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US president plans talks with Russia on reducing nuclear weapons

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:25:30 -0400

BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...

Afghanistan to shun US peace talks with Taliban

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:23:12 -0400

KABUL - An angry Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday his government would not join US peace talks with the Taliban "until the peace process is totally under Afghan control." He also suspended talks with the US to discuss the nature of US military presence after international troops withdraw in 2014. A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said the decision was taken over ...

Irish public support attack on U.S. president and family

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:47:12 -0400

Many people have rallied in support of controversial Independent TD Clare Daly after her extraordinary attack on the visiting U.S. president Barack Obama and his family. Daly didn't miss any punches on Wednesday morning in the Dail when she hit out at Obama, describing him as the "hypocrite of the century," and "a war criminal." She pointed out while he was in Northern Ireland talking the ...

Surveillance stopped at least 50 terror attacks, says NSA director

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:28:19 -0400

WASHINGTON - The controversial US snooping of foreign emails and telephone calls has prevented more than 50 potential terrorist attacks in at least 20 countries, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) has said in defending the surveillance programme. The targets include the New York Stock Exchange and other important installations across the world, General Keith Alexander said ...

American Medical Association Obesity is a Disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:15:06 -0400

The largest U.S. doctors' group said obesity is a disease. The decision, announced this week by the American Medical Association at its annual meeting, could lead to increased funding for obesity research and help people obtain insurance coverage for treatment for obesity. The AMA said obesity requires a range of medical interventions for treatment and prevention. Most insurance companies ...

Obama proposes further US Russian nuclear arms cut

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:01 -0400

US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads. During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Obama renewed his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, and said the US would ultimately strive toward eliminating nuclear weapons, Xinhua reported. "After a comprehensive ...

US women in all combat units by 2016 Pentagon

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:02 -0400

American women will be fully integrated into frontline and special combat roles, including elite forces such as Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, by January 2016, the Pentagon has said. More than 200,000 women are in the active-duty military, representing about 14.5 percent of the overall force, according to Pentagon figures. Most serve in the army. While air force, army, navy, Marine and special ...

Obama refuses to specify US support for Syrian rebels

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:01 -0400

US President Barack Obama, currently on a visit to Berlin, Wednesday refused to specify what military support America was providing rebels in Syria. Obama, however, reiterated that the Syrian government forces had used chemical weapons in the civil war, Xinhua reported. "I cannot and will not comment on specifics on our programmes related to the Syrian opposition," Obama said at a press ...

Afghans break off talks with US on security deal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:01 -0400

The Afghan government Wednesday said it has suspended talks with the US on the proposed security agreement, saying America has a contradictory stance over the peace process in the country. "The ongoing fourth round of talks between Afghanistan and the US on the security agreement is suspended. The decision was taken because of US inconsistency in statements and actions in regard to the Afghan ...

Majority of Americans view GOP less favorably than Democrats finds poll

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:40:02 -0400

Americans view the Republican Party less favorably than the Democratic Party, a new poll has found. According to the Gallup Poll, just 39 percent of Americans said they hold a favorable view of the GOP, while 46 percent said they hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party. The poll found that a majority of Americans, 53 percent, see the Republican Party unfavorably, up slightly from 50 ...

NSA surveillance revealed abandoned al-Qaedas NY stock exchange bombing plot

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:10:02 -0400

The US-led surveillance programme which has created a lot of furor for snooping on citizens' web activities and phone records has revealed information about al-Qaeda's plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) in 2008. FBI Assistant Director Sean Joyce said that the agency found out through the electronic surveillance that al-Qaeda was actually in the initial stage of bombing the NYSE which ...

Serena Williams sparks outrage with drunk not virgin comments on US teenage rape victim

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:03 -0400

American tennis star Serena Williams has sparked outrage with her comments about a teenage rape victim, saying that the victim was 'drunk' and 'maybe...not a virgin'. In an excerpt from Rolling Stone magazine, Williams criticised a 16-year-old girl who was raped by two football players, her fellow school students, while she was drunk, in Ohio in August 2012, News.com.au reports. According to ...

Judge sides with US in Manning document dispute

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:01 -0400

A government lawyer said Monday the U.S. Army has released the vast majority of court records in Pfc. Bradley Manning's case and told a civilian judge the dispute over the records had become ...

NC repeals law that allowed racial bias appeals

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:01 -0400

Sequestration, the symbolic and ridiculous budget cutting bill that was allowed to become law, has been lampooned by almost every responsible political analyst in the country. It appears the overriding reason that it was allowed to become law is that the Republicans in the House needed to do something to assure their constituents that spending was going to be cut after agreeing to accept the end ...

NY Kodak will keep some operations in Rochester

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:00 -0400

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- New York state and Eastman Kodak Co. have reached a deal that will keep some of the troubled company's operations in Rochester and provide $49 million for environmental cleanup at the once bustling Eastman Business Park.Local media outlets report Wednesday that Kodak will keep advanced manufacturing and its research center at the 1,200-acre site and lease property there ...

How Olympic cauldron fanned flames of fury at American design studio

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:15:49 -0400

Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron (left) and the concept the New York design studio Atopia submitted to Locog in 2007. Photograph: Getty ...

New York Men Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:14:59 -0400

ALBANY, NY-The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of York announced that Glendon Scott Crawford, age 49, of Galway, New York; and Eric J. Feight, age 54, of Hudson, New York, have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. The arrests followed a lengthy investigation by the Albany FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force that began in April 2012 ...

