Provides the latest RSS feeds for US News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Boston Star.com http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/cat/420d9e49bcaa69d0/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 03:14:33 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:14:33 -0400 30 Paraguay has become the main destination in South America for used cars from Japan, the US and other countries, thanks to new regulations aimed at making it easier to import automobiles so low-income consumers can purchase vehicles. Used cars are all the rage in Paraguay, where vehicles that have been shipped from thousands of kilometers away are put to use as soon as they are repaired and made ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653945/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:02 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653945/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a "climate of intolerance" leading to hatred and violence. In an annual report, the State Department said Monday government officials worldwide are often allowed to act with impunity while violating the religious rights of their countrymen. It said there often is uneven ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643757/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:12 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643757/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Burmese President Thein Sein is visiting the White House, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century. It marks the latest U.S. effort to reward him for introducing reforms after decades of military rule. The White House meeting with President Barack Obama also represents a rapid diplomatic boost for Thein Sein, whom the United States removed from a blacklist of ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643756/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:11 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643756/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Africa this summer, visiting three countries. In a statement Monday, the White House says President Obama along with his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June and early July. The administration says Obama will meet with government officials as well as leaders from business, civil ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643750/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643750/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Ahead of US Secretary State John Kerry's June visit for the India-United States Strategic Dialogue, a senior American diplomat is travelling to New Delhi this week to exchange notes on the preparations. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who will be in New Delhi May 24-25, will meet External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and other ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214631860/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214631860/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Chinese hackers have resumed attacks on America three months after hackers, who worked for a cyber unit of China's People's Liberation Army, went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies. The hackers appear to have resumed their attacks using different techniques, according to computer industry security experts and American ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214629315/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214629315/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Justin Theroux is rumoured to have had celebrated his bachelor party in New York City. The 41-year-old actor, who was photographed enjoying a stag party at the Big Apple on Sunday, is fuelling speculation that he could be tying the knot with Jennifer Aniston sooner than expected, Contactmusic reported. A pal of Theroux, writer Gavin McInnes, posted a photo of himself fooling around with the ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214629207/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:40:01 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214629207/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 President Barack Obama will be speaking on his administration's evolving counterterrorism policies on Thursday, a White House official has said. The official told POLITICO that the president will also be discussing the administration's controversial use of drones and renewed plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Obama will discuss the country's broad counterterrorism policy, ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214629201/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:10:03 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214629201/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A few hours after that, we were told that everybody at the most senior levels of the White House knew about the report revealing the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service - everybody but the president, who maintains he learned about it from watching TV.By far the most damaging of the stories has to do with the assault on press freedom.In 2009, Fox News reporter James ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655047/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:18 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655047/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON - The Obama administration’s snooping scandal mushroomed yesterday when it was revealed that the Justice Department seized a trove of information about Fox News correspondent James Rosen in an effort to aid a leak investigation - including tracking the reporter’s movements in and out of the State Department.The feds gained access to records of Rosen’s use of the phone ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654930/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:18 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654930/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Whether the Obama administration could have stopped the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups.***Jonah Goldberg made an excellent point in "IRS Follows O’s Lead," (PostOpinion, May 17) when he said: "Imagine for a moment if black civil-rights organizations, gay groups or teachers unions were targeted by the IRS." The White House would have started a major ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655048/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:14 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655048/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Detroit - Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway shouldn't spend a day in federal prison, her lawyer said Monday, despite admitting she orchestrated an elaborate two-year scheme to defraud her bank of $600,000 owed on a Grosse Pointe Park home. Defense lawyer Steve Fishman argued the loss was less than $70,000 and urged U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara to keep ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655049/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:59:51 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655049/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654807/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:43:02 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654807/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Trainer Mark Gruesbeck (L) of the San Francisco Giants looks at the pitching hand of Ryan Vogelsong #32 after Vogelsong was hit in the hand by a pitch against the Washington Nationals in the fifth inning at AT&T Park on May 20, 2013 in San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655055/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:19 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655055/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 South Africa's Professor Jonathan Jansen will receive the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for Africa at a gala ceremony in New York on 3 June, it was announced at the weekend. Jansen, the vice-chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State, played a key role in turning the university "away from its apartheid legacy into an institution that is truly representative ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654987/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:37:15 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654987/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The South Dakota Senate race is turning into a tense feud between two longtime Democratic power brokers: Harry Reid and Tom Daschle.The rift between the current and former Senate Democratic leaders threatens their party’s effort to keep control of the Senate seat held by the retiring Sen. Tim Johnson since ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654203/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:02:29 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654203/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 I am concerned about Afghans when NATO withdraws in 2014. Pakistanis feel that theirs will be a win-win situation. Americans won't bother after they cross the Atlantic and are safe back home. Europe does not wish to be in picture. India under the present weak leadership is written off as a force; civil or military. Russians have already burnt their