| Controversial Arizona sheriff played federal probe for laughs Posted:  An audio recording has surfaced of an Arizona sheriff playing his refusal to cooperate in a racial profiling investigation for laughs at a fundraiser for an anti-illegal immigration group in Texas. He ridicules politicians who sought the probe and displayed contempt toward federal authorities who were — and are still — investigating him on two fronts.
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| Dowd: Secret Service, GSA gaffes erode faith Posted:  ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd said the recent scandals involving the Secret Service and GSA reflect a declining trust in American institutions at all levels. "The American public has lost faith in every single institution in this country," Dowd said this morning on the...
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| French presidential election heads to runoff Posted:  The French presidential election appears to be headed to a runoff. Exit polls cited by French television in Sunday's first round of voting show President Nicolas Sarkozy losing by a thin margin to Socialist challenger Francois Hollande. According to CNN, Sarkozy captured 25.5 percent of the vote, while Hollande took 28.4 percent. Marine Le Pen, [...]
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| Iowa paper devotes front page to fighting bullying Posted:  In a rare and forceful act of advocacy, an Iowa newspaper devoted the entire front page of its Sunday edition to an anti-bullying editorial after a gay teen committed suicide.
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| No new clues in search for 6-year-old Tucson girl Posted:  The parents of a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl asked their parish priest for prayers Sunday as volunteers passed out fliers across Tucson and more than 150 law enforcement officers tried to figure out whether she had been abducted.
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| New York search for 'milk carton' boy finds stain on wall Posted:  Investigators searching a New York basement for clues about the 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old boy have ended their search after "nothing conclusive was found," a law enforcement source said on Sunday. Etan Patz was one of the first missing children in the United States to have his photograph printed on milk cartons after he disappeared and helped fuel an intense national campaign in search of missing children in the 1980s. ...
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| Hollande victory could impact U.S. markets this week Posted:  A strong showing by Socialist candidate Francois Hollande in the first round of France's presidential election Sunday may rattle U.S. and global financial markets in the coming weeks.
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| All eyes on Fla. jail as Zimmerman awaits release Posted:  All eyes remain on the Florida jail where the man charged with murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is awaiting release on bail, and it could be several days before he leaves.
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| ‘One Day on Earth:' Film with footage from every country debuts Posted:  On Oct. 10, 2010, a pair of aspiring American filmmakers--who had never made a film before--asked people in every country in the world to document something they saw that day and submit footage to them for inclusion in an ambitious film project. "It was a big idea," Kyle Ruddick, the first-time director, told Yahoo News [...]
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| More firings likely coming in Secret Service scandal Posted:  The chairman of a House committee investigating an alleged Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings as key lawmakers and a top adviser to President Barack Obama expressed confidence Sunday that the agency will effectively deal with the incident.
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| Police: 4 kids die in La. home fire, mom charged Posted: Four unattended children died in a mobile home fire in Louisiana and their mother was charged Sunday with four counts of negligent homicide for allegedly leaving them alone, authorities said. |
| Fla. woman going on trial in 2009 Novack killings Posted:  Sneaky breast implants. Naked amputees. The Batmobile.
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| Afghanistan, U.S. agree on strategic pact text Posted:  Afghanistan and the United States on Sunday agreed on a draft of a long-awaited deal that will define the scope and nature of a U.S. presence in the country for up to a decade after the pullout of most NATO combat troops in 2014. The U.S. Ambassador to Kabul, Ryan Crocker, and Afghan national security adviser, Rangin Spanta, initialed copies of the agreement, paving the way for President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, to review it. ...
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| Police hope grainy photos catch banker's shooter Posted:  The police released grainy photos on Monday of a man suspected of shooting a former Russian banker near London's Canary Wharf financial district in a case that has raised fears that Russian gangland violence could be spreading to Britain. Financier German Gorbuntsov, 45, was shot five times as he entered a block of flats where he lives near the River Thames in the east of the capital on March 20. He survived the attack, but was critically injured and is recovering in hospital where his condition was described as stable. ...
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| What causes 'brain freeze' headaches? New answers Posted: Most people have likely experienced brain freeze — the debilitating, instantaneous pain in the temples after eating something frozen — but researchers didn't really understand what causes it, until now. |
| Iran says it recovered data from captured U.S. drone Posted:  Iran claimed Sunday that it had recovered data from an American spy drone that went down in Iran last year, including information that the aircraft was used to spy on Osama bin Laden weeks before he was killed. Iran also said it was building a copy of the drone.
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| Wal-Mart probes bribery allegations in Mexico Posted:  Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, said it is probing allegations its managers in Mexico employed a widespread campaign of bribery to secure and expand the company's presence in the country."This ...
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| Study: Arctic Ocean could be source of greenhouse gas Posted:  The Arctic Ocean could be a significant contributor of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, scientists reported on Sunday.
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| Millions of books to be donated Monday night Posted:  You won't need to visit a store or library Monday night to see a book change hands or receive a free copy yourself.
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| Olbermann: Dog-gate vastly raises 'absurdity' of campaign Posted:  After a week of dog-eat-dog politicking between President Obama and Mitt Romney's respective campaigns, Keith Olbermann said today that the "dog-gate" controversies have gotten out of hand. Politicos, pundits and the presidential-campaign watching public spent the past week pondering which is worse, a presidential candidate...
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| Photos: World celebrates Earth Day Posted:  Indonesian environmental activists parade during a protest to mark Earth Day in Malang. "One Day on Earth" -- touted as the first film with footage from every country taken on the same day -- was to be screened for the first time Sunday around the world, including at the UN. (AFP Photo/Aman Rochman) |
| Senator: No evidence Colombian prostitutes were underage Posted:  Sen. Susan Collins said this morning that according to Secret Service director Mark Sullivan, there is no evidence that the women who were allegedly solicited by agents in Colombia earlier this month were underage. "He told me that at this point there is no evidence of...
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