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• Gay rights as 'collateral damage'
• Despite Russia tensions, gravity checks out OK on space station
• Child obesity worries? No TV in kids' bedrooms
• In Kiev, Kerry visits protest sites, promises aid
• Prosecutor in Army sex case wanted charges dropped
• Carry-on crackdown: United enforces bag size limit
• 5 things to know about Iditarod's furry athletes
• Dish, Disney deal envisions Internet-delivered TV
• NJ teen suing parents won't get immediate support
• Nation's 1st primary in Texas as GOP pushes right
• Once-calm witness cries at Pistorius murder trial
• 1 dead, 7 hurt in NJ explosion after gas line leak
• US prepares $1B aid package for troubled Ukraine
• Defiant Putin drops cool demeanor in Ukraine talk
• Police say 1 person killed in NJ explosion
• Closings start in NY trial of Madoff ex-employees
• Asteroid on course to pass between Earth and the moon
• Personal anger colors Putin's tough talk on Ukraine
• Cookie monsters: Scammers cheat Girl Scouts out of cookies and cash
• Obama budget sets up election-year battles
• U.S. anti-war activist says Egyptian police 'stomped on me'
• Studies show big promise for HIV prevention drug
• Obama 2015 budget funnels money into roads, school, economy-bolstering programs
• U.N. body condemns U.S. states' legalization of pot
• New twist in story about couple's $10M treasure discovery
• Economic battle over Ukraine heats up
• '12 Years' subject Solomon Northrup gets NY Times correction—161 years later
• Sam Brownback: The possible 2016 contender no one's talking about
• Cold, gray morning won't stop Mardi Gras revelers
• Eyes on GOP as Texas holds nation's 1st primary
• Obama thrust into fabled role as leader of the 'West'
• Classic Corvettes lifted from sinkhole at Kentucky museum
• Putin hopes force not needed in Ukraine

Gay rights as 'collateral damage' Posted: 04 Mar 2014 01:13 PM PST Supreme Court contraceptives case said to be 'cut from the same cloth' as vetoed 'turn-away-the-gays' law.

Despite Russia tensions, gravity checks out OK on space station Posted: 04 Mar 2014 02:20 PM PST Tensions between the United States and Russia are heightened, but that shouldn't effect operations on the International Space Station, NASA chief Charlie Bolden said today (March 4). NASA's Mike Hopkins, Russia's Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy are scheduled to fly back to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Monday (March 10). NASA officials are confident that the landing will not be affected by the current political climate, however.

Child obesity worries? No TV in kids' bedrooms Posted: 04 Mar 2014 02:12 PM PST By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Putting a television in a child's bedroom may be setting them up for excess weight gain over the next few years, suggests a new study. Researchers found that children who slept in bedrooms with TVs gained more weight each year over the next few years, than kids without TVs in their rooms. "It's well known that screen time is related to weight gain, but we specifically wanted to look at whether televisions in the bedroom are related to weight gain," Diane Gilbert-Diamond told Reuters Health. "We hypothesized that they would be because bedroom television may disrupt sleep and there is a known link between sleep disruption and weight gain," she added.

In Kiev, Kerry visits protest sites, promises aid Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:02 PM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a somber show of U.S. support for Ukraine's new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets Tuesday where more than 80 anti-government protesters were killed last month, and promised beseeching crowds that American aid is on the way.

Prosecutor in Army sex case wanted charges dropped Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:09 PM PST FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Less than a month before an Army general's trial on sexual assault charges was set to begin, the lead prosecutor broke down in tears as he told a superior he believed the primary accuser in the case had lied under oath.

Carry-on crackdown: United enforces bag size limit Posted: 04 Mar 2014 03:52 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — United Airlines is getting tough on passengers with oversized carry-on bags, even sending some of them back to the ticket counter to check their luggage for a fee.

5 things to know about Iditarod's furry athletes Posted: 04 Mar 2014 01:59 PM PST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One human wins the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race each year, but it's the smaller, furry athletes that do the heroes' share of the work crossing nearly 1,000 miles of merciless terrain to reach the finish line on Alaska's wind-battered coast.

Dish, Disney deal envisions Internet-delivered TV Posted: 04 Mar 2014 03:13 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a string of recent deals, cable and satellite providers are beginning to acknowledge a brutal truth that companies like Hulu and Netflix have known all along: Many TV viewers, especially young ones, want shows and movies on their own terms — wherever, whenever and on whatever devices they choose.

NJ teen suing parents won't get immediate support Posted: 04 Mar 2014 04:15 PM PST MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A northern New Jersey honor student who has sued to get her parents to support her after she moved out of their home had her initial request denied Tuesday by a judge who cautioned that the case could lead to a "potentially slippery slope" of claims by teenagers against their parents.

Nation's 1st primary in Texas as GOP pushes right Posted: 04 Mar 2014 03:13 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republicans decided who was more conservative while Democrats sought to galvanize new voters as Texas held a first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday that could push the state farther right, even as the left looks to stake new claims.

Once-calm witness cries at Pistorius murder trial Posted: 04 Mar 2014 12:26 PM PST PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — For two days, the witness in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius kept her composure. Then, just as her testimony was about to finish, she broke down in tears at what she said was the memory of the screams she heard on the night that the double-amputee athlete fatally shot his girlfriend in his South African home.

