| House OKs massive $1.1T spending bill Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:10 PM PST  Budget-battle weary Congress packs bill with victories, concessions for both parties.
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| Nevada marina mystery: Why have all the fish died? Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:42 PM PST  State wildlife officials are trying to figure out why all the fish have died in a northern Nevada marina where the stocked fishery has flourished since the man-made lake was created nearly 15 years ago. ...
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| Mixed-breed dogs get a 'paw in the door' at Westminster Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:14 PM PST  By Marina Lopes NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three new breeds, Chinooks, Portuguese Podengo Pequenos and Rat Terriers, will be vying to be top dog at the 138th Westminster Kennel Club in New York in February, organizers said on Thursday. The two-day show on February 10 and 11 at Madison Square Garden and Piers 92 and 94 will open with a separate agility competition in which mixed-breed dogs will be allowed to compete for the first time in more than 100 years. It's fun to see the new breeds, hearing what they were bred to do and trying to envision them doing that," said David Frei, a co-host of the show. The Chinook, a breed that was developed in New Hampshire in the 1920's, is highly trainable and used in sledding, scootering and carting, and the Rat Terrier, a small, playful American farm dog is known for hunting rodents and vermin.
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| Air Force: Officers caught cheating on nuke launch exams Posted: 15 Jan 2014 01:07 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty-four nuclear missile launch officers have been implicated in a cheating scandal and have been stripped of their certification in what the Air Force believes is the largest such breach of integrity in the nuclear force, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Wednesday.
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| 86 frat members sued over fatal tailgating crash Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:55 AM PST  Dozens of current and former members of a fraternity at Yale University are being sued over a deadly tailgating crash at the 2011 Yale-Harvard football game in New Haven. A U-Haul truck carrying beer kegs ...
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| Congress' popularity paradox Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:52 AM PST  Despite 13 percent overall approval, voters see their lawmaker as a fish out of water.
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| New video surfaces of U.S. prisoner from Afghan war Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:35 PM PST  A new video has surfaced showing Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier captured by militants while stationed in Afghanistan more than four years ago, the soldier's family said on Wednesday. "Today we learned that a new video of our son, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, has been distributed by his captors," Bergdahl's family said in a statement relayed by the Idaho National Guard. Bergdahl was stationed in Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan when he disappeared under unclear circumstances on June 30, 2009, about two months after arriving in Afghanistan. U.S. officials said Bergdahl appeared to be in 'declining health,' but not gravely ill, in the video, which U.S. officials believe was recorded within the last month.
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| Capt. 'Sully' remains 'the eternal optimist' Posted: 15 Jan 2014 07:01 AM PST  It's been five years since Chesley B. Sullenberger landed Flight 1549 in the Hudson River.
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| Apple reaches $32.5M consent decree with U.S. over app purchases Posted: 15 Jan 2014 11:34 AM PST  By Diane Bartz and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc will refund consumers at least $32.5 million to settle a longstanding complaint that the technology company billed U.S. consumers for charges incurred by children through mobile apps without their parents' consent. Under the terms of the settlement, announced on Wednesday by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Apple also will be required to change its billing practices to ensure it obtains consent from parents before charging for such in-app spending. "Whether you're doing business in the mobile arena or the mall down the street, fundamental consumer protections apply," said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. "You cannot charge consumers for purchases they did not authorize." She estimated that children spent millions of dollars without their parents' knowledge, with one mother telling the agency that her daughter spent $2,600 while playing the game "Tap Pet Hotel." Ramirez said the commission had received "tens of thousands of complaints" from consumers over the unauthorized purchases through apps such as Dragon Story and Tiny Zoo Friends.
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| Fallon, Springsteen take a jab at 'fan' Chris Christie Posted: 15 Jan 2014 11:37 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's favorite rock star had something to say about the bridge scandal that's cost a couple of Christie loyalists their jobs.
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| Senate committee: Benghazi attack was preventable Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:21 AM PST  Security should have tightened prior to the assault on the consulate, the report says.
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| Death toll in Baghdad bombings grows Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:42 AM PST  By Alistair Lyon BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bomb attacks and shootings killed at least 75 people in Iraq on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said, making it one of the bloodiest days in months. In the deadliest incident, a bomb blew up in a funeral tent where mourners were marking the death two days ago of a Sunni Muslim pro-government militiaman, police said. In northwestern Iraq, assailants detonated roadside bombs near a bridge in Ain al-Jahash, 60 km (37 miles) south of Mosul as an army patrol was crossing it. Gunmen killed seven truck drivers, kidnapped two and set three trucks ablaze in the mainly Shi'ite district of Maamil in Baghdad's eastern outskirts, police said.
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| Afghan president accuses U.S. of killing 8 civilians Posted: 15 Jan 2014 09:59 AM PST  President Hamid Karzai says the airstrike will further damage ties between the two allies.