FBI director Robert Mueller admits spy drones being used on American soil

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:10:54 -0400

United States The long-standing director of the FBI has admitted the agency is using drones for surveillance on American soil.FBI director Robert Mueller, who took over as the director of the FBI just a week before the September 11 attacks, made the acknowledgment in response to questions from US senators asking about the government's increasing use of unmanned aircraft.During a Senate ...

Will talks with Taliban yield results tellusatoday

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:08:34 -0400

We asked our Twitter followers for their opinion on possible peace talks among the U.S., Afghanistan and the Taliban. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:We didn't negotiate with the Nazis. Receiving Taliban input legitimizes its actions. Involve citizens, not terrorists.-- @SbudnoWe can never realize peace as long as the Taliban has a voice. It is radical and hates the U.S. -- ...

Take a uniform approach to education standards Your Say

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:08:32 -0400

Common Core State Standards. Comments from Facebook:Role of governmentWe should adopt national education standards, not leave them up to school districts. Look at the disparity in proficiency testing, and it is easy to see why states that perform poorly in education also are at the bottom of the socioeconomic scale. If students expect to compete for 21st century jobs, they need to be judged ...

Two charged in New York X-ray weapon plot to sicken opponents of Israel

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:06:29 -0400

This Wednesday, June 19, 2013 photo shows the home of Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, in Galway, N.Y. Federal authorities accused Crawford and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight, of Hudson, N.Y. of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel. Investigators said Crawford approached Jewish organizations last year looking for funding and people to help him ...

Mad Max with an American accent Not so fast

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:03:50 -0400

video game version is on the way, but some fans are outraged to see an American voice actor cast in the leading role. The upcoming third-person open-world game by Avalanche Studios, due out sometime next year for PCs, ...

Prescription Drugs 7 Out Of 10 Americans Take At Least One Study Finds

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:58:44 -0400

A new study from Mayo Clinic researchers reveals how many Americans are on prescription drugs -- and it's a lot of us. The study, published in ...

Hollywood man used bribes from government job to furnish home feds say

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:57:52 -0400

Miami -Dade County government job to obtain more than $13,000 worth of bribes – including a new stove, refrigerator and air conditioning system for his home, federal authorities said Wednesday.George Brown, 50, was arrested Tuesday and is being held at ...

Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners Senator

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:57:44 -0400

A selection of lunch meals offered to detainees are displayed in a food preparation area at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 7, ...

Video Federal Reserve raises its predictions for growth and jobs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:56:03 -0400

Ben Bernanke said the economy is doing well enough that the Federal Reserve is likely to ease back on a bond-buying program that has kept interest rates at record-low rates. The prospect of higher interest rates sent the Dow down more than 200 points. Anthony Mason ...

Video American Medical Association declares obesity a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:56:00 -0400

The American Medical Association declared obesity a disease, leaving many doctors hoping that this changes the way insurance companies view covering treatment. Weight loss surgery is covered by Medicare and insurance companies when there are complications such as diabetes and high blood pressure, but patients who have not yet developed these problems are denied coverage. Dr. Jon LaPook ...

Watch Joe Torres Daughter Catches Falling Baby

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:55:11 -0400

Christina -- -- daughter of former Yankee manager and all star baseball catcher Joseph Torre. Tonight making quite a catch yourself -- heroes catch the 44 year old catching a one year old boy ...

Watch Former Professor on FBI Most Wanted List Nabbed in Mexico

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:55:06 -0400

A fugitive is behind bars today just one day after being put on the FBI's ten most wanted list Walter -- Williams have been on the run for more than two years wanted for sexual exploitation ...

Senators challenging White House on religious expression in military

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:54:30 -0400

Two U.S. senators have pushed forward a second challenge to the Obama administration's opposition to legislative language that offers a ';protection of rights of conscience of members of the Armed Forces and ...

Jefferson Award Winners Help Those With Autism Find Work

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:50 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – The CDC estimates one in 50 babies born in the U.S. today will be on the Autism spectrum. What will happen when they grow up? A San Francisco couple is working to make sure they’ll have jobs that match their abilities. Since Nicholas earned a degree in graphic design, he’s had a handful of jobs, including this one: ';I was delivering mail that ...

‘Sopranos’ Actor James Gandolfini Dies

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:49 -0400

James Gandolfini, who won three Emmys for his portrayal of Tony Soprano on ';The Sopranos';, has died, according to HBO. More details to ...

San Francisco’s ‘Landlords From Hell’ Plead Guilty To Felonies

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:48 -0400

San Francisco landlords Nicole and Kip Macy pleaded guilty to residential burglary, stalking and attempted grand theft. They were dubbed by prosecutors as the ';landlords from hell.'; (San Francisco Police ...

KPIX 5 Poll Finds Californians Supporting Marriage Rights For Same-Sex Couples

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:48 -0400

expected U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban , a newly released KPIX-TV poll finds that only 35% of Californians feel the court should uphold the ban. The poll, conducted for KPIX 5 by the firm SurveyUSA, found that 48 reported that the Supreme Court should uphold the lower court ruling which would end Prop. 8, while 17 percent said they aren't ...

Blanco Pinch-Hit Triple Leads Giants Over Padres 4-2

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:47 -0400

Gregor Blanco #7 of the San Francisco Giants hits a two-run triple scoring Tony Abreu #10 and Brandon Crawford #35 in the seventh inning against the San Diego Padres at AT&T Park on June 19, 2013 in San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...

3 Adults 1 Teen Arrested Fatal Stabbing Robbery In San Jose

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:46 -0400

gang-related fatal stabbing of a 44-year-old man during a street robbery in January . Officers units arrested Enrique Martinez, 20, and Ceasar Torres, 18, in San Jose last Wednesday on suspicion of murder, police said. Two days later, officers took a 17-year-old juvenile into custody in San Jose, police said. The fourth suspect, Joel Madrigal, 27, was arrested while in custody at the Santa ...

