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US confirms warrantless searches of Americans

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 02:50 PM PDT

U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and General Keith Alexander, director of National Security Agency, testify at House Intelligence Committee hearing as a protester against spying is removed from the hearing on Capitol Hill in WashingtonLetter says NSA searched for Americans' communications within material on foreigners.


Obama declares victory in health care debate

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 01:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, about the Affordable Care Act. The deadline to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act passed at midnight Monday night. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Says 7.1 million Obamacare sign-ups prove "the Affordable Care Act is here to stay."


GM CEO hints at possible victims' compensation fund

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 02:29 PM PDT

General Motors CEO Mary Barra testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. The committee is looking for answers from Barra about safety defects and mishandled recall of 2.6 million small cars with a faulty ignition switch that's been linked to 13 deaths and dozen of crashes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)By Ben Klayman and Eric Beech WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co CEO Mary Barra on Tuesday called her company's slow response to at least 13 deaths linked to faulty ignition switches "unacceptable," but could not give U.S. lawmakers many answers as to what went wrong as she pointed to an ongoing internal investigation. After taking an oath administered by House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy, Barra kicked off the contentious hearing by declaring, "I am deeply sorry" for the company's failure to respond quickly to the safety problem and subsequent deaths. Representative Henry Waxman, a veteran Democrat who has spearheaded past attempts to tighten U.S. laws on automotive safety, bluntly told Barra: "Because GM didn't implement this simple fix when it learned about the problem, at least a dozen people have died in defective GM vehicles." GM first learned of a problem with its ignition switches on Chevrolet Cobalts, Saturn Ions and other models in 2001, documents have shown, but took no steps to recall any cars until this past February.


World Health Organization downplays extent of Ebola outbreak

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 01:25 PM PDT

In this photo provide by MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders), taken on Friday, March 28, 2014, healthcare workers from the organisation, react, as they prepare isolation and treatment areas for their Ebola, hemorrhagic fever operations, in Gueckedou, Guinea. Health officials in the West African nation of Guinea say they're now treating eight cases of Ebola in the capital. Dr. Sakoba Keita, a spokesman for the health ministry, announced on national television the virus had reached the city of 3 million. Keita said Friday, March 28, 2014, at least 70 people have died in the country's south since the Ebola outbreak began last week. (AP Photo/Kjell Gunnar Beraas, MSF)By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Tuesday played down the extent of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus suspected to have killed over 80 in Guinea, a day after medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned of an unprecedented epidemic. MSF has warned they face an uphill task because the infections are scattered across several locations, most worryingly in Guinea's densely populated capital Conakry. It blasted governments and international public health organizations for not doing enough to tackle it. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the number of suspected and confirmed cases in Guinea was unchanged from the previous day at 122, of whom 80 had died.


U.S. Bishops pass communion through Mexico border fence

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 01:00 PM PDT

Most Reverend Gerald F. Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson, offers communion to people on the Mexican side of the international border, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz. Kicanas and Boston Archdiocese Cardinal Sean O'Malley, along with several Bishops who serve along the U.S./Mexico border, were visiting the border town to bring awareness to immigration reform and to remember those who have died trying to cross the border in years past. (AP Photo/Matt York)NOGALES, Arizona (AP) — Roman Catholic leaders made a rare visit to the border and celebrated Mass on Tuesday in the shadow of the fence separating the U.S. and Mexico, offering Holy Communion through the steel barrier to people on the Mexican side as they sought to bring attention to the plight of immigrants.


Palestinian president blasts Israel after prisoner deadline passes

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 12:25 PM PDT

Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat helps Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he signs international conventions during a meeting with Palestinian leadership in RamallahPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed more than a dozen international conventions on Tuesday citing anger at Israel's delay of a prisoner release, in a move jeopardized U.S. efforts to salvage fragile peace talks. His unexpected decision came just a day before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had been due to travel to Ramallah for talks aimed at finalizing a complex, three-way deal that would enable the talks to continue into 2015. Israel had promised in exchange to free more than 100 prisoners by the end of March, but failed to release the final batch, saying it wanted guarantees that the Palestinians would extend the negotiations beyond the April 29 deadline. In his remarks to Palestinian leaders in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Abbas made clear he was not abandoning the negotiations, but blasted Israel's delay in freeing prisoners.


Behind the scenes with 'Rosie the Riveters' at the White House

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GM CEO in the hot seat over recall deaths

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 12:36 PM PDT

General Motors CEO Mary Barra pauses as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. The committee is looking for answers from Barra about safety defects and mishandled recall of 2.6 million small cars with a faulty ignition switch that's been linked to 13 deaths and dozen of crashes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)New chief grilled on why automaker used part that didn't meet GM's own specifications.


Why Jonathan Pollard provokes passions

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 10:02 AM PDT

Israelis hold placards depicting Pollard during a protest calling for his release from a U.S. prison, outside U.S. Secretary of State Kerry's hotel in JerusalemAmerican seen as the Edward Snowden of his day eyed as Mideast peace incentive.


