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Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:03:51 -0400

NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...

Drone strikes are legal and extend to US citizens as well, says Obama

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:57 -0400

WASHINGTON - In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...

Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:23 -0400

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

Royalty Pharma takeover bid fails to find Elan ecceptance

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:52:46 -0400

DUBLIN/ WASHINGTON Ireland-based biotechnology firm Elan Thursday rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion takeover bid, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash bid to $12.50 per share on Monday, from $11.25 previously, but made the new offer conditional on Elan shareholders rejecting, at a ...

Worlds largest Star Wars Lego model unveiled in NYC

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:50:02 -0400

A massive Lego model of the Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter was unveiled in Times Square, New York City on Thursday. Made out of a whopping 5.3 million Lego pieces, the craft weighs in at nearly 46,000lbs and is 43 feet (13.1 metres) long. Its wingspan measures 44 feet (13.44 metres) across, and is the largest Lego model ever built, Sky News reported. The ship is the work of 32 master Lego ...

Mexican woman gets first transplant of ovaries in Latin America

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:01 -0400

A Mexican woman received Latin America's first transplant of ovaries in a hospital in the western city of Guadalajara, the director of the Mexican Infertility Institute, Luis Arturo Ruvalcaba, announced. Ruvalcaba told EFE by telephone that the patient is a 32-year-old women who had developed cervical and uterine cancer that was detected and treated in France. "The ethics committee of the ...

Shinde reviews cooperation with U.S

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:10:02 -0400

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History maker Sri Srinivasans feat hailed widely

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400

History-making Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan's unanimous Senate confirmation as the first South Asian judge on the powerful appeals court for the American capital has been widely hailed. Senate Judiciary Committee's Democratic Chairman Patrick Leahy, welcomed Srinivasan's confirmation, but criticised "Republican efforts to delay a floor vote of the highly qualified ...

Trailblazer Sri Srinivasan creates history as top US judge

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:20:02 -0400

Chandigarh-born "trailblazer" Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan has made history with the US Senate unanimously confirming him as the first South Asian judge on the powerful appeals court for the American capital. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US, was Thursday confirmed by the Senate by a 97 to 0 vote, as a judge on the US Court of ...

Volunteers Help Revive LAs Concrete River

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:08 -0400

LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles River is a concrete drainage channel through much of its 80-kilometer length. It channels waste-water from storm drains and has become a receptacle for much of the city's trash. But, the river is slowly being restored to its natural state with the help of volunteers, who take part in an annual clean-up. Thousands of volunteers turned out on a recent weekend ...

Chidambaram says U.S. Federal Reserves statement misunderstood calls for calm

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:01 -0400

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday sought to calm stock markets in India after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested bond purchases could be scaled back if the U.S. economy improves. Addressing a news conference here, Chidambaram said fears that the Federal Reserve would start reversing its U.S. monetary stimulus programme were being misunderstood in stock market and investor ...

US officials say hypersonic weapons likely to hit battlefield by 2025

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:03 -0400

US military officials say high-tech weapons may be flying through the skies at five times the speed of sound by the middle of the next decade. According to military officials, it depends on continued research into hypersonic vehicles like the Air Force's X-51A Waverider, which completed its final test flight earlier this month, reports Fox News. Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager for the Air ...

Lydia Davis pips Indian writer U.R. Ananthamurthy to win Booker International Prize 2013

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:02 -0400

American short story writer Lydia Davis, whose works can be as brief as a single sentence, has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize topling other authors including an Indian named U.R. Ananthamurthy. The influential American writer accepted the 60,000 pounds honour, which is presented every two years to a living, non-UK author for a body of work published in English, at a ceremony held ...

Self-regulation skills better in American girls than boys

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:30:04 -0400

A new study has shown that there is a gender gap when it comes to behavior and self-control in American young children - one that does not appear to exist in children in Asia. In the United States, girls had higher levels of self-regulation than boys. Self-regulation is defined as children's ability to control their behavior and impulses, follow directions, and persist on a task. It has been ...

Sharp decline in US drone strikes in Pakistan

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:30:03 -0400

Islamabad, May 23: (ANI): Drone strikes in Pakistan have fallen sharply since their peak in 2010, perhaps in response to increasing scrutiny of the programme by the US Congress and the American public, according to a media report. This comes just ahead of President Barack Obama's long-awaited address on drones at Washington's National Defence University on Thursday. Bruce Riedel, a former CIA ...

