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Suspect killed in Orlando has confessed to 2011 triple murders says FBI

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:03:51 -0400

NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...

Obama seeks more transparency in use of drones

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:57 -0400

WASHINGTON - In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...

Taliban car bomb kills 13 in Pakistan

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:50 -0400

QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 13 people, including two civilians, were killed in a car bomb targeting a police vehicle in western Pakistani city of Quetta Thursday, police officials said. The bombing also injured at least 20 people in the capital of Baluchistan province, riven by Islamist militancy and a violent separatist insurgency. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the ...

Kerry begins efforts to restart Israeli and Palestinian peace talks

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:23 -0400

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

Istanbul hosts meeting of Syrian opposition leaders

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:33:08 -0400

ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition leaders Thursday began their three-day meeting in this Turkish capital city to decide on their participation in talks aimed at end the civil war in the country. As the meeting began in Istanbul a prominent Syrian figure in the opposition proposed a transition plan for the country that requires President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to a senior aide and leave ...

Canada threatens to retaliate against change in US meat labeling rules

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:33:00 -0400

OTTAWA - Canada has threatened "retaliatory measures" against the United States move changing the so-called country of origin labeling that would track beef and hogs through the meat processing and distribution systems, stating that it is discriminatory, a view shared by the World Trade Organisation. On Thursday, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a final modification to its ...

After breaches Twitter beefs up security with two-step login

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:11:08 -0400

NEW YORK - Aiming to tackle recent high-profile breaches, popular micro-blogging site Twitter is introducing an optional two-step login for users to beef up security. The new system would try to ensure "it's really you" when a user signs in to Twitter, which transmits some 400 million messages a day. The move follows recent attacks into the twitter accounts of news organisations' such as ...

Irish biotech firm Elan rejects revised Royalty Pharma bid

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:52:46 -0400

DUBLIN/ WASHINGTON Ireland-based biotechnology firm Elan Thursday rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion takeover bid, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash bid to $12.50 per share on Monday, from $11.25 previously, but made the new offer conditional on Elan shareholders rejecting, at a ...

Import alert by USFDA hits Wockhardt shares

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:11 -0400

MUMBAI - Shares of Wockhardt, one of the leading Indian pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, witnessed a sharp fall of 20% to Rs. 1,315 ($23.61) on the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) on Thursday after the US FDA published an import alert on one of its three manufacturing facilities near Aurangabad. The import alert, 'detention without physical examination of drugs from firms which have ...

Ford Motor to shutdown 2 units in Australia

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:07 -0400

MELBOURNE - Ford Motor Company Wednesday announced plans of closing its local manufacturing operations in Broadmeadows and Geelong in October 2016 thereby forcing 1,200 people out of work. Spelling the end of the iconic Ford Falcon in the country, Ford Australia president Bob Graziano announced that the carmaker would shut its Victorian facilities in October 2016, bringing an end to nearly ...

IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:53:31 -0400

LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...

Online dating assault Mother hospitalised with fractured cheekbone by online date Gavin Taylor met on plentyoffish.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:43 -0400

Susan Hulbert, 31, signed up to popular website plentyoffish.com last December and was wooed by Gavin Taylor, a high-flying salesman who claimed to be a former ...

Nursery attacks Police investigating alleged child sex attacker arrest five suspects

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:41 -0400

Investigation: Detectives today raided three nurseries and arrested five male nursery workers after a toddler claimed to have been sexually assaulted. This is the Bright Eyes nursery in ...

Banned from every school woman geography teacher who tried for years to seduce 15-year-old pupil

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:40 -0400

A professional conduct panel heard that the boy tried to telephone his father three times, saying he felt uncomfortable and compromised being alone with the ...

Mark Bridger admits dumping April Jones body and claims he viewed child porn accidentally

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:39 -0400

The man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones in a sexually motivated attack today told a jury he put her body 'somewhere where it has not been ...

US Senate approves first India-born senior judge

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:02:26 -0400

The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved Srikanth Srinivasan as the most senior US judge of South Asian descent, amid speculation that he may one day be tapped for the Supreme ...

Jodi Arias Jury Deadlocks On Sentence

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:17 -0400

A new jury will be picked to decide the fate of boyfriend killer Jodi Arias as jurors say they have cannot agree on her sentence. The 12 people who have sat through Arias' five-month trial will be dismissed after telling the judge they cannot agree unanimously on whether Arias, 32, should spend life in prison or be given the death penalty. The jury began deliberating the sentence on ...

