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Rescuers end effort to find body in Fla. sinkhole

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 03:32 PM PST

Jeremy Bush places flowers and a stuffed animal at a makeshift memorial in front of a home where a sinkhole opened up underneath a bedroom late Thursday evening and swallowed his brother Jeffrey in Seffner, Fla. on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Jeffrey Bush, 37, was in his bedroom Thursday night when the earth opened and took him and everything else in his room. Five other people were in the house but managed to escape unharmed. Bush's brother jumped into the hole to try to help, but he had to be rescued himself by a sheriff's deputy. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)Crews are trying to learn how far the underground cavity reaches and whether more homes are at risk.

Sequester casts pall over Obama's second-term agenda

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 02:13 PM PST

Obama speaks about the sequester in WashingtonThe economic effects of the spending cuts may take time to kick in, but political blowback has already begun.

Kerry: Divided Egypt needs political compromise

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 01:32 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks down during a pause in a statement to the media with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, not pictured, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Cairo is the sixth leg of Kerry's first official overseas trip and begins the Middle East portion of his nine-day journey. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)Egypt's bickering government and opposition need to overcome their differences to create "a sense of political and economic viability" if the country is to thrive as a democracy, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday.

Syria, Iran say Assad to remain in power until 2014

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 03:36 PM PST

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, left, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi, shake hands, at the conclusion of their press conference, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 2, 2013. The Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers on Saturday accused the United States of double standards over the Obama administration's decision to provide aid to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, saying this will only prolong the conflict. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)The countries also condemned a U.S. plan to assist rebels fighting to topple Assad.

Rove: GOP needs candidates who reflect diversity

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 04:15 PM PST

Republican strategist Karl Rove speaks at a luncheon at the California Republican Party convention, in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, March 2, 2013. Rove told California Republicans to "get off the mat", and to find candidates to reflect the party's diversity. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)The strategist said Republicans must diversify and create a strategy to spread their message to a wider audience.

SpaceX cargo capsule cleared for Space Station docking

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 02:02 PM PST

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon capsule, lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a second resupply mission to the International Space Station in Cape CanaveralThe Dragon spacecraft missed its scheduled arrival on Saturday after thruster problems surfaced.

Ex-con accused of sneaking back into NYC jails

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 02:56 PM PST

This undated photo made available by the New York State Criminal Justice Services sex offender registry website shows Matthew Matagrano. Matagrano was arrested on Saturday, March 2, 2013 on charges that he impersonated a Department of Correction investigator. Officials say that for at least a week, he used phony credentials to get into multiple city lockups, including Rikers Island and the Manhattan Detention Center, where he mingled with inmates for hours. (AP Photo/New York State Criminal Justice Services)Most people who've done time in jail can't wait to get away. But this week, New York City authorities accused one former inmate of sneaking back in.

Cuts in place, Obama and GOP brace for next fight

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 03:04 AM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, March 1, 2013, following a meeting with congressional leaders regarding the automatic spending cuts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Both President Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability.

Violent protests spread outside Egypt's capital

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 12:29 PM PST

An Egyptian protester shouts slogans as another holds anti-Muslim brotherhood banner reading, "no for bloody state security," during a protest in support of victims of Friday's clashes in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) — Violent protests erupted outside Egypt's capital on Saturday as activists accused police of using excessive force in two cities and running over protesters, including one who was crushed to death by an armored vehicle.

Syria: Troops seize control of key road in north

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 06:23 AM PST

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a caricature placard during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, March. 1, 2013. Syrian government forces fought fierce clashes with rebels attacking a police academy near the northern city of Aleppo on Friday, while the bodies of 10 men most of them shot in the head were found dumped along the side of a road outside Damascus, activists said. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian army officials say troops have regained control of several villages along a strategic highway near the embattled northern city of Aleppo.

Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremonial start

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 04:07 PM PST

Defending champion Dallas Seavey takes off Saturday, March 2, 2013, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, for the ceremonial start of the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The race, which will take mushers and dog teams about a thousand miles across the Alaska wilderness, starts Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mushers and their dogs took a leisurely jaunt through Anchorage on Saturday in the ceremonial start of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Russian demonstrators rally in support of U.S. adoption ban

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 06:41 AM PST

People march during a rally in defence of Russian children in MoscowMOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched through Moscow on Saturday in an orderly show of support for a ban on adoptions of Russian children by Americans, echoing President Vladimir Putin's demands for better care for Russian orphans in their homeland. Carrying signs with slogans including "Children are our future" and "America - hands off our children", activists mixed bitter criticism of the United States with calls for improvements in Russia's own care system. "These children are ours. ...

China to launch next manned space mission in summer

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 05:36 AM PST

China to Launch Next Manned Space Mission in SummerChina announced Thursday (Feb. 28) that it will send three astronauts to space this summer on a docking mission to its orbiting lab, according to news reports.

Who will take on job of fixing Detroit's finances?

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 10:02 AM PST

Gov. Rick Snyder declares a financial emergency during a broadcast in Detroit, Friday, March 1, 2013. The determination could lead to the appointment of an emergency manager over the city's finances. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)DETROIT (AP) — It appears the appointment of an emergency manager to take over Detroit's failing finances is all but a done deal. But one question remains: Who will get the difficult, thankless job?

Puerto Rico slowly warms to more gay rights

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 10:38 AM PST

In this Feb. 18, 2013 photo, demonstrators stand outside the capitol building during a "Puerto Rico Rises" rally to protest any move to legalize same-sex marriage in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The governing Popular Democratic Party is pushing a bill through the legislature that would outlaw discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation, a step taken by about half of U.S. states. Another bill would extend a domestic violence law to gay couples. However, many Puerto Ricans remain uncomfortable with the changes. Church groups in February rallied an estimated 200,000 people against a move to include gay couples under domestic violence laws. (AP Photo/El Vocero, Sebastian Marquez Velez)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The advance of gay rights across the United States is spreading into Puerto Rico, making the island a relatively gay-friendly outpost in a Caribbean region where sodomy laws and harassment of gays are still common.

North Sea oil platform leak sparks evacuation

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 11:52 AM PST

The TAQA oil company says dozens of workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a hydrocarbon leak was detected.The Abu Dhabi-based company says 71 of the 145 workers on the Cormorant ...

NATO says two Afghan boys accidentally killed

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 12:15 PM PST

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — International forces accidentally killed two Afghan boys during an operation in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said Saturday.

Iraq monthly death toll down in February

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 06:46 AM PST

Iraqi residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Shuala districtBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants killed 136 Iraqis in February, fewer than the previous month, as the country continues to grapple with insurgents just over a year after U.S. troops withdrew, health ministry figures showed on Saturday. The country's precarious sectarian and ethnic balance has come under growing strain from the conflict in neighboring Syria, which is whipping up tensions between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq and the wider Middle East. The figures showed 88 civilians, 22 soldiers and 26 policemen were killed last month. A further 228 people were wounded. ...

Smiling polar bear cub debuts at Buffalo Zoo

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 06:00 AM PST

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A smiling, playful 3-month-old polar bear cub has made its public debut at the Buffalo Zoo in western New York.

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