1 dead, 7 hurt in NJ explosion after gas line leak Posted: 04 Mar 2014 03:27 PM PST EWING, N.J. (AP) — A gas leak and subsequent explosion leveled one house and damaged dozens of others at a suburban town house development Tuesday, killing one resident and injuring seven workers, authorities said.

US prepares $1B aid package for troubled Ukraine Posted: 04 Mar 2014 04:32 PM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a somber show of U.S. support for Ukraine's new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets Tuesday where more than 80 anti-government protesters were killed last month, and promised beseeching crowds that American aid is on the way.

Defiant Putin drops cool demeanor in Ukraine talk Posted: 04 Mar 2014 02:10 PM PST MOSCOW (AP) — In some ways, the venue Vladimir Putin chose and the emotional lecture he gave the world about Russia's actions in Ukraine said it all.

Police say 1 person killed in NJ explosion Posted: 04 Mar 2014 02:38 PM PST EWING, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say one resident was killed in an explosion in a New Jersey housing development that also injured seven workers.

Closings start in NY trial of Madoff ex-employees Posted: 04 Mar 2014 03:14 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Three of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff's managers and two computer programmers played a "crucial role" in his mammoth fraud by helping him churn out fake documents to fool thousands of investors into thinking they were worth millions of dollars when he'd squandered their money for four decades, a prosecutor told jurors in closing arguments Wednesday.

Asteroid on course to pass between Earth and the moon Posted: 04 Mar 2014 11:44 AM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid is headed this way. But even though it will come closer than the moon, astronomers say it will pose no danger.

Personal anger colors Putin's tough talk on Ukraine Posted: 04 Mar 2014 01:32 PM PST MOSCOW (AP) — In some ways, the venue Vladimir Putin chose and the emotional lecture he gave the world about Russia's actions in Ukraine said it all.

Cookie monsters: Scammers cheat Girl Scouts out of cookies and cash Posted: 04 Mar 2014 12:33 PM PST A pair of counterfeiters took petty crime to a new low when they used fake money to buy Girl Scout cookies. Even worse, they reportedly received real cash after paying with fake $50 bills, leaving the girls stuck with the bill on both ends.

Obama budget sets up election-year battles Posted: 04 Mar 2014 02:28 PM PST Spending blueprint lays out president's priorities ahead of Nov. congressional elections.

U.S. anti-war activist says Egyptian police 'stomped on me' Posted: 04 Mar 2014 09:57 AM PST Anti-war activist Medea Benjamin charged Tuesday that she suffered a dislocated left arm and severe trauma after being detained on arrival in Egypt and then forced by security officials from a jail cell at the Cairo airport onto a Turkey-bound flight.

Studies show big promise for HIV prevention drug Posted: 04 Mar 2014 10:20 AM PST Exciting research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of getting HIV.

Obama 2015 budget funnels money into roads, school, economy-bolstering programs Posted: 04 Mar 2014 11:14 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.9 trillion budget Tuesday that would funnel money into road building, education and other economy-bolstering programs, handing Democrats a playbook for their election-year themes of creating jobs and narrowing the income gap between rich and poor.

U.N. body condemns U.S. states' legalization of pot Posted: 04 Mar 2014 09:42 AM PST LONDON (AP) — The United Nations' drug watchdog agency says that the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. states of Colorado and Washington poses a threat to the international fight against drug abuse.

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Economic battle over Ukraine heats up Posted: 04 Mar 2014 10:35 AM PST Russia ends discounts on its natural gas while the West offers quick-fix aid.

'12 Years' subject Solomon Northrup gets NY Times correction—161 years later Posted: 04 Mar 2014 06:58 AM PST The New York Times printed a correction on Tuesday to an article about Solomon Northup, subject of the Oscar-winning film "12 Years a Slave," after a Twitter user noticed the paper had misspelled his name — in 1853.

Sam Brownback: The possible 2016 contender no one's talking about Posted: 03 Mar 2014 11:53 PM PST Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is flying under the radar. Is he considering another presidential run?

Cold, gray morning won't stop Mardi Gras revelers Posted: 04 Mar 2014 08:21 AM PST NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A cold, gray day greeted revelers gathering Tuesday along parade routes as the Carnival season in New Orleans headed to a crest with the unabashed celebration of Mardi Gras.

Eyes on GOP as Texas holds nation's 1st primary Posted: 04 Mar 2014 12:20 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is holding the nation's first primary election Tuesday with a political free-for-all in Republican races that could push the state further right, though Democrats are calling it the next big electoral battleground.

Obama thrust into fabled role as leader of the 'West' Posted: 03 Mar 2014 06:55 PM PST His first instinct was to pivot to Asia, then Barack Obama was dragged back into the Middle East: now he must play a role born in the Cold War -- leader of the "West." President Vladimir Putin's blunt show of Russian power by sending troops into Crimea, presents the US president with challenges to his personal and political credibility. NATO is also in the spotlight, suddenly facing a Kremlin-engineered threat close to its own borders after years retooling its mission to combat terrorism and more than a decade fighting in Afghanistan. As leader of the alliance's most powerful member and effective guarantor of a weakened Europe's security, it falls to Obama to lead the West's response.

Classic Corvettes lifted from sinkhole at Kentucky museum Posted: 03 Mar 2014 04:09 PM PST Two classic Corvettes re-emerged Monday from a giant sinkhole that gobbled up those and six other prized vehicles still trapped beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky.

Putin hopes force not needed in Ukraine Posted: 04 Mar 2014 09:20 AM PST He warns the West against imposing sanctions, saying they will backfire.

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