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No breakthrough in talks between UK and Ecuador over Assange

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:11 -0400

LONDON - Talks between the United Kingdom and Ecuador have ended without any breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fate with the Andean nation. Ecquador said it was vowing not to succumb to diplomatic pressure and was ready to consider any request from Edward Snowden, another whistleblower, for asylum. As the fugitive anti-secrecy advocate marks one year holed up in the ...

Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:36 -0400

ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...

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 ...

Afghanistan calls off talks with U.S. on security agreement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:02 -0400

Kabul, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): The Afghan government on Wednesday announced that it suspended talks with the United States on the proposed security agreement, saying the United States had contradictory stance over the peace process in Afghanistan, local media reported. "The ongoing fourth round of talks between Afghanistan and the United States on the security agreement is suspended. The decision ...

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 ...

US to join direct peace talks with Taliban over Afghanistans future in Qatar

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

The United States is to open direct talks with Taliban leaders within days. The development comes after Washington agreed to drop a series of preconditions that have previously held back negotiations over the future of Afghanistan. According to the Guardian, political representatives of the Taliban will meet Afghan and US officials in Doha, the capital of Qatar. They will have discussions on ...

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 ...

US Names New Envoy to Africas Great Lakes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:23 -0400

Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold will work closely with U.N. envoy Mary Robinson to advance a U.N. framework for peace in the region. The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has endured years of conflict and ...

Federal Reserve says it will maintain pace of bond purchases

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:58:27 -0400

Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market.The brighter view of the economy could be a hint that ...

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 ...

Obesity Is Now A Disease American Medical Association Decides

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:50:22 -0400

Obesity has been officially recognized as a disease by the American Medical Association, an action that could put more emphasis on the health condition by doctors and insurance companies in order to minimize its effects. The new decision was made at the AMA's annual meeting on Tuesday by delegates in Chicago, and went against a recommendation by a committee that had studied the subject. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Federal Reserve more optimistic about US economy keeps stimulus program unchanged

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:41:04 -0400

Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for ...

As fires rage feds cut funding on prevention

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:38:56 -0400

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 forests. The ...

Google Were not in cahoots with the NSA

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

National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News Google’s chief legal officer said Wednesday "we’re not in cahoots with the NSA" as the company stepped up its efforts to reassure customers that their gmail and Internet browsing history are safe from government ...

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 ...

Police return to home of star Patriots tight end Hernandez

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:38:52 -0400

By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News Police returned Wednesday to the home of star New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, about a mile away from an industrial park where a body was found two nights earlier.There was no answer at the door, and police declined to say what was in papers they were carrying, NBC affiliate WHDH in Boston reported.Police also visited the house Tuesday night. ...

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 ...

Cult of Hockey The Chicago Blackhawks claim to be losing money – but are they

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:36:58 -0400

According to Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz and ChicagoBusiness.com, despite going to the Stanley Cup Finals in one of the league's best ...

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 ...

2 New York men tried to assemble X-ray weapon Feds say

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:17 -0400

Federal authorities have accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon they intended to use against opponents of Israel. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford, of Galway, and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight, of Hudson, have been charged with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists following a yearlong undercover investigation. Investigators say Crawford ...

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 ...

Chicago poised to enter top 10 globally in economic strength

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:26:00 -0400

Chicago’s economic competitiveness is growing on the world stage, and it will ascend to one of the 10 top cities in the world by 2025, according to an analysis by the Economist. Chicago ranks second in the U.S. behind New York when measuring for factors including economic strength, financial maturity, environmental and natural hazards and harder to define metrics including global appeal, ...

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 ...

CPS Hopes To Save Millions With Severance Deal For Cafeteria Workers

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

CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago Public Schools officials have offered lunchroom workers severance packages to get them to vacate their jobs, and help the district close its estimated $1 billion budget ...

