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Mom drove around with dead son in car for 10 years
New York Post - 17 Feb 2016 16:48
A Virginia woman was charged with murder after her son’s remains were found in her car more than 10 years after he was last seen alive, according to documents revealed Tuesday. Tonya Slaton, of Richmond, was indicted F...
UN: 4 New Sex Abuse Allegations In the Central African Republic
Time - 17 Feb 2016 05:19
The allegations involved peacekeepers from Congo
U.N. to Deliver Humanitarian Aid To Besieged Parts of Syria
Time - 17 Feb 2016 05:26
The agreement comes days before a proposed temporary ceasefire in the country
France probes Sarkozy over 2012 campaign funding
Al Jazeera English - 17 Feb 2016 07:33
The investigation is seen as a big blow to the politician's hopes of running for the presidential office again in 2017.
Winter heatwave hits the the US West Coast
Al Jazeera English - 17 Feb 2016 15:23
As the eastern seaboard recovers from a major winter storm, the west and southwest have seen record temperatures.
China 'puts surface-to-air missiles' on disputed island
Al Jazeera English - 17 Feb 2016 07:46
Satellite images show two batteries of eight missiles, Taiwan and US say, in move likely to strain relations.
German Leader Hopes the U.K. Will Stay in the European Union
Time - 17 Feb 2016 15:09
Merkel's comments came ahead of a two-day summit in Brussels
US Stealth Jets Fly Over S. Korea Amid N. Korea Standoff
ABC News - 17 Feb 2016 06:59
Four U.S. F-22 stealth fighters flew over South Korea in a clear show of power against North Korea, a day after South Korea's president warned of the North's collapse amid a festering standoff over its nuclear and missil...
Review finds Guantánamo prisoner was 'low-ranking' militant
Miami Herald - 17 Feb 2016 04:59
The Yemeni was captured in Pakistan in 2002 and suspected of being part of an al-Qaida terrorist cell The Senate 'Torture Report" indicated he was held prisoner for a time by the CIA A U.S. military officer advocating hi...
Turkey Pushes Case For Ground Operations in Syria as Kurds Advance
Time - 17 Feb 2016 04:56
"Without ground operations, it is impossible to stop the fighting in Syria," one official said
Pope Francis Chastises Follower Who Nearly Pulled Him Down
Time - 17 Feb 2016 15:26
He almost fell on a boy in a wheelchair
Myanmar's Insurgents Fight on Despite Advent of Democracy
ABC News - 17 Feb 2016 07:54
Despite a new government led by democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's ethnic insurgents continue to battle for autonomy
Businesses and Workers in the E.U. Are Bracing for the Return of Border Controls
Time - 17 Feb 2016 07:39
The drastic move is being considered in response to the migrant crisis
8 inmates injured in fight at northern Mexico prison
Miami Herald - 17 Feb 2016 05:21
A fight among inmates at a prison in northern Mexico injured eight prisoners Tuesday, one day before Pope Francis planned to visit another Mexican prison on the U.S. border. …
Supreme Court Path Is Littered With Pitfalls, for President and G.O.P.
The New York Times - 17 Feb 2016 04:36
Both parties are engaged in raw political calculations about how to best leverage the court's vacancy, underscoring the country's deep polarization and the reality of how elections are waged nowadays.
Sri Srinivasan As Scalia Replacement? Environmentalists Worry Federal Appellate Judge Is Too Close To Big Oil
IBTimes - 17 Feb 2016 23:35
It's unlikely that he would be approved by the Senate in time to have an impact on the Supreme Court's coming decision regarding President Barack Obama's controversial Clean Power Plan, but the potential nomination of Sr...
Florida Powerball Winners Step Forward to Claim Their Prize
Time - 17 Feb 2016 23:13
The married couple has opted to take a lump sum of $327 million
Grain Higher, Livestock Higher
ABC News - 17 Feb 2016 21:55
Grain higher on the CBOT, beef higher and pork higher on the CME
Jeb Bush Defends Gun Tweet Amid Social Media Backlash
ABC News - 17 Feb 2016 21:42
Ex-Florida governor shares a photo of gun he picked up along the trail.
Man guilty of shooting girlfriend at mall after kidnapping her children
Chicago Tribune - 17 Feb 2016 15:24Apple CEO resists order to hack iPhone with connection to San Bernardino shootings
Chicago Tribune - 17 Feb 2016 15:14Apple opposes hacking of killer's iPhone
CNN - 17 Feb 2016 13:01
Apple has responded to a California judge's order to help the FBI break into the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters with a public letter saying it opposes such a move, labeling the instruction "an overreach by t...