angeles mayoral race narrows latest opinion poll shows

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:53:58 -0400

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaks during an election night party at Avalon night club in Hollywood, California, March 5, ...

Police commissioner calls fatal shooting in New York City an anti-gay hate crime

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:52:56 -0400

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A gunman used anti-gay slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called a hate crime. Before opening fire early Saturday, the gunman confronted the victim and his companion in Greenwich Village and asked if they "want to die here," Police ...

CHP Officer Crashes Into Car At Amgen Race In Brentwood

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:49:30 -0400

BRENTWOOD (CBS) — A California Highway Patrol officer crashed into a car during the Amgen Tour of California bike race, Saturday. It happened at the intersection of Marsh Creek Road near Deer Valley Road in Brentwood around 12:30 pm. on ...

Americans Dream of Riches as Powerball Lottery Hits $600 Million

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24:05 -0400

Saturday night's Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to an astronomical $600 million for a single winner, and may be even higher by the time the numbers are drawn. Winners must match five numbers picked from machines holding 59 white balls, and a special Powerball pulled from a machine filled with 35 red balls. Even if the chances of winning are tiny -- one in 175 million -- those ...

Why repealing Obamacare is a horrible idea

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:08:00 -0400

we see this coming just like the titanic, we see the iceberg only it's not just in a midst. shortly in front of our eyes. we have time to turn back. so why not reveal that bill today. i wanted to bring that tower ...

NHL Fines Sharks $100000 For GM’s Comments

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:55:19 -0400

SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) — The NHL fined the San Jose Sharks $100,000 on Saturday for general manager Doug Wilson’s comments criticizing the league for forward Raffi Torres’ suspension for the rest of the second round of the playoffs. The NHL said the fine was issued for violating a rule put in place earlier this year prohibiting formal team statements to the media during the 48-hour ...

All Lanes Reopened After Motorcycle Crash On I-80 Near Albany

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:55:18 -0400

ALBANY (CBS SF) — All lanes were open on westbound Highway 80 near Albany after a crash reportedly left a motorcyclist injured, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision involving a motorcycle and an SUV was reported around 2:40 p.m. on westbound Highway 80 near the Albany off-ramp, according to the ...

Parking fees fight at Calif. state beaches heat up

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:29:20 -0400

A surfer carries his board at the San Clemente State Beach in San Clemente, Calif., Wednesday, May 15, 2013. In search of new revenue, the state parks system is eyeing new parking fees for parts of the Northern California shoreline or considering hiking rates to visit popular beaches south of Los Angeles during peak periods. (AP Photo/Jae C. ...

Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:43 -0400

In response to a federal court order, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a novel approach through the Legislature two years ago to dramatically reduce California's prison ...

Are North Americans ready to spend

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:15:31 -0400

North Americans kept a recessionary mindset in the first quarter of 2013, but they cautiously opened their wallets and exhibited a desire to spend again. These are ...

Republicans practice the politics of distraction

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:52 -0400

While Republicans focus on the latest series of "scandals" in Washington, they might be hoping we ignore the story they used to care about. Ed explains why deficit hawks have suddenly fallen silent on spending. Ed's joined by Mike Papantonio, Zerlina Maxwell and David Cay ...

Congressman IRS hearing showed what a giant overreach the matter is

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:52 -0400

MSNBC's Alex Witt gauges House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Lloyd Doggett's, D-Texas, reaction from the IRS hearing. He reveals what he learned from the meeting including answers that "showed what a giant overreach the matter is" and evidence that there was no corruption within President Obama's administration. Doggett highlights the specific political wrong that ...

Ah Mr Fogle weve been expecting you The case of the hapless wig-wearing American diplomat expelled from Moscow is not as simple as it first seemed

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:09:56 -0400

In the long and sinuous history of international espionage, the one thing you can absolutely rely on is that very little is as it first appears. And so it is with Ryan Christopher Fogle, third secretary in the political department of the US Embassy in Moscow, comedy wig owner, and, apparently, a man who thinks it wise to hang around near park entrances at midnight with EUR100,000 (85,000) in cash ...

More than a dozen injured as car plows through parade in Virginia

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:53 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring more than a dozen people, some seriously, authorities ...

