Saturday, April 14^th

Several Secret Service agents providing security for President Barack Obama in Colombia have been recalled, following allegations of misconduct. The agency did not give details, but reports suggest the accusations involve prostitution in Cartagena, ...

US President Barack Obama says he will keep pressure on North Korea after its failed rocket launch. US President Barack Obama said on Friday that the United States would work with the international community to further isolate North Korea after the ...

A few years ago I visited Halifax. Among other things, the Nova Scotia capital is known for the Fairview Cemetery, the final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic. I was eager to visit the cemetery, not for any macabre reason, but to enhance ...

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Syrian forces targeted opposition neighborhoods Saturday, activists said, days into a fragile cease-fire aimed at ending a bloody crackdown against anti-government protesters. In escalated attacks, government troops ...

Apr. 13, 2011: NOAA's Storm Prediction Center warns of severe weather in portions of Kansas and Oklahoma on Saturday. According to forecasters, there is a 60 percent chance of tornadoes, high wind and hail within 25 miles of a point in an area from ...

By REUTERS Istanbul talks are chance for Tehran to prove willingness to talk openly about its nuke program; Iran promises "new initiatives." ISTANBUL- World powers and Iran launched a new round of negotiations in Istanbul on Saturday, aiming to resolve ...

WASHINGTON — Did Vice President Joe Biden really call for a new global business tax on US companies operating abroad? Could it be true that half of high school students in the 50 largest cities don't graduate? And is President Barack Obama pushing ...

The presidential campaign briefly veered from the emotional Mommy Wars on Friday to the back-burner issue of gun rights, with Mitt Romney telling the National Rifle Association that President Barack Obama is not protecting gun owners — even though the ...

The national debate over guns, racial profiling and Florida's controversial self-defense law continued this week as murder charges were brought against a neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed a 17-year-old black teenager.

Rep. Darrell Issa (Credit: US House of Representatives) (CBS News) Rep. Darrell Issa, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Jeff Neely, the General Services Administration (GSA) official allegedly involved in a costly Las ...

I heard Hilary Rosen, CNN political contributor, when she commented about Ann Romney never having worked a day in her life, and the backlash she's receiving for the comment is ridiculous. There goes our media again making a big deal out of nothing.

AP | Posted: Saturday, April 14, 2012 3:33 am | ( Loading… ) comments. Smoke rises from an apartment complex Friday April 13, 2012 following an overnight fire where a standoff with police took place in Modesto, Calif. The blaze erupted late Thursday ...

JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan said on Saturday it had repulsed an attempt by the Sudanese army to retake the disputed oil-producing border area of Heglig, which the southern army seized earlier this week. The Sudanese army said late on Friday its forces ...

By Matthew Barakat, AP ALEXANDRIA, Va. – It's a cache of data roughly equivalent to half of the Library of Congress and nobody quite knows what to do with it. This image grabbed on January 20 shows a page of Megapuload.com.

By the CNN Wire Staff Residents walk past parliament in Bissau last month. Military forces are in the streets of the capital Friday. (CNN) -- A group of Portuguese-speaking countries plans to meet Saturday to discuss a coup that roiled the tiny nation ...

By the CNN Wire Staff Residents walk past parliament in Bissau last month. Military forces are in the streets of the capital Friday. (CNN) -- A group of Portuguese-speaking countries plans to meet Saturday to discuss a coup that roiled the tiny nation ...

AP Kevin E. Allen (right) of Strongsville, Oh., allegedly shot and killed his wife Katherina (left) and daughter Kerri in a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Brooklyn, Ohio on Thursday, April 12. Daughter Kerri Allen, who was celebrating her 10th birthday ...

CAIRO — Egypt's rival Islamist groups flexed their political muscle on Friday, drawing thousands of supporters from across the country to Tahrir Square to protest the presidential campaign of the longtime spy chief under the government of President ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Federal documents filed by a NASA fraud investigator indicate a former head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Catholic college in West Virginia where he works conspired for six years to misuse millions of ...

by AP LOS ANGELES (AP) — A strong spring storm lashed California with rain, fierce winds and blinding snow in the mountains and gave new life to some ski resorts that had closed for the season. A portion of Interstate 5, the main highway between ...

