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All rights reservedSat, 11 May 2013 08:05:14 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/us/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/domestic-abuse-cases-never-snared-accused-cleveland-abductor-120514648.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T.ZGKf4FQXQQF0iojuzAtg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T120514Z_1_CBRE94A0XKX00_RTROPTP_2_USA-MISSING-OHIO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Workers unload materials at Ariel Castro&#039;s home in Cleveland" align="left" title="Workers unload materials at Ariel Castro&#039;s home in Cleveland" border="0" /></a>By Mary Wisniewski (Reuters) - The mother of Ariel Castro&#039;s children repeatedly went to authorities with accusations he was beating, abusing and threatening her. But her complaints never reached the point where Castro was imprisoned or triggered additional police investigations. The late Grimilda Figueroa&#039;s accusations against Castro began in 1989 and the last came in 2005, three years after he allegedly kidnapped the first of three women and held them in a run-down house in Cleveland. In the first case, he was not sentenced to prison and in the other two Figueroa chose to drop proceedings. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/domestic-abuse-cases-never-snared-accused-cleveland-abductor-120514648.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 08:05:14 -0400Reutersdomestic-abuse-cases-never-snared-accused-cleveland-abductor-120514648<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/domestic-abuse-cases-never-snared-accused-cleveland-abductor-120514648.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T.ZGKf4FQXQQF0iojuzAtg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T120514Z_1_CBRE94A0XKX00_RTROPTP_2_USA-MISSING-OHIO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Workers unload materials at Ariel Castro&#039;s home in Cleveland" align="left" title="Workers unload materials at Ariel Castro&#039;s home in Cleveland" border="0" /></a>By Mary Wisniewski (Reuters) - The mother of Ariel Castro&#039;s children repeatedly went to authorities with accusations he was beating, abusing and threatening her. But her complaints never reached the point where Castro was imprisoned or triggered additional police investigations. The late Grimilda Figueroa&#039;s accusations against Castro began in 1989 and the last came in 2005, three years after he allegedly kidnapped the first of three women and held them in a run-down house in Cleveland. In the first case, he was not sentenced to prison and in the other two Figueroa chose to drop proceedings. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cnn-fox-report-white-house-offices-evacuated-no-120900136.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6tuCtRP5tmAxnp4YQPwYEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T130423Z_2_CBRE94A0XRA00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The White House walkway along the West Wing is cleared of fresh snow which fell overnight in the Washington region" align="left" title="The White House walkway along the West Wing is cleared of fresh snow which fell overnight in the Washington region" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House offices were evacuated briefly on Saturday when an electrical transformer near the West Wing malfunctioned and set off a smoke alarm, a White House official said. A Secret Service official said President Barack Obama had not been in the area at the time. &quot;The transformer problem was quickly resolved. Electricity and personnel access to the West Wing has returned to normal. The First Family was unaffected,&quot; the White House official said in an emailed statement. Firefighters responded and staff were evacuated briefly, the Secret Service official said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cnn-fox-report-white-house-offices-evacuated-no-120900136.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 09:15:03 -0400Reuterscnn-fox-report-white-house-offices-evacuated-no-120900136<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cnn-fox-report-white-house-offices-evacuated-no-120900136.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6tuCtRP5tmAxnp4YQPwYEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T130423Z_2_CBRE94A0XRA00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The White House walkway along the West Wing is cleared of fresh snow which fell overnight in the Washington region" align="left" title="The White House walkway along the West Wing is cleared of fresh snow which fell overnight in the Washington region" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House offices were evacuated briefly on Saturday when an electrical transformer near the West Wing malfunctioned and set off a smoke alarm, a White House official said. A Secret Service official said President Barack Obama had not been in the area at the time. &quot;The transformer problem was quickly resolved. Electricity and personnel access to the West Wing has returned to normal. The First Family was unaffected,&quot; the White House official said in an emailed statement. Firefighters responded and staff were evacuated briefly, the Secret Service official said. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-urges-congress-back-housing-regulator-100123368.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3I78FJGdDhi7C39FtQUxhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T100123Z_1_CBRE94A0RUK00_RTROPTP_2_USA-HOUSING-FHFA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Obama walks away after announcing Mel Watt as his nominee for director of the FHFA and Tom Wheeler to head FCC, in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Obama walks away after announcing Mel Watt as his nominee for director of the FHFA and Tom Wheeler to head FCC, in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to back his nominee to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Democratic Representative Mel Watt. &quot;Mel&#039;s represented the people of North Carolina in Congress for 20 years, and in that time, he helped lead efforts to put in place rules of the road that protect consumers from dishonest mortgage lenders and give responsible Americans the chance to own their own home,&quot; Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-urges-congress-back-housing-regulator-100123368.