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Dozens killed as tornado hits Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:11:18 -0400

WASHINGTON - A massive tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma city and its suburbs in the United States killing at least 24 people, including nine children, besides leaving scores homeless. As winds at over 320 kilometers per hour (kmph) flattened homes and businesses and severely damaged a hospital and two elementary school, the death toll was earlier said to be more than 90 but it was ...

US president lauds Thein Sein for Myanmar reforms but urges end to violence against Muslims

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:16:52 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama praised the reforms of Myanmar leader Thein Sein but urged him to end violence against Muslims. Sein is the country's first president to visit the White House in almost half a century. Speaking from the US capital Monday Obama said he recognized Sein's work to guide Myanmar down "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow." ...

Moscow safer than New York Russian minister

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:01 -0400

Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the US. Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. "We have compared the crime situation in Moscow and New York, factoring in the ...

Shocking lawsuit claims NY high schools admissions policy racially biased

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:20:01 -0400

New York City high school admissions policies are racially biased against black and Hispanic students. A lawsuit filed in a federal civil rights complaint said that parents and activists have charged the school. According to the New York Daily News, in the complaint, filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights, the parents and their lawyers call for a federal investigation and overhaul of a ...

US charges three NYU researchers for taking bribes from Chinese company

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:50:03 -0400

Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses. Federal prosecutors said that Yudong Zhu, a U.S.-educated NYU professor, and Xing Yang, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in federal court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. According ...

US senators approve immigration changes requiring fingerprint system at 30 airports

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:10:02 -0400

Every foreigner leaving America from any of the country's 30 busiest airports will have to undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators have added to a new immigration bill. Lawmakers called it a step towards a more expansive biometric system that would use identifiers such as fingerprints to keep track of immigrants and visitors exiting the U.S. Currently no such system is in ...

Obama admin to hand over some CIA drone operations to Pentagon

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:10:03 -0400

US President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, according to several US government sources. Obama has pledged more transparency on controversial counterterrorism programs, and giving the Pentagon the responsibility for part of the drone program could open it to ...

Mary J. Blige hit with $3.4m tax bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:02 -0400

American singer Mary J. Blige has been slapped with a 3.4-million-dollar bill by Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS filed a federal tax lien against the 42-year-old singer, claiming that she failed to pay all her income taxes for 3 years 2009 (574,907.30 dollars), 2010 (2,203,743.53 dollars) and 2011 (647,604.60 dollars), TMZ.com reported. Meanwhile, the State of New Jersey has claimed ...

Paraguay becomes South Americas used car paradise

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:02 -0400

Paraguay has become the main destination in South America for used cars from Japan, the US and other countries, thanks to new regulations aimed at making it easier to import automobiles so low-income consumers can purchase vehicles. Used cars are all the rage in Paraguay, where vehicles that have been shipped from thousands of kilometers away are put to use as soon as they are repaired and made ...

Mall of America nets up to $250 million in tax breaks

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:00:45 -0400

Bloomington behemoth to double its size with more stores, movie theaters, hotels, and maybe a water park. To help ensure the project moves forward, up to $250 million in tax breaks were approved this week by the Minnesota Legislature. In recent years, the megamall’s pleas for public subsidies have failed. This year, lawmakers supported a controversial new funding mechanism that draws from ...

Safety Board ATF blocking plant blast probe

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:56:26 -0400

Investigators working in the remnants of an exploded Texas fertilizer plant sifted by hand through untold kernels of corn, moved tons of debris and conducted more than 400 interviews, while searching for the missing piece to solve what many officials compared to an extraordinary ...

28 killed in American-owned Freeport mine in Indonesia

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:02 -0400

(45 mins ago) Rescuers have recovered seven more bodies from a collapsed American-owned mine tunnel in eastern Indonesia, its US operator said, taking the accident's final toll to 28. The rescue team ';recovered and identified the last of the remains of the buried workers early this morning'', the Indonesian subsidiary of US-based Freeport-McMoRan said in a statement. ...

American general turfed over adultery

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:38:57 -0400

(47 mins ago) An American general was suspended as commander of an army training center following allegations of adultery and a physical altercation. Brigadier General Bryan Roberts was suspended as commanding general of the US Army training center at Fort Jackson, South Carolina ';due to allegations of misconduct,'' army spokesman Harvey Perritt said. ';The allegations ...

Family of California woman killed by U.S. Border Patrol files suit

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:32:04 -0400

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The family of a San Diego woman killed in an encounter with the U.S. Border Patrol filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday alleging a plainclothes agent used excessive force when he opened fire on the woman as she tried to flee in a ...

US Senate Committee Approves Immigration Reform Bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:54:18 -0400

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a massive immigration reform bill, voting to send it to the entire Senate for debate. Tuesday evening's vote was 13 to five. It came after one of the bill's eight sponsors, Democrat Patrick Leahy, withdrew an amendment that would have given same-sex couples the same legal protections in immigration questions as heterosexual couples. ...

10 Things to Know for Wednesday

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:04 -0400

Apple CEO Tim Cook adjusts his glasses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations hearing to examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. Lawmakers want to know ...

APNewsBreak Coast Guard deserter to be confined

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:03 -0400

HONOLULU -; A military judge has ruled that a Coast Guard rescue swimmer who admitted he deserted his job in Hawaii to camp out in the mountains of Oahu for three months will be confined for more than 6 months and discharged with bad ...

