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Obama welcomes Iran's election of moderate president

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:07 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has urged Iran's newly elected president to prove to the world that the Islamic republic was not pursuing a nuclear weapon programme as the White House welcomed election of a moderate leader as a hopeful sign. "I think it says that the Iranian people want to move in a different direction," Obama said of the election results in Iran that saw a surprising ...

No breakthrough in talks between UK and Ecuador over Assange

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:11 -0400

LONDON - Talks between the United Kingdom and Ecuador have ended without any breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fate with the Andean nation. Ecquador said it was vowing not to succumb to diplomatic pressure and was ready to consider any request from Edward Snowden, another whistleblower, for asylum. As the fugitive anti-secrecy advocate marks one year holed up in the ...

Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:36 -0400

ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...

Serena Williams sparks outrage with drunk not virgin comments on US teenage rape victim

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:03 -0400

American tennis star Serena Williams has sparked outrage with her comments about a teenage rape victim, saying that the victim was 'drunk' and 'maybe...not a virgin'. In an excerpt from Rolling Stone magazine, Williams criticised a 16-year-old girl who was raped by two football players, her fellow school students, while she was drunk, in Ohio in August 2012, News.com.au reports. According to ...

US Taliban to have direct peace talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:40:01 -0400

The US has decided to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced. The first meet is due to take place in the coming days in Qatar's capital, where the Taliban have opened their first official overseas office, BBC reported. US officials told reporters the first formal meeting between the US and Taliban representatives was expected to take place in Doha ...

Man disrupts US flight by screaming about CIA

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:02 -0400

A man stood up from his seat during a flight to the US, and screamed about the CIA, security leaks and poison, but was subdued by fellow passengers, a media report said Tuesday. The disruption occurred Monday during the United Airlines Flight 116 from Hong Kong that eventually landed safely at its scheduled destination in Newark, CNN reported. Passengers onboard the Boeing 777 flight said the ...

Obamas approval trust ratings suffer severe drop finds poll

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:03 -0400

President Barack Obama's approval and trust numbers have dropped sharply among Americans in the past one month, a new poll has found. According to a new CNN/ORC International Poll, Obama's approval was down eight points from May, to 45 percent from 53 percent. The poll found that 54 percent of Americans now disapproved of the president's performance, up from nine point CNN's polling in May. ...

Baffled Liverpool to tell Suarez to stop Madrid pronouncements and make transfer request

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:02 -0400

Fed up with their controversial striker Luis Suarez's almost daily public pronouncements on his future, Liverpool is reportedly set to lay down the law and demand that Suarez put in an official transfer request if he remains determined to leave for Real Madrid. The Uruguay international, currently playing in the Confederations Cup in Brazil, has turned what promises to be this summer's biggest ...

70 pc Americans oppose Obama administrations decision to arm Syrian rebels finds poll

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:40:02 -0400

A majority of Americans oppose Obama administration's decision to arm anti-government groups in Syria, a new poll has found. According to the Pew Research Center Poll, 70 percent of Americans don't want the United States and allies to send arms and military supplies to those Syrian rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. The poll found that the move by the United States was ...

Taliban defy peace bid with deadly attack on Americans

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:32:06 -0400

KABUL (AFP) - The Taliban on Wednesday claimed an audacious attack in Afghanistan that killed four US troops mere hours after Washington said it would talk to the insurgents about ending more than a decade of war.The deadly rocket attack on Bagram, Afghanistan's biggest US-led military base just north of Kabul, was a stark reminder of the potency of an Islamist insurgency that has time and ...

Visit soon Americas 11 most endangered places

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:25:57 -0400

11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). Now in its 26th year, the list spotlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. This year's roster reflects sites that are threatened by not-so-benign neglect, encroaching development and the impact of ...

Baked Alaska Unusual heat wave hits 49th state

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:25:27 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A heat wave hitting Alaska doesn't rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the weather feels like a stifling oven - or a tropical paradise.With temperatures topping 80 degrees in Anchorage, and higher in other parts of the state, people have been sweltering in a place where few homes have air conditioning.The official ...

New York City aims to require apartment dwellers to compost food scraps

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:18:57 -0400

NEW YORK -- Legions of New York City apartment dwellers will soon be asked -- and may eventually be forced -- to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to make the city ...

American Medical Association recognises obesity as a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:16:37 -0400

United States The American Medical Association (AMA) has voted to recognise obesity as a disease, describing it as an "epidemic" gripping the US.At its annual meeting, the AMA noted that obesity rates in the US have doubled among adults in the past 20 years and tripled among children in a generation.More than one-third of US adults are obese.The World Health Organisation and the US ...

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:13:21 -0400

authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes ...

Mexico nabs most wanted American sex predator at resort town

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:07:48 -0400

(42 mins ago) Mexican officials said they arrested Walter Lee Williams, a US citizen and alleged child sexual predator who was on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted criminals. Williams was arrested in Playa del Carmen, a seaside resort town just south of Cancun on Mexico's Caribbean coast, said Gaspar Armando Garcia, the Quintana Roo state ...

Americans heres how to dress

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:05:39 -0400

While we don't necessarily agree our dingoes are 'adorable', we have to say they're right on the money when it comes to style.We're not saying all 'ordinary' Americans dress badly - just that they're not led particularly well from their celebrities, who seem to think it's OK to walk the red carpet in outfits that look like they came from mum's ...

Investors look for answers on economy from Fed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:29:48 -0400

In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ...