Hobby Lobby takes ObamaCare fight to appeals court

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:31:46 -0400

DENVER – In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argued that businesses -- not just the currently exempted religious ...

Detroit Red Wings Top Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 Take 3-1 Series Lead

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:15:35 -0400

DETROIT - Jakub Kindl scored on a power play in the second period, Daniel Cleary had an empty-net goal and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings hold on for a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, putting the NHL's best team during the regular season on the brink of elimination. After losing Game 1, the seventh-seeded Red Wings have surged into ...

Jury finds in favor of Trump in Chicago luxury hotel lawsuit

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:13:18 -0400

Donald Trump boldly proclaimed last week to a federal jury that he had the right to do whatever he wanted at his luxury Chicago high-rise hotel - in spite of a federal lawsuit he faced from an 87-year-old Evanston woman. Observers could have chalked it up as typical Trump trash talk. On Thursday, though, the jury in Chicago agreed with the billionaire celebrity, awarding not a single dollar to ...

NHL Los Angeles 3 San Jose 0

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:05:53 -0400

Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in the Kings' 3-0 defeat of the San Jose Sharks Thursday, giving Los Angeles a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series. Quick's seventh career playoff shutout brought the Kings their 13th consecutive home win. The Sharks had beaten the Kings in back-to-back games in San Jose. Los Angeles aims to finish the series with a Game 6 win in San Jose ...

5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:33:59 -0400

A preliminary 5.7 earthquake struck in Northern California on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was centered 6 miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of Susanville.Initial reports said the quake, which struck at 8:47 p.m., was a magnitude 5.9. A 5.7 magnitude quake is considered moderate, but has the potential to cause considerable ...

Report Amanda Bynes arrested threw bong out window

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:33:59 -0400

By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, NBC News Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested in her New York apartment Thursday night on charges of reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and criminal possession of ...

August Wilson Center for African American Culture needs to play ball

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:24:01 -0400

The Downtown facility recently laid off half its staff and is behind on payments on a $7 million loan. Foundations that have been the center's lifeblood are skittish about providing more money because the center hasn't completed a required audit or submitted a recent business ...

Fear of art sale sparked by Detroit emergency manager asking for appraisal

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:23:32 -0400

DETROIT (Reuters) - As part of his efforts to solve Detroit's financial crisis, the city's emergency manager Kevyn Orr has asked for an appraisal of the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, sparking fears in artistic and philanthropic circles that he means to auction off the city's artistic ...

No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash.

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:21:29 -0400

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. Authorities say there were no fatalities when an Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed. The Thursday evening bridge failure dumped vehicles and people into the water. Marcus Deyerin , a spokesman for the Northwest Washington Incident Management team, said there were no fatalities or suspected fatalities. He said three people were rescued from the water ...

Prominent United States swimming coach sentenced to prison for sexual abuse www.privateofficer.com

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:38:12 -0400

Rick Curl, the prominent United States swimming coach who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing one of his students in the 1980s, was sentenced Thursday to seven years behind ...

Former Chicago Police Officer and Two Members of Latin Kings Street Gang Sentenced www.privateofficer.com

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:38:09 -0400

--A former Chicago Police officer and two members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced to prison today in Hammond, Indiana federal court for racketeering conspiracy and related crimes. Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana made the announcement following the sentencing ...

5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Calif

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:34:43 -0400

Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered six miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of ...

New York tour operator cancels Bronx ghetto tours

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:28:26 -0400

NEW YORK, NY - A New York company offering tours of Bronx neighborhoods has shut down after officials objected to its advertising that claimed to give visitors "a ride through a real New York City 'ghetto'," according to a statement from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. The tour's controversial description states that when thinking of the Bronx, people envision ...

Watch Bridge Collapses in Washington State

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:25:17 -0400

This is a live picture from a helicopter our sister station KO MO. And Seattle Washington this is about two hours north of Seattle portion of the bridge on I five -- -- -- -- root river. Collapse ...

