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Kerry seeks global review of anti-gay laws

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 05:00 PM PST

Ugandan anti-gay activist Pastor Martin Ssempa posts up a public notice offering "rehabilitation" for homosexuals at Uganda's National Theatre in Kampala, Uganda Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday's signing of the anti-gay bill by President Yoweri Museveni, which punishes gay sex with up to life in jail, marked "a tragic day for Uganda and for all who care about the cause of human rights" and warned that Washington could cut aid to the government of the East African nation. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)Secretary of state says issue will be a major focus of discussions with U.S. ambassadors.


Obama's next initiative: Lift up minority boys

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 08:40 AM PST

My Brother's KeeperAfter the Trayvon Martin shooting, he wants young black men to have a better chance.


Russian spy ship docks in Havana

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 02:40 PM PST

A Soviet-made Lada limousine passes by Russian Vishnya (also known as Meridian) class warship CCB-175 Viktor Leonov, docked, on February 26, 2014, at Havana harborHavana (AFP) - A Russian warship was docked in Havana Wednesday, without explanation from Communist Cuba or its state media.


Population explosion: NASA discovers 715 new alien worlds

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 11:12 AM PST

This NASA artist concept depicts multiple-transiting planet systemsNASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered more than 700 new exoplanets, nearly doubling the current number of confirmed alien worlds. The Kepler space telescope is responsible for more than half of these finds, hauling in 961 exoplanets to date, with thousands more candidates awaiting confirmation by follow-up investigations. "This is the largest windfall of planets — not exoplanet candidates, mind you, but actually validated exoplanets — that's ever been announced at one time," Douglas Hudgins, exoplanet exploration program scientist at NASA's Astrophysics Division in Washington, told reporters today.[Gallery: A World of Kepler Planets] About 94 percent of the new alien worlds are smaller than Neptune, researchers said, further bolstering earlier Kepler observations that suggested the Milky Way galaxy abounds with rocky planets like Earth.


Federal judge strikes down Texas gay marriage ban

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 11:45 AM PST

Cleopatra De Leon, left, and partner, Nicole Dimetman, right, arrive at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in San Antonio, where a federal judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has struck down Texas' ban on gay marriage, but is leaving it in place pending a ruling by an appeals court later this year.


NASA knew spacesuit leaked before astronaut's near-drowning

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 05:58 AM PST

Astronaut's Near-Drowning Could Have Been AvoidedAccident Report to Shed Light on NASA Communication Failures


Ukraine protesters nominate new prime minister

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 12:39 PM PST

Former economy minister Arseny Yatseniuk stands on the stage during a rally in Independence Square in KievMillionaire ex-banker Arseniy Yatsenyuk was praised by U.S. diplomat in leaked call.


If Republican governors did local news promos...

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 01:32 PM PST

'Anchorman 2' returns to cinemas with 763 even dirtier jokesHere's looking at you.


Army general: Talk of Afghan impasse threatens security

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 12:04 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. Dempsey said Wednesday that the impasse over a security agreement between the U.S. and Afghanistan is encouraging the enemy to take bold actions and could lead some Afghan forces to align with the Taliban to BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — Depicting a grim future for Afghanistan without U.S. help, the top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that Afghanistan's refusal to sign a security agreement with the United States may make the fight more difficult this year, embolden the enemy and prompt some Afghan security forces to cooperate with the Taliban to "hedge their bets."


Ukraine requests international arrest warrant for Yanukovych

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 08:41 AM PST

This picture taken on December 19, 2013 shows the then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych giving a live broadcast from his office in KievKiev (AFP) - Ukraine's interim general prosecutor said Wednesday that Kiev has requested an international arrest warrant for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, who is wanted within his own crisis-hit country over the "mass murder" of protesters.


Dems want Hillary over Biden in 2016

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 07:13 AM PST

Hillary Clinton Presents Georgetown Institute for Women's Annual Awards For Advancing Women In Peace and SecurityMeanwhile, Republicans like Jeb Bush and Rand Paul over Christie, a poll shows.