Details of the Senate immigration bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:02 -0400

-Within six months of enactment of the bill, the Homeland Security Department must develop a border security plan to achieve those goals, including the use of drones, additional agents and other approaches; and develop a plan to identify where more fencing is ...

Search for Okla. tornado survivors nearly complete

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:35 -0400

MOORE, Okla. (AP) Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children. Scientists concluded the storm was a rare and extraordinarily powerful type of twister known as an EF5, ranking it at the ...

Xis Latin American tour to enhance cooperation spokesman

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:42:55 -0400

Chinese president to visit three Latin American nations and US China will take the opportunity of President Xi Jinping's upcoming visits to three Latin American nations to further increase political trust and consolidate friendship with them, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.Hong Lei's comments at a press briefing came after Qin Gang, also a Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

U.S. Trust Study Finds Wealthy Americans Underinvested And Unprepared

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:42:06 -0400

2013 Insights on Wealth and Worth report on Tuesday. The nation's oldest trust company, under the wing of Bank of America since 2007, surveyed 711 wealthy American adults over the age of 18 with investable assets north of $3 million on a variety of wealth-related topics. The results revealed a significant amount of dissonance in this cohort, which U.S. Trust has labeled "high net worth ...

New Poll Results Shows GOP Has Lost Favor Among Record Breaking Percentage Of Americans

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:08 -0400

The Republican Party’s net favorability ratings are down 8 points in the past two months. The amount of respondents viewing the GOP favorably fell from 38 percent to 35 percent, while the number of people who view the party unfavorably climbed five points, up from 54 percent in ...

US Senate panel approves immigration overhaul bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:35:59 -0400

Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses. The 13-5 vote cleared the way for an epic showdown on the Senate floor on the measure, which is one of President Barack Obama's top domestic priorities yet also gives the Republican Party a chance to recast itself as more appealing to ...

After tornado whats next for Moore Okla. Our view

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:34:26 -0400

Monday's tornado wasn't even the strongest to hit this same suburban community. The pictures make you wonder how anyone lived through the monster tornado that devastated an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday. Neighborhoods scraped to the foundations. ...

Twister leaves tragedies miracles Other views

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:34:26 -0400

"Every Okie accepts that atmospheric instability is a part of our legacy." The Oklahoman,Oklahoma City, editorial: "Now come the sad stories, the heartrending deaths of young and old, the miracles and the survivals, as the black funnel wraps itself in grief. Now come the recovery, the selfless deeds, the sacrificial giving and the comforting words. This is a time when patience is ...

Immigration bill clears hurdle with 13-5 approval by Senate committee

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:33:52 -0400

By Carrie Dann, NBC News A sweeping bill to overhaul the nation's immigration system cleared its first major hurdle late Tuesday night, with the 18-member committee charged with completing a first round of legislative edits voting to advance the amended bill to the full Senate. The vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee was 13-5. Three Republicans - Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Lindsey ...

Anarchist jailed for not testifying over 2008 New York blast

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:26:55 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A self-described anarchist from Brooklyn who refused to testify before a federal grand jury thought to be investigating a 2008 bomb explosion in New York's Times Square was sent to jail on Tuesday after being found in civil ...

Feds take over states high-risk insurance program

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:05 -0400

SACRAMENTO (AP) — About 17,000 Californians with serious medical problems will be moved from a state-run stopgap health insurance program to a federal plan starting in July, ensuring they will have no break in medical coverage until the national health care reforms kick in next year, state officials announced this ...

Director Bryan Singer Tweets Image of Jennifer Lawrence As ‘Mystique

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:17:28 -0400

Director Bryan Singer delighted fanboys around the world on Monday by releasing an image of the 24-year-old ';Silver Linings Playbook'; Oscar-winner donning her Mystique costume for the upcoming ';X-Men: Days of Future ...

Eminem’s Publisher Sues Facebook Over Song Usage

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:17:27 -0400

CBS NEWS/AP ) – Eminem’s song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper’s ...

‘Arrested Development’ Is Reborn On Netflix

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:17:27 -0400

Netflix , too.) I think the show scored some ‘cool points’ for dying before its time,'; says Cera. ';But there are still a lot more places for it to ...

Jury weighing Jodi Arias fate adjourns for day

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:04 -0400

Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in PhoenixZ. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (AP Photo/The ...

Mourners say Hofstra students death preventable

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:02 -0400

CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME -- In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High ...

UN Poaching threatens central Africa peace

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:02 -0400

UNITED NATIONS -; The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security ...

Leahy steps back on gay marriage issue

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:01 -0400

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, ...

2 more reports of anti-gay attacks in NYC

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:40:58 -0400

Members of the LGBT community and their supporters gather to speak out after a string a bias attacks, including the fatal shooting of 32-year old Mark Carson on Saturday, during a rally in New York's Greenwich Village, Monday, May 20, 2013. A spate of hate-fueled attacks on gay men in New York, including a killing last week on a busy street in one of Manhattan's most gay-friendly ...

2 FBI agents who died remembered for valor

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:58 -0400

Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday ...

Hospital prices baffle patients Your Say

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:25:23 -0400

Hospital charges vary widely from one part of the country to another. The Affordable Care Act requires hospitals to tell patients how much a procedure will ...

