| Mesa shootings: 1 dead, 5 wounded; alleged gunman captured Posted: 18 Mar 2015 03:14 PM PDT  Police in Mesa, Ariz., said they have captured an alleged gunman suspected of killing one person and wounding five others — one critically — in a shooting spree that rattled the Phoenix suburb on Wednesday.
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| Glenn Beck: 'I'm out of the Republican Party — I am not a Republican' Posted: 18 Mar 2015 01:42 PM PDT  The former Fox News host and founder of the Blaze says he's become so disillusioned with the GOP in recent years that he can no longer support it.
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| Yahoo News’ Capitol Hill Bracket Challenge Posted: 18 Mar 2015 12:46 PM PDT  Yahoo News got brackets from a half dozen members — including Speaker John Boehner of Ohio — that reveal not just these politicians' parochial biases or sports acumen. They will also show whether Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., ultimately is correct in his assessment that no one knows more about college basketball than his colleague, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.
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| Attack on Tunisian museum leaves at least 21 dead; manhunt for gunmen Posted: 18 Mar 2015 04:33 PM PDT  Attackers opened fire Wednesday at a major museum in Tunisia's capital, gunning down 17 tourists as dozens more sprinted to safety. At least 21 people in all were killed, including two gunmen, but some attackers may have escaped, authorities said.
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| Air Force vet pleads not guilty to federal terrorism charges Posted: 18 Mar 2015 09:59 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Air Force veteran and former airplane mechanic charged with attempting to join the Islamic State group in Syria pleaded not guilty Wednesday to terrorism charges.
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| Trump launching presidential exploratory committee Posted: 18 Mar 2015 06:57 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to form a presidential exploratory committee.
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| Hard-right shift delivers upset election win for Netanyahu Posted: 18 Mar 2015 12:48 PM PDT  The prime minister's Likud party scores a dramatic and unexpected victory.
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| One killed, five wounded in shooting spree in Phoenix suburb Posted: 18 Mar 2015 04:26 PM PDT  By David Schwartz MESA, Ariz. (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire inside a motel room in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa on Wednesday, killing a man and wounding two women, then shot three more people as he sought to elude an exhaustive manhunt that ended in his capture, police said. Officers using a stun gun subdued the suspected gunman at a vacant condominium where he had taken refuge, some four hours after the initial shooting, Mesa police spokesman Esteban Flores told reporters.
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| Obama joins millions in U.S. college basketball madness Posted: 18 Mar 2015 03:34 PM PDT  By Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - March Madness gripped the White House and lots of other workplaces on Wednesday as President Barack Obama joined an estimated 60 million Americans scrambling to make their predictions for the annual tournament to crown a collegiate basketball champion. Obama, appearing on the ESPN cable network to pick winners round by round, selected undefeated Kentucky to beat Villanova in the April 6 finals of the NCAA Tournament that begins in earnest on Thursday. The commander-in-chief leads legions in slacking off for "March Madness." "We live in an age of distractions. There are many things that our employers have to fight in the workplace today but there's nothing that compares to the unique event that is March Madness," said Andy Challenger, vice president of business development at global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
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| Starbucks brews backlash with debate on U.S. race relations Posted: 18 Mar 2015 04:18 PM PDT  By Lisa Baertlein and Bill Rigby LOS ANGELES/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz has deftly navigated thorny issues such as gay marriage, gun control and Congressional gridlock, but his move to weigh in on U.S. race relations has brewed up a social media backlash. Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar praised Schultz and the campaign in a Time.com column: "I'm in awe that he's willing to endure the snarky ridicule and lame coffee jokes from pundits as well as the inevitable death threats from clueless trolls." Still, Abdul-Jabbar, a Hall of Fame player who has been outspoken on racial issues for decades, questioned the execution of the plan: "He's picked the wrong venue with the wrong audience using the wrong spokespersons." Schultz said that the company would move forward with its plans despite the reaction.
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| Letter sent to White House tests tentatively for cyanide Posted: 17 Mar 2015 08:35 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — An envelope addressed to the White House has tentatively tested positive for cyanide after two rounds of analysis, the Secret Service said Tuesday. Additional testing will be necessary to confirm the finding.
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| Letter to White House returns presumptive positive for cyanide Posted: 17 Mar 2015 05:20 PM PDT  The Secret Service was trying to determine Tuesday night whether a letter sent to the White House contained cyanide.
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| Clinton criticizes House GOP budget plan Posted: 17 Mar 2015 07:28 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking on a tried and true foil — House Republicans — as she prepares for a likely 2016 Democratic presidential campaign.
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