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• Health secretary Sebelius resigning from post
• Energy co. offers $250,000 reward in startling Silicon Valley grid attack
• Who is Stephen Colbert, really?
• More than 100 get virus on California cruise
• U.S. ambassadors court the world in campaign-style videos
• Driver in deadly Fla. day care crash in custody
• New findings suggest 'Gospel of Jesus's Wife' not modern forgery
• Ebola fears spread as outbreak worsens
• When illness, medical bills overwhelmed, couple turned to crowdfunding
• DOJ: Albuquerque police used 'patterns of excessive force'
• What did Russia know about Boston attack?
• Lawyer: Pa. stabbing suspect 'confused, scared and depressed'
• Obama: More work ahead on civil rights
• 5 charged after FBI rescue of NC prosecutor's father
• Stephen Colbert to replace Letterman on late show
• Statewide manhunt for suspect in fatal Fla. day care crash
• Prosecutor calls Pistorius's version 'impossible'
• Possible fifth ping heard in Malaysia jet search
• The Koch brothers' 'secret bank' steps out of the shadows
• Matt Bai: Scott Brown shouldn’t worry about carpetbagger label
• Samsung Galaxy S5: When a committee builds a smartphone
• Russia withheld intel on Boston bomb suspect
• New possible sound detected in hunt for lost jet
• Police seek motive of school stabbing rampage

Health secretary Sebelius resigning from post Posted: 10 Apr 2014 05:04 PM PDT Move follows end to rocky enrollment period for President Obama's health care law.

Energy co. offers $250,000 reward in startling Silicon Valley grid attack Posted: 10 Apr 2014 04:58 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. offered a $250,000 reward Thursday for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a startling attack mounted nearly a year ago on telephone lines and the power grid in Silicon Valley.

Who is Stephen Colbert, really? Posted: 10 Apr 2014 04:19 PM PDT When CBS announced Stephen Colbert as David Letterman's successor on the "Late Show," speculation immediately surfaced over what that meant.  Mr. Colbert quickly answered the question with a  release through his publicist, stating, "I won't be doing the new show in character, so we'll all get to find out how much of him was me. But the question now is: Will his core fans – passionate members of the Colbert nation, a cohort that skews younger than the 50-year-old Colbert and one that CBS dearly wants to woo – be as eager to find out as well? "CBS is taking an incredible risk," says Paul Levinson, a professor at Fordham University in New York and author of "New New Media." "The only reason Colbert is successful and people love him is because they love the satirical character he plays on Comedy Central."

More than 100 get virus on California cruise Posted: 10 Apr 2014 04:01 PM PDT Princess Cruises says most passengers have recovered quickly from highly contagious norovirus.

U.S. ambassadors court the world in campaign-style videos Posted: 10 Apr 2014 10:02 AM PDT The State Department introduces newly confirmed ambassadors with slick videos that would not be out of place in a presidential campaign. The target: people, not governments.

Driver in deadly Fla. day care crash in custody Posted: 10 Apr 2014 04:29 PM PDT WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — A manhunt across Florida ended Thursday with the surrender of a driver blamed in a deadly crash at a day care that injured 14 and killed a 4-year-old girl who was sitting in a classroom awaiting her afternoon snack.

New findings suggest 'Gospel of Jesus's Wife' not modern forgery Posted: 10 Apr 2014 06:56 AM PDT According to a newly published study in the Harvard Theological Review, the controversial fragment known as the Gospel of Jesus's Wife dates to between the sixth and ninth centuries and could possibly date back as early as the second to fourth centuries.

Ebola fears spread as outbreak worsens Posted: 10 Apr 2014 01:22 PM PDT Emergency measures taken across west Africa to contain one of worst-ever outbreaks, threatening every country in region.

