• Obama proposes further US Russian nuclear arms cut

  US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads. During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Obama renewed his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, and said the US would ultimately strive toward eliminating nuclear weapons, Xinhua reported. "After a ...

• US women in all combat units by 2016 Pentagon

  American women will be fully integrated into frontline and special combat roles, including elite forces such as Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, by January 2016, the Pentagon has said. More than 200,000 women are in the active-duty military, representing about 14.5 percent of the overall force, according to Pentagon figures. Most serve in the army. While air force, army, navy, Marine and special ...

• Obama refuses to specify US support for Syrian rebels

  US President Barack Obama, currently on a visit to Berlin, Wednesday refused to specify what military support America was providing rebels in Syria. Obama, however, reiterated that the Syrian government forces had used chemical weapons in the civil war, Xinhua reported. "I cannot and will not comment on specifics on our programmes related to the Syrian opposition," Obama said at a press ...

• Afghans break off talks with US on security deal

  The Afghan government Wednesday said it has suspended talks with the US on the proposed security agreement, saying America has a contradictory stance over the peace process in the country. "The ongoing fourth round of talks between Afghanistan and the US on the security agreement is suspended. The decision was taken because of US inconsistency in statements and actions in regard to the Afghan ...

• Majority of Americans view GOP less favorably than Democrats finds poll

  Americans view the Republican Party less favorably than the Democratic Party, a new poll has found. According to the Gallup Poll, just 39 percent of Americans said they hold a favorable view of the GOP, while 46 percent said they hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party. The poll found that a majority of Americans, 53 percent, see the Republican Party unfavorably, up slightly from 50 ...

• NSA surveillance revealed abandoned al-Qaedas NY stock exchange bombing plot

  The US-led surveillance programme which has created a lot of furor for snooping on citizens' web activities and phone records has revealed information about al-Qaeda's plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) in 2008. FBI Assistant Director Sean Joyce said that the agency found out through the electronic surveillance that al-Qaeda was actually in the initial stage of bombing the NYSE ...

• Serena Williams sparks outrage with drunk not virgin comments on US teenage rape victim

  American tennis star Serena Williams has sparked outrage with her comments about a teenage rape victim, saying that the victim was 'drunk' and 'maybe...not a virgin'. In an excerpt from Rolling Stone magazine, Williams criticised a 16-year-old girl who was raped by two football players, her fellow school students, while she was drunk, in Ohio in August 2012, News.com.au reports. According to ...

• Judge sides with US in Manning document dispute

  A government lawyer said Monday the U.S. Army has released the vast majority of court records in Pfc. Bradley Manning's case and told a civilian judge the dispute over the records had become ...

• NC repeals law that allowed racial bias appeals

  Sequestration, the symbolic and ridiculous budget cutting bill that was allowed to become law, has been lampooned by almost every responsible political analyst in the country. It appears the overriding reason that it was allowed to become law is that the Republicans in the House needed to do something to assure their constituents that spending was going to be cut after agreeing to accept the end ...

• NY Kodak will keep some operations in Rochester

  ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- New York state and Eastman Kodak Co. have reached a deal that will keep some of the troubled company's operations in Rochester and provide $49 million for environmental cleanup at the once bustling Eastman Business Park.Local media outlets report Wednesday that Kodak will keep advanced manufacturing and its research center at the 1,200-acre site and lease property there ...

• How Olympic cauldron fanned flames of fury at American design studio

  Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron (left) and the concept the New York design studio Atopia submitted to Locog in 2007. Photograph: Getty ...

• New York Men Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists

  ALBANY, NY-The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of York announced that Glendon Scott Crawford, age 49, of Galway, New York; and Eric J. Feight, age 54, of Hudson, New York, have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. The arrests followed a lengthy investigation by the Albany FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force that began in April ...

• FBI director Robert Mueller admits spy drones being used on American soil

  United States The long-standing director of the FBI has admitted the agency is using drones for surveillance on American soil.FBI director Robert Mueller, who took over as the director of the FBI just a week before the September 11 attacks, made the acknowledgment in response to questions from US senators asking about the government's increasing use of unmanned aircraft.During a Senate ...

• Will talks with Taliban yield results tellusatoday

  We asked our Twitter followers for their opinion on possible peace talks among the U.S., Afghanistan and the Taliban. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:We didn't negotiate with the Nazis. Receiving Taliban input legitimizes its actions. Involve citizens, not terrorists.-- @SbudnoWe can never realize peace as long as the Taliban has a voice. It is radical and hates the U.S. -- ...

