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'Extreme' Arizona wildfire burns 5,000 acres in just 7 hours
Hundreds of people were evacuated in Arizona on Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just seven hours.More than 300 firefighters, along with multiple helicopters and aircraft, moved in to tackle the “extreme” blaze which started in “remote, rugged terrain” on the east side of Granite Mountain near Prescott, Arizona, officials said.It is unclear what started the fire, ...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:56:31 GMT)

New study tracks emotional health of 'surrogate kids'
Over the past decade the number of births involving surrogacy with donor eggs and sperm has surged. What, experts wondered, does this mean for the mental and emotional health of the growing number of kids who may or may not know the truth about their distinctive origins? A team of British researchers, led by Susan Golombok, a professor of family research and director of the Centre for Family R...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:04:44 GMT)

Liberals brace for Supreme Court decision on voting rights
Bracing for an impending Supreme Court decision that could limit the reach of the Voting Rights Act, liberal legal experts and advocates are assessing what to do if the court strikes down a central part of the law.Addressing the annual convention of the liberal lawyers’ group the American Constitution Society, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a pioneer of the civil rights movement, told an audience of more...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:30:32 GMT)

Endangered list highlights at-risk landmarks and landscapes
A lighthouse built in 1799, an airport terminal that helped launch the 747 and the world’s first domed, air-conditioned sports stadium. Separated by miles, styles and disparate histories, they have one thing in common.On Wednesday, they were named three of the nation’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). Now in its 26th year, the list spotligh...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:26:06 GMT)

Why we’ve been obsessed with Jimmy Hoffa for 38 years
As the latest twist in the search for the body of Jimmy Hoffa commenced in a field north of Detroit on Monday, it continued a nearly 40-year fascination with Hoffa’s disappearance. Many remain curious as to what exactly happened to the late president of the Teamsters union despite the fact that there is a generation of people who may not exactly remember what he was famous for in the first place. ...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:58:20 GMT)

13-year-old charged with murder after using wrestling move on 5-year-old sister
NEW ORLEANS — A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV."The 13-year-old reported he started to wrestle with the victim and practiced 'WWE' style wrestling moves on the 5-year-old," Col. John Fortunato of the Jeffers...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:39:25 GMT)

Dwindling Great Lakes squeeze shipping industry
By Amber Payne, Producer, NBC NewsTOLEDO, Ohio -- It’s the 14th straight year of low water levels for the $34 billion shipping industry that relies on the Great Lakes.And for ships like the Mesabi Miner, that comes at a great cost.On a recent Saturday the vessel drifted through the Detroit River and docked in Toledo, where the crew began the eight-hour process of unloading 66,000 tons of iron ore,...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:30:18 GMT)

A new take on 'grass-fed' meat: Pig farmer markets pork raised on marijuana
The possibilities when it comes to marketing meat made from marijuana-fed animals are close to endless, but the man who came up with the idea has decided to simply call them “Pot Pigs.”William von Scheneidau, owner and founder of BB Ranch in Seattle, didn’t come up with the idea to feed pigs and other animals weed while sitting around a bong in the basement with his buddies.In fact, he doesn’t eve...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:30:18 GMT)

Journalist Michael Hastings dies at 33
Michael Hastings, the journalist best known for the 2010 Rolling Stone story that led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, died Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles, his employers at BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone announced.He was 33."We are shocked and devastated by the news that Michael Hastings is gone," BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith said in a statement Tuesday evening. "Michael wa...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:30:17 GMT)

Analysis: Why Edward Snowden isn't a whistle-blower, legally speaking
Ever since Edward Snowden revealed himself as the leaker of classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs, he has sometimes been called a whistle-blower. But is he?Those who believe he has shed light on improper government actions say he deserves to be called one. But there seems little doubt that he cannot claim legal whistle-blower protection.For starters, the general whistle-blower laws...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:29:48 GMT)

Welcoming pets in the hospital
    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:24:16 GMT)

NSA considers ending collection of data on Americans' phone calls
The National Security Agency is reviewing whether to stop collecting a vast stockpile of records of Americans’ telephone calls — the most controversial component of its surveillance programs— by allowing telecommunications companies to retain the data until U.S. intelligence officials have a specific reason to review it for possible connections to terror plots, U.S. officials said TuesdayThe NSA’s...    
(Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:24:15 GMT)

Search for Hoffa continues in Michigan field
    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:48:11 GMT)

Business, tourism take a hit as Great Lakes evaporate
    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:48:10 GMT)

Disabled Ohio woman, daughter allegedly held captive in horrid conditions
A cognitively disabled woman and her young daughter were held against their will in an Ohio home for more than two years, forced to perform manual labor, threatened by poisonous snakes, and beaten to scare them from ever escaping, authorities announced on Tuesday.Jessica L. Hunt, 31, and Daniel J. Brown, 33, and Jordie L. Callahan, 26, were arrested in Ashland, Ohio, and charged with forced labor ...    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:37:18 GMT)

Tornado touches down near Denver airport
    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:37:18 GMT)

‘Days of Rambo are over’: Women to enter combat roles
    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:26:24 GMT)

Marijuana fed pork for sale
    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:31:32 GMT)

Accused Fort Hood gunman's request for a trial delay denied
An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 and wounding nearly three dozen others at a Fort Hood, Texas, military post in 2009 has been denied a trial delay by a judge.Major Nidal Hasan, 42, who has been allowed to represent himself, had requested a three-month postponement to his trial so he could prepare more. Military Judge Col. Tara Osborn refused the request Tuesday, and said jury selection w...    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:26:07 GMT)

Manning trial focuses on whether tweets meet evidence standards
FORT MEADE, Md. - The court-martial of the U.S. soldier accused of providing reams of classified documents to WikiLeaks in a case illustrating the challenge of keeping secrets in the digital age must decide whether tweets and Web pages can be admitted as evidence.Lawyers for Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, who is accused of providing more than 700,000 files to the anti-secrecy websit...    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:45 GMT)

World's oldest manatee gets a check-up
    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:45 GMT)

Baked Alaska: Crazy weather swings from ice to fire
In Alaska, houses are built to keep warm air in and cold air out, not the other way around. So with a record-setting heat wave scorching the state, residents are sweltering amid temperatures soaring past 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Southcentral Alaska hit four all-time highs yesterday (June 17), ranging between 88 F in Seward to 94 F in Talkeetna, according to the National Weather Service's Alaska fore...    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:45 GMT)

Wave causes boat to spin out of control
    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:45 GMT)

‘There are changes going on right now’
    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:45 GMT)

Disabled Ohio woman, daughter held captive in horrid conditions
A cognitively disabled woman and her young daughter were held against their will in an Ohio home for more than two years, forced to perform manual labor, threatened by poisonous snakes, and beaten to scare them from ever escaping, authorities announced on Tuesday.Jessica L. Hunt, 31, and Daniel J. Brown, 33, and Jordie L. Callahan, 26, were arrested in Ashland, Ohio, and charged with forced labor ...    
(Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:15:09 GMT)

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