Camera Captures Miami Beach Police Saving Suicidal Man

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:23:58 -0400

MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – Miami Beach Police officers are being credited with saving a suicidal man from jumping off a roof of a South Beach parking garage. The 50-minute ordeal happened Tuesday at the garage on 16th Street and Collins Ave., according to the police ...

I-5 bridge collapse in Washington state sends cars people into water

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:53:40 -0400

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said. The four-lane bridge over the Skagit River collapsed about 7 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said. There was no immediate estimate of how many people were in the water or whether there were any injuries or deaths, he ...

2 full-time rangers added to patrol Capitol Hill Pioneer Square parks

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:46:42 -0400

Three violent assaults at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill this month have prompted the city to add two full-time park rangers, who will patrol there and at Occidental Square in Pioneer Square. Additionally, Seattle police will step up summer-emphasis patrols to ensure public safety as warm weather and long days draw more people to the city’s parks. "The rangers are a force ...

Bridge collapses over Skagit River on I-5 in Washington

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:31 -0400

washington state say one lane of the skajit river bridge has collapsed and sent people and vehicles into the water below. the bridge is about 40 years old but was reportedly expanded from two lanes to four about five years ago. the collapse happened around 7:00. there are no reports of injuries or death but cars and debris is in the water. traditionally this is a weekend of heavy traffic and i-5 ...

Obama ‘America does not take strikes to punish individuals’

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:28 -0400

america does not take strikes when we have the ability to capture individual terrorists. our preference is always to detain, interrogate and ...

Man survives kidnap ordeal in New York

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:40:31 -0400

Police have rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3-million ransom from his family in ...

Part of Washington state freeway span collapses into river dispatcher

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:34:56 -0400

(Reuters) - Part of a freeway bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles falling into the water below, an emergency dispatcher ...

Boy Scouts of America Lifts Ban on Gay Youth 61 Percent Voted for Resolution

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:34:18 -0400

May 23, 2013 7:04 pm After a contentious challenge to their membership policy, 1,400 delegates of the 103-year-old Boy Scouts of America youth organization voted overwhelmingly to adopt an amendment that effectively lifts the ban on homosexual youth in the organization on Thursday.The ban on gay adult scout leaders will remain.Sixty-one percent of the delegates voted in favor of the resolution ...

How young American fell victim to drone strike

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:59:44 -0400

Jude Kenan Mohammad, who was born in Florida and raised in Raleigh, N.C., is the least known of the four U.S. citizens whom the Obama administration acknowledged it had killed in drone attacks overseas since ...

Boehner Committee Can Decide Whether to Subpoena Communications Between IRS and White House

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:57:44 -0400

- Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he will let the House Ways and Means Committee determine whether to subpoena crucial documents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the White House that would reveal what the administration knew about the agency's targeting of conservative groups. The ...

Bloomberg accused of threatening to destroy New Yorks taxi industry

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:42 -0400

USA New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has found himself at the center of unwanted media attention after allegedly unleashing a profanity-laced tirade against the CEO of a large taxi fleet company over his opposition to the city's "Taxi of Tomorrow" plan. The altercation, which is said to have occurred last Thursday during a basketball game at Madison Square Garden's private ...

Video Okla. couple survived tornado in their closet

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:37:36 -0400

Lewis and Janie Haywood huddled in their closet when the 200-mile-an-hour tornado blew through and destroyed their home Monday. Now they're facing the painful question of where to ...

Video Teacher injured in Okla. tornado takes first steps

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:37:33 -0400

With a tornado and a baby on the way, doctors and nurses at the Moore Medical Center really had to deliver. Shayla Taylor survived, and her son was born at a hospital a few miles away. Elaine Quijano ...

Kids teachers from destroyed Okla. school reunite

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:37:33 -0400

Class photos still decorate a classroom wall amid the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children were killed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla., Thursday, May 23, ...

2 Dead in Drugstore Shootings in Tennessee

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:35:31 -0400

An East Tennessee pharmacy owner and a customer have been killed during a robbery that left a pharmacy tech and another employee wounded. District Attorney Jimmy Dunn said a former police officer in Bean Station was taken into custody shortly after the shooting and robbery Thursday at the Down Home Pharmacy. Dunn said the former officer, 37-year-old Jason B. Holt, took "a large ...