The United States working with European allies has concluded that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons …

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:22:01 -0400

WASHINGTON (AFP) The White House on Friday all but ruled out the notion of mounting a no-fly zone in Syria, billing it as difficult, dangerous and costly, and unsuitable to halting close quarters ground battles. A day after US officials pledged to stiffen military help to Syrian rebels, likely moving towards sending some form of arms for the first time, they made it clear that swift US mission ...

Union boss Karen Lewis blames rich white people for Chicagos education woes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:51:08 -0400

Rahm Emanuel ’s kitchen cabinet Tuesday, blaming racism and ';rich white people'; for why the city’s schools are in a fiscal crisis, ...

Chicago likely to reunite Toews and Kane in Game 4

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:49:12 -0400

Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane watch their teammates skate during their final practice for the NHL Stanley Cup finals to be played against the Boston Bruins in Chicago, June 11, 2013. ...

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 ...

Diverted United 787 passengers on way to Tokyo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:31 -0400

SEATTLE -; Passengers from a United Airlines Denver-to-Tokyo flight that diverted to Seattle Tuesday when the Boeing 787 had an oil filter issue are on their way ...

Man arrested after car on NYC sidewalk injures 8

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:30 -0400

A car damaged in an accident sits in the middle of the street in the East Village section of New York, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Fire authorities say eight people have been hurt, several of them seriously, after a car jumped a curb and slammed into a 24-hour grocery around 7 a.m. Wednesday. A witness says the driver lost control about a block away and plowed through everything on the sidewalk. ...

Ford Flex styling is standout feature

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:30 -0400

The bold, boxy exterior of the Ford Flex is such a forceful statement, it can distract from the other notable features of this generously sized, six- to seven-passenger crossover ...

Pruitt DOJ broke rules in phone records seizure

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:29 -0400

Gary Pruitt, president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press speaks at the National Press Club (NPC) in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Pruitt, addressed a luncheon at the NPC and spoke about how the Justice Department violated its own rules in subpoenaing AP phone records. (AP Photo/Charles ...

VP Biden pays tribute to civil rights leader

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:29 -0400

From left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Vice President Joe Biden applaud during a ceremony to dedicate the statue of Frederick Douglass, seen behind them, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in the Emancipation Hall of the United ...

Fact sheet 2013 Ford Flex

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:43:34 -0400

The bold, boxy exterior of the Ford Flex is such a forceful statement, it can distract from the other notable features of this generously sized, six- to seven-passenger crossover ...

Attorney Search for Hoffas remains too limited

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:43:33 -0400

The FBI saw enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again break out the digging equipment to search for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive before a lunch meeting with two mobsters nearly 40 years ...

Text of the Federal Reserves statement Wednesday

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:43:32 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Here is the statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday after its two-day policy meeting:Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown further improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending ...

Federal Reserve expects slower growth for rest of 2013

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:42:16 -0400

The Federal Reserve revised downwards its forecast for the US economy, expecting slower growth for 2013 than it did just three months ago.In its revised projections, the Fed now expects an annualized growth rate between 2.3 percent and 2.6 percent. In March it saw potential growth as high as 2.8 percent.However, Fed governors and bank presidents now project a jobless rate between 7.2 percent ...

Issa Angry As Transcripts Show He Fixed ‘Facts’ Of IRS Case Around His Claims Of White House Corruption

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:34:51 -0400

one of the most corrupt '; in history, has been working overtime in recent weeks in an attempt to prove his charge, even if it means he has to manipulate the evidence to do so. Issa chairs the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and as such has been the GOP point man on the IRS scandal that has been making news in recent weeks. In case you have been away, here’s ...

CBO Senate bill still allows illegal immigration

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:31:24 -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 ...

Son allegedly stabs father cuts off his own hands

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:31:18 -0400

By Sophia Rosenbaum, NBC News An argument ended grimly in California this week, with a father found in the driveway bleeding from stab wounds and his son nearby, his severed hands lying on the ground.Shasta County Sherriff’s deputies responded to a reported stabbing in Redding, Calif., on Monday afternoon to find the gruesome scene with "visible injuries" in the driveway, ...

