Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Opinion: Time for tough talk with Karzai

Opinion: Time for tough talk with Karzai


Opinion: Time for tough talk with Karzai

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:18 PM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is meeting this week with President Obama in Washington amid increasing ambivalence in the United States about what to do about the war in Afghanistan.

Why 'Django' stirs race debate

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 08:27 AM PST

Gene Seymour says what may lie at the heart of Spike Lee's objections to Tarantino's film: the debate over whether white artists have the right to tell any part of the black American story

Take politics out of gun research

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:29 PM PST

Since the December 14 mass killing in Connecticut, we've seen a lot of finger pointing. Too many guns. Not enough guns. Powerful lobbyists. Insufficient mental health services.

State lawsuit against NCAA is absurd

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 12:32 PM PST

The federal lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on behalf of the state against the NCAA is politically smart. It is never a bad thing for a state lawmaker to stand behind the flagship university, especially when the lawmaker himself is under investigation for his alleged complicity in protracting the official inquiry of Jerry Sandusky. But legally, the lawsuit makes no sense.

2012: The hottest year on record

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 05:31 PM PST

The year's widespread drought, tropical storms and tornado outbreaks also racked up a heavy toll, pushing 2012 to the No. 2 ranking on the NOAA's Climate Extremes Index.

Ailing Chavez to miss inauguration date

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:35 PM PST

Medical treatment in Cuba will keep Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from being sworn in for a new term this week, a top official said Tuesday.

Aurora audio: 30 shots in 27 seconds

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 03:47 PM PST

Prosecutors play the first 911 calls from the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting. What one caller is saying is unclear. What's going on in the background is not.

Inside Holmes' booby-trapped home

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 05:56 PM PST

Police reveal new information about the movie theater shooting in the second day of James Holmes' preliminary hearing.

Track coach feels 'ratted out'

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 12:03 PM PST

Bev Kearney doesn't understand why she was targeted for punishment by the University of Texas. "The more you try to figure out why, the harder it is to forgive," she says.

Giffords, husband take on gun lobby

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:54 AM PST

Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly launched a website aimed at curbing gun violence Tuesday, the second anniversary of the mass shooting in Arizona that left her critically wounded.

9 House members back for 2nd chance

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:29 PM PST

Among the 84 House freshmen who unpacked new offices last week, a handful is intimately familiar with doing the opposite -- packing up and moving out of the Capitol.

Bus line in fatal crash banned from U.S.

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:45 PM PST

The driver of a large motor coach that crashed in Oregon late last month, killing nine and injuring 39, had worked 92 hours in the seven days leading up to the crash, far exceeding the 70 hours allowed, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, which Tuesday ordered the Canadian bus company to cease operations in the United States.

2 days, 2 Boston Dreamliner glitches

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 05:59 PM PST

Different day, different issue, same airport -- Boeing's Dreamliner is in the spotlight again.

70-year-old Saudi marries girl, 15

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 08:08 AM PST

A 70-year-old man has married a 15-year-old girl in Saudi Arabia, human rights workers said Tuesday.

Winehouse's cause of death confirmed

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:51 AM PST

A new investigation into the death of singer Amy Winehouse found that she died of accidental alcohol poisoning, authorities in London said Tuesday.

CDC: 1 in 5 high school girls binge drink

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 02:25 PM PST

Millions of high school-aged girls and women engage in binge drinking, which the CDC warns could lead to long-term health effects as well as injury or death.

DASH named best overall diet plan

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:07 PM PST

For the third year in a row, the DASH Diet Eating Plan has been named the best overall diet by U.S. News & World Report.

Mom yanks python off sleeping tot

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 02:03 PM PST

A toddler in Australia is attacked by a huge python while she sleeps, and her mom springs into action.

Gallery: No, these are the best rappers

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:22 AM PST

Oprah to interview Lance Armstrong

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:29 PM PST

Lance Armstrong will give his first television interview since being stripped of his Tour de France titles to Oprah Winfrey, her network announced Tuesday.