Russian Church in America marks 400th anniversary of Romanov dynasty

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:19:45 -0400

NEW YORK, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia /ROCOR/ has marked the 400th anniversary since accession of the Romanov dynasty to the Russian throne. The main events of the celebration were held in the Cathedral of the Icon of Our Lady of the Sign in New York City. Tuesday night, a remembrance vespers service for the late czars and emperors of Russia was held there. ...

Analysis Hospital investors sold on U.S. health reform despite bumps

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:03:49 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators have been on a tear this year, on average posting triple the gains of the broader stock market, as investors tallied up the benefits of President Barack Obama's healthcare ...

U.S. builders complain they cant find skilled carpenters

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:05 -0400

1 of 4. Carpenter's work on installing fascia trimwork at a housing site at Mid-Atlantic Builders ''The Villages of Savannah'' development in Brandywine, Maryland May 31, ...

After court rules California gay marriage fight may go on

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:04 -0400

A man carries flags at a rally in support of same-sex marriage at the State of California Supreme Court in San Francisco, California March 26, ...

Jury selection in Trayvon Martin murder case moves into final phase

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:04 -0400

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of slain teen Trayvon Martin, sits with family attorney Benjamin Crump, during proceedings in the trial of George Zimmerman in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Florida, June 17, ...

Giants Score Twice In 8th Defeat Padres

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:56:13 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Juan Perez hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 5-4 on Tuesday night, snapping the Padres’ seven-game winning ...

South San Francisco Husband Wife Charged With Operating Brothels

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:56:12 -0400

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to ...

Nigeria Mass Infanticide in America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:55:24 -0400

A report from the office of the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that, in 2009 alone, 784,708 successful abortions were carried out in that country. "That's a breathtaking number, no matter which side of the abortion debate you sit on," the report admits. "What this statistic doesn't convey is a more mysterious number: how many women ...

3 arrested in suspected slavery case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:30:14 -0400

>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused of ...

McCaskills early endorsement of Hillary Clinton is meant as a nudge

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:22:28 -0400

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Chicago on June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott ...

A guide to the Federal Reserves events Wednesday

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:58 -0400

AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:18:04 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...

Call for revising Japan-US military agreement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:11:47 -0400

/enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - The US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement needs revision in order to better catch US military personnel who commit rape in Japan, a Japanese Diet member said Tuesday. Tomoko Abe, a member of Japan's House of Representatives, made the remarks on the sidelines of an event in Washington co-hosted by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, the Council on Foreign ...

Mexico detains FBI Ten Most-Wanted fugitive in beach resort

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:08:29 -0400

CANCUN (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the FBI's 10 most-wanted list and faces sex crimes charges in the Philippines. Walter Lee Williams, 64, was arrested in the southern beach resort of Playa del Carmen. The FBI said he was an anthropology and gender studies professor at the University of Southern California ...

Accused Colorado theater gunmans lawyers seek psychiatric hospital video

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:59:16 -0400

DENVER (Reuters) - Attorneys for the former graduate student charged with shooting 12 moviegoers to death in a Denver-area theater last summer have renewed their bid for access to a videotape of their client at the hospital where he was undergoing psychiatric ...

SF Mayor Celebrates Pride Month Weighs In On Prop. 8 Case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:52:07 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee raised the LGBT rainbow flag at City Hall late Tuesday morning, ushering in Pride Month and optimism about an upcoming decision on marriage equality from the U.S. Supreme Court. Standing on the mayor’s balcony at 11 a.m., Lee unfurled the multi-colored flag, about two weeks before the annual Pride parade and accompanying festivities ...

Grass Fire Burns More Than 140 Acres In Benicia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:52:07 -0400

BENICIA (CBS SF) — A grass fire burning in an open space area in Benicia that grew to 142 acres Tuesday is now 80 percent contained, fire officials said. Crews responded to reports of a fire near an industrial park in the 4500 block of California Court around 2:20 p.m., according to a Benicia fire dispatcher. The fire, which is burning near Lake Herman Road about a mile west of Interstate ...

5 Things Learned In Game 3 Of Stanley Cup Finals

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:52:02 -0400

BOSTON (AP) - Five things learned in the Boston Bruins’ win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night: ___ SUPAH TUUKKA: Tuukka Rask is proving the Bruins right for putting their faith in him. Rask watched the Bruins’ entire 2011 Stanley Cup run from the bench while Tim Thomas led Boston to the NHL title, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in the ...

Outside View America strikes out

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:48:20 -0400

Using a baseball metaphor, in the field of national security, when the United States comes to bat, it often starts with 2 1/2 strikes against it. Strike 1 is the chronic tendency to misinterpret, distort and even invent threats often for politically expedient reasons. Strike 2 is the failure to address the question of "what next?" once crucial foreign or national security policy ...

Calif.-based burger chain Johnny Rockets sold

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:07 -0400

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -; Johnny Rockets, the Southern California-based burger chain with 1950s flair, has been sold to a private equity firm that targets underperforming and specialty ...

Boy 6 dies after dog attack at N. Calif. home

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:06 -0400

UNION CITY, Calif. -; A 6-year-old San Francisco Bay Area boy died after he was attacked by a dog that belongs to his uncle, who is a police officer, authorities and a family spokesman said ...

Sports Briefing | Tennis American Upsets Top Seed at Eastbourne

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:05 -0400

Jamie Hampton, an American qualifier, upset top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, 7-6 (2), 6-2, in the first round at Eastbourne, England. ...