Albert White Hat American Indian who championed the Lakota language

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:27:15 -0400

The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters. Albert White Hat, who died in South Dakota on 11 June at the age of 74 of prostate cancer, was instrumental in teaching and preserving the American Indian language and translated the Hollywood film Dances with Wolves into Lakota for its ...

T Magazine On View | An All-American Roadside Attraction in West Texas

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:25:50 -0400

Over the next few months, motorists speeding through the West Texas desert on Highway 90, just outside the arts town of Marfa, will encounter an unexpected roadside attraction: a white neon Playboy logo hovering above a matte-black 1972 Dodge Charger perched at an 18-degree angle atop a concrete plinth. Playboy Marfa, as it’s being called, is the first in a series of art projects ...

Read the full Federal Reserve statement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:21:37 -0400

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown further improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the housing sector has strengthened further, but fiscal policy ...

Alleged Irish-American mob boss ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories about gang killings

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:18:36 -0400

FILE - This undated file photo shown during court proceedings in the Miami Courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 shows John Martorano, who was questioned about his plea agreement in exchange for testifying against former FBI agent John Connolly. Connolly was accused of helping the Boston mob murder Miami gambling executive John Callahan in 1982. Martorano testified for a second day during the ...

Turkish Ambassador to United States Tan stated world continues to watch massacre…

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:14:21 -0400

Turkish Ambassador to United States Tan stated world continues to watch massacre although many Syrian people had died WASHINGTON - Turkish Ambassador to United States Namik Tan stated Tuesday that the world continued to watch the massacre although many Syrian people had died, calling on the United Nations Security Council to help put an halt to it.Speaking at the "32nd annual ...

LeBrons headband becomes Internet sensation after Miami wins Game 6

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:12:09 -0400

fell to the ground during a dunk. James's staple headband has become something of an NBA inside joke as fans have witnessed how the player has moved it back throughout his career as he "attempts to hide a receding hairline." But last night with 8:59 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Tim Duncan knocked the band off James's head during a dunk and he was forced to finish the ...

TABLE-Federal Reserve economic forecasts

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:02 -0400

June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:00pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Following are U.S. economic forecasts issued by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. (All figures Q4 over Q4, except jobless rate, which is Q4 average, and all figures in percent) APPROPRIATE TIMING OF FIRST FED FUNDS RATE HIKE (NUMBER OF POLICYMAKERS) JUNE MARCH DEC'12 SEPT'12 2013 1 ...

McDreamy part of all-American team at Le Mans

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:55 -0400

FILE - In this June 9, 2011 file photo, U.S actor and auto racing driver Patrick Dempsey poses for photographs in Le Mans, France. The only all-American lineup at the 24 Hours of Le Mans might very well be the one that draws the most interest from non-racing fans. The No. 77 Dempsey Del Piero-Proton Porsche will be headlined by Patrick Dempsey. (AP Photo/Vincent Michel, ...

Polls Show American People Hate Almost Everything About Politics

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:42:56 -0400

in an article published in The Economist (December 4, 1990: 50-53), "In the 1990 midterm election in the U.S., the American electorate sent two clear signals to politicians: that political parties are increasingly irrelevant to solving the nation's problems and that voters are losing confidence in the capacity of government to address the fundamental issues facing the country." ...

Video Car crash in New York City injures eight

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:41:10 -0400

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 ...

What U.S. learned from surveillance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:40:00 -0400

>Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst and a director at the New America Foundation. David Sterman is a graduate student at Georgetown University's National Security Studies Program.(CNN) -- Sometime in late 2007, Basaaly Saeed Moalin, a cabdriver living in San Diego, began to have a series of phone conversations with Aden Hashi Ayrow, one of the leaders of Al-Shabaab, ...

Mueller FBI uses drones but very seldom

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:33 -0400

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. As Mueller nears the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency, lawmakers questioned him about the IRS, surveillance activities, and the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/J. Scott ...

