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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez dies at 58

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 04:19 PM PST

File photo of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez blowing a kiss as he arrives at a rally with supporters in CaracasThe Socialist leader challenged the status quo at home and internationally.

Dow Jones surges to record close

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 02:41 PM PST

Michael Pistillo, Jr. right, with Barclays, calls out the price of Tiffany & Co. stock to Joseph Lawlor at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in New York. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 100 points early Tuesday, reaching an all-time high, powered by China's strong economic growth targets and a jump in European retail sales. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)The nation's economic stability and support from the Fed lead to a big day.

Scenes from latest Midwest snowstorm

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 02:22 PM PST

Scenes from latest Midwest snowstormA woman walks by the Cloud Gate Sculpture, known as "The Bean", as a snow plow clears the area during a snowstorm in Chicago March 5, 2013. A deadly late winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Midwestern United States on Tuesday, contributing to numerous highway crashes and flight cancellations as it moved east toward the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic states. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Jon Stewart taking a hiatus from 'The Daily Show'

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 02:34 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 18, 2012 file photo shows host Jon Stewart during a taping of "The Daily Show with John Stewart", in New York. Comedy Central says Jon Stewart will take a break from "The Daily Show" starting in June to direct and produce his first feature film. The network said Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that correspondent-writer John Oliver will host the fake news show for the eight weeks of original episodes scheduled during Stewart's hiatus. The British-born Oliver has been a "Daily Show" regular since 2006. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)The Comedy Central stalwart will take a break to direct and produce his first feature film.

Senate panel approves Obama's CIA pick

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 04:11 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, CIA Director nominee John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Brennan's nomination to be director of the CIA is set for a key test before the Senate Intelligence Committee as the committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday, March 5, 2013, on Brennan, who is currently serving as President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser in the White House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)John Brennan is one step closer to becoming the nation's chief spy.

Suspect in crash that killed NY family is ready to surrender

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:38 AM PST

This undated photo, provided by the New York City Police Department on Monday March 4, 2013, shows Julio Acevedo, 44, who police are looking for in connection with the death of an expectant couple that was killed in a car accident in Brooklyn early Sunday morning and their premature baby, who was delivered alive but did not survive. Police are searching for the driver of a BMW who fled on foot after slamming into the livery cab transporting Nachman Glauber and his pregnant wife Raizy, both 21 years old. (AP Photo/NYPD)The man was fleeing a gunman when the crash happened, he says.

Donald Trump to address conservative conference

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 12:54 PM PST

This Feb. 26, 2013 photo shows businessman and TV personality Donald Trump from "The Celebrity Apprentice," at his office at Trump Tower in New York. The two-hour premiere of "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice" airs Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on NBC. (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP)But the group passes on one of the nation's most popular Republican governors.

TSA to allow pocket knives on commercial flights

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 01:32 PM PST

TSA to Allow Pocket Knives On PlanesStarting in April, passengers also can carry-on golf clubs, ski poles, and hockey sticks.

The story behind the wealth inequality viral video

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 01:47 PM PST

How a really boring subject racked up more than 2.3 million views.

SaneBox helps deal with crazy old email

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 12:32 PM PST

The service makes files vanish to a spot where they can be looked at later.

Connecticut massacre records remain secret

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 11:40 AM PST

The road to Sandy Hook Elementary School remains closed in NewtownMedia advocates argue to open search warrants and other public information.

White House tours nixed in wake of spending cuts

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 12:22 PM PST

The White House Visitors Office 24-hour help line informed callers that starting March 9, tours of the White House will be canceled due to the across-the-board spending cuts ordered by President Barack Obama.

‘We’re not stealing anybody’s money,’ key Democrat says

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 09:54 AM PST

U.S. House Minority Whip Hoyer discusses the fiscal cliff negotiations at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonSteny Hoyer responds to remarks about taxes made by House Speaker John Boehner.

Missing Soviet war veteran now living as healer in Afghanistan

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 11:57 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Soviet war veteran reported missing in action during fighting in Afghanistan 33 years ago has been found living as a local healer in the province of Heart, news agency Ria reported. The soldier, who was rescued by Afghans after being wounded in the first months after the Soviet Union's invasion in 1979, was tracked down by a Moscow-based group of war veterans. A native of the former Soviet Central Asian state of Uzbekistan, he now goes by the name of Sheikh Abdullah and has adopted the local dress and profession of the healer who nursed him back to health. ...

