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Scandals threaten to blemish military
Click Here With sequestration, on-and-off spending resolutions, the withdraw from Afghanistan, disaster relief in the Philippines and a growing number of terrorist hot spots around the world, the Defense Department’s brass already has a full plate. -
Syrian army captures suburb south of Damascus
Click Here Syrian troops captured a contested suburb of Damascus on Wednesday as the government forged ahead with a punishing military offensive that already has taken four other opposition strongholds south of the capital, state media said. -
How to help: Organizations offering relief to Typhoon Haiyan survivors
Click Here Typhoon Haiyan affected a total of 9.5 million people across the Philippines -- and displaced at least 600,000 -- when it slammed into the country on Friday, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. -
Jonathan Martin could spark NFL cultural change
Click Here He's already a game-changer in one sense: The stakes are raised, as NFL player union chief DeMaurice Smith pointed out Monday night during an ESPN interview, for the expectation that NFL locker rooms comply with federal and state workplace laws. -
Global Aviation Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Click Here Military air-charter service Global Aviation Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection Tuesday, blaming the recent partial U.S. government shutdown for its second trip to bankruptcy court in less than a year. -
E-Cigarettes and Hookahs Rise in Teen Popularity
Click Here Unconventional smoking products such as electronic cigarettes and hookahs are becoming more popular among U.S. teens, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
Egypt hails renewed military ties with Russia
Click Here Egypt's top general has hailed a new era of defence co-operation with Moscow during a visit by Russian officials, sending a message to Washington after it suspended some military aid. -
Asheville GE Aviation plant aims to change air travel
Click Here Gov. Pat McCrory joined local officials Thursday in welcoming GE Aviation’s $125 million plant in Sweeten Creek Industrial Park that will employ 340 workers in the next five years. -
Mammoth U.S. Navy ships arrive in the Philippines to help typhoon victims
Click Here Tacloban, Philippines (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy arrived with a mammoth aircraft carrier Thursday to bring much-needed aid to hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who have gone without food and clean water for nearly a week. -
Despite Obamacare fix, fight rages on in Congress
Click Here After hearing serious concerns from both Democrats and Republicans over the fact that millions of Americans are being dropped from insurance plans that no longer meet Obamacare standards, President Obama on Thursday offered a contrite apology and an administrative solution to the issue. -
Tatarstan Airlines Crash Emblematic Of Russia’s Poor Aviation Safety Record
Click Here A Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737 crashed at an airport in Russia Sunday, killing all 50 people on board, according to Russian officials. Flight U363 out of Moscow attempted to land in Kazan, capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, but exploded on impact at around 7:20 p.m. local time. -
Six killed as tornadoes rip through U.S. Midwest
Click Here A fast-moving storm system triggered multiple tornadoes on Sunday that killed at least six people and flattened large parts of a town in Illinois as it tore across the Midwest, authorities said. -
Top Syrian rebel commander Abdul Qadir al-Saleh dies
Click Here A top Syrian rebel commander has died of wounds he sustained in an air strike on a rebel-held air base in Aleppo province on Thursday, his group says. -
Philippines' Aquino 'tempted to despair' at typhoon toll
Click Here The United Nations expressed fear on Monday that some Philippine islands hit by a giant typhoon have not been reached 10 days after disaster struck and President Benigno Aquino said the scale of suffering "tempted him to despair". -
NASA to launch robotic explorer to Mars
Click Here NASA's newest Martian explorer is on its launch pad in Florida, ready to soar. -
Syria peace conference likely in mid-December: UN
Click Here United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he expected a long-delayed peace conference on Syria's bloody conflict will be held in "mid-December" with a specific date to be set next week, AFP reported. -
Geneva Talks Put Iran’s Nuclear Program in the Spotlight
Click Here Nuclear negotiations between world powers and Iran are scheduled to resume on Nov. 20 amid controversy about the merits of the prospective deal and opposition from Israel. Here are questions and answers about the talks -
Typhoon Aid Reaches Remote Areas of Central Philippines
Click Here International aid is starting to reach remote areas of the central Philippines, 10 days after the region was devastated by super Typhoon Haiyan. -