Suspect IDed in Fatal Home Invasion

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:01:44 -0400

A wanted man with a criminal history dating back nearly 15 years was identified by police Saturday as the masked home invader involved in the death of a Hofstra University student early Friday morning. Dalton Smith, who was wanted on a parole violation related to a first-degree robbery conviction, attempted to rob the off-campus home where he and Hofstra junior Andrea Rebello were fatally ...

Plea For Help For Families Devastated By Fire In Redwood City

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:50 -0400

REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF) — Redwood City officials were asking for the public’s help for families who lost everything in an apartment building fire in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks neighborhood last week. The fire at the five-unit apartment building early Wednesday morning left two residents with minor injuries and displaced 26 people, according to fire and city officials. The ...

Oxbow Upsets Orb In Preakness

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:49 -0400

Gary Stevens celebrates atop of Oxbow #6 as he crosses the finish line to win the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 18, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Justin Heiman/Getty ...

New York Mets lose 8-2 to Chicago Cubs

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:31:30 -0400

New York Mets staring pitcher Jeremy Hefner pitches to the Chicago Cubs in the first inning in a baseball game in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ...

2 wildfires north of Los Angeles persist after long week

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:41 -0400

Here's how Montana's members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 17, 2013. Votes of Sen. Max Baucus, Democrat; Rep. ...

Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:33 -0400

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano has been shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume is thinning and is no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly ...

Official Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed commuter train was struck by another bound for New York ...

Republican cites IRS scandal in close Virginia governors race

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:13:39 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia Republicans on Saturday formally nominated Ken Cuccinelli for governor in the nation's marquee 2013 political race, and the conservative attorney general wasted no time reminding voters of the scandals facing President Barack ...

U.S. state cancels subsidy for investment from Pakistani company

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:13:39 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana has canceled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in the project makes products used in improvised explosives that kill and injure U.S. troops in ...

O.J. Simpsons ex-lawyer says poured his soul into Nevada trial

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:10:56 -0400

Yale Galanter, O.J. Simpson's former defense attorney, reacts during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 17, ...

McCartney Kicks Off North American Tour In Orlando

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:07:05 -0400

ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) -- Former Beatles star Paul McCartney’s North American tour kicks off Saturday night in Orlando, and if the elaborate production equipment involved is any indication, spectators are in for a quite the show. McCartney’s ';Out There'; tour requires31 trucks worth of equipment, including spectacular lasers and lighting, huge pyrotechnics, and ...

Up to 60 injured after car drives into parade crowd in Damascus

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:40:42 -0400

The injuries ranged from critical to superficial. Three of the victims were flown by helicopter to regional hospitals. Another 12 to 15 were taken by ambulance. The rest were treated at the scene in Damascus, about a half-hour east of Bristol. The status of the driver wasn't released. Multiple witnesses described him as an elderly man. Authorities are still investigating, but Harris says ...

Funeral held for mom son found dead in home

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:36:58 -0400

TRENTON, N.J. -; Funeral services have been held for the New Jersey woman and boy whose bodies were found in their home after a 37-hour hostage standoff last ...

Impossible Choice Faces Americas First Climate Refugees

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:34:29 -0400

The 350 residents of Newtok, Alaska, will soon be the country's first "climate refugees." The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says their village is likely to be underwater in just four ...

FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:32:33 -0400

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.FBI agents, Spokane police officers and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials descended on the apartment Saturday morning.No arrests have been made. An FBI spokeswoman has not said whether ...

Slave cabin to get new home in African-American history museum

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:28:51 -0400

An 1850s South Carolina slave cabin is getting a new home in the nation’s capital. The Smithsonian Institution is dismantling it, plank by plank, and moving it to the National Museum of African-American History and ...

Right-Wing Radio Host Wants To Kill The President And Shoot Hillary Clinton In The Vagina

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:26:34 -0400

';I’m supporting our troops by saying we need to try, convict, and shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina. I want to pull the ...

Texas joins flood of states suing BP over 2010 Gulf spill

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:55 -0400

BP America in its suit - of violating Texas' environmental regulations. Texas is seeking money from "lost" tourism revenues due to the spill, as well as monies that would have been generated from state park entrance and concession fees by visitors to the coastal communities. In addition, the state is seeking civil penalties for each day the oil spilled into the Gulf, and each ...