Doug Drummond (left), Jacob Carl England and Alvin Lee Watts: The first assistant district attorney said defendants England and Watts "are presumed innocent until proven guilty. They have the absolute right to a fair legal process and trial.

By Vibe | April 13th, 2012 Michelle Obama has recently been on a late-night talk show binge—not to campaign for her husband's re-election (we don't think), but to promote Joining Forces, an initiative that aims to honors and support military families.

This undated photo provided by the Madison County Jail via The Huntsville Times shows Hammad Memon. / AP MADISON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teenager accused of killing his middle school classmate was arrested Friday in Texas after police tracked his mom ...

AP PIERRE, SD -- Campgrounds in South Dakota's state parks have been busier than usual this spring because of the warm weather. State Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hofer says many campgrounds have opened shower and toilet facilities ahead of ...

Police say a 49-year-old Utica man armed with a toilet plunger (like the one pictured her) attempted to rob a central New York bank Thursday (Credit: CBS/WHPTV) (CBS/AP) UTICA, NY - Police say a 49-year-old Utica man attempted to rob a central New York ...

By Meghan McCarthy Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer officially banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy on Thursday, when she signed into law the latest in controversial state statutes aiming to restrict abortion access.

AP JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — A naked burglar was arrested while taking a shower after police said he sipped champagne and ate a meal in a Southern California family's home. San Bernardino County sheriff's Sgt. Steve Wilson said 25-year-old Michael Calvert ...

Bobbie Kugler, 30, right, was charged with arson and four counts of manslaughter. / ANNETTE LEIN / 2012 file photograph Memorials sit in front of 82 Grape Street, where four children died in a fire in February. / KRIS J. MURANTE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPH News ...

By Anna M. Tinsley DALLAS -- The gloves came off Friday night as four Texas Republicans hoping to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Senate sparred about why each is the best man for the job. From the first to the last moments of the hourlong ...

By Vibe | April 13th, 2012 Michelle Obama has recently been on a late-night talk show binge—not to campaign for her husband's re-election (we don't think), but to promote Joining Forces, an initiative that aims to honors and support military families.

This undated photo provided by the Madison County Jail via The Huntsville Times shows Hammad Memon. / AP MADISON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teenager accused of killing his middle school classmate was arrested Friday in Texas after police tracked his mom ...

AP PIERRE, SD -- Campgrounds in South Dakota's state parks have been busier than usual this spring because of the warm weather. State Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hofer says many campgrounds have opened shower and toilet facilities ahead of ...

Police say a 49-year-old Utica man armed with a toilet plunger (like the one pictured her) attempted to rob a central New York bank Thursday (Credit: CBS/WHPTV) (CBS/AP) UTICA, NY - Police say a 49-year-old Utica man attempted to rob a central New York ...

By Meghan McCarthy Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer officially banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy on Thursday, when she signed into law the latest in controversial state statutes aiming to restrict abortion access.

AP JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — A naked burglar was arrested while taking a shower after police said he sipped champagne and ate a meal in a Southern California family's home. San Bernardino County sheriff's Sgt. Steve Wilson said 25-year-old Michael Calvert ...

Bobbie Kugler, 30, right, was charged with arson and four counts of manslaughter. / ANNETTE LEIN / 2012 file photograph Memorials sit in front of 82 Grape Street, where four children died in a fire in February. / KRIS J. MURANTE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPH News ...

By Anna M. Tinsley DALLAS -- The gloves came off Friday night as four Texas Republicans hoping to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Senate sparred about why each is the best man for the job. From the first to the last moments of the hourlong ...

By Vibe | April 13th, 2012 Michelle Obama has recently been on a late-night talk show binge—not to campaign for her husband's re-election (we don't think), but to promote Joining Forces, an initiative that aims to honors and support military families.

This undated photo provided by the Madison County Jail via The Huntsville Times shows Hammad Memon. / AP MADISON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teenager accused of killing his middle school classmate was arrested Friday in Texas after police tracked his mom ...

AP PIERRE, SD -- Campgrounds in South Dakota's state parks have been busier than usual this spring because of the warm weather. State Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hofer says many campgrounds have opened shower and toilet facilities ahead of ...

Police say a 49-year-old Utica man armed with a toilet plunger (like the one pictured her) attempted to rob a central New York bank Thursday (Credit: CBS/WHPTV) (CBS/AP) UTICA, NY - Police say a 49-year-old Utica man attempted to rob a central New York ...