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| Teacher hailed as hero in N.M. shooting Posted:  John Masterson confronted the student and persuaded him to drop his gun.
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| Danish tourist gang-raped, Indian police say Posted: 15 Jan 2014 09:22 AM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) — A 51-year-old Danish tourist was gang-raped near a popular shopping area in New Delhi after she got lost and approached a group of men for directions back to her hotel, police said Wednesday.
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| House nears OK of government-wide $1.1T budget Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:27 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Party leaders pushed a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill for this year toward House passage on Wednesday, shunning the turmoil of recent budget clashes with a compromise financing everything from airports to war costs and brimming with victories and setbacks for both parties.
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| Egyptians vote on 2nd day of ballot for charter Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:40 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — Undeterred after a day of sporadic violence, Egyptians on Wednesday lined up to vote on the second, final day of a key referendum on the country's new constitution.
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| UN says pace of Israeli settler attacks up 4-fold Posted: 15 Jan 2014 12:14 PM PST  QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — The annual rate of Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians has almost quadrupled in eight years, U.N. figures show, buttressing claims that Israeli security forces have largely failed to stem the so-called "price tag" campaign in which thugs cut down trees, deface mosques and beat Palestinian farmers.
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| Trial of suspected Hariri assassins set to begin Posted: 15 Jan 2014 01:17 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri sent a sectarian tremor across the Middle East and set off years of upheaval in Lebanon, the consequences of which are still felt across the turbulent region.
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| Officials: Obama likely to OK phone record changes Posted: 15 Jan 2014 05:43 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to endorse changes to the way the government collects millions of Americans' phone records for possible future surveillance, but he'll leave many of the specific adjustments for Congress to sort out, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the White House intelligence review.
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| Video shows aftermath of San Francisco plane crash Posted: 15 Jan 2014 12:07 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Video from a firefighter's helmet camera following the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco shows rescuers were aware there was someone on the ground outside the plane, before she was fatally run over by a fire truck.
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| Jilted French first lady gets little sympathy Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:17 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — France's president is reported to be sneaking around on a motorcycle to have a secret affair with an actress. Who takes the brunt of the heat? In a very French twist, it's increasingly looking like his jilted first lady, who has been hospitalized since she found out.
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| Training credited for quick end to school shooting Posted: 15 Jan 2014 12:48 PM PST ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — When the shots first rang out at Berrendo Middle School, some students started laughing, assuming it was just another drill. |
| Justices doubtful on Mass abortion buffer zone law Posted: 15 Jan 2014 11:43 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — A 35-foot protest-free zone outside Massachusetts abortion clinics appeared unlikely to survive Supreme Court review after liberal and conservative justices alike expressed misgivings about the law in arguments Wednesday.
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| Apple will refund at least $32.5M in app case Posted: 15 Jan 2014 12:59 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kids gleefully snapped up virtual pet food, gems or other items while absorbed by games on their mobile devices. Parents felt the sting of sometimes hefty charges from Apple Inc. incurred by accident or without their permission.
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| Student of New Mexico shooting: 'Blood everywhere' Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:11 AM PST  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Students escaping chilly winter temperatures in southeastern New Mexico were congregated in the Berrendo Middle School gym, waiting for classes to start when they heard a loud pop.
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| Marines probing validity of online Iraq war photos Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:50 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps says it is attempting to determine the authenticity of photos published by TMZ.com that the entertainment website says show Marines appearing to burn bodies of dead Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah in 2004.
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| Seven things you won’t hear at Gitmo Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:34 AM PST  Prison, er, "detention center" staff choose their words carefully.
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| Obama picks Latina banker to lead small business agency Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:33 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Maria Contreras-Sweet on Wednesday to lead the Small Business Administration, an agency that provides loans and helps small businesses get government contracts. "She understands the needs of small business owners like herself. She knows how they can lift entire communities, and ultimately how they lift our country," Obama said in making the announcement at the White House. She is the second Hispanic nominated to Obama's second-term cabinet after Labor Secretary Tom Perez. ...
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| ‘Magic’ pitches Obamacare Posted: 14 Jan 2014 05:31 PM PST  The former NBA great is in a 2-minute video encouraging young Americans to sign up.
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| Pope cleans house at bank with new cardinals Posted: 15 Jan 2014 05:08 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made another move to clean house at the troubled Vatican bank on Wednesday, naming a new roster of cardinal advisers to replace the ones who were in place during its latest brushes with scandal.
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| Vigil draws hundreds after N.M. shooting Posted: 14 Jan 2014 10:10 PM PST  A 12-year-old wounded two classmates before a teacher talked him into dropping his weapon.
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| Senate committee: Benghazi attack was preventable Posted: 15 Jan 2014 07:58 AM PST  Security should have increased prior to the deadly 2012 attack, according to a report.
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