Everything You Need For Summer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:45 -0400

Everyone knows how beneficial it is to get a certain amount of exercise per day but occasionally we need a bit of advice to make the right ...

Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Performing in New York’s Shakespeare in the Park Comedy of Errors Production—Rain or Shine

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:21:46 -0400

Summer after summer, New Yorkers and tourists alike spend hours upon hours waiting in line at the Delacorte Theater. For it is there, smack dab in the middle of Central Park, that a little slice of magic known as Shakespeare in the Park takes place. For the past five-plus decades, the stage at ...

Man convicted in Phoenixs serial shootings dies

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:17:01 -0400

Associated Press PHOENIX - An Arizona death row inmate convicted of killing six people in Phoenix's "serial shooter" attacks has died in prison. Prison officials say 40-year-old Dale Hausner was found unresponsive in his cell in Florence around noon Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour later. Authorities say the cause of death is under investigation. ...

Capitol Hills Partisan And Racial Divide Cast In Bronze

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:15:33 -0400

Vice President Biden joined congressional leaders at the Capitol Hill dedication ceremony for a statue of abolitionist Frederick ...

Three Navy football players accused of sexual assault

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:42 -0400

FILE - This is a May 7, 2007 file photo showing the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The U.S. Naval Academy is investigating allegations that three members of its football team sexually assaulted a female midshipman at an off-campus house last year, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday, May 31, 2013, and a lawyer for the woman says she was "ostracized" on campus after she ...

Feds Prison for Ohio woman who buried mom in yard

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:30 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison.Federal authorities say 66-year-old Marietta resident Patricia Hodges also was sentenced Wednesday in Columbus to six months of home confinement and ordered to repay more than $141,000. Hodges had pleaded ...

SF landlords from hell plead guilty to felonies

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:28 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO -- A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building have pleaded guilty to several felonies.Prosecutors said Wednesday that 37-year-old Nicole Macy and 38-year-old Kip Macy threatened to shoot tenants, changed locks, cleared apartments of belongings, and sawed holes in floors. ...

Cops Disabled Pa. man dies after gruesome neglect

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:26 -0400

A 35-year-old Sarasota man has been charged with abusing his 11-year-old daughter, who died this week, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's ...

UofL professor announces candidacy for US Senate

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:13:08 -0400

FRANKFORT, Ky. - University of Louisville communications professor Greg Leichty has announced that he'll seek the Democratic nomination to run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.Leichty made the announcement to his 28 Twitter followers on Sunday. He joins two other longshot Democrats - Bennie Smith of Louisville and Ed Marksberry of Owensboro - who have said they are running for the seat now held ...

Obama in Berlin the world’s big problems are global warming American nukes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:32 -0400

President Obama couldn’t have been more out-of-touch if he’d delivered his Berlin speech on Mars, instead of to a shriveled German audience only a fraction the size of the one he addressed in 2008. He identified the absolutely non-existent ';climate change'; issue the ';global threat of our time,'; and according ...

Feds make find at former home of Goodfellas mobster

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:09:08 -0400

An FBI excavation has turned up possible human remains at a home once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in the movie "Goodfellas," authorities said ...

A solid 8oz. Burger Bar with spiked shakes on Capitol Hill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:08:31 -0400

A burger and fries at 8oz. Burger Bar on Capitol Hill. Its namesake is souped up with Beecher’s cheddar, bacon and balsamic onions and redolent of truffle ...

Cuomo strikes deal to allow Las-Vegas style casinos in New York

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:06:59 -0400

Photo credit: Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens.(Barbara Alper) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with state lawmakers to license new resort-style casinos, in an effort to help revive a stagnant economy in upstate New York, the governor said on Wednesday. The agreement would amend the state constitution to legalize public, non Native American casino gambling with an initial ...

Virgin Hotels announce New York location.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:06:30 -0400

Virgin Hotels has just announced the location of their brand new hotel set to descend upon the big apple. It can now be confirmed that the new hotel will be located on the northwest corner of 29th Street and Broadway.With over 300 guest rooms, various fine dining experiences, meeting rooms, and a gym - the new Virgin venture is set to open in ...

Immigration negotiators eye border security compromise

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:02:58 -0400

By Kasie Hunt, NBC News Negotiators say they are close to a deal to strengthen border security provisions in the Senate immigration bill, an agreement designed to draw more Republican votes and significantly strengthen the bill’s prospects of becoming law."There's still work to do but we've had a really good day," said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who's been helping to ...

Three plead guilty in New York City payroll fraud case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:55:52 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three women pleaded guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges arising out of what prosecutors say was a corrupt New York City payroll project that cost the city more than $600 ...

Three U.S. Naval Academy football players charged with rape

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:55:50 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. Naval Academy football players have been charged with raping a female midshipman and making false statements, the school said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of sexual assault allegations in the U.S. ...

Teachers’ Union Backs Thompson for New York Mayor

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:54:59 -0400

The United Federation of Teachers, one of the largest local unions in the country, on Wednesday threw its vast network of supporters behind William C. Thompson Jr. in the race for mayor of New ...

Box Office Report Man of Steel Sails Past $150 Million in North America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:33 -0400

The Superman tentpole, from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, scored the top June debut of all time in grossing $116.1 million. Including $12 million earned last Thursday night from special Walmart screenings, the pic ended Sunday with a total $128.7 million under its ...

Arizona wildfire threatens hundreds of homes California blaze wanes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:09 -0400

PHOENIX/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Arizona wildfire whipped up by strong winds threatened hundreds of homes on Wednesday, even as firefighters were gaining an edge on a California blaze raging near a pristine wilderness, authorities ...