• Take a uniform approach to education standards Your Say

  Common Core State Standards. Comments from Facebook:Role of governmentWe should adopt national education standards, not leave them up to school districts. Look at the disparity in proficiency testing, and it is easy to see why states that perform poorly in education also are at the bottom of the socioeconomic scale. If students expect to compete for 21st century jobs, they need to be judged ...

• Two charged in New York X-ray weapon plot to sicken opponents of Israel

  This Wednesday, June 19, 2013 photo shows the home of Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, in Galway, N.Y. Federal authorities accused Crawford and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight, of Hudson, N.Y. of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel. Investigators said Crawford approached Jewish organizations last year looking for funding and people to help ...

• Mad Max with an American accent Not so fast

  video game version is on the way, but some fans are outraged to see an American voice actor cast in the leading role. The upcoming third-person open-world game by Avalanche Studios, due out sometime next year for PCs, ...

• Prescription Drugs 7 Out Of 10 Americans Take At Least One Study Finds

  A new study from Mayo Clinic researchers reveals how many Americans are on prescription drugs -- and it's a lot of us. The study, published in ...

• Hollywood man used bribes from government job to furnish home feds say

  Miami -Dade County government job to obtain more than $13,000 worth of bribes – including a new stove, refrigerator and air conditioning system for his home, federal authorities said Wednesday.George Brown, 50, was arrested Tuesday and is being held at ...

• Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners Senator

  A selection of lunch meals offered to detainees are displayed in a food preparation area at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 7, ...

• Video Federal Reserve raises its predictions for growth and jobs

  Ben Bernanke said the economy is doing well enough that the Federal Reserve is likely to ease back on a bond-buying program that has kept interest rates at record-low rates. The prospect of higher interest rates sent the Dow down more than 200 points. Anthony Mason ...

• Video American Medical Association declares obesity a disease

  The American Medical Association declared obesity a disease, leaving many doctors hoping that this changes the way insurance companies view covering treatment. Weight loss surgery is covered by Medicare and insurance companies when there are complications such as diabetes and high blood pressure, but patients who have not yet developed these problems are denied coverage. Dr. Jon LaPook ...

• Watch Joe Torres Daughter Catches Falling Baby

  Christina -- -- daughter of former Yankee manager and all star baseball catcher Joseph Torre. Tonight making quite a catch yourself -- heroes catch the 44 year old catching a one year old boy ...

• Watch Former Professor on FBI Most Wanted List Nabbed in Mexico

  A fugitive is behind bars today just one day after being put on the FBI's ten most wanted list Walter -- Williams have been on the run for more than two years wanted for sexual exploitation ...

• Senators challenging White House on religious expression in military

  Two U.S. senators have pushed forward a second challenge to the Obama administration's opposition to legislative language that offers a ';protection of rights of conscience of members of the Armed Forces and ...

• Jefferson Award Winners Help Those With Autism Find Work

  SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – The CDC estimates one in 50 babies born in the U.S. today will be on the Autism spectrum. What will happen when they grow up? A San Francisco couple is working to make sure they’ll have jobs that match their abilities. Since Nicholas earned a degree in graphic design, he’s had a handful of jobs, including this one: ';I was delivering mail that ...

• ‘Sopranos’ Actor James Gandolfini Dies

  James Gandolfini, who won three Emmys for his portrayal of Tony Soprano on ';The Sopranos';, has died, according to HBO. More details to ...

• San Francisco’s ‘Landlords From Hell’ Plead Guilty To Felonies

  San Francisco landlords Nicole and Kip Macy pleaded guilty to residential burglary, stalking and attempted grand theft. They were dubbed by prosecutors as the ';landlords from hell.'; (San Francisco Police ...

• KPIX 5 Poll Finds Californians Supporting Marriage Rights For Same-Sex Couples

  expected U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban , a newly released KPIX-TV poll finds that only 35% of Californians feel the court should uphold the ban. The poll, conducted for KPIX 5 by the firm SurveyUSA, found that 48 reported that the Supreme Court should uphold the lower court ruling which would end Prop. 8, while 17 percent said they ...

• Blanco Pinch-Hit Triple Leads Giants Over Padres 4-2

  Gregor Blanco #7 of the San Francisco Giants hits a two-run triple scoring Tony Abreu #10 and Brandon Crawford #35 in the seventh inning against the San Diego Padres at AT&T Park on June 19, 2013 in San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...