Woman Finds 325-Pound Bear Inside Her Condo In Lake Tahoe

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:11:26 -0400

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (CBS/AP) — Nevada wildlife officials said they were forced to euthanize a bear that entered an Incline Village condominium because the bruin posed a danger to the public. A woman phoned authorities after encountering the 3-year-old, 325-pound male bear inside her unit late Thursday night on Lake Tahoe’s north ...

Collision closes New York area train route as NTSB investigates

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:05:37 -0400

A team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived Saturday to investigate a commuter rail collision that caused a prominent railroad line near New York City to be partially ...

Witnesses Car drives into crowd at Va. parade

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:58 -0400

Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate ...

Suspect identified in fatal Hofstra home invasion

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:58 -0400

Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her ...

First lady to high school grads live your dreams

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:30:52 -0400

(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey). First lady Michelle Obama, right, applauds as students enter the arena for the commencement ceremony of Martin Luther King, ...

Feds Drive-through Sanford bank robbers said All will die in note

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:23:34 -0400

Robert Gordon Shaw and Matthew Anthony Cosimini had money problems. So, according to Shaw, the two devised a plan to rob a Regions bank in Sanford. They made a fake bomb , stole a pickup truck at Seminole Towne Center, and wrote a demand ...

America Ferrera Eyes TV Comeback On ABC

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:20:17 -0400

America Ferrera may return to ABC. The former "Ugly Betty" actress' telenovela project "Pedro & Maria" is in development at the broadcast network as a potential limited series. Originally developed at MTV three years ago, "Pedro & Maria" is a modern day twist on "Romeo and Juliet." The project is from executive producer Ben Silverman ...

Newark Homeowner Reports Suspicious Woman Posing As PGE Worker

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:25 -0400

NEWARK (CBS SF) — A Newark resident reported a suspicious person posing as a PG&E employee knocked on her door Thursday, according to police. A resident on Marguerite Drive reported that around 3:30 p.m. a woman knocked on her door, claiming to be a PG&E employee, according to Newark police. The person, who had a PG&E logo card hanging from a lanyard but no uniform or company ...

17 Bodies Removed From Modesto Funeral Home After Complaints

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:25 -0400

MODESTO (CBS/AP) — Officials say 17 bodies have been removed from a Modesto funeral home after complaints the home was taking too long to cremate the bodies. Stanislaus County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bejaran says the removal of the bodies on Friday from McGuire Cremation & Funeral Service comes as the department investigates what he termed ';potential criminal and ...

Man Arrested For ‘Sexting’ Scotts Valley High School Girl

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:24 -0400

SCOTTS VALLEY (CBS SF) — A man was arrested in Scotts Valley Friday after allegedly sending sexually explicit text messages to a high school student, according to police. Officers learned Wednesday that a suspicious man had been spotted at Scotts Valley High, police said. When confronted by a school employee, the man said he was hoping to hand a bag of baked goods to two students he knew, ...

Report Obama Trims Afghan War Budget Request

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:47:20 -0400

The Reuters news agency quotes an unidentified White House aide as saying the president has decreased his request for funding the war in Afghanistan by 10 percent for the 2014 fiscal year budget. The report says the president reduced his original request from $88.5 billion to $79.4 billion. The White House issued a statement Friday saying the change was made to account for the drawdown of troops ...

Obamas Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:36 -0400

ATLANTA -- When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities - a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress.The so-called HBCUs educate a hugely disproportionate share of low-income students, and ...

NY pol accused of serial sex harassment to resign

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:35 -0400

Investigative reports show Miami-Dade Schools cleared a former police chief of sexual harassment allegations, and portray for the first time his side of the ...

Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:34 -0400

After weeks of rolling without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has once again ballooned in time for its Wednesday drawing, an estimated $360 million jackpot considered the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot in ...

US unaware of Russian missile shipments to Syria – State Department

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:31:21 -0400

USA Washington has distanced itself from US media speculation about alleged Russian sales of Yakhont missiles to the Syrian government. A US State Department spokesperson stated they have no "new" information of Russian missiles shipments to Damascus. According to State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki, the alleged arms deliveries reported in a New York Times article on Thursday ...

Will current scandals affect the 2014 midterms

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:30:00 -0400

Agenda killer? MSNBC Host Karen Finney and Former Press Secretary under George W. Bush, Tony Fratto, discuss President Obama's second term agenda. Both Finney and Fratto predict the outcomes of the 2014 election season and how the current scandals could influence the results. They both discuss the GOP's strategy on winning upcoming elections and halting President Obama's ...