Wickham Republicans relish role as Party of No

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:25:23 -0400

But blocking tactics aren't the same thing as providing proof of supposed administration abuses. Never lacking chutzpah, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the Chief Obstructionist of the Party of No, turned up on Meet the Press Sunday to denounce the Obama administration for creating ...

Allow prayer at government meetings tellusatoday

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:25:23 -0400

On Monday, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case about whether prayer should be allowed at government meetings. We asked our readers how they would rule. Comments are from Twitter and Facebook:Should prayer be allowed at government meetings? Absolutely! Politicians need all the help they can get. -- @VILLARREAL_14Pray at home or church. Not everyone is a Bible-thumping Christian. We ...

Boy Scouts admit gay members and move on Column

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:25:23 -0400

James Oliver, left, hugs his brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Will Oliver, who is gay. In February, Will and other supporters carried boxes filled with a petition to end the ban on gay Scouts and leaders to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in ...

Leahy withholds amendment to include LGBT couples in immigration reform

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:24:48 -0400

By Carrie Dann, NBC News Acknowledging that it would jeopardize the passage of a sweeping immigration reform bill, a top ally of LGBT rights advocates will not call for a committee vote on an amendment that would include the spouses of LGBT individuals with the same standing as heterosexual couples in immigration law. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy announced "with a heavy ...

Ex-manager doubts IRS on Tea Party scandal

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:24:47 -0400

A woman who worked in the IRS Cincinnati office at the center of controversy over targeting of conservative groups says she doubts that the blame resides with front-line employees, as the agency has ...

Granderson The courage of teachers

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:24:20 -0400

>Editor's note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named journalist of the year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and was a 2011 Online Journalism Award finalist for commentary. He is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter @locs_n_laughs.(CNN) -- Each day more than 55 million students attend the ...

Manchester City New York Yankees partners in new MLS team

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:23:47 -0400

Brian Marwood (left), Txiki Begiristain the Director of Football at Manchester City, Ferran Soriano the CEO and Vicky Kloss the chief communications officer of Manchester City look on prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Norwich City at Etihad Stadium on May 19, 2013 in Manchester, ...

Jodi Arias asks for life term jury deliberates

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:19:23 -0400

PHOENIX (AP) -- Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in ...

Lawmakers move to address U.S. military sex assault problem

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:22 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers frustrated by a spate of high-profile military sexual assault cases unveiled draft proposals in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to crack down on the crime, but they stopped short the kind of overhaul sought by some ...

Chemical-safety watchdog criticizes probe of Texas blast

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:21 -0400

(Reuters) - Officials with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board say they may never know what caused last month's deadly fertilizer-plant explosion in Texas because of interference by federal and Texas agencies, according to a letter sent Tuesday by the head of the regulatory board to U.S. Senator Barbara ...

Mass. US Senate race focuses 911 resolutions ads

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:30 -0400

BOSTON -- In their contest for Massachusetts' open U.S. Senate seat, Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey continued to clash Tuesday over votes Markey cast against two resolutions honoring the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.At the same time, Gomez ramped up his attacks on Markey in a new 30-second ad criticizing what Gomez describes as Markey's "dirty ...

UN chief urges more action to end recruitment of child soldiers in Myanmar

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:08 -0400

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice. Ban's comments came as Myanmar President Thein Sein was making a landmark visit to Washington. The former general met with President Barack Obama on Monday, marking a turnaround in the Asian nation's ...

US outsources data cull for State Department terrorism report complicating trend analysis

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:03 -0400

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an academic group, a move that may complicate accurate unclassified assessments of patterns of terrorist activity for years to come. As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a major speech on counterterrorism this week and the State Department ...

San Francisco’s Political Leaders Ecstatic About Hosting Super Bowl L

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:09:07 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The rotunda at San Francisco's City Hall was packed full of Warriors fans on Tuesday when Mayor Ed Lee was passed a note and a big smile broke out on his face. The city's political and civic leaders were gathered for a Warrior's Day celebration, but it was the news about another sport that Lee was reacting to. You didn't have to be a mind reader to ...

Poll Finds Teens Migrating From Facebook To Twitter

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:09:05 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/ AP) — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told researchers there were too many ...

David Beckham What did he do really for American soccer

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:02:52 -0400

David Beckham has announced his retirement. In the US, the David Beckham experiment coincided with a flourishing of soccer, and he was the perfect face for the sport's new ...

Video Baby falcons get banded in their New York bridge home

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:34:49 -0400

Four peregrine falcon chicks that live in a box on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey got identifying bands Tuesday and were pronounced healthy and ...

McKeon State didnt ask for help before Benghazi

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:32:54 -0400

WASHINGTON -; A senior House Republican says U.S. military forces weren't in a position to help those under attack at a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya because the State Department had failed to ask the Pentagon for help in securing the compound before the ...

House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:32:54 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Republicans controlling the House pressed ahead Tuesday with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of automatic ...

Impact of Okla. tornado beyond mere cleanup

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:32:53 -0400

Kandi Scott salvages items from the rubble of her home, which she shared with her mother, until it was destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds.(AP Photo/Brennan ...