Feds say Calif. hospice owes $112M for fake claims

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:17:53 -0400

Pacurar said internal audits had found that the organization sometimes requested, and received, Medicare's $172-per-day hospice reimbursement for patients who did not meet the government's technical requirement that hospice patients have six months or less to ...

Wall Street opens higher boosted by New York manufacturing data

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:37 -0400

U.S. stocks opened broadly higher Monday, as investors awaited Wednesdays Fed policy meeting, with increasing confidence that the Fed wont start tapering in super-easy ...

Wall Street close in green ahead of the Feds meeting tomorrow

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:37 -0400

U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday after U.S. housing starts and consumer inflation rose below estimates last month as investors await the end of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting ...

EU shares rose ahead of the Federal Reserve decision

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:35 -0400

The European Union saw its market opening and closing the day in green to actually rebound from their longest streak of weekly losses in 14 months as investors awaited this week’s Federal Reserve meeting for signs on the pace of stimulus ...

Govt report Smooth launch unsure for health law

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:22 -0400

WASHINGTON - There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.But in a report to be released Wednesday, the congressional Government Accountability Office also sees positive signs as the Oct. 1 deadline approaches for new health insurance markets ...

McCaskill endorses Hillary Clinton presidential effort

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:08 -0400

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, an early backer of Barack Obama in 2008, on Tuesday announced her backing of Ready for Hillary, a group encouraging the former secretary of state to run for president in ...

KC terrorist supported plan to bomb New York Stock Exchange FBI tells Congress

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:02 -0400

Everyone knows someone who is habitually late. It’s a maddening trait to the unafflicted who see the problem as remarkably easy to fix: Start earlier. That’s how the Royals’ two new hitting coaches, George Brett and Pedro Grifol, diagnosed Eric Hosmer’s ...

Cummings releases the IRS transcript

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:50 -0400

House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings did what Republican Chair Darrell Issa refused to do - he released the full transcript of the committee's six-hour interview with an IRS manager in Cincinnati where Tea Party applications for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status were processed. MSNBC's Alex Wagner discusses with former Oversight Committee staff director Julian Epstein and ...

Gitmo vs. food stamps GOP hypocrisy exposed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:48 -0400

MSNBC's Alex Wagner digs into why House Republicans are okay with paying $900k per year for every GITMO prisoner, but want to cut food stamp funding for the poor. One Congressman justifies it by citing the ...

NSA director Surveillance stopped 50 terrorist plots

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:47 -0400

The head of the NSA has now testified before the House Intelligence Committee on the NSA surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden. But have we learned anything new? Last Word guest host Alex Wagner is joined by MSNBC's Ari ...

Will Boehner risk speakership on bill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:45 -0400

House Speaker John Boehner says he won't bring the immigration bill to the floor without majority Republican support. MSNBC's Alex Wagner, E.J. Dionne, and Joy Reid discuss how Speaker Boehner will handle his Republican ...

House passes most restrictive abortion bill in 10 years

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:45 -0400

Despite no chance of the bill becoming law, House Republicans pushed through a bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. MSNBC's Alex Wagner gets the reaction of Dr. Willie Parker who performs second-term abortions, and discusses the chipping away of Roe v. Wade in the states with Planned Parenthood's Cecile ...

Call him what you like but dont mess with American Samoa

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:44 -0400

Rachel Maddow reports on the quiet dignity of Congressman Eni Faleomavaega, of American Samoa, who ignored the ridiculous mispronunciation of his name in an introduction by Rep. Kerry Bentivolio but made sure Bentivolio and everyone in the room was clear on "American ...

Sister Helen Prejean on her influential activism against the death penalty

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:43 -0400

Sister Helen Prejean, anti-death penalty advocate and author of "Dead Man Walking," talks with Rachel Maddow on the 20th anniversary of the publication of "Dead Man Walking" about the impact of the book and movie, the "weird relationship" Americans have with the death penalty, and the challenge of getting people to a point of reflection on complicated ...

Plan presented to wrest control of ATF director from gun lobby

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:41 -0400

Rachel Maddow reports on a proposal by Senator Dick Durban that would move the ATF under the FBI to undo a tactic devised by NRA-beholden Republicans to hold up the appointment of any leader to the ...

GOP brings anti-science perspectives to war on women

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:37 -0400

Adele Stan, senior Washington correspondent for RH Reality Check, talks with Rachel Maddow about the extreme and sometimes bizarre Republican perspectives on the reproductive rights of American women and they influence they're having on actual legislative policy ...

Massachusetts police search NFL players home in homicide probe report

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:55:07 -0400

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez talks on a phone during media day for the NFL Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis January 31, ...

Empire State Building gets left-field $2 billion offer to sell

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:55:00 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City real estate company offered to buy the Empire State Building for $2 billion, a written offer showed, significantly below the skyscraper's appraisal price and about three weeks after investors in the iconic building approved a plan to take the tower public in a real-estate investment ...

California senators want more information on oil well acid jobs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:21 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California state legislators on Tuesday told regulators and oil industry lobbyists they wanted more information about the use of acid to increase flows in wells in a technique that is used more often in the state than the controversial fracking ...

Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:21 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general being relieved of command, died on Tuesday in a car wreck in Los Angeles, his employer ...

American Airlines-US Air merger denounced as “merger of convenience” and anti-consumer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:50:42 -0400

Washington, D.C. - The Aviation Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Technology Committee at a hearing on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, will discuss issues regarding the proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines. Once considered a slam dunk for approval, this merger is now facing questions about competition and its effect on consumers. "There are no benefits to this merger ...

