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Dr. Dre, Iovine donate $70M for new USC center

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 05:15

Jimmy Iovine, the co-founder of Interscope Records, left, stands with partner hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre, as they announce a $70 million dollar donation to create the new "Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts and Technology and Business Innovation," Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the University of Southern California, during a news conference at in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook.


White House releases trove of Benghazi documents

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 05:14
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is releasing 100 pages of e-mails and notes related to the Obama administration's response to the attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, last September.

APNewsBreak: Mailbox bomb suspect to face hearing

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 05:11
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — More than a decade after a string of mailbox bombings injured people in Midwestern states, a judge will reconsider whether the former college student accused of carrying out the terrifying campaign is mentally competent to stand trial.

Judge declines to nix '79 NYC child-killing case

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:58

FILE - This undated file image provided by the New York Police Department shows a flyer distributed by the NYPD of Etan Patz, who vanished in New York on May 25, 1979. Pedro Hernandez of Maple Shade, N.J., charged with murder decades after Patz's disappearance, is due to learn Wednesday, May 15, 2013, whether a New York City judge believes there's enough evidence to bring the case to trial. (AP Photo/Courtesy New York Police Department) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, FOR USE ONLY IN ILLUSTRATING EDITORIAL STORIES REGARDING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ETAN PATZ OR OTHER MISSING CHILDRENNEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with murder decades after one of the nation's most infamous child disappearances can be brought to trial, a judge ruled Wednesday, turning down the man's claim that the case was too thin to proceed.


Court battle looms over Bibles in Georgia state park cabins

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:53

Believers read the bible during a religious service marking the Day of the Virgin Mary at Sioni Cathedral in TbilisiBy David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - A battle over Bibles is brewing in Georgia, where the governor said on Wednesday the books should be allowed to be placed in the bedside table drawers at state-owned vacation properties after an atheist's objection led to their removal. Ed Buckner, an author and former president of a group called American Atheists, said he complained to state officials last month after finding nine Gideons Bibles in the three-bedroom, state-run lodge he was renting in North Georgia. ...


Prince Harry ending US visit with Conn. polo match

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:52

Britain's Prince Harry walks across the polo field before the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup charity match in Greenwich, Conn., Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Right is Peter Brant, founder of the Greenwich Polo Club. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry capped his weeklong trip to the U.S. by winning a charity polo match at a star-studded event in Connecticut.


Kan. prison officials charge doctor's killer

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:52
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man convicted of killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers is now accused of trying to intimidate the woman who reopened his shuttered clinic, prison officials said.

Judge rejects motion to dismiss Ark. abortion suit

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:50
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that a challenge to Arkansas' new law banning most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy can proceed, rejecting the state's attempt to get the lawsuit dismissed.

N.Y. lawmaker won't face charge over sex harassment claim

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:45
By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State Assemblyman Vito Lopez, a Democratic power broker in Brooklyn, will not face criminal charges over allegations he sexually harassed female staffers, a special prosecutor investigating the case said Wednesday. The scandal rocked Albany, and Lopez was removed from his post as chair of the Committee on Housing, stripped of his seniority and forbidden from having any interns or employees under the age of 21. He resigned as chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party but resisted calls to resign his Assembly seat. ...

Family drama adds intrigue to Ill. governor's race

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:34

In this March 13, 2013 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks on concealed carry in Springfield, Ill. Quinn may face two Democrats from politically powerful Illinois familes in the race for governor in 2014. Both Williams Daley, the former White House chief of staff and son of the famous big-city mayor, and Lisa Madigan, the popular attorney general whose father has controlled the state capitol for more than a quarter century, are considering a primary challenge to Quinn. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know — and who you're related to — matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the next governor's race adds a new layer of intrigue in a Capitol already grappling with huge financial problems.


AP Exclusive: Health reforms penalize some Indians

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:33

In this photo taken Thursday, April 11, 2013 Liz DeRouen, 49, left, gets her blood pressure checked by medical assistant Jacklyn Stra, right, at the Sonoma County Indian Health Project in Santa Rosa, Calif. When DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs. Her care and the medical services for her children and grandchildren are paid for as part of the government's obligations to American Indian tribes dating back nearly a century. But under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, DeRouen and tens of thousands of others who identify as Native American will face a new reality. They will have to buy their own health insurance policies or pay a $695 fine from the Internal Revenue Service unless they can prove they are "Indian enough" to claim one of the few exemptions allowed under the Affordable Care Act's mandate that all Americans carry insurance. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs.