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:32:51 -0400

Cliff Toye, of Tabernacle, holds a sign as he stands with others outside Internal Revenue Service offices Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Cherry Hill, N.J., during a tea party rally protesting extra IRS scrutiny of conservative groups. The Internal Revenue Service gave extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/Mel ...

Texas judge Lesbian couple cant cohabitate

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29:02 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, which began with a storybook wedding, ended Friday in a grim courtroom with a judge approving a divorce settlement after a protracted legal battle between the former ...

Scientists Dont drop federal wolf protections

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29:01 -0400

Federal wildlife officials are postponing a much-anticipated decision on whether to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 ...

Despite tight budgets aid expected to easily flow to Oklahoma victims

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29:01 -0400

President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's ...

APNewsBreak Coast Guardsman admits desertion

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29:00 -0400

HONOLULU -- A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains of Oahu.Petty Officer 1st Class Russell Matthews pleaded guilty to desertion and wrongful use of marijuana during a special court-martial in Honolulu on ...

Ark. treasurer resigns amid charges she took cash

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:20 -0400

Arkansas' state treasurer resigned Tuesday after being accused of taking at least $36,000 in cash - sometimes stashed in a pie box - from a broker who later came to manage a large share of the state's $3.3 billion investment ...

New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Conference Semifinals Game 3

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:11 -0400

New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) celebrates defeating the Washington Capitals with team mates Anton Stralman (6) and Derek Stepan (21) during Game 7 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal playoff hockey game in Washington May 13, 2013. New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins takes place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs conference semifinals on Tuesday night, with the Rangers 2-0 down ...

Editorial Americas duty to help Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:20:05 -0400

Photo credit: Mayita Mendez, 2002 On a memorable day 11 years ago, grateful Oklahomans donated a red and white rescue truck to the New York City Fire Department, purchased with money donated by schoolkids and adults. Called the Spirit of Oklahoma, the truck was the Sooner State's way of thanking the FDNY for its help in 1995 with search and recovery work after a terrorist bomb claimed 168 ...

Italians ignore Americas Cup ban take to SF waters

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:19:02 -0400

video While America's Cup organisers continue their review of this month's fatal Artemis Racing tragedy, at least one of the challenging syndicates has flown in the face of requests to stay off the water. Last week, Golden Gate Yacht Club vice commodore Tom Ehman assured the sailing world that the event would proceed, despite the death of Briton Andrew "Bart" Simpson when the ...

Putting Oklahoma tornado in perspective Column

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:17:25 -0400

Is climate change to blame? No one knows, but the numbers of events are increasing. During the live coverage of the horrific events in Moore, Okla., on Monday night, meteorologist Mike Morgan on Oklahoma City TV station, KFOR, declared that this ...

New York City seeing spike in anti-gay crime officials say

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09:53 -0400

Candles, flowers and messages sit in a makeshift memorial for the late Mark Carson, a 32-year-old gay man who was shot and killed on May 17 at the corner of 6th Avenue and West 8th street, on the sidewalk at the site of his murder in New York City, May 20, ...

FOX NEWS POLL Most Think White House Knew About IRS Actions

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:49 -0400

Voters are concerned about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for unfair treatment, and over half think the White House either knew it was happening or -- worse yet -- was actually behind the operation. ...

Feds still investigating missing Mom case

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:48 -0400

May 21, 2013: Chuck Cox, left, describes the search for his missing daughter as he stands with attorney Anne Bremner during a news conference, in ...

Oklahoma tornado brings back fear in recovering Joplin Missouri

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:09 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Less than three hours after a deadly twister on Monday flattened a swath of Moore, Oklahoma, tornado warning sirens sounded in Joplin, Missouri, 215 miles to the ...

General suspended amid misconduct investigation

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:08 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commanding general at the U.S. Army Training Center at Fort Jackson in South Carolina was suspended from his position on Tuesday amid allegations of misconduct, including adultery and having a physical altercation, the military ...

Texas House passes measure to prevent Medicaid expansion

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:08 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas House passed a measure on Tuesday that would prevent the state from expanding its Medicaid program as outlined by President Barack Obama's healthcare reform ...

Anti-Gay Attacks Reported in NYC

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:02:07 -0400

Hours after New Yorkers rallied in response to a spate of gay-bashing that's resulted in one death and fueled concern about hate crimes, there were two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks on Manhattan streets, authorities said Tuesday. In one, a 45-year-old man was attacked late Monday in the East Village by a drinking companion who yelled an anti-gay slur and knocked him ...

Witness Claims Oakland Murder Defendant Admitted Killing Teen Girls

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:35 -0400

gunning down two teenage girls near Brookdale Park in East Oakland last November testified Tuesday that one of the defendants admitted to firing the deadly barrage of bullets. The witness, Albert Rich, said that defendant Diantay Powell made his admission a few days after 15-year-old Raquel Gerstel and 16-year-old Bobbie Sartain were shot multiple times in the 2600 block of Minna Avenue. The ...

SF Officials Demand City Donate Money From Anti-Israel Bus Ads

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:34 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Several San Francisco supervisors want the city transit agency to donate revenue from an anti-Israel bus ad campaign to the city's Human Rights Commission after the agency did the same for an ad campaign that targeted Muslims. The city's Municipal Transportation Agency donated revenue made ...

