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'Something has been broken in Syria'

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 01:36 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama participates in an official arrival ceremony with Jordan's King Abdullah II at Al-Hummar Palace, in AmmanObama worries the country will become a haven for extremists.


Two teens charged with shooting death of Ga. toddler

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 03:50 PM PDT

Police Arrest 2 Teens in Ga. Baby KillingBRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A pair of teenagers was arrested Friday and accused of fatally shooting a 13-month-old baby in the face and wounding his mother during their morning stroll through a leafy, historic neighborhood.


Airport control towers closed in budget cuts

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 03:08 PM PDT

Air Traffic Control specialist watches plane traffic from the control tower at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport in OgdenThe FAA will work with affected airports and operators to maintain safety.


Jihadist jokes about U.S. bounty: How much for just one leg?

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 08:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 11, 2011 file photo, American-born Islamist militant Omar Hammami, 27, also known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, addresses a press conference of the militant group al-Shabab at a farm in southern Mogadishu's Afgoye district in Somalia. A U.S. State Department official who specializes in Somalia said Thursday, March 21, 2013 that the $5 million reward offered for Omar Hammami on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 could exploit what are believed to be fault lines between groups in Somali that may be for and against Hammami. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)The Alabama-born fighter mocks the government's $5 million reward.


FCC chairman to resign

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 12:17 PM PDT

FILE - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski testifies during his nominee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this June 16, 2009 file photo. The chairman of the Fe-deral Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, on Friday, MArch 22, 2013, announced his resignation in the "coming weeks. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)Critics of Julius Genachowski describe his tenure as "one of missed opportunities."


Photos: Alcatraz marks 50th anniversary

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 07:45 AM PDT

Photos: Alcatraz marks 50th anniversaryIn this March 21, 1963 photo taken by Leigh Wiener and provided by the National Park Service, prison guard Jim Albright, second from left, leads out the last prisoners from the federal penitentiary. The National Park Service on Thursday celebrated the 50th anniversary of Alcatraz Island's closure as a federal penitentiary with an exhibit of newly discovered photos of the prison's final hours. The new display opened five decades after the last shacked prisoners were taken off the infamous prison in San Francisco Bay that once held the likes of gangsters Al Capone and Mickey Cohen. (AP Photo/National Park Service, Copyright Leigh Wiener)

North Dakota closer to amendment outlawing abortions

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Their House of Representatives on passed an amendment granting legal rights to embryos from the time of fertilization, a measure that could ban all abortions in the state.

Obama withdraws controversial nominee for circuit court judge

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 01:04 PM PDT

The White House on Friday afternoon announced the withdrawal of lawyer Caitlin Halligan's nomination for circuit judge for the District of Columbia, a move that will be cheered by Senate Republicans who have worked for years to block her nomination. "Today, I accepted Caitlin Halligan's request to withdraw as a nominee for the U.S. Court [...]

No indictment for Maryland cops involved in disabled man's death

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 01:34 PM PDT

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A grand jury has decided not to indict three Maryland sheriff's deputies in the death of a man with Down syndrome, prosecutors said Friday.

Photo op: Gov. Chris Christie meets a bigger man in New Jersey

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 11:39 AM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is often teased about his size, but on Friday, he finally found someone bigger than him: former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal. Christie posted this photo on Twitter of him shaking hands with O'Neal, who stands just over 7 feet tall, at his office in Trenton. Christie told the Daily Record [...]

Weekend Linkdown: Robots, drones, and the best 404 error pages

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 10:25 AM PDT

The work week is winding down, and as usual you're looking for Webby distraction. Well guess what? I have suggestions.

Suspect in Colorado prison chief's slaying dies

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 09:52 AM PDT

This undated photo released by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows paroled inmate Evan Spencer Ebel. Ebel, 28, is the man who led Texas authorities on a 100 mph car chase that ended in a shootout Thursday, March 21, 2013, and may be linked to the slaying of Colorado's state prison chief. (AP Photo/Colorado Department of Corrections)The former inmate dies after a 100-mph car chase and shootout with police.


Part of Obama's health care law repealed—by Democrats

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 10:34 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — It isn't every day that more than half the Democrats in the Senate vote to repeal part of President Barack Obama's health care law.

Domestic drones ‘scary,’ but inevitable, Bloomberg says

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 08:41 AM PDT

FILE - This Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 file photo shows a U.S. Predator drone as it flies over the moon above Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan. A U.S. drone fired a pair of missiles that hit a vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, near the Afghan border killing three suspected militants, in Datta Khel village of North Waziristan tribal region at about midnight Thursday, two intelligence officials said. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)"We're going into a different world, unchartered," the NYC mayor says.


Quantico's suicide problem

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 06:37 AM PDT

The Marine Base Quantico, spokesman Lt. Agustin Solivan briefs reporters following a shooting incident on the base Friday March 22, 2013. Three people, including the suspect, were killed in the shooting at Marine Base Quantico, Solivan said early Friday. He said they believe the suspect, whose name wasn't released, is a staff member at the officer candidate school at the base. No information on the victim was immediately released. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)A double homicide followed by the suicide appears linked to a relationship dispute.


Newtown victim's parents meet Adam Lanza's father.

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 07:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2012 file photo, Alissa Parker, left, and her husband, Robbie Parker, leave the firehouse staging after receiving word that their six-year-old daughter Emilie was one of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown, Conn. Alissa Parker told The parents of Newtown victim Emilie Parker meet Adam Lanza's father.


Amazon natives evicted by RIO police for soccer stadium

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 10:34 AM PDT

A native Indian reacts as military police officers evict a native Indian community living at the Brazilian Indian Museum in Rio de JaneiroRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police evicted two dozen Amazon natives on Friday from an old Indian museum that will be demolished to clear areas adjacent to Brazil's legendary Maracana soccer stadium, the main venue for next year's World Cup. The Indians from different Amazon tribes had been living on the grounds of the Rio de Janeiro museum since 2006 and were resisting its demolition, which caused further delays to the overhaul of the stadium complex. ...


Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe dies at 82

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 08:26 AM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)Achebe made his name more than 50 years ago with his novel "Things Fall Apart."


Obama ending Israel visit with symbolic stops

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 07:13 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Israel's President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after laying a wreath at the grave of Theodor Herzl at Mt Herzl in JerusalemThe president paid respects to the nation's heroes and to victims of the Holocaust.


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