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Black smoke after first papal vote

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 02:20 PM PDT

Black smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that no decision has been made after the first day of voting for the election of a new pope, in the Vatican CityThe cardinals signal they have not picked a new leader.

George P. Bush running for Texas office

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 03:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, George P. Bush, left, talks to businessmen prior to making the opening statements at the Texas Business Leadership Council in Austin, Texas. Ending months of speculation about what post the grandson of one former U.S. president and nephew of another planned to seek, spokesman Trey Newton told The Associated Press that Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday, March 12, 2013 to run for land commissioner, a popular stepping stone to higher office.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork to run for land commissioner next year.

Obama meets with divided Senate Democrats

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:24 AM PDT

Obama arrives at the Capitol in WashingtonThe president took questions with the group behind closed doors for about an hour.

Analysis shows Mars had the right stuff for life

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 03:52 PM PDT

Handout photo of a set of images comparing rocks seen by NASA's Opportunity rover and Curiosity rover at two different parts of MarsNASA says powder from an ancient rock shows ingredients for organisms to thrive.

FAA approves Boeing's 787 fix

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 05:28 PM PDT

A Japan Airlines aircraft takes off as All Nippon Airways' Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner plane parks on the tarmac at Haneda Airport in TokyoThe Dreamliner's batteries must pass rigorous testing before flying passengers again.

Oklahoma executes man who killed 3

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 04:33 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 26, 2002 file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Steven Ray Thacker. Convicted of three murders in three states, Thacker is set for execution this week after waiving his right to seek clemency from the state's parole board. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)Steven Ray Thacker, 42, was the fifth person put to death this year in the U.S.

Bloomberg: NYC soda decision just 'temporary setback'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:54 PM PDT

NYC Super-Sized Soda Ban Halted by JudgeThe mayor asks businesses to "voluntarily" comply with the drink-size limits.

Washington D.C. sinkhole draws jaded jokes

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 04:31 PM PDT

By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington is used to being the brunt of jokes, particularly those centered around the action, or lack of it, on Capitol Hill. But on Tuesday, the focus moved to the Adams Morgan neighborhood, where some saw a symbol of Washington - a gaping sinkhole in the middle of a bustling sidewalk. Unlike the fatal sinkhole that swallowed a man as he slept in his Seffner, Florida, home on February 28, or the one a golfer fell into on an Illinois fairway earlier this month, the Washington sinkhole is more on the order of a large pothole. ...

Survivors of Ohio crash say teen was driving crazy

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 02:34 PM PDT

Lisa Williamson, mother of Brandon A. Murray, hugs her son's friend Monday, March 11, 2013, in Warren, Ohio. Investigators spent Monday trying to piece together why eight teenagers were crammed into a speeding SUV without the owner's permission when it flipped over into a pond, killing six of them, including Murray. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)An 18-year-old man says he pleaded for the driver to slow down.

Obama focused on diverse cabinet

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 04:32 PM PDT

The White House says critics should wait until the choices are complete before judging.

Feds bust up $100M crop insurance fraud ring

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:22 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, March 8, 2013, a tobacco warehouse owned by Roy Johnson Raynor is shown at 1441 S. Church Street in Rocky Mount, N.C. Raynor is one of 41 people who have either pleaded guilty or reached plea agreements after profiting from false insurance claims for losses of tobacco, soybeans, wheat and corn. Prosecutors say bulk tobacco supposedly destroyed by bad weather and pests was secretly sold under false by several brokers in eastern North Carolina, part of a massive crop insurance fraud conspiracy prosecutors say cost the government-backed program $100 million in false claims. Raynor pleaded guilty in 2010 to conspiring to make a false statement, making a material false statement and committing mail and wire fraud. He was sentenced to one year in federal prison for brokering $1.4 million in deals for the "hidden" tobacco. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson)Dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers were involved, authorities say.

Last survivor of 'Valkyrie' plot to kill Hitler dies at 90

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 1978 b/w file picture , Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist is photographed in Munich, Germany. Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, the last surviving member of the main plot to kill Adolf Hitler and who once volunteered to wear a suicide vest to assassinate the Nazi dictator, has died. He was 90. Von Kleist's wife, Gundula von Kleist said Tuesday March 12, 2013 her husband died at his home in Munich on March 8. (AP Photo/dpa, Hartmut Reeh)As a German lieutenant, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist volunteered to wear a suicide vest.

Iran plans to sue Hollywood over 'Argo'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:12 AM PDT

FILE --In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, director and actor Ben Affleck poses for photographers at the premiere of his film Argo in Washington, DC, USA. Iranian media reported on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 that authorities are planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning "Argo" because of the movie's allegedly "unrealistic portrayal" of the country. The decision on the lawsuit came after a group of Iranian cultural officials and movie critics screened the film in a closed audience in a Tehran theater late Monday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)A lawyer will campaign to show that the film is a lie.