Russia-US relations strained amid spying scandal

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:29:59 -0400

The Cold War may have ended but, evidently, the spying did not. Peter Earnest, executive director of the International Spy Museum and former CIA agent, speaks with MSNBC's Alex Witt about the American allegedly arrested by Russian ...

How IRS controversy could shape Obamas legacy

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:29:59 -0400

White House Reporter for the Washington Post David Nakamura, and Political Reporter for U.S. News and World Report Lauren Fox join MSNBC's Alex Witt to talk about the latest in politics. They begin with commenting on the IRS hearings and the questioning of outgoing IRS Commissioner Steve Miller. The reporters discuss the IRS controversy and its impact on the Obama administration's ...

Europe and the US should heed Latin America on drugs

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:22:05 -0400

drugs . There is a growing belief that the current punitive-based approach has failed. It has visited a savage level of violence on Latin America as narco cartels, moving cocaine and cannabis into the US, have butchered and bribed their way through the continent. The killing and corrupting of public officials - judges, police, politicians - threatened, and still threatens, to demolish the ...

Chicago commuter headache as L train line shut for five months

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:15 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago will shut down part of its "L" elevated rail system's busiest line for five months starting on Sunday, forcing thousands of commuters to seek other routes and creating the biggest such U.S. transit disruption in two ...

2 Men Hurt In Separate Shootings In Oakland

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:17:05 -0400

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Two men were hospitalized in separate shootings in Oakland Friday, a police officer said. The first shooting was reported at about 3:55 p.m. in the area of Dowling Street and 83rd Avenue, Officer R. Bowden said. Responding officers found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound, Bowden said. He was transported to a hospital and is in stable condition, she ...

Ex-Pa. officer once hailed as hero faces charges

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:42:59 -0400

PHILADELPHIA -- A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes.Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and ...

Will Americans New Boarding Process Work It Failed at Virgin America.

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:39:36 -0400

Give American Airlines credit for trying a new method to board passengers more quickly. Airlines constantly tinker with the boarding process, and this time American says it has found a way to cut an average of two minutes from the 40 minutes to 45 minutes that it takes to board a narrowbody aircraft. American narrow bodies take off about 3,000 times a day, so two minutes per flight is a lot of ...

Takeaways from the IRS hearings

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:32:44 -0400

White House Correspondent for The Hill, Amie Parnes, and Washington Post Reporter, Ed O'Keefe, join MSNBC's Alex Witt to discuss yesterday's heated IRS hearings and the role, if any, partisanship played in the ...

Previewing Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:32:22 -0400

The Pacers are scoring 12 fewer points per 100 possessions with George Hill off the floor. (David E. Klutho/SI) On Saturday night, Indiana will have its second straight opportunity — after taking a 3-1 lead — to close out its series against New York and advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Yet this particular series has taken some interesting turns of late, which may afford the ...

US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:31:21 -0400

(Fotolia) NEWARK, N.J. - A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane’s landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said. Piedmont Airlines flight 4560, operating for US Airways from Philadelphia with 34 passengers and three crew members, landed safely at 1 ...

Curfew in place as Nigeria presses Boko Haram insurgents

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:16:14 -0400

The Nigerian military Saturday ordered a partial curfew in the city of Maiduguri amid a government offensive against Islamist militants. The 24-hour curfew was implemented in neighborhoods considered to be Boko Haram strongholds in the northeastern city, in a region that has been a hotbed of the Boko Haram guerrilla movement. The military said in a written statement it had the rebels on the run ...

UAE Host UN High-Level Thematic Debate on Energy-Water Nexus in New York

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:12:29 -0400

WAM NEW YORK: May 18th, 2013 (WAM): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) partnered with the President of the 67th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to host a high-level, thematic debate titled "Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Practical Solutions in the Energy-Water Nexus" on 16 May 2013 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Government leaders and a diverse range ...

UPDATE 1-Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:05:55 -0400

Sat May 18, 2013 2:05pm EDT (Updates with car safety, ridership numbers) By Karen Brooks May 18 (Reuters) - Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of them critically. More than 60 people were hospitalized Friday night after an eastbound commuter train derailed and ...