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 06:01:23 -0400Reutersobama-urges-congress-back-housing-regulator-100123368<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-urges-congress-back-housing-regulator-100123368.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3I78FJGdDhi7C39FtQUxhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T100123Z_1_CBRE94A0RUK00_RTROPTP_2_USA-HOUSING-FHFA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Obama walks away after announcing Mel Watt as his nominee for director of the FHFA and Tom Wheeler to head FCC, in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Obama walks away after announcing Mel Watt as his nominee for director of the FHFA and Tom Wheeler to head FCC, in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to back his nominee to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Democratic Representative Mel Watt. &quot;Mel&#039;s represented the people of North Carolina in Congress for 20 years, and in that time, he helped lead efforts to put in place rules of the road that protect consumers from dishonest mortgage lenders and give responsible Americans the chance to own their own home,&quot; Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. ...</p><br clear="all"/>NEWTOWN, Conn.?After weeks of emotional, sometimes-contentious debate, a task force charged with deciding the future of Sandy Hook Elementary School recommended tearing down the school and building a new one on the same property where a gunman killed 26 people?including 20 children?in December in one of the worst school massacres in U.S. history. The 28-person [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/sandy-hook-elementary-school-future-131117994.htmlFri, 10 May 2013 23:11:17 -0400blogs/lookout/sandy-hook-elementary-school-future-131117994CLEVELAND?The neighborhood around the dilapidated home where three women were held prisoner for a decade continued to bustle with police and media activity on Friday amid a steady stream of curious onlookers. Police stand guard over the vicious crime scene on Seymour Avenue, where the women?Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus?were allegedly raped, beaten [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/another-cleveland-neighborhood-city-last-gruesome-crime-struggles-194543524.htmlFri, 10 May 2013 15:45:43 -0400blogs/lookout/another-cleveland-neighborhood-city-last-gruesome-crime-struggles-194543524Click image to see more photos. (Photo courtesy maryannerussell.com) On March 11 2005, Kevin Berthia wanted to take his life. He had climbed over the railing of the Golden Gate Bridge and was prepared to take a fatal jump into the San Francisco Bay when he heard a voice calling out to him from above. [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/years-later-cop-reunites-suicidal-man-saved-golden-171522199.htmlFri, 10 May 2013 13:15:22 -0400blogs/lookout/years-later-cop-reunites-suicidal-man-saved-golden-171522199Lillian Rodriguez, mother of accused kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro, apologized for his actions. Rodriguez spoke to reporters from inside her car as she was leaving the home of her son Pedro Castro. "I am a mother in a lot of pain," Rodriguez told reporters in Spanish. "I am sorry for what my son has [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/ariel-castro-mother-apologizes-son-alleged-actions-160925624.htmlFri, 10 May 2013 12:09:25 -0400blogs/lookout/ariel-castro-mother-apologizes-son-alleged-actions-160925624Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of the late political activist Malcolm X, has died in Mexico, U.S. officials confirmed to the Associated Press. The cause of death has not been confirmed. ?Two U.S. officials say Shabazz was killed on Thursday morning in Mexico City. They spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/malcolm-shabazz-grandson-malcolm-x-died-mexico-155657372.htmlFri, 10 May 2013 11:56:57 -0400blogs/lookout/malcolm-shabazz-grandson-malcolm-x-died-mexico-155657372RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ? The man who came with celebrity cachet to run the kitchen at Virginia's Executive Mansion in 2010 is now accused of pilfering food from the governor's residence and has emerged as a central figure in a growing political scandal.http://news.yahoo.com/ex-chef-va-governor-central-political-drama-143224448.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 10:32:24 -0400Associated Pressex-chef-va-governor-central-political-drama-143224448<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cleveland-women-ordeal-recovery-begins-now-134956749.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B6VJzKxNog4z1eH6nBIwVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6302e1fcd2b98d0f310f6a70670002c8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 file photo, a &quot;Welcome Home&quot; sign is posted at a restaurant near a crime scene where three women were held captive for a decade in Cleveland. For Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight, who were freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house Monday, May 6, 2013, the ordeal is not over. Next comes recovery _ from sexual abuse and their sudden, jarring reentry into a world much different than the one they were snatched from a decade ago. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 file photo, a &quot;Welcome Home&quot; sign is posted at a restaurant near a crime scene where three women were held captive for a decade in Cleveland. For Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight, who were freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house Monday, May 6, 2013, the ordeal is not over. Next comes recovery _ from sexual abuse and their sudden, jarring reentry into a world much different than the one they were snatched from a decade ago. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)" border="0" /></a>Year after year, the clock ticked by and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper into an isolated nightmare.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cleveland-women-ordeal-recovery-begins-now-134956749.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 10:03:12 -0400Associated Presscleveland-women-ordeal-recovery-begins-now-134956749<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cleveland-women-ordeal-recovery-begins-now-134956749.