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Obama takes no-nonsense approach to Putin phone call

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 04:45 PM PDT

An armed pro-Russian activist stands in front of seized the Ukrainian regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk, Ukraine, Monday, April 14, 2014, with the Russian national sign in the background. A pro-Russian mob also stormed a Ukrainian police station in Horlivka, another city near the Russian border. Later in the day, armed men in masks seized control of a military airport outside the city of Slovyansk, in the Donetsk region bordering Russia. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Blasts Russia for actions that are not "conducive" to diplomatic path out of Ukraine crisis.


Shrinking salamanders linked to climate change in study

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 04:08 PM PDT

Salamanders Shrink as Climate Heats UpWild salamanders that live in the Appalachian Mountains are shrinking because they must burn more energy as the local climate gets hotter and drier, according to a new study. Researchers found that the salamanders they collected between 1980 and 2012 were 8 percent smaller than those collected in earlier decades, starting in 1957. The climate where the salamanders live has gotten warmer and drier, researchers said. "We compared the size of the museum specimens to the current animals and we were surprised to see that, in fact, many species has become smaller over just a 50- to 60-year period," said study author Karen Lips, a biologist at the University of Maryland.


Obama has personal connection to Jewish center shootings

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:04 PM PDT

In this Sunday, April 13, 2014 image from video provided by KCTV-5, Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Frazier Glenn Miller, is escorted by police in an elementary school parking lot in Overland Park, Kan. Cross, 73, accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City, is a known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt. (AP Photo/KCTV-5) MANDATORY CREDITPresident Obama called on Americans to "stand united" against religious-based violence, following the shooting deaths Sunday of three people at two Jewish centers near Kansas City, Kan. "We have to keep coming together across faiths to combat the ignorance and intolerance, including anti-Semitism, that can lead to hatred and to violence, because we're all children of God," Mr. Obama said Monday at the annual Easter prayer breakfast at the White House. In his remarks, Obama noted a personal connection to two of the victims, a 14-year-old boy and his grandfather, who were shot outside the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kan. The boy, Reat Underwood, and his grandfather, William Corporon, were members of a church whose minister played a role in Obama's second inauguration.


The mystery of Tsarnaev's widow

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:13 AM PDT

Katherine Russell in CambridgeA year after the Boston attacks, questions remain about what Katherine Russell knew and who she really is.


Helium leak delays SpaceX cargo run to ISS

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:28 PM PDT

In this image made available from a video by NASA TV shows the SpaceX Falcon rocket on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Monday, April 14, 2014. The unmanned SpaceX rocket carries the Dragon capsule, which is full of supplies and is expected to dock with the International Space Station later this week. (AP Photo/NASA TV)By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Privately owned Space Exploration Technologies canceled its planned cargo run to the International Space Station on Monday after a helium leak was found in its rocket's first stage, NASA said. The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule had been slated for 4:58 p.m. EDT (2058 GMT). The next opportunity for the Falcon 9 to fly is 3:25 p.m. (1925 GMT) on Friday if the problem can be resolved, NASA said in a statement. The flight, the third of 12 under the firm's 1.6 billion contract with NASA, already had been delayed several times for technical issues, including a potential contamination concern with the rocket and damage to an Air Force ground tracking radar needed to monitor the Falcon's flight.


U.S.: Russia bucked protocols with warship fly-overs

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 10:08 AM PDT

Sukhoi Su-24The Pentagon on Monday said that a Russian fighter jet made several passes at low altitude near a U.S. destroyer, calling the incident "provocative and unprofessional."


Obama takes no-nonsense approach to Putin phone call

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:55 PM PDT

An armed pro-Russian activist stands in front of seized the Ukrainian regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk, Ukraine, Monday, April 14, 2014, with the Russian national sign in the background. A pro-Russian mob also stormed a Ukrainian police station in Horlivka, another city near the Russian border. Later in the day, armed men in masks seized control of a military airport outside the city of Slovyansk, in the Donetsk region bordering Russia. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Blasts Russia for actions that are not "conducive" to diplomatic path out of Ukraine crisis.