U.N. disaster chief stresses long-term needs for Philippines
Click Here GUIUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - The head of U.N. disaster relief visited the heart of the Philippine disaster zone on Tuesday and stressed the need for long-term planning as well as emergency relief to ensure farmers and fishermen can resume their livelihoods. -
Texas National Guard refuses to process military housing allowance for gay couples
Click Here The Texas National Guard has moved a step further in its defiance of a Pentagon policy toward gay service members by refusing to process military housing allowances for same-sex couples, according to a gay-rights group. -
George Zimmerman charged with assault and battery after disturbance call
Click Here George Zimmerman, the man acquitted earlier this year of criminal charges in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, will be back in court for a bond hearing Tuesday after being charged with assault and battery for allegedly threatening his girlfriend with a shotgun. -
NASA rocket lights night sky over Maryland
Click Here A rocket streaked through the sky Tuesday night in Maryland and for hundreds of miles across the eastern U.S. as NASA launched a mission from the Delmarva peninsula. -
NewsWorld newsNSACourt order that allowed NSA surveillance is revealed for first time
Click Here A secret court order that authorised a massive trawl by the National Security Agency of Americans' email and internet data was published for the first time on Monday night, among a trove of documents that also revealed a judge's concern that the NSA "continuously" and "systematically" violated the limits placed on the program. -
World powers, Iran in new attempt to reach nuclear deal
Click Here World powers aim to reach a preliminary deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in politically charged talks resuming in Geneva on Wednesday. -
Rescue dogs sniff for survivors in South African mall collapse
Click Here Rescue workers and their dogs on Wednesday were sifting through the rubble of a South African mall that collapsed, killing at least one and leaving an unknown number missing and injured. -
Car bomb kills 10 Egyptian soldiers in Sinai
Click Here Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed by a car bomb in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, one of the deadliest attacks there since al Qaeda-inspired militants stepped up violence following the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. -
Manhunt for Paris shooter enters third day
Click Here French police continued the search Wednesday morning for a gunman who went on a shooting spree on Monday, seriously injuring a photographer at a Paris newspaper office and later opening fire outside a bank headquarters. -
Typhoon Response Highlights Weaknesses in Philippine Military
Click Here In an acknowledgment of the army’s lack of sophisticated equipment, a spokesman said on Monday, “The courier system is our means of communications.” -
George Zimmerman posts bond, is released from jail
Click Here George Zimmerman posted bond and was released from jail in Sanford, Fla., at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. -
Charges dropped against girls in Florida cyberbullying case
Click Here Florida prosecutors dropped charges on Wednesday against two girls accused of stalking a 12-year-old classmate who killed herself after complaining she was bullied online for months, a police official said. -
Beirut Bombs Strike at Iran as Assad’s Ally
Click Here A double bombing struck the Iranian Embassy compound in Beirut on Tuesday, in the deadliest assault on Iran’s interests since it emerged as the most forceful backer of the Syrian government against an armed insurgency. -
Seattle School Board votes to change school boundaries
Click Here After months of debate and discussion, board members for Seattle Public Schools have given final approval to a plan that will redraw the boundary maps for middle and elementary schools students. -
Indonesia halts Australia co-operation amid spying row
Click Here Indonesia has suspended co-ordinated military co-operation with Australia amid an ongoing row over reports Canberra spied on Jakarta officials. -
Paris shooting suspect Abdelhakim Dekhar previously lived in London
Click Here The man suspected of Monday's gun attack on a French newspaper had lived until recently in London, it emerged on Thursday. -
U.S. drone kills senior militant in Pakistani seminary
Click Here A suspected U.S. drone strike on an Islamic seminary in Pakistan killed a senior member of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network early on Thursday, Pakistani and Afghan sources said. -
Greenpeace Arctic 30
Click Here Greenpeace set out to protest about oil companies drilling in the Arctic Ocean, but now finds itself fighting to free a group of 30 from a Russian jail. What effect is the case having on the group's environmental aims? -