The oddly calm scene

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:47:33 -0400

>Are you from the area affected, or London in general? What is your reaction to the incident? Send us your images, video and experiences. London (CNN) -- Why did Lee Rigby have to die?That's what people around Britain -- its officials, its authorities, its citizens -- asked themselves Thursday, a day after the soldier was hit with a car, then hacked to death on a London street in broad ...

Hung jury in Arias penalty phase new panel to be chosen

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:31 -0400

Jodi Arias reacts to being found guilty of first-degree murder, May 8, 2013, in a Maricopa County courtroom, in the death of her onetime lover Travis ...

Oklahoma miracle baby -- born amidst tornado chaos

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:31 -0400

Shayla Taylor was in labor when the devastating Moore, Oklahoma tornado hit. She had to moved to the operating room where there were no windows and braced herself along with the ...

Survivor of Bangladesh factory collapse speaks out

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:31 -0400

(CBS News) DHAKA, Bangladesh -- When she was 11 years old, Tahmina Akhter Sadia went to work in a garment factory. Four years later, she's her family's breadwinner -- and a survivor of one of the worst industrial accidents in ...

Will New Yorkers want a Mayor Weiner

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:29:59 -0400

>Editor's note: Errol Louis is the host of "Inside City Hall," a nightly political show on NY1, a New York City all-news channel.(CNN) -- Anthony Weiner's long-anticipated official announcement that he's running for mayor of New York City began with a slight glitch this week: A video announcing his candidacy was posted on YouTube in the middle of the night, then yanked off the site -- and ...

Jodi Arias Jury Fails to Reach Decision on Death Penalty

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:05 -0400

An Arizona jury tasked with determining whether convicted killer Jodi Arias should be put to death for the brutal murder of an ex-boyfriend failed to reach a unanimous verdict on Thursday, and a judge ordered a retrial in the penalty phase. Arias, 32, was found guilty earlier this month in the murder of Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in ...

Syria’s exile opposition opens conference in Turkey amid anger confusion

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:56:57 -0400

ISTANBUL - Syria’s political opposition met Thursday in Istanbul to elect new leadership, choose a government-in-exile and deliberate on a negotiating stance for peace talks, but it hit a controversy when the immediate past president of the Syrian Opposition Coalition, a Muslim cleric who no longer holds any post in the group, presided over the opening session and released a surprise peace ...

Experts reject that Israel may directly intervene in Syria

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:55:41 -0400

Following 'NY Times' report that Israel mulling creation of buffer zone inside Syria or support of proxy force, several Israeli experts, ex-officials say any direct intervention in civil war ...

Senate resolution US will back Israeli force on Iran

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:55:32 -0400

NEW YORK - With the support of 99 senators both Republican and Democrat, a resolution passed Congress's upper chamber on Wednesday declaring US support for Israeli military action against Iran's nuclear facilities.Asserting that such preemptive action is within Israel's right to defend itself, the Senate resolution - strategically telling, but not self-binding by any meaningful ...

US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths not leaders

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:23 -0400

The Boy Scouts of America said Thursday it will allow openly gay youths to join the organisation but maintain a ban on gay adult leaders, after a vote at its annual meeting in ...

IRS suspends division chief after agency scandal

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:22 -0400

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) placed the head of its tax-exempt organisations division Lois Lerner on administrative leave, according to an IRS statement Thursday, after she refused to testify about a scandal at the tax ...

US Atlantic braces for active hurricane season

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:21 -0400

The United States is gearing up for more Atlantic hurricanes than usual this year, triggered by warmer water temperatures than average, US forecasters said ...

Father of Chechen shot by FBI says he thinks son was tortured

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:43:41 -0400

Ibragim Todashev is pictured in this undated booking photo courtesy of the Orange County Corrections Department. An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on May 22, 2013, NBC News reported. The Orlando Sentinel said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando. REUTERS/Orange County Corrections ...

UPDATE 3-Former Goldman banker settles SEC pay-to-play charges

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:38:09 -0400

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. investment banker has agreed to a five-year securities industry ban and a record fine to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that he broke rules against influence peddling to win bond underwriting business in ...

Kansas reporters run for tornado shelter during newscast

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:14 -0400

Television cameras were rolling when staff at an NBC affiliate in Kansas had to run for cover as a tornado approached in Wichita. JD Rudd, KSN-TV's weatherman, was reporting on a tornado warning in the area, to the point where the news team needed to follow their own advice and take ...

