| Video purports to show IS militants beheading hostages Posted: 15 Feb 2015 04:10 PM PST  The mass killing of Coptic Christian hostages has been released by militants in Libya.
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| Naht again! Another massive blizzard buries Boston Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:36 PM PST  In what's becoming a weekly, expletive-inducing experience for millions of New Englanders, a blizzard buried parts of the northeast Sunday, bringing high wind gusts and heavy snow to the winter-weary region.
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| Poet laureate Philip Levine dies at age 87 Posted: 15 Feb 2015 12:36 PM PST  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose intimate portraits of blue-collar life were grounded in personal experience and political conscience, died Saturday. Levine was 87.
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| Boehner ready to let funding lapse for Homeland Security agency Posted: 15 Feb 2015 08:20 AM PST  John Boehner, the Republican House of Representatives speaker, said he is willing to let funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapse as part of a Republican push to roll back President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration.
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| Police say Copenhagen gunman had criminal record, gang past Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:30 PM PST  Officers shoot the man they believe is the sole suspect at the attacks.
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| Montana lawmaker claims yoga pants ban was a joke Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:34 AM PST  A Montana lawmaker who suggested that wearing yoga pants in public should be illegal while introducing a bill to expand the state's decency laws now says he was joking about a ban on the popular form-fitting workout attire.
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| Carnival parade in Germany canceled because of terror threat Posted: 15 Feb 2015 07:11 AM PST  Police in the German city of Braunschweig cancelled a popular Carnival street parade on Sunday because of fears of an imminent Islamist terror attack.
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| Ukraine rebels disavow ceasefire at encircled town Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:05 PM PST  By Anton Zverev and Gleb Garanich DONETSK/ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's rebels disavowed a new truce on Sunday hours after it took effect, saying it did not apply to the town where most fighting has taken place in recent weeks. Guns fell abruptly silent at midnight across much of eastern Ukraine in line with the ceasefire agreement, reached after a week of diplomacy led by France and Germany. "Of course we can open fire (on Debaltseve). In a four-way telephone conversation with the leaders of Germany, France and Russia's Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the position of the four at peace talks last week in Belarus had been for a ceasefire on all the front lines including at Debaltseve.
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| Scorpion stings woman on plane, delaying flight at LAX Posted: 15 Feb 2015 09:01 AM PST  An Alaska Airlines flight en route to Portland had to return to the gate at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday night after a woman was stung by a scorpion, airline officials said.
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| Israel's Likud claims vote for left will benefit IS Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:27 AM PST  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party claims in a contentious new campaign ad that a vote for the left in Israel's March election would benefit jihadists from the Islamic State group. The ad drew fire from the left-wing coalition opposing Likud, the Zionist Union, which accused Netanyahu of "colossal" security failures. The Zionist Union, formed in December as an electoral alliance of Israel's Labour Party and the centre-left Hatnuah, denounced the ad and "the colossal failure of Benjamin Netanyahu in the field of security". Security will be a key issue in Israel's March 17 general election, which was called early after the collapse of Netanyahu's ruling coalition.
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| Freighter backlog worsens outside major West Coast ports Posted: 15 Feb 2015 02:32 PM PST  By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Growing numbers of freighters were backed up around the two busiest U.S. cargo hubs on Sunday because of a dispute between shipping companies and dockworkers that has led to a partial shutdown of ports along the West Coast. With cargo delays rippling through the U.S. economy, Japanese carmaker Honda Motor Co Ltd said it planned to slow production at some of its North American plants starting on Monday because of a lack of parts from Asia. Under pressure to address the months-long strife, President Barack Obama on Saturday dispatched U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez to California to help broker an agreement. By Sunday morning, 34 container ships, tankers and other cargo vessels were waiting to dock at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, up from 32 on Saturday, said Lee Peterson, a spokesman for the port of Long Beach.
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| New Jersey woman found frozen to death near her home Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:35 PM PST (Reuters) - A New Jersey woman was found frozen to death in the snow near her home on Sunday morning, authorities said. Olivia Benito, 66, had stopped by a neighbor's house for drinks after they left a benefit event at an Elks Club in Lakewood, New Jersey, Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County prosecutor's office, said in a news release. The neighbor told police that Benito had some alcoholic beverages during the course of the evening, Della Fave said. The neighbor said she discovered Benito face down in snow when she went out to clear her car of snow at about 7 a.m. on Sunday, Della Fave said. |
| Draft U.S. rules on commercial drones keep some limits on use Posted: 15 Feb 2015 03:50 PM PST  By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. aviation regulator proposed rules on Sunday for commercial drone flights that would lift some restrictions but would still bar activities such as the delivery of packages and inspection of pipelines that have been eyed by companies as a potentially breakthrough use of the technology. The long-awaited draft rules from the Federal Aviation Administration would require unmanned aircraft pilots to obtain special pilot certificates, stay away from bystanders and fly only during the day. The rules also say pilots must remain in the line of sight of its radio-control drone, which could limit inspection of pipelines, crops, and electrical towers that are one of the major uses envisioned by companies. "This rule does not deal with beyond line of sight, but does allow for the use of a visual observer to augment line of sight by the operator of the unmanned aircraft," FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said in a conference call with reporters on Sunday.
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| Autopsy shows New York Times writer Carr died of lung cancer Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:53 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Times media columnist David Carr died of complications from metastatic lung cancer, according to autopsy results released Saturday.
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| Both sides claim violations after Ukraine cease-fire starts Posted: 14 Feb 2015 06:34 PM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A cease-fire was declared in eastern Ukraine at a minute after midnight Sunday, kindling slender hopes of a reprieve from a conflict that has claimed more than 5,300 lives.
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| Deadly shootings within hours in Copenhagen; 5 wounded Posted: 15 Feb 2015 01:13 PM PST  Danish police later shoot dead a man during an intensive manhunt.
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