Supreme Court: Ponzi scheme victims can sue lawyers, brokers

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 01:09 PM PST

Convicted financier Allen Stanford arrives at Federal Court in Houston for sentencing.By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that lawyers, insurance brokers and others who worked with convicted swindler Allen Stanford cannot avoid lawsuits by investors seeking to recoup losses incurred in his $7 billion Ponzi scheme. New York-based law firms Chadbourne & Parke and Proskauer Rose and insurance brokerage Willis Group Holdings Plc were all sued by former Stanford investors. Writing for the majority, Justice Stephen Breyer said the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act did not prevent the state lawsuits from proceeding. The law says that state lawsuits are barred when the alleged misrepresentations are "in connection with" the purchase or sale of a covered security.


NASA photo shows N. Korea is—literally—in the dark

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 06:22 AM PST

This Jan. 30, 2014 photo made available by NASA on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 shows North Korea, darker area at center, between South Korea, right, and China, left. Lights from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, are visible at center. The image comparing the night time lights of the countries was made by the Expedition 38 crew aboard the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)A recent image taken from the International Space Station shows the mysterious, dictator-ruled country almost completely in the dark.


Ex-NFL player Hernandez involved in jail house scuffle

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 07:13 AM PST

Aaron Hernandez chats with his lawyer Charles Rankin as he appears for a pre-trial hearing at Bristol County Superior Court in Fall RiverFormer National Football League star Aaron Hernandez, charged with shooting a friend to death last year, was involved in a Massachusetts jailhouse scuffle with another inmate that left neither man seriously injured, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday. "There was an altercation between two inmates in our special management unit, and one of them was Aaron Hernandez," said Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson. "It was stopped very quickly by my staff." Neither inmate involved in the incident on Tuesday required medical attention, and officials are investigating whether Hernandez or the other man, who was not identified, will face internal disciplinary measures or criminal charges, Hodgson said. Hernandez, 24, is jailed in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, about 60 miles south of Boston.


Rival factions clash in Ukraine's Crimea

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 05:44 AM PST

Pro-Russian protesters gathered in front of city hall in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol in the Crimea, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has strongly condemned the new authorities, saying Monday they came to power as a result of an "armed mutiny" and their legitimacy is causing "big doubts." Tensions, meanwhile, have been mounting in Crimea in southern Ukraine. Russia maintains a large naval base in Sevastopol that has strained relations between the countries for two decades. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Fistfights break out among demonstrators as Russia's Putin orders military exercises.


Irony strikes: Baldwin to play meddling newsman on TV cops drama

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2013 file photo, producer and actor Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria Baldwin attend the HBO premiere of "Seduced and Abandoned" at The Time Warner Center, in New York. Baldwin is putting a twist on his rocky relationship with the media: He's playing a meddling newspaperman on a NBC drama. The network said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, that Baldwin guest stars as a New York columnist on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," airing March 19, 2014. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin is putting a twist on his rocky relationship with the media: He's playing a meddling newspaperman on a NBC drama.


Data-breach hits Target's bottom line

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 01:28 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, a passer-by walks near an entrance to a Target retail store in Watertown, Mass. Target Corp. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)Revenue takes a dive as shoppers are scared away from the Minneapolis-based retailer.


GOP tax plan lowers rates, repeals popular breaks

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 03:00 PM PST

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the House tax writer, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, to outline a major plan to rewrite the nation's tax code. The plan has almost no chance of becoming law this year says Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, and even House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, distanced himself from the details earlier in the day. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping House Republican plan to overhaul the nation's tax laws would wipe out a slew of popular tax breaks to help pay for lower overall tax rates, a politically risky move in an election year that drew quick opposition Wednesday.