Acrobat Pleads Not Guilty To Naked Rampage At BART Station

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:46:30 -0400

stripping naked and harassing people while doing acrobatic moves at a BART station in San Francisco last month pleaded not guilty Tuesday to seven felony and misdemeanor charges. Yeiner Perez Garizabalo, 24, faces two felony counts of false imprisonment, four misdemeanor counts of battery on public transportation and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for the May 10 incident at the 16th ...

AL West-Leading A’s Defeat Darvish Rangers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:46:30 -0400

Brandon Moss #37 of the Oakland Athletics run the bases after hitting a solo home run in the second inning against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on June 18, 2013 in Arlington, Texas. (Rick Yeatts/Getty ...

Mich. woman ordered to trial on false rape report

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:11:35 -0400

PORT HURON, Mich. -; A Michigan woman accused of faking a sexual assault was ordered to stand trial on charges of making a false report of rape and tampering with evidence Tuesday after a doctor said her purported bruises faded after he wiped them with ...

Americas looming helium disaster

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:09:47 -0400

Imagine that you sustain an injury, sending you to the hospital. The doctor orders an MRI. But the critical material that allows the MRI to operate - liquid helium - is not available. So you don’t receive your MRI and a proper diagnosis cannot be made. If Congress does not act on bipartisan legislation by Sept. 30, such a scenario is a very real possibility in the near future.On that date, ...

Should U.S. or Local Authorities Judge Borders Security Americans Divided

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:07:39 -0400

Fewer than half of Americans think the Homeland Security Department should be responsible for determining if the country's borders are secure, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, indicating a small preference for a national agency over state and local ...

Americans Split on Linking Border Security and Citizenship in Immigration Reform

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:07:38 -0400

Most Americans say illegal immigrants should be allowed to remain in the country, but the public divides evenly on whether citizenship should be linked to stiff progress in securing the border, as many Senate Republicans are demanding, the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has ...

Patty Griffin performs songs from her new album American Kid Wednesday at the Neptune

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:38 -0400

Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin recently kicked off a tour in support of her seventh album, "American Kid," featuring the song "Don't Let Me Die in Florida." The album "was written to honor my father," Griffin says. It's her first collection of mostly new songs since "Children Running Through" in 2007. Before "American Kid," Griffin ...

Republicans want to cut $20 billion from food stamps

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:55:23 -0400

The House is slated to debate a farm bill this week, in which Republicans want cut $2 billion a year from the food stamp program. The president has threatened to veto ...

Meet the most powerful man in government youve never heard of

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:55:21 -0400

Chris Hayes looks at General Keith Alexander's historically long reign over the NSA with James Bamford and explains why he may be the most powerful man in Washington that you have yet to hear ...

House Republicans take another stab at limiting abortion rights succeed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:55:21 -0400

Despite the fact that President Obama has promised to veto the bill, on Tuesday the House held a symbolic vote to pass a ban on abortions after 20 weeks. Chris Hayes is joined by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to talk about how bills like these serve as a distraction to the real issues Americans are ...

U.S. official 4 Americans killed at U.S. base in Afghanistan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:54:28 -0400

ISAF says four NATO coalition service members have been killed ISAF did not disclose the nationality of those killed A Pentagon official says the attack happened at Bagram Air ...

3 charged with enslaving disabled Ohio mom child threatening them with snakes dogs no food

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:54:24 -0400

This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Daniel Brown. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Brown, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, June 18, 2013 the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed ...

US State Department says screaming man was ex-employee

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50:11 -0400

(20 mins ago) A US State Department spokeswoman says a man who ranted about national security and screamed ';I'm dead'' during a flight from Hong Kong once worked at the agency. The spokeswoman said the passenger ended his time at the department in 2006. She gave no details about his job or why he no longer works there. The man started screaming nine hours into a 15-hour ...

California judge irked by accused killer acting as own lawyer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:48:50 -0400

SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - An accused California serial killer representing himself at his own murder trial drew a series of rebukes from the judge on the first day of testimony and was warned to obey procedural rules in court or risk losing the right to serve as his own ...

New York state announces plan for board to help cash-strapped cities

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:48:49 -0400

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives for a meeting with Appropriations Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman Senator Daniel Inouye and Senator Thad Cochran on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, ...

Phil Matier Brown Demonstrates Political Savvy With Unions Over Pay Raise

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:39:51 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The union representing 95,000 state employees have reached a tentative contract agreement that includes a 4.5 percent pay raise over a two-year ...

BART Warns Passengers Of Potential Strike In Coming Weeks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:39:50 -0400

OAKLAND (KCBS)-- BART is warning its passengers that there could be a strike by one or more of its employee unions in the next several weeks, but one union representative thinks that warning is coming a little too soon. BART Spokesperson Alicia Trost said they are working with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on a strike-contingency plan and that the agency has posted a warning on ...

Some Bay Area School Districts To See Increase In State Funding

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:39:50 -0400

OAKLAND (KCBS)-- Oakland Unified, San Francisco Unified and other Bay Area school districts will see significant increases in state funding now that the legislature has passed a budget. The only thing they need now is Governor Brown's signature. On Friday the Legislature passed the state budget and a bill that changes state funding for California schools by giving more money to districts ...