Body pulled from Lake Michigan is Chicago university student

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:09 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Authorities have identified a body pulled from Lake Michigan on Wednesday morning as a University of Chicago student who disappeared a week ago, possibly to watch a ...

FBI says it uses surveillance drones on U.S. soil

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:08 -0400

FBI Director Robert Mueller gestures at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing about the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 19, ...

Man sues NFL player for shooting him in the eye

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:07 -0400

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez talks on a phone during media day for the NFL Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis January 31, 2012. The New York Giants will play the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on February ...

The Terror Con How Keeping Americans Terrified Is Making Corporations Big Bucks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:50:47 -0400

That's the company, under contract with the National Security Agency, that employed whistle-blower Edward Snowden, the information security engineer whose revelation of Booz Allen's enormously profitable and pervasive spying on Americans now threatens the firm's profitability and that of its parent hedge fund, the Carlyle Group. Booz Allen, whose top personnel served in key ...

Noam Chomsky American Government and Corporations Are at War With the American People

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:50:46 -0400

Noam Chomsky , the prominent political thinker, as attacks on democracy and the people. "Governments should not have this capacity. But governments will use whatever technology is available to them to combat their primary enemy - which is their own population," he told the Guardian. In his first public comment on the scandal that has enveloped the US, UK and other governments, as well ...

Watch Missing College Student Found Dead in Lake Michigan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:49:33 -0400

A body found floating in Lake Michigan has been identified as a missing student from the University of Chicago a fisherman spotted the body thinking it was a lot in the water. Many call 911 when ...

Former Miss America Called Street Walker by Local GOP Leader

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:49:27 -0400

Jun 19, 2013 5:43pm A former Miss America winner who is now a GOP candidate for Congress was called a string of profane names today, including ';street walker,'; ';love child'; and ';Miss Queen. '; Her attacker? A local Republican Party chairman in central Illinois. Erika Harold, the 2003 winner of the Miss America contest, announced two weeks ago that she was ...

Giants Padres Benches Clear Following Bumgarner Brushback Pitch

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:59 -0400

Home plate umpire Tony Randazzo #11 and Buster Posey #28 of the San Francisco Giants stops Jesus Guzman #15 from going out to the mound after Guzman almost being hit with a pitch by Madison Bumgarner #40 (not pictured) in the second inning at AT&T Park on June 19, 2013 in San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...

Apple Lands $30M Deal To Provide Every L.A. Public School Student An iPad

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:59 -0400

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) – Los Angeles’ school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks. The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved the purchase of $30 million worth of iPads as the first part of a multi-year commitment. It found ...

OC Roman Signs 2-Year Extension With Niners

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:59 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS Sports) — Offensive coordinator Greg Roman will be in San Francisco for at least another two seasons with the ...

James Franco Slams ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:58 -0400

Jack-of-all-trades actor, producer, teacher, author and Palo Alto-native, James Franco has taken to reviewing movies recently, penning some rather frank and revealing pieces on ';The Place Beyond the Pines'; and ';Man of ...

Astros Get Deal Done With No. 1 Overall Pick Appel Of Stanford

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:58 -0400

HOUSTON (AP) Mark Appel received high praise from MLB commissioner Bud Selig on Wednesday when the No. 1 overall pick signed with the Houston ...

Outdoor Medical Marijuana Growing Prohibited In Concord

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:58 -0400

CONCORD (KCBS)-- Outdoor medical marijuana cultivation is no longer permitted in the city of Concord after complaints about growers. Their operations must now be moved indoors. Concord Police Chief Guy Swanger said there was disturbance calls and "issues" surrounding the outdoor ...

San Jose Mayor Reed At ‘Utter Limit’ Of Patience With MLB On A’s Move

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:56 -0400

file suit against Major League Baseball to clear the field once and for all over a territorial rights issue. However, a court case isn't likely to be decided for years. Mayor Chuck Reed said the clock on their patience finally ran out when it comes to the relocation of the A's to San Jose and he said it was time to get the ball rolling. "Four years is my utter limit of how long ...

Stanford Student May Provide Basketball’s Version Of ‘Moneyball’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:56 -0400

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Car quality dinged by tech glitches survey finds

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:14:04 -0400

Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they're not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail.The top complaints in J.D. Power's closely-watched survey of new vehicle owners, released Wednesday, involved technologies that drivers are clamoring for. Voice recognition systems either didn't recognize commands or ...

Father sentenced for binding kids outside Wal-Mart

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:12:55 -0400

LAWRENCE, Kan. -; A suburban Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children a year ago in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern ...

A New Moderate American Party Is Forming

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:10:42 -0400

Lovelace and Rex believe, however, that the new moderate American Party they are forming could put the majority of American voters at the helm, enabling them to steer to safer waters. The primary goal of the party will not be to address any single, self-contained issue, but to pursue targeted solutions within a broader range of concern. "The core issue is a competitive global economy," ...

The Chief Recipient of Government Welfare Corporate America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:10:41 -0400

America has a massive national deficit of nearly $16.9 trillion; the government continues to spend money it doesn't have. What's the answer to this dilemma, what specifically needs to be done? Many of our esteemed politicians say that, to alleviate the condition, government welfare must be ended. So with that premise in mind let's examine the pros and cons of this ...

Interactive How Supreme Court Justices voted this term

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:45 -0400

Ben F. Overton first donned the robes of the Florida Supreme Court in 1974, an era when the elected institution was marred by seedy politics and ...

Bus company owner faces charges from 2008 crash

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:44 -0400

A federal jury on Tuesday convicted former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi on more than a half dozen corruption charges accusing him of using his office for personal financial gain and looting a family insurance business to help pay for his 2002 ...