Ex-baseball slugger accused of sex assault tweets about it

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:13 -0400

Christian Petersen/Getty Images, via CBS New York (AP) LAS VEGAS - Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco Jr. has been accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas, in an investigation that the former baseball slugger made public with postings on a social media website claiming that a woman falsely accused him of rape. No arrest was made and police said no charges were immediately filed against the ...

US Boy Scouts vote to end ban on gays

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:29:45 -0400

The Boy Scouts of America has said it will allow openly gay youths to join the organisation while maintaining a ban on adult leaders, after a vote at its annual meeting in Texas.The resolution will go into force on January 1 next year.Sixty-one percent of the estimated 1,400 delegates to the meeting in Grapevine, Texas voted to end the ban that for decades has barred open homosexuality in the ...

Boy Scouts of America approve plan to accept openly gay boys

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:26:30 -0400

Boys Scout Alex Derr speaks out against anit-gay rules during the Equal Scouting Summit Press Conference being held near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. The boxes in front of Derr hold petitions calling for the Boy Scouts of America to end its anti-gay policies. (AP Photo/LM ...

Why Ford reached end of road in Oz

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:20:16 -0400

Intense competition, a strong Australian dollar and a move away from large cars has driven the Ford Falcon off the road. Ford will cease its manufacturing operations in Australia by October 2016, with the loss of 1200 jobs - and the Falcon nameplate. An icon of Australian and New Zealand motoring since it first rolled off the Melbourne production line in 1960, the brand has fallen victim to the ...

Teacher confronted terrorists

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:03:05 -0400

>Were you there? Send us your photos, videos(CNN) -- Wednesday afternoon, former teacher Ingrid Loyau-Kennett was just a passenger on a bus passing through southeast London. Thursday she was being hailed as one incredibly brave woman who confronted a man seconds after he hacked a British soldier to death in broad daylight. READ MORE: Cameron condemns brutal hacking death, says Britain stands ...

Cleveland hero given McDonalds for year

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:52 -0400

The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed. Local franchisees in Charles Ramsey's neighbourhood have offered him free food at their restaurants, said Heidi Barker, a spokeswoman for Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald's Corp. Ramsey was called a hero after ...

Intelligence Analyst Obama Made A Promise He Cant Keep

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:47:44 -0400

Anthony Cordesman is a former director of intelligence assessment for the U.S. secretary of defense’s office and a recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal. He now holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He gave RFE/RL Washington Bureau Chief Heather Maher his thoughts ...

Peri panel haredi draft proposals come under fire

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:11 -0400

A draft bill drawn up to form the basis of legislation for drafting haredi men into national service has come under heavy fire for failing to provide appropriate incentives to encourage enlistment.The proposed terms for the legislation, devised by a ministerial committee headed by Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri of Yesh Atid, do not include personal financial sanctions ...

France Put Hezbollah armed wing on EU’s terror list

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:09 -0400

PARIS - The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced late Wednesday that France is now proposing that Hezbollah be added to the European Union list of terrorist organizations.According to an official at the Quai d'Orsay, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that his country wants to add "the military branch" of the pro- Iranian Shi'ite movement in Lebanon. The action ...

Remote-control machine gun repairs just got quicker

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:07 -0400

What does the IDF do when its remote-control machine guns breaks down? The Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station, the Katlanit, produced by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, is increasingly appearing on a range of IDF Ground Forces platforms, such as the Namer armored personnel carrier.It can be fitted with a variety of powerful and accurate machine guns, allowing soldiers to ...

Silvio Berlusconi committed fraud in the highest possible positions while serving as Prime Minister of Italy judge rules

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:11 -0400

He conducted it ‘in the highest possible positions’, an explanation published today for a judgement upholding Berlusconi’s conviction for tax fraud ...

Stockholm riots Police fear losing control after fourth night of riots leaves restaurants gutted and ruins smoking

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:10 -0400

Huge swathes of Stockholm were in ruins today after a fourth night of rioting left hundreds of cars ablaze and saw mobs attacking police with ...

Seven-year-old killed by suicide jumper who plunged on top of her from tenth floor apartment in South Korea

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:09 -0400

Double tragedy: The seven-year-old died after a man committing suicide by jumping from the tenth floor of a building in Busan, pictured, landed on ...

More than half of Americans have NEVER traveled outside the country - and a third do not even own a passport

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:08 -0400

And when asked if they would be more likely to travel to other countries if they could afford to do so, 49per cent said that they would - while more than a quarter, 26per cent, said they would still stick to local vacationing ...

