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Today in the News: New clues about missing Malaysia Airlines plane

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:00:00 +0000

News to know

A Malaysian Air Force official told CNN today that the missing airplane was hundreds of miles off course and flying in the wrong direction when it dropped off the radar. The plane was flying west instead of northeast, officials said, and it had stopped sending information. Officials now are looking into the possibility of a power failure or [...]

Business update: How investors may be getting fooled by buybacks

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:00:00 +0000

If you're puzzled why the U.S. stock market has risen so fast in a slow-growing economy, consider one of its star performers: DirecTV.

Friend: 'Mad' Oscar Pistorius shot gun out car sunroof

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Oscar Pistorius' friend testified Tuesday that the Olympian twice fired guns in public in the six months before he killed his girlfriend, once without warning through the sunroof of a moving car following an angry altercation with a policeman who had handled Pistorius' pistol.

Ukraine's Crimea seeks to become independent state

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:00:00 +0000

The Crimean parliament on Tuesday said it would declare itself independent if its residents approve a referendum to split off from Ukraine — an ambiguous legal maneuver that could offer a way of de-escalating the standoff between Russia and the West.

Malaysia: Search expands for missing plane

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:40:52 +0000

Authorities are expanding their search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane to the Malacca Strait, far from its last confirmed location, the airline said Tuesday, injecting new mystery into an investigation that so far has failed to come up with any answers.

Morning Jolt: Missing flight 'not a terrorist incident'

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:03:30 +0000

In the news

The head of Interpol said today that the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight "was not a terrorist incident," according to CNN.�Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble said that the two passengers who were traveling with stolen passports do not appear to be linked to any terrorists organizations, and that one of the men was trying to [...]

Today in the News: Officials ID man who bought tickets with stolen passports for Malaysian flight

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:00:00 +0000

News to know

According to a report from USA Today, officials have identified a man who bought two tickets on the missing Malaysian flight using stolen passports. Thai police said Kazem Ali of Iran bought the tickets for two friends who were trying to get home to Europe. The final destination on the tickets itinerary were for Europe, officials said. [...]

Business update: US network to scan workers with secret clearances

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:10:27 +0000

Stung by internal security lapses, U.S. intelligence officials plan to use a sweeping electronic system to continually monitor workers with secret clearances, current and former officials told The Associated Press.

Oscar Pistorius vomits during graphic testimony

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Oscar Pistorius vomited in the dock and retched repeatedly and loudly at his murder trial Monday as he heard graphic details of the injuries sustained by the girlfriend he shot, including a head wound that was probably instantly fatal according to the pathologist who performed her autopsy.

Russia warns Ukraine over 'lawlessness' in east

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:00:00 +0000

Russia's Foreign Ministry on Monday denounced what it called lawlessness by far-right activists in eastern Ukraine, a statement likely to trigger alarms in Ukraine about possible Russian intervention there.

On Technology: Crummy cell pictures

By Jim Hillibish More Content Now — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:46:16 +0000

The killer app on cellphones is the camera, as in photography. Last year, tens of billions of pictures were shot by them, eclipsing stand-alone digital cameras.
Downside: Tablet and cell cams still produce lower-quality images than stand-alone cameras. It's all in the sensor that records the shot. There's not a lot of room or power in a handheld. For sharpness and depth of color, they cannot beat the competition.
I spent a Saturday trying to improve my Samsung tablet photos. Here's what [...]

Investigators chase 'every angle' in missing Malaysia Airlines jet

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:32:57 +0000

Rescue helicopters and ships searching for a Malaysia Airlines jet rushed Monday to investigate a yellow object that looked like a life raft. It turned out to be moss-covered trash floating in the ocean, once again dashing hopes after more than two days of fruitless search for the plane that disappeared en route to Beijing with 239 people on board.

Morning Jolt: Search continues for missing flight

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:29:12 +0000

In the news

There's still no sign of the Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing Saturday. Dozens of planes and ships from eight nations are combing the seas for signs of the airplane, but officials have yet to come up with anything. "For the aircraft to go missing just like that ... as far as we are concerned, we are equally puzzled as well," said Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of the Malaysian civil aviation department, CNN reported.

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Russia reinforces military presence in Crimea

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 15:25:09 +0000
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine — Dozens of military trucks transporting heavily armed soldiers rumbled over Crimea's rutted roads Saturday as Russia reinforced its armed presence on the disputed peninsula in the Black Sea. Moscow's foreign minister ruled out any dialogue with Ukraine's new authorities, whom he dismissed as the puppets of extremists.

Vietnam says it may have found missing airliner's door

Sun, 09 Mar 2014 13:40:56 +0000
Vietnamese authorities searching waters for the missing Boeing 777 jetliner spotted an object Sunday that they suspected was one of the plane's doors, as international intelligence agencies joined the investigation into two passengers who boarded the aircraft with stolen passports.

Business update: Bitcoin mystery continues to deepen

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:00:00 +0000
Who is bitcoin's real creator? The bitcoin community is reacting to that burning question with a collective ho-hum.

Ukrainians urge US, EU to get on same wavelength

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:00:00 +0000
Two potential Ukrainian presidential contenders are urging the U.S. and European Union to stick to a single, tough stance against Russia over its military incursion into Crimea.

Guard's testimony: Oscar Pistorius told me 'everything is fine'

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:00:00 +0000
Oscar Pistorius told a concerned security guard on the phone that everything was "fine" after neighbors reported gunshots coming from the athlete's house the night he shot dead his girlfriend, according to testimony in the South African murder trial Friday.

Morning Jolt: U.S. adds 175,000 jobs in February

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 08:58:51 +0000

In the news
The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in February, more than was expected, according to the Department of Labor. The numbers top January's as well. The unemployment rate in February was 6.7 percent.
Happening today
The big movies opening this weekend are "300: Rise of an Empire," an R action movie that is a sequel [...]

Today in the News: House approves $1B in aid for Ukraine

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Quote of note
"We must remember that the purpose of our pressure on Russia is not simply to punish aggression — and certainly it is not to escalate the confrontation — but instead to move (President Vladimir) Putin toward a resolution that protects the territorial integrity of Ukraine." - Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., who co-sponsored a resolution [...]