North Korea Detains US War Veteran
Click Here An 85-year-old American veteran of the Korean War was detained last month in North Korea as he sat in a plane set to leave the country, his son said Wednesday. -
Military hand-me-downs: US police getting leftover armored trucks from Iraq
Click Here The US military is handing over leftover equipment from the Iraq conflict to police under a military surplus program. -
Congressional leaders cautious but accepting of Iran nuclear deal for now
Click Here Leading members of Congress cautiously greeted the news of the six-month nuclear deal with Iran announced Saturday night as even Republicans critical of President Barack Obama’s approach signaled a resigned acceptance of the accord. -
Ukraine unrest: Protesters blockade government sites
Click Here Demonstrators are blockading government buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, as they step up their campaign for the resignation of the government. -
Stay Classy ND: Ron Burgundy Co-Anchors Newscast
Click Here Television viewers in Bismarck, N.D., were treated to some real class this weekend when none other than the great Ron Burgundy read them the news. -
Ukraine: Protesters Besiege Government Building
Click Here Thousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet, as anger at the president's decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the European Union gripped other parts of the country and threatened his rule. -
Thailand protests: Teargas fired amid renewed clashes
Click Here Thai authorities fired tear gas amid renewed skirmishes with anti-government protesters outside key government buildings. -
Key PISA test results for U.S. students
Click Here Here are highlights of the newly released 2012 scores from the Program of International Student Assessment, an exam given every three years to 15 year olds around the world in reading, math and science. In this administration of PISA, 65 countries and education systems participated. -
US calls on China to rescind air defence zone to avoid Japan confrontation
Click Here The US called on China to scrap its newly declared air defence identification zone on Monday, warning that Beijing risked a potentially dangerous confrontation with Japan and its allies at the start of a trip to the region by vice-president Joe Biden. -
Newtown to release Sandy Hook school shooting 911 calls on Wednesday
Click Here The 911 recordings from the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. that left 20 children and six adults dead almost a year ago will be released Wednesday afternoon, officials announced on Monday. -
Google Puts Money on Robots, Using the Man Behind Android
Click Here In an out-of-the-way Google office, two life-size humanoid robots hang suspended in a corner. -
Biden visits China amid tensions over air defense zone
Click Here After reassuring U.S. ally Japan that Washington shares its concerns over China's new air defense zone, Vice President Joe Biden flew from Tokyo to Beijing Wednesday and raised the issue directly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. -
Anti-drone protests halt US military convoys at Pakistan border
Click Here The Pentagon has put the brakes on military cargo shipments traveling from Afghanistan to Pakistan, citing anti-drone protests that threatened truck drivers, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday. -
Nationwide Strike By Fast Food Workers Set for Thursday
Click Here Organizers say fast food restaurant workers in 100 U.S. cities will walk off the job Thursday, as part of a continuing push to raise wages above $15 an hour in the industry and secure the right to unionize. -
NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
Click Here The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with U.S. intelligence officials, enabling the agency to track the movements of individuals — and map their relationships. -
2 Million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen in massive hack
Click Here Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released this week. -
China's Military Buildup Reignites Worries In Asia, Beyond
Click Here China has been building up its military strength for some time now, and pushing ever farther from its coastline and into international waters. The real concern now is for miscalculation — particularly with Japan — that ends up in gunfire. -
UK Government Predicting Surplus by Decade's End
Click Here British finance minister George Osborne painted a brighter economic picture for the U.K. economy and even suggested that the country could be running a budget surplus by the end of the decade. -
Chemical weapons: How Pentagon plans to destroy Syria's stockpile at sea
Click Here If the US offer to help destroy Syria's chemical weapons is accepted, a ship being retrofitted with portable decontamination units in Virginia will be sent to do the job. 'Nothing will be dumped at sea,' a Pentagon official said. -
Nelson Mandela: His impact on American activism, politics and pop culture
