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Boehner: Up to Democrats to prevent budget cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday it's unlikely the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate will prevent a wave of automatic spending cuts from beginning to strike the economy in two weeks. Yet he sounded hopeful about avoiding a partial shutdown of the government when a temporary spending bill expires next month.

February 13, 2013 | Associated Press | Signal AP


3 arrested in NJ videotaped stripping, whipping

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The haunting video, shot on a hot summer night, starts with a young man being ordered to strip naked as he is berated by a group around him.

February 13, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Vermeer painting to go on display at Getty in LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fans of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer will have a rare opportunity to see one of his paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles for six weeks beginning Saturday.

February 13, 2013 | Signal Staff | Signal AP


Church leads ACM Awards nominations with 7

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - They don't call him Chief for nothing: Eric Church is the top nominee at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards.

February 13, 2013 | Signal Staff | Signal AP


Perry ending California trip empty handed _ so far

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry wrapped up his high-profile recruiting trip to California on Wednesday without having persuaded any businesses to relocate to his state - at least not yet.

February 13, 2013 | Signal Staff | Signal AP


Banana Joe the affenpinscher wins Westminster

NEW YORK (AP) - Banana Joe is America's top dog. The affenpinscher with the monkeylike face and wagging tail was picked as best in show Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club. The 5-year-old earned his 86th best in show, a day before he was set to fly back to the Netherlands with his owner. An old English sheepdog only 20 months old was picked as the runner-up at Madison Square Garden. Also in ...

February 13, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Comcast to buy GE's stake in NBCUniversal early

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Comcast is buying the rest of NBCUniversal from General Electric several years ahead of schedule to take advantage of low interest rates and what its CEO calls a "very attractive price" of $16.7 billion.

February 13, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Obama's proposals face quick opposition in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans charged Wednesday that President Barack Obama delivered a State of the Union address studded with tired liberal notions and campaign-style hostility and said the speech did little to ease partisan tensions over issues like gigantic budget deficits.

February 13, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Senate chairman calls for action on immigration

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate opened its first hearing on a comprehensive immigration overhaul Wednesday with a call from a committee chairman for swift action on a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants. Tensions quickly emerged as shouting protesters interrupted the hearing and Republicans called for border security first.

February 13, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Pope says he's resigning for the 'good of the church'

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI told thousands of faithful Wednesday that he was resigning for "the good of the church" - an extraordinary scene of a pope explaining himself to his flock that unfolded in his first appearance since dropping the bombshell announcement.

February 13, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Lady Gaga unable to walk, postpones 4 shows

NEW YORK (AP) - Lady Gaga says she's "heartsick" to postpone four shows after sustaining an injury that's left her unable to walk.

February 13, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON (AP) - A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness and challenged his patriotism.

February 13, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Obama: Nation stronger, GOP should back his plans

WASHINGTON (AP) - Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the deficit "even worse" than the unpalatable deals Washington had to stomach during his first term.

February 13, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Obama: Nation stronger, GOP should back his plans

WASHINGTON (AP) - Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the deficit "even worse" than the unpalatable deals Washington had to stomach during his first term.

February 13, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Papal campaigning gets under way

VATICAN CITY (AP) - It's a political campaign like no other, with no declared candidates or front-runners and a strict taboo against openly gunning for the job. But the maneuvering is already under way, with one African contender declaring Tuesday it was time for a pope from the developing world - and he was free if God wanted him.

February 12, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

WASHINGTON (AP) - The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it.

May 17, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


'American Idol' finale draws record low ratings

NEW YORK (AP) - Ratings for the "American Idol" finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show.

May 17, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

May 17, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Days after a burst of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of six arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again.

May 17, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Obama picks budget official to run troubled IRS

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over agents targeting tea party groups.

May 17, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Famed 'hatchet hitchhiker' arrested in NJ homicide

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) - A homeless, hatchet-wielding hitchhiker who became an Internet hero earlier this year was arrested Thursday for allegedly beating a New Jersey lawyer to death inside his home.

May 17, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime before dawn on March 11, 2012.

May 17, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Mom in NM chases down child abductor; man arrested

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the suspect, Albuquerque police said Thursday.

May 17, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Report: Calif. short on key state water workers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is losing key employees at the Department of Water Resources because it can't pay afford to pay them enough.

May 16, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities

WASHINGTON (AP) - The government allowed "a small but significant number" of terrorists into America's witness protection program and then failed to provide the names of some of them for a watch list that's used to keep dangerous people off airline flights, the Justice Department's inspector general says.

May 16, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Dying man's eye blinks lead to Ohio murder verdict

CINCINNATI (AP) - An Ohio man was found guilty Thursday of fatally shooting a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator.

May 16, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


California fuels Powerball $550 million jackpot

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million.

May 16, 2013 | Associated Press | Signal AP


Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes

GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas suburb, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. But its work was largely undone during an outbreak of 12 tornadoes Wednesday night that killed six people and injured dozens.

May 16, 2013 | Associated Press | Signal AP


Student detained in Calif college threats case

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A student was being questioned Thursday in connection with threatening phone calls that prompted the closure of two Los Angeles-area colleges.

May 16, 2013 | Associated Press | Signal AP


Police: 2nd suspect arrested in parade shooting

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon.

May 16, 2013 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


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