Chicago Area Scouting Officials Endorse Inclusion Of Gay Youths

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:34:03 -0400

(CBS/AP) – Openly gay youngsters will no longer be banned from the Boy Scouts, after a vote Thursday by the national organization. An openly gay scout from Maryland, whose troop refused to expel him, praised the historic move of the century old scouting movement. "Simply because you’ve been taught something for a long amount of time doesn’t mean it's right," ...

Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:47:23 -0400

1 of 2. Protester Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the Code Pink activist group, interrupts U.S. President Barack Obama as he speaks about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, May 23, ...

Feds to review policy on media leaks

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:53 -0400

WASHINGTON -- President Obama said on Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists' records in investigations of the leak of government ...

Video 523 Obama The war on terror like all wars must end baby born as tornado struck

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:40:03 -0400

Warning of the danger of keeping America on a "perpetual wartime footing," President Obama called for an end to the war on terror; and, With a tornado and a baby on the way, doctors and nurses at the Moore Medical Center really had to ...

10 Things to Know for Friday

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:37:57 -0400

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. HOW OBAMA IS DEFENDING DRONE STRIKES The attacks are legal, effective and necessary as threats evolve, he says in a speech outlining America's post-war counterterror policies. 2. BOY SCOUTS END BAN ON GAY YOUTHS The decision is unlikely to end a bitter debate over the ...

Haas Waldorf share Senior PGA Championship lead

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:32:12 -0400

Jay Haas shot a 5-under 66 Thursday that gave him a share of the lead after the opening round of the 74th Senior PGA Championship. Duffy Waldorf, playing his 12th event on the Champions Tour, also posted a 66 in the first major tournament for senior players this year. Haas, a 16-time winner on the Champions Tour, captured this event in both 2006 and 2008. He is looking for his first win on the ...

UPDATE 1-Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:49 -0400

Thu May 23, 2013 9:27pm EDT By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday told Congress that a recent restructuring of its heavy rocket launch program to add 60 more launches and extend the schedule for a decade would more than double the program's projected cost to $70.7 billion. The Defense Department's annual report to Congress on major arms programs ...

Mother in labor during tornado reunited with nurses

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:57:06 -0400

Thanks to the quick work of Moore, Okla., nurses, Shayla Taylor was able to safely deliver her son Braeden Immanuel - who is now nicknamed 'Twister.' NBC's Ron Mott ...

Arlington prepares for Memorial Day

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:57:03 -0400

arlington cemetery . they placed flags on grave sites of each service member buried at arlington. 267,000 in all in the annual tradition known as flags ...

Birdman an unlikely difference-maker for Miami in more ways than one

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56:02 -0400

Greg Nelson/SI MIAMI -- The Mohawk had been lacquered and spiked while Chris "Birdman'' Andersen was making his large yet minimalist impact on Game 1 of the Eastern finals Wednesday night. On Thursday after practice he and his hair were more relaxed. The hair lay tousled along the top of his head like a strip of highway median. His tattooed skin was like cheerful pop-art ...

Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:21 -0400

(Reuters) - A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board ...

Arizona jury deadlocks over Jodi Arias sentencing

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:20 -0400

Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ...

Video Extra Okla. dog owner and dog Bowser reunited

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:34 -0400

After all the heartbreak in Moore, Oklahoma, one moment has touched people all over the world: when a dog named Bowser crawled out of the rubble, and into his owner's ...

Video Mother-to-be was in labor as Oklahoma tornado hit

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:34 -0400

Video Victim of Bangladesh factory collapse shares story

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:33 -0400

A teenager who survived the massive Bangladesh factory collapse says she was afraid to go to work the day of the incident. Those who try to improve working conditions face retaliation. Holly Williams ...

Video President Obama defends drone strikes

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:32 -0400

President Obama delivered a major policy speech outlining a downgrade of the war on terror. He defended drone strikes and urged Congress to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Major Garrett ...

Video U.S. drone strikes spark anger in Pakistan

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:32 -0400

Pakistan's new prime minister wants to improve relations with the U.S., but he has to answer to angry voters, who resent U.S. drone strikes that have killed over 3,000 people over the last 10 years in Pakistan. Elizabeth Palmer ...