South Koreans burn Japanese flag in protest at mayors defence of using their women as sex slaves for army during WWII

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:08 -0400

South Korean war veterans were burning Japanese flags and images of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today, after a top Japanese politician defended the use of Korean women as sex slaves during World War ...

Fancy a sparrow sundae a parakeet split or a cockatiel Cornetto BIRD flavoured ice-cream hits stores in Japan

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:06 -0400

If successful these ice creams would be sold at their shop in Kobe and through delivery. initially announced: 'Once in your mouth, the aroma of a parakeet would spread ...

Mideast peace a priority Hague

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38:03 -0400

Peace between Israel and the Palestinians is a "priority," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on a visit to the region on Thursday, warning that time was running out for a two-state ...

Parents sue Pittsburgh Zoo over toddlers mauling death

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:06 -0400

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy mauled to death by African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the zoo of failing to protect visitors from dangerous ...

Proxy advisory firm settles SEC charges over data breach

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:04 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Institutional Shareholder Services has settled civil charges by U.S. regulators that an employee of the prominent proxy advisory firm shared nonpublic voting data in exchange for meals and concert ...

Analysis Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:04 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past few months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets' corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus. But signs that the central bank is discussing reducing that support by purchasing fewer bonds mean that trading is likely to get bumpier in coming ...

I.R.S. Official Who Refused to Testify Is Suspended

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:53 -0400

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IRS official who took the 5th placed on leave

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:15 -0400

Insisting that she's "done nothing wrong," Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the division that targeted conservative nonprofit groups for additional scrutiny of their applications for tax-exempt status, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional ...

Cops Utah teen arrested in death of his 2 brothers

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:15 -0400

istockphoto (AP) WEST POINT, Utah -- A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new homes and tidy lawns, police said. Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson said authorities believe the boys died from knife wounds. It appears the 15-year-old boy acted alone, he said. "As result of the emerging ...

IMF chief faces more questioning over payout

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:46 -0400

IMF chief Christine Lagarde faces another day of questioning after being grilled for hours by French prosecutors who are deciding if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance minister. Lagarde has ...

Boy Scouts to Admit Openly Gay Youths as Members

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16:18 -0400

GRAPEVINE, Tex. ...

Osmaniye Governor said the pilot was killed in plane crash in Amanoslar region…

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:14:47 -0400

OSMANIYE - Governor Celalettin Cerrah of southern Osmaniye province said pilot of F-16/C military plane, which crashed in Amanoslar region, died.Cerrah told AA that search and rescue teams have found the body of the pilot after his plane crashed near Caksir plateau.Pilot's body was brought in Osmaniye, said Cerrah.Earlier in the day, General Staff said radio contact was lost with an F-16 ...

Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:06:42 -0400

LONDON (AP) -- A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said ...

Senators Call for Lois Lerner to Be Fired

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:14 -0400

We are writing to urge you to suspend immediately Lois Lerner from her office as Director of the Office of Exempt Organizations at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). We believe that Ms. Lerner failed to disclose crucial information concerning the IRS's inappropriate targeting of some conservative 501(c)(4) organizations during the course of a Subcommittee investigation into how the IRS ...

Benghazi Investigation Deepens Lawmakers Seek Interviews of 13 Officials Involved

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:14 -0400

As the investigation into the Obama administration's handling of the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi intensifies, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are seeking to conduct transcribed interviews with thirteen top State Department officials in the coming weeks in order to learn more. Those named in the letter include a wide range of current and former State Department personnel, from senior ...

Asif Ali Zardari likely will lose Pakistan’s presidency – and immunity from prosecution

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:55 -0400

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari, will certainly lose his job in September – and like his predecessor, retired Gen. Pervez Musharraf, he’s likely to face criminal charges under the government of newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Zardari has lived with the virtual inevitability of facing charges of corruption since 2009, when Pakistan’s ...

PM IAEA reports shows Iran’s expanding its nuclear program

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:27 -0400

Following release of IAEA report, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells British Foreign Minister William Hague economic, diplomatic pressure has failed to stop Iran, presenting the "biggest challenge of our ...

Obama tackles drones Guantanamo in reset of war on terror

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:13 -0400

President Barack Obama Thursday laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a new bid to close Guantanamo Bay, warning that a "perpetual" US war on terror would be ...

Police make 2 new arrests in London soldier killing

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:10 -0400

British police investigating the brutal murder of a soldier by suspected Islamists in London said on Thursday they had arrested two alleged ...