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B6VJzKxNog4z1eH6nBIwVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6302e1fcd2b98d0f310f6a70670002c8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 file photo, a &quot;Welcome Home&quot; sign is posted at a restaurant near a crime scene where three women were held captive for a decade in Cleveland. For Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight, who were freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house Monday, May 6, 2013, the ordeal is not over. Next comes recovery _ from sexual abuse and their sudden, jarring reentry into a world much different than the one they were snatched from a decade ago. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 file photo, a &quot;Welcome Home&quot; sign is posted at a restaurant near a crime scene where three women were held captive for a decade in Cleveland. For Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight, who were freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house Monday, May 6, 2013, the ordeal is not over. Next comes recovery _ from sexual abuse and their sudden, jarring reentry into a world much different than the one they were snatched from a decade ago. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)" border="0" /></a>Year after year, the clock ticked by and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper into an isolated nightmare.</p><br clear="all"/>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ? An armed man who took hostages Friday afternoon remained barricaded in a home in New Jersey's capital on Saturday as authorities work to negotiate his surrender and his captives' safe release, police said.http://news.yahoo.com/police-armed-man-holding-hostages-trenton-nj-122748018.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 09:54:35 -0400Associated Presspolice-armed-man-holding-hostages-trenton-nj-122748018<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dna-test-shows-ohio-kidnap-suspect-fathered-girl-062758995.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t2RTGRD33uNfoOTNDtkyww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a55a8035b415760f310f6a7067000cc0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Culema Nevarez adds balloons to a growing tribute outside the home of Gina DeJesus in Cleveland, Friday, May 10, 2013. DeJesus was freed Monday from the home of Ariel Castro where she and two other women had been held captive for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" align="left" title="Culema Nevarez adds balloons to a growing tribute outside the home of Gina DeJesus in Cleveland, Friday, May 10, 2013. DeJesus was freed Monday from the home of Ariel Castro where she and two other women had been held captive for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" border="0" /></a>CLEVELAND (AP) ? As relatives of the Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect recounted claims of his unnerving paranoia and violent outbursts, DNA testing confirmed the man accused of holding three women captive for nearly a decade is the father of a 6-year-old girl who also escaped from the house.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dna-test-shows-ohio-kidnap-suspect-fathered-girl-062758995.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 09:49:01 -0400Associated Pressdna-test-shows-ohio-kidnap-suspect-fathered-girl-062758995<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dna-test-shows-ohio-kidnap-suspect-fathered-girl-062758995.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t2RTGRD33uNfoOTNDtkyww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a55a8035b415760f310f6a7067000cc0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Culema Nevarez adds balloons to a growing tribute outside the home of Gina DeJesus in Cleveland, Friday, May 10, 2013. DeJesus was freed Monday from the home of Ariel Castro where she and two other women had been held captive for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" align="left" title="Culema Nevarez adds balloons to a growing tribute outside the home of Gina DeJesus in Cleveland, Friday, May 10, 2013. DeJesus was freed Monday from the home of Ariel Castro where she and two other women had been held captive for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" border="0" /></a>CLEVELAND (AP) ? As relatives of the Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect recounted claims of his unnerving paranoia and violent outbursts, DNA testing confirmed the man accused of holding three women captive for nearly a decade is the father of a 6-year-old girl who also escaped from the house.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spacewalking-astronauts-hunt-big-station-leak-125556871.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8md4qLWSLZvmoqwzGQ7WOQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14d42f0eb4b0790f310f6a7067005445.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronauts Chris Cassidy, foreground, and Tom Marshburn prepare for a possible spacewalk from the International Space Station on Friday, May 10, 2013. NASA will decide later Friday if the two astronauts will step outside the station to work on a leaking coolant line. The line chills power systems but power was rerouted and is operating normally. The six-member crew is not in danger. (AP Photo/NASA)" align="left" title="In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronauts Chris Cassidy, foreground, and Tom Marshburn prepare for a possible spacewalk from the International Space Station on Friday, May 10, 2013. NASA will decide later Friday if the two astronauts will step outside the station to work on a leaking coolant line. The line chills power systems but power was rerouted and is operating normally. The six-member crew is not in danger. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ? Two astronauts took a hastily planned spacewalk Saturday to find and, possibly, fix a serious leak at the International Space Station.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spacewalking-astronauts-hunt-big-station-leak-125556871.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 09:48:26 -0400Associated Pressspacewalking-astronauts-hunt-big-station-leak-125556871<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spacewalking-astronauts-hunt-big-station-leak-125556871.