Celebrity 'fractivists' conflicted over their cause

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 03:38 PM PST

FILE- In this Aug. 29, 2012 file photo, Yoko Ono appears at a news conference in New York to launch the coalition of artists opposing hydraulic fracturing. Ono and her son, Sean Lennon, formed a group called NEW YORK (AP) — The scene: a Manhattan art-house theater. The cause: a campaign against the gas drilling process known as fracking that's being led by more than 100 celebrities, including Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo and Mario Batali.

Ghosts and stress haunt Japan's tsunami survivors

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 10:28 AM PST

Fifty-six-year-old exorcist Kansho Aizawa holds a spiritual cleansing ritual for a woman at a temporary house in HigashimatsushimaPeople still struggle with the disaster that happened nearly two years ago.

Kerry: Iran closer to nuclear weapons

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 08:06 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry waves before boarding a plan headed for Qatar on his first official overseas trip as secretary of state in Abu Dhabi"Lines have been drawn before and they've been passed," he said.

'Patriot' groups on the rise as gun debate continues

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 12:23 PM PST

Opponents of proposed gun control bills being considered by the Colorado Legislature, hold a sign depicting an assault rifle, displaying it to those passing in cars, in front of the State Capitol, in Denver, Monday March 4, 2013. State Senate committees began work on a package of gun-control measures that already have cleared the House which include limits on ammunition magazine sizes and expanded background checks to include private sales and online purchases. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)Obama's election and the tough economy fuel anti-government extremists, experts say.

Syrian conflict too complex for U.S. weapons, general says

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 08:08 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions as they observe the Syrian army forces base of Wadi al-Deif, at the front line of Maaret al-Numan town, in Idlib province, Syria. The rebels' capture of this strategic city was a key success in their advances in northern Syria against regime forces. But it's so far proven an incomplete victory. Maaret al-Numan remains a shell of a city. One major reason: Rebels have been unable to take a large regime military base on the edge of the city. Artillery fire from Wadi Deif and other nearby government strongholds regularly thuds into its largely empty residential buildings, while warplanes pound surrounding villages. The vast majority of the population has fled and it's too unsafe for them to return. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)The U.S. Central Command's top officer worries who might end up with the arms.

U.N. nearing tough new sanctions for N. Korea

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 08:13 AM PST

FILE - In this Wed., Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, a South Korean protester shouts slogans near an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea rally to denounce North Korea's nuclear test in Seoul, South Korea, a day after North Korea defied U.N. warnings with a nuclear test. The Cold War still rages in North Korea, and enemy No. 1 is the United States, which Pyongyang blames for making necessary its much-condemned drive to build nuclear weapons. North Korea's latest nuclear test in February - its third - has led even China, its only major ally, to support a new round of U.N. sanctions. A draft resolution is expected to be circulated this week at the U.N. The West condemns the North's nuclear bombs as a serious threat to Northeast Asia's delicate security and a drain on precious resources that could go to North Korea's largely destitute people. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)Diplomats said the United States and China had reached agreement on a new draft resolution to punish the country.

It's back: Dow tops record

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 09:42 AM PST

In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 photo, Trader Craig Spector, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets rose Tuesday March 5, 2013 as investors registered approval for China's spending priorities announced at its annual congress. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Its previous record high of 14,198 was set on Oct. 11, 2007.

Publicity means big speaking fees for Cory Booker

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 09:35 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2012, file photo, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Booker, 43, announced Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 that he has ruled out a bid for New Jersey governor and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate in 2014 instead. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)The Newark, N.J., mayor may be the best known local official in the country.

Grotesque mummy head reveals advanced medieval science

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 07:25 AM PST

Grotesque Mummy Head Reveals Advanced Medieval ScienceIn the second century, an ethnically Greek Roman named Galen became doctor to the gladiators. His glimpses into the human body via these warriors' wounds, combined with much more systematic dissections of animals, became the basis of Islamic and European medicine for centuries.

