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Governors coming to terms with sequester; demand flexibility from Washington

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 03:38 PM PST

National Governors Association Chairman Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware, left, with Vice Chariman Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma speaks during a news conference at the NGA Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. The nation's governors say their states are threatened if the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts known as the sequester take effect March 1. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)"We believe in what we call flexible federalism," the chair of the National Governors Association said.


Second blizzard bearing down on Plains region

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 01:33 PM PST

A snowplow clears a road during a blizzard in Kansas City, KansasA second major winter storm was bearing down on the central Plains Sunday, forcing cancellations and sending public works crews scrambling for salt and sand supplies less than a week after another system dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the region.


Movies for the masses, straight to the Web

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 02:17 PM PST

Vine movieThe Oscars still ignore Internet video. Don't let that stop you from watching, or making, Sunday's Best Vine.


House Intel chair: Chinese cyber attacks 'unprecedented'

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 10:00 AM PST

House Intel Chair Mike Rogers Calls Chinese Cyber Attacks 'Unprecedented'Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said "we are losing" the war to prevent the attacks.


Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 09:40 AM PST

Gibbs: Nobody is going to miss previous CongressObama's former press secretary called the proposition "inherently crazy."


Pope gives final Sunday blessing before resigning

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 07:42 AM PST

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his last Angelus noon prayer, from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Benedict XVI gave his pontificate's final Sunday blessing from his studio window to the cheers of tens of thousands of people packing St. Peter's Square, but sought to reassure the faithful that he wasn't abandoning the church by retiring to spend his final years in prayer. The 85-year-old Benedict is stepping down on Thursday evening, the first pope to do so in 600 years, after saying he no longer has the mental or physical strength to vigorously lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)Benedict XVI told a cheering crowd that he is better suited to a life of private prayer.


Chinese company reveals 'fastest smartphone in the world'

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 03:02 PM PST

This undated product image provided by Huawei, shows the Chinese company's new flagship model that it calls "the fastest smartphone in the world."The company said Sunday, Feb. 24, 2012, the device supports faster download speeds than other phones, but today's wireless networks aren't equipped to supply those speeds. (AP Photo/Huawei)Huawei, the world's third-largest maker of smartphones, wants to use it to expand its brand.


Cuban leader Raul Castro announces he will retire in 2018

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 03:30 PM PST

Cuban President Raul Castro shows his voting ballot during the session of the National Assembly of the People's Power in HavanaHe named a 52-year-old rising star to become his first vice president and most visible successor.


Afghanistan: U.S. special forces must leave province

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 04:38 PM PST

A U.S. soldier, right, photographs the scene where an insurgent was shot to death near an Afghan intelligence office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. A series of early morning attacks hit eastern Afghanistan Sunday, with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security forces and a would-be attacker in the capital city of Kabul. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)Afghanistan's president on Sunday ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans.


Pistorius' brother facing charge in traffic death

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 11:19 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, Carl Pistorius, right, and Henke Pistorius, the brother and father of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend attend Oscar's bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa. A report by a local television station on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, revealed that Carl Pistorius is facing a charge of culpable homicide for the death of a woman knocked down on her motorbike in 2010. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The murder case involving Olympic star Oscar Pistorius took another unexpected turn Sunday with the news that his older brother, Carl, is himself facing charges for the death of a woman in a traffic accident.


Apple signals emerging-market rethink with India push

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 01:03 PM PST

A salesperson unpacks an Apple iPad Mini to test it for a customer in the Apple specialty section of a Croma retail store in MumbaiNEW DELHI/BANGALORE (Reuters) - As BlackBerry launches the first smartphone from its make-or-break BB10 line in India, one of its most loyal markets, the company faces new competition from a formidable rival that has long had a minimal presence in the country. More than four years after it started selling iPhones in India, Apple Inc is now aggressively pushing the iconic device through installment payment plans that make it more affordable, a new distribution model and heavy marketing blitz. ...


