| Deadly smoke, lone blocked exit: over 230 die in Brazil club blaze Posted: 27 Jan 2013 04:59 PM PST  Flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing more than 230 people as panicked partygoers gasped for breath in the smoke-filled air, stampeding toward a single exit partially blocked by those already dead. It appeared to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.
|
| Egypt's leader declares emergency after clashes Posted: 27 Jan 2013 03:10 PM PST  Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi declared a month-long state of emergency in three cities along the Suez Canal where dozens of people have been killed over the past four days in protests his allies say are designed to overthrow him. Seven people were shot dead and hundreds were injured in Port Said on Sunday during the funerals of 33 people killed there when locals angered by a court decision went on the rampage as anti-government protests spread around the country. ...
|
| Israel warns of attack on Syrian chemical weapons Posted: 27 Jan 2013 11:24 AM PST  Israel could launch a pre-emptive strike to stop Syria's chemical weapons from reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah or al-Qaida inspired groups, officials said Sunday.
|
| Barge with 80,000 gallons oil hits bridge, leaks Posted: 27 Jan 2013 03:49 PM PST  The Coast Guard says a barge that hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., was carrying 80,000 gallons of light crude oil, but officials don't know how much has spilled into the Mississippi River.
|
| Fraud concerns linger over new Illinois license law Posted: 27 Jan 2013 04:58 PM PST  As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous state to give illegal immigrants permission to drive, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the identity fraud and other pitfalls other states faced.
|
| Family heading to Turkey to seek missing N.Y. woman Posted: 27 Jan 2013 11:46 AM PST  Relatives of a missing New York City woman who disappeared during a vacation to Turkey, her first trip outside the U.S., are heading to Istanbul to look for her, her brother said Sunday.
|
| Sarah Palin vows to fight on without Fox News gig Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:37 AM PST  The "lamestream media," as Sarah Palin calls it, may have written her off now that the former vice presidential candidate and tea party favorite has lost her principal media voice as a well-paid commentator on Fox News.
|
| McCain: Immigration plan to have pathway to citizenship Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:26 AM PST  Two senators at the center of negotiations over comprehensive immigration reform, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said on Sunday that a pathway to citizenship is an essential component of a comprehensive reform bill. "That has to be also part of it,"...
|
| Ryan: Obama doesn't actually think 'we have a fiscal crisis’ Posted: 27 Jan 2013 09:09 AM PST  Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan lashed out at President Barack Obama on Sunday, saying the commander in chief does not have a full grasp of the budget problems facing the U.S. economy. "I don't think that the president actually thinks we have a fiscal crisis," Ryan said on NBC's "Meet The Press" in his first live [...]
|
| American pastor sentenced to 8 years in Iran Posted: 27 Jan 2013 04:50 PM PST BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An American pastor who has been jailed in Iran since September has been sentenced to eight years in prison, the U.S. State Department said Sunday. |
| Brazil blaze recalls pain for RI fire survivors Posted: 27 Jan 2013 01:26 PM PST  Argentina, a year later. Thailand in 2008. Russia in 2009.
|
| Russia says Assad's prospects fading Posted: 27 Jan 2013 08:54 AM PST  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said the chances of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad staying in power were growing "smaller and smaller", as fighting on Sunday in southwestern Damascus shut a main highway from the capital. Assad has long counted Moscow as an ally and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's remarks were the most vocal Russian statement yet that his days may now be numbered, although they come after predictions from France, an avowed enemy, and from neighboring Jordan that the Syrian president's downfall is not imminent. ...
|
| Ghost of MLK pays visit to Obama on ‘SNL’ Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:36 AM PST  As you might expect, the inaugural lip-syncing scandal that's enveloped Beyoncé this week provided plenty of fodder for "Saturday Night Live." During the cold-opening sketch, President Obama--played by Jay Pharoah--was paid a visit by the ghost of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for a fireside chat on inauguration night. "Tell me Dr. King, [...]
|
| Venezuela prison riot kills 61, government mum Posted: 27 Jan 2013 03:24 PM PST  URIBANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - A prison riot in southwestern Venezuela killed 61 people, a hospital official said on Sunday, although the government has refused to give an official death toll in the bloody standoff that highlighted chaos in the country's jails. The violence took place on Friday at the Uribana jail near the city of Barquisimeto. Relatives who gathered outside the jail fumed at the lack of information from authorities who have started transferring prisoners to other facilities but have not confirmed how many were killed. ...
|
| Sergeant reunited with baby given up for adoption Posted: 27 Jan 2013 11:17 AM PST  An army drill sergeant whose estranged wife put his daughter up for adoption without his knowledge or permission while he was stationed in another state, has been reunited with the little girl, following a nearly two-year battle to get her back.
|
| Leading Democrat: Gun control faces uphill climb Posted: 27 Jan 2013 10:30 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to pass Congress and she blamed the nation's largest gun-rights group.
|
| Pay dirt! Antarctic drilling reaches lake surface Posted: 27 Jan 2013 01:34 PM PST  U.S. scientists successfully drilled into Lake Whillans, a subglacial expanse of water hidden deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, they reported on Sunday (Jan. 27).
|
| Malians celebrate, French-led forces clear Timbuktu Posted: 27 Jan 2013 03:10 PM PST  GAO/SEVARE, Mali (Reuters) - Residents of Mali's northern town of Gao, captured from sharia-observing Islamist rebels by French and Malian troops, danced in the streets to drums and music on Sunday as the French-led offensive also drove the rebels from Timbuktu. The weekend gains made at Gao and Timbuktu by the French and Malian troops capped a two-week whirlwind intervention by France in its former Sahel colony, which has driven al Qaeda-allied militant fighters northwards into the desert and mountains. ...
|
| North Korean leader vows strong action Posted: 27 Jan 2013 02:24 AM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened top security and foreign affairs officials and ordered them to take "substantial and high-profile important state measures," state media said Sunday, fueling speculation that he plans to push forward with a threat to explode a nuclear device in defiance of the United Nations.
|
| Obama: Tough call on letting a son play football Posted: 27 Jan 2013 01:04 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is a big football fan with two daughters, but if he had a son, he says he'd "have to think long and hard" before letting him play because of the physical toll the game takes.
|
