| Recruit describes being quizzed by bin Laden Posted: 06 Mar 2014 04:01 PM PST  American testifies about safe house encounter with terror leader in spring of 2001.
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| Man revealed in report as bitcoin creator denies story Posted: 06 Mar 2014 02:59 PM PST  A reclusive Japanese American man thought to be the father of Bitcoin emerged from his Southern California home and denied any involvement with the digital currency, before leading reporters on a car chase leading to the headquarters of the Associated Press. Satoshi Nakamoto, a name known to legions of bitcoin traders, practitioners and boosters around the world, appeared to lose his anonymity on Thursday after Newsweek published a story that said Nakamoto lived in Temple City, California, just east of Los Angeles, and included a photograph. In the afternoon, Nakamoto stepped outside and told reporters he had nothing to do with bitcoin but was looking for someone who understood Japanese, to buy him a free lunch. According to a Los Angeles Times reporter, who followed his car, Nakamoto was driven to the Associated Press offices in downtown Los Angeles, where he again denied any involvement with bitcoin.
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| Why the SAT had to change Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:42 AM PST  Earlier this week, high school students were given a surprise gift — the dreaded essay portion of the Scholastic Aptitude Test would be going optional in spring 2016.
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| Despite the name calling, Putin is not crazy Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:49 AM PST  The Russian president may be calculating, sources say, even miscalculating.
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| Senate blocks military sexual assault bill Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:34 PM PST  Defeats effort to move prosecution of serious cases out of the chain of command.
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| Enigmatic bitcoin creator Nakamoto's true identity revealed Posted: 06 Mar 2014 04:03 PM PST  After years of speculation, the true identity of "Satoshi Nakamoto," the mysterious person or group behind the Bitcoin revolution, appeared to have been revealed by Newsweek on Thursday. It turns out it is a Japanese-American model train enthusiast whose name is, indeed, Satoshi Nakamoto. A reporter tracked down the 64-year-old, a physicist, living under the name Dorian S. Nakamoto in a modest two-story house in suburban Los Angeles. Nakamoto did not admit to being behind the phenomenon that, since its 2009 launch, has been hailed as a financial revolution despite scandals over its use in the drugs trade and money-laundering.
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| Estimate puts bill to repair old public schools at $200 billion Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:29 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the nation's public schools need to be repaired, renovated or modernized, a survey released Thursday found.
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| Army's top sex crimes prosecutor faces groping allegation Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:36 PM PST  The US Army's top prosecutor overseeing sexual assault cases has been suspended over allegations he groped a female lawyer working for him and tried to kiss her, officers said Thursday. The suspension of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Morse marks the latest embarrassing setback for the US military as it battles a sexual assault crisis that has sparked calls for a radical overhaul of its judicial system. No charges have been filed against Morse, who supervises the army's special victim prosecutors that handle sexual assault, domestic abuse and crimes against children cases. The alleged incident took place in 2011 in a hotel room at a sexual assault legal conference in Alexandria, Virginia, officials said, before Morse was named to his current job.
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| Victim who fought Illinois concealed carry ban declares 'victory' Posted: 06 Mar 2014 10:16 AM PST  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A southern Illinois retiree whose legal fight helped bring about an end to the state's last-in-the-nation ban on concealed carry has become among the state's first to get her permit to have a handgun in public.
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| Pistorius weeps as witness recalls shooting scene horror Posted: 06 Mar 2014 10:54 AM PST  A weeping Oscar Pistorius shielded his ears as a witness in his murder trial on Thursday gave harrowing evidence about desperate attempts to save Reeva Steenkamp's life after she was shot. Rocking back and forth in the dock, Pistorius put his hands over his ears as neighbour and radiologist Johan Stipp recounted how he entered his house to find the distraught Paralympian bent over, attempting to resuscitate his girlfriend. Stipp noticed a wound on Steenkamp's right thigh, right upper arm, and "blood and hair and what looked like brain tissue intermingled with that" on top of the skull. Amid the scene of horror, Stipp said he quickly realised the 29-year-old model would not survive the injuries.
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| Ukrainian leader declares Crimea referendum illegal Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:18 AM PST  Parliament will take steps to block the referendum and dismiss lawmakers behind it.
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| Sleepless in Kiev: Anderson Cooper talks shop from the Ukraine Posted: 06 Mar 2014 10:57 AM PST  CNN's prime-time host talks to Yahoo News about the situation on the ground in the Ukraine capital, his approach to storytelling, and the time he slipped into Burma with a fake press pass — and found his calling.
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| General admits guilt on 3 counts; denies assault Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:27 PM PST  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — An Army general accused of sexual assault is pleading guilty to three lesser charges, but maintains his innocence on five remaining counts.
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| What you should hear at CPAC—but won’t Posted: 06 Mar 2014 04:00 AM PST  Expect lots of chatter about taxes, Russian expansionism and a spineless president, says Matt Bai.