By Meghan McCarthy Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer officially banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy on Thursday, when she signed into law the latest in controversial state statutes aiming to restrict abortion access.

AP JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — A naked burglar was arrested while taking a shower after police said he sipped champagne and ate a meal in a Southern California family's home. San Bernardino County sheriff's Sgt. Steve Wilson said 25-year-old Michael Calvert ...

Bobbie Kugler, 30, right, was charged with arson and four counts of manslaughter. / ANNETTE LEIN / 2012 file photograph Memorials sit in front of 82 Grape Street, where four children died in a fire in February. / KRIS J. MURANTE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPH News ...

By Anna M. Tinsley DALLAS -- The gloves came off Friday night as four Texas Republicans hoping to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Senate sparred about why each is the best man for the job. From the first to the last moments of the hourlong ...

By Vibe | April 13th, 2012 Michelle Obama has recently been on a late-night talk show binge—not to campaign for her husband's re-election (we don't think), but to promote Joining Forces, an initiative that aims to honors and support military families.

This undated photo provided by the Madison County Jail via The Huntsville Times shows Hammad Memon. / AP MADISON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teenager accused of killing his middle school classmate was arrested Friday in Texas after police tracked his mom ...

AP PIERRE, SD -- Campgrounds in South Dakota's state parks have been busier than usual this spring because of the warm weather. State Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hofer says many campgrounds have opened shower and toilet facilities ahead of ...

Police say a 49-year-old Utica man armed with a toilet plunger (like the one pictured her) attempted to rob a central New York bank Thursday (Credit: CBS/WHPTV) (CBS/AP) UTICA, NY - Police say a 49-year-old Utica man attempted to rob a central New York ...

By Meghan McCarthy Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer officially banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy on Thursday, when she signed into law the latest in controversial state statutes aiming to restrict abortion access.

AP JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — A naked burglar was arrested while taking a shower after police said he sipped champagne and ate a meal in a Southern California family's home. San Bernardino County sheriff's Sgt. Steve Wilson said 25-year-old Michael Calvert ...

Bobbie Kugler, 30, right, was charged with arson and four counts of manslaughter. / ANNETTE LEIN / 2012 file photograph Memorials sit in front of 82 Grape Street, where four children died in a fire in February. / KRIS J. MURANTE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPH News ...

By Anna M. Tinsley DALLAS -- The gloves came off Friday night as four Texas Republicans hoping to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Senate sparred about why each is the best man for the job. From the first to the last moments of the hourlong ...

By Vibe | April 13th, 2012 Michelle Obama has recently been on a late-night talk show binge—not to campaign for her husband's re-election (we don't think), but to promote Joining Forces, an initiative that aims to honors and support military families.

This undated photo provided by the Madison County Jail via The Huntsville Times shows Hammad Memon. / AP MADISON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teenager accused of killing his middle school classmate was arrested Friday in Texas after police tracked his mom ...

AP PIERRE, SD -- Campgrounds in South Dakota's state parks have been busier than usual this spring because of the warm weather. State Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hofer says many campgrounds have opened shower and toilet facilities ahead of ...

Police say a 49-year-old Utica man armed with a toilet plunger (like the one pictured her) attempted to rob a central New York bank Thursday (Credit: CBS/WHPTV) (CBS/AP) UTICA, NY - Police say a 49-year-old Utica man attempted to rob a central New York ...

By Meghan McCarthy Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer officially banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy on Thursday, when she signed into law the latest in controversial state statutes aiming to restrict abortion access.

AP JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — A naked burglar was arrested while taking a shower after police said he sipped champagne and ate a meal in a Southern California family's home. San Bernardino County sheriff's Sgt. Steve Wilson said 25-year-old Michael Calvert ...

Bobbie Kugler, 30, right, was charged with arson and four counts of manslaughter. / ANNETTE LEIN / 2012 file photograph Memorials sit in front of 82 Grape Street, where four children died in a fire in February. / KRIS J. MURANTE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPH News ...

By Anna M. Tinsley DALLAS -- The gloves came off Friday night as four Texas Republicans hoping to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Senate sparred about why each is the best man for the job. From the first to the last moments of the hourlong ...