| Prayers and silence mark Titanic anniversary Posted:  With prayers, a hymn and a moment of silence broken by a ship's deep whistle, passengers and crew on a memorial trip marked 100 years to the moment since the Titanic sent more than 1,500 people to a watery grave.
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| Midwest digs out after tornadoes Posted:  The television was tuned to forecasters' dire warnings of an impending storm when Greg Tomlyanobich heard a short burst from a tornado siren blare after midnight Sunday. Then silence. Then rumbling.
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| Cosby: Guns real issue in Trayvon Martin case Posted:  Bill Cosby, the latest in a string of celebrities asked to publicly weigh in on the Trayvon Martin case, said the biggest issue in the 17-year-old's killing at the hands of 28-year-old neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman is not race--it's guns.
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| Coordinated attacks rock Afghanistan Posted:  The Taliban claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks on and near several foreign embassies rocked Kabul on Sunday, as gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades into the residences of Western diplomats near the so-called "green zone" of the Afghan capital. The Taliban also were said to be behind a raid on a jail in northern [...]
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| Latin America rebels against Obama over Cuba Posted:  Unprecedented Latin American opposition to U.S. sanctions on communist Cuba left President Barack Obama isolated at the Summit of the Americas on Sunday and illustrated Washington's waning influence in the region.
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| Fox News ‘Mole’: ‘My career in cable news is over’ Posted:  Joe Muto, Gawker's so-called "Fox News mole" and former associate producer at Bill O'Reilly's "Factor," appeared on CNN in his first interview since being fired by the cable news network. Muto said that he probably committed career suicide by going rogue at the News Corp.-owned channel. "I think it's pretty safe to say my career [...]
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| Lawmaker: Secret Service incident may not have been first Posted:  Investigators looking into alleged U.S. Secret Service misconduct in Colombia before President Barack Obama's trip there must probe how often this has happened before, the Republican chairman of a House government oversight panel said on Sunday.
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| Truce eroding as first U.N. monitors head to Syria Posted:  Syria's 4-day-old cease-fire appeared to be quickly eroding Sunday, with regime forces firing dozens of tank shells and mortar rounds at neighborhoods in the opposition stronghold of Homs, hours before the arrival of a first team of U.N. truce monitors.
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| MLB honors Jackie Robinson with ballpark tributes Posted:  NEW YORK (AP) LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.
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| Washington voted Britain's greatest enemy commander Posted:  American revolutionary leader George Washington has been voted the greatest enemy commander to face Britain, lauded for his spirit of endurance against the odds and the enormous impact of his victory.
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| Women linked by Manson murders form odd friendship Posted:  On August 9, 1969, two naive 17-year-old girls were launched on a path that led to the unlikeliest of friendships.
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| Tom Petty offers $7,500 reward for stolen guitars Posted:  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are offering a $7,500 reward for the return of five guitars stolen from a Los Angeles-area studio last week, ahead of their U.S. and Europe tour. The band said on their website that the guitars include Petty's 1967 12-string blonde Rickenbacker 360 and his 1965 Gibson SGTV Junior, as well as instruments belonging to bassist Ron Blair, rhythm guitar player Scott Thurston, and lead guitarist Mike Campbell. ...
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| Israel nabs fly-in activists at airport Posted:  Israel detained dozens of international activists as they landed at its main airport on Sunday, preventing them from entering the country to participate in a planned solidarity mission with Palestinians in the West Bank.
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| Summit sex scandal takes shine off Colombia efforts Posted:  CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Gracing the cover of the latest Time magazine and trumpeting his nation's security achievements, President Juan Manuel Santos had hoped the Summit of the Americas would showcase the modern face of Colombia. Yet global media coverage from this weekend's gathering of more than 30 heads of state has focused instead on a scandal after members of U.S. President Barack Obama's security detail were caught with prostitutes in historic Cartagena. ...
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| Home in a home as families live together longer Posted: It's a home within a home — and it could be coming soon to a home near you.Builders across the country are revamping home designs to meet the needs of a growing number of Americans who are now living with ... |
| Vin Scully returns to Dodgers booth after illness Posted: Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully is back in the booth at Dodger Stadium after missing five games because of a bad cold. |
| Fans recall artist Jackson Pollock at 100 Posted:  Out behind a small farmhouse on a Long Island country road sits an old gray barn where a tormented artist dripped paint off brushes, sticks — even turkey basters — onto canvasses spread out on a wooden floor. Besides making quite a mess of things, leaving splash marks everywhere, Jackson Pollock also created some of the 20th century's greatest masterpieces.
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| Long political fights ahead over dueling tax plans Posted:  Democrats and Republicans are forcing votes in Congress this coming week on competing tax plans that affect millionaires and smaller businesses, and they know the proposals are doomed from the start.
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| New North Korean leader makes first public speech Posted:  North Korea's new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished country's military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile.
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| Pope marks milestones amid signs of frailty, succession talk Posted:  Pope Benedict marks two milestones this week and while his health appears stable, signs of frailty have again prompted speculation over whether he will be the first pontiff in seven centuries to resign. Benedict, one of the oldest popes in history, turns 85 on Monday, and on Thursday he marks the seventh anniversary of his election as successor to John Paul II.
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| 'Hunger Games' earns $21.5M to slap down 'Stooges' Posted:  Movie fans have chosen real violence over the slapstick variety as "The Hunger Games" held off "The Three Stooges" to remain the No. 1 weekend movie.Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games," ...
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| Titanic site being destroyed by tourists Posted:  The man who first discovered the Titanic wreckage says tourists visiting the site are destroying the remains of the ship's hull.
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