US Military Officials Call Sex Abuse In Ranks Serious Problem

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:50:53 -0400

Top U.S. military officials have vowed to root out sexual abuse, a persistent problem in all branches of the armed forces. The victims of sexual battery, harassment and stalking are mostly female members of the military, but gay men and others also have reported assaults. In some cases, the perpetrators turned out to be officers tasked with preventing abuse. Sexual misconduct in the ranks ...

Dems Senate campaigns marked by internal battles

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:47:22 -0400

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., stands with supporters as he waits to do a television interview at an election-night party in Augusta, Ga. Barrow and former Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin in South Dakota, two top-tier Democratic prospects, recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, decisions that highlighted both divisions within the ...

Money tangle The IRS and its tea party tempest

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:47:16 -0400

Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller is sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/J. Scott ...

Boston police city to review bombings response

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:47:08 -0400

LOWELL, Mass. -; Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis says his department and Mayor Thomas Menino's office will conduct two separate investigations into the Boston Marathon bombings ...

Feds launch probe into Connecticut train crash that injured dozens

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:40:40 -0400

Dozens were injured after two commuter trains collided near Fairfield, Conn., during the evening rush hour on May 17, 2013. (Rob Oliver via ...

U.S. Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:31:58 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - The Powerball jackpot being drawn on Saturday night could be even higher than the record $600 million being advertised, pushing it near or above the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, a Texas Lottery official said on Saturday. "Oftentimes, the advertised amount is lower than what the actual jackpot ends up being," said Kelly Cripe, a spokeswoman for the Texas ...

Orlando woman lied about military service to avoid paying mortgage feds say

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:27 -0400

No lie was too small to tell for an Orlando woman who wanted a new home in Pensacola, but didn't want to pay the mortgage for her Orlando home, federal officials said. Chantal M. Lanton, 37, of Orlando is accused of falsely claiming to be an officer in ...

Saturday morning nutpick if this is post-racial America...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:13 -0400

Marco Rubio on Thursday morning, saying he just can't understand why Big Bad Obama won't call for a DOJ investigation into the IRS: MARTHA MacCALLUM: If you really want to make a statement as ...

N. Luzon fiesta maker to market former US military property

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:19:30 -0400

SAN FERNANDO CITY--In the past, a provincial fiesta was held based on the need to honor a Catholic saint's feast day. But then came the Baguio Flower Festival, or Panagbenga in 1995, which changed the rules by becoming the first secular fiesta, after Bacolod's popular Masskara, during the month of February. Occurring simultaneously in February is the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, which has ...

Kansas City museum raising cash to fly Connie

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:45:10 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -; The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air ...

Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:45:10 -0400

O'BRIEN, Ore. -; Jennifer Phillippi's grandparents started producing lumber in this corner of Oregon timber country in 1922, when a man could set up a mill, log the trees within range of a team of horses and move the mill to a new stand when those trees ran ...

QA Kree Harrison on Being American Idol Season 12 Runner-Up

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:44:14 -0400

champ. Still, the title of runner-up certainly isn’t anything to scoff at. The 23-year-old Texan, known for her country roots and pleasant personality, effortlessly sang songs by Patty Griffin, Rascal Flatts ...

Obama administration reels from controversy

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:31:21 -0400

president obama and what democrats stand for. the problem, the base isn't wide enough. they need to bring more people in, and there is a question as to whether they go so aggressively, they impede their party in a way that makes it more appealing to more ...

Soccer-Vilanova needs more cancer treatment in New York

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:31:09 -0400

At 16 years old, Jack Andraka is already a superstar in the field of science. Earlier this year, he won Intel's prestigious Gordon E. Moore Award, when he created a groundbreaking testing method that can detect pancreatic cancer in its earliest stages. His work is expected to save thousands of ...

Watch Powerball Jackpot Spending $600 Million in Beverly Hills

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:19:01 -0400

Beverly Hills is synonymous with wealth. Prestige and exclusivity. Some of -- -- thanks to the powerball. Tourists here to check out the lives of the rich and the famous are now thinking about ...

Watch Search for Missing Woman in San Bernardino Mountains

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:19:00 -0400

The search for Karen Tillman took on increasing urgency with search and rescue crews looking for the 59 year old -- -- And on foot and on horseback. -- son Dan -- also joined the search effort ...