French photographer dies of shrapnel wounds in Syria

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 09:00 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - A French freelance photographer working in Syria has died after being hit by shrapnel while covering an opposition group for Reporters Without Borders, the French government said on Sunday. Olivier Voisin was following the operations of an armed opposition group near Idlib, in northwestern Syria, Reporters Without Borders said. Voisin, born in 1974, was taken to the international hospital in the Turkish border city of Antakya but subsequently died from wounds to his head and arm, the office of French President Francois Hollande said in a statement. ...

McCain: Obama should have Camp David budget summit

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 06:36 AM PST

U.S. senators attend news conference at Capitol on immigration reform in WashingtonSen. John McCain says President Barack Obama should invite lawmakers to Camp David or the White House to hammer out a last-minute deal to avert deep budget cuts set to start taking effect at week's end.The ...


On Sunday talk shows, automatic budget cuts find few fans

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 08:36 AM PST

Automatic budget cuts find few fansThe automatic budget cuts set to take hold this week were roundly condemned Sunday as governors, lawmakers and administration officials hoped for a deal to stave off the $85 billion reduction in government ...


Cruz's tactics boil Washington, but impress Texas

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 09:02 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo Armed Services committee member, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, questions former Sen. Chuck Hagel (not shown), President Obama's choice for defense secretary, during Hagel's confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Weeks into his job, Texas Republicans are cheering Cruz's indelicate debut and embracing him as one of their own. The insurgent Republican elected with the tea party's blessing and bankroll, has run afoul of GOP mainstays, and prompted Democrats to compare his style to McCarthyism. Also seen from left are Sen.s Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Mike Lee, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Ted Cruz glanced at his black cowboy boots, beneath a silver Texas belt buckle, waiting for the admirers to stop clapping.


In South Carolina, disgraced former governor seeks a resurrection

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 02:01 PM PST

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford pauses as he addresses the media at a news conference at the State House in ColumbiaCHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The appearance by a candidate for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District here last week was delayed. The event's co-host, an undertaker, had been detained at his funeral home by an unexpected "delivery." A couple of people in the audience laughed as they realized what sort of delivery a funeral home receives. Questions of life and death seemed oddly appropriate because the afternoon's guest of honor was a man who is trying to undergo a political resurrection: former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. ...


Firefox says its phones will start appearing this summer

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 10:17 AM PST

Ο Firefox OS Simulator 1.0 είναι «εδώ»Mozilla, the non-profit foundation behind the popular Firefox Web browser, is getting into phones. But it's not stopping at Web browsers — it's launching an entire phone operating system.The Mountain View, ...


Prime suspect in Vegas shooting, crash is named, but remains at-large

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 09:11 AM PST

This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Police have identified Harris as a suspect in a shooting that sent a Maserati into a taxi that exploded, killing three people on Feb. 21, 2013 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 26-year-old man was being sought Sunday as the prime suspect in a pre-dawn shooting on the Las Vegas Strip last week which led to a fiery crash that left three people dead and several others injured.


Romney to give first postelection interview to Fox News

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 08:54 AM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, file photo, Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks with Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday in Manchester, N.H. Wallace said on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, that he has landed the first post-election interview with Romney and his wife, Ann. The interview will air on his show next week (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Fox's Chris Wallace has landed the first postelection interview with defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann.


New source found for cold, deep Antarctic currents

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 10:01 AM PST

New Source Found For Cold, Deep Antarctic CurrentsWith help from seals, scientists have discovered a new source for the coldest, deepest water in the ocean.


US scrambles to salvage Syrian opposition talks

Posted: 24 Feb 2013 12:07 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to London in his inaugural official trip as Secretary on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Pool, Jacquelyn Martin)LONDON (AP) — The U.S. is frantically trying to salvage a Syrian opposition conference set for this coming week that John Kerry plans to attend during his first official overseas trip as U.S. secretary of state.


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