Texas gay marriage ban latest to be struck down

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 02:30 PM PST

File - In this Feb. 12, 2014 file photo, Cleopatra De Leon, left, and partner, Nicole Dimetman, right, arrive at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in San Antonio, where a federal judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage. On Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, Judge Orlando Garcia has struck down the ban but is leaving it in place pending a ruling by an appeals court later this year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge declared a same-sex marriage ban in deeply conservative Texas unconstitutional on Wednesday, but will allow the nation's second-most populous state to enforce the law pending an appeal that will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court.


Kentucky snake handler death doesn't shake belief

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 01:23 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, Pastor Jamie Coots prays during a service at the Full Gospel Tabernacle In Jesus Name church in Middlesboro, Ky. Coots died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, after being bitten by a rattlesnake. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry)Three days after pastor Jamie Coots died from a rattlesnake bite at church, mourners leaving the funeral went to the church to handle snakes.


California town shaken as police officers arrested

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 04:36 PM PST

King City residents gather at Veronica Villa's, center with red apron, restaurant to discuss a police car theft ring on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in King City, Calif. The district attorney charged four police officers and a civilian in a scheme to steal cars from poor Latinos by having their cars impounded at a local tow yard. When the motorists were unable to pay their fees, the tow yard operator sold the cars or gave them for free to police officers. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)KING CITY, Calif. (AP) — A California farming town was grappling Wednesday with a profound violation of trust after learning the acting police chief and a handful of officers were charged with selling or giving away the impounded cars of poor Hispanic residents and other crimes.


Huge study links older dads with kids' psych woes

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 04:57 PM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — Older fathers may face higher risks than previously thought for having children with psychiatric problems, including bipolar disorder, autism and attention deficits, according to the largest study to examine the potential links.

NASA announces 'mother lode' of new planets: 715

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 03:03 PM PST

This handout artist conception provided by NASA depicts multiple-transiting planet systems, which are stars with more than one planet. The planets eclipse or transit their host star from the vantage point of the observer. This angle is called edge-on. Our galaxy is looking far more crowded as NASA Wednesday confirmed a bonanza of 715 newly discovered planets circling stars other than our sun. Four of those new planets are in the habitable zones where it is not too hot or not cold. NASA's Kepler planet-hunting telescope nearly doubled the number of planets scientists have discovered in the galaxy, pushing the figure to about 1,700. Twenty years ago, astronomers had not found any planets outside our solar system. (AP Photo/NASA)WASHINGTON (AP) — Our galaxy is looking far more crowded and hospitable. NASA on Wednesday confirmed a bonanza of 715 newly discovered planets outside our solar system.


Man wears 'Breaking Bad' shirt after meth arrest

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 03:58 PM PST

In this undated booking photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Office, Daniel Kowalski, a suburban Chicago man accused of operating a methamphetamine lab, wears a t-shirt for the fictional Los Pollos Hermanos chicken restaurant depicted in "Breaking Bad," a show about a methamphetamine manufacturer. Kowalski, 21, is charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine manufacturing materials and precursors. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Office)CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man accused of operating a methamphetamine lab appears in his booking photo wearing a T-shirt from the television show "Breaking Bad."


Arizona governor to speak on religious rights bill

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 04:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks during her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The Republican governor faced intensifying pressure Tuesday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was expected to break her silence Wednesday evening about a bill to add protections for people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays, a proposal that has focused national attention on the state as business groups, gay rights supporters and even many fellow Republicans urged her to use her veto power.


US warns Russia against Ukraine intervention

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 02:32 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2014 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington. The US on Wednesday warned Russia against a military intervention in Ukraine, saying such a move would be a WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday warned Russia against a military intervention in Ukraine, saying such a move would be a "grave mistake," as troops in western Russia were placed on high alert for massive new war games in the area, including near the Russian-Ukrainian border.


Arizona governor to speak on controversial bill

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 04:10 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks during her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The Republican governor faced intensifying pressure Tuesday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov, Jan Brewer will finally break her silence about a Republican bill that protects people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays and others.