'Space Monday' is a triple treat for stargazers

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:46 AM PDT

First Total Lunar Eclipse of 2014: The Complete Skywatcher's GuideAttention stargazers! You're about to be treated to a series of space spectacles.


Two newspapers win Pulitzers for NSA revelations

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 04:02 PM PDT

FILE - A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. A report that revealed the massive U.S. government surveillance effort is among the top finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. The stories were based on thousands of documents handed over by Snowden. The reports were published by Barton Gellman of The Washington Post and Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewan MacAskill of The Guardian. (AP Photo/The Guardian, File)The Washington Post and the Guardian have won Pulitzer Prizes in public service for revealing the massive U.S. government surveillance effort.


Manning's conviction, 35-year sentence upheld

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 5, 2013, file photo Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, then-Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after the third day of his court martial. The U.S. government's aggressive prosecution of leaks and efforts to control information are having a chilling effect on journalists and government whistle-blowers, according to a report released Thursday on U.S. press freedoms under the Obama administration. Manning provided information to the anti-secrecy group Wikileaks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Decision clears way for appeal of conviction in one of the largest leaks of classified information in U.S. history.


Michael Phelps to compete for first time since London Games

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 02:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2012, file photo, United States' Michael Phelps displays his gold medal for the men's 100-meter butterfly swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Phelps is coming out of retirement, the first step toward possibly swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Bob Bowman, the swimmer's longtime coach, told The Associated Press on Monday, April 14, 2014, that Phelps is entered in three events — the 50- and 100-meter freestyles and the 100 butterfly at his first meet since the 2012 London Games at a meet in Mesa, Ariz., on April 24-26. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement, lured back into the pool by the fun of it and the possibility of swimming at a fifth Olympics in Rio in 2016.


Police: Utah mom admits to killing her 6 babies

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:01 PM PDT

crime scene at a house in Pleasant Grove, UtahPLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — Megan Huntsman was clear about what she did with six of her newborn babies.


Pro-Kremlin gunmen gain ground

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:51 PM PDT

Storming the buildingSpreading unrest signals deep mistrust of new government in Ukraine's industrial cities.


Blast in Nigeria kills 71, injures 124

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Dozens are feared dead in an explosion at a commuter bus station outside Nigeria's capital, Abuja, during morning rush hour, on Monday.


Obama remembers victims in Kansas attacks

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:39 AM PDT

President Barack ObamaThe president on Monday honored those killed in a weekend attack at two Jewish facilities in Kansas.


The return of Scott Brown

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 02:51 AM PDT

Republican Scott Brown announces his bid for the United States Senate primary election in Portsmouth,Despite his flaws, Scott Brown may again be pegged to boost Republicans' Senate numbers.


Ukraine asks UN to send peacekeepers to restive east

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:11 AM PDT

Pro-Russian men storm a police station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Horlivka on Monday, April 14, 2014. Several government buildings have fallen to mobs of Moscow loyalists in recent days as unrest spreads across the east of the country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Ukraine's acting president urged the United Nations on Monday to send peacekeeping troops to eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian gunmen continued to storm and occupy local government offices, police stations and airports.


Chile wildfire kills 12, injures more than 500

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 08:41 AM PDT

Firefighters take a break from battling blazes after an out of control forest fire reached urban areas in the city of Valparaiso, Chile, early Monday April 14, 2014. Firefighters struggled for a second night to contain blazes that reached this port city, killing at least a dozen people, destroyed hundreds homes and has forced the evacuation of thousands. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and smoldering wreckage in the coastal city of Valparaiso, Chile, on Monday as sailors prepared to evacuate 700 more families.


$6M bail set for woman accused of killing six babies

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:42 AM PDT

Pleasant Grove Police investigate the scene where seven infant bodies were discovered and packaged in separate containers at a home in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Sunday, April 13, 2014. According to the Pleasant Grove Police Department, seven dead infants were found in the former home of Megan Huntsman, 39. Huntsman was booked into jail on six counts of murder. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Police discovered the bodies of seven babies, to whom Megan Huntsman allegedly gave birth over 10 years, in Huntsman's Utah home on Monday.