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8md4qLWSLZvmoqwzGQ7WOQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14d42f0eb4b0790f310f6a7067005445.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronauts Chris Cassidy, foreground, and Tom Marshburn prepare for a possible spacewalk from the International Space Station on Friday, May 10, 2013. NASA will decide later Friday if the two astronauts will step outside the station to work on a leaking coolant line. The line chills power systems but power was rerouted and is operating normally. The six-member crew is not in danger. (AP Photo/NASA)" align="left" title="In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronauts Chris Cassidy, foreground, and Tom Marshburn prepare for a possible spacewalk from the International Space Station on Friday, May 10, 2013. NASA will decide later Friday if the two astronauts will step outside the station to work on a leaking coolant line. The line chills power systems but power was rerouted and is operating normally. The six-member crew is not in danger. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ? Two astronauts took a hastily planned spacewalk Saturday to find and, possibly, fix a serious leak at the International Space Station.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-calls-congress-help-more-homeowners-100546905.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PS9yzYAsfx8IyOTRndiZEw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/acc1f26f7690480f310f6a706700ad32.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Monday, May 6, 2013, photo, a home is for sale in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. A resurgent housing market, rising home values and steady job gains are helping more U.S. homeowners stay on top of their mortgage payments. The percentage of mortgage holders at least two months behind on their payments fell by 21 percent in the first three months of this year versus the same period in 2012, credit reporting agency TransUnion said Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)" align="left" title="In this Monday, May 6, 2013, photo, a home is for sale in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. A resurgent housing market, rising home values and steady job gains are helping more U.S. homeowners stay on top of their mortgage payments. The percentage of mortgage holders at least two months behind on their payments fell by 21 percent in the first three months of this year versus the same period in 2012, credit reporting agency TransUnion said Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama says Congress must give more homeowners the chance to refinance their mortgages to save money.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-calls-congress-help-more-homeowners-100546905.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 09:36:47 -0400Associated Pressobama-calls-congress-help-more-homeowners-100546905<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-calls-congress-help-more-homeowners-100546905.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PS9yzYAsfx8IyOTRndiZEw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/acc1f26f7690480f310f6a706700ad32.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Monday, May 6, 2013, photo, a home is for sale in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. A resurgent housing market, rising home values and steady job gains are helping more U.S. homeowners stay on top of their mortgage payments. The percentage of mortgage holders at least two months behind on their payments fell by 21 percent in the first three months of this year versus the same period in 2012, credit reporting agency TransUnion said Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)" align="left" title="In this Monday, May 6, 2013, photo, a home is for sale in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. A resurgent housing market, rising home values and steady job gains are helping more U.S. homeowners stay on top of their mortgage payments. The percentage of mortgage holders at least two months behind on their payments fell by 21 percent in the first three months of this year versus the same period in 2012, credit reporting agency TransUnion said Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama says Congress must give more homeowners the chance to refinance their mortgages to save money.</p><br clear="all"/>SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AP) ? Army civilian personnel specialist Tracey Leven recalls the time she tried to use a breast pump to express milk in a military office years ago. Instead of "breast pump in use," she was required to put a sign on the door reading, "occupied." That didn't stop two male soldiers from using their keys to open the locked office.http://news.yahoo.com/mothers-uniform-room-nurse-young-130858179.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 09:25:22 -0400Associated Pressmothers-uniform-room-nurse-young-130858179LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Financial data and news company Bloomberg LP said Friday that it had corrected a "mistake" in its newsgathering policies and cut off its journalists' special access to client log-in data on the company's ubiquitous trading information terminals after Goldman Sachs complained about the matter last month.http://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-bars-reporters-client-log-data-194351457.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 08:24:13 -0400Associated Pressbloomberg-bars-reporters-client-log-data-194351457<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/finding-woman-alive-lifts-bangladesh-rescuers-032623154.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/owqS.kZWxAXNB3L1krs6VA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/99c3d686d21b8a0f310f6a7067008c33.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken by a mobile phone camera, survivor of a collapsed building Reshma Begum lie down on a bed as she receives treatment at a hospital in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Begum was working in a factory on the second floor of Rana Plaza when the building began collapsing around her April 24. For 17 days, the 19-year-old seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-30s Celsius (mid-90s Fahrenheit) and was finally rescued on Friday. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)" align="left" title="In this photo taken by a mobile phone camera, survivor of a collapsed building Reshma Begum lie down on a bed as she receives treatment at a hospital in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Begum was working in a factory on the second floor of Rana Plaza when the building began collapsing around her April 24. For 17 days, the 19-year-old seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-30s Celsius (mid-90s Fahrenheit) and was finally rescued on Friday. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)" border="0" /></a>SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) ? Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers on Saturday returned to the grim task of dismantling the wreckage and retrieving decomposing bodies, knowing there was little chance of finding any more survivors.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/finding-woman-alive-lifts-bangladesh-rescuers-032623154.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 07:58:58 -0400Associated Pressfinding-woman-alive-lifts-bangladesh-rescuers-032623154<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/finding-woman-alive-lifts-bangladesh-rescuers-032623154.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/owqS.kZWxAXNB3L1krs6VA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/99c3d686d21b8a0f310f6a7067008c33.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken by a mobile phone camera, survivor of a collapsed building Reshma Begum lie down on a bed as she receives treatment at a hospital in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Begum was working in a factory on the second floor of Rana Plaza when the building began collapsing around her April 24. For 17 days, the 19-year-old seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-30s Celsius (mid-90s Fahrenheit) and was finally rescued on Friday. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)" align="left" title="In this photo taken by a mobile phone camera, survivor of a collapsed building Reshma Begum lie down on a bed as she receives treatment at a hospital in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Begum was working in a factory on the second floor of Rana Plaza when the building began collapsing around her April 24. For 17 days, the 19-year-old seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-30s Celsius (mid-90s Fahrenheit) and was finally rescued on Friday. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)" border="0" /></a>SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) ? Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers on Saturday returned to the grim task of dismantling the wreckage and retrieving decomposing bodies, knowing there was little chance of finding any more survivors.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eco-friendly-green-burials-catching-u-110359493.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6weWOyGEDKxP2lffpq2UYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T110359Z_1_CBRE94A0UQW00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FLORIDA-BURIAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Robert &quot;Hutch&quot; Hutchinson digs a grave by hand at the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery in Gainesville" align="left" title="Robert &quot;Hutch&quot; Hutchinson digs a grave by hand at the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery in Gainesville" border="0" /></a>By Steven P Johnson GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - After a two-year battle with cancer, Joseph Fitzgerald was determined to leave his final resting place to Mother Nature. On a quiet February day in rural Florida, Fitzgerald&#039;s body was carried through the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery on a bamboo stretcher made by family members. In an ecologically approved &quot;green burial,&quot; he was laid to rest on a plot of land surrounded by oak trees and Spanish moss he picked out just months before his passing in a grave that was dug by hand just two days prior. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/eco-friendly-green-burials-catching-u-110359493.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 07:03:59 -0400Reuterseco-friendly-green-burials-catching-u-110359493<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eco-friendly-green-burials-catching-u-110359493.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6weWOyGEDKxP2lffpq2UYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T110359Z_1_CBRE94A0UQW00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FLORIDA-BURIAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Robert &quot;Hutch&quot; Hutchinson digs a grave by hand at the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery in Gainesville" align="left" title="Robert &quot;Hutch&quot; Hutchinson digs a grave by hand at the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery in Gainesville" border="0" /></a>By Steven P Johnson GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - After a two-year battle with cancer, Joseph Fitzgerald was determined to leave his final resting place to Mother Nature. On a quiet February day in rural Florida, Fitzgerald&#039;s body was carried through the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery on a bamboo stretcher made by family members. In an ecologically approved &quot;green burial,&quot; he was laid to rest on a plot of land surrounded by oak trees and Spanish moss he picked out just months before his passing in a grave that was dug by hand just two days prior. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/carbon-dioxide-level-crosses-milestone-hawaii-032759863.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X9ajHcWJNB7Iy.OYCTDNmg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T093227Z_3_CBRE94A0CEV00_RTROPTP_2_GLOBALWARMING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Smoke rises out of factories in Thailand?s Chonburi province" align="left" title="Smoke rises out of factories in Thailand?s Chonburi province" border="0" /></a>By Environment Correspondent Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million at a key observing station in Hawaii for the first time since measurement began in 1958, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Friday. To many scientists, crossing the 400 ppm threshold, which means that there are 400 molecules of carbon dioxide for every million molecules in the air, is a bit like the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising above 15,000 points. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/carbon-dioxide-level-crosses-milestone-hawaii-032759863.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 05:32:27 -0400Reuterscarbon-dioxide-level-crosses-milestone-hawaii-032759863<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/carbon-dioxide-level-crosses-milestone-hawaii-032759863.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X9ajHcWJNB7Iy.OYCTDNmg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-11T093227Z_3_CBRE94A0CEV00_RTROPTP_2_GLOBALWARMING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Smoke rises out of factories in Thailand?s Chonburi province" align="left" title="Smoke rises out of factories in Thailand?s Chonburi province" border="0" /></a>By Environment Correspondent Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million at a key observing station in Hawaii for the first time since measurement began in 1958, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Friday. To many scientists, crossing the 400 ppm threshold, which means that there are 400 molecules of carbon dioxide for every million molecules in the air, is a bit like the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising above 15,000 points. ...</p><br clear="all"/>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ? Police say an armed man with multiple hostages is barricaded inside a Trenton home in a standoff that has lasted approximately 12 hours.http://news.yahoo.com/police-armed-man-holding-hostages-trenton-091140180.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 05:11:40 -0400Associated Presspolice-armed-man-holding-hostages-trenton-091140180"Bombs or terrorist attacks must not stop voters from using their right to vote. People will have to decide what kind of Pakistan they want. If they vote for the wrong party, they will suffer for another five years." ? Islamabad voter Humayon Qaiser, 70, as at least 10 people have been killed as Pakistanis head to the polls.http://news.yahoo.com/quotations-day-070627283.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 04:26:03 -0400Associated Pressquotations-day-070627283<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-colo-paralympic-warrior-games-081145560.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AheY7YRBm38dZ4KuH1lAHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a1f5ec1bd0dd850f310f6a706700d4ea.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Prince Harry talks with Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin at a reception at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia, Colo., south of Denver on Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, Pool)" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Prince Harry talks with Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin at a reception at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia, Colo., south of Denver on Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, Pool)" border="0" /></a>DENVER (AP) ? Britain&#039;s Prince Harry, a veteran combat helicopter pilot, is meeting with wounded servicemen and women competing in the paralympic-style Warrior Games in Colorado.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-colo-paralympic-warrior-games-081145560.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 04:20:49 -0400Associated Pressprince-harry-colo-paralympic-warrior-games-081145560<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-colo-paralympic-warrior-games-081145560.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AheY7YRBm38dZ4KuH1lAHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a1f5ec1bd0dd850f310f6a706700d4ea.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Prince Harry talks with Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin at a reception at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia, Colo., south of Denver on Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, Pool)" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Prince Harry talks with Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin at a reception at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia, Colo., south of Denver on Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, Pool)" border="0" /></a>DENVER (AP) ? Britain&#039;s Prince Harry, a veteran combat helicopter pilot, is meeting with wounded servicemen and women competing in the paralympic-style Warrior Games in Colorado.</p><br clear="all"/>PETROLIA, Calif. (AP) ? Law enforcement officials hunting a man suspected of killing his wife and two young daughters in Northern California have sought help from neighboring agencies.http://news.yahoo.com/n-calif-officers-seek-triple-homicide-suspect-081828916.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 04:18:28 -0400Associated Pressn-calif-officers-seek-triple-homicide-suspect-081828916<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/3rd-kansas-inmate-escaped-back-custody-080400605.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kHMIFGMZS3saYbfngx7vXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ad0d7f52b5d67f0f310f6a706700f87b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This photo combo of undated images provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections shows inmates, from left, Randy A. Ridens Sr., Allen M. Hurst and Scott A. Gilbert. The three inmates walked away from a minimum-security unit at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas, Friday, May 10, 2013. Hurst, 31, and Gilbert, 49 surrendered Friday afternoon at a northwest Missouri home where they had been holed up for hours, authorities said. The whereabouts of Ridens, 57, are not known. (AP Photo/Kansas Department of Corrections)" align="left" title="This photo combo of undated images provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections shows inmates, from left, Randy A. Ridens Sr., Allen M. Hurst and Scott A. Gilbert. The three inmates walked away from a minimum-security unit at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas, Friday, May 10, 2013. Hurst, 31, and Gilbert, 49 surrendered Friday afternoon at a northwest Missouri home where they had been holed up for hours, authorities said. The whereabouts of Ridens, 57, are not known. (AP Photo/Kansas Department of Corrections)" border="0" /></a>EDGERTON, MO. (AP) ? A third inmate who walked away from a northeast Kansas prison was captured late Friday, hours after the other two surrendered at a Missouri home where they had been holed up for hours, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/3rd-kansas-inmate-escaped-back-custody-080400605.