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'Not your typical juvenile crime'

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 02:18 PM PDT

3 teens arrested after Calif. girl's suicideThe boys accused of attacking Audrie Pott may face homicide charges.

Girl chases down lawmaker to protest Tenn. welfare bill

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:50 PM PDT

Girl follows lawmaker"Why do you want to cut benefits for people?" asks Aamira Fetuga of state Sen. Stacey Campfield.

Pennsylvania abortion clinic workers had few options

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 03:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is shown. Eight former employees of a run-down West Philadelphia abortion clinic now face prison time for the work they did for Gosnell. Three have pleaded guilty to third-degree murder. And Gosnell, 72, is on trial in the deaths of a patient and seven babies allegedly born alive. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department via Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, File)Eight former employees at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's practice now face prison time.

White House releases Obama's tax returns

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:28 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Organizing for Action dinner in WashingtonSo how's the president's tax bill compare to yours? You might be surprised.

'Harry Potter' Quidditch World Cup begins in Florida

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:29 PM PDT

The University of Ottawa Quidditch team's Matthew Bunn, left, grabs a broom for a scrimmage against the Silicon Valley Skrewts at the Quidditch World Cup in Kissimmee, Fla., Friday, April 12, 2013. Quidditch is a game born within the pages of Harry Potter novels, but in recent years it's become a real-life sport. The game is a co-ed, full contact sport that combines elements of rugby, dodgeball and Olympic handball. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)80 worldwide teams to compete in a real-life version of the sport in the fictional series.

Obama asks Newtown victim's mother to deliver weekly address

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:26 AM PDT

Families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., meet with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., after he announced a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. From left are David and Francine Wheeler, who lost their 6-year-old son Ben in the shooting, Katy Sherlach and her father Bill Sherlach, whose wife Mary Sherlach was killed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Francine Wheeler, whose son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary, will give her remarks.

California pension fund to divest from gunmakers

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:30 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's pension fund for teachers made official on Friday its plan to divest holdings in firearms companies whose weapons are illegal in the state. The California State Teachers' Retirement System will now sell holdings in two publicly traded gunmakers Sturm, Ruger & Co and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. The investments are worth about $3 million. The divestment plan has been in play since January at the $161. ...

Navy panel: Sub commander who faked death should be discharged

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 03:40 PM PDT

In this Aug. 3, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II, center, is saluted during the change-of-command ceremony for the nuclear submarine USS Pittsburgh at the Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Conn. Ward was relieved of his command in August 2012 after he faked his own death to end an affair with a woman. Ward's lawyer said Friday, April 12, 2013, during a hearing in Groton to determine his status with the Navy, that Ward admits to the mistake and apologizes, and that he should not be expelled from the Navy. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Jason J. Perry )Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II sent his mistress an email saying he had died unexpectedly.

Facing succession, aristocrats still face 'Downton' dilemma

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:27 AM PDT

Timothy Torrington the 11th Viscount Torrington stands with a painting of his ancestor Admiral Sir George Byng the 1st Viscount Torrington, in Mere, Somerset, England, Monday, April 8, 2013. Viscount Timothy Torrington's story reads like a real-life version of Viscount Timothy Torrington has to give his estate away because he has no sons.

Comedian Jonathan Winters dies at 87

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 03:10 PM PDT

Jonathan Winters Headshot PhotoHis breakneck improvisations inspired Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and many others.

Two women shot at Virginia community college

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:53 PM PDT

Two women were wounded in a shooting on Friday at a satellite campus of New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia, and the suspected shooter is in custody, police said in a statement. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone)

Second man arrested in slaying of Colo.prison chief

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 05:01 PM PDT

This Friday, April 5, 2013 photo provided by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office shows 47-year-old James Lohr. Lohr, a white supremacist prison gang member, was arrested and another was still being sought for questioning Friday in the death of Colorado's prisons chief as authorities investigated whether the gang had any ties to the killing. (AP Photo/El Paso County Sheriff's Office)Both of the suspected white supremacist prison gang members whose names surfaced during an investigation into the killing of Colorado's prisons chief are behind bars.

Search for Gacy victims at mother's house comes up empty

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:46 AM PDT

FILE - This 1978 file photo shows serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says his officers and the FBI using high tech equipment and two dogs trained to sniff out human remains, went to the apartment complex of Gacy's late mother in march 2013 and found nothing to indicate the serial killer stashed any bodies there. Dart has been investigating the serial killer who was convicted in 1980 of murdering 33 young men in the 1970s on a number of fronts the last couple years, including the exhumation of bodies of unidentified Gacy victims in the hopes DNA testing could identify them. (AP Photo/File)CHICAGO (AP) — If serial killer John Wayne Gacy murdered more young men in the 1970s than the 33 whose bodies he stashed under his house or tossed in a river, detectives now know one thing for sure: He didn't bury any at his mother's residence.

Sequestration cuts may sink New York’s Fleet Week

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:52 AM PDT

Budget Woes Could Cause Navy To Pull The Anchor On Fleet WeekFor the last 29 years, thousands of members of the nation's armed services have sailed into New York Harbor every May to mark the city's annual Fleet Week celebration. But this year, due to the federal budget sequestration, much of the party may be off. The U.S. Navy announced this week it would comply with [...]

Psalm book could sell for $30 million in auction

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:17 PM PDT

It would make it the most valuable book in history, Sotheby's said on Friday.

Retailers recall Buckyballs, Buckycubes magnet sets

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 03:28 PM PDT

Retailers recall potentially dangerous magnet sets after importer refuses

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