Daughter, mother of Jewish community center victims speaks

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:53 AM PDT

Police officers gather at the scene of a shooting at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, KansasJust hours after her father and son were shot and killed in the parking lot of a Jewish community center in Overland Park, Kan., Mindy Corporon spoke at a vigil for the victims Sunday night, surprising mourners.


Bail set for suspect in Florida day care crash

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:20 AM PDT

Robert Corchado makes his initial court appearance Friday, April 11, 2014 at the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Fla. Police say on Wednesday, Corchado, 28, crashed his Dodge Durango into a convertible, which in turn smashed into the KinderCare building and fled the scene. A girl was killed and 14 people were injured. He was ordered Friday to stay in jail until a judge can determine whether he is a flight risk. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber, Pool)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has set bail at $100,000 for a man accused in a crash that killed a 4-year-old girl and injured 14 people at a central Florida day care center.


Bodies of seven babies found in Utah garage

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 07:12 AM PDT

crime scene at a house in Pleasant Grove, UtahAuthorities discovered seven deceased newborn children in Megan Huntsman's Utah home on Monday.


Prosecutor accuses Pistorius of fake tears during tough questions

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:52 AM PDT

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius cries as he sits in the dock during his ongoing murder trial on March 24, 2014 in PretoriaThe prosecution accused Oscar Pistorius of feigning emotion to dodge tough questions about the death of his girlfriend, as his second week of testimony in the murder trial began Monday. Frustrated with Pistorius's frequent crying in the witness box, prosecutor Gerrie Nel toughened his questioning and accused the Paralympic star of crocodile tears. "Mr Pistorius, you're not using your emotional state to escape, are you?" he said after the athlete broke down under questioning on one of several occasions Monday.


Rand Paul gets serious about 2016 run

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 02:54 AM PDT

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks at a GOP Freedom Summit, Saturday, April 12, 2014, in Manchester, N.H. Several potential Republican White House contenders _ among them Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Ted Cruz, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee _ headline a conference Saturday in New Hampshire, hosted by the conservative groups Citizens United and Americans for Prosperity. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)The Kentucky senator seeks to carve a niche for himself as he tries to remake the GOP.


Libya trial of Kadhafi son, aides adjourned

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:24 AM PDT

Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, appears in front of supporters and journalists at his father's residential complex in Tripoli on August 23, 2011The trial of top figures from Moamer Kadhafi's regime for abuses committed during the 2011 uprising that toppled the dictator was adjourned Monday until April 27, marking the second postponement in the proceedings since March 24.


Blast in Nigerian capital kills 71

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:18 AM PDT

People gather at the site of a blast at the Nyanya Motor Park, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) from the center of Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, April 14, 2014. An explosion blasted through a busy commuter bus station on the outskirts of Abuja before 7 a.m. (0600 GMT) Monday as hundreds of people were traveling to work. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan)An explosion that ripped through a busy bus station in Nigeria's capital has killed at least 71 people and wounded 124, according to police.


Supremacist ID'd as suspect in Kansas attacks

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 08:46 AM PDT

This photo provided by 41ActionNews, shows Frazier Glenn Cross. Cross is accused of killing three people outside of Jewish sites near Kansas City, Sunday April 13, 2014. (AP Photo/41ActionNews)The man accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City is a well-known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader.


Libyan judge looks to try Gadhafi son

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 05:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2011, file photo, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, speaks to the media at a press conference in a hotel in Tripoli, Libya. A militia-run prison failed to transfer Seif al-Islam to a court hearing in Tripoli on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, underscoring the central government's difficulty in asserting its authority nearly two years after the end of the country's civil war. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)Moammar Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, held by a militia in the country's west, can attend the trial of former regime officials through a video link, a Libyan judge has decided.


Libya adjourns trial of ex-Gaddafi officials and sons

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:24 AM PDT

Abdullah al-Senussi and Bouzaid Dorda sit behind bars during a hearing at a courtroom in TripoliGaddafi's sons Saadi Gaddafi and Saif al-Islam did not appear in the courtroom at Tripoli's Al-Hadba prison, but the deposed ruler's ex-spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi was among the former senior officials sitting in blue jumpsuits behind a fenced-off section.