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 04:11:24 -0400Associated Press3rd-kansas-inmate-escaped-back-custody-080400605<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/3rd-kansas-inmate-escaped-back-custody-080400605.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kHMIFGMZS3saYbfngx7vXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ad0d7f52b5d67f0f310f6a706700f87b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This photo combo of undated images provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections shows inmates, from left, Randy A. Ridens Sr., Allen M. Hurst and Scott A. Gilbert. The three inmates walked away from a minimum-security unit at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas, Friday, May 10, 2013. Hurst, 31, and Gilbert, 49 surrendered Friday afternoon at a northwest Missouri home where they had been holed up for hours, authorities said. The whereabouts of Ridens, 57, are not known. (AP Photo/Kansas Department of Corrections)" align="left" title="This photo combo of undated images provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections shows inmates, from left, Randy A. Ridens Sr., Allen M. Hurst and Scott A. Gilbert. The three inmates walked away from a minimum-security unit at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas, Friday, May 10, 2013. Hurst, 31, and Gilbert, 49 surrendered Friday afternoon at a northwest Missouri home where they had been holed up for hours, authorities said. The whereabouts of Ridens, 57, are not known. (AP Photo/Kansas Department of Corrections)" border="0" /></a>EDGERTON, MO. (AP) ? A third inmate who walked away from a northeast Kansas prison was captured late Friday, hours after the other two surrendered at a Missouri home where they had been holed up for hours, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/americas-cup-fatality-raises-safety-questions-001558790.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b6_H06TivEPFMyFxydcR0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2025fdc1b4ab790f310f6a7067008790.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Artemis Racing crew members gather at a Treasure Island dock as their 72-foot-long catamaran floats upside down on Friday, May 10, 2013, in San Francisco. Sailor Andrew &quot;Bart&quot; Simpson died the day before when the high-tech catamaran capsized during America&#039;s Cup training trapping him underwater. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)" align="left" title="Artemis Racing crew members gather at a Treasure Island dock as their 72-foot-long catamaran floats upside down on Friday, May 10, 2013, in San Francisco. Sailor Andrew &quot;Bart&quot; Simpson died the day before when the high-tech catamaran capsized during America&#039;s Cup training trapping him underwater. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Sailors know the risks and rewards that come with these new space-age America&#039;s Cup boats that speed like race cars across the waves.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/americas-cup-fatality-raises-safety-questions-001558790.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 04:07:54 -0400Associated Pressamericas-cup-fatality-raises-safety-questions-001558790<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/americas-cup-fatality-raises-safety-questions-001558790.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b6_H06TivEPFMyFxydcR0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2025fdc1b4ab790f310f6a7067008790.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Artemis Racing crew members gather at a Treasure Island dock as their 72-foot-long catamaran floats upside down on Friday, May 10, 2013, in San Francisco. Sailor Andrew &quot;Bart&quot; Simpson died the day before when the high-tech catamaran capsized during America&#039;s Cup training trapping him underwater. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)" align="left" title="Artemis Racing crew members gather at a Treasure Island dock as their 72-foot-long catamaran floats upside down on Friday, May 10, 2013, in San Francisco. Sailor Andrew &quot;Bart&quot; Simpson died the day before when the high-tech catamaran capsized during America&#039;s Cup training trapping him underwater. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Sailors know the risks and rewards that come with these new space-age America&#039;s Cup boats that speed like race cars across the waves.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/irs-apologizes-targeting-tea-party-groups-210344986.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RNOVjPEwiwsgCiNgqqLEfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/919c0f60b467780f310f6a70670021e1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012 file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee. The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012 file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee. The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for what it acknowledges was &quot;inappropriate&quot; targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/irs-apologizes-targeting-tea-party-groups-210344986.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 03:44:10 -0400Associated Pressirs-apologizes-targeting-tea-party-groups-210344986<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/irs-apologizes-targeting-tea-party-groups-210344986.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RNOVjPEwiwsgCiNgqqLEfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/919c0f60b467780f310f6a70670021e1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012 file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee. The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012 file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee. The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for what it acknowledges was &quot;inappropriate&quot; targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/control-towers-149-small-airports-stay-open-212318114.