CSX sues truck driver in Baltimore-area derailment

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:31 -0400

BALTIMORE -; CSX is suing a garbage truck driver and his company for negligence in the explosive derailment of a freight train near ...

Nobel recipient among winners of Jefferson Awards

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:30 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Two U.S. Senators, the winner of a Nobel Prize for peace, a labor leader and the owner of a professional tennis team are among the people being honored with a national prize for public ...

Republican Sen. Murkowski supports gay marriage

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:30 -0400

Murkowski says she believes same-sex marriage will encourage family values. She says she supports the right of all Americans to marry the person they ...

Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:28 -0400

FAIRPORT, Mich. -; Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached piece of wreckage from a ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th ...

World Food Prize goes to 3 biotech scientists

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:28 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa -; The World Food Prize Foundation on Wednesday took the bold step of awarding this year's prize to three pioneers of plant biotechnology whose work brought the world genetically modified ...

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK Obama ditches jacket

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:27 -0400

US President Barack Obama takes off his jacket due to warm weather while he delivers a speech in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Wednesday, June 19, 2013. On the second day of his visit to Germany, Obama met with German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel before delivering a speech at Brandenburg Gate. (AP Photo/Michael ...

W.Va. man indicted on charges of threatening Obama

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:26 -0400

ELKINS, W.Va. -; A West Virginia man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the first family in a letter filled with profanity and racial ...

Hanson Celebrate 21st Birthday as a Band in New York

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:38:30 -0400

Hanson turned 21 this year, and the brotherly trio celebrated with a birthday party last night in New York at Irving Plaza as fans swarmed to see the band perform. The brothers started the group as pre-teens, and released their sixth studio ...

Official Philly not liable for private demo work

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:35:05 -0400

PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia deputy mayor says the city isn't responsible for demolition work done at a private site once a permit is issued.The comment comes as City Council opens its investigation into the fatal June 5 building collapse that killed six people.Council members are questioning the Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison and the city's Licenses and Inspections commissioner, ...

Gehry refines design for Eisenhower Memorial in DC

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:35:04 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for an Ike memorial park in Washington.Early last year, Gehry planned to use bas reliefs carved on stone blocks to depict Eisenhower's achievements. He added 9-foot-tall bronze sculptures to ...

Mueller urges caution on NSA program changes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:35:03 -0400

FBI Director Robert Mueller is leaving the law enforcement agency that he has run every day since the week before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the same way that he entered it: being grilled about how the FBI is carrying out the most high-profile criminal investigations in the ...

Decline and fall how American society unravelled

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:31:20 -0400

Thirty years ago, the old deal that held US society together started to unwind, with social cohesion sacrificed to greed. Was it an inevitable process - or was it engineered by self-interested ...

COLUMBIAS CONS Nest of Felons Runs Schools Social Work Program

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:30:56 -0400

CJI Associate Director Cheryl Wilkins listing on the faculty directory for Columbia's School of Social Work also makes no mention of her criminal ...

Unemployed teacher returns lost bag containing $20G

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:30:55 -0400

An unemployed teacher was driving home after dropping her cat off at a veterinarian when she noticed a bag on the street. She stopped but doubted it contained anything, but soon discovered the bag was holding about $20,000. Candace Scott said the bag had a Chase bank label, so she promptly delivered it to a nearby branch. She pound on the glass around 8 a.m. Tuesday to get the branch manager to ...

Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:26:45 -0400

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan group of senators is floating a proposal that would avoid the doubling of rates on student loans on July 1. A document being circulated on Capitol Hill outlines a possible compromise that links student loan rates to the financial markets, a provision that was included in President Barack Obama's budget, as well as House and ...

We were told to lie - Bank of America employees open up about foreclosure practices

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:24:22 -0400

USA Employees of Bank of America say they were encouraged to lie to customers and were even rewarded for foreclosing on homes, staffers of the financial giant claim in new court documents. Sworn statements from several Bank of America employees contain a number of damning allegations, the latest claims entered as evidence in a multi-state class action lawsuit that challenges the bank's ...

IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses senator says

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:33 -0400

The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of ...

Missing elderly Kansas couple found safe 400 miles from destination

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:23 -0400

By Sophia Rosenbaum, NBC News A missing elderly Kansas couple who set out on an eight-hour trip from Kansas to Illinois to visit family on Monday afternoon was found Wednesday afternoon in Mio, Mich., – about 400 miles from their original destination."They took a wrong turn," Garnett Police Chief Kevin Pekarek said.Vernon Hunt, 92, and his wife Goldie, 81, of Garnett, Kan., were ...

Paul McCartney Being Stella’s dad ‘pretty cool’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:22 -0400

Stella McCartney is particularly adept at designing for women in all of their various moods, ambitious, roles and for every season. NBC News Special Correspondent Chelsea Clinton previews her profile of the fashion designer who is at the top of her game. Clinton also talks with Stella's father, Sir Paul McCartney about his daughter's fame. Chelsea Clinton's full interview with ...

FBI director Drones seldom used for domestic surveillance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:21 -0400

By Michael O'Brien , Political Reporter, NBC News FBI director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that the nation's top law enforcement bureau uses drones to conduct surveillance on U.S. soil, though only on a "very, very minimal basis."Mueller, the FBI director since 2001 who is set to retire this year, acknowledged that his agency uses drones in its investigative and law ...

Obama proposes reductions to Cold War-era nuclear arsenal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:14 -0400

While speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, President Barack Obama announces ways the US can combat terrorism by "balancing the pursuit of security with the protection of ...

Virginia newspaper removes Democrat from name

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:20:46 -0400

View results WARRENTON, Va. (AP) - The Fauquier Times-Democrat is changing its name due to the increasingly divisive political landscape.In an editorial published Wednesday, the newspaper announced it would become known as the Fauquier Times.The editorial said having the word ';Democrat'; in the newspaper’s name in such partisan political times ';is no longer a very astute ...

Arizona construction collapse kills one injures one

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:15:50 -0400

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Temporary framing beneath a freeway overpass in Mesa, Arizona, collapsed on Wednesday, killing one construction worker and injuring another, a fire department spokesman ...

Hotline Miami 2 Officially Announced Teaser Trailer Released

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:12 -0400

Hotline Miami took the gaming world by storm. The game ended up on many best-of 2012 lists for its fast-paced ultra-violent gameplay and its mesmerizing 80s soundtrack. ...

FBI director says IRS tax exemption probe a top priority

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:11:34 -0400

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

An American City Govt. Seeks the Cruel Power to Keep People off the Streets in... Vermont

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:10:21 -0400

Burlington Vt.'s city ordinance allows the immediate and arbitrary banishment of people from public streets with no due process of law and no effective appeal ...

More Charges Planned Against Castro

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:58 -0400

Ariel Castro, center, sits before a judge with his defense attorney's, Craig Weintraub, left, and Jaye Schlachet during a pretrial hearing, June 19, 2013, in Cleveland, ...

Watch Mom Day Care Owner Denies Drugging Kids

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:53 -0400

-- see as many as six children who attended daycare at the so called caterpillar clubhouse may have -- doped up. But the woman who runs the home child care center says the charges ...

Israel honors Bill Clinton for work on two-state solution

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:03:55 -0400

Bill Clinton said "there are no perfect solutions" for Middle East peace as he received Israel's highest civilian honor Wednesday. Israeli ...

Combined agents of America Elects New 2013 Leadership

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:02:23 -0400

Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, has elected an new management committee for 2013-14, led by Chairman Bill Kliewer. CAA member agencies are located in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. Each CAA management committee member is elected to serve a staggered two-year term and is selected by its board of members based on their leadership abilities and contributions to the ...