MLB Baltimore 5 Detroit 2

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:36:20 -0400

Zach Britton notched his first victory of the year Tuesday, pacing Baltimore over Detroit 5-2. Jones' shot in the fifth inning put the Orioles ahead 5-0 ...

CHP copter saves teens from soaring Sierra cliff

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:46 -0400

SIERRA CITY, Calif. -; Two stranded teenage boys were plucked off a peak at an elevation of more than 8,000 feet by a California Highway Patrol helicopter as it was rocked by gusty ...

Oklahoma executes inmate for couples 2000 deaths

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:01:27 -0400

McALESTER, Okla. -- Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago.James Lewis DeRosa was killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, becoming the state's second inmate executed this year.At a clemency hearing last month, DeRosa took responsibility for his role in the Oct. 2, 2000, ...

10 Things to Know for Wednesday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:01:26 -0400

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:1. TALIBAN, US AGREE TO PEACE TALKSObama cautions, though, that the process won't be quick or easy. 2. WHO'S TAKING A SWIPE AT ROE V. WADEThe House passes a bill restricting almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception, defying most state laws.3. NSA OFFERS ...

All Eyes Are On The Federal Reserve And Thats The Problem

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:22 -0400

(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) To read the financial and economic commentariat right now is to know that all eyes are on the Federal Reserve. Will it or won't it cease buying Treasuries and agency paper, will it or won't it raise the rate it sets for short-term credit? If the pundits are to be believed, such information will impact the allocation of trillions of dollars ...

United Airlines Becomes North American Launch Customer for Boeing 787-10 as It Increases Dreamliner Order to 65

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:56:17 -0400

United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) today increased its 787 Dreamliner order to 65 aircraft (including six previously delivered aircraft) with an order for 20 787-10s. United is the North American launch customer for the 787-10 and it expects delivery of its first aircraft in 2018. United ordered 10 incremental 787-10 aircraft and will convert 10 existing 787s on order to 787-10s, enabling the airline to ...

Dish wont submit revised bid for Sprint

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:50:32 -0400

Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's ...

Surveillance history belies trust us Our view

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:32 -0400

helped break up more than 50 plots , including bombings of the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subways. Courts, Congress and a gaggle of self-imposed restrictions protect privacy and civil liberties, other witnesses assured. The message was clear: Nothing to worry about here. Trust us.So what's not to like? The lessons of history. As Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn, said, "We know ...

Rep. Mike Rogers NSA keeps America safe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:32 -0400

No U.S. person anywhere in the world can be intentionally monitored without a specific order. The gross distortion of two vital National Security Agency (NSA) programs is dangerous and unfortunate.Neither program authorizes NSA to read e-mails or listen to phone calls of American citizens. Both are constitutional with numerous checks and balances by all three branches of government. OUR ...

Affidavits detail art of lying to struggling homeowners by B of A employees

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:48:26 -0400

The All In panel continues discussion of new affidavits showing Bank of America employees were told to lie, not just to struggling homeowners, but to the government and public at ...

Three Americans held over Ohio disabled woman and child enslaved in basement for 10 years

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:58 -0400

(23 mins ago) A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were forced to live in an Ohio basement with snakes and pitbulls and were treated like slaves for more than two years, US prosecutors said. The case came to light after the woman was caught stealing a candy bar and told police she would rather go to jail than go home because her roommates ';were mean to her.'' Three of her ...

United Dreamliner diverted due to possible oil filter problem

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:41:41 -0400

SEATTLE (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Tuesday that a Boeing Co 787 on its way to Tokyo from Denver was diverted to Seattle after an indication of a problem with an oil filter, but the plane landed without ...

Capitol Hill cooperation allows congressman to breathe easier

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:38 -0400

PHOENIX -- A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is a doctor for stepping in to ...

Outbreak of deadly piglet virus spreads to 13 U.S. states

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:37 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously ...

U.S. in danger of losing humanities social sciences edge panel

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:35 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is in danger of losing its advantage in the humanities and social sciences, just as China and other rivals move toward the U.S. model of a broad education in the liberal arts, a federal panel warned in a report to be released on ...

The US Military and the Unraveling of Africa

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:21 -0400

website. The Gulf of Guinea. He said it without a hint of irony or embarrassment. This was one of US Africa Command's big success stories. The Gulf... of Guinea. Never mind ...

2-Alarm Fire Burning In San Francisco’s Tenderloin

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:33:35 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Firefighters are responding to a two-alarm fire in the San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday evening, a fire dispatcher ...

War Correspondent Michael Hastings Dies In SoCal Car Crash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:33:35 -0400

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith said he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early ...

Rapids Coach Defenseman Suspended For Actions Vs. ‘Quakes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:33:34 -0400

Head coach Oscar Pareja of Colorado Rapids leaves the pitch after being defeated 2-1 by the San Jose Earthquakes. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty ...

United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:22 -0400

SEATTLE -; United Airlines says an oil filter issue has prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International ...

Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against JJ

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:16 -0400

The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of ...

Dish passes on making new offer for Sprint

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:15 -0400

Sprint is suing to stop Dish Network's buyout of wireless data network operator Clearwire. The nation's third-largest cellphone carrier said the proposed deal violates the rights of Sprint and other Clearwire ...

Court Grants Pastor Right to Sue Oklahoma Over Native American License Plate

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:59 -0400

An Oklahoma pastor has been given approval by a federal appeals court to sue the state over its license plate depicting the image of an Indian "rain god" made famous by a Native American ...