Video Resentment over wars may have motivated London terror attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:32 -0400

A brutal terror attack in London on Wednesday was said to be caused by the anti-Western views of the two suspects. Their victim was confirmed to be Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old solider and father of a two-year-old son. Mark Philips ...

Hung jury in Arias penalty phase new panel to be chosen

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:31 -0400

Jodi Arias reacts to being found guilty of first-degree murder, May 8, 2013, in a Maricopa County courtroom, in the death of her onetime lover Travis ...

Oklahoma miracle baby -- born amidst tornado chaos

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:31 -0400

Shayla Taylor was in labor when the devastating Moore, Oklahoma tornado hit. She had to moved to the operating room where there were no windows and braced herself along with the ...

Watch Jodi Arias Jury Cannot Decide on Life or Death Sentence

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:27 -0400

The clerk will read -- -- -- State of Arizona vs -- and areas sentencing verdict. We the jury duly impaneled and sworn and above entitled action upon our -- Yunnan has unanimously find ...

Marlins Face White Sox In Chicago Friday

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:40:03 -0400

MIAMI (AP) — Even though John Danks is about to begin his seventh season in the majors, he admits he will have some nerves heading into his first outing in more than a year for the Chicago White Sox. Danks will make his first start since arthroscopic shoulder surgery in Friday night’s opener of a three-game home set against the Miami Marlins. The left-hander last pitched May 19, ...

US military fears taking on Assads troops in drawn-out Syrian war says Bob Carr

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:04 -0400

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has told a group of Syrian refugees in Lebanon that the United States military does not want to risk a drawn-out war with the Syrian army. Senator Carr spoke with the refugees during a visit to their camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on the border with Syria. The refugees urged Senator Carr to back military intervention to bring the civil war in Syria to an end. ...

RI education board approves arming university cops

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:15 -0400

The proposal would leave it to URI officials to decide whether to arm the university's police force. Right now, Rhode Island is the only state that prohibits public higher education police officers from carrying ...

Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:47 -0400

Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

Parking deck collapses at Md. mall 1 killed

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:45 -0400

BETHESDA, Md. -; A parking garage partially collapsed Thursday outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials said one construction worker died after being trapped under a concrete ...

IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:42 -0400

In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he ...

Three taxes fizzle for now

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:40 -0400

The Senate Appropriations Committee suspended consideration of the tax proposals amid its review of scores of bills to meet a legislative deadline. The levy on cigarettes could be heard later this year while the authors of the soda and oil severance taxes expect to have to wait until ...

Severe weather to impact Memorial Day travel

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:48 -0400

bad weather is making news elsewhere tonight as well a lot of unsettled weather in the northeast in particular have made a very hectic holiday travel weekend ...

Hard-hit region revitalized by RV sales

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:46 -0400

rv sales plunged 58% as the recession deepened and banks stopped lending. as the economy bounces back so have sales. shooting up 72%. good news for ...

Warrant for rapper Tim Dog despite death reports

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:20 -0400

JACKSON, Miss. -- Lack of a death certificate or of a burial site and sparse obituary information led to talk in hip-hop circles that rapper Tim Dog, who owes thousands of dollars to women he was convicted of swindling, faked his own death in February.The 46-year-old, whose real name is Timothy Blair, is best known for a 1990s song "F-- Compton" that criticized West Coast ...

Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:19 -0400

Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a second child killed when a rockslide hit a group of fourth-graders in a St. Paul park a day earlier, and announced that the popular fossil-hunting area would be closed ...

Invest In American Manufacturing Five Charts For Your Business Decision

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:53:29 -0400

Is manufacturing a good bet in America these days? The talk about reshoring, in which companies return to the United States those operations that they had previously located in a foreign country, is spurring renewed interest in factories here. Let's roll through five key points about the outlook for ...

Report calls for diversification in Latin American economic ties

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:51:04 -0400

/enpproperty--> China should diversify its economic relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean and drop its previous model of relying more on trade, according to a "yellow book" by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released on Thursday. Cooperation with the region would not only boost trade but also promote more investment and financial ties, said the Annual ...

Father of slain man linked to Boston bombing suspect maintains sons innocence

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:12 -0400

Ibragim Todashev is seen in a mug shot on May 4 after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando. Todashev, who was being questioned in Orlando by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot on May 22, when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials ...

