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Alabama hostage standoff ends
Obama's new favorite phrase to woo the public
Great debate: Best Super Bowl ever?
Eerie rock towers provide clues about past earthquakes
Tagg Romney says no thanks to Senate race
Permission to wear pants? Odd laws still on the books
Photos: Malala's journey to recovery
Oldest known spider crabs discovered in fossil reef
Post-Super Bowl, Twitter becomes home for tasteless tweets
Stock market suffers worst day this year
What happens to your Facebook page after you die?
Al-Qaida group back on Twitter after ban
FBI investigating NYC woman's death in Istanbul
Super Bowl F-bomb could put FCC in a bind
Video of blind skateboarder wows the Web
Scottish library offering free pole-dancing class
Cantor: House GOP policies will focus on 'most vulnerable'
Clinton on Koch: Big brain, even bigger heart
Ex-FEMA director mocks Superdome blackout
'No legislation to eliminate all guns'
Curiosity rover drills into first Mars rock
Ex-sniper spoke of legacy days before his death
Photos: Snakes mesmerize in 'Serpentine' series

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:34 PM PST

Authorities kill the gunman holding a 5-year-old boy inside an underground bunker.

Obama's new favorite phrase to woo the public

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:37 PM PST

In these early days of his second term, President Obama isn't just promoting legislation on guns and immigration. The president and his surrogates are promoting "common-sense proposals" to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, and a revamped, "common-sense" immigration system.

Great debate: Best Super Bowl ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:30 PM PST

It shaped up as a one-sided game, threatened to become a farce once the lights went out and eventually turned into a Super Bowl that was proclaimed as the greatest of them all.

Eerie rock towers provide clues about past earthquakes

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:12 PM PST

Researchers studied rusty spires of rock called hoodoos 120 miles north of Los Angeles.

Tagg Romney says no thanks to Senate race

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 02:46 PM PST

Mitt Romney's son says he's not interested in running for John Kerry's now-open seat.

Permission to wear pants? Odd laws still on the books

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:58 PM PST

Paris is so fashion-forward, right? Maybe not. Women are technically banned from wearing pants.

Photos: Malala's journey to recovery

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:30 AM PST

A Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban has made her first video statement since she was nearly killed. Speaking clearly but with the left side of her face appearing rigid, 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai said she is "getting better, day by day." (Feb. 4)

Oldest known spider crabs discovered in fossil reef

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:20 PM PST

Scientists found new species of crustaceans, including spider crabs that lived 100 million years ago.

Post-Super Bowl, Twitter becomes home for tasteless tweets

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 02:27 PM PST

On Monday—a day that should have been dominated by talk of the Super Bowl blackout, Beyoncé's electric halftime performance and, oh yeah, the Baltimore Ravens' victory—the personal Twitter accounts of at least four current and former political figures sparked some understandable backlash. During the Super Bowl power outage on Sunday, Michael Brown, former director of [...]

Stock market suffers worst day this year

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:17 PM PST

The stock market is closing out its worst day so far this year, bringing the Dow average back below 14,000.

What happens to your Facebook page after you die?

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:20 PM PST

Most people can't live without Facebook -- but what happens to your Facebook page when you are no longer living? New Hampshire and other states are trying to figure that out.State Rep. Peter Sullivan has introduced legislation to allow the executor of an estate control over the social networking pages of the dead. Last week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 222-128 to give Sullivan more time to write an amendment that begins a study of the issue. ...

Al-Qaida group back on Twitter after ban

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:49 PM PST

Just two weeks after Twitter shut down its account, the Somali-based terror group al Shabaab has set up a new Twitter account and resumed tweeting out propaganda in English.

FBI investigating NYC woman's death in Istanbul

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:22 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman in Istanbul while on a solo vacation, a U.S. congressman said Monday.

Super Bowl F-bomb could put FCC in a bind

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:28 PM PST

After another obscenity incident involving CBS and a Super Bowl broadcast, the Federal Communications Commission is under pressure to fine the TV network after Joe Flacco used a forbidden word on broadcast TV.

Video of blind skateboarder wows the Web

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:37 AM PST

Skateboarding is an extreme sport that takes a tremendous amount of skill, balance, coordination, and fearlessness. Now the world is being introduced to skateboarder Tommy Carroll who has all of that, and then some. Carroll was born with retinal cancer, which left him blind at the age of 2. His lack of sight didn't keep [...]

Scottish library offering free pole-dancing class

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:39 PM PST

Libraries always look for new ways to engage readers through cultural enrichment. But one branch in Scotland took an unconventional approach by hosting a pole dancing class—at the library. STV reports that pole dancing teacher Nikki Clark hosted the class at the Mayfield Library in Dalkeith, Midlothian, as part of "Love Your Library Day." The [...]

Cantor: House GOP policies will focus on 'most vulnerable'

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:40 AM PST

The House Majority Leader is laying out his party's agenda on Tuesday.

Clinton on Koch: Big brain, even bigger heart

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 09:40 AM PST

The former president revealed that he and the late NYC mayor were avid pen pals.

Ex-FEMA director mocks Superdome blackout

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 10:35 AM PST

Remember Brownie? He's back. This time, cracking Katrina jokes on Twitter.

'No legislation to eliminate all guns'

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:43 AM PST

Obama met with Minnesota officials to discuss local gun-control efforts.

Curiosity rover drills into first Mars rock

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:20 AM PST

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has pounded into a Red Planet rock with its drill for the first time, bringing the 1-ton robot a big step closer to initiating its first full-bore drilling operations.