When illness, medical bills overwhelmed, couple turned to crowdfunding Posted: 10 Apr 2014 12:31 PM PDT Blake Britton has cancer, and he and his wife, Vicki, are expecting their first child in May. Their friends have launched an online fundraiser to help cover the couple's significant medical expenses.

DOJ: Albuquerque police used 'patterns of excessive force' Posted: 10 Apr 2014 10:01 AM PDT Officers need more training and tools to ensure they can protect the community.

What did Russia know about Boston attack? Posted: 10 Apr 2014 03:43 PM PDT Information Russia withheld from U.S. could have made difference in marathon bombing, report says.

Lawyer: Pa. stabbing suspect 'confused, scared and depressed' Posted: Alex Hribal does not understand the gravity of the charges against him, his attorney says.

Obama: More work ahead on civil rights Posted: 10 Apr 2014 04:38 PM PDT On 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act, president cautions, "story of America is a story of progress."

5 charged after FBI rescue of NC prosecutor's father Posted: 10 Apr 2014 03:27 PM PDT WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man whose daughter prosecutes violent crimes was rescued by an elite FBI team after he was kidnapped and terrorized for five days in what authorities described as act of retaliation involving the Bloods street gang.

Stephen Colbert to replace Letterman on late show Posted: 10 Apr 2014 04:49 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — CBS moved swiftly Thursday to replace the retiring David Letterman with Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, who will take over the "Late Show" next year and do battle with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel for late-night television supremacy.

Statewide manhunt for suspect in fatal Fla. day care crash Posted: 10 Apr 2014 01:37 PM PDT WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — As mourners trickled by Thursday to honor the 4-year-old girl who was killed and 14 others injured in a crash at a Florida day care, authorities scoured the state for the driver they said fled in the vehicle that caused the fatal wreck.

Prosecutor calls Pistorius's version 'impossible' Posted: 10 Apr 2014 01:54 PM PDT In a pummelling cross-examination, the prosecution called Oscar Pistorius's account of killing his girlfriend "impossible" on Thursday, zeroing in on apparent inconsistencies in key parts of his testimony. "Your version is so improbable that nobody would ever think it's reasonably, possibly true it's so impossible," Prosecutor Gerrie Nel thundered during his second day interrogating the Olympian. Under intense questioning, Pistorius said police moved fans, put the duvet on the floor and opened the curtains when they came to his villa, implying they had tampered with the crime scene.

Possible fifth ping heard in Malaysia jet search Posted: 10 Apr 2014 07:37 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — An Australian aircraft Thursday detected what may be the fifth signal coming from a man-made device deep in the Indian Ocean, adding to hopes that searchers will soon pinpoint the object's location and send down a robotic vehicle to confirm if it is a black box from the missing Malaysian jet.

The Koch brothers' 'secret bank' steps out of the shadows Posted: 10 Apr 2014 03:26 AM PDT A once-secretive Koch-backed group that bankrolls conservative causes puts its name on ads against Democrats for the first time. But donors remain undisclosed.

Matt Bai: Scott Brown shouldn’t worry about carpetbagger label Posted: 10 Apr 2014 02:30 AM PDT The real reason modern politics so often seems to surprise those of us who practice or follow it closely isn't because we lack for reams of granular data culled from the research of political scientists, or because we're locked away in Washington and have no idea what's going on in the rest of the country. It's because we apply the wrong context to the question.

Samsung Galaxy S5: When a committee builds a smartphone Posted: Why do all the new, hotly awaited phones produce global sighs of disappointment?

Russia withheld intel on Boston bomb suspect Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:27 PM PDT Russia failed to provide key details to the FBI before the attack, reports the N.Y. Times.

New possible sound detected in hunt for lost jet Posted: 10 Apr 2014 03:21 AM PDT An Australian aircraft picks up a new possible underwater signal.

Police seek motive of school stabbing rampage Posted: 10 Apr 2014 04:45 AM PDT MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — It was just before the start of class and the hallways were packed as usual with students at their lockers or chatting with friends.

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