Click Here Word of Nelson Mandela's death spread quickly across the United States, bringing with it a mix of reverence and grief for a man who was born in South Africa but in the end belonged to the world. -
Military watchdog to re-open probe of $34M facility built in Afghanistan but never used
Click Here The independent auditor who postponed a probe into a $34 million "white elephant" of a military facility the Pentagon built in Afghanistan over objections from top leaders is reopening his investigation. -
Tech giants call for controls on government surveillance
Click Here Eight major technology companies have joined forces to call for tighter controls on government surveillance, issuing an open letter Monday to President Barack Obama arguing for reforms in the way the U.S. snoops on people. -
Ukraine: Riot Police Deploy Near Protesters As Deadline Looms
Click Here Ukraine's government has deployed riot police near Independence Square outside Kiev's city hall, which has been occupied by anti-government protesters for more than a week. Police had told the protesters they have until early this week to vacate the building. -
Big Storm Dumps Snow on East Coast, Travel Dicey
Click Here A plodding storm that dumped heavy snow on the unsuspecting Mid-Atlantic region left roads slippery and slushy in the Northeast for Monday's commute while travel disruptions continued rippling across the country days after the same system first began wreaking havoc in the skies. -
American, US Airways complete merger
Click Here United Airlines loses title as world's largest airline -
India's Supreme Court declares homosexual sex illegal
Click Here Sex between consenting homosexual partners is once again illegal in India after the country's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling Wednesday. -
Cuban-American lawmakers dismayed over Obama handshake with 'thug' Castro
Click Here Cuban-American lawmakers voiced disappointment Tuesday over President Obama shaking the hand of Raul Castro during the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, calling it a "propaganda coup" for the Cuban government. -
Ukraine police stand down after clashing with defiant protesters
Click Here Police tore down barricades surrounding the camp at Independence Square in Kiev early Wednesday. -
Theft of U.S. non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels suspends shipments
Click Here U.S. officials say they have stopped deliveries of non-lethal aid to rebels in Syria after Islamist militants there reportedly seized U.S.-provided equipment. -
Ukraine Police Retreat, Protesters Dig In
Click Here The ranks of demonstrators swelled Wednesday in the wake of the predawn raid. -
Media urge Syrian rebels to stop journalist kidnappings
Click Here Major international news organisations have urged armed Syrian rebel groups to stop kidnapping journalists, and to free those who are currently held -
Amtrak Train Collides With Vehicle in Virginia
Click Here Authorities say an Amtrak train has collided with a vehicle in south central Virginia and there are injuries. -
Texas teen Ethan Couch gets 10 years' probation for driving drunk, killing 4
Click Here To the families of the victims, Ethan Couch was a killer on the road, a drunken teenage driver who caused a crash that left four people dead. -
Newtown anniversary: Daily drumbeat of child homicides gets little notice
Click Here To mourn the 20 children and six educators killed a year ago at Sandy Hook elementary, residents of the Connecticut suburb of Newtown will take a quiet action on Saturday: placing candles in windows to remember the lives lost. -
Better-looking teens more likely to graduate college, study finds
Click Here What does it matter if you were cute in high school? More than you might think. -
Robert Levinson, American Missing In Iran, Was Working For CIA
Click Here In March 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smugglers and organized crime figures. -
UN Inspectors Confirm Syria Chemical Attack
Click Here Chemical weapons were probably used in four locations in Syria this year, in addition to the confirmed attack near Damascus in August that forced the government to abandon its secret chemical stockpile, U.N. inspectors have said. -
Wife of U.S. pastor held in Iran pleads for his freedom
Click Here The wife of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran pleaded with a House subcommittee on foreign affairs Thursday to do something to free her husband. -
17-year-old Colo. school shooting victim remains in coma
Click Here A 17-year-old student at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo. remained in a coma Sunday evening, more than 48 hours after she was shot at point-blank range by a fellow student, 18-year-old Karl Pierson. -
Sandy Hook shooting, one year later: A solemn day for Newtown
Click Here On the first anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary on Saturday, crosses on a makeshift memorial outside a home in Newtown, Conn., marked the 26 killed one year ago. -