Ukraine struggles as east slips out of its control

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:28 PM PDT

Pro-Russian men storm a police station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Horlivka on Monday, April 14, 2014. Several government buildings have fallen to mobs of Moscow loyalists in recent days as unrest spreads across the east of the country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)HORLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The fuel is local, but the matches are Russian. That in a nutshell is how the insurgency threatening the survival of Ukraine as a unified state is increasingly unfolding.


Putin to Obama: Russia not behind Ukraine protests

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:50 PM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has urged President Barack Obama to discourage the Ukrainian government from using force against protesters in the country's east.

Kansas shooting suspect had no record of violence

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:08 PM PDT

In this Sunday, April 13, 2014 image from video provided by KCTV-5, Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Frazier Glenn Miller, is escorted by police in an elementary school parking lot in Overland Park, Kan. Cross, 73, accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City, is a known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt. (AP Photo/KCTV-5) MANDATORY CREDITOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Never one to keep his hatred to himself, Frazier Glenn Cross for decades sought out any soapbox to espouse his white-supremacist beliefs, twice running for federal office with campaigns steeped in anti-Semitism.


Blast at bus station in Nigerian capital kills 72

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 02:29 PM PDT

Victims of a blast lie on the ground as fire and smoke rise at a bus park in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, April 14, 2014. A massive explosion ripped through a bus station during the morning rush hour in Nigeria's capital, killing and wounding scores of people in a bombing that marked the bloodiest terrorist attack ever in Abuja. (AP Photo/Kayode Olamikan)ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants struck in the heart of Nigeria on Monday with a massive rush-hour bomb blast at a bus station that killed at least 72 people and wounded 164 in the deadliest attack ever on the nation's capital.


April 15 not much of a deadline for most taxpayers

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:16 AM PDT

This photo taken April 13, 2014 shows the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington at daybreak. Tuesday, April 15, is the federal tax filing deadline for most Americans. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)WASHINGTON (AP) — The calendar shows April 15, and you haven't even started on your federal tax return? Chances are, you don't need to fret.


Study: Snack might help avoid fight with spouse

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:57 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by Ohio State University shows an all purpose voodoo doll. A quick candy bar may stave off more than hunger. It could prevent major fights between husbands and wives, at least if a new study involving voodoo dolls is right. Psychology researchers monitored the nightly blood sugar levels of 107 married couples for three weeks, asking them to stick pins in a voodoo doll representing their spouses to measure aggression. They found that the lower the blood sugars, the higher the crankiness, and the more pins pushed into the voodoo doll, according to a study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The people with the lowest glucose scores pushed twice in general as many pins on average as those with the highest blood sugar levels, the researchers said. (AP Photo/Jo McCulty, Ohio State University)WASHINGTON (AP) — A quick candy bar may stave off more than hunger. It could prevent major fights between husbands and wives, at least if a new study that used voodoo dolls is right.


Medical pot measure could boost Fla. Democrats

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:45 AM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2013 file photo shows different strains of marijuana displayed for sale at The Clinic, a Denver-based dispensary with several outlets, in Denver. Tied to an unpopular president and his signature health care law, Democrats in the nation's largest swing-state see the prospect of legal medical marijuana as a rare source of hope and high voter turnout in this year's midterm elections. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)MIAMI (AP) — Tied to an unpopular president and his signature health care law, Democrats in the nation's largest swing state see medical marijuana as a potential antidote to political malaise in this year's midterm elections.


Kiev deadline for disarming in east Ukraine passes

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:09 AM PDT

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian separatists on Monday seized a police building in yet another city in Russian-leaning eastern Ukraine, defying government warnings that it was preparing to act against the insurgents.

Official says sub will be used in search for jet

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 11:21 PM PDT

A Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft, right, lands at Perth International Airport after returning from the ongoing search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia, Sunday, April 13, 2014. Following four strong underwater signals in the past week, all has gone quiet in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airline, meaning the batteries on the all-important black boxes may have finally died. Despite having no new pings to go on, crews are continuing their search Sunday for debris and any sounds that could still be emanating. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)PERTH, Australia (AP) — Search crews will for the first time send a robotic submarine deep into the Indian Ocean on Monday to try to determine whether underwater signals detected by sound-locating equipment are from the missing Malaysian jet's black boxes, the leader of the search effort said.


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