Women sad angry over sale of nonprofit Ohio home

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:42:10 -0400

An insurance company has bought out a nonprofit home for struggling women in Cincinnati in a deal announced Monday, ending a bitter two-year court battle over the historic property in a picturesque downtown ...

Heights transports you to New York neighborhood

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:39:59 -0400

May 18--BOSTON -- SpeakEasy Stage Company's "In the Heights" so convincingly envelops the audience in a corner of a not-so-long-ago Washington Heights neighborhood in New York City that it might take a minute to get your bearings when you leave Boston Center for the Arts and find yourself in the South End. The sense of elsewhere is due in part to Jenna McFarland Lord's scenic ...

Exercise or religion Yoga is for everyone Column

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:32:04 -0400

But many scholars of yoga and religion say it is a non-sectarian practice. Millions of people of varying religious beliefs practice yoga and find that it enhances their spiritual life. Millions of others view it strictly as physical exercise and an aid to mindfulness.Most of them would be baffled at the notion that yoga has anything to do with religion. "People come to our studios to get ...

Media not unscathed by weeks scandal frenzy

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:31:40 -0400

David Axelrod, former senior adviser to President Obama, now director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the Obama administration handles the stress of scandal (real or otherwise) and whether members of the Obama campaign and/or administration are exposed by new details of higher level awareness of the IRS identifying tea party ...

Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:27:07 -0400

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by ...

Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:58 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million ...

Feds accuse two Sanford brothers of scam involving U.S. Army equipment

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:47 -0400

U.S. Army and plotted to rip off the government for military equipment, including armor-piecing ammunition, federal officials say.Husein Kermali, 37, and Sikandar Kermali, 33, are suspected of purchasing the power tools from a soldier stationed with the Army Active Guard Reserve in Orlando, Sebastian Stewart Oyegun II.In June, Oyegun signed a plea agreement admitting guilt to a count of theft of ...

Native American actress proud to walk Cannes red carpet

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:25:35 -0400

Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol", becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since ...

First Rentals Native New York Style

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:24:38 -0400

Back to New York for Julio Gomez, 22, center, means an address not in his boyhood Bronx, but in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. For Harris Meyers, 21, left, it's the old parental abode in Gramercy Park. For Floy Salembier, 22, it's Peter Cooper Village, many blocks south of her childhood ...

Yoshitomo Nara Exhibit Surveys His Unique Brand Of Kute Kulture In New York

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:23:10 -0400

On the surface, [Nara's works are] pretty damn cute. But Nara has stepped outside that world in a big way, " Byrne wrote in the catalogue essay for Nara's newest exhibition in New York. "The kids and dogs in his pictures and bronzes are defiant, angry, annoyed, and pissed off. They have rebelled against their roots, and their big eyes are cold." The exhibit, on view now ...

American Idol Who is the shows greatest discovery

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:21 -0400

"American Idol." Now new victor Candice Glover can start competing with all the contestants who came before her. Her first single, "I Am Beautiful," suggests she is off to a strong start. And the blessing of Aretha Franklin, given on national television, should encourage any young singer. Who are the show's greatest winners? I'd ...

American engineers death suicide or cyber-espionage

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:20:52 -0400

(CBS News) The death of an American computer engineer, Shane Todd, in Singapore has created quite a stir. His parents contend he was murdered, but authorities say it was suicide. The mystery seems to have links to the dark world of cyber-spying and could possibly involve China. Rick and Mary Todd traveled from Montana to Singapore to prove that their son was actually the victim of a web of ...

Canada uneasy about oil-sands byproduct accumulation

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:14:23 -0400

A member of the Canadian Parliament said he wants an investigation with the United States into a three-story mound of coke piling up at a refinery in Ontario. The coke is a by-product of the refining of oil sands and has been piling up quickly at the Marathon refinery in Windsor along the Detroit River. "Here's a little bit of Alberta," said Brian Masse, one of Windsor's ...

Despite controversies Obama agenda marches on

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:37 -0400

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ...

Native American tale Jimmy P comes to Cannes with international pedigree

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:45:11 -0400

CANNES, France - It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen. The film, an English language one from French director Arnaud Desplechin, made its premiere Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival, where it's among 20 movies competing for the prestigious ...

Victims Marines failed to safeguard water supply

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:44:49 -0400

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -; A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing ...

