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• Vatican raises possibility of early conclave
• NASA: Meteor blast bigger than previously thought
• Uncle: Pistorius, slain girlfriend had planned future
• Gun ban would protect more than 2,200 firearms
• Dorner was hiding in nearby condo during manhunt
• Texas police fatally shoot fugitive Fla. prisoner
• Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall
• Jackson Jr.'s downfall tied to objects, not power
• Reality TV show with Pistorius' dead girlfriend airs
• G20 steps back from currency brink, heat off Japan
• Bomb rips Pakistan market, kills at least 65
• Obama bypasses Congress, goes public with economic pitches
• Bright streak of light reported over San Francisco
• Jets escort plane from where Obama is vacationing

Vatican raises possibility of early conclave Posted: 16 Feb 2013 02:06 PM PST The Vatican raised the possibility Saturday that the conclave to elect the next pope might start sooner than March 15.

NASA: Meteor blast bigger than previously thought Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:49 PM PST The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought and more powerful, too, NASA scientists say.

Uncle: Pistorius, slain girlfriend had planned future Posted: 16 Feb 2013 01:05 PM PST South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, known as the "Blade Runner", was planning a future with the girlfriend he is accused of shooting dead this week, his uncle said on Saturday. Pistorius, 26, one of the world's most recognizable athletes, was charged on Friday with murdering swimsuit model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of the previous day. He broke down during a 40-minute bail hearing at a Pretoria court but was not asked to enter a plea. ...

Gun ban would protect more than 2,200 firearms Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:30 PM PST Congress' latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle that is nearly identical to one of the guns used in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history.

Dorner was hiding in nearby condo during manhunt Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:05 PM PST It didn't take ingenuity for Christopher Dorner to elude authorities for six days. He simply opened an unlocked door.

Texas police fatally shoot fugitive Fla. prisoner Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:32 PM PST The Florida prisoner who escaped in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was fatally shot early Saturday after refusing to cooperate with officers and lunging at them, police said.

Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:57 PM PST As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about what had happened in this troubled pocket of Russia.

Jackson Jr.'s downfall tied to objects, not power Posted: 16 Feb 2013 02:16 PM PST For all the talk of Jesse Jackson Jr. aspiring to be a U.S. senator or mayor of the nation's third-largest city, his career wasn't ended by attempts to amass political power.

Reality TV show with Pistorius' dead girlfriend airs Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:51 PM PST Reeva Steenkamp's last wish for her family before she was shot dead at boyfriend Oscar Pistorius' home was for them to watch her in a reality TV show that went on air in South Africa on Saturday night, two days after her killing.

G20 steps back from currency brink, heat off Japan Posted: 16 Feb 2013 01:04 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Group of 20 nations declared on Saturday there would be no currency war and deferred plans to set new debt-cutting targets, underlining broad concern about the fragile state of the world economy. Japan's expansive policies, which have driven down the yen, escaped direct criticism in a statement thrashed out in Moscow by policymakers from the G20, which spans developed and emerging markets and accounts for 90 percent of the world economy. ...

Bomb rips Pakistan market, kills at least 65 Posted: 16 Feb 2013 11:51 AM PST A bomb hidden in a water tank ripped through a crowded vegetable market in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in a southwestern Pakistani city Saturday, killing at least 65 people and wounding nearly 200, officials said.

Obama bypasses Congress, goes public with economic pitches Posted: 16 Feb 2013 06:01 AM PST The effort to promote President Obama's proposals on jobs, wages and education involved visits to Asheville, N.C., Decatur Ga., and Chicago, participating in a Google+ chat and mobilizing the president's formidable former campaign apparatus.

Bright streak of light reported over San Francisco Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:23 PM PST Hours after a meteor exploded over Russia and injured more than 1,000 people and an asteroid passed relatively close to Earth, residents in Northern California reported seeing an unusual flash of light over the San Francisco Bay area that left many startled and thrilled.

Jets escort plane from where Obama is vacationing Posted: 16 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST STUART, Fla. (AP) — Officials say two F-16 military jets have escorted a small plane away from a no-fly zone above where President Barack Obama is vacationing along Florida's Treasure Coast.

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