Oklahoma Tornado Young Survivors Begin To Heal

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:16:29 -0400

Children from two schools destroyed by the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma have been reunited with their classmates and teachers as other schools welcomed them with special events. Large banners at the entrance to Wayland Bonds Elementary welcomed pupils from Briarwood - which was all but flattened by Monday's ferocious twister. On what would have been the last day of term, the event was a ...

Google faces new federal antitrust probe source

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:11:55 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, which dominates web display advertising, has broken antitrust law in how it handles some ad sales, a source told Reuters on ...

Obama limits U.S. drone strikes in shift from constant war footing

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:05 -0400

1 of 3. An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft is launched for the first time off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, May 14, ...

Code Pink anti-war protester shouts at Obama during national security speech

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:49 -0400

President Barack Obama pauses while talking about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the ...

First funeral held for young Oklahoma tornado victim

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:10 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY Friends and family are attended the funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were ...

Tornado damage numbers significantly downgraded

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:10 -0400

Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm as tornado survivors search for salvageable belongings at their devastated home May 23, 2013, in Moore, ...

The Donald prevails in fraud suit

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:09 -0400

CHICAGO An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a condo bait-and-switch scheme. The federal jury in Chicago returned with a finding in Trump's favor. Goldberg, of Evanston, had sought various ...

Watch Director Alex Gibney on Wikileaks Assange and Manning

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:09 -0400

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney talks to CBSNews.com about his latest documentary, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," which recounts the rise and fall of Julian Assange, and the saga of Army SPC. Bradley Manning, who is facing trial for leaking classified material that cast a critical light on actions by the U.S. government and ...

We Steal Secrets Alex Gibney and the war on WikiLeaks

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:09 -0400

(CBS News) "When I started this story I thought it was about a leaking 'machine,' and about the United States' surveillance machine," said filmmaker Alex Gibney about his latest documentary, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks." "But it turns out that all that surveillance and all that electronic drop-box leaking, it pales in comparison to the ...

Obama U.S. at a crossroads in terrorism fight

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:08 -0400

Updated: 4:03 p.m. ETIn a sweeping speech addressing the nation's counterterrorism strategy, President Obama on Thursday unveiled new restrictions on the nation's controversial targeted killing policy, and - despite repeated interruptions from a heckler -- officially outlined plans to restart transfers of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to third countries. During an hour-long speech at the ...

Obama defends drone strikes says they arent cure-all

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:31 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally ...

Obama to Heckler Part of Free Speech Is ... You Listening

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:28 -0400

"Ma'am, let me finish. Let me finish ma'am," said Obama. "This is part of free speech is you being able to speak but also you listening. And me being able to speak. All ...

Swedens riots raise questions about inequality

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:51 -0400

Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. Few dispute that the violence was probably touched off by the fatal police shooting of an elderly man who had locked himself in an ...

Islamist Militants Kill More Than 20 People In Niger

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:35 -0400

More than 20 people have been killed and dozens have been injured in attacks by Islamist militants in Niger. The attacks in the western African country on May 23 were claimed by one of the Islamist militant groups that seized control of northern Mali last year before being driven out by French-led African troops. At least 20 soldiers were killed when a car bomb exploded at an army camp in ...

Kerry urges Netanyahu Abbas to compromise for peace

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:15:04 -0400

Kerry to Peres: This moment is critical for Israel, region The two met spoke in the evening after a long day of back-to-back meetings that included talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.It is likely that Kerry will meet Netanyahu again on Friday before departing for Ethiopia. Kerry is expected to meet Abbas again in Jordan on Sunday, on ...

Obama to limit drones moves to shut Guantanamo

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:15:00 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama outlined plans on Thursday to limit the use of US drone strikes against extremists abroad and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison.In a major foreign policy speech after two weeks of fending off domestic scandals, Obama limited the scope of what his predecessor, George W. Bush, had called a global war on ...

Maternity Ward Its Magic

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:14:55 -0400

For all intents and purposes, this event should never have taken place. No one should have allowed all these essential people to be in the same place at the same time. Had they taken a direct hit, it could have had serious consequences for the country's population growth figures, and that's not an exaggeration.I'm talking about the farewell party for the legendary director of ...

Dear Jewish media stop making lists of Jews

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:14:53 -0400

There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler's, but mainly Jewish list-making has been an activity of those who are hostile to ...

