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• Canceled health plans get 2-year extension
• Chicago family accused in $7 million shoplifting spree
• Biden highlights $35 million proposal for rape kit testing
• Photos: UK's underground wonders
• Lawyers: Boston suspect's 'incriminating' remark meant to be funny
• GOP looks to tell candidates' personal stories with 'film' series
• College Board announces sweeping changes to the SAT
• Doctors reveal 2nd infant possibly cured of HIV
• Russia's top diplomat snubs Ukrainian peer
• House hearing on IRS scandal dissolves in shouting
• N.J. neighborhood in pieces after deadly gas leak explosion
• Former IRS official refuses to testify at congressional hearing
• #SydneyStorm produces dramatic images down under
• Social media outlet cracks down on gun sales
• Target tech chief resigns after massive security breach
• Survey: Winter takes a toll on jobs growth
• Syrian helicopters carry out raids on Lebanon border
• Report: Hillary Clinton compares Putin to Hitler
• Former NYC mayor Bloomberg to address Harvard grads
• George P. Bush begins political career with win
• N.J. teen suing parents loses first round in court
• Senate blocks Obama's pick for civil rights post
• Contractor in NJ blast faced $100K in fines
• CIA investigates whether officers spied on Senate
• US agency demands recall data from General Motors
• Facebook to delete posts for illegal gun sales
• Mass. court: Subway 'upskirt' photos not illegal
• Coal firm to pay record fine for water pollution
• Pope defensive on sex abuse as commission lags
• 2-year extension seen for canceled health plans
• Ukraine diplomatic push shifts to Paris
• Obama, Merkel discuss potential Ukraine resolution
• Putin talks tough but cools tensions in Ukraine

Canceled health plans get 2-year extension Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:26 PM PST Decision helps defuse a political problem for Democrats in fall re-election battles.

Chicago family accused in $7 million shoplifting spree Posted: 05 Mar 2014 04:18 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — A father, mother and daughter from a posh Chicago suburb stole $7 million in merchandise during a decadelong shoplifting spree — traveling to stores nationwide and targeting dolls, toys, cosmetics and other valuables — according to a federal complaint released Wednesday.

Biden highlights $35 million proposal for rape kit testing Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:20 PM PST Vice President Joe Biden proposed $35 million in grant funding Wednesday afternoon to help clear the hundreds of thousands of backlogged rape kits off the shelves of police stations and labs.

Photos: UK's underground wonders Posted: 05 Mar 2014 10:59 AM PST Sewer Tunnel, The River Westbourne, London. (Mike Deere/Caters News)

Lawyers: Boston suspect's 'incriminating' remark meant to be funny Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:51 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say a remark he made to his sister during a prison visit was meant to be funny and wasn't incriminating, as prosecutors have suggested.

GOP looks to tell candidates' personal stories with 'film' series Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:25 PM PST Republicans want to set the narrative on their Senate candidates early — before Democrats define them first.

College Board announces sweeping changes to the SAT Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:32 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions.

Doctors reveal 2nd infant possibly cured of HIV Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:11 PM PST Medical firsts lead researchers to rethink how fast and hard to treat AIDS virus at birth.

Russia's top diplomat snubs Ukrainian peer Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:20 PM PST Foreign minister resists pressure to meet but says talks with U.S. and others to continue.

House hearing on IRS scandal dissolves in shouting Posted: 05 Mar 2014 09:34 AM PST By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A brief congressional hearing ended in shouting and confusion on Wednesday after a former U.S. Internal Revenue Service official refused to answer questions about a 10-month-old controversy involving IRS scrutiny of conservative political groups. Lois Lerner, who was at the center of last year's so-called Tea Party targeting scandal, declined to answer questions from Darrell Issa, the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Issa, who has relentlessly pursued the tax agency over the controversy for months, dismissed Lerner and gaveled the hearing to a close after just 15 minutes, cutting off remarks by Representative Elijah Cummings, the panel's top Democrat. That was days after she issued a public apology, in answer to a planted question from the audience at a legal conference, in which she said the IRS had done "inappropriate" targeting of political groups with the words "Tea Party" in their names.

N.J. neighborhood in pieces after deadly gas leak explosion Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:02 PM PST EWING, N.J. (AP) — The contractor working at the site of a massive explosion that killed one person and injured seven workers recently had been fined more than $100,000 by federal safety monitors for problems at two other New Jersey work sites.

Former IRS official refuses to testify at congressional hearing Posted: 05 Mar 2014 12:45 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The former Internal Revenue Service official at the heart of the controversy over the agency's targeting of conservative groups once again refused to answer questions at a House hearing Wednesday amid signs that a congressional investigation into the affair may be stalling.