Holmes prosecutors: Laws are clear, constitutional

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:29

FILE - James Holmes, Aurora theater shooting suspect, sits in the courtroom during his arraignment in Centennial, Colo., in a Tuesday, March 12, 2013 file photo. Holmes' lawyers plans to ask a judge on Monday, May 13, 2013 to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, a move that is widely seen as Holmes' best hope of avoiding the death penalty. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shootings say laws on insanity and the death penalty are constitutional and don't need any of the explanations requested by the defense.


GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:27

Attorney General Eric Holder gestures while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department. Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood by an investigation in which he insisted he had no involvement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the investigation of national security leaks and its failure to talk to The Associated Press before issuing subpoenas for the news service's telephone records.


Boy accused in killing of his sister hears charges

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:26

FILE - In this April 29, 2013 file photo, teacher Cecilia Richardson helps a student tie a ribbon honoring murder victim, third grader Leila Fowler, at Jenny Lind Elementary School in Valley Springs, Calif. The father of a 12-year-old boy arrested in the stabbing death of his 8-year-old sister says he believes his son is innocent until he is shown evidence that proves otherwise. Barney Fowler, father of a 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister, on Monday, May 13, 2013 said that the family is standing behind the boy "until they have the proper evidence to show it's my son." Sheriff's deputies in the Central California foothill community of Valley Springs arrested the 12-year-old on Saturday in the April 27 death of 8-year-old Leila Fowler. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister in their Central California home appeared Wednesday at closed juvenile court proceedings to hear the charges against him.


Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:25

Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice. Department. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte,R-Va., wants to know more about the unwarranted targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department's secret seizure of telephone records at The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood by an investigation in which he insisted he had no involvement.


Capsule reviews of new movie releases

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:10

This undated publicity photo released by courtesy of Roadside Attractions shows a scene from the film, "Stories We Tell," directed by Sarah Polley. (AP Photo/Roadside Attractions, Ken Woroner)"Frances Ha" — On paper it sounds unbearably precious and solipsistic — a cliche, even. Middle-class, college-educated white girl in her mid-20s wanders around New York City with no real home, job or purpose, and as she struggles to find herself, she ends up even more lost. Wah. But as it turns out, "Frances Ha" is absolutely charming: funny, sad, cringe-inducing and heartbreaking but, above all, brimming with authenticity, thanks in large part to a winning star turn from indie darling Greta Gerwig. This is a great showcase for Gerwig's abiding naturalism; not a single moment from her feels cutesy, self-conscious or false. She and director Noah Baumbach, who worked together on the 2010 comedy "Greenberg," co-wrote the script, creating a sense of realism through a series of absurd moments. Frances is goofy and guileless, awkward and affectionate but clearly decent-hearted to the core, which only makes her misadventures more agonizing and makes you root harder for her to find true happiness. Baumbach, whose previous films include the subtle, brilliantly observant "The Squid and the Whale," borrows from a couple of different sources here: the chatty, cultured New York epitomized by 1970s Woody Allen films and the black-and-white intimacy and restless youth of the French New Wave. But there's a timelessness to this story and a universality: that state of uncertainty between the optimism of college and the responsibility of adulthood. R for sexual references and language. 86 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.


NASA spacecraft's planet-hunting days may be over

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:09
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA's planet-hunting telescope is broken.

Judge scolds Trump, attorney during testimony

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:05

Donald Trump arrives at federal court Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Chicago. Trump is set to testify at a civil trial where he's accused of enticing investors to buy condos at his Chicago skyscraper with promises of profit-sharing, then quietly reneging on them. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — A scowling Donald Trump raised his voice on the witness stand Wednesday while an attorney grilled him and then rolled his eyes at the "Apprentice" star's answers, leading a federal judge to scold both men in open court and order them to behave.


Jury recommends death for Wash. guard killer

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 04:02
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Jurors recommended Wednesday that an inmate be sentenced to death for killing a Washington state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago.

NY judge rules man who confessed to Etan Patz murder to stand trial

Yahoo! National News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 03:56

Hernandez appears with his lawyer Fishbein in Manhattan Criminal Court in New YorkBy Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey man who confessed to the 1979 killing of Etan Patz should stand trial for murder and kidnapping in the 6-year-old boy's disappearance, a judge ruled on Wednesday. An attorney for Pedro Hernandez, 51, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, had asked the judge to throw out the indictment, arguing that the confession alone was not legally sufficient to support the charges. ...