Michigan Orders American Fellowship Mutual Insurance into Liquidation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:02:23 -0400

The American Fellowship Mutual Insurance Co. has been ordered into liquidation by Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette at the request of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Kevin Clinton. The request was granted on June 12, 2013, and Director Clinton was appointed liquidator. American Fellowship, created in 1920, wrote primarily auto and homeowner ...

Maine man charged in teens death pleads not guilty

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:31:11 -0400

Twenty-year-old Kyle Dube, of Orono, was indicted on murder and kidnapping charges in last month's asphyxiation death of Nichole Cable. He pleaded not guilty to those charges Wednesday morning. The Maine Attorney General's Office told WMTW News 8 that Dube's lawyer is asking for a psychological exam to determine if Dube is competent to stand ...

Challenges of an Aging American Workforce

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:52 -0400

. Increasingly, more older Americans are choosing the financial equivalent of door number three. Even with more baby boomers extending their careers, large numbers of boomers will still retire, and finding enough new workers will be a growing challenge for many employers. The numbers of new entrants into the workforce is likely to fall short of the total of boomers headed for the exits. ...

China’s Naval Ambitions and America’s Asia Problem

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:51 -0400

, entails plans for new economic and political bonds and a reinvigorated alliance system in the region. But China's territorial ambitions, if unchecked, could eventually create realities on the ground in Asia which will provide it with the legal basis to truly deny America strategic access. If that happens, we might find that - for all of our plans for a pivot toward Asia - Beijing actually ...

Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet Pentagon says its priciest program improving

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:20 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build. Chairing the hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin lamented that the F-35 already has cost taxpayers billions more than what Congress signed up for more ...

Mortgage settlement monitor says banks still falling short on helping struggling homeowners

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:15 -0400

WASHINGTON -- A new report says homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure must wait too long for their loan modification applications to be reviewed by some of the nation's top mortgage servicers. Such delays can plunge borrowers deeper in debt. Joseph A. Smith, the independent monitor of last year's national mortgage settlement, said Wednesday that while the banks are doing a better job ...

Grand Forks Herald publisher to retire next year

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:04 -0400

Mike Jacobs has been with the newspaper for 35 years and has been publisher since 2004. He was the Herald's editor when the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the 1997 Red River ...

A guide to the life and mystery of Jimmy Hoffa

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:02 -0400

DETROIT -; The FBI has spent this week digging up a field in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. He was last seen outside a restaurant about 20 miles from the digging site where he was to meet with a New Jersey Teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia ...

Wooden beam likely not connected to shipwreck

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:26:59 -0400

FAIRPORT, Mich. -; Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan doesn't appear to have been attached to what they believe could be a sunken ship that disappeared in the 17th ...

Father son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:26:53 -0400

NEW YORK -; A father and son who acknowledged they were pimps were acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking charges after several prostitutes testified they were treated ...

The Martini This American Cocktail May Have An International Twist

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:54 -0400

The martini: international drink of mystery? There's no cocktail more distinctly American than the martini. It's strong, sophisticated and sexy. It's everything we hope to project while ordering one. Baltimore-born satirist H.L. Mencken is said to have called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet." But is the martini perfectly ...

For the modern coffee experience Paris looks to America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:06 -0400

Thomas Hamlett, a Virginia native, pours a perfect cup at Paris coffee shop Sugarplum Cake Shop. Cafs are a centerpiece for daily life in Paris, as integral to French culture as a fresh baguette, a glass of wine, or, at least according to Americans, a black beret. Yet somehow, coffee in France is almost uniformly bad. Beans are left out in the open air, machines aren't properly maintained, ...

Big brothers save little sister from bear

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:54 -0400

Two brothers in Utah are praised for their bravery after springing into action when a bear charged their campground -- and 7-year-old sister. KSL's Haley Smith ...

Woman convicted in LA train platform death

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:21 -0400

A defense attorney told a jury Thursday that a homeless woman who pushed an 84-year-old woman off a train platform to her death was an unmedicated schizophrenic who had been released from a hospital three days ...