Moore children head back to school

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:12 -0400

Days after a tornado ripped apart the town of Moore, Okla., students from the two devastated schools reunited for their final assembly that ends the school year. NBC's Janet Shamlian ...

Oklahoma tornado recovery continues – as does politics of storm relief

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:10 -0400

MSNBC host Craig Melvin reports on day three of damage assessment in Oklahoma before Martin Bashir salute Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) for his consistency - but not his position - on disaster ...

Zimmerman defense releases texts about guns fighting from Trayvon Martins phone

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:10 -0400

George Zimmerman, defendant in the killing of Trayvon Martin, stands in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Florida, with his attorney Mark O'Mara, right, for a pre-trial hearing on April ...

Tesoro expected to take over BP Los Angeles refinery June 1 - sources

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:38:38 -0400

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Independent refiner Tesoro Corp (TSO.N) is expected to take control of BP Plc's (BP.L) 240,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Carson, California, on June 1 as part of a $2.5-million purchase of the ...

In deeply religious Oklahoma prayer brings solace after tornado

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:34:25 -0400

Justin Stephan (L) shows his son Timothy, 3, his tornado-destroyed home for the first time since the storm on 6th Avenue in Moore, Oklahoma May 23, ...

Lawsuits seek more than U.S. acknowledgement of drone killings

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:34:24 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a point about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, May 23, ...

Kansas reporters run for tornado shelter during newscast

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:14 -0400

Television cameras were rolling when staff at an NBC affiliate in Kansas had to run for cover as a tornado approached in Wichita. JD Rudd, KSN-TV's weatherman, was reporting on a tornado warning in the area, to the point where the news team needed to follow their own advice and take ...

Cubs Lose 4th Straight As Pirates Beat Chicago 4-2

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:39 -0400

Michael McKenry #19 of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits an RBI sinlge in the first inning against the Chicago Cubs during the game on May 23, 2013 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty ...

NYPD Merchant held for ransom tortured for month

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:42 -0400

NEW YORK -; A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities ...

Rep. Jo Bonner resigning to take Ala. college post

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:42 -0400

MOBILE, Ala. -; U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner says he is resigning from Congress effective in August to take a post with the University of Alabama ...

Obama sees narrower terror threat defends drones

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:40 -0400

President Barack Obama continues to speaks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, as CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouted at him from the back of the auditorium. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...

NJ students to help Michelle Obama harvest garden

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:39 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Schoolchildren from New Jersey shore communities battered by Superstorm Sandy will join Michelle Obama for a garden harvest next ...

Tea party vs. old guard in Senate GOP rift

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:38 -0400

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, questions Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The committee's ranking Republican Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. listens at left. A long-simmering feud in the Senate between establishment Republicans and tea ...

AP others fight for details in Maine girls death

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:38 -0400

BANGOR, Maine -; News organizations are challenging a judge's decision to keep the public from seeing details of how and why police believe a 15-year-old girl from Maine was killed by a 20-year-old ...

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:37 -0400

IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP ...

Ohio kidnap case hero gets year of free McDonalds

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:35 -0400

FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows neighbor Charles Ramsey speaking to media near the home where missing women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Ramsey, the man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Ramsey has been promised free ...

Manson disciples tapes being analyzed by LAPD

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:35 -0400

LOS ANGELES -; Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed ...

Obama increases fed share of Sandy relief for NY

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:34 -0400

WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama is providing more Hurricane Sandy disaster relief to New York, increasing the share of public assistance that the government will pay from 75 percent to 90 percent of the ...

Obamas drone policy at a glance

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:33 -0400

President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for Congress and the public the standards that the U.S. will use before carrying out drone ...

New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:32 -0400

But the rules that went into effect for meat on Thursday provide more detailed information. Instead of seeing a label that says, "Product of the U.S.A. and Canada," shoppers might find one that says "Born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United ...

WWII historian taking on American Revolution

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:32 -0400

FILE - This April 6, 2003 file photo shows Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and reporter Rick Atkinson in Karbala, Iraq. Henry Holt and Company announced Thursday, May 23, 2013, that Atkinson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and reporter, plans an American Revolution trilogy covering the years 1775-1781. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Sgt. Jason L. Austin, ...