Defining ‘White’ And ‘Hispanic’ In Majority-Minority America

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:44:43 -0400

its latest population data last week, providing a portrait of the nation through July of 2012. Among the most interesting findings was that, for the first time, deaths among white Americans exceeded births. While this does not mean, of course, that white people are about to disappear, it is nonetheless a harbinger of the vast race-ethnic changes that are leading us inexorably toward a ...

GOP needs to be Party of Lincoln again Column

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:26 -0400

Lincoln Day Dinner is still a Republican Party staple, but it's not clear that most Republicans understand why, outside of inertia and the historic accident that the 16th president happens to be a founding figure in the party.This is a symptom of the party's current discontents. Lincoln is the foremost proponent of opportunity in U.S. history. He lived a life of aspiration -- rising ...

NSA considers ending collection of data on Americans phone calls

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:51 -0400

National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News The National Security Agency is reviewing whether to stop collecting a vast stockpile of records of Americans’ telephone calls - the most controversial component of its surveillance programs- by allowing telecommunications companies to retain the data until U.S. intelligence officials have a specific reason to review it for possible connections ...

Pool of potential jurors in George Zimmerman case shrinks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:40 -0400

Legal exports Faith Jenkins and Lisa Bloom join PoliticsNation to discuss the latest developments in the George Zimmerman case as the pool of potential jurors continues to ...

Dateline Doha At last it’s time for America to talk to the men from the Taliban

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:38:14 -0400

No more long dinners in Qatari restaurants, or idle afternoons in the capital's many shopping centres. Since they were first secretly delivered by US plane to Doha in 2010, the senior Taliban emissaries whom Washington hoped would eventually agree a peace deal with Kabul have not been rushed off their feet; efforts to kick-start a formal negotiating process to end the war repeatedly ...

Oklahoma executes man convicted of killing elderly couple

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:35:24 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma executed on Tuesday a man who was convicted of stabbing an elderly couple to death during a robbery at their home that netted $73, some of which he and convicted accomplices used to buy ...

Pentagon unveils plans for moving women into combat roles

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:38 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. military official declared "the days of Rambo are over" as the Pentagon unveiled its plans on Tuesday for integrating women into combat infantry positions following 12 years of war in which they fought and died in Iraq and Afghanistan while barred from front-line fighting ...

Markey Gomez clash in final US Senate debate

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:34 -0400

BOSTON -- Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey clashed on everything from their records in Congress and the private sector to term limits in their final debate of Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election.Gomez defended his time as a Navy SEAL and his work in the private equity firm Advent International, saying President Barack Obama's pension fund as a former Illinois ...

21 US senators urge State Department to review Honduras aid amid allegations of police abuse

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:41 -0400

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - U.S. senators are urging Secretary of State John Kerry to order a review of aid for Honduras' police and military amid allegations of abuse and human rights violations. The 21 senators want the State Department to provide Congress with a detailed report on whether the Honduran government is protecting freedom of expression, implementing the rule of law and ...

US man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to US

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:29 -0400

TYLER, Texas - Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm. A Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to the United States. During a court hearing Wednesday in Tyler, William Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign law. Prosecutors say the 63-year-old eco-tourism guide bought the seven live snakes in August ...

NFL Stars Home Searched After Killing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:28:17 -0400

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez looks on during an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field, Dec. 23, 2012, in Jacksonville, ...

Fatality At Hayward BART Station Shuts Down Service

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:47 -0400

HAYWARD (CBS SF) — A person died after jumping in front of a BART train at the Hayward station Tuesday afternoon and service is stopped in both directions, a BART police lieutenant ...

Marin Supervisors Approve County Fair Dress Code Aimed At Gang Members

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:47 -0400

MARIN (KCBS) --The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally adopted a dress code policy targeting gang members at the upcoming County Fair. But some are concerned the policy could lead to racial profiling. The dress-code policy won unanimous approval. Supervisors said gang members are allowed at the fair, as long as they are not wearing gang colors or other insignia. The fair runs ...

Feds Captives forced to eat dog food

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:43 -0400

Stocks post solid gains Tuesday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:23:16 -0400

U.S. markets churned higher Tuesday after the Commerce Department said price inflation remained muted in May. The report by itself had negligible effect. But every report of late has been held up to the light to see how it might affect the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement expected Wednesday. Low inflation means the economy is not overheating. In turn, some investors have ...

U.S. oil prices steady Tuesday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:23:16 -0400

A motorist pumps gas in Denver on April 15, 2011. Consumers paid an average price of $3.60 a gallon nationwide on Tuesday according to the travel group AAA. UPI/Gary C. ...

AP sources 4 US troops killed in Afghanistan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:33 -0400

The attack comes as U.S. and allied forces formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police in a ceremony in Kabul. The transition to Afghan-led security means U.S. and other foreign combat troops will not be directly carrying the fight to the insurgency, but will advise and back up the Afghan forces as needed with air support and medical ...

Couple guilty in murder of mother of 2-month-old

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:32 -0400

PLANADA, Calif. -; A California couple is facing prison time after juries convicted them of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old ...

Suburban NY woman indicted on pot-growing charges

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:31 -0400

A woman from the ritzy New York City suburb of Scarsdale who is accused of raising thousands of marijuana plants was compared Tuesday to Colombian cocaine ...