fingers badly in Afghanistan not long ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654204/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:32 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654204/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office says that 20 children are among the dead in the tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs.The twister has killed at least 51 people and officials fear the death toll will rise.Medical examiner spokeswoman Amy Elliott confirmed the children's deaths Monday night. The tornado made a direct hit on an elementary ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654076/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:19 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654076/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 LOS ANGELES -- Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt.The rate of credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 0.69 percent in the first quarter from 0.85 percent a year earlier - drop of nearly 19 percent, credit reporting agency ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654205/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:18 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654205/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - One of Alaska's most active volcanoes, which has been belching ash and spewing lava since last week, has forced regional flight cancellations and dusted some nearby communities with ash, scientists and local officials said on ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654211/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:55 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654211/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 May 20, 2013 11:36pm Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made another stop in an early voting state Monday evening, continuing to feed the speculation that he will possibly run for president in 2016. Just 10 days ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654212/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:34:58 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654212/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653276/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:47 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653276/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653277/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:47 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653277/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653763/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:40:19 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653763/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms and already has forced the postponement of elective ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653183/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:38:58 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653183/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delving into the controversial relationship between government and religion, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a town in New York could allow members of the public, who in practice were nearly all Christian clergy, to open meetings with a ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653283/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:35:31 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653283/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 LOS ANGELES (CBS / AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including elephant meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and crocodiles. The agency said in a press release Monday that the illegal items were seized between May 6 and May 10 at an international mail facility and at Los Angeles ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653136/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:30:30 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653136/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 IRS scandal gains traction and a bipartisan chorus on Capitol Hill demands more answers, the man who headed the agency at the time it was targeting conservative groups will be on the hot seat twice this ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652385/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:59:46 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652385/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652227/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:41 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652227/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652386/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:52:57 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652386/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, and meet with US President Barack Obama in the United States on June 7-8, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced Tuesday.According to Qin, Xi's visits are at the invitation of President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona, President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla, ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652353/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:49:35 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652353/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Photo credit: David Gatten of New York marches in a rally to honor Marc Carson. (Craig Ruttle) The string of savage hate crimes in New York City, culminating with the death of Marc Carson in Greenwich Village early Saturday morning, has New York's gay community reassessing its assumption of "safe places." Gay people come from all over the world to enjoy the non-judgmental embrace ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652387/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:44:19 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652387/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The US government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in an inquiry that appears to step into uncharted territory _ by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information. It is the latest case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, AP reports. During the investigation of State ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652272/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:38:09 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652272/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 court affidavit obtained by The Washington Post . Without naming Mr. Rosen, the document describes the reporter as "at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652393/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:33:19 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652393/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Catherine Engelbrecht has been telling people for years she's been targeted and harassed by the federal government. Not many people listened.  But her case is receiving new attention after her congressman, Republican Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, recounted her ordeal during a high-profile House committee hearing on the IRS practice of singling out conservative groups. He claimed she was ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652394/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:42 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652394/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 could probably lay claim to being the very center of Tornado Alley, an area roughly defined from north Texas to South Dakota, and west of the Mississippi river. On May 3, 1999, Moore was hit by one of the worst tornadoes on record. That storm's winds were indirectly measured at 302 miles per ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652367/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:22 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652367/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said.But when they arrived, they found the jobs didn't exist, and they were left to fend for themselves — the victims of a fraud perpetrated by two Broward women, prosecutors said.The plot was so audacious that one of the women, Jetta ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652395/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:06 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652395/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A U.S. Marine, who is part of a military honor guard, takes his position before a welcoming ceremony for German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere, by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, at the Pentagon in Washington April 30, ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652126/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:29:50 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652126/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 obscure piece on The New York Times’ website about Picasso repurposing his canvases by painting over older, abandoned projects was fascinating, at least insofar as stories about master artists and their recycling habits go. But let’s face it-it wasn’t exactly click ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652243/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:29:36 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652243/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 It's certainly a very very sad day -- of Oklahoma. Very hard day -- -- -- tremendous disaster that has hit this community and more in other areas at this day. Beginning yesterday with a terrible storms and history. So many different areas and certainly today it places big tornado that. -- long had the same path that may night. Maker turning in 1999 -- is arguably there's something ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652396/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:26:07 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652396/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Obama 's staff deliberately kept him in the dark about an impending report on the Internal Revenue Service scandal, his press secretary said Monday. White House press ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652206/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:20:39 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652206/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A congressional report said U.S. technology giant Apple was using gaps in international tax laws to avoid paying tax on tens of billions of dollars. The report says Apple had moved $74 billion beyond the reach of the IRS from 2009-12 using a variety of loopholes to do so, some of which are used to declare tens of billions of dollars were earned unattached to any country. Apple seems to claim ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652301/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:20:34 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652301/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 In this Friday, May 17, 2013, photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New York. Scheindlin is the federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Richard ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651155/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:51:04 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651155/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 MOORE, Okla. -; Tornado warnings have been issued across much of the Midwest, stretching from Texas to Illinois, following a second deadly twister in as many days in the Oklahoma City ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651410/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:51:03 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651410/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 OKLAHOMA CITY -; Officials at two hospitals say they're treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651322/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:50:52 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651322/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 PLANO, Texas -; Americans Josh Teater, Scott Brown Johnson Wagner and Bud Cauley qualified for the British Open on Monday at the international final qualifying at Gleneagles Country Club Queens ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651431/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:50:51 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651431/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 10 Things to Know for Tuesday Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651435/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:28 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651435/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The tornadoes that have raked communities in Oklahoma, Texas and other states over the past week belie what has been an unusually slow start to the 2013 tornado ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651328/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:28 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651328/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651436/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:27 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651436/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 RALEIGH, N.C. -- The fourth week of protests led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP has ended in the arrests of more than 50 people at the state legislature.The arrest count and number of supporters Monday reached the highest yet for the group's demonstrations against the policies of the General Assembly, which Republicans took control of after the 2010 elections. Crowds have grown ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651437/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:25 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651437/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654208/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214654208/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653282/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214653282/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655053/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214655053/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652392/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652392/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Top White House aides knew of a scandal over tax officials targeting conservative groups in April, but did not tell President Barack Obama, in a possible bid to insulate him from political ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651136/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:40:15 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651136/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Photo credit: Seamless and GrubHub had a combined $875 million in 2012 takeout sales. The two giants in online food ordering merged Monday, as GrubHub and Seamless became one massive company that hopes to expand its footprint and become ubiquitous nationwide. Seamless, which is based in New York, and GrubHub had a combined $875 million in takeout sales last year, resulting in more than $100 ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651438/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:38:40 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651438/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Conducted by independent professionals and monitored by Congress. Washington scandals follow a familiar arc. When an administration fouls up, the White House lops off some lower-level heads and tries to change the subject to the supposedly more important business facing the nation.Not so fast, the opposing party says. Lawmakers hint at corruption and coverups that extend straight into the Oval ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651305/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:35:38 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651305/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 By Kim Dixon and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON | Mon May 20, 2013 9:30pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior White House aides knew weeks ago that a probe of the Internal Revenue Service had found that the U.S. tax agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, but did not tell President Barack Obama, a White House spokesman said on Monday. A Treasury Department official ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652364/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:20 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214652364/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 May 20 Oklahoman staff tornadoes/storms gallery View photos of the May 20, 2013, tornado and severe weather damage... 41 ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651732/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:46 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651732/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Illegal immigrants from El Salvador arrive at the Comalapa international airport after being deported from the U.S. in Comalapa, on the outskirts of San Salvador May 25, ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651444/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:42 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651444/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Hillary Clinton If she decides to run for president in 2016, Hillary Clinton is going to have to create some separation on some issues from the policies of both her husband and her former boss, and we will see that process unfold in the coming years. Hopefully for the better. Hopefully on principle. This could be an example. A recent article on President Obama's attempts to close Guantnamo ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651445/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:23:27 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651445/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A massive tornado carrying winds of up to 320 kph has torn through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, ripping up at least two schools and leaving a wake of tangled wreckage. At least 37 people are dead, including seven children in a school which collapsed during the storm. Seventy-five children took shelter there from the tornado in the town of Moore. Up to two dozen are still believed to be ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651154/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:20:11 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651154/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NEW YORK (CBS / AP) –As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City’s Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to drop out altogether to devote more time to his passion for technology. A few years later, Karp built Tumblr — the wildly ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651447/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:19:16 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651447/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:54 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON -; People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650327/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:51 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650327/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A pair of toy animals are seen as part of memorial outside the home, Monday, May 20, 2013, where Elvira Campos, 10, was shot and killed in North Highlands, Calif. Campos had been watching television with her parents Saturday night, when at least two gunmen walked up to the door of the home and began shooting. About a dozen shots were fired, killing Campos' and wounding her father and mother. ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650328/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:47 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650328/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The White House on Monday once again added to the list of people who knew about the IRS investigation into its targeting of conservative groups - saying White House chief of staff Denis McDonough had been informed about a month ago.Press secretary Jay Carney said again that no one had told President Barack Obama ahead of the first news reports: not his top aide McDonough, nor his chief counsel ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650356/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:43:42 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650356/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 AUTISM Speaks, the autism and science advocacy organization, this week is introducing a new public service advertising campaign aimed at Hispanic and African-American ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650126/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:42:29 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650126/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 OKLAHOMA CITY -- Officials at two hospitals say they're treating nearly 60 patients, including more than a dozen children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.Integris Southwest Medical Center spokeswoman Brooke Cayot (KAY'-ot) said 10 of 37 patients being treated at that facility Monday are listed in critical condition. Twelve are in serious and 15 others are listed in ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650248/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:15 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650248/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 FILE - This Dec. 26, 2009, file photo shows jets outside Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich. Hussain Al Kwawahir, arrested Saturday at the airport after lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker, is set to be arraigned Monday, May 13, 2013, in federal court in Detroit. The Saudi man is accused of using a passport with missing pages and lying to Customs and Border ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650357/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650357/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 will raise rates for all shipments on its trade from Asia to the east coast of South America, starting June 15.The increase will be $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot container, the carrier said.Containerized exports from Far East Asia to South and Central ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650332/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:39:31 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650332/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The most laughable spin yet poured out of the Administration today, in the wake of revelations that the top White House lawyer knew about the incoming IRS scandal nearly a month ago. From ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650359/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:38:20 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650359/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Broadway on the left of the Flatiron building and Fifth Avenue on the right. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Out of state investors in real estate partnerships in high tax states sometimes get nasty surprises, particularly if partnership management is not sensitive to their concerns. That appears to be what happened to Craig Olsheim based on a recent decision in ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650114/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:26 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650114/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 American Airlines has developed a new strategy to encourage faster boarding times. The airline’s new approach means passengers travelling with only a personal carry-on item will be able to board the aircraft first, Forbes reported. Boarding times have been rising steadily over the last few years due to a reduction in flights, which increases passenger numbers, causing extra charges ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650128/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:36:26 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650128/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A rare and tiny island fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction in the Channel Islands, a rugged and wind-swept chain off Southern California, officials said ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650645/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:36:16 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650645/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 /enpproperty--> Previously barred Myanmar leader to meet Obama and woo business Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms. In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet with ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650360/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:35:17 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650360/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 More than 1,100 garment workers died when a factory collapsed in Bangladesh last month. The tragedy sparked a discussion on what people in the U.S. can do to improve working conditions abroad. Comments from Twitter and Facebook:U.S. consumers can do nothing to help. Greedy Americans have shares in those Third World coffin factories.-- @ChiefBisongEta1Consumers can support companies with good ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650218/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:30:10 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650218/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that tanning beds carry a warning label alerting users to the risk of skin cancer and saying they shouldn't be used by people younger than 18. Comments from Facebook:I'm 25 and was diagnosed last May with Melanoma. This would be a great change for tanning beds.-- Lindsey WilliamsWarning label? Seriously? If tanning beds are that serious ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650219/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:30:08 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650219/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Casey Newton, The Verge: "Marissa Mayer just made her biggest bet to date as Yahoo's CEO -- and if it goes badly, she may not get the chance to make another. A series of recent acquisitions culminated Monday with the announcement that Yahoo is spending roughly one-sixth of its cash hoard to buy Tumblr, the popular but undermonetized blogging platform. The deal brings Yahoo the vibrant, ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650220/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:30:05 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650220/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The federal judge who will rule in a class-action lawsuit accusing New York City police of racial profiling in their "stop and frisk" crime-fighting tactic expressed interest in having police officers wear cameras as the trial concluded on ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650175/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:22:52 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650175/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Judge Marianne Bowler presides over the case of Robel Phillipos, the teenager accused of lying to FBI agents in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, in court in Boston, Massachusetts in this May 6, 2013 court ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650365/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:16 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650365/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolmate, was another ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650366/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:15 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650366/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 BFD 2013 on Sunday turned out to be the revamped ‘Stone Temple Pilots’ featuring Chester Bennington from Linkin Park on vocals. Bennington ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650369/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:11 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650369/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Withbaseball season is in full swing, 800 concession workers could go on strike at AT&T Park sometime in the next few weeks. Negotiations fell apart last Thursday, just days after members of UNITE HERE Local 2 voted to authorize a walkout. A union representative said fans can expect to see concession workers who sell beer, popcorn and other food at the ballpark to be ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650368/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:11 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650368/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 […] in California by voters in 1996. The current law allowing the sale of medical cannabis has …State Senate OKs New Regulations For Calif. Medical Marijuana DispensariesCBS ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650250/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:10 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650250/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Barack Obama Monday said he will award a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel to space. "We remember Sally Ride not just as a national hero, but as a role model to generations of young women," Obama said in a statement released by the White House. "Sally inspired us to reach for the stars, and she advocated for a greater focus ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650342/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:10:47 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650342/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country on its sometimes difficult path to democracy and assured him of U.S. ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650272/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:04:48 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214650272/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Donna Brazile, a CNN contributor and a Democratic strategist, is vice chairwoman for voter registration and participation at the Democratic National Committee. She is a nationally syndicated columnist, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and author of "Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pot in America. " She was manager for the Gore-Lieberman presidential campaign in ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651443/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:57:11 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214651443/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Video: Young investor needs to stop reacting to market swings Aston Hill Capital Growth, which has been run since late 2010 by manager Jeffrey Burchell of Aston Hill Asset Management Inc., has gained an annualized 18.4-per-cent return. It was formerly a closed-end fund called Tax Optimized Return Oriented Securities Trust whose assets were rolled into a mutual fund in mid-2011. Mr. Burchell, a ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649147/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:33:53 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649147/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 An Associated Press photographer saw several children being pulled out of what was left of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on Monday after a massive tornado hit the ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649148/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:10 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649148/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 MONTPELIER, Vt. -; After years of debate, Vermont became the fourth state in the country Monday to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to terminally ill patients seeking to end their ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649149/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:09 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649149/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 LOS ANGELES -; U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including elephant meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648959/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:07 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648959/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler said prison officials should give attorneys daily activity logs, suicide watch logs, psychology data files, photographs, commissary files and other ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648986/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:05 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648986/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 LOUISVILLE, Ky. -; Authorities say a Kentucky teenager known as a jokester was strangled by a dog lead he put around his neck while playing with friends at the start of summer ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649151/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:05 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649151/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON -; In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory - by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649150/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:03 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649150/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Alli Christian, left, helps Jessica Wilkinson as she looks for her dog Bella after Wilkinson returned to find her home near 156th street and Franklin Road destroyed by a tornado, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney) A list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900:- 695 deaths. March 18, 1925, in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.- 216 ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649655/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:37 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649655/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday's massive twister that carved a path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, belie what had been a relatively quiet start of the 2013 tornado ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649204/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:20 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649204/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 David Lyle, CEO of the National Geographic Channel, has seen enough of the letters to know how they go. The writer is typically a longtime reader of the magazine, who perhaps recalls the times he leafed through its glossy pages while perched on grandpa’s ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649205/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:19 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649205/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649206/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:17 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649206/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A spate of hate-fueled attacks on gay men in New York, including a killing in the heart of one of its most gay-friendly neighborhoods, is stirring up anxiety, disbelief and outrage heading into what is usually a time of gay pride ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649208/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:16 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649208/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 As Kansas Citians clean up after Sunday night’s severe storms, another ominous front is taking aim at the metropolitan area. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch through 10 p.m. on Monday for Kansas City and much of the surrounding area. Thunderstorms are expected to roll in early Monday ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649209/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:26:55 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649209/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has approved an application by Ohio Valley Bank, Gallipolis, Ohio, to become a member of the Federal Reserve System. Ohio Valley Bank President and CEO Tom Wiseman commented, "I congratulate the employees of Ohio Valley Bank for achieving this milestone in the bank's history. This membership opens up the opportunity for Ohio Valley Bank to ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648924/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:25:42 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648924/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS/AP) -- Transit authorities say commuter rail service in Connecticut is expected to resume in full by rush hour Wednesday morning, five days after ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649017/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