• 3 Adults 1 Teen Arrested Fatal Stabbing Robbery In San Jose

  gang-related fatal stabbing of a 44-year-old man during a street robbery in January . Officers units arrested Enrique Martinez, 20, and Ceasar Torres, 18, in San Jose last Wednesday on suspicion of murder, police said. Two days later, officers took a 17-year-old juvenile into custody in San Jose, police said. The fourth suspect, Joel Madrigal, 27, was arrested while in custody at the Santa ...

• Everything You Need For Summer

  Everyone knows how beneficial it is to get a certain amount of exercise per day but occasionally we need a bit of advice to make the right ...

• Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Performing in New York’s Shakespeare in the Park Comedy of Errors Production—Rain or Shine

  Summer after summer, New Yorkers and tourists alike spend hours upon hours waiting in line at the Delacorte Theater. For it is there, smack dab in the middle of Central Park, that a little slice of magic known as Shakespeare in the Park takes place. For the past five-plus decades, the stage at ...

• Man convicted in Phoenixs serial shootings dies

  Associated Press PHOENIX - An Arizona death row inmate convicted of killing six people in Phoenix's "serial shooter" attacks has died in prison. Prison officials say 40-year-old Dale Hausner was found unresponsive in his cell in Florence around noon Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour later. Authorities say the cause of death is under investigation. ...

• Capitol Hills Partisan And Racial Divide Cast In Bronze

  Vice President Biden joined congressional leaders at the Capitol Hill dedication ceremony for a statue of abolitionist Frederick ...

• Three Navy football players accused of sexual assault

  FILE - This is a May 7, 2007 file photo showing the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The U.S. Naval Academy is investigating allegations that three members of its football team sexually assaulted a female midshipman at an off-campus house last year, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday, May 31, 2013, and a lawyer for the woman says she was "ostracized" on campus after she ...

• Feds Prison for Ohio woman who buried mom in yard

  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison.Federal authorities say 66-year-old Marietta resident Patricia Hodges also was sentenced Wednesday in Columbus to six months of home confinement and ordered to repay more than $141,000. Hodges had pleaded ...

• SF landlords from hell plead guilty to felonies

  SAN FRANCISCO -- A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building have pleaded guilty to several felonies.Prosecutors said Wednesday that 37-year-old Nicole Macy and 38-year-old Kip Macy threatened to shoot tenants, changed locks, cleared apartments of belongings, and sawed holes in floors. ...

• Cops Disabled Pa. man dies after gruesome neglect

  A 35-year-old Sarasota man has been charged with abusing his 11-year-old daughter, who died this week, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's ...

• UofL professor announces candidacy for US Senate

  FRANKFORT, Ky. - University of Louisville communications professor Greg Leichty has announced that he'll seek the Democratic nomination to run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.Leichty made the announcement to his 28 Twitter followers on Sunday. He joins two other longshot Democrats - Bennie Smith of Louisville and Ed Marksberry of Owensboro - who have said they are running for the seat now held ...

• Obama in Berlin the world’s big problems are global warming American nukes

  President Obama couldn’t have been more out-of-touch if he’d delivered his Berlin speech on Mars, instead of to a shriveled German audience only a fraction the size of the one he addressed in 2008. He identified the absolutely non-existent ';climate change'; issue the ';global threat of our time,'; and according ...

• Feds make find at former home of Goodfellas mobster

  An FBI excavation has turned up possible human remains at a home once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in the movie "Goodfellas," authorities said ...

• A solid 8oz. Burger Bar with spiked shakes on Capitol Hill

  A burger and fries at 8oz. Burger Bar on Capitol Hill. Its namesake is souped up with Beecher’s cheddar, bacon and balsamic onions and redolent of truffle ...

• Cuomo strikes deal to allow Las-Vegas style casinos in New York

  Photo credit: Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens.(Barbara Alper) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with state lawmakers to license new resort-style casinos, in an effort to help revive a stagnant economy in upstate New York, the governor said on Wednesday. The agreement would amend the state constitution to legalize public, non Native American casino gambling with an initial ...

• Virgin Hotels announce New York location.

  Virgin Hotels has just announced the location of their brand new hotel set to descend upon the big apple. It can now be confirmed that the new hotel will be located on the northwest corner of 29th Street and Broadway.With over 300 guest rooms, various fine dining experiences, meeting rooms, and a gym - the new Virgin venture is set to open in ...

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