| Police wanted Guard in Ferguson neighborhood Posted: 17 Feb 2015 01:59 PM PST  St. Louis area authorities planning for a grand jury announcement sought unsuccessfully to station National Guard troops and armored Humvees in a Ferguson neighborhood where Michael Brown had been shot by a policeman, according to records released Tuesday detailing the state's preparations.
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| U.S. to allow export of armed military drones Posted: 17 Feb 2015 01:40 PM PST  The Obama administration is amending its regulations for weapons sales to allow the export of armed military drones to friendly nations and allies.
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| Ukraine soldiers taken prisoner Posted: 17 Feb 2015 02:19 PM PST  Under a near-constant barrage of artillery fire, Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels fought fierce street battles Tuesday for control of the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve, a battle impeding implementation of a peace plan.
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| Obama’s ‘Crusades’ controversy explored Posted: 17 Feb 2015 08:01 AM PST  President Barack Obama describes the so-called Islamic State as a "death cult." But critics want him to label its fighters "Islamist radicals." Ahead of the White House's "Countering Violent Extremism" summit, Yahoo News looks at the rhetorical battles in the war on terrorism.
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| Derailed CSX train in West Virginia hauled newer-model tank cars Posted: 17 Feb 2015 02:17 PM PST  An oil train was still on fire and leaking in West Virginia on Tuesday, a day after it derailed and erupted in flames, according to CSX Corp, which said the train was hauling newer model tank cars, not the older versions widely criticized as prone to puncture. The train, which was carrying North Dakota crude to an oil depot in Yorktown, Virginia, derailed in a small town 33 miles southeast of Charleston, causing 20 tank cars to catch fire. All the oil tank cars on the 109-car train were CPC 1232 models, CSX said late Monday.
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| Oil train accident brings calls for tougher U.S. safety rules Posted: 17 Feb 2015 02:20 PM PST  By Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fiery oil train derailment in West Virginia this week exposes lax safety standards and strengthens the case for tougher U.S. rules governing such shipments, safety advocates said on Tuesday. This month, the U.S. Department of Transportation sent a safety plan to the White House for final review. The American Petroleum Institute and Association of American Railroads have worked together on oil train safety and are eager to see the final safety plan, a spokesperson for each trade group said. The West Virginia derailment came on the same CSX Corp line that crosses through Lynchburg, Virginia, where another oil train derailed in April.
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| U.S. delays Obama's immigration steps after judge's rebuke Posted: 17 Feb 2015 04:00 PM PST  By Jeff Mason and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration on Tuesday delayed implementing his unilateral steps to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation after a judge blocked the actions at the urging of 26 states accusing Obama of exceeding his powers. In a setback to the president, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, a city along the Texas border with Mexico, issued a temporary court order on Monday stopping Obama's executive actions that bypassed a gridlocked Congress. "The law is on our side and history is on our side," Obama told reporters in the Oval Office. The president said the administration will comply with the judge's order and delay accepting applications from some of the illegal immigrants for deportation relief and work permits that had been set to begin on Wednesday.
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| Al-Qaida wanted to try to pull off attack like 9/11 Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:16 AM PST  The terror group allegedly wanted recruits to infiltrate Western society and pull off a massive strike.
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| Nancy Pelosi is going to Cuba Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:07 AM PST  The House Democratic leader joins a delegation of Democrats visiting Cuba 'in friendship.'
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| Prosecutor asks for Strauss-Kahn acquittal in French sex trial Posted: 17 Feb 2015 07:57 AM PST  By Pierre Savary LILLE, France (Reuters) - A French prosecutor asked a criminal court on Tuesday to acquit former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of a pimping charge for his role in what investigating magistrates argued was an organized sex ring using prostitutes. Strauss-Kahn was tipped to become French president before being accused of sexual assault by a New York hotel chambermaid in 2011. U.S. criminal charges were subsequently dropped, and the allegations that he participated in a French sex ring centered in the northern French city of Lille emerged later. "Did Dominique Strauss-Kahn pay prostitutes?
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| Minnesota tries softer approach in battling Islamic State Posted: 17 Feb 2015 08:02 AM PST  A new strategy that will be tested out in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota this fall uses a "community intervention team" of religious and business leaders — not law enforcement — to respond to concerns of radicalization.
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| Float accident at Haiti Carnival parade kills at least 16 Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:32 AM PST  Riders on a music group's packed float in Port-au-Prince were killed in a terrible accident.
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| Judge stalls Obama action on immigration Posted: 17 Feb 2015 12:21 PM PST  The move gives a 26-state coalition time to pursue a lawsuit aimed at stopping the orders.
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| Mother of defendant in 'American Sniper' trial testifies Posted: 17 Feb 2015 04:52 PM PST  STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — The mother of the former Marine accused of killing "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and another man testified Tuesday that she didn't know after asking Kyle to help her troubled son that they'd be going to a shooting range.
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