Does Israel have a long-term strategic plan

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:14:52 -0400

Every year there is a new state budget with new cuts. What was approved last year has just been retracted. Half-built roads and incomplete infrastructure have been abandoned to gather dust. Metropolitan Tel Aviv still has no light rail or subway, even though plans to build them have been in the works for decades. Year after year the defense establishment is allocated more funds than any ...

QA What is known about London attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:28 -0400

A look at the key known facts about attack in south London in which two men killed a British soldier near military barracks. Q: What happened?A: Two men with butcher knives, a machete and a meat cleaver attacked and killed a soldier near military barracks in the south London neighbourhood of Woolwich. Two UK government officials told the AP the attack seemed to have been ideologically motivated ...

Two more arrested over London soldier murder

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:40 -0400

British police investigating the brutal murder of a soldier by suspected Islamists in London said on Thursday they had arrested two alleged ...

More arrests

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:50 -0400

More arrests

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:50 -0400

>Are you from the area affected, or London in general? What is your reaction to the incident? Send us your images, video and experiences. London (CNN) -- British police have arrested two more people as part of the probe of the brutal cleaver attack that killed a soldier. A man and a woman, both 29, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, London's Metropolitan Police said. ...

More arrests

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More arrests

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:50 -0400

Alexander Lebedev witnesses say they were pressured into attending court case by investigators

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:13 -0400

The trial of the businessman Alexander Lebedev has descended into farce as witnesses admitted they had been pressured into attending the court case by ...

Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey gets hamburgers for life

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:12 -0400

Heroic Charles Ramsey could be in line for reward CLEVELAND - The man made famous for putting down his Big Mac to help free three women held captive for about a decade in a Cleveland house will never have to buy a hamburger in his hometown again. More than two weeks after Charles Ramsey became an instant folk hero after telling his story to television reporters, Cleveland food blogger Michelle ...

87-year-old woman loses to Trump in court

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:58:19 -0400

An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday - she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a condo bait-and-switch scheme. The federal jury in Chicago returned with a finding in Trump's ...

Funerals Begin for Oklahoma Tornado Victims

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:55:37 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Three days after one of the most destructive tornadoes to strike Oklahoma in decades, people here filed into a mortuary chapel Thursday morning amid heavy rain and flashes of lightning for the first of two dozen ...

Issa IRS Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:40 -0400

Cockroaches evolved to avoid sweetened poison

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:40 -0400

This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut butter. For 30 years, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out sweet-tasting bait mixed with poison. But in the early 1990s, a formerly effective product stopped working. Some cockroaches had lost their sweet ...

Third Calif. law student charged in Vegas bird killing

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:39 -0400

Three University of California-Berkeley law school students are accused in the Oct. 2012 killing and decapitation of a helmeted guinea-fowl, like the one seen above, that was part of a Las Vegas resort ...

Forecasters warn Up to 6 major storms this season

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:38 -0400

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major ...

Heartburn raises throat cancer risk but antacids may help

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:38 -0400

Having heartburn often may lead to cancers of the throat and vocal cord, according to a new study. The good news, though, is over-the-counter antacids may help reduce risk, the study authors said. "Previous studies examining gastric reflux and cancers of the head and neck have generated mixed results," study author Dr. Scott M. Langevin, a postdoctoral research fellow at Brown ...

Teacher confronted terrorists

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:40 -0400

Teacher confronted terrorists

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:40 -0400

Teacher confronted terrorists

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:40 -0400

Teacher confronted terrorists

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:40 -0400

Can Weiner win back New Yorkers

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:45:17 -0400

More arrests

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:38:31 -0400

>Are you from the area affected, or London in general? What is your reaction to the incident? Send us your images, video and experiences. London (CNN) -- British police have arrested two more people as part of the probe of the brutal cleaver attack that killed a British soldier. A man and a woman, both 29, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, Metropolitan Police said. ...

Military calls UK attack victim a model soldier

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:36:21 -0400

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's military says the soldier brutally murdered in a suspected terrorist attack was a popular drummer and machine gunner, a father, and a passionate fan of Manchester ...

European Parliament Moves to Limit Scope of Eventual U.S. Trade Deal

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:34:54 -0400

BRUSSELS ...

London attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:41 -0400

London attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:41 -0400

London attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:41 -0400

London attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:41 -0400

London attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:41 -0400

>Are you from the area affected, or London in general? What is your reaction to the incident? Send us your images, video and experiences. London (CNN) -- British police have arrested two more people as part of the probe of the brutal cleaver attack that killed a British soldier. A man and a woman, both 29, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, Metropolitan Police said. ...

NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:43 -0400

PASADENA, Calif. -; The head of NASA is visiting the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where engineers are working on a proposed mission to lasso a small asteroid and drag it closer to Earth for astronauts to ...

Obama Rejects Global War on Terror

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:03 -0400

President Obama is using his national security address today to reject the "Global War on Terror." "Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless 'global war on terror' - but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America. In many cases, this will involve partnerships with ...

Obama Heckled. Let Me Finish Maam President Responds.

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:03 -0400

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Full Text of Obamas Future of our Fight against Terrorism Address

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:03 -0400

Obama Calls for Gitmo Inmates to Be Transfered to the United States

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:02 -0400

In a speech today, President Obama is calling for the transfer for Gitmo inmates to the United States. "The original premise for opening GTMO - that detainees would not be able to challenge their detention - was found unconstitutional five years ago. In the meantime, GTMO has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law. Our allies won't cooperate with us ...

Obama Charts New Counterterrorism Course

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:55 -0400

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is delivering a major national security speech in which he is outlining a new course in U.S. counterterrorism efforts. Obama, in his remarks at the National Defense University, announced new limits on the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists and a shift of control of lethal force operations from the CIA to the military. Obama signed a ...

Obama Narrows Scope of Terror Fight

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:02:24 -0400

WASHINGTON ...

Syrian refugee exodus to Jordan has slowed to trickle U.N. says

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:18 -0400

BAGHDAD - The flow of refugees crossing from Syria into Jordan has all but stopped in the last six days amid heavy fighting in the area and claims by Syrians that Jordanian border guards are preventing them from entering. The Jordanian foreign minister has denied that his government had closed the border, but Syrians said Jordanian soldiers had turned them back. A decision by the Jordanian ...

Four killed in traffic accidents in North South

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:54 -0400

In the afternoon, two people, a woman aged 39 and a 42-year-old man, were killed in a head on collision between a truck and a private car on the road outside Kfar Mimon in the western Negev. The two killed were trapped inside the car and had to be evacuated from the mangled vehicles by rescue personnel.Another passenger was taken to Soroka Hospital in serious condition.Police said initial ...

Police dismissed over conduct in murder case

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:43 -0400

after an internal police committee found them guilty of a dereliction of duty in ignoring a complaint issued Monday night by a woman whose two daughters were found murdered less than 24 hours later.The committee found "severe failures in the performance of all levels among the officers of the Arad station in every aspect of their handling of the mother's complaint," and ...

Kerry to Peres This moment is critical for Israel region

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:43 -0400

In visit to president's residence in Jerusalem, US secretary of state says peace is a question of whether Israelis, Palestinians "make the choice" to compromise; Peres says Israel will stand by his side "all the ...

Parshat Beha’alotecha Educational punishment

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:41 -0400

This lesson which we learn from the story of Miriam the Prophetess is a message which the Torah wants us to remember every day: Punishment should only be one which advances and educates the ...

Woman who berated knifemen hailed

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:05 -0400

LONDON - A middle-aged cub scout mistress who gave two bloodied knifemen a stern talking to as a British soldier lay dead on the street was hailed as a hero for embodying the "spirit of ...

Coburn No I dont oppose tornado aid

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:55:06 -0400

>Editor's note: Tom Coburn, a Republican, is a US senator from Oklahoma and the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency.(CNN) -- Millions of Americans have been shocked by the devastation caused by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Having toured the area, it's impossible to put the scope of the damage in ...

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:48 -0400

(AP Photo/Ayako Wada-Katsumata). This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut ...

UN warns DR Congo rebels it will intervene

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:49 -0400

The UN Secretary General has warned armed rebels in eastern Congo that the organisation's new "intervention brigade" would prevent any repeat of the fighting that has driven thousands of refugees out of camps this ...

Second jewellery theft reported near Cannes

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:49 -0400

Police said that the "high value" necklace was stolen on Wednesday night in Cap d'Antibes. Last week, thieves stole about $1m (663,000) worth of jewels after ripping a safe from the wall of a Novotel hotel room in Cannes. The jewellery was taken from the room of an employee of Chopard, the Swiss-based watch and jewellery maker that has loaned items to A-list stars walking the red ...

A Berliner in 1963 – but did John F Kennedy once admire Adolf Hitler

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:48 -0400

President John F Kennedy openly admired Nazi Germany when he toured the country as a young man, according to a new book marking the 50th anniversary of his historic 1963 visit to Cold War West ...