Events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:20 -0400

The FBI has spent this week digging up a field in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. He was last seen outside a restaurant about 20 miles from the digging site where he was to meet with a New Jersey Teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia ...

Wash. parents ruse snares man wooing daughter

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:18 -0400

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A father who discovered his 15-year-old daughter was being wooed on Facebook by a man twice her age took matters into his own hands.He hatched a Facebook ruse that drew the 30-year-old Federal Way man to Spokane earlier this month. Then the father and a couple of his buddies staked out the arranged meeting spot and blocked the man's escape until police arrived.The ...

Judge reads charge against George Zimmerman to jurors

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:34 -0400

A Florida judge read the formal charge against George Zimmerman on Wednesday to 40 potential jurors who could be selected to decide if the neighborhood watch volunteer committed murder when he shot an unarmed Trayvon ...

Mens Wearhouse ousts founder pitchman Zimmer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:26 -0400

FILE - In this Thursday, May 6, 1999 file photo, George Zimmer, second from left, gestures to Andy Dolich prior to a meeting, in Oakland, Calif. Men's Wearhouse Inc. says it has dismissed Zimmer, its founder and executive chairman. In a terse release issued Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the company didn't give a reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men's Wearhouse from one ...

Duncan and Ginobili mourn Game Six defeat to Miami Heat

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:43 -0400

"Bad. Very bad. It's a tough moment. We were a few moments from winning the championship, and we let it go. I have no clue how we're going to be re energized. I'm devastated but we have to. There's no game eight afterwards. We're going to have to play our best game, even better than today. Shoot better, better defense, less turnovers in my case, but yeah, ...

NY Gov. Cuomos Abortion Plank Back in Play in New York Senate

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:15:32 -0400

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives at a meeting with Appropriations Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman Senator Daniel Inouye and Senator Thad Cochran on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, ...

Enter To Win The Ultimate Chicago Wrigleyville Experience

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:13:10 -0400

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FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffas remains ends

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:15 -0400

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 and announced the FBI was ending the search operations for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos ...

Prosecutors Disabled mom child held captive tortured

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:15 -0400

Four Ohio residents are accused of holding a mentally disabled mother and her 6-year-old daughter as captive slaves and torturing them with snakes and iguanas. WKYC's Tom Meyer ...

Police dog left to die in hot patrol car

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:13 -0400

Police in Woodstock, Ga., have placed a 12-year veteran on leave as they investigate the death of a police dog in his care named "Spartacus." It appears the K-9 cop died of heat stroke after being left in the backseat of a patrol car. WXIA's Blayne Alexander ...

Cops accused of brutality Suspect choked on drugs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:09 -0400

Deputies in Bakersfield, Calif., say a suspect in their custody died choking on drugs, but his family maintains plastic baggies found in Willie Ramos' throat were part of a cover-up in a case of police brutality. KCRA's Katey Rusch ...

Obama delivers address at Berlins Brandenburg Gate

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:08 -0400

President Barack Obama talks about reducing nuclear weapons, fighting terrorism and the fall of the Berlin Wall while addressing a crowd at the Brandenburg ...

Accused Cleveland kidnapper utters few words in court

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:05 -0400

Ariel Castro, who is accused of keeping three women captive for a decade in his Cleveland home, appeared before Judge Michael J. Russo for a pre-trial ...

Police son still looking for missing Kan. elderly couple

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:04 -0400

By Sophia Rosenbaum, NBC News An elderly Kansas couple that set out on an eight-hour trip from Kansas to Illinois to visit family on Monday afternoon has not been heard from since.Police are asking for the public’s help in locating Vernon Hunt, 92, and his wife Goldie, 81, of Garnett, Kan. The couple left their house early Monday morning to visit Goldie’s twin sister in Dwight, Ill. ...