Ryan budget proposal slashes $5.1 trillion—and food stamps—over decade

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 02:32 PM PDT

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan speaks during Peterson Institute 2013 Fiscal Summit on Facing the Future in WashingtonThe updated Republican plan cuts food stamps, health care for the poor, and Pell Grants.


Back problems sideline Wood for Masters

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 03:47 PM PDT

PGA: WGC - Cadillac Championship-Final RoundTiger Woods announced on Tuesday he would miss next week's Masters after undergoing back surgery for a pinched nerve that has troubled him for months. The world number one pulled out of his traditional Masters warm-up event in Florida last month and released a statement on his website on Tuesday saying he was withdrawing from the first major of 2014, starting at Augusta National on April 10. "After attempting to get ready for the Masters, and failing to make the necessary progress, I decided, in consultation with my doctors, to have this procedure done," said Woods. "I'd like to express my disappointment to the Augusta National membership, staff, volunteers and patrons that I will not be at the Masters.


GM CEO in the hot seat over recall deaths

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 11:32 AM PDT

GM CEO Barra testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in WashingtonNew chief tells Congress she's "disturbed" automaker weighed cost of fixing ignitions.


Bieber photographer wants to prevent future assaults

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 10:53 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, singer Justin Bieber performs during a concert at Bercy Arena in Paris. A hearing is scheduled in a Miami courtroom Tuesday, April 1, 2014, for motions in a photographer's lawsuit against Bieber and a bodyguard over an alleged assault. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)MIAMI (AP) — A celebrity photographer sought to boost the potential damages he could win from Justin Bieber in a lawsuit that accuses the singer and a bodyguard of battery in a confrontation outside a recording studio.


Boy Scouts boot openly gay leader

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 06:49 AM PDT

.The organization removes the scoutmaster for "deliberately" promoting his sexuality.


France's Hollande seeks fresh start as new PM begins

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 09:18 AM PDT

France's outgoing Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault shakes hands with newly-named Prime Minister Manuel Valls during the official handover ceremony at Hotel Matignon in ParisFrancois Hollande launched what he has billed as a fresh start to his unpopular 22-month-old presidency on Tuesday, as new prime minister Manuel Valls took up his post and set about forming a reshuffled government. The 51-year-old centrist, who as tough-talking interior minister has consistently been Hollande's most popular minister in surveys, replaced Jean-Marc Ayrault who quit following the ruling Socialist Party's rout in weekend local elections. While Valls is a public favorite, including with conservative voters, his centrist views make him more controversial with the left wing of the Socialist Party. Speculation has centered on whether Pierre Moscovici will remain in the powerful finance minister's job, while coalition sources have also talked about a possible return to government for Segolene Royal, Hollande's ex-partner and a former Socialist presidential candidate.


British sniper's bullet took out suicide bomber, Taliban insurgents

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 03:40 AM PDT

Villagers look on as a joint patrol by British and Afghan National soldiers goes through Nahr-e-Saraj in Helmand, Afghanistan on June 20, 2010A single shot from a British sniper killed six Taliban insurgents when the bullet hit the trigger switch of a would-be suicide bomber's device, the Ministry of Defence has said. The 20-year-old marksman, a lance corporal in the Coldstream Guards, fired the shot from 850 metres away, hitting the device which then exploded, killing the bomber and five men around him, an MoD spokesman said. Lt. Col. Richard Slack, commanding officer of 9/12 Royal Lancers, told The Daily Telegraph the unnamed soldier also prevented another major attack as a second suicide vest packed with 20 kgs (44lbs) of explosives was found nearby. "There was a pause on the radio and the sniper said, 'I think I've just shot a suicide bomber'.


Obamacare enrollment drive’s secret weapon: Radio

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 03:01 AM PDT

A woman reads the HealthCare.gov insurance marketplace internet website, where people can sign up to benefit from Obamacare, in Washington in December 2013In the home stretch, the administration turned to a century-old technology to sell the ACA.


New report details racial gap among U.S.children

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 12:07 AM PDT

Unique Jump Start Program Tackles Kindergarten JittersNEW YORK (AP) — In every region of America, white and Asian children are far better positioned for success than black, Latino and American Indian children, according to a new report appealing for urgent action to bridge this racial gap.


Sources: U.S. considers release of Israeli spy Pollard

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 09:35 PM PDT

Israelis protest in front of the US embassy in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on June 19, 2011 to call for the release of Jewish-American spy Jonathan PollardJERUSALEM (AP) — The United States is talking with Israel about releasing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard early from his life sentence as an incentive to the Israelis in the troubled Mideast peace negotiations, people familiar with the talks said Monday. Releasing Pollard, a thorn in U.S.-Israeli relations for three decades, would be an extraordinary step underscoring the urgency of U.S. peace efforts.


Palestinians resume bid for further UN recognition

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 04:05 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas talks during a leadership meeting in Ramallah, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. In a dramatic move that could derail eight months of U.S. peace efforts, President Abbas resumed a Palestinian bid for further U.N. recognition despite a promise to suspend such efforts during nine months of negotiations with Israel. Abbas signed "State of Palestine" applications for 15 U.N. agencies in a hastily convened ceremony after Israel calls off a promised prisoner release. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — In a surprise move that could derail U.S. peace efforts, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday resumed a campaign for further international recognition of a state of Palestine, despite a previous promise to suspend such efforts during nine months of negotiations with Israel.