McCaskill backs Hillary Clinton as next Dem Prez nominee

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:49:44 -0400

WASHINGTON – Sen. Claire McCaskill, who once joked she wouldn’t let her daughter near Bill Clinton, today gave Hillary Clinton a glowing endorsement to be the next Democratic Party nominee for president.McCaskill’s support was spelled out in a statement posted by Ready for Hillary, an unofficial pro-Clinton political action committee."Hillary Clinton had to give up her ...

Va. cabbie pursues charges after anti-Muslim rant

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:48:15 -0400

McLEAN, Va. -- For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape.In the most recent case, an Ashburn, Va., woman unleashed a string of expletives and called 911 to report she was afraid for her life because she said her cabbie, Abdikar Aden of Alexandria, was ...

Maine governor says he wont talk to 3 newspapers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:48:13 -0400

AUGUSTA, Maine -- A spokeswoman for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the administration will no longer comment for stories published in three of Maine's daily newspapers.Adrienne Bennett told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/17Wn2Of ) on Tuesday the administration won't be talking to that publication, the Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel. All are owned by MaineToday ...

Department of Labor vs. me Column

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:05 -0400

kids' clothing consignment business , a little like the ones that are everywhere now but also a little different. What started as a small family business operating out of our home has grown to 22 states. Now, though, it might all turn out to be illegal, thanks to the bureaucratic thinking of the Department of Labor.Help a mother outThe business model that parents thought was an innovation, ...

Honoring children upon graduation Column

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:05 -0400

For all the teen drama, they are, and will remain, my life. I recently got into a debate with a friend of mine over a remark I'd made, mostly in passing. "My kids are my life," I said.My friend, who is childless, argued that parents these days often sacrifice too much of their own lives in pursuit of the impossible: perfect child-rearing. She also pin-pointedly noted that kids are ...

Right to strike down voter registration law tellusatoday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:03 -0400

We asked our Twitter followers what they thought about the Supreme Court striking down an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Comments edited for clarity and grammar: There are legitimate concerns to voter fraud, but the Arizona law was politically motivated. Striking it made sense.-- @JonFRiceThe ruling is a major victory for allowing all citizens to vote without ...

Gross images go viral threatening brands Your Say

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:01 -0400

A viral video of a Taco Bell employee licking a stack of taco shells, and a photo of a Wendy's worker eating ice cream from the dispenser, are examples of social media hazards for brands today. Comments from Facebook:Do you really think an employee who works for less than $10 an hour cares about losing his or her job? I doubt it, but in higher-paying professions, people fear losing their ...

Arizona voter law overreached Your Say

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:59 -0400

The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court sit for their official photograph. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot require proof of citizenship when people register to ...

GOP relentlessly pursues abortion restrictions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:28 -0400

Republicans are using the Kermit Gosnell case to justify a 20-week abortion ban they are voting on in the House of Representatives. Stephanie Shriock of Emily's List joins Rev. Sharpton to discuss the latest battles in the war on women's ...

Obama no Cheney on surveillance

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:28 -0400

As President Obama addresses comparisons made between him and Vice President Cheney on spying issues, Maria Teresa Kumar and Jonathan Capehart join Rev. Sharpton to discuss their ...

Surveillance prevented at least 10 U.S. terror attacks NSA says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:27 -0400

The director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith Alexander, defended the controversial surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden and revealed details of two previously unreported cases he said were cracked with the help of the programs. NBC's Andrea Mitchell ...

Why the LGBT struggle is like the civil rights struggle

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:27 -0400

In the latest installment of Reply Al, Sharpton explains why people shouldn't worry about the difference between the civil rights movement and LGBT equality ...

Transcripts expose Issa’s witch-hunt

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:27 -0400

Ranking member on the House Oversight Committee Elijah Cummings hopes to debunk the conspiracy theories that the White House was behind the IRS targeting scandal as he releases the transcripts of an IRS employee interview against Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's ...

Obama to speak at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:25 -0400

Five decades after John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama will address U.S.-Germany relations in the same historic location. The President recently wrapped up a trip to Northern Ireland where he attended the G-8 summit. NBC's Brian Williams ...

House passes ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:24 -0400

By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News The Republican-controlled House passed legislation Tuesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, offering social conservatives a symbolic victory even as the bill is all but certain not to become law.The vote was 228-196, with six Democrats and all but six Republicans voting for the measure.But the legislation, sponsored by Rep. Trent ...

House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:24 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Carolyn Kaster - Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify ...

Sideshow Obama ‘birthers’ still exist

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:23 -0400

Jimmy Fallon found a way to connect Miss Utah's wacky answer at the Miss USA pageant to President Obama's approval ratings; South Carolina Republican Jeff Duncan tells radio host he still questions the president's "validity," proving that the birther movement is still alive and well in America; and a Congressman introduces his colleague from American Samoa, with a ...

Steele on GOP abortion bill ‘This is a crazy conversation to have right now’

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:22 -0400

It doesn't seem like the GOP has learned much from their women problem in 2012. Joan Walsh from Salon and former RNC Chair Michael Steele join Chris Matthews to discuss why the party continues to bring up the abortion issue, especially when this continual revisiting of this legislation isn't getting the party ...

Transcript release sheds new light on IRS scandal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:20 -0400

After Darrell Issa, R-Calif., only released select pieces of documentation from IRS committee interviews, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., took matters into his own hands by releasing over 200 pages of transcripts. Chris Matthews discusses the details with the Maryland ...

‘The Good Wife’s’ Chris Noth talks unscripted politics

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:18 -0400

political opponent if need be. and cannot look at it as unethical and still, you know, go on and be a good guy in other matters. so that he doesn't -- once he does the act, he doesn't think about it, it's done and on to the ...