Arizona governor held meetings over rights bill

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 04:00 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks during her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The Republican governor faced intensifying pressure Tuesday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer held a series of private meetings Wednesday with opponents and proponents of legislation adding protections for people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays, a proposal that has focused national attention on the state as business groups, gay rights supporters and even many fellow Republicans urged her to use her veto power.


Justin Bieber jail video shows unsteady walk

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 02:58 PM PST

In this Jan. 23, 2014 video frame grab released by the Miami Beach Police Department, shows singer Justin Bieber, right, taking to R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff , left, while both were under arrest at the Miami Beach police in Miami Beach, Fla. The Miami-Dade county prosecutors released about 10 hours of video, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Bieber pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an invalid license. (AP Photo/Miami Beach Police Dept. HO)MIAMI (AP) — Justin Bieber walks unsteadily and even appears to stumble while performing a sobriety test shortly after his January arrest on driving under the influence and other charges, according to police video released Wednesday.


Obama seeking $300 billion for roads, railways

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 01:50 PM PST

President Barack Obama and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, right, listen as Mark Fuhrmann, New Start Program Director of Metro Transit, left, shows them a ticket vending machine during a tour of the Metro Transit Light Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. In Minnesota Obama is expected to speak at Union Depot rail and bus station with a proposal asking Congress for $300 billion to update the nation's roads and railways, and about a competition to encourage investments to create jobs and restore infrastructure as part of the President's Year of Action. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will ask Congress for $300 billion to update aging roads and railways, arguing that the taxpayer investment is a worthy one that will pay dividends by attracting businesses and helping put people to work.


Pressure mounts on Arizona governor over anti-gay bill

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 05:34 PM PST

Arizona Governor Brewer looks up as U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in WashingtonProminent Republicans, including Mitt Romney and John McCain, are urging a veto.


GM more than doubles North American ignition-switch recall

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 01:22 PM PST

A line of Chevrolet autos made by General Motors are seen for sale at a dealer in Wheat RidgeGeneral Motors Co on Tuesday more than doubled a recall, mostly in North America, to correct a condition that may allow the engine and other components including airbags to be unintentionally turned off. GM said it is aware of 31 reported incidents, including 13 front-seat fatalities, involving frontal crashes in which the condition may have caused or contributed to the front airbags not deploying. "The process employed to examine this phenomenon was not as robust as it should have been," GM's North American head, Alan Batey, said in a statement. "We will take an unflinching look at what happened and apply lessons learned here to improve going forward." GM said it submitted a detailed chronology associated with the initial recall to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday.


Neighbors foil attempt to steal wall, Banksy mural

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 06:11 PM PST

In this Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 photo provided by Mohan Choppala, an unidentified man cuts into a wall with a mural created by the artist Banksy, in New Orleans. Neighbors foiled what police say was an apparent attempt to steal a chunk of cinderblock wall bearing a painting created after Hurricane Katrina by the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy. (AP Photo/Mohan Choppala)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Neighbors in New Orleans foiled what police say was an attempt to steal a chunk of cinderblock wall bearing a painting created by the world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy.


House passes bill on 'unlocking' cell phones

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:51 PM PST

A visitor checks his phone at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Expected highlights include major product launches from Samsung and other phone makers, along with a keynote address by Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would give mobile-phone users the right to "unlock" their devices and use them on competitors' wireless networks, although Senate action was uncertain. Major carriers, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc, Sprint Corp, T-Mobile US and U.S. Cellular, in December made a voluntary pledge to make it easier for consumers to unlock their cellphones, under pressure from consumer groups and the Federal Communications Commission. The notion of undoing that law has had wide support from Republicans and Democrats since the bill's introduction in the House in 2013. But the bill's author, Representative Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican, added language after the bill had been approved by a partisan majority of the House Judiciary Committee, banning "bulk unlocking." Consumer advocates have argued that customers should be allowed to sell their old devices to third parties that could unlock phones in bulk, something the wireless industry opposes.


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