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Mysterious Middle East virus arrives in U.S.

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - This file photo provided by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a colorized transmission of the MERS coronavirus that emerged in 2012. Health officials on Friday, May 2, 2014 said the deadly virus from the Middle East has turned up for the first time in the U.S. (AP Photo/National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases via The Canadian Press, File)CDC confirms health care worker fell ill after arriving in the U.S. from Saudi Arabia.


Warrant: Utah mom guessed at number of dead infants

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:54 PM PDT

Megan Huntsman, accused of killing six of her babies and storing their bodies in her garage, appears in court Monday, April 28, 2014, in Provo, Utah. Prosecutors have filed six first-degree murder charges against Huntsman. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman accused of killing six of her newborns and storing them in her garage couldn't recall exactly how many dead infants were in her home on the day she was arrested, according to documents made public Friday.


$2M Northeast gas reserve project to combat disaster shortages

Posted: 02 May 2014 03:38 PM PDT

A gas line forms for free fuel from a tanker in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government offered New Yorkers smarting from Superstorm Sandy some hope Friday that they won't see a repeat of chronic gasoline shortages, announcing plans to create gas reserves to ease future weather-related disruptions.


At least 38 killed after Ukraine battle sparks deadly fire

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:18 PM PDT

Pro-Russian activists and supporters of the Kiev government clash in the streets of OdessaAt least 38 killed in trade union building as fighting spills over into key port of Odessa.


Did da Vinci create a 3-D 'Mona Lisa'?

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:26 PM PDT

Did da Vinci Create a 3D 'Mona Lisa'?Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting may be part of the oldest 3D artwork, say two visual scientists. In 2012, scientists discovered that beneath layers of black paint, a seemingly insignificant "knock-off" of the "Mona Lisa" in the Museo del Prado in Madrid was in actuality very close to the original hanging in the Louvre Museum in Paris, revealing the same subject with the same mountain landscape background. That painting may have been painted by Da Vinci or possibly one of his students. "When I first perceived the two paintings side by side, it was very obvious for me that there is a very small but evident difference in perspectives," study researcher Claus-Christian Carbon of the University of Bamberg in Germany wrote in an email to Live Science.


Arkansas tornado victim's message of hope goes viral

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:24 PM PDT

Arkansas tornado victim April Smith (Jessica Sowards)Arkansas mom who lost both sons and her home in Sunday's tornado shows amazing fortitude. "You can't fake that when you are faced with a tragedy that not only affects one child, but both of your children," said Scott Harness, pastor of ThatChurch.com.


CDC confirms first U.S. case of deadly virus from Middle East

Posted: 02 May 2014 11:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, file photo, Egyptian Muslim pilgrims, some wearing masks as a precaution against the Middle East respiratory syndrome, pray after they cast stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah sacked the country's health minister on Monday, April 21, 2014, amid a spike in deaths and infections from the virus known as the Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. The official Saudi Press Agency carried the royal order that said Abdullah al-Rabiah was relieved of his post as Health Minister, and that Labor Minister Adel Faqih will temporarily take over the health minister's portfolio until a replacement is named. The statement said al-Rabiah is now adviser to the Royal Court. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say a deadly virus from the Middle East has turned up for the first time in the U.S.


Warrant: Drugs, diary found in case of mom accused of killing newborns

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:04 PM PDT

Megan Huntsman, accused of killing six of her babies and storing their bodies in her garage, appears in court Monday, April 28, 2014, in Provo, Utah. Prosecutors have filed six first-degree murder charges against Huntsman. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly released documents show that police found Xanax, marijuana, bongs and a diary inside a trailer where a Utah woman accused of killing six of her newborns was living.


Hundreds killed after landslide buries Afghan village

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:20 PM PDT

Afghan villagers gather at the site of a landslide at the Argo district in BadakhshanUN says at least 350 killed; governor of remote province appeals for shovels, machinery.