GameDay Don’t Count Out Another Vogelsong Comeback

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:33 -0400

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East Bay Man Missing Since Running Bay To Breakers

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:30 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A 27-year-old Oakland man who was last seen finishing the Bay to Breakers race Sunday was reported missing Monday. Beau Rasmussen, 27, became separated from his friends around noon, and about eight hours later, his belongings were found by a passerby on Ocean Beach across from the Beach Chalet restaurant, said Stephanie Serbe, his friend and co-worker at San ...

Mall of America gets state tax break for planned massive expansion

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:31 -0400

Mall of America -- already big -- is poised to get a lot bigger. Legislators passed a $250 million tax break to jump-start a long-dormant Phase II expansion, approving it minutes before the session ended Monday, May 20. The $1.5 billion project would double the size of the Bloomington mega-mall, adding hotels, a waterpark, a performing arts center, office towers and hundreds of stores. Also on ...

Climate change could bring more heatwave deaths to New York City

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:57:11 -0400

Climate change will increase New York's heat wave deaths, pushing up the incidence of temperature-related deaths within decades, researchers say. Scientists at Columbia University in New York have matched daily temperature data for Manhattan with death rates between 1982 and 1999 to estimate how sensitive the city's residents are to temperatures, combing that with future forecasts of ...

US Congress grills ex-IRS boss on scandal

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:29:42 -0400

UNDER fierce questioning in the US Congress, the political appointee who headed the IRS during the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups has insisted he was not involved in the scandal. Senators on Tuesday grilled retired IRS boss Douglas Shulman about what he readily acknowledged was "inexcusable" behaviour by agents who, from 2010, singled out right-leaning groups for ...

Bolivia lashes at Sean Penn over jailed American

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:31 -0400

Actor Sean Penn arrives at Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Gangster Squad' premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on January 7, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Jason Merritt, Getty ...

Texas Drops “Anti-American” CSCOPE Lessons Battle Continues

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:53 -0400

A highly controversial school curriculum used in much of Texas known as "CSCOPE," which came under relentless assault from activists and parents ...

Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:48 -0400

HOUSTON -; A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison ...

Police Suspect in Iowa abduction killed himself

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:47 -0400

This photo provided by The Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Kathlynn Shepard, 15. Authorities said Tuesday, May 21, 2013, a man suspected of abducting Shepard and a 12-year-old girl from a bus stop in central Iowa has been found dead, but a search continues for Shepard. Authorities said the 12-year-old girl was able to escape and ran to a nearby rural residence for help. (AP Photo/Iowa ...

Fort Jackson commander facing adultery charges

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:46 -0400

WASHINGTON -; The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in a physical ...

Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:46 -0400

WASHINGTON -; The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut - or roughly a half of 1 percent - to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm ...

Moniz LNG exports on hold until data reviewed

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:44 -0400

Dr. Ernest Moniz speaks after being sworn in as Energy Secretary, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during a ceremony at the Energy Department in Washington. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton administration. (AP ...

IRS chief knew tea party groups targeted in 2012

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:43 -0400

former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/Charles ...

Lawyer Feds investigating Susan Powell case

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:40 -0400

Chuck Cox, left, describes the search for his missing daughter as he stands with attorney Anne Bremner during a news conference Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Seattle. Bremner said Tuesday there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance. She made the announcement at the Seattle news conference a day after local officials in Utah said they had closed their ...

OAS Leader Inaugurates Symposium at Inter-American Defense College

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:18:11 -0400

May 21, 2013 The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today inaugurated the symposium "The Armed Forces and their Participation in Public Security and Development Assignments," to be held today and tomorrow at the Inter-American Defense College (IADC) in Washington, DC. The event, organized by the Inter-American Defense Board ...

From Newtown to Oklahoma how prepared are teachers for a crisis

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:58 -0400

The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said ...

AES supplies energy at Central Americas and the Caribbean’s most competitive prices

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:12:02 -0400

Santo Domingo.- The consolidated portfolio of energy generators that the power company AES manages offer the most competitive electricity prices in the local market as well as the Central America and Caribbean region. This was revealed by Marco De la Rosa, during breakfast the Energy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAMDR), explaining that "AES sells a kilowatt hour of ...

Canada Targets Both U.S. And Europe In Effort To Get White House Approval For Tar Sands Pipeline

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:08:41 -0400

doubled its spending on advertising to promote the Keystone XL pipeline and the production of tar sands oil. The effort to sell the pipeline to the U.S. and the resultant tar sands oil to Europe comes in spite of increasing revelations about the destructiveness of tar sands oil. ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook rejects US senate report it used gimmicks to cut taxes

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:08:24 -0400

United States Apple chief Tim Cook has faced a grilling by US lawmakers on "sham" subsidiaries and "convoluted" strategies to shift profits offshore, but he has denied the company uses "gimmicks" to cut taxes.A high level US Senate committee investigating corporate offshore tax avoidance has accused Apple of shifting billions of dollars in profits to avoid paying ...

After Taking Medical Bills Into Account One In Seven American Seniors Live In Poverty

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:07:14 -0400

Preliminary analyses of the 2010 U.S. Census indicated that less than one in ten American seniors live in poverty. But a new and more nuanced ';supplemental'; poverty metric ...