OfficeMax Office Depot pit Ill. v. Fla. for HQ

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:44 -0400

In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, OfficeMax CEO Ravi Saligram, right, and Illinois Sen. Tom Cullerton, D-Villa Park, left, make their pitch asking the state of Illinois for tax breaks to keep the company's headquarters in-state after the office supply chain's merger with Office Depot Inc., during a Senate Executive Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, ...

Mikulski backs oversight of military academies

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:43 -0400

Siding with the Pentagon's top brass, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved legislation Wednesday to keep commanders involved in deciding whether to prosecute sexual assault cases, rejecting an aggressive plan to stem sex-related crimes in the armed forces by overhauling the military justice ...

Ohio woman allegedly enslaved spent time in jail

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:42 -0400

A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit ...

New York man given three-year sentence for computer hacking

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:07:09 -0400

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is still developing and testing computer systems meant to determine consumers’ eligibility for government subsidies, the Government Accountability Office said. Plans to train “navigators” to assist people in finding new insurance plans have been delayed about two months past a June deadline, the GAO found. The exchanges are set to ...

Rick Perry bashes New York in ad to attract businesses to Texas

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:01:05 -0400

Photo credit: Texas Gov. Rick Perry (Getty Images) Texas Gov. Rick Perry threw a gauntlet at the Empire State Wednesday in an attempt to woo employers to his neighborhood. The former presidential candidate stars in a TV ad that urges businesses to come to Texas by painting New York as a heavy taxer and business-unfriendly state. "If you're tired of the same old recipe . . . get out ...

Australian dollar falls to two-year low as US Federal Reserve winds back stimulus

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:36 -0400

Australia The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest level for almost two years, dipping below 93 US cents this morning after the US Federal Reserve said it could begin scaling back stimulus measures.The dive came as investors flocked to the safe haven of the US dollar amid fears the withdrawal of stimulus will affect the global economy.The Australian dollar was worth 94.2 US cents last ...

Mediation begins on Americas Cup rule changes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:59:56 -0400

video America's Cup organisers have put some not-so-subtle pressure on the four syndicates, as they prepare to sort out their differences over the safety and rule changes that are essential to the regatta starting next month. Holders Oracle, and challengers Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa (Italy) and Artemis Racing (Sweden) have been unable to agree on the 37 recommendations made ...

Did Black Swan producers fleece interns Opinionline

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:57:49 -0400

The Oregonian : "A federal judge in Manhattan ruled last week that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated federal and New York state minimum wage laws in 2011 when it stiffed production interns on the set of Black Swan. ... The Black Swan decision ... has revived interest in an issue I've followed since my daughters had internships at two Paul Allen enterprises several years back, and the ...

FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffas remains

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:57:09 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Carlos Osorio - Investigators stand at the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 where officials attempt to restore the field to its natural condition after the FBI ...

Federal Reserve Hints At Slowing Bond Purchases

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:54:40 -0400

The US Federal Reserve has signalled it is moving closer to slowing its bond-buying programme, which is intended to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. The Fed offered a more optimistic outlook for the US economy and job market, but said it will maintain the pace of its bond purchases for now. Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve could scale back its $85b (£54b) in ...

New York men accused of plotting to build radiation weapon

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:49:57 -0400

ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - Two New York men are accused of plotting to produce a lethal radiation weapon and trying to sell it to a Jewish group and the Ku Klux Klan, according to a federal complaint unsealed on ...

New York to vote on bill increasing penalties for human trafficking

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:47:16 -0400

human trafficking are among the worst in the nation, are expected to vote on a bill this week that would bring it into line with federal law to protect sexually exploited minors from prosecution.The bill would raise to 18 the age at which a victim coerced ...

Encyclopedia of US Catholic History Shows Shaping of America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:46:57 -0400

With over 2,000 entries, "Encyclopedia of US Catholic History" is authored by Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson (Our Sunday Visitor, 2013). From the earliest missionary travels of the Spanish and French to the New World, Catholics had a prominent impact on US culture, entertainment, politics and business. Catholics also played a major role in the development of schools, hospitals, and ...

Louisiana teen charged with killing girl with TV wrestling moves

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:46:19 -0400

(Reuters) - A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in New Orleans after causing the death of his 5-year-old half-sister using wrestling moves he had seen on television, police ...

Feds seek immunity for two witnesses in Whitey Bulger trial

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:23 -0400

Federal prosecutors are seeking immunity for two government witnesses against mobster James "Whitey" Bulger who they fear will otherwise take the Fifth if put on the witness stand.If U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper grants immunity to Ralph DeMasi and Frank Capizi, they will be protected from prosecution for anything they testify to unless they perjure themselves, according to ...

Uncle Of Union City Dog-Mauling Victim Hires Top Attorney

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:42:18 -0400

on Monday has hired a top criminal defense attorney. Meanwhile, the family has said they want nothing to do with the animal. While no decision has been made on whether or not criminal charges will be filed, Keala Keanaaina, the uncle of victim Nephi Selu, has retained high-profile attorney Michael Rains, who is known for representing police accused of misconduct--including the case of the BART ...

Alameda County Fair Opens Offers Discounts

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:42:18 -0400

PLEASANTON (CBS SF) – The Alameda County Fair's theme of "summer fun starts here" kicked into gear Wednesday in Pleasanton, and the fair is offering special $1 admission and $1 rides throughout the day. The fair, held at the fairgrounds at 4501 Pleasanton Ave., is a century-long tradition complete with rides, exhibits, horse racing and other highlights. The fair opened at 11 ...

