Divers find 8 more bodies on Costa Concordia

CBS NewsOngoing operations to remove fuel from the half sunken hulk of the luxury ship Costa Concordia a month after it ran aground are seen outside the port of Isola del Giglio island in Tuscany, Italy, Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Giorgio Fanciulli) ROME ...

Gunman kills 5 in murder-suicide at spa in Georgia

USA TODAYBy Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Update at 11:47 am ET: The pastor of the man who owned the spa tells WXIA that the killings may have involved financial problems. Pastor Paul Song Kim of Fire and the light Korean Baptist Church says the shooter killed ...

Israeli Minister Rejects Foreign Warnings on Iran

ABC NewsIsrael's foreign minister says the Jewish state will not bow to foreign pressure in deciding whether to attack Iran. In an interview Wednesday with Israeli Channel 2 TV News, Avigdor Lieberman rebuffed suggestions that American and Russian warnings ...


World leaders seek 'second chance' for Somalia at London talks on fragile ...

Washington PostLONDON — Somalia's fragile leadership, its neighbors and international allies are meeting in London in the hope of speeding the troubled east African nation's progress toward a stable government and containing the threat from Islamic militants who some ...

Virginia lacrosse murder trial goes to jury

ReutersBy Brandon Shulleeta | CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - Jurors began deliberating on Wednesday to decide whether a former University of Virginia lacrosse player killed his ex-girlfriend in a drunken rage or if her 2010 death was accidental.

Former Louisiana Gov. Roemer leaving GOP to try presidential campaign trail as ...

Washington PostBATON ROUGE, La. — Former Louisiana Gov. Charles “Buddy” Roemer is abandoning his bid to win the Republican presidential nomination and will instead try to run as an independent candidate. Roemer says he will make a formal announcement Thursday in ...


Costumes, Beads Give Way to Ashes in New Orleans

TIMEBy AP / Mary Foster and Stacey Plaisance Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 (NEW ORLEANS) — Officers on horseback cleared Bourbon Street early Wednesday, declaring an end to Carnival 2012 as Mardi Gras revelers began to prepare for the beginning of Lent, ...

Miramonte teacher pleads not guilty

The South Los Angeles ReportMark Berndt sat silently, staring straight ahead in a packed courtroom. Five sheriff's deputies surrounded him. The former teacher appeared unkempt and unshaven in an orange jumpsuit. Berndt is being held at the Twin Towers jail.