Cops investigating after Long Island college student killed

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:35 -0400

By Frank Eltman Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her blog. Less than a week later, Nassau County police announced that Rebello, who was with her twin sister Jessica and several other college students inside ...

The Future of American Health Care

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:00 -0400

Most Americans will soon begin to see major changes in health care delivery. The changes will likely be mostly negative for the vast majority, but not for everyone. For example, those without health care insurance or with pre-existing conditions should see improvements. But I would bet that many of the young and healthy who have previously chosen not to buy health insurance might not like ...

After nearly 30 years Camp Lejeune coming clean

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:40 -0400

A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing ...

Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth Vote is imminent

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:40 -0400

Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage, as the Democratic speaker of the state House said Tuesday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the governor and likely to pass in the state Senate also now has enough backing in his ...

New Orleans says gunfire wont end second lines

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:40 -0400

Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting spree that brought a sudden bloody end to a Mother's Day parade in a New Orleans ...

Marine daughter seeks dignity for `Devil Dog pups

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:39 -0400

Federal health officials have determined that water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune exceeded safe levels as far back as August 1953, four years earlier than previous ...

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:33:46 -0400

The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in ...

No peace pipe Native American tribes on warpath over Keystone XL pipeline

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:31:27 -0400

USA Leaders from 11 Native American tribes stormed out of a meeting with US federal officials in Rapid City, South Dakota, to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which they say will lead to 'environmental genocide.' Native Americans are opposed to the 1,179-mile (1,897km) Keystone XL project, a system to transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to ...

Marine who dumped toxins felt illness was payback

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:30:43 -0400

Camp Lejeune in the mid-1970s, the Massachusetts man figured he'd dumped hundreds of gallons of toxic solvents onto the ground. It would be decades before he realized that he had unknowingly contributed to the worst drinking water contamination in the country's history -- and, perhaps, to his own premature death. "It's just a terrible thing," the 58-year-old veteran told ...

New York commuter trains collide in Connecticut Five people critically injured and 60 more in hospital

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:27:14 -0400

Take note Britain: How to do infrastructure projects - Images show massive underground 'Grand Central' terminal being built as Big Apple takes on $15bn commuter ...

Police Boy 6 kicked by pony on Pa. farm dies

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:26:13 -0400

Lt. Jonathan Heisse said the boy approached a pony from behind and the animal became startled and kicked him in the throat, causing him to be unable to ...

Marine Daughter Seeks Dignity for Devil Dog Pups

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:18:16 -0400

As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears. On line after line, the entry read simply "Baby Boy" or "Baby Girl," followed by a surname and a burial date. Like Blakely, many of those buried in this lonely section of Onslow Memorial Park known as "Babyland" were the children of Marines stationed down the road at Camp ...

Human Rights Watch finds evidence of torture in Syrian prisons

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:13:40 -0400

Members of the Free Syrian Army perform prayers in Damascus in August 13, 2012 after government forces shelled a number of areas in northern Syria part of efforts by the regime to target rebel strongholds. ...

Commuter rail snarled after Connecticut trains derail

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:13:40 -0400

It could take weeks to get commuter rail service in Connecticut back to normal following the derailment of two trains Friday, the mayor of Bridgeport said. The evening rush-hour derailment between Bridgeport and South Norwalk caused about 70 injuries and tore up the tracks, which Mayor Bill Finch said would need extensive repairs that would greatly complicate transportation into the New York ...

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:27:50 -0400

conservative groups . The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, ...

Indian Brazilian Nationals Sentenced in US for Human Smuggling

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:44:03 -0400

A federal court in Houston, Texas, has sentenced an Indian citizen and a Brazilian national to three years in prison for smuggling illegal migrants into the United States. Kaushik Thakkar and Fabano Amorim were also given two years of supervised release when their prison terms end. Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 each and conspired to smuggle them into the ...

Conn. NTSB officials to tour train crash site

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:37:01 -0400

Turkish officials said Monday that a missing fighter jet crashed and its fuselage and debris have been found in a mountainous area close to the border with ...

Christians arent being persecuted in American schools | TF Charlton

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:17:37 -0400

90% of Congress , and 100% of presidents thus far. But to hear some conservative Christians tell it, they are a persecuted minority. Newt Gingrich recently claimed that LGBT rights have caused Catholic adoption services to be ...