Analysis New MLS Club Faces Challenge to Make Mark in New York

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:35 -0400

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With high-tech visa compromise immigration reform proponents win GOP ally

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:18 -0400

By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News With a final committee vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill finally in sight, proponents of immigration reform won the support of a key Republican panel member after hammering out a bipartisan compromise dealing with visas for high-skilled foreign workers.Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, long considered a Republican swing vote on the 18-member ...

Mysterious illness kills 2 in southeast Alabama

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:59:16 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said ...

White House threatens veto of bill to bypass Obama on Keystone

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:57:02 -0400

By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON | Tue May 21, 2013 5:57pm EDT WASHINGTON May 21 (Reuters) - The White House has threatened to veto legislation pending in the U.S House of Representatives that could strip from President Barack Obama the authority to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The Republican-controlled House is expected on Wednesday to vote on, and almost certainly approve, ...

Sources challenge White House claim of all-hands-on-deck pursuit of Benghazi suspects

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:23 -0400

U.S. military sources serving in North Africa are challenging the latest White House claim that the administration is applying "all the resources" at its disposal to bring the Benghazi attackers to justice, charging instead that the Obama administration knows who is responsible but is not acting. "They have let it slip by because of politics, and now we've taken all the ...

Fox News poll Majority thinks White House knew about IRS actions

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:22 -0400

Miami-Dade lawmakers approve $1.6 billion sewer-lawsuit deal

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:53:38 -0400

(Reuters) - Florida's Miami-Dade County on Tuesday promised to spend $1.6 billion on fixes for its dilapidated, accident-prone sewer system in a deal meant to settle a lawsuit with federal and state environmental ...

Peace Corps says same-sex couples can apply to serve together

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:53:38 -0400

(Reuters) - The Peace Corps said on Tuesday it will start accepting applications next month from same-sex couples who want to volunteer together as part of the overseas service ...

Watch Hackers Experiment With White House We The People API

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:52:53 -0400

. If a petition gains enough signatures, the White House will pledge an official response. Since its launch, 200,000 petitions have been created, racking up 13 million signatures. In February, the White House opened the ...

Mom squawks as 4 falcon chicks living on New York-New Jersey bridge are banded

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:48 -0400

Wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, examines one of four peregrine falcons he banded, at a nest at the east tower of the George Washington Bridge, over the Hudson River, in New York, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The chicks hatched three weeks ago on a girder six feet below the bridge's lower level. Their parents are among 20 pairs of ...

Watch North Carolina Woman Accused of Poisoning Familys Cheese

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:49:13 -0400

-- North Carolina woman is charged with attempted murder all because her failing wouldn't share. 24 -- old -- Drake won -- some cheese when one of her family members did it feel like ...

Watch Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin on Tornado Aftermath

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:49:05 -0400

This is a special report from ABC news. Look what I'm -- cuts or New York this ABC news digital special report -- -- -- taking an Oklahoma where the governor there is holding a news conference on ...

Knicks Unsure About Stoudemire’s Role

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:47:53 -0400

Searching for ways to improve next season, the New York Knicks could use a reliable second scorer and dependable low-post option. They have no way of knowing if Stoudemire can provide either because of his ...

Oakland Sacramento Sending Rescue Workers To Oklahoma Tornado Area

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:47:50 -0400

In this handout provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the Oklahoma Army National Guard and the Oklahoma Air National Guard along with firefighters participate in recovery efforts after a tornado moved through on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kendall James/U.S. Department of Defense via Getty ...

Minnesota Rep. Karen Clark to be honored at White House

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:46:10 -0400

Rep. Karen Clark, DFL-Minneapolis, left, and her partner, Jacquelyn Zita, wave to supporters as they leave the Minnesota House chambers in the State Capitol in St. Paul on Thursday, May 9, 2013, after the House approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to wed. (Pioneer Press: John Doman) A little more than a week after the bill she sponsored to legalize gay marriage was signed into law, state ...

Texas nixes curriculum criticized as anti-American

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:35 -0400

Texas education officials are doing away with a controversial curriculum plan conservatives criticize as anti-American. The state's regional Education Service Centers will no longer use CSCOPE, a curriculum guideline provided to many small Texas school districts too small to employ curriculum development professionals of their own, the Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday. The lesson plans ...

Bill Clinton urges Illinois lawmakers to take action on gay marriage

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:56 -0400

View results With less than two weeks to go before their springtime adjournment, Illinois lawmakers are being pressured over whether they will make their state the 13th to approve gay marriage.On Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton urged members of the Illinois House to vote for gay marriage as a way to strengthen the nation.';Our nation’s permanent mission is to form a ‘more ...

MLS may be a minority league in America but has sizeable ambitions

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:34 -0400

Fifteen thousand football fans, many of them with complimentary tickets, many of them Hispanic, rattled around New Jersey's 80,000-seat Giants Stadium. They were watching the clunkily named New York/New Jersey Metro Stars play the Kansas City Wizards, two of just 10 teams in the inaugural Major League Soccer [MLS] season. It was July 1996, and the first attempt to establish a national, ...

Conn. rail service to return to normal Wednesday

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:36 -0400

Metro North railroad employees use heavy equipment to repair tracks near Bridgeport, Conn., Monday, May 20, 2013. A train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (AP Photo/Mark ...

