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• Burned remains ID'd as ex-cop Dorner
• Crippled cruise ship limps toward dry land
• Obama: Americans need to know more about drone program
• Obama: It might be time to get rid of the penny
• More than half diplomatic posts may not meet security rules
• Senate GOP blocks Hagel vote—for now
• Photos: Valentine's Day around the world
• Record storm brings holiday ski boost for Northeast
• Tyrannosaurus at center of custody case is going home
• Illinois a step closer to legalizing gay marriage
• Photos: Amateur snapper takes amazing shots of the sun
• 'Heart-wrenching': Cabin owner describes watching it burn
• Five surprising facts about Friday's asteroid flyby
• Britain arrests three men in horsemeat scandal
• Emmett Till's family reacts to obscene Lil Wayne lyric
• Video: See what it's like to fly an F-18 fighter jet
• Pistorius lives life on the edge, on and off the track
• Why slacking off at work may be a good thing
• In drug-tainted waters, even fish get the munchies
• Photos: Thai couple breaks record for longest kiss

Burned remains ID'd as ex-cop Dorner Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:09 PM PST Police used dental records to identify the remains found in the cabin.

Crippled cruise ship limps toward dry land Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:24 PM PST MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — This is not at all how it looked in the brochure: Pulled by a tugboat at a maddeningly slow pace, the cruise ship Carnival Triumph finally drew within sight of land Thursday as miserable passengers told stories of overflowing toilets, food shortages, foul odors and dangerously dark passageways.

Obama: Americans need to know more about drone program Posted: 14 Feb 2013 03:22 PM PST President Barack Obama defended his administration's use of drones to target and assassinate Americans overseas believed to be working with terrorists, insisting the government is following the law on what it can and cannot do. But he admitted the public needs to know more about how the drone program works and what rules the administration [...]

Obama: It might be time to get rid of the penny Posted: 14 Feb 2013 03:46 PM PST The copper 1-cent coin has long been criticized for being costlier to mint than it is worth.

More than half diplomatic posts may not meet security rules Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:26 PM PST The U.S. has adiplomatic presence at 283 locations globally but only 97 are safe.

Senate GOP blocks Hagel vote—for now Posted: 14 Feb 2013 02:28 PM PST Senators fell two votes short of the 60 needed to get to a final up-or-down vote.

Photos: Valentine's Day around the world Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:30 AM PST Iraqis shop for gifts for Valentine's Day in Baghdad February 14, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ - Tags: SOCIETY)

Record storm brings holiday ski boost for Northeast Posted: 14 Feb 2013 03:10 PM PST The loads of snow could help erase memories of last year's dismal season.

Tyrannosaurus at center of custody case is going home Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:23 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nearly complete 70-million-year-old tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton will be returned to Mongolia following the high-profile prosecution of a Florida paleontologist by federal authorities in New York, U.S. authorities said on Thursday. A New York federal judge ordered the skeleton and other fossils forfeited to the U.S. government this week after the paleontologist pled guilty in December to fraud and conspiracy. Ellen Davis, a spokeswoman for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said his office would return the 8-foot-tall (2.4 meter), 24-foot-long (7. ...

Illinois a step closer to legalizing gay marriage Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:09 PM PST If the bill passes the state House, it could become the 10th state to allow same-sex nuptials.

Photos: Amateur snapper takes amazing shots of the sun Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST

'Heart-wrenching': Cabin owner describes watching it burn Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:53 PM PST The home was 85 years old, dating back to the late 1920s.

Five surprising facts about Friday's asteroid flyby Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST Residents of Sumatra, Indonesia will get the closest look when it passes by.

Britain arrests three men in horsemeat scandal Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:35 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - An investigation has identified a French meat-processing firm as a likely culprit in the horsemeat scandal that has enraged consumers across Europe and implicated traders and abattoirs from Cyprus to Romania. Separately, British police investigating alleged mislabeling of beef products arrested three people on Thursday at facilities in Wales and Yorkshire which had handled horsemeat and were raided by police earlier, British media reported. No further details on the British arrests were immediately available. ...

Emmett Till's family reacts to obscene Lil Wayne lyric Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:45 PM PST NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A cousin of the late Emmett Till wonders if Lil Wayne understands just how damaging it was when he rapped a vulgar reference to the black U.S. teen whose death in 1955 became a significant moment in the civil rights movement.

Video: See what it's like to fly an F-18 fighter jet Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:07 PM PST How awesome would it be to sit at the gears of a fighter jet and see the world from tens of thousands of feet above ground at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour? Most of us will never get the opportunity to fly a fighter jet, of course, but worry not, you can now [...]

Pistorius lives life on the edge, on and off the track Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:03 AM PST LONDON (AP) — The figure of Oscar Pistorius racing around the Olympic track with his carbon-fiber blades whipping through the air was one of the enduring images of the London Games.

Why slacking off at work may be a good thing Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:25 PM PST Bosses who notice an employee's performance drop in one aspect of the job shouldn't immediately think the employee is slacking off, new research shows.

In drug-tainted waters, even fish get the munchies Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:20 AM PST BOSTON (AP) — What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social and aggressive, a study found. They even get the munchies.

Photos: Thai couple breaks record for longest kiss Posted: 14 Feb 2013 09:07 AM PST Participants Akekachai Tiranarat, 44, and his wife Raksana Taranarat, 33, pose with their certificate of recognition for winning the World's Longest Continuous Kiss event in Pattaya, 150 km (90 miles) east of Bangkok, February 14, 2013. The World's Longest Continuous Kiss event, which was organized to celebrate Valentine's Day in Thailand, started out with 9 couples on February 12. Tiranarat and Taranarat set a new Guinness World Record for the longest kiss at 58 hours 35 minutes and 58 seconds. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY)

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