Pat Robertsons Worst Gaffes

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:11:03 -0400

Televangelist Pat Robertson's advice this week to a viewer asking how to forgive her husband for cheating spread quickly across the Internet, as did condemnation for a comment many saw as blaming the victim. "We have gone to counseling, but I just can't seem to forgive, nor can I trust. How do you let go of the anger? How do you trust again?" asked a viewer of ...

Obama talks jobs says politics misplace focus

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:36:00 -0400

President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ...

Russia Seeks New Arms Deals on Growing Latin American Market

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:20:55 -0400

MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will actively seek new deals on the Latin American arms market, which it expects to reach a value of $50 billion in the next ten years, the head of a Russian Technologies (Rostec) high-tech state corporation delegation said on Saturday. "According to our expert estimates, the volume of the Latin American arms market will reach about $50 billion in ...

Powerball jackpot closing in on another record

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:21:40 -0400

(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ...

Landing gear issue leads to planes belly landing

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:27:08 -0400

NEWARK, N.J -- An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ...

Most Americans Have Smoke-Free Rules For Home And Car

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:53 -0400

A national survey finds that a large majority of adults in the US voluntarily apply smoke-free rules in their homes or vehicles. Yet despite this, millions of Americans, many of them children, continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke in these environments, say researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who write about their findings in a study published online in ...

Internal wrangling marks Dems Senate campaigns

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:42 -0400

ATLANTA - Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, highlighting both divisions within the party and its challenge of finding candidates whose ideologies line up with voters in Republican-leaning ...

America Ferrera returning to TV

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:56 -0400

Ugly Betty star America Ferrera gets hitched America Ferrera is reportedly planning a return to TV. The End Of Watch actress - who shot to fame on TV show Ugly Betty - is said to be preparing to star in telenovela project 'Pedro & Maria, a contemporary adaptation of hakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The series synopsis states: "Pedro and Maria are two opposites cut from the same ...

Heading for America Prepare for the longest US immigration queues ever

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:12:10 -0400

Welcome to America: now stand in line for three hours. Millions of British holidaymakers and business travellers heading for the US this summer face longer waits than ever to be processed by ...

Albert Seedman Former Chief of Detectives in New York Dies at 94

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:08:50 -0400

New York Police Department 's chief of detectives in the early 1970s who became something of a celebrity as the savvy, cigar-chomping personification of the tough-guy cop while modernizing a tradition-bound force, died on Friday in Delray Beach, Fla. He was ...

Trains collide in America

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:05:56 -0400

Two trains have collided in Connecticut injuring over sixty people, five critically, and closing the line between Boston and New York. It appears a New Haven-bound train derailed and was then hit by another train. About 250 people were on board at the time of the rush-hour crash. At the moment no cause of the crash is being ...

Obama Agenda Seems to Be Weathering Controversies

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:02:46 -0400

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned acting head of the Internal Revenue ...

Growing Popularity Of Private Drones Concern California Privacy Groups

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:36 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) - No longer exclusively used by the military, drones are increasingly being used by groups and private individuals. As drones become even more popular, and with very few rules regarding their use, privacy experts are worried. With a homeowner’s permission, KPIX 5 launched our drone, and shot video from their backyard. While we didn’t get close to the fence ...

Saratoga Teen’s Research Takes Science World By Storm

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:36 -0400

18-year-old Eesha Khare (left), a senior at Lynbrook High School, is one of two runners up at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix. ...

Quotations of the day

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:23:10 -0400

Quotations of the day "Listening to the nightly news, this appears to be just the latest example of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation in this administration. It seems like the truth is hidden from the American people just long enough to make it through an election." - Republican Dave Camp, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, speaking about the IRS scandal and ...

Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:21:34 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast ...

Navy pilot earns masters degree in engineering while in combat zone

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:57:13 -0400

The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deadly bomb attack also caused him to his miss classes — transmitted live via the Internet — but he ...

White House scandals could Obama lose his mojo

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:47:20 -0400

A tsunami of scandals threatens to distract Barack Obama from his second-term agenda as U.S. media and Republicans turn up the heat on the embattled U.S. president. "The recent rash of scandals does complicate the life of the administration. It takes them off-message and distracts from the broader narrative of an improving economy,"Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Washington-based ...

Feds to investigate Conn. train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:26:30 -0400

>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the hospital. Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board will be at the site of the crash this morning, the agency said. The two Metro-North passenger trains, ...