10 Arrested At ATT Park Demonstration Supporting Concession Workers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:42:18 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A demonstration in support of AT&T Park concession workers at a San Francisco Giants game on Tuesday night led to 10 arrests, police said. Hundreds of members of Unite Here Local 2 and their supporters gathered outside the ballpark on Tuesday evening before the Giants' game against the San Diego Padres, then dozens bought tickets to the game and came ...

NJ Transit probes bizarre bus trip into New York

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:37:11 -0400

New Jersey Transit is investigating why a trip that normally takes about 45 minutes took nearly two hours more Thursday when the driver took a circuitous route into Manhattan's Port Authority bus terminal.A passenger on the ill-fated trip tells Newark's The Star-Ledger newspaper ...

Bank of America hires JPMorgan banker to co-head new TMT group

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:21:48 -0400

June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:21pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Bank of America has appointed J.P. Morgan Chase and Co investment banker Anwar Zakkour as co-head of its newly formed global technology, media and telecoms(TMT)group. Zakkour, who worked at JPMorgan for eight years, will be based in New York, according to an internal memo, which was confirmed by a spokesman. He has advised on a ...

Feds find possible remains at NYC mobsters home

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:03:41 -0400

A woman ducks under crime scene tape in front of a New York city house once occupied by a famous gangster, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in New York. The work started Monday at the home of James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate known as "Jimmy the Gent." He was the inspiration for Robert De Niro's character in the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas." Burke died ...

Federal Reserve To Continue Bond-Buying Program

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:40 -0400

Federal Reserve policymakers say the economy is doing slightly better than it was last fall, but the Fed's $85 billion per month stimulus program will continue for the time being. Speaking at news conference in Washington, D.C., Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated the Fed might begin tapering the stimulus program later this year. The Fed repeated earlier statements that it would hold short-term ...

As wildfires rage feds cut funding on prevention

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:47 -0400

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western ...

Defense US man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:34 -0400

Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers were shot dead during a raid on an al-Qaida hideout in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, where the army is carrying out an ...

European markets mixed ahead of Federal Reserve policy announcement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:19 -0400

European stock markets fluctuated on Wednesday moving cautiously higher, as investors remained wary ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision, on fears it could signal a potential slowdown in the bank’s 85 billion monthly bond buying ...

EU shares drop ahead of the Feds conclusion

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:18 -0400

The European Union saw its local stock market close in red territories today as sentiments of pessimism are spread throughout the area’s local stock market since overall investors are awaiting the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting for indications on the duration of stimulus ...

Asian stocks advance ahead of this week`s Federal Reserve meeting

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:16 -0400

Asian stocks advanced with the start of the week, ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve two-day meeting that covenes on Tuesday. Market participants will focus on this meeting as it might show the direction of the central bank stimulus ...

The Federal Reserve maintains monetary stance interest rate rise after 2014

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:13 -0400

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ended its two-day monetary policy meeting on Wednesday and agreed to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low between 0.0% and 0.25%, while the FOMCs statements had not seen any ...

BRIEF American Cinematheque celebrates Kino Croatia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:57:01 -0400

June 19--The American Cinematheque is celebrating the latest films from Croatia with a mini-festival, "Kino Croatia: New Films of 2013," which opens Friday at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and then moves Saturday and Sunday to the Aero in Santa Monica. The series opens with Vlatka Vorkapic's 2013 film "Sonja and the Bull," a romantic comedy set in the world of ...

Former Supervisory Official at New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Sentenced to 18 Months’ Imprisonment for Accepting $100000 Bribe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:55:14 -0400

Earlier today, Luis Adorno, formerly the supervisory construction project manager of the Department of Architecture and Construction Engineering at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 18 months, followed by 300 hours of community service, for his corruption conviction for taking bribes. As part of his sentence, ...

Federal Reserve suggests its closer to slowing bond purchases

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:50:01 -0400

Federal Reserve sketched a brighter economic outlook on Wednesday and signaled it's moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program, which is intended to keep ...

Most Young Americans Want To Buy Health Insurance But They Can’t Afford It

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:49:53 -0400

Young Americans want health insurance, need health insurance, and think that health insurance is worth its price. But many — particularly the uninsured — can’t afford it, according to a ...

Government review says American-US Airways merger would reduce competition on many routes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:44:44 -0400

DALLAS - A government analyst says the merger of American Airlines and US Airways would reduce competition on more than 1,600 routes travelled by more than 53 million passengers. A researcher for the Government Accountability Office said Wednesday that the loss of competition would be greater than occurred in the 2010 merger of United and Continental airlines. American and US Airways executives ...

New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:41:38 -0400

Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the ...

Vermont police arrest 33 in cocaine heroin sweep

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:40:22 -0400

BOSTON (Reuters) - Vermont police arrested 33 people on drug charges on Wednesday in a sweep aimed at tackling the state's growing heroin and cocaine problem, according to the state ...

Alleged teacher coercion may threaten Atlanta test cheating case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:39 -0400

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Indictments against 35 former public educators charged in a sweeping standardized test cheating case in Atlanta appeared to be on shaky ground Wednesday after a judge said he would likely rule they were coerced into talking to ...

Murkowski becomes third Republican U.S. senator to back gay marriage

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:39 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits next to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) during the Arctic Council Ministerial Session at City Hall in Kiruna, Sweden, May 15, ...

Watch Boy 13 Accused of Killing 5-Year-Old Half-Sister

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:33:51 -0400

A thirteen year old boy is accused of killing his own five year old half sister with wrestling moves he learned on TV while their mom was out shopping. Deputies say the teen called 911 on ...