Now banned at some college graduations: Selfies

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Pennsylvania fights paying Jerry Sandusky's pension

Posted: 02 May 2014 10:44 AM PDT

File photo of Jerry Sandusky leaving the Centre County Courthouse after his sentencing in his child sex abuse case in BellefonteHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In an effort to keep from paying a pension to former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, Pennsylvania's retirement system is disputing his employment status at the time he was arrested on child molestation charges and later convicted.


Ukraine: Many insurgents killed in Slovyansk

Posted: 02 May 2014 11:05 AM PDT

Pro-Russia insurgents shot down two Ukrainian helicopters Friday and Ukraine reported many militants killed or wounded as the interim government in Kiev launched its first major offensive against an insurgency that has seized government buildings across the east.

Obama, Merkel threaten broader Russia sanctions

Posted: 02 May 2014 10:14 AM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. Obama and Merkel are mounting a display of trans-Atlantic unity against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seem to be doing little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's reasoning on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened tougher and broader new sanctions against Russia on Friday if Moscow doesn't quickly change its disruptive behavior.


How the economic recovery is leaving young people behind

Posted: 02 May 2014 10:40 AM PDT

In this April 10, 2014 photo, Jennifer Stickney, a recruiter for Right at Home, which provides in-home care and assistance, answers questions from nursing students at a job fair on the campus of Kaplan University in Lincoln, Neb. The Labor Department on Friday, May 2, 2014 said U.S. employers added a robust 288,000 jobs in April, the most in two years, the strongest evidence to date that the economy is picking up after a brutal winter slowed growth. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)"Disconnected youth."


House plans special committee to probe Benghazi

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:56 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in JubaBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives said on Friday the House will vote to create a special committee - the same type of panel that investigated the Watergate scandal - to probe the deadly September 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya. Ohio Republican John Boehner made his announcement days after a conservative watchdog group released previously undisclosed emails that it said showed the White House was concerned primarily with protecting President Barack Obama's image in the wake of the attack that killed four Americans. "The administration's withholding of documents - emails showing greater White House involvement in misleading the American people - is a flagrant violation of trust and undermines the basic principle of oversight upon which our system of government is built," Boehner said in a statement. Also on Friday, the House Oversight Committee said it issued a subpoena for Secretary of State John Kerry to testify at a May 21 public hearing about the attack.


Afghan official: 2,000 missing after landslide

Posted: 02 May 2014 08:41 AM PDT

Afghan Graphic 2UN reports at least 350 dead in disaster in northeastern Afghanistan on Friday.


Sinn Fein demands Adams go free in Belfast killing

Posted: 02 May 2014 08:07 AM PDT

CORRECTS SPELLING FROM MCCONCILLE TO MCCONVILLE FILE - In this Thursday Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Helen McKendry holds a family photo with her mother Jean McConville, at home in Killyleagh, Northern Ireland. Police in Northern Ireland arrested Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, over his alleged involvement in the Irish Republican Army's 1972 abduction, killing and secret burial of McConville. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, file)The senior Sinn Fein politician in Northern Ireland's unity government has demanded the immediate release of his party leader, Gerry Adams, as police investigate the IRA's 1972 killing of a Belfast mother of 10.


Hundreds march in Seattle; police make arrests

Posted: 02 May 2014 07:18 AM PDT

Hundreds march in Seattle; police make arrestsHundreds of peaceful demonstrators marched in Seattle on May Day for immigrant rights and a minimum wage increase, but a smaller group of sometimes-masked protesters kept police busy as the sun went down. ...


Okla. officials: Execution drugs leaked from IV

Posted: 02 May 2014 06:16 AM PDT

Clayton LockettOklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett's botched execution has led the state to reconsider its execution procedure.


Pope: Vatican needs 'change of mentality,' transparent finances

Posted: 02 May 2014 06:35 AM PDT

Pope Francis passes next to a tapestry of the late Pope John Paul II, as he leaves at the end of his weekly general audience at St. Peter's SquareVatican administrators need a "change of mentality" and must ensure that the Holy See's finances are efficient, transparent and primarily aimed at helping the most needy, Pope Francis said on Friday.