13 GM traffic deaths are tied to a 57-cent part

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 02:56 PM PDT

General Motors CEO Mary Barra pauses as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. The committee is looking for answers from Barra about safety defects and mishandled recall of 2.6 million small cars with a faulty ignition switch that's been linked to 13 deaths and dozen of crashes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — The fix for a faulty ignition switch linked to 13 traffic deaths would have cost just 57 cents, members of Congress said Tuesday as they demanded answers from General Motors' new CEO on why the automaker took 10 years to recall cars with the defect.


Industry group seeks continuous flight tracking

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 04:49 PM PDT

Chief Executive and Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Tony Tyler speaks during the IATA Ops Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. The IATA said the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane highlights the need for security improvements both in tracking aircraft and screening passengers before they board planes. The 3-week hunt for Flight 370 has turned up no confirmed sign of the Boeing 777, which disappeared March 8 with 239 people on board bound for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An aviation industry group is creating a task force to make recommendations this year for continuously tracking commercial airliners because "we cannot let another aircraft simply vanish" like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.


Atlanta archbishop apologizes for posh residence

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 12:57 PM PDT

In this March 31, 2014 photo, the former residence of Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory sits under construction to be used as a rectory for six priests after Gregory moved to a nearby $2.2 million mansion for his own use in Atlanta. Gregory apologized for his spending and offered to put the home up for sale after Pope Francis permanently removed a German bishop for his lavish spending on a renovation project. (AP Photo/David Goldman)ATLANTA (AP) — Archbishop Wilton Gregory seems to have gotten the pope's message about modest living.


California's $425M Powerball winner comes forward

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 04:32 PM PDT

MILPITAS, Calif. (AP) — The sole winner of February's $425 million Powerball jackpot came forward to claim his prize Tuesday.

Union question looms as Northwestern practices

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 03:05 PM PDT

Northwestern's football team participates in an NCAA college spring football practice Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Evanston, Ill. After spring break, Northwestern resumed spring football practices with a huge issue that could change the college sports landscape hanging over their heads. A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that the team can bargain with the school as employees. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — When members of Northwestern's football team had the chance to sign union cards back in January, some players signed their names, others did not.


Malaysian credibility in jet hunt challenged again

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 08:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 25, 2014 file photo, Chinese relatives of passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, flight MH370, shout in protest as they march towards the Malaysia embassy in Beijing, China. Authorities have been forced on the defensive by the criticism, the most forceful of which has come from a group of Chinese relatives who accuse them of lying about - or even involvement in - the disappearance of Flight 370. The blue placard reads: "We won't leave or ditch you, we will wait right here." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — It may mean little to investigators that the last words air traffic controllers heard from the lost jetliner were "Good night, Malaysian three-seven-zero," rather than "All right, good night." But to Malaysian officials whose credibility has been questioned almost from the beginning, it means a great deal.


Obama signs bill temporarily fixing Medicare fees

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 03:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama Tuesday signed into law legislation to give doctors temporary relief from a flawed Medicare payment formula that threatened them with a 24 percent cut in their fees.

Woods has back surgery, will miss the Masters

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 01:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 13, 1997, file photo, Masters champion Tiger Woods receives his green jacket from the previous year's winner Nick Faldo, rear, at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Woods will miss the Masters for the first time in his career after having surgery on his back. Woods said on his website that he had surgery Monday, March 31, 2014, in Utah for a pinched nerve that had been hurting him for several months. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)Tiger Woods chose surgery to heal his ailing back over a quest for another green jacket, announcing Tuesday that he will miss the Masters for the first time in his career.


Outgunned Ukraine strives for military overhaul

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 11:45 AM PDT

Russian officers gesticulate to the driver of Russian tank T-72B at the Ostryakovo railway station not far from Simferopol, Crimea, Monday, March 31, 2014. Russian tanks T-72B will be stationed on former Ukrainian military bases. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Tanks headed north into Ukraine this week from Russian-controlled Crimea. Not at the head of an invading army, but on a trainload of military equipment in such poor shape that Moscow had no use for it.


Crowe meets Anglican leader after 'Noah' premiere

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 12:20 PM PDT

British actress Emma Watson and Australian actor Russell Crowe pose for photographers as they arrive at the UK premiere of Noah in Leicester Square, London, Monday March 31, 2014. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)LONDON (AP) — The pope said no but the leader of the world's Anglicans was happy to meet Russell Crowe, star of watery Biblical epic "Noah."


Congress demands answers from GM's CEO on defect

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 02:00 PM PDT

General Motors CEO Mary Barra pauses as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. The committee is looking for answers from Barra about safety defects and mishandled recall of 2.6 million small cars with a faulty ignition switch that's been linked to 13 deaths and dozen of crashes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — The fix for a faulty ignition switch linked to 13 traffic deaths would have cost just 57 cents, members of Congress said Tuesday as they demanded answers from General Motors' new CEO on why the automaker took 10 years to recall cars with the defect.


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