Watch The Hunt for Jimmy Hoffa FBI Calls Off Search

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:33:51 -0400

The FBI called off its search this morning for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa in a suburban Michigan field. The announcement came just hours after agents began their third day of digging in the ...

Four Keys For Bruins In Game 4 Of Stanley Cup Final

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:22 -0400

BOSTON (CBS) — This just in: Winning a Stanley Cup is difficult. Most of the current Bruins roster knows that firsthand, as two years ago they had to erase 2-0 and 3-2 deficits against Vancouver. They, of course, did that, forcing a Game 7 in Vancouver and winning 4-0 to earn that title. This year, it’s too early to say whether or not their season will have the same end result, but ...

New ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’ To Be Crowned Friday

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:22 -0400

PETALUMA (CBS SF) – Will Icky get picked or will Boolah win the moolah? Both have been entered in this year's Ugliest Dog Contest, which takes place Friday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma. It's the 25th year of the contest. Besides worldwide acclaim, the prizes for the winning dog and its owner are $1,500, a trophy, a photo session with photographer Kira Stackhouse, and VIP ...

‘Ron Burgundy’ Gets Racy In New ‘Anchorman 2′ Trailer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:21 -0400

CBS NEWS ) – Ron Burgundy and his Channel 4 News Team reporters are moving from San Diego to the Big Apple in the new trailer for ';Anchorman: The Legend ...

BART Conducting Internal Review Of Naked Acrobat Incident

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:21 -0400

OAKLAND (CBS SF)-- BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey said Wednesday that he has ordered an internal review of how his department responded to an incident at a San Francisco station last month in ...

Bay Area County Fair Guide

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:20 -0400

A familyadventure tothe County Fair is one of our favorite summer pastimes. Corn dogs and carnival rides, fireworks and farm animals; there is something fun forevery ranch-hand on your farm at any one of these Bay Area's County ...

Oscar Grant Film ‘Fruitvale’ To Be Screened At Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:20 -0400

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — After earning top marks at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the film "Fruitvale Station," which depicts the last day of Oscar Grant III's life before he was fatally shot by a BART police officer, will be screened for the first time in the Bay Area on Thursday. The film, directed by Bay Area native Ryan Coogler and featuring actors Octavia ...

Emily VanCamp on Living in New York Working with Samuel L. Jackson and the Intimidating Set of Captain America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:58:08 -0400

Emily VanCamp has been working in New York this summer. "I'm shooting a couple of movies, actually," she said at Clinique's Dramatically Different party on Tuesday. "I'm wrapping up Captain America on Monday. I'm also, at the same time, shooting a little indie film here in New York, called The Girl in the Book, which I'm really passionate about and ...

A Drone Shadow That Stalks the White House

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:58:04 -0400

A white, life-size outline of a reaper drone lays in front of Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery of Art at the corner of 17th Street and E Street, only a few blocks from the White House. The work, titled "Drone Shadow 004," is part of a small exhibit – five in all – at the museum's Gallery 31, which examines the use of ...

Group Exclude Chad troops from UN force in Mali

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:54:50 -0400

UNITED NATIONS -; A network of human rights groups on Wednesday criticized plans to include Chadian troops in a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali while Chad's military remains on a U.N. `list of shame' for child recruitment. But U.N. officials made clear they had no intention of excluding a country whose soldiers are considered among the best African desert ...

Feds in Calif. bust international gambling ring

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:54:49 -0400

SAN DIEGO -; Federal authorities have charged 18 people with involvement in an illegal gambling ring they say spanned from California to Peru and used violence against customers with outstanding ...

Zimmerman jurors asked about neighborhood watch

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:54:48 -0400

George Zimmerman smiles in response to a juror's answer during questioning in Seminole circuit court on the eighth day of his trial, in Sanford, Fla., Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe ...

Uncertain future for border prosecution program

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:54:48 -0400

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents keep watch at a checkpoint station, on Feb. 22, 2013, in Falfurrias, Texas. Some drug smugglers caught at the highway checkpoint about an hour north of the Texas-Mexico border are losing their drugs, but not facing prosecution because cooperation between local and federal prosecutors has broken down. (AP Photo/Eric ...

Montana court says bison transfer legal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:54:46 -0400

BILLINGS, Mont. -; The Montana Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that blocked transfers of Yellowstone National Park bison as part of a government-sponsored conservation ...

Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:50:34 -0400

Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of ...

Is America’s Iraq Imploding

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:49:31 -0400

In March 2013, America's invasion of Iraq reached its 10th anniversary. After a decade of nation building, Iraq is falling apart. In April 2013, deadly clashes between government forces and demonstrators in the city of Hawija set off a chain reaction of retaliatory attacks across Iraq. The situation now threatens to plunge the country into the kind of war it experienced in the midst of the ...

Maine governor to stop talking to 3 newspapers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:49:17 -0400

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's blunt-spoken governor doesn't mince words when opponents dare to cross him but he's saved some of his harshest criticism for newspapers, once telling schoolchildren he isn't a fan of papers and another time saying that reading one is "like paying somebody to tell you lies."Now it's gone to an extreme, with Republican Gov. Paul LePage ...

Federal Reserve Stimulus Program to Stay in Place

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:48:01 -0400

Washington (dpa) - The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would continue its bond buying program to bolster the US economy and kept its benchmark interest rate at record low levels. Speculation about whether the central bank would continue with its 85-billion-dollar a month bond buying programme had left world bond and equities markets yo-yoing in recent weeks. The Fed signalled that ...