Photos: Sgt. Elvis Presley's return home

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:44 AM PST

Photos: Sgt. Elvis Presley's return home from the Army

500-lb. tuna sells for $1.7 million

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 04:19 AM PST

A Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain won the bid for this 500-pound tuna.

Teen's song asks Bruno to prom

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:03 AM PST

Emily Torres wants Bruno Mars to go to the prom with her, so she took to the Internet to ask him in song.

Soldier gets married over Skype

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 04:18 AM PST

A soldier gets married while serving in Afghanistan with the help of Skype. WAGT and WJBF have more.

Switching networks: TV highs and lows

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 09:20 AM PST

The date night Ticketmaster messed up

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 04:05 PM PST

Sharon Ilstrup was looking forward to a very special date night with her husband, Blake -- a chance to attend one of the inaugural balls with the president and the first lady. But a Ticketmaster glitch left the Ilstrups, as well as many others, shut out of tickets.

ESPN: Musburger 'went too far'

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:25 PM PST

When you get bored, your eyes wander.

Radio host goes off on Piers over guns

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:23 PM PST

CNN's Piers Morgan talks about gun control in America with Alex Jones, who created a petition to deport him.

Gay teen told he can't be an Eagle Scout

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:24 PM PST

A gay California Boy Scout's application for Eagle rank was rejected by a Scout council, an official with the organization said Tuesday.

Captive's kin hope photos spur action

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:10 PM PST

In the photographs released by his family, Bob Levinson stares straight at the camera and holds signs, his hands shackled. The retired FBI agent was last seen on Iran's Kish Island in March 2007.

Live giant squid seen in Northern Pacific

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:04 AM PST

Author Richard Ellis describes the giant squid that was filmed spotted swimming in the Northern Pacific Ocean.

Hot air balloon wedding goes bad

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 02:57 PM PST

A wedding in a hot air balloon took an unexpected turn when the balloon crashed into a neighborhood in San Diego.

'Whale Wars' star quits group

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:38 PM PST

"Whale Wars" TV conservationist Paul Watson quit his conservation society Tuesday because of a recent federal court injunction against him and his group's anti-whaling activities.

Actor who played 'Sopranos' boss, dies

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:03 PM PST

Tony Lip, who played mob figures in the hit cable show "The Sopranos" and several critically acclaimed movies, died last week, according to a funeral home in Lodi, New Jersey.

Kate's fashion secrets revealed

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:53 PM PST

The Duchess of Cambridge's style has long been a topic of conversation. (Remember that see-through dress she wore during a 2002 charity fashion show at the University of St. Andrews?) But British Vogue is taking the world's fascination with Catherine's closet a step further.

New film details what 'Lincoln' missed

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:08 PM PST

He used the N-word and told racist jokes. He once said African-Americans were inferior to whites. He proposed ending slavery by shipping willing slaves back to Africa.

8 getaways we wish we could afford

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 07:10 PM PST

Imagine kicking back on a private island in the Bahamas where the staff caters to your every whim.

What's Justin Bieber smoking?

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:55 PM PST

TMZ has released pictures of Justin Bieber allegedly smoking pot at a party. Showbiz Tonight has more.

Chuck Hagel

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 08:58 AM PST

President Barack Obama has nominated former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and anti-terrorism chief John Brennan as CIA director.

Abraham Lincoln

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 06:29 PM PST

The "Great Emancipator" gets much of the credit for freeing the slaves. But a new PBS film shows that a group of activists did as much -- maybe more -- to end slavery. That included changing President Lincoln.

Aurora hearing

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 03:47 PM PST

A police detective who interviewed victims of the July 20 shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater returns to the stand Tuesday to continue his testimony in the preliminary hearing for suspect James Holmes.

Steubenville

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 08:21 AM PST

One of the teens who recorded himself mocking the girl at the center of an Ohio rape case "did a really dumb thing and regrets it" but did not commit any crime, his lawyer said Monday.

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