Twinkies could be back on store shelves this summer

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:56 AM PDT

A box of Hostess Brands "Twinkies" is on display at a Jewel-Osco grocery store in ChicagoThe new owner of Hostess hopes to have the iconic snack cakes back soon.

A lesson from the Iraq invasion: Delusion is worse than lies

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:53 AM PDT

Next Tuesday, March 19, marks the 10th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq; a war propelled by the assertion that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed weapons of mass destruction that threatened the U.S.

Four Illinois teens die after car plunges into icy creek

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:22 PM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The mayor of a rural community in northern Illinois says residents are still coming to terms with the deaths of four high school students whose car skidded off a bridge into an icy creek.

George P. Bush runs for Texas office

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, George P. Bush, left, talks to businessmen prior to making the opening statements at the Texas Business Leadership Council in Austin, Texas. Ending months of speculation about what post the grandson of one former U.S. president and nephew of another planned to seek, spokesman Trey Newton told The Associated Press that Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday, March 12, 2013 to run for land commissioner, a popular stepping stone to higher office.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year, hoping to use a little-known but powerful post to continue his family's political dynasty in one of the country's most-conservative states.

Eccentric Mississippi father gets 'best obituary ever'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:15 AM PDT

Harry Weathersby StampsIt's safe to say Harry Weathersby Stamps won't be forgotten.

Colin Powell’s Facebook page hacked

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:11 AM PDT

Colin Powell on 'Hannity'A hacker posts unflattering comments about the former secretary of state.

Judge enters plea for accused theater gunman

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:57 AM PDT

James Holmes sits with defense attorney Tamara Brady during his arraignment in district court in Centennial, Colo., on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Judge William Blair Sylvester entered a not guilty plea on behalf of James Holmes on Tuesday after the former graduate student's defense team said he was not ready to enter one. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool)[Updated at 11:18 a.m. MT] CENTENNIAL, Colo.— In somewhat of an unexpected twist, James Holmes declined to enter a plea during his arraignment Tuesday morning, so the judge made a plea of not guilty on his behalf. But Judge William Sylvester left the door open for Holmes to change the plea to not guilty by [...]

Senate panel OKs gun background check bill

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, talks with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tuesday March 12, 2013 meeting comes five days after the panel approved Congress' first gun control measure since December's carnage at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school that left 26 students and educators dead. That bill, by the Judiciary Committee's chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and others, establishes long prison terms for illegal gun traffickers and straw purchasers, people who buy a firearm for criminals or others forbidden to buy one. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)The Judiciary Committee expands the required reviews for nearly all gun purchases.

Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:18 AM PDT

National Prosecuting Authority worker digs up a grave for exhumation of two bodies, that are believed be those of young activists as police officer watch at Avalon Cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Forensic scientists on Tuesday exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a discovery that has forced a new police murder investigation. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)The remains may belong to activists last seen at Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's home.

New Ryan budget emphasizes balanced budgets

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:36 AM PDT

U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan arrives for the Barack Obama second presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. CapitolThe plan includes an overhaul of the nation's entitlement and welfare programs.

Conservationists to regulate shark trade

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:40 AM PDT

A scuba diver swims near a whale shark as it approaches a paddleboat off the beach of Tan-awanThe fish are harvested for their meat, liver oil, and cartilage, as well as their fins.

Mistake puts man on Oakland police's Most Wanted list

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:14 AM PDT

Chau Van says he was listed as a criminal for months.

'Sequester' hits at least one town hard: Washington DC

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 06:46 AM PDT

Sequester at Home: Welcome to WashingtonTourists are already beginning to feel the forced budget cuts.

History offers terrifying possiblity for Korean conflict

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:38 AM PDT

In this March 11, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 12, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, third left, looks at South's western border island of Baengnyeong during his visit to the Wolnae Islet Defense Detachment, North Korea. North Korea's young leader urged front-line troops to be on "maximum alert" for a potential war as a state-run newspaper said Pyongyang had carried out a threat to cancel the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONIt may be a matter of time before N. Korea launches an attack on the South.

Dick Cheney gets personal in new documentary

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 03:56 AM PDT

The World According to Dick Cheney: Former VP Gets Personal in New Documentary"I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my faults," the former vice president says.

As hacking allegations fly, China wants to talk to U.S.

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 03:17 AM PDT

Part of the building of 'Unit 61398', a secretive Chinese military unit, is seen in the outskirts of ShanghaiThe world's two leading economies square off over cyber attacks.

NYC policeman convicted in cannibal-plot case

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:49 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo submitted into evidence by defense attorney Julia L. Gatto shows New York City police Officer Gilberto Valle with his daughter. Valle, accused of plotting to kidnap, cook and eat women _ including his wife _ was convicted of conspiracy Monday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Provided by Attorney Julia L. Gatto, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer was convicted Tuesday of charges he plotted to kidnap and cook women to dine on their "girl meat" — a macabre case that subjected jurors to often gory evidence and asked them to separate fantasy from reality.

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