Teenagers trapped on Yemen’s death row

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:47 -0400

"My hands were tied. The doctor drew a circle on my back around my heart. I was to lie on the sand for the executioner to shoot me. Then I heard the phone call." Hafedh Ibrahim's words trip mechanically off his tongue as he describes being moments from the carrying out of his death sentence. I feel guilty making him relive it for my television camera. Especially because, being ...

Stockholm burning Riots grip surburbs as violent trouble spreads

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:44 -0400

Stockholm was braced for a fifth night of riots as violent unrest that began almost a week ago in the northern suburbs of the Swedish capital continued to spread to other corners of the ...

IHT Special In Lebanon Stoking the Fire of Syrias War

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:56 -0400

HERMEL, Lebanon ...

Cruise lines create bill of rights for passengers

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:26 -0400

The Carnival Triumph cruise ship is towed towards the dock as spectators watch at the port of Mobile, Alabama, February 14, 2013. (REUTERS/ Lyle ...

Barack Obama sets limits on drone use steps for closing Guantanamo

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:19 -0400

An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft is pictured as it flies over the aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, after being launched from the ship in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will lay out a new U.S. policy on Thursday that limits the use of armed drones to times when Americans face an ...

SARS-like virus patent complicating diagnosis Saudi

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:44:09 -0400

View Photo AFP/Fayez Nureldine - A foreign medical staff enters the emergency section at a hospital in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on May 13, 2013. Saudi Arabia lamented Thursday that foreign drug companies had ...

Syria opposition open key talks on peace initiative

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:44:03 -0400

ISTANBUL (AFP) - Syria's main opposition group met for key talks in Istanbul on Thursday to debate whether to join a new US-Russian peace initiative to end the two-year civil war, while the regime vowed to crush the insurgency.Holding its seventh general assembly meeting since its creation last November, the National Coalition is expected to choose a new president, discuss incorporating new ...

EU probes ally of Kosovo PM ambassador for war crimes

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:24 -0400

A file photo shows senior ex-commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Sami Lushtaku (L) during a reburial ceremony at village of Likoshane in, February 28, ...

Insight In attackers argot Londoners shocked to hear one of their own

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:24 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar ...

TGI Fridays nailed for doctoring booze

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:16 -0400

TRENTON, N.J. Here's one that will sober you up. Twenty-nine bars and restaurants, nearly half of them TGI Fridays, filled premium brand liquor bottles with lower-quality booze and sold it to patrons who thought they were buying the good stuff, authorities said Wednesday. Worse yet, investigators said at least one New Jersey bar was mixing food dye with rubbing alcohol and serving it as ...

Ex-teacher on FBI Most Wanted list due in court in child porn case

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:16 -0400

FBI (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Former elementary school teacher Eric Justin Toth, who was on the FBI's list of most wanted fugitives, is due in federal court Thusday on a child pornography ...

Slain London soldier was 25-year-old drummer father

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:14 -0400

brutally killed in a knife attack in Southeast London Wednesday was remembered by British military officials as a popular, well-liked drummer and loving father of a 2-year-old ...

Malaysia arrests opposition figures

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:30:23 -0400

Malaysian police have arrested three opposition politicians and activists and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after a divisive election that sparked a series of protests. Opposition member of parliament Tian Chua, who is vice president of the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (People's Alliance), and pro-opposition activists Haris Ibrahim and Tamrin ...

Apple-1 Computers Jump in Value at Auctions

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:28:29 -0400

More than a decade ago, at a vintage computer fair in Silicon Valley, Dag Spicer had an opportunity to buy an original Apple-1 for $2,000. He passed. Any regrets? Not really, he said. ...

Fatal London attack British soldier named

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:13:07 -0400

Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been part of previous investigations by security services, a British official said, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instil terror on the streets of London. The men, suspected of hacking the off-duty soldier to death while horrified bystanders watched, boasted of ...

Pivoting From a War Footing Obama Acts to Curtail Drones

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:05:23 -0400

WASHINGTON ...

A BitterSweet Shift in Cockroach Defenses

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:04:31 -0400

Everyone knows that cockroaches are the ultimate survivors, with enough evolutionary tricks up their carapaces to have thrived for 350 million years and to have completely adapted to the human species. But the nature of the adaptation that researchers in North Carolina described on Thursday in the journal Science is impressive even for such an ancient, ineradicable lineage, experts say. ...

Some Cockroaches Avoid Sweet Flavors as a Defense

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:04:31 -0400

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