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Steubenville verdict fires up Twitter

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 09:37 AM PDT

Ma'lik Richmond, 16, top, hugs his mother Daphne Birden, after closing arguments were made on the fourth day of the juvenile trial he and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, on rape charges in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. Judge Thomas Lipps said he would render a decision on Sunday morning, March 17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)The news that two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio, were found guilty of raping an intoxicated 16-year-old girl lit up Twitter on Sunday, with many users—most of them women—celebrating the verdict while calling for more work to be done to transform America's rape culture. GUILTY verdict in #Steubenville! Let's hope this serves as [...]

Syria opposition to set up interim government

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 01:02 PM PDT

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, anti-Syrian regime protesters raise up their hands as they wave Syrian revolutionary flags during a protest to mark the second anniversary of the their uprising, in Aleppo, Syria, Friday March 15, 2013. The chief of Syria's main, western-backed rebel group marked the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad on Friday by pledging to fight until the "criminal" regime is gone. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)Syria's main opposition group is launching its most serious attempt yet to form a rival government to President Bashar Assad's regime, convening in Turkey on Monday to choose an interim prime minister for areas the rebels control.

CPAC: Why Marco Rubio could be the real winner

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 10:19 AM PDT

El senador Marco Rubio en la conferencia de Acción Política Conservadora en National Habor, Maryland, este viernesMarco Rubio, the junior senator from Florida, came in second Saturday to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in the presidential straw poll at the big annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC.

Indian police arrest 5 over Swiss tourist's rape

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 01:41 PM PDT

A security officer inspects the site where a Swiss woman was reportedly gang raped by a group of eight men while touring by bicycle with her husband, near Orchcha, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Authorities detained and questioned 13 men in connection with the latest attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest in Madhya Pradesh state after bicycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer R.K. Gurjar said. (AP Photo)Police said they arrested five men Sunday in connection with the gang rape of a Swiss woman who was attacked in central India while on a cycling vacation with her husband.

Trial over NYPD stop-and-frisk tactic set to begin

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 12:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, June 17, 2012 file photo, Rev. Al Sharpton, center, walks with thousands along Fifth Avenue, during a silent march to end the "stop-and-frisk" program in New York. A federal trial is scheduled to begin in New York on Monday, March 18, 2013, where the NYPD's practice of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street will face a sweeping legal challenge. The outcome could bring major changes to the nation's largest police force and could affect how other departments use the stop and frisk tactic. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)The New York Police Department's practice of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street is facing its biggest legal challenge this week with a federal civil rights trial on whether the tactic unfairly targets minorities.

Boehner: 'Talk about raising revenue is over'

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 01:00 PM PDT

John Boehner: The 'Talk About Raising Revenue Is Over'House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told ABC News' Martha Raddatz during an exclusive interview for "This Week" that talk of including revenue as part of an effort to strike a so-called "grand bargain" to address the $16 trillion debt of the United States was "over,"...

Russian lawmaker not reassured by U.S. missile defense plan

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 11:32 AM PDT

Pushkov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs, attends a news conference in MoscowBy Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - A change in the United States plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe will not prompt Russia to drop its opposition to the system, a senior lawmaker allied to President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.

Madonna calls on Boy Scouts to lift ban on gays

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 01:39 PM PDT

Madonna addresses the audience at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis on Saturday March 16, 2013 in New York. Madonna presented CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper with the Vito Russo Award. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)NEW YORK (AP) — Wearing a replica of one of the organization's uniforms, Madonna called on the Boy Scouts to lift its ban on gays while also calling for a "revolution" to prevent discrimination and abuse of the gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual community.

New study claims earthquakes turn water into gold

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 11:03 AM PDT

Earthquakes Turn Water Into GoldEarthquakes have the Midas touch, a new study claims.

Israeli premier names new, hard-line defense minister

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 05:23 AM PDT

FILE --In this March 9, 2011 file photo, Vice Prime Minister of the State of Israel Moshe Ya?alon is seen during his talks with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov in Skopje, Macedonia. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed former military chief Moshe Yaalon as defense minister Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, File)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed on Sunday a hard-line former military chief as the country's new defense minister.

Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 12:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 22, 2010 image from video provided by the United States Humane Society, a Hallmark Meat Packing slaughter plant worker is shown attempting to force a "downed" cow onto its feet by ramming it with the blades of a forklift in Chino, Calif. State legislators across the country are introducing laws making it harder for animal welfare advocates to investigate cruelty and food safety cases. Bills pending in California, Nebraska and Tennessee require that anyone collecting evidence of abuse turn it over to law enforcement within 24 to 48 hours - which advocates say does not allow enough time to document illegal activity under federal humane handling and food safety laws. Critics say the bills are an effort to deny consumers the ability to know how their food is produced. (AP Photo/Humane Society of the United States, file)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An undercover video that showed California cows struggling to stand as they were prodded to slaughter by forklifts led to the largest meat recall in U.S. history. In Vermont, a video of veal calves skinned alive and tossed like sacks of potatoes ended with the plant's closure and criminal convictions.

Ex-gov. Blagojevich teaching history class in prison

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 11:20 AM PDT

Blagojevich begins 14-year prison sentenceYou probably haven't been wondering how former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is holding up in federal prison.

Turkey: Man detained over NYC woman's death

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 06:23 AM PDT

Sarai SierraANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police on Sunday detained a man wanted for the killing of a New York City woman in Istanbul, an official said.

Bus crash that killed Pa. coach being investigated

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 01:28 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Seton Hill University shows women's college lacrosse coach Kristina Quigley. A tour bus carrying the Seton Hill women's lacrosse team to a game went off the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Saturday, March 16, 2013, and crashed into a tree. Authorities said the accident killed the driver and Kristina Quigley, who was about six months pregnant, and sent others to the hospital. (AP Photo/Courtesy Seton Hill University)Police are investigating what caused a bus carrying a college women's lacrosse team to veer off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and crash into a tree, killing a pregnant coach, her unborn child and the driver.

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