#SydneyStorm produces dramatic images down under Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:08 AM PST A powerful thunderstorm rolled into Sydney on Wednesday. And the ominous clouds that accompanied it were captured by social media users, who shared plenty of dramatic images.

Social media outlet cracks down on gun sales Posted: 05 Mar 2014 11:03 AM PST Facebook will delete posts offering to buy or sell guns without background checks.

Target tech chief resigns after massive security breach Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:40 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp.'s executive ranks have suffered their first casualty since hackers stole credit card numbers and other personal data of millions of the retailer's shoppers last year.

Survey: Winter takes a toll on jobs growth Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:10 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey shows that U.S. companies added slightly more jobs in February than in the previous month, but harsh winter weather still weighed on hiring.

Syrian helicopters carry out raids on Lebanon border Posted: 05 Mar 2014 10:17 AM PST Beirut (AFP) - Syrian helicopter gunships launched multiple raids on areas inside Lebanon Wednesday near the border town of Arsal, in what a local official described as "the most violent attack the area has suffered."

Report: Hillary Clinton compares Putin to Hitler Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:11 AM PST The Russian leader's talk parallels the dictator's rhetoric on ethnic Germans, she says.

Former NYC mayor Bloomberg to address Harvard grads Posted: 05 Mar 2014 06:11 AM PST

George P. Bush begins political career with win Posted: 04 Mar 2014 08:10 PM PST FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — George P. Bush took the first step toward continuing his family's political dynasty Tuesday, shaking off an under-funded primary challenger and securing the Republican nomination for the little-known but powerful post of Texas land commissioner.

N.J. teen suing parents loses first round in court Posted: 04 Mar 2014 04:16 PM PST By Victoria Cavaliere MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (Reuters) - A New Jersey student who says her parents abandoned her when she turned 18 lost a first round on Tuesday in the lawsuit she filed against them for school costs and living expenses, a case that could set a precedent for a family's obligation to support a child who has left home. A family court judge denied a request by Rachel Canning of Lincoln Park, New Jersey, to have her parents temporarily resume paying her tuition and living expenses. Canning, 18, wants her parents to pay the remaining $5,000 in tuition owed to the Morris Catholic High School, where she is a senior, and she wants access to a college fund that was set up for her. In court, the teen said her parents remain obligated to help her with food, transportation, high school tuition and her college education.

Senate blocks Obama's pick for civil rights post Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:54 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division was blocked by bipartisan Senate opposition Wednesday in an emotional postscript to the long-ago murder of a Philadelphia policeman and the legal help his killer received.

Contractor in NJ blast faced $100K in fines Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:49 PM PST EWING, N.J. (AP) — The contractor working for New Jersey's largest utility at the site of a town house explosion that killed one resident recently had been fined more than $100,000 by safety regulators for problems at two other sites, but the utility said Wednesday it never had any problems with the construction firm.

CIA investigates whether officers spied on Senate Posted: 05 Mar 2014 04:57 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA is investigating whether its officers improperly monitored members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which oversees the intelligence agency, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

US agency demands recall data from General Motors Posted: 05 Mar 2014 05:03 PM PST DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are demanding that General Motors turn over reams of documents and other data showing what the company knew and when it found out about a dangerous ignition problem that has been linked to 13 car-crash deaths.

Facebook to delete posts for illegal gun sales Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:04 PM PST ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Under pressure from gun control advocates, Facebook agreed Wednesday to delete posts from users seeking to buy or sell weapons illegally or without a background check.

Mass. court: Subway 'upskirt' photos not illegal Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:38 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — A man who took cellphone photos up the skirts of women riding the Boston subway did not violate state law because the women were not nude or partially nude, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday.

Coal firm to pay record fine for water pollution Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation's largest coal producers will pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce illegal toxic discharges into hundreds of waterways across five Appalachian states, according to a proposed settlement Wednesday.

Pope defensive on sex abuse as commission lags Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:43 PM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is coming under increasing criticism that he simply doesn't get it on sex abuse.

2-year extension seen for canceled health plans Posted: 05 Mar 2014 09:09 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will allow a two-year extension for people whose individual health insurance policies don't comply with requirements of the new health care law, helping to defuse a politically difficult election-year issue for Democrats.

Ukraine diplomatic push shifts to Paris Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:18 AM PST Envoys from from the major players seeking an end to the crisis are gathering in Paris.

Obama, Merkel discuss potential Ukraine resolution Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:59 PM PST The so-called off-ramp out of the crisis would allow for direct discussions between Russia and Ukraine.

Putin talks tough but cools tensions in Ukraine Posted: 04 Mar 2014 01:10 PM PST He says Russia has no intention "to fight the Ukrainian people" but reserves right to use force.

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