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BiUhAFcy7.OlEfQHZ9PnAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/460ce708b5c17e0f310f6a706700f0e0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Friday, March 8, 2013 file photo, the control tower at Coleman A. Young International Airport is shown in Detroit. The Federal Aviation Administration will keep open for now the 149 control towers at small airports, including Young, that were slated to close as the result of government-wide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress, the Transportation Department said Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Friday, March 8, 2013 file photo, the control tower at Coleman A. Young International Airport is shown in Detroit. The Federal Aviation Administration will keep open for now the 149 control towers at small airports, including Young, that were slated to close as the result of government-wide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress, the Transportation Department said Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Federal Aviation Administration is keeping open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of governmentwide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/control-towers-149-small-airports-stay-open-212318114.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 03:41:25 -0400Associated Presscontrol-towers-149-small-airports-stay-open-212318114<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/control-towers-149-small-airports-stay-open-212318114.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BiUhAFcy7.OlEfQHZ9PnAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/460ce708b5c17e0f310f6a706700f0e0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Friday, March 8, 2013 file photo, the control tower at Coleman A. Young International Airport is shown in Detroit. The Federal Aviation Administration will keep open for now the 149 control towers at small airports, including Young, that were slated to close as the result of government-wide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress, the Transportation Department said Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Friday, March 8, 2013 file photo, the control tower at Coleman A. Young International Airport is shown in Detroit. The Federal Aviation Administration will keep open for now the 149 control towers at small airports, including Young, that were slated to close as the result of government-wide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress, the Transportation Department said Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Federal Aviation Administration is keeping open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of governmentwide automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress.</p><br clear="all"/>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:http://news.yahoo.com/guest-lineups-sunday-news-shows-183815643.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 03:34:51 -0400Associated Pressguest-lineups-sunday-news-shows-183815643<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pa-state-schools-allow-guns-amid-review-064620332.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8xm4afB6sP6WYyQme5amyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0a7f5b7ad007810f310f6a7067005051.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Friday, May 10, 2013 photo shows a sign on the Kutztown University campus in Kutztown, Pa. Kutztown is one of at least five Pennsylvania state-owned universities now allowing guns on campus. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)" align="left" title="This Friday, May 10, 2013 photo shows a sign on the Kutztown University campus in Kutztown, Pa. Kutztown is one of at least five Pennsylvania state-owned universities now allowing guns on campus. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)" border="0" /></a>KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) ? Students on some of Pennsylvania&#039;s college campuses might be carrying more than books.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pa-state-schools-allow-guns-amid-review-064620332.htmlSat, 11 May 2013 03:05:07 -0400Associated Presspa-state-schools-allow-guns-amid-review-064620332<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pa-state-schools-allow-guns-amid-review-064620332.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8xm4afB6sP6WYyQme5amyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0a7f5b7ad007810f310f6a7067005051.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Friday, May 10, 2013 photo shows a sign on the Kutztown University campus in Kutztown, Pa. Kutztown is one of at least five Pennsylvania state-owned universities now allowing guns on campus. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)" align="left" title="This Friday, May 10, 2013 photo shows a sign on the Kutztown University campus in Kutztown, Pa. Kutztown is one of at least five Pennsylvania state-owned universities now allowing guns on campus. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)" border="0" /></a>KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) ? Students on some of Pennsylvania&#039;s college campuses might be carrying more than books.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/newtown-panel-tear-down-sandy-hook-rebuild-015514858.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PiCDk5_t7oQUIcYRqoxEpg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c00aacc4d07f830f310f6a706700697f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Dec. 14, 2012 aerial file photo shows Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman shot 27 people dead, including 20 children. A task force of elected officials in Newtown on Friday, May 10, 2013 recommended tearing down the school and rebuilding on the same site. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Dec. 14, 2012 aerial file photo shows Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman shot 27 people dead, including 20 children. A task force of elected officials in Newtown on Friday, May 10, 2013 recommended tearing down the school and rebuilding on the same site. (AP P

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