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| State Dept. considers adding Russians to sanctions list over human right violations Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:55 AM PST  The United States is "actively considering" adding names of Russians involved in the incursion in Ukraine to the "Magnitsky list" of human rights offenders subject to visa bans and asset freezes, a U.S. State Department official said on Thursday. "We are actively considering adding new names," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rubin said at a House of Representatives committee hearing on the crisis in Ukraine. Under a 2012 U.S. law named after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in prison, the United States targeted Russian officials involved in human rights abuses with visa bans and asset freezes. The State Department placed 18 Russian individuals on a public list of those affected, and a handful of other senior officials are on a list that was not made public.
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| Museum's sculpture may be idol stolen in India Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:43 AM PST  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An 11th-century Indian statue owned by an Ohio art museum may have been stolen before the institution purchased it.
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| Crimea parliament votes to join Russia Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:35 PM PST  The Moscow-backed government sets a referendum on the decision within 10 days.
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| General to admit guilt on 3 counts; denies assault Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:23 AM PST RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. Army general accused of sexual assault was set to plead guilty to three lesser charges Thursday in a move that his lawyer says will strengthen his position going into trial. |
| Pope very popular in U.S., but no 'Francis effect': poll Posted: 05 Mar 2014 09:09 PM PST  One year after his election, Pope Francis is "immensely popular among American Catholics," a survey said on Thursday, but there is no sign of a "Francis effect" inspiring more to attend Mass or do volunteer work. The Washington-based Pew Research Center said 85 percent of Catholics in the United States viewed the Argentine-born pontiff favorably, with 51 percent reporting a "very favourable" view of him, while only 4 percent expressed a negative opinion. Among Catholics, 68 percent thought he represented "a major change for the better," a view shared by 51 percent of the non-Catholics responding to the poll in telephone interviews of 1,340 Americans from February 14 to 23. "Nor has there been a statistically significant change in how often Catholics say they go to Mass." Forty percent of Catholics said they were now praying more often and 26 percent were "more excited" about their faith, but their frequency of going to confession or volunteering at church has not changed.
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| Congress rushes to put in place Russia sanctions Posted: 06 Mar 2014 05:09 AM PST  Lawmakers hope Europe will follow the U.S. lead in upping the pressure on Vladimir Putin.
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| GOP presidential hopefuls vie for clout with base Posted: 06 Mar 2014 04:42 PM PST  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Republicans vying for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016 auditioned Thursday before some of the nation's most ardent conservative leaders, calling for the party to unite behind a clear agenda and draw contrasts with Democrats.
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| Here comes El Nino; good news for US weather woes Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:15 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Relief may be on the way for a weather-weary United States with the predicted warming of the central Pacific Ocean brewing this year that will likely change weather worldwide. But it won't be for the better everywhere.
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| APNewsBreak: Many NYC inmates report 'head shots' Posted: 06 Mar 2014 02:14 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a third of Rikers Island inmates who said their visible injuries came at the hands of a correction officer last year had suffered a blow to the head, a tactic that is supposed to be a guard's last resort because it is potentially fatal, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press.
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| Girl Scouts asked to end partnership with Barbie Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:54 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — America's top doll, Barbie, finds herself in controversy once again, this time over a business partnership between her manufacturer, Mattel, and the Girl Scouts.
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| 5 things to know about Google's mystery barge Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:16 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Google barge built with recycled shipping containers proved its seaworthiness Thursday as it cruised from the San Francisco Bay to Stockton. But many other details about the odd-looking vessel remain a mystery. Here are five things that we do know so far:
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| Iditarod: 5 things to know about trail conditions Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:24 PM PST  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Punishing conditions along the early part of Alaska's nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have brought many mushers literally to their knees, knocking some out of the running altogether.
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| Crimea sets vote to break away from Ukraine Posted: 06 Mar 2014 02:20 PM PST  SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine lurched toward breakup Thursday as lawmakers in Crimea unanimously declared they wanted to join Russia and would put the decision to voters in 10 days. President Barack Obama condemned the move and the West answered with the first real sanctions against Russia.
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| EU slaps initial sanctions on Russia Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:31 PM PST  BRUSSELS (AP) — BRUSSELS — The European Union suspended talks with Russia on a wide-ranging economic pact and a visa agreement Thursday in response to its military incursion into Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, threatening tougher sanctions unless Moscow swiftly defuses the crisis.
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| Judge: Texas man can be tried in childhood crime Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:08 PM PST  CONROE, Texas (AP) — In the years that followed the 1998 attack that horribly burned her then-8-year-old son, Colleen Middleton felt fear and frustration over the possibility that the person she believed was responsible would never be taken to trial.
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| Conservatives: GOP needs to stand on principle Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:42 AM PST OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Republican leaders implored conservatives to offer a stark contrast to President Barack Obama's policies and stand firm on principles as a way to win back Senate control in the fall elections and prepare for the 2016 presidential campaign. |
| Russian power play: Crimea vote on joining Russia Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:45 PM PST SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine lurched toward breakup Thursday when lawmakers in Crimea unanimously declared they wanted to join Russia and would put the decision to voters in 10 days — and Russian lawmakers pushed a bill to facilitate a handover. President Barack Obama condemned the moves and the West answered with the first real sanctions against Russia. |