China’s Jade Rabbit rover sends first moon photos
Click Here China's Jade Rabbit rover sent back its first pictures from the moon, as officials on Monday lauded the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades as a step forward for "mankind as a whole". -
Syrian activists say death toll from government air raids on Aleppo has risen to at least 76
Click Here Syrian activists say the death toll from air raids on the northern city of Aleppo the day before has risen to at least 76. -
Judge's Word on NSA Program Won't Be the Last
Click Here A federal judge made headlines Monday by declaring that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of millions of Americans' telephone records is likely unconstitutional. But even he realized his won't be the last word on the issue -
Obama Meeting With Tech Chiefs Pushing Surveillance Limits
Click Here The executives intend to press Obama to act on the changes to surveillance policies proposed in a letter sent to the president and lawmakers last week, according to a representative of one of the companies, who asked not to be identified because the meeting plans aren’t public. -
Why Pope Francis Is Different From His Predecessors
Click Here The church's popularity as a whole is even up along with Francis' popularity: 95 percent of Catholics think the church is moving in the right direction, up 26 percent from 10 years ago. -
Small businesses claim US government stealing their ideas
Click Here "They stole all my stuff and used taxpayer money to do it," John Hnatio, a Maryland small business owner, says of the U.S. government. -
Obama includes openly gay athletes in 2014 Olympic delegation
Click Here Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will lead the U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics next year in Sochi, Russia. -
Russia deal saved Ukraine from bankruptcy
Click Here Ukraine's decision to suspend a deal on closer EU ties and sign a Russian aid agreement instead has helped avoid bankruptcy, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has told ministers in Kiev. -
Greenpeace activists Arctic 30, including Tasmanian Colin Russell, set to avoid trial after amnesty bill passes
Click Here The Greenpeace activists known as the Arctic 30, including Tasmanian Colin Russell, are set to avoid trial after the Russian parliament approved an amnesty bill to commemorate the ratification of its current constitution. -
Colorado school shooter planned larger attack, Sheriff's Office says
Click Here Colorado shooter Karl Pierson had written plans to attack at least five areas of Arapahoe High School on his arm, as well as the Latin phrase for "The Die Has Been Cast," the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. -
How do you know if you've made it in life?
Click Here In the first few decades after China's communist revolution, most families aspired to own the "three circles and a speaker" - a radio, a bicycle, a wrist watch and a sewing machine. -
Europe launches satellite that will map 1 billion stars, hunt for new planets
Click Here The European Space Agency successfully launched its star-surveying satellite Gaia into space Thursday in a bid to produce the most accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way, and provide an insight into the evolution of our galaxy. -
US company reinvents wheel to make bikes electric
Click Here A new device has been launched that can transform almost any bicycle into an electric-hybrid vehicle. -
Phil Robertson suspended from 'Duck Dynasty'
Click Here The A&E network announced late Wednesday Phil Robertson would be on indefinite suspension from "Duck Dynasty" after making homophobic and, at times, graphic remarks in a GQ Magazine interview. -
Robots Perform Impressive Stunts at DARPA Robotics Challenge
Click Here On December 20 and 21, DARPA held its Robotics Challenge Trials at the Homestead Miami Speedway to find the next super robot that could carry out a variety of different and extraordinary tasks. -
All 52 passengers rescued from ship trapped in Antarctic ice
Click Here After 10 days stranded far from home, all 52 passengers from a ship stuck in Antarctic ice have now been transferred by helicopter to an Australian icebreaker. -
World's first legal recreational marijuana sales begin in Colorado
Click Here Colorado's ambitious experiment in cannabis policy hit a historic milestone Wednesday, when licensed stores began making the first legal sales of recreational marijuana anywhere in the world. -
Snapchat hack leaks 4.6m users’ details
Click Here Photo-sharing site Snapchat has been hit by a cyber attack that reportedly exposed the usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million users. -
Father of Colorado school shooting victim said he forgives killer
Click Here The father of a 17-year-old girl who was fatally shot at her suburban Denver high school said Wednesday that he and his wife have forgiven the killer, and he asked others to do the same.