After terrorising America for decades UFO now spotted in Kerala

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:52 -0400

The wife of an army officer has made a bizarre claim that her husband took photos of an unidentified flying object (UFO) along a beach in Kannur district of Kerala.The photo shows a saucer-shaped blurry object in the sky above the sea in the background and in the foreground is a beach and a car, supposedly the armyman's.According the wife of Major Sebastian Zachariah, currently posted in ...

Comparison of mass protests in Brazil and Turkey

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:39 -0400

Large-scale protests have engulfed Turkey and Brazil, which are thousands of miles apart, but share some traits such as being new democracies with a growing middle class. Here's a look at the protests in both countries, highlighting the similarities and differences in how they started and ...

Michelle Obama lays roses at bloodiest site along Berlin Wall

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:02:57 -0400

1 of 4. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) and her daughter Sasha place flowers as they visit the Berlin Wall memorial in Bernauer Strasse in Berlin June 19, ...

PRISM is Bad for American Soft Power

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:52 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to deliver remarks in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on June 19, 2013. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) In 1948, Harry Truman flip-flopped. After decades of holding racial biases, he decided to support the civil rights movement against Jim Crow laws. Truman's shift was as much cold political calculation as anything else. The path to ...

Confessed killer says did not dictate deal to turn on Whitey Bulger

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:32 -0400

James ''Whitey'' Bulger holds John Martorano's youngest son, John Jr., during his Christening ceremony in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. Prosecutors showed the photograph to the jury June 18, 2013 as Martorano took the stand in the trial of accused mob boss Bulger, and has implicated him in a dozen killings over ...

Astor son who swindled millionaire mother headed to NY prison

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:30 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anthony Marshall, the only child of late millionaire philanthropist Brooke Astor, has been a Broadway producer, a decorated war hero and U.S. diplomat and is set to add prison inmate to his life ...

Jimmy Hoffa search finds no sign of ex-Teamsters leader in Detroit suburb

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:57 -0400

Robert Foley, special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit division, addresses the media in Oakland Township, Mich., June 19, 2013, where he announced the FBI was ending search operations for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in ...

Report Okla. teen vanishes while hiking in South America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:56 -0400

CBS affiliate KWTV, authorities in South America believe the teen may have been kidnapped. U.S. officials with the American Embassy in Ecuador told the station that they are monitoring the situation closely. In a phone interview, Chris Reiger told the station that an extensive search is underway. He said the family was hiking on a mountain near their resort hotel when August walked ahead of the ...

Americas endangered historic places

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:54 -0400

President Barack Obama, left, walks around Gay Head Lighthouse while on vacation on Martha's Vineyard in Aquinnah, Mass., Aug. 27, 2009. The lighthouse is on The National Trust for Historic Preservation 2013 list of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It was the first lighthouse built on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts and now is in danger of toppling over the edge of the Gay ...

Documentary Alleges TWA Flight 800 Cover-Up

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:55:56 -0400

Reconstruction work was taking place in Calverton, N.Y., on TWA Flight 800 which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off New York's Long Island, March 6, ...

Missouri Man Who Set Wife on Fire Arrested

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

A Missouri man who set his wife on fire and evaded capture for more than 24 hours was arrested Tuesday night and charged with first degree assault, armed criminal action and arson, according to the local sheriffs office. Willard Hunt, of Higbee was found at approximately 8:30 p.m., wandering the railroad tracks behind a residential community. "Hunt dropped to his knees and said he was ...

San Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:51:18 -0400

The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in Japan. San Francisco Travel and SFO first retained representation services in Japan in 1987, making San Francisco one of the first cities in the U.S. to have an office in Tokyo. In 2000, a ...

Tusks fund terror

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:31:34 -0400

>Editor's note: Mark Quarterman is the research director of the Enough Project, a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity.(CNN) -- The accelerating pace of the slaughter of elephants for their tusks has put African elephants at catastrophic risk in the coming decades. To make matters worse, some of the region's most notorious armed groups are ...

Tusks fund terror

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:31:34 -0400