| Colorado reports $2 million marijuana windfall Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:40 PM PDT  Report on January sales taxes is world's first accounting of the recreational pot business.
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| Russia: We have our own plan for Ukraine crisis Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:11 PM PDT  Unexpected announcement follows Secretary of State Kerry's refusal to meet in Moscow.
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| Town gets one month to clean up its act, or it's off the map Posted: 10 Mar 2014 07:02 AM PDT  After a state audit revealed massive corruption, the Florida town of Hampton may be completely wiped off the map, if state lawmakers have their way, CNN reports.
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| CPAC after dark: Right-wingers can rage Posted: 10 Mar 2014 11:57 AM PDT  A report from the party scene inside the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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| What happened to lost Malaysia Airlines flight? Posted: 10 Mar 2014 09:38 AM PDT  Three days after disappearing, mystery still shrouds the fate of the 239 people on board.
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| Judge: No unlawful influence in Army general's sex assault trial Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:05 PM PDT  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A military judge declined Monday to dismiss sexual assault charges against an Army general after reviewing what he said was evidence that political considerations influenced the military's handling of the case.
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| Boy's calm call to 911 helps save mom and brother Posted: 10 Mar 2014 09:36 AM PDT  A 9-year-old boy's quick thinking may have helped to save the lives of his mom and brother after a fire broke out in their New Bedford, Mass. home this past weekend, WCVB.com reports.
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| Snowden: NSA sets fire to the Internet's future Posted: 10 Mar 2014 10:12 AM PDT  The ex-contractor-turned-spy-secret-leaker addressed a SXSW audience from Russia.
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| Newtown shooter's dad: 'Adam would have killed me in a heartbeat' Posted: 10 Mar 2014 06:48 AM PDT  Peter Lanza breaks his silence 15 months after his son killed 20 elementary children.
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| Report: Passengers with stolen passports linked to Iran Posted: 10 Mar 2014 06:35 AM PDT  Two passengers who boarded MH370 with stolen passports are believed to be from the Middle East after a Financial Times report revealed that the tickets were bought by an Iranian in the Thai resort town of Pattaya. The Financial Times exclusively reported that a Thai travel agent who booked the tickets for the men said she had been asked to...
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| Amnesty International: Syrian forces committing war crimes in Yarmouk Posted: 10 Mar 2014 08:46 AM PDT  Amnesty International accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Monday of perpetrating war crimes as part of a siege in southern Damascus which has killed nearly 200 people, mostly by starvation. Yarmouk, once home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees and Syrian nationals, is one of several districts on the edge of the Syrian capital which the army has surrounded to choke off rebel forces seeking Assad's overthrow. "The Syrian government has committed numerous war crimes as part of the siege of Yarmouk," Amnesty said in a report released on Monday.
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| Pentagon official may have interfered in Army sex assault case Posted: 10 Mar 2014 07:27 AM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The judge in the case against an Army general believed to be the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be tried on sex assault charges is considering new evidence that a top lawyer at the Pentagon may have unlawfully interfered in a decision on whether to accept a plea agreement that was ultimately rejected. |
| Facebook exec Sandberg explains 'Ban Bossy' campaign for girls Posted: 10 Mar 2014 05:51 AM PDT  Lean In and the Girl Scouts are launching a public service campaign to encourage girls and women to lead.
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| 'We haven't found anything' Posted: 10 Mar 2014 05:06 AM PDT  Navy vessels from six nations scour the seas for signs of missing Malaysia Airlines jet.
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| Yahoo News with Katie Couric Posted:  Katie Couric introduces herself as Yahoo News' global anchor and reveals her next interview.
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| Pistorius weeps, vomits in court as girlfriend's autopsy detailed Posted: 10 Mar 2014 10:36 AM PDT  An emotional Oscar Pistorius became physically sick in court on Monday as he listened to harrowing testimony about the autopsy of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, whom he is accused of murdering. Sitting in the dock, the visibly shaken Paralympian retched and heaved into a blue bucket as a pathologist gave a detailed post-mortem account of the multiple bullet wounds Pistorius admits inflicting. University of Pretoria pathologist Gert Saayman said the double-amputee sprinter shot Steenkamp with "Black Talon" hollow-point bullets, which mushroom open like a jagged flower on contact to cause maximum tissue damage. Pistorius, 27, says he fired four shots at Steenkamp on February 14, 2013 through a locked toilet door, believing her to be an intruder.
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| Still no sign of Malaysian jet lost in 'unprecedented mystery' Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:43 PM PDT  "As far as we are concerned, we have to find the aircraft, we have to find a piece of the aircraft if possible," says a senior official.
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| Powerful quake shakes N. California; no injuries Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:49 AM PDT  EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A very strong earthquake rattled the Northern California coast and was widely felt across the region, but authorities said early Monday that there were no reports of any injuries or damages.
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| Russia preparing counterproposals over Ukraine Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:41 PM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Monday it is drafting counterproposals to a U.S. plan for a negotiated solution to the Ukraine crisis, denouncing the new Western-backed government as an unacceptable "fait accompli" and claiming that Russian-leaning parts of the country have been plunged into lawlessness.
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| Crimean Tatars fear return of Russian rule Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:13 PM PDT  SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The arrival of Russian troops in Crimea has opened old wounds among the Crimean Tatars, who were deported during World War II. Fearing that once again they will be unwelcome in their homeland, some are organizing community-watch patrols to protect their families and homes in a place they strongly feel should remain part of Ukraine.
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| More choices, more rides bring transit renaissance Posted: 10 Mar 2014 03:17 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — With more trains and buses to take, and the appeal of using travel time for pursuits other than dodging traffic, Americans are taking greater advantage of a renaissance in public transit, according to a report released Monday.
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| 'Burger King baby' now seeks birth mom on Facebook Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:03 PM PDT  In 1986, a newborn wrapped in a red sweater was found abandoned in the bathroom of a fast-food restaurant. Nearly three decades later, the baby is all grown up and looking for her biological mother, and tens of thousands of people are trying to help.
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| Elephants prove discerning listeners of us humans Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:11 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Seuss had it right: Horton really does hear a Who. Wild elephants can distinguish between human languages, and they can tell whether a voice comes from a man, woman or boy, a new study says.
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| DC mayor denies he knew of illegal shadow campaign Posted: 10 Mar 2014 03:47 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray denies he knew of an off-the-books "shadow campaign" to support his 2010 bid and personally requested the funds from an influential district businessman, he said Monday.
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| Senate Democrats aim ire at rich, obscure brothers Posted: 10 Mar 2014 11:15 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Senate candidates, facing withering criticism on the national health care law, are gambling they can turn voters against two billionaire brothers funding the attacks — even if few Americans would recognize the pair on the street.
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| Newtown gunman's dad opens up in magazine article Posted: 10 Mar 2014 10:46 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — In his most extensive comments about the 2012 Connecticut school massacre, the father of gunman Adam Lanza describes his struggle to comprehend what his son did — an act that "couldn't get any more evil" — and how he now wishes that his son had never been born.
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| DC mayor says claims in court are 'absolute lies' Posted: 10 Mar 2014 03:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray is denying accusations by federal prosecutors that he was aware of an off-the-books "shadow campaign" during his 2010 bid for mayor. |
| Pistorius vomits during graphic testimony Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:55 PM PDT  PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Hunched over, vomiting into a bucket by his feet and retching loudly, Oscar Pistorius was vividly reminded at his murder trial Monday of the gruesome injuries he inflicted on his girlfriend when a pathologist described how the Olympian fatally shot her multiple times with bullets designed to cause maximum damage.
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| Feds: DC mayor knew of illegal shadow campaign Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was aware of an off-the-books "shadow campaign" to support his 2010 bid and personally requested the funds from an influential district businessman, federal prosecutors said Monday. |
| New Senate bill to combat military sexual assaults Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:51 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate headed toward an overwhelming vote Monday in favor of big changes in the military justice system to deal with sexual assault, including scrapping the nearly century-old practice of using a "good soldier defense" to raise doubts that a crime has been committed.
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| Vietnam says it cannot find object thought to be jet door Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:52 PM PDT  Searchers on ships worked throughout the night but could not find a rectangle object spotted Sunday afternoon that was thought to be one of the doors of a missing Boeing 777.
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