First funerals set for passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines jet

Posted: 02 May 2014 05:18 AM PDT

Mohamad shows a wedding picture that he took of Razahan and Norli on his mobile phone during an interview near his house in Kuala LumpurThe first funerals for passengers on board a missing Malaysia Airlines jet will be held this weekend, relatives said on Friday, as a Malaysian official urged relatives of those presumed dead to "face reality" and leave support centers.


Ukraine strikes at east, 3 killed

Posted: 02 May 2014 05:28 AM PDT

UKRAINE TRIES TO TAKE BACK SLAVIANSKTwo Ukrainian helicopters were shot down Friday as Ukraine launched its first major offensive against pro-Russia forces. Three deaths were reported in early fighting.


Police: Local tip prevented Minn. teen's school massacre plot

Posted: 01 May 2014 06:53 PM PDT

Alleged School Attack Plot Foiled in MinnesotaA Minnesota teen allegedly told police he intended to kill "as many students as he could."


U.S. job growth jumps, but shrinking labor force a blemish

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:52 PM PDT

A woman looks at her smartphone as she attends the NYC Startup Job Fair in New YorkBy Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired workers at the fastest clip in more than two years in April, pointing to a rebound in economic growth after a dreadful winter and keeping the Federal Reserve on track to end bond purchases this year. The brightening outlook was, however, tempered somewhat by a sharp increase in the number of people dropping out of the labor force, which pushed the unemployment rate to a 5-1/2-year low of 6.3 percent. "It lends significant legitimacy to the positive tone in the wide array of post-February economic reports, which have all been consistently pointing to a significant pick-up in economic growth momentum this quarter," said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New York. About 806,000 people dropped out of the labor force in April, unwinding the previous months' gains.


Nearly 200 injured in Seoul subway trains crash

Posted: 02 May 2014 06:05 AM PDT

The accident came just over two weeks after a South Korean ferry capsized and sank leaving 300 dead or missing in the submerged hull of the ship in the country's worst disaster in 20 years. Witnesses said one train was leaving Sangwangsimni station in the east of the capital when it was hit from the rear by an incoming train.

Ukraine forces seek to retake key city, 3 killed

Posted: 02 May 2014 02:36 AM PDT

Anti-government demonstrators storm the regional police station in Krasnoarmiisk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Ukraine should withdraw its military units from the eastern and southern regions of the country, where anti-government insurgents are seizing buildings, but hours later, Ukraine's acting president ordered the military draft be renewed as the unrest intensifies. (AP Photo)SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine launched what appeared to be its first major assault against pro-Russian forces who have seized government buildings in the country's east, with fighting breaking out Friday around a city that has become the focus of the insurgency. Three deaths were reported in early fighting.


Reports: Banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling has cancer

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Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has cancer, according to a Thursday report in the New York Post later confirmed by ESPN.


Ukrainian unrest spreads; dozens dead in Odessa

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:06 PM PDT

A Ukrainian government supporter walks past a line of self-defense activists during a clash with pro-Russians in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, Friday, May 2, 2014. A clash broke out late Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in Odessa, on the Black Sea coast some 550 kilometers (330 miles) from the turmoil in the east. Odessa had remained largely untroubled by unrest since the February toppling of pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych, which ignited tensions in the east. (AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov)SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine launched an offensive against separatist forces for control of a besieged eastern city Friday, while clashes between pro- and anti-government activists in the previously calm southern port of Odessa led to a fire that police said killed 31 people.


American economy bounces back from brutal winter

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:54 PM PDT

In this April 10, 2014 photo, Jennifer Stickney, a recruiter for Right at Home, which provides in-home care and assistance, answers questions from nursing students at a job fair on the campus of Kaplan University in Lincoln, Neb. The Labor Department on Friday, May 2, 2014 said U.S. employers added a robust 288,000 jobs in April, the most in two years, the strongest evidence to date that the economy is picking up after a brutal winter slowed growth. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy shrugged off the end of a brutal winter last month, rebounding with the biggest hiring surge in two years and suggesting that the job market's gains could endure.


