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1 dead, 1 missing in Seattle avalanches

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 04:14 PM PDT

Snowshoer Lost in Cascade Mountain AvalancheA female hiker died hours after she was dug out of five feet of snow by rescuers in the Cascade Mountains.

As U.S. talks up diplomacy, N. Korea takes hard line

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 12:18 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Sate John Kerry, left, is greeted by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida prior to their meeting at Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo Sunday, April 14, 2013. After meeting with top Chinese leaders in Beijing, Kerry traveled to Tokyo to discuss the continuing North Korea crisis with Japanese officials. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea.

Al Qaeda adds urgency to search for Syrian peace

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 01:32 PM PDT

Abandoned tank is seen on a street near the damaged minaret of the Omari mosque in DeraaInternational powers will search for a peaceful settlement to Syria's civil war with fresh urgency at an Istanbul meeting after a rebel faction aligned itself with al-Qaida.

CHP: Bus at 'unsafe' speed before Yosemite wreck

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 03:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this 2005 file photo, visitors view Half Dome from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park, Calif. Visitors to America's national parks will encounter fewer rangers, find locked restrooms and visitors centers, and see trashcans emptied less often if 5 percent across-the-board cuts are enacted by sequestration. A National Park Service internal memo obtained by The Associated Press compiles a list of cuts in services in parks from Cape Cod to Yosemite. It's the result of an order by Park Service Director John Jarvis in January that asked superintendents to show how they will absorb the funding cuts. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas, File)A tour bus carrying visitors from Yosemite National Park was traveling at an unsafe speed when the driver lost control and crashed on a mountain road, leaving 16 people injured, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.

Close vote seen on background checks on gun buyers

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 02:51 PM PDT

Cherry trees are in full bloom in front of the U.S. CapitolA bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Republican and the potential support of a second Sunday as sponsors said the vote expected this week was too close to call.

Bieber criticized for Anne Frank comment

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

FILE - This March 19, 2013 file photo shows Canadian singer Justin Bieber performing during a concert at Bercy arena in Paris. Bieber has visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, with a museum spokeswoman saying the Canadian pop star wrote in the guestbook that he hoped Frank "would have been a Belieber" if she had lived. Museum spokeswoman Maatje Mostart confirmed Sunday, April 14, 2013 that Bieber visited Friday evening. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, file)Justin Bieber wrote an entry into a guestbook at the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam.

Jackie Robinson tale '42' scores with $27.3M debut

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 11:19 AM PDT

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in a scene from "42." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, D. Stevens)Baseball has scored a rare hit in Hollywood, while another American institution — Tom Cruise — has delivered his latest hit overseas.

Kremlin criticises U.S. blacklist ahead of Obama adviser visit

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 01:11 PM PDT

Russian President Putin listens during an interview with German public broadcaster ARD at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside MoscowPresident Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Sunday called a U.S. law barring Russians from the country over alleged rights abuses unacceptable interference in Russia's affairs.

Lawmakers pitch immigration plan with strong border control

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 11:07 AM PDT

Senator Rubio of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, MarylanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tighter border security must be one goal of immigration reform if the measure is to pass Congress, lawmakers who support the plan said on Sunday as they tried to build support for a proposal that should be outlined in coming days. The plan expected later this week envisions toughening border security to discourage new immigrants, while detailing clear steps that aspiring citizens can take if they are already in the country. ...

George W. Bush Becomes a Grandfather

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush and his wife Laura became new grandparents Saturday when their daughter, Jenna Hager, gave birth to a baby girl named Mila. "Laura and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our grandchild, Margaret Laura 'Mila' Hager.  Mila, daughter...

U.S. top court weighs patentability of human genes

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 03:21 PM PDT

People walk in front of the Supreme Court building in WashingtonBy Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Soon after learning that his son had autism, Hollywood producer Jon Shestack ("Air Force One") tried to get researchers investigating the genetic causes of the disorder to pool their DNA samples, the better to identify genes most likely to cause that disorder. But his approach to scientists at universities across the country in the late 1990s hit a brick wall: They refused to join forces, much less share the DNA. "Each thought they needed to hold on to it to publish and patent," Shestack said in an interview. "This seemed criminal to us." The U.S. ...

Some state dropping GED as test price spikes

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 09:34 AM PDT

In this Thursday, April 11, 2013 photo, Deni Loving teaches a GED class in Kansas City, Mo. Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high school equivalency test because of concerns that a new version coming out next year is more costly and will no longer be offered in a pencil and paper format. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high school equivalency test because of concerns that a new version coming out next year is more costly and will no longer be offered in a pencil and paper format.

LeBron James’ Instagram photos prompt local flood warning

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 11:16 AM PDT

When LeBron James announced that he was taking his talents to South Beach in 2010, he didn't say amateur meteorology was one of them. But on Saturday, James posted photos of flooded Miami streets to Instagram, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a storm report crediting the Miami Heat forward as its source. "Miami [...]

Dinosaur Was a Strong Swimmer, Doggy-Paddle Style

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 11:26 AM PDT

Dinosaur Was a Strong Swimmer, Doggy-Paddle StyleClaw marks on a 100-million-year-old riverbed in China reveal how some dinosaurs doggy-paddled over long distances, scientists say.

9/11 memorial charging $2 reservation fee

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 12:03 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum must now pay a $2 service fee to reserve passes online or by phone.

Gun debate revives questions about self-defense

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 09:19 AM PDT

In this Saturday, April 6, 2013 photo, Eric Martin poses for a photo with his fiancee, Rachel Cieslewicz, at their home in St. George, Utah. In late March 2013, Martin chased down an intruder to their home and held him at gunpoint with the 9-mm Smith & Wesson handgun that he keeps in his bedside night stand, until the police arrived. In two decades of debate over guns in the U.S., intense disagreement has long clouded seemingly straight-forward questions of how, exactly, Americans use firearms to defend themselves and how often. But listening to Martin's account of the incident shows how the uncertainty of the abstract plays out with very real consequences. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)The beam from the intruder's flashlight pierced the blackness of the bedroom at 4:45 a.m., sweeping across the down comforter and into Eric Martin's eyes. Outside, the streets of his Utah subdivision lay still and silent.

Florida battles slimy invasion by giant snails

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 10:50 AM PDT

A Giant African land snail is seen in this handout pictureBy Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster. More than 1,000 of the mollusks are being caught each week in Miami-Dade and 117,000 in total since the first snail was spotted by a homeowner in September 2011, said Denise Feiber, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ...

Rubio says immigration law not 'amnesty'

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 08:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rubio says a proposed immigration bill expected to be introduced this week won't offer amnesty to those who entered the U.S. illegally. Speaking on the news shows, Sunday, April 14, 2013, Rubio said, quote "there will be consequences for having violated the laws." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Marco Rubio says a proposed immigration bill expected to be introduced this week won't offer amnesty to those who entered the U.S. illegally.

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