Indian guest workers sue company in Miss. Texas

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:35 -0400

GULFPORT, Miss. -; Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane ...

Correction Missing Mom-Utah story

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:34 -0400

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -; In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. It happened on Feb. 5, ...

Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:32 -0400

In this photo made available by the Hunt family, Kaitlyn Hunt and her father Steve in Vero Beach, Fla., Monday May 20, 2013. Kaitlyn, 18, was expelled from school for dating and having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend, who was a fellow player on her basketball team. Hunt was arrested and charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years. (AP Photo/Hunt ...

Oklahoma twister a top-of-the-scale EF-5

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:31 -0400

MOORE, Okla. -; The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 ...

Protesters rally over IRS tea party scrutiny

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:30 -0400

Polly Beckham, of Ambler, Pa., holds a sign during a tea party rally protesting extra IRS scrutiny of their groups, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Philadelphia. Tea party groups and other groups are urging activists across the country to demonstrate at their local Internal Revenue Service offices. (AP Photo/Matt ...

Bishop would-be pipe bomber gets 37 years

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:27 -0400

CHICAGO -; An Iowa letter carrier has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The ...

Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:27 -0400

Wreckage of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., is pictured from a National Guard helicopter during a tour of tornado damaged areas by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, ...

Committee nears final vote on immigration bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:25 -0400

Obama opposes GOP bill on Keystone XL oil pipeline

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:21 -0400

WASHINGTON -; The White House says President Barack Obama opposes a House bill that would speed approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to ...

Judge promises more openness in Chandra Levy case

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:21 -0400

FILE - This 2001 file photo provided by the Washington Police Department shows the missing poster of Chandra Ann Levy, of Modesto, Calif. A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of closed post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time the reason a key prosecution witness could be discredited (AP Photo/Washington Police ...

Across America 2013 Solar Impulse Prepares For Flight From Phoenix To Dallas

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:08:28 -0400

Image Caption: Event week in Phoenix- Consulate of Switzerland Dinner - J. Brewer, Governor of the State of Arizona, and B. Piccard and A. Borschberg with the Clean Generation Flag. Credit: Solar Impulse |Merz| ...

White House IRS timeline shifts again

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:08:22 -0400

The White House’s explanation of what it knew about the investigation into the IRS’s scrutiny of conservative political groups and how it planned for the eventual release of that information shifted once again Tuesday.Just a day after telling reporters that chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior White House staff learned of the situation nearly a month ago, press secretary ...

The First American Anti-Nazi Film Rediscovered

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:06:42 -0400

In the early nineteen-hundreds, Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, the great-great-grandson of the railroad and steamship tycoon, saw the heirs and heiresses he lived among as ';dull, uninteresting, hopelessly mediocre people.'; Seeking excitement, Vanderbilt enlisted in the First World War (supposedly he became a driver when a general asked if any of his men could handle a Rolls Royce); once ...

Mom talks about missing cheerleader found dead

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:40 -0400

After a two-day search in rural Oregon failed to yield any trace of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, authorities said Thursday they may close the ...

Whole neighbourhoods gone as 24 confirmed dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02:19 -0400

It was a day after a massive tornado tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City, wiping out whole blocks of homes and killing at least 24 people.Nine children were among the dead, including seven who died at Plaza Towers Elementary School, which took a direct hit in the deadliest tornado to hit the United States in two ...

Art dealer in forgeries scandal faces tax probe

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02:18 -0400

Jonathan Stempel - 21 May 2013 FEDERAL prosecutors charged a New York art dealer with tax fraud in connection with the sale of paintings she claimed to be the works of celebrated abstract expressionists, but some of which the government said were ...

David Beckham To Earn Huge Windfall From New Yorks MLS Expansion

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:57 -0400

David Beckham is going to score big time with Manchester City and the New York Yankees bringing Major League Soccer to New York City for the 2015 season ...

Senators to IRS Officials Did the White House Know

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:12 -0400

Senate lawmakers jumped on the chance to grill the top IRS officials over the agency's targeting of conservative groups. Three men were on the hot seat Tuesday, including outgoing IRS Commissioner Steve Miller, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, and J. Russel George, the Treasury Department inspector general who submitted the report detailing the IRS scandal. Shulman was the one ...

Closing arguments begin in Arias penalty phase

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:55:14 -0400

When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed ...

AP PHOTOS Devastation reunion in tornado wake

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:55:12 -0400

(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel). Lea Bessinger and her son Josh Bessinger look through the rubble of the elder Bessinger's tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, ...

How Sexual Stigma Is Undermining HIV Treatment On American Indian Reservations

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:54:06 -0400

has seen its HIV diagnoses go up by 20 percent since 2011. Despite a concerted push by the federal Indian Health Service (IHS) and public health advocates to expand tribal HIV education programs, doctors have found treatment and prevention efforts to be stymied by cultural stigma surrounding the disease and homosexuality. Since the Navajo tribe is a comparatively isolated population, the topline ...

IRS official to invoke Fifth Amendment at hearing

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:52:08 -0400

By NBC's Lisa Myers A top IRS official scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight committee has notified Congress that she will invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions.Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit which handled tax-exempt organizations, won't answer questions about what she knows about the improper screening of conservative groups or about why she ...