US, Germany warn Putin not to disrupt Ukraine vote

Posted: 02 May 2014 03:34 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2014, after their joint news conference in the Rose Garden. Obama and Merkel are putting on a display of trans-Atlantic unity against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seem to be doing little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's reasoning on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened tough sanctions Friday on broad swaths of Russia's economy if Moscow disrupts Ukraine's May 25 presidential elections, putting President Vladimir Putin on notice for harsher penalties even if he stops short of a full invasion.


Cease-fire, evacuation deal in Syria's Homs

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo released on Monday, June 18, 2012, by the anti-government activist group Rebels Battalion of Baba Amro, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian rebels hold their weapons as they prepare to fight against Syrian troops, in Homs province, Syria. Syria's government and rebels agreed to a cease-fire on Friday, May 2, 2014, in the battleground city of Homs to allow hundreds of fighters holed up in its old quarters to evacuate, a deal that will bring the country's third–largest city under control of forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Rebels Battalion of Baba Amro, File)HOMS, Syria (AP) — Isolated and battered after months of bombardment and blockades, Syrian rebels agreed Friday to a cease-fire that would allow hundreds of fighters to evacuate their last bastions in Homs, handing over to President Bashar Assad's forces a strategic but largely destroyed city once hailed as the capital of the revolution.


Whale washes up in New Jersey, gets graffiti tag

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:49 PM PDT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A dead Minke whale that washed ashore in New Jersey suffered some further indignity: someone tagged it with graffiti.

Police get extra 48 hours to question Gerry Adams

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:11 PM PDT

A man adds the finishing touch to a newly painted mural of Gerry Adams on the Falls Road, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Friday, May, 2 2014. Police continue to question the Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams at Antrim police station about the 1972 murder of Jean McConville. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Northern Ireland police were granted an extra 48 hours Friday to interrogate Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams about the 1972 IRA killing of a Belfast widow, infuriating his Irish nationalist party and raising questions about the stability of the province's Catholic-Protestant government.


Uruguay leader calls Colorado pot law 'fiction'

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:34 PM PDT

Uruguay's President Jose Mujica sits outside his home during an interview on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, May 2, 2014. Mujica said Friday that his country's legal marijuana market will be much better than Colorado's, where he says the rules are based on MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — President Jose Mujica says Uruguay's legal marijuana market will be much better than Colorado's, where the state doesn't track the drug once it's sold. He also took aim at the medical marijuana laws many U.S. states have adopted, saying they enable people to fake illnesses to get prescription weed.


CDC confirms first case of MERS virus in American

Posted: 02 May 2014 03:40 PM PDT

FILE - This file photo provided by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a colorized transmission of the MERS coronavirus that emerged in 2012. Health officials on Friday, May 2, 2014 said the deadly virus from the Middle East has turned up for the first time in the U.S. (AP Photo/National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases via The Canadian Press, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Friday confirmed the first case of an American infected with a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East.


New York memorial held for L'Wren Scott

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:21 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 18, 2012 file photo shows fashion designer L'Wren Scott at the London Film Festival American Express Gala for "The Rolling Stones - Crossfire Hurricane", in London. Scott is to be remembered on Friday, May 2, 2014, at a Manhattan memorial service, expected to be attended by her longtime companion, Mick Jagger, and others close to her. The service for Scott, a noted fashion designer and stylist who committed suicide March 17, will be held at St. Bartholomew's Church. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Designer L'Wren Scott was being remembered Friday evening at a celebrity-filled Manhattan memorial service attended by luminaries of the fashion world and Hollywood.


55 U.S. schools face federal sex assault probes

Posted: 01 May 2014 06:15 PM PDT

FILE - This April 10, 2014 file photo shows Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaking in New York. Fifty-five colleges and universities _ big and small, public and private _ are being investigated over their handling of sexual abuse complaints, the Education Department revealed Thursday. Duncan said there had been WASHINGTON (AP) — From huge state universities to small colleges and the Ivy League, 55 schools across America are facing federal investigation for the way they handle sexual abuse allegations by their students.


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