War crimes suspect leads Kenyan presidential voting

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 03:09 PM PST

Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister and presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta casts his ballot inside a polling station in Kenya's town of GatunduVoters hope to restore the nation's image as one of Africa's most stable democracies.

Jepsen won't play Boy Scout jamboree over gay rights

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 12:20 PM PST

Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen performs at the o2 Arena in east London, Monday, Mar. 4, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)The pop star says she believes "in equality for all people."

Is Kim Jong Un a new father?

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 06:44 AM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a consultative meeting with officials in the fields of state security and foreign affairs at undisclosed location in North Korea. U.N. diplomats say the United States and China have reached agreement on a new sanctions resolution to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File)If the reports are accurate, the child could emerge as Kim's successor as dictator.

Stalin still a hero in Putin's Russia

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 08:01 AM PST

People carry red flags and a portrait of the late Soviet leader Josef Stalin during a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of his death in his hometown of GoriSupport for the dictator has risen since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

British 'Batman' unmasked as Stan the delivery man

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 07:28 AM PST

A man dressed as Batman and a burglary suspect stand in a police station in Bradford, northern EnglandStan said the pictures showing he lacked the body of a superhero were unfair.

Heavy metal singer not-guilty of manslaughter in Czech Republic

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 06:14 AM PST

U.S. metal singer Blythe attends his trial at the Municipal Court in PragueThe frontman of Lamb of God pushed a man off the stage who later died.

Photos: Shanghai's poor find 'home' in shipping containers

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:45 AM PST

Photos: Shanghai's poor find 'home' in shipping containersPeople stand outside shipping containers serving as their accommodation, as a car passes through a street, in Shanghai March 4, 2013. The containers, which house different families, were set up by the landlord, who charges a rent of 500 yuan ($ 80) per month for each container. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS POVERTY)

Jeb Bush softens his immigration stance after a day

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 06:56 AM PST

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush talks about education as he addresses the Texas Business Leadership Council, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Austin, Texas. Bush said Tuesday night that America spends more on public education than any other country and yet about a third of students aren't ready for college when they graduate high school. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)The Florida Governor said he wants a path to citizenship, which is not what he wrote in his book.

TV show jokes about alcoholism among Ariz. tribes

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 07:53 AM PST

TV show jokes about alcoholism among Ariz. tribesArizona tribal members say they're shocked by a television sitcom that made fun of one of the most pervasive social ills on American Indian reservations — alcoholism.One of the characters on the CBS show ...

Second sinkhole appears in Tampa area

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 05:13 AM PST

SEFFNER, Florida (Reuters) - A second sinkhole appeared in the Tampa area on Monday, just miles from one that opened beneath a home last week and swallowed a man from his bed, though the latest one appeared not to pose immediate danger, police said. The latest sinkhole opened between two homes and was about 12-feet round, 3 feet deep around the edge and about 5 feet deep in the center, said Hillsborough County spokesman Willie Puz. He said the latest sinkhole appears to be unrelated to the one that opened last Thursday under the home of 37-year-old Jeff Bush. ...

Kerry not impressed by Rodman's 'basketball diplomacy'

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 06:18 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea. Rodman showed Kim Jong Un some of the finer points of basketball, and the North Korean ruler was so impressed he raided the country's stock of fine food and drink for a party that lasted well into the night. "Guess what, I love him,'' the clearly smitten Rodman said. "The guy's really awesome." (AP Photo/VICE Media, Jason Mojica, File)"As a diplomat, he was a great basketball player," the Secretary of State said.

Egypt's leader mulls army takeover of restive city

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 11:39 AM PST

Egyptian protesters set a government building on fire during clashes with police, unseen, in Port Said, Egypt, Monday, March 4, 2013. Violence between police and protesters restarted Monday in the restive Suez Canal city of Port Said, as forces lobbed tear gas and birdshots at protesters who throw firebombs at a government complex, setting parts of it on fire. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ramadan)Port Said has had days of deadly street clashes stoked by excessive use of force.

White House wants you to be able to unlock your cellphone

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 03:59 AM PST

People take photos in Times Square in New York100,000 people signed a petition on the ban, imposed by the Library of Congress.

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