More fun with the State Department whistleblower harassment and possible perjury

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:29 -0400

The State Department investigator who accused colleagues last week of usingdrugs,soliciting prostitutes, and havingsex with minorssays that Foggy Bottom is now engaged in an ';intimidation'; campaign to stop her. Last week’s leaks by Aurelia Fedenisn, a former State Department inspector general investigator, shined a light on alleged wrongdoing by U.S. officials around the globe. ...

Rupert Murdoch Splits News Corp. Confidence Waning in Emerging Markets Inflation at 53-Year Low… Means Very Little to Middle America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:29 -0400

Bloomberg ) Rupert Murdoch relented to shareholder demands, splitting his News Corp. media empire into two separate investments. Tuesday's move was a procedure more akin to separating Siamese twins than spinning off a new company, as two new, nearly equal businesses were created. The new entities are: "News Corp." (NNC), which consists of the Wall Street-based publishing company ...

Texas Border Checkpoint Mostly Ensnares Americans For Drug Offenses

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:41:00 -0400

Fifteen miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, a sleepy Texas county with more square miles than people is home to a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. But while the checkpoint is intended to snag immigration ...

How Americans’ Return To The City Could Change Our Politics

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:40:56 -0400

(Credit: Flickr user Aimee Wenske) The demographic story of the last century was the rise of the suburbs. But are we finally moving into an era where the rise of the suburbs will stop and perhaps even reverse itself, leading to the city reasserting itself as America’s most important political unit? Between 1940 and 1950 the suburban share of the population increased from 15 percent to 23 ...

Americans fatter than ever obesity officially called a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:40:18 -0400

USA US obesity rates have reached a record high, and physicians have officially classified it as a "disease", which will likely change the way doctors and health insurance providers treat the 28.9 percent of American adults who are severely overweight. Obesity in the US has reached a new high, continuing a 15-year streak in which the rate increased annually. The Centers for Disease ...

Bill could reduce illegal immigration 25 percent

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:38:57 -0400

2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...

Feds 2 plotted to build Hiroshima light switch weapon

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:38:54 -0400

By Jonathan Dienst, Pete Williams and Erin McClam, NBC News Two upstate New York men, one of them said to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan, plotted to build a truck-mounted, industrial-strength X-ray weapon to kill "enemies of Israel" by poisoning them with radiation, federal authorities said Wednesday.One of them boasted that he could build a "Hiroshima light switch" and that ...

Did a missile bring down TWA Flight 800 off New York Former investigators urge probe reopened based on new evidence

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:37:27 -0400

Researchers say a vaccine for a sexually spread virus has cut infections in teen girls by half. This is the first evidence of how well the HPV vaccine works since it came on the market seven years ...

Car jumps onto NYC sidewalk hurts 8 man arrested

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:33:21 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) -- A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people, witnesses and officials ...

Boston poised to begin condom giveaway in high schools

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:33:07 -0400

By Stephanie Simon (Reuters) - Students at all Boston public high schools may soon be able to obtain free condoms at the front office - as long as they sit through a few minutes of counseling about safe sex - under a policy due to be voted on Wednesday by the school board. Condoms are already available in 19 high schools with on-site health centers. The policy, up for a vote by the Boston ...

Casino Referendum Planned by New York Leaders

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:30:48 -0400

ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed to ask voters in November to amend the New York State Constitution to allow a significant expansion of casino ...

Federal Reserve leaves interest rates alone and pledges to continue stimulus

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:26 -0400

Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and reaffirmed its pledge to maintain its massive stimulus program amid further signs of a split in the central bank's committee and speculation that ...

Theft of F-35 design data is helping U.S. adversaries Pentagon

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:27:32 -0400

Three F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (rear to front) AF-2, AF-3 and AF-4, can be seen flying over Edwards Air Force Base in this December 10, 2011 handout photo provided by Lockheed ...

Feds 2 upstate NY men tried to make X-ray weapon so they could secretly harm Israel foes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:26:01 -0400

ALBANY, N.Y. - Federal authorities on Wednesday accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel. Prosecutors said 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight have been charged with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists following a yearlong undercover investigation. Investigators ...

Watch Grandmother Unmasks Grandson Burglar

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:24:53 -0400

This Albuquerque grandmother loves her grandson more than anything loosing him is just really. The scaring me because I don't -- -- She says she's losing Thomas Parker to heroin addiction ...

State Commission Restores Pay Cut For Governor Lawmakers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:23:24 -0400

SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) -The commission that sets the pay of California lawmakers and statewide elected officials such as the governor and attorney general has voted to restore a 5 percent pay cut it made to salaries last year as state employees faced furloughs. Wednesday’s vote was 5-1 in favor of restoring the wages to 2011 levels. Chairman Thomas Dalzell opted not to vote because a ...

US FBI Chief Says Drones Used Domestically

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:51:41 -0400

The director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says the agency is occasionally using drones over the U.S., but did not say what the purpose of the surveillance is. The U.S. for years has used drones to monitor activity along its southern and northern borders. But at a congressional hearing Wednesday, FBI chief Robert Mueller said the agency is deploying drones over the U.S. for other ...

Federal Reserve foresees lower US unemployment and inflation this year and next

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:53 -0400

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve expects the U.S. unemployment rate to fall faster this year and next than it did in March. The Fed now predicts unemployment will fall to 7.2 percent or 7.3 percent at the end of 2013 from 7.6 percent now. It thinks the rate will be between 6.5 percent and 6.8 percent by the end of 2014, better than its previous projection of 6.7 percent to 7 percent. The 6.5 ...

GOP targets high-speed rail transportation grants

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:32 -0400

WASHINGTON -; House Republicans are pushing to eliminate money for high-speed rail and a popular grant program for transportation ...

Illinois father gets prison in child-binding case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:32 -0400

LAWRENCE, Kan. -; A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern ...