| Inside a Guantanamo parole hearing Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:51 PM PDT  The prison President Obama vowed to close still holds 154 men 12 years after it opened.
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| What's behind the increase in stay-at-home moms? Posted: 08 Apr 2014 02:27 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The rising cost of child care is among likely reasons for a rise in the number of women staying home full-time with their children, according to a new Pew Research Center report released Tuesday.
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| Screeners discover WWI artillery shells at O'Hare airport Posted: 08 Apr 2014 01:58 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Baggage screeners at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have discovered two World War I artillery shells in checked luggage that arrived on a flight from London.
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| Does the White House have a gender pay gap? Posted: 08 Apr 2014 11:41 AM PDT  In the latest round in a long, bitter duel between Democrats and Republicans over which party is more on the side of women voters, White House press secretary Jay Carney was hit with questions on Monday from reporters about a report finding that the salary for the average median White House female staffer is about 12 percent lower than that for a male staffer. The median woman working in the White House makes about $65,000, almost $9,000 less than her male counterpart, according to the report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative group. That difference divides out to women in the White House making about 88 cents for each dollar that men in the administration make, the report said. But it is back and getting tossed like a hot potato to Democrats – just as President Obama is observing National Equal Pay Day on Tuesday by signing two executive orders that address the gender pay gap.
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| White House: Iran’s U.N. envoy pick ‘not viable’ Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:48 PM PDT  Hamid Aboutalebi could be barred from U.S. over alleged ties to embassy hostage crisis.
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| How this man manages the social images of the world famous Posted: 08 Apr 2014 10:18 AM PDT  Social management is evolving from managing content to actually creating content for famous clients around the world.
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| California senator denies Chinatown scam Posted: 08 Apr 2014 11:34 AM PDT  A California state senator denied Tuesday plotting to smuggle guns from the Philippines and trading political favors for cash, in a colorful case centred on San Francisco's Chinatown underworld. Appearing in a federal courthouse, now-suspended Democratic Senator Leland Yee pleaded not guilty to eight felony charges for which he could face life in prison if convicted. The five-year FBI sting that ensnared the politician was initially aimed at triad gangs linked to the West Coast city's renowned Chinatown. He is accused of offering a man he believed to be a mafia member -- actually an undercover agent -- his services as an arms trafficker.
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| A war photographer's last testament Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:50 AM PDT  A new book features the photos and writings of a Getty Images photographer who lost his life covering the war in Libya in 2011.
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| Obama takes aim at equal pay for women Posted: 08 Apr 2014 01:31 PM PDT  Signs directives to boost workplace fairness, swipes at GOP for "gumming up the works" on issue.
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| Brawl breaks out among Ukraine lawmakers Posted:  Meanwhile, separatists hold 60 hostages in Luhansk.
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| 16,000 tons of rock crash in Yosemite National Park Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:40 AM PDT  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Officials at Yosemite National Park say a massive amount of rock has fallen from a cliff, closing a hiking trail.
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| London lab grows ears, noses; part of plan to attract biotech firms Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:26 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in a bold attempt to make body parts in the laboratory.
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| American imprisoned in Cuba begins hunger strike Posted: 08 Apr 2014 01:19 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — An American who has been imprisoned in Cuba for more than four years after illegally setting up Internet access on the island is on a hunger strike, according to a statement his lawyer released Tuesday.
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| Ellen, GoPro among nominees for Webby awards Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:57 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — This year's list of nominees for Webby awards celebrating Internet achievement range from celebrities such as Beyonce and Ellen DeGeneres to Google and GoPro, the maker of popular mountable video cameras.
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| In South Korea, draft dodgers go to prison, many for shared beliefs Posted: 08 Apr 2014 06:10 AM PDT  Kim Ji-gwan has a succinct explanation for why he, his father, and two brothers all chose to go to jail rather than be drafted into the South Korean armed forces. In the past, the US and many other countries accepted religious beliefs as grounds for opting out of military service. The UN Human Rights Council reports that 669 of 723 conscientious objectors in jail worldwide as of last November are Korean. And almost all of these prisoners are Jehovah's Witnesses, an evangelical Christian sect whose members refuse to serve because, they say, the Bible teaches people to "love one another." Since the Korean War ended in 1953, an astonishing 17,549 Jehovah's Witnesses have gone to jail in South Korea for their beliefs.
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| Back on stand, Pistorius sobs as he recalls girlfriend's shooting Posted: 08 Apr 2014 06:25 AM PDT  PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius broke down and sobbed in the witness stand on Tuesday when he described the moment he realized he had shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, through a locked toilet door at his home. (Reporting by David Dolan; Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)
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| Separatists holding 60 hostages in Luhansk Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:54 AM PDT  The unidentified captives are being threatened with arms and explosives, Ukraine officials say.
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| Connecticut wins NCAA title, 60-54 over Kentucky Posted: 08 Apr 2014 03:01 AM PDT  Connecticut players, including center Amida Brimah (35) and guard Lasan Kromah (20) celebrate as Kentucky guard James Young (1) leaves the court at the end the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game Monday, April 7, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. Connecticut won 60-54. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) |
| Lawmakers brawl in Ukraine Posted: 08 Apr 2014 02:34 AM PDT  Fists fly after a communist leader accuses nationalists of playing to Russia.
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| Ship hunting for more 'pings' in plane search Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:19 PM PDT  Search crews fail to relocate faint sounds heard deep in the Indian Ocean.
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| Japan drugmaker Takeda says will fight $6.0 bn US damages order Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:57 AM PDT  Japan's biggest drugs maker Takeda Pharmaceutical said Tuesday it would fight a huge $6.0 billion damages order imposed by a US jury following a trial over the safety of its Actos diabetes medicine. The company said it "respectfully disagrees" with the judgement awarded in the southern state of Louisiana on Monday, which also ordered the firm's co-defendant, US drugs firm Eli Lilly, to pay $3.0 billion in damages. The issue at the trial, which began in February, was whether the drug could be blamed for bladder cancer in a plaintiff who was taking the medicine, and whether the firm knew about those risks. "We believe the evidence did not support a finding that Actos caused (the plaintiff's) bladder cancer.
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| Russia warns of possible civil war in Ukraine Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:55 PM PDT  Moscow tells Kiev that any use of force in Ukraine's east could lead to a civil war.
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