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Their words: Soldiers' tales of the Iraq War
Syrian opposition elects Texan as new leader
Colo. governor to sign state gun control measures
2 charged with threats to girl in Steubenville rape case
Rare whale skeleton discovered on ocean floor
Suspect arrested, linked to Daniel Pearl slaying
Lawyer to celebs guilty in N.J. racketeering case
Severe storms, large hail pummel parts of South
2 inmates recaptured after helicopter escape
Winter storm slams travel in the Dakotas
U.S. computer hacker gets three-and-a-half years for stealing iPad user data
Report: Arkansas health plan for poor to add limited federal costs
Pink slips going out at Hanford nuclear site
U.S. restarts producing plutonium for space probes
Britain offers new childcare tax break to parents
Sandy Hook committee urges gun control
History Channel denies show’s Satan character resembles Obama
Lindsay Lohan to spend 90 days in locked rehab
Photos: Haunting underwater art gallery
Bloomberg's latest health push: Hide the smokes
Shapiro: GOP disarray on full display at CPAC

Their words: Soldiers' tales of the Iraq War

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:08 PM PDT

Veterans write about their time overseas and on the home front.

Syrian opposition elects Texan as new leader

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 06:49 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (AP) — Syria's opposition coalition early Tuesday elected a little-known American-educated IT manager and Islamic activist to head an interim government ...

Colo. governor to sign state gun control measures

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:06 PM PDT

One bans ammunition magazines with more than 15 rounds in a state that has experienced two of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.

2 charged with threats to girl in Steubenville rape case

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 04:45 PM PDT

Two eastern Ohio girls suspected of making social media threats to the victim.

Rare whale skeleton discovered on ocean floor

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:12 PM PDT

For the first time ever, scientists find in-tact bones early a mile below the surface.

Suspect arrested, linked to Daniel Pearl slaying

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:53 PM PDT

The Wall Street Journal reporter was kidnapped on his way to an interview.

Lawyer to celebs guilty in N.J. racketeering case

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:18 PM PDT

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A once-prominent New Jersey defense attorney whose clients included entertainers and rap stars was convicted Monday of operating a racketeering enterprise that included the murder of a witness and engaged in prostitution, drugs, and witness tampering.

Severe storms, large hail pummel parts of South

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 08:09 PM PDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Severe thunderstorms Monday raked across a wide area of the South, packing strong winds, rain and some baseball-size hail.

2 inmates recaptured after helicopter escape

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:00 PM PDT

MONTREAL (AP) — Two inmates made a daring daylight escape from a prison northwest of Montreal in a hijacked helicopter, then led police in a car chase and exchanged gunfire at a rural cabin before they were finally recaptured, authorities said Monday.

Winter storm slams travel in the Dakotas

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:18 PM PDT

A late-winter storm shut down schools and caused travel problems Monday throughout much of North Dakota and eastern South Dakota.

U.S. computer hacker gets three-and-a-half years for stealing iPad user data

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:26 PM PDT

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A computer hacker was sentenced on Monday to three years and five months in prison for stealing the personal data of about 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users, including big-city mayors, a TV network news anchor and a Hollywood movie mogul. Andrew Auernheimer, 27, had been convicted in November by a Newark, New Jersey, jury of one count of conspiracy to access AT&T Inc servers without permission, and one count of identity theft. The sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton in Newark was at the high end of the 33- to 41-month range that the U.S. ...

Report: Arkansas health plan for poor to add limited federal costs

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:27 PM PDT

By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A cost analysis released on Monday shows that a state plan to move Medicaid-eligible low-income citizens into a "private option" under upcoming federal healthcare exchanges would result in little additional federal costs. "These estimates find that the private option can be fully funded with existing resources at the state level and would add less than 15 percent to federal health-care costs in Arkansas," the report said. "In some realistic scenarios, there could be no additional federal costs at all. ...

Pink slips going out at Hanford nuclear site

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 07:22 PM PDT

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Pink slips went out Monday to nearly 250 workers and more than 2,500 others were notified that they face furloughs of several weeks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, where cleanup is likely to be slowed because of automatic federal budget cuts.

U.S. restarts producing plutonium for space probes

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 06:31 PM PDT

The Department of Energy made its first batch of non-weapons grade plutonium since a nuclear reactor shutdown 25 years ago.

Britain offers new childcare tax break to parents

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:15 PM PDT

Hopes are it will placate families squeezed by austerity, a stagnant economy and weak wage growth.

Sandy Hook committee urges gun control

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 11:28 AM PDT

The panel wants military-style weapons banned and firearms registered.

History Channel denies show’s Satan character resembles Obama

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 12:56 PM PDT

The History Channel miniseries "The Bible" has been generating heavenly ratings, with more than 14 million viewers tuning in to its debut episode. But the show generated some controversy with its Sunday night episode in which the character playing Satan made his debut. The controversy was not over anything happening on screen, but rather whether [...]

Lindsay Lohan to spend 90 days in locked rehab

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:06 PM PDT

The troubled actress also was ordered to undertake 30 days community labor.