Girl injured in Boston bombings begins rehab

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:58 -0400

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) Police converged early Friday on a neighborhood outside Boston where there were reports of explosives being detonated and police are telling reporters to turn off their ...

Murder suspect’s death accusations shock to Orlando neighbors

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:57 -0400

KISSIMMEE -- Ibragim Todashev, the Chechen martial-arts fighter killed by an FBI agent in Orlando on Tuesday, was a bit of a mystery to his neighbors in his modest gated community in Kissimmee.They knew little about his lifestyle, his travels or his relationship with one of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.They did know him as the kind of guy who helped neighbors in the ...

NH woman convicted of child porn gets 40 years

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:55 -0400

The star witness in the state of Florida's case against a woman accused of killing foster child Rilya Wilson has walked out of state ...

Miami Beach developer neighbors settle dispute

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:54 -0400

The residents of Sunset Islands 3 and 4 have settled their differences with the developers of a mixed-used condo building at the foot of an historic bridge leading into the island community. The agreement, which was submitted to the city on May 13, marks an end to dozens of hours of hearings, rehearings, appeals and private meetings regarding the project, slated to take the place of what’s ...

Foreign Service officer made millions in visa-for-money scam feds charge

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:32 -0400

WASHINGTON - A State Department official “received several million dollars in bribes” from Vietnamese residents seeking visas, according to newly public court documents. In a previously undisclosed criminal complaint, Foreign Service officer Michael T. Sestak faces charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and bribery in an alleged scheme that investigators say spanned several ...

Feds cut off funding for counter-terrorism efforts in Las Vegas

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:22 -0400

Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV), right, takes a tour of the Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center, also known as the Fusion Center, with Jim Owens, left, deputy chief of Metro’s homeland security division, and Capt. Al Salinas, center director, at Metro Police Headquarters Thursday, May 2, 2013. Officials at the center are concerned that budget cuts that might negatively affect its ...

Former American soccer players talk about big game

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:58 -0400

Pre-game pep rally at Kiener Plaza NewsChannel 5's Frank Cusumano spoke with ESPN analyst, former St. Louisan and retired American soccer player Taylor Twellman and retired American soccer player Alexi Lalas about the big game. Click the video player above to hear what they had to say. ...

Miami Heat Burns Indiana Pacers

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:42:27 -0400

Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel told his players on Tuesday that they would win Game 1. He was wrong on that front, and many will say he also was wrong to remove his shot blocker and defensive enforcer, Roy Hibbert, on two late defensive sequences in which LeBron James drove undeterred for layups, including a basket just before time expired. Vogel said a strong case could have been made ...

CBRE will join Colliers in American Century tower

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:48 -0400

American Century Investments is at 4500 Main St. in Kansas City. Kansas City's close-knit commercial real estate brokerage community is about to get even closer. The Kansas City office of CBRE Inc. has executed a 10-year lease for 10,000 square feet on the sixth floor of American Century Tower II, 4520 Main St. home of the 10th-floor, Kansas City offices of Colliers International. The CBRE ...

Holder OKd search warrant for Fox News reporters private emails official says

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:32:57 -0400

Attorney General Eric Holder agreed to a review of Justice Department guidelines for investigations involving journalists, President Barack Obama said ...

15-year-old Utah boy arrested in death of two younger brothers

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:32:54 -0400

By Becky Bratu, Staff Writer, NBC News A 15-year-old in Utah was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, police said.Authorities are treating the case as a double ...

Two children killed in Minnesota field trip landslide

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:32:41 -0400

Rescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, ...

Prince Edward presents Edinburghs awards in Tenn.

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:35 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, is visiting Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinburgh's ...

Judge wont let Orleans out of police reform pact

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:27 -0400

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge has refused to let the city of New Orleans out of a potentially expensive agreement to reform its troubled police ...

A white paper on the controversy over homosexuals in the Boy Scouts of America

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:06 -0400

NARTH offers the following synopsis of scientific research on homosexuality that may be helpful to the national council of the Boy Scouts of America as it deliberates a change in policy that would allow homosexually-identified youth as members.[1] The development of homosexuality is influenced by environment. Homosexuality is not an unchangeable biologically determined trait like ...

Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalists

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:49 -0400

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON | Thu May 23, 2013 6:26pm EDT WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he directed Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a review of Department of Justice guidelines for investigations that involve journalists and report back by early July. Obama has come under criticism for his administration's pursuit of journalists who have ...

California reveals prices for health insurance under Obamacare

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:02 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California unveiled prices on Thursday that consumers will pay for a selection of health plans offered through the state under the Affordable Care Act, providing a glimpse into how health care reform may look as it is rolled out across the ...

Local lawyer named to corruption fighting Chicago prosecutor job

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:06 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has nominated Chicago attorney Zachary Fardon to be the U.S. prosecutor in Chicago, which has seen the indictments of many top local politicians and mob figures, the two U.S. senators from Illinois announced on ...

Parents sue Pittsburgh Zoo over toddlers mauling death

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:06 -0400

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy mauled to death by African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the zoo of failing to protect visitors from dangerous ...

Catholic order to pay $16.5 million to more than 400 claiming sex abuse

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:05 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An order of the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay $16.5 million to more than 400 adults who said they were sexually abused as children by religious leaders, the parties announced on Thursday in separate ...

Egyptian-American Pastor Michael Youssef Preaches to 15000 in Largest Muslim Country

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:33 -0400

Egyptian-American Pastor Michael Youssef, president of Leading the Way global radio ministry, will be preaching at a massive three-day event in the world's largest Muslim country, Indonesia, ...

Video Injured Okla. teacher I wish I could have done more

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:18 -0400

Web extra: Moore, Okla., third-grade teacher Jennifer Doan's sternum and spine were fractured while she tried to save her students from the devastating tornado that killed dozens. She tells Vinita Nair she wishes she could have done more to protect the ...

Video Amanda Seyfried talks filming Seth MacFarlanes new Western

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:13 -0400

Amanda Seyfried is currently shooting a new movie in Santa Fe, N.M., called "A Million Ways to Die in the West," written, starring, and directed by "Family Guy" creator and one-time Oscars host Seth MacFarlane. While promoting her latest film "Epic," Seyfried shared some details with CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi about MacFarlane's upcoming ...

Cop Shot in Evil Evan Manhunt Returning

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:58 -0400

27-year-old Montague County Sheriff's Deputy James Boyd was gunned down during a routine road block on March 21 in Bowie, Texas. After months of recovery, Boyd plans to return to work on Sunday. "I'm ready to go back," Boyd told ABCNews.com today. "I'm kind of nervous about it but I know I can do the job, so I'm ready to go back to it." Boyd was ...

The United States and Britain on Monday pledged to forge ahead with diplomatic e…

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:14:48 -0400

WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States and Britain stepped up pressure on Russia over Syria, but President Barack Obama warned old suspicions could trample new "common ground" on the crisis. Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to build momentum behind a new US-Russia sponsored conference on Syria, now expected to take place in June, as they met at the White House. ...

Concealed carry bill introduced in Illinois House

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:35 -0400

A gun bill introduced in the Illinois House would create a statewide concealed carry permit while the Senate would allow Chicago to set its own rules. Backers of the House version say it is more likely to win legislative approval, the Chicago Tribune reported. It was introduced Wednesday. The Legislature has a June 9 deadline to adopt some sort of bill after a federal court last year overturned ...

Pizza delivery to U.S. service members in Afghanistan dubbed largest

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:31 -0400

Mark Evans , a retired Air Force master sergeant and founder of nonprofit group Pizza 4 Patriots, said Guinness officials notified him that last summer's massive pizza delivery to U.S. service members in Kandahar, Bagram and Camp Bastion was officially the world's largest pizza delivery, ABC News reported Thursday. Evans said he is "completely pleased and overwhelmed" by the ...

Boy 12 first to find pirate treasure in New York scavenger hunt

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:31 -0400

A New York 12-year-old won $10,000 worth of actual pirate treasure in a scavenger hunt organized to promote a Discovery Times Square exhibit. Sebastian Bekkaoui was one of 700 participants to receive the first clue Friday, and he and his mother, Sheila Doherty, 45, followed the clues to city locations where people in pirate garb handed out fresh clues. Bekkaoui and Doherty were the first to ...