| Brokaw talks 'deflate-gate,' cancer diagnosis and his 'Lucky Life Interrupted' Posted: 12 May 2015 03:30 AM PDT  Yahoo global anchor Katie Couric joins former news anchor Tom Brokaw to discuss his new book, his battle with cancer, and the changing landscape of journalism.
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| Navy SEAL who says he killed bin Laden refutes Hersh account Posted:  The former member of the U.S. Navy SEAL "Team Six" who says he killed Osama bin Laden has joined the chorus of critics refuting Seymour Hersh's controversial report challenging the White House account of the 2011 operation.
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| Senate Democrats block action on Obama's trade agenda Posted: 12 May 2015 02:48 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats dealt President Barack Obama a stinging setback on trade Tuesday, blocking efforts to begin a full-blown debate on a top priority of his second term.
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| Prosecutor: No charges against Wis. officer in fatal shooting of unarmed teen Posted: 12 May 2015 03:21 PM PDT  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A white Wisconsin police officer will not be charged for fatally shooting an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man who witnesses say was acting erratically and attacked at least two people, a prosecutor announced Tuesday.
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| US Marine helicopter missing in Nepal earthquake aid mission Posted: 12 May 2015 11:48 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military helicopter carrying six Marines and two Nepalese Army soldiers went missing during a mission in Nepal delivering aid to earthquake victims, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday, but so far there have been no indications that the aircraft crashed. |
| Another major quake rattles Nepal, killing at least 42 Posted: 12 May 2015 12:33 PM PDT  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A major earthquake hit a remote region of Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 42 people, triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the Himalayan nation was ravaged by its worst quake in decades.
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| Verizon & AOL: An inevitable match Posted: 12 May 2015 07:07 AM PDT  Perhaps it was inevitable that Verizon would buy AOL, and not just because the telco company is looking to push into content, mobile and video, and AOL—a frequently mentioned takeover target—offers just that.
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| Obama targets hedge funds in personal remarks on poverty, race Posted: 12 May 2015 02:26 PM PDT  By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama addressed U.S. struggles with class and race in personal terms on Tuesday and renewed his call to close tax loopholes enjoyed by wealthy hedge fund managers as a way to reduce poverty among Americans. "The top 25 hedge fund managers made more than all the kindergarten teachers in the country," Obama said at a panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University. He advocated for a higher tax rate on the fees that hedge fund managers collect. "If we can't ask from society's lottery winners to just make that modest investment, then, really, this conversation is for show." With police shootings of unarmed black men in the news and roughly a year and a half left in the White House to shape his legacy, Obama and his wife, Michelle, have become increasingly open in their remarks about race.
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| Christie: Fed partly to blame for U.S. income inequality Posted: 12 May 2015 03:39 PM PDT  By Lisa Lambert and Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In unusual remarks for a moderate Republican who may run for president, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Tuesday the Federal Reserve deserved part of the blame for a widening gulf between the rich and the poor. The Obama administration's regulatory policies, along with the Fed's monetary policies, have stymied economic growth by allowing financial assets to grow substantially in value while wages have stagnated, Christie said. Christie said he would create conditions for the economy to grow at a brisk annual rate of 4 percent through policy changes such as overhauling the tax code and rolling back what he said were burdensome regulations put in place by President Barack Obama. Matthew Green, a politics professor at Catholic University in Washington, said Christie's speech appeared to be an effort to distinguish himself from other candidates and to appeal to members of the Republican conservative base who are critical of the Fed. The sharpest criticism of the Federal Reserve typically comes from the Tea Party and libertarian wings of the Republican party, including from Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who in April said he is seeking the presidency and favors opening up the Fed's policy decisions to congressional audits.
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| Jeb Bush backs off support of Iraq invasion Posted: 12 May 2015 03:40 PM PDT  Republican Jeb Bush said on Tuesday that "mistakes were made" in the Iraq war, moving to disavow a controversial statement he made in support of the 2003 invasion ordered by his brother, then-President George W. Bush. The former Florida governor, who is likely to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, had told Fox News in an interview broadcast on Sunday that "I would have" authorized the invasion. The comment fed a narrative pushed by Democrats that Jeb Bush is little different from his brother, who left office in early 2009 with his popularity weakened by the Iraq war and a faltering U.S. economy. Jeb Bush on Tuesday went on the talk radio show conducted by conservative Sean Hannity to try to quiet the controversy.
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