Could foiled terrorist attacked have been stopped without snooping

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:16 -0400

2009 , nsa using 7.02 authority intercepted an e-mail from a terrorist locked in pakistan. that will individual was talking with the individual located inside ...

Boehner No House immigration without GOP majority

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:15 -0400

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., joins Martin Bashir to discuss whether any meaningful immigration reform bill can pass the House if, as Speaker Boehner demands, it must represent the will of a majority of House ...

New York regulators fine Deloitte $10m over StanChart

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:36:42 -0400

Nikhil Kumar is The Independent's New York correspondent. He was formerly assistant editor on the foreign desk and has also done a variety of jobs on the city desk, where he wrote about markets, commodities and other business and economics ...

Senators urge scrutiny of American Airlines and US Airways merger

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:21 -0400

On the eve of a Senate hearing on airline mergers, two senators are urging the Obama administration to carefully scrutinize the proposed merger ...

Officials investigating death of Puerto Rico bank executive

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:30:14 -0400

SAN JUAN (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating allegations that high-ranking bank officials in Puerto Rico conspired to have a former Doral Bank executive killed after he claimed he uncovered fraud, the U.S. attorney for the district of Puerto Rico said on ...

Did senior State Department security officials commit perjury

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:21 -0400

Two top officials at the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service (DS) -- the federal law enforcement agency that protects American diplomats and investigates allegations of criminal misconduct by State Department employees -- gave sworn testimony earlier this year that appears to be evasive at best, and untrue at worst, according to evidence obtained by Fox News. The officials are ...

CAPTIVE IN KUWAITContract Dispute Leaves 100 Americans Stranded

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:19 -0400

More than 100 American citizens have been trapped on two U.S. Army bases in Kuwait for months because of a contract dispute. (Wikipedia/public ...

Trial of accused Fort Hood gunman moved to at least August

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:41 -0400

U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (L) appears before the Fort Hood Chief Circuit Judge Colonel Gregory Gross with a military lawyer (R) during an arraignment as seen in this courtroom sketch, July 20, ...

Cancellation of Arab American Film Festival a Troubling Sign

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:34 -0400

This is where we are today, as a country and a society. You can't even hold an Arab American film festival in Dearborn, Michigan, a center of the Arab American community in this country. The festival was supposed to run this month, but last month the Arab American Chamber of Commerce pulled the plug on it. What a shame! Young filmmakers from across the US and the world would have come ...

Watch Bronx Principal Accused of Making Bomb Threats

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:24:16 -0400

Shocking claims from teachers at a school in the blocks and they say their principal. Threatened to blow to school with them inside homework and Bronx intermediate school 232 -- -- tight eye ...

Burger Joint Robber Shot Dead By Deputies In Castro Valley Was Wanted Parolee

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:52 -0400

fatally shot in a confrontation with two Alameda County sheriff's deputies at a restaurant in Castro Valley on Friday night was a parolee at large from Oakland, authorities said Tuesday. Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson identified the suspect as 32-year-old Quincy Williams and said he had three felony convictions for robbery, drugs and theft. Williams also had "numerous" ...

Aetna To Stop Selling Individual Health Insurance Plans In Calif.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:52 -0400

SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — Aetna Inc. will stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, just weeks after opting out of the exchange that is being established as part of the national health care reforms, a state regulator said Tuesday. California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said he was disappointed in Aetna’s decision because consumers need more ...

Chrysler Agrees To Major Recall Of Jeeps At Risk Of Fire

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:52 -0400

DETROIT (CBS/AP) – Chrysler abruptly agreed to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps Tuesday, reversing a defiant stance and avoiding a possible public relations nightmare over fuel tanks that can rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. In deciding on the recall, Chrysler sidestepped a showdown with government safety regulators that could have led to public hearings with witnesses ...

Ex-Warrior Ellis Tells Bucks He’s Opting Out Of Contract

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:51 -0400

Monta Ellis has informed the Bucks he won't exercise his $11 million option for the upcoming season, making him an unrestricted free agent July 1. The move Monday wasn't a total surprise, coming after Ellis rejected a two-year contract extension last ...

San Mateo’s Mohamed Lahna Aims For 2016 Paralympic Triathlon

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:51 -0400

Mohamed Lahna of Morocco crosses the finish line during the Paratriathlon Male Tri-2 race on October 22, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Sandra Mu/Getty ...

Timeline A’s Attempts To Relocate From Oakland Coliseum

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:51 -0400

Chris Young #25 of the Oakland Athletics high fives Shane Peterson #32 after the Athletics beat the Houston Astros at O.co Coliseum on April 17, 2013 in Oakland. (Ezra Shaw/Getty ...

Yahoo Discloses Number Of U.S. Government Data Requests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:50 -0400

SUNNYVALE (CBS/AP) — Yahoo is the latest company to disclose how many requests for user data it has received from U.S. government agencies, putting the number between 12,000 and 13,000 in the six months that ended on May 31. Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer and General Counsel Ron Bell said in a blog post late Monday that the most common requests concerned fraud homicides, kidnappings, and ...

U.S. lawmakers urge careful review of American-US Airways deal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:21:00 -0400

WASHINGTON, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:21pm EDT WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers with antitrust oversight have urged the Obama administration to carefully review a planned merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group to ensure that it will not lead to higher prices for air travelers. US Airways announced on Feb. 14 that it planned to buy American Airlines parent ...