Hatch says hell vote immigration overhaul out of committee

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:52:07 -0400

Tomgram Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford Congress Tweeted While America Burned

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:27 -0400

went before Congress and insisted that the Defense Department couldn't be more "comfortable" with AUMF, as it was written, and that not a word should be altered or amended for changed circumstances. The Pentagon was so comfortable, in fact, that its officials foresee using that resolution to continue its drone-powered ...

Rep. Brown asks feds to review Breedlove shooting

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:54 -0400

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has formally asked the Department of Justice to investigate the death of Torey Breedlove, a suspected car thief who was killed in a hail of gunfire ...

Appeals court strikes down Arizona ban on abortions at 20 weeks

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:47 -0400

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court struck down an Arizona law on Tuesday that bans abortions from 20 weeks gestation, saying it violated "unalterably clear" U.S. Supreme Court rulings that women have a right to terminate pregnancies until a fetus is ...

Oklahoma Town Devastated by Tornado Razed Before in 1999

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:45 -0400

The path of destruction, left, taken by tornadoes that hit the Oklahoma City area, May 2, 1999, can be seen from the air over Moore, Okla., and An aerial view of a tornado's path is seen over Moore, Okla., May 21, ...

Watch Jodi Arias to Donate Hair Recycle If Allowed to Live

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:37 -0400

Some months back. Well it -- that this child was brutally. My mom visited me just like. She'd been doing every week since happy. She -- after -- the courthouse. She was idling stop light. And she haven't recovered the car next to her. -- siblings -- in the car. My mom and I was very few moments. -- -- requesting that they would. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- being -- that point home -- ...

Vogelsong Casilla Land On Disabled List For Giants

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:25 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The San Francisco Giants put Ryan Vogelsong on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday and prepared to be without their right-hander for two months in yet another challenge for their struggling starting ...

UC Medical Workers Begin 2-Day Strike

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:22 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) –University of California medical center workers in San Francisco and several other cities statewide began a two-day strike Tuesday. The strike, organized by the union American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, started early this morning at medical facilities at UC San Francisco, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Irvine and UC San Diego, union ...

Clippers Head Coach Vinny Del Negro Out After 3 Seasons

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:18 -0400

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- The Los Angeles Clippers will not bring head coach Vinny Del Negro for next season, according to reports Tuesday. Del Negro had been with the team for three seasons before owner Donald Sterling decided recently that the franchise would not offer their skipper a contract ...

Prehistoric crocodiles ruled the roost in South America study finds

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:12 -0400

Modern alligators and crocodiles rarely share the same environments but that was not true of their prehistoric ancestors in South America, paleontologists say. From 9 million to 5 million years ago the deltas of the Amazonas and the Urumaco, a river on the Gulf of Venezuela that no longer exists, boasted an unparalleled abundance of extremely diverse, highly specialized species of crocodile, ...

Obama against prosecuting reporters for doing their jobs White House

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:28:21 -0400

President Obama believes in the need for balance between national security concerns and the ability of reporters to work freely, White House has ...

Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:25:58 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Senate Republican says he plans to let key sanctions legislation against Myanmar (mee-an-MAWR') lapse because of the country's progress toward ...

No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:33 -0400

An aerial view shows the Monday tornado's path through a residential area Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school. (AP Photo/Tony ...

Idaho man facing terror charges will remain jailed

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:33 -0400

This undated image provided by the Idaho State Police shows Fazliddin Kurbanov. Kurbanov, an Uzbekistan national, pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance Friday, May 17, 2013 on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there. (AP Photo/Idaho State ...

Oklahoma schools hit by tornado had no safe rooms

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:32 -0400

MOORE, Okla. -; An emergency official says Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in hundreds of schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have ...

Miles and minutes Okla. tornado by the numbers

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:30 -0400

A tornado moves past homes in Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Alonzo ...

Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun knife

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:28 -0400

In this image released by the Pima County Sheriff's department, a Glock 9 mm pistol is seen in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Authorities released more than 300 photos on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, made by investigators during their investigation in the parking lot of the shopping ...

Arias tells jury she wants to live

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:23 -0400

Jodi Arias looks at her family on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

Which Is More Corrupt Afghanistan or America

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:50 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan -- None of President Hamid Karzai's top advisers knew that he had been receiving tens of millions of dollars in secret cash from the CIA, Afghanistan's senior anticorruption official said, and he added that he did not believe the Afghan leader's claim that he had been giving the agency regular receipts for the money. Mohammad Yasin Osmani, the head of the ...

Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:27 -0400

Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to ...

Former High-Ranking Official and New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:47:58 -0400

Earlier today, Michael Provenzano, formerly director of Construction Services for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 18 months followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $30,000 restitution to the city of New York and a $5,000 fine following his corruption conviction for taking bribes. As ...

Apple US Congress spar over taxes before hearing

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:45:49 -0400

Reuters--Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple Inc. has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a U.S. Senate report on the company's offshore tax structure said on ...

Deal on bin Laden evidence made in WikiLeaks case

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:43:07 -0400

The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is back in court for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next ...

French Filmmaker Americans Too Stupid To Realize Women Fantasize About Being Prostitutes

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:43:02 -0400

the creative point of his film (we’ll get to that). But let’s start with his thesis about why women, more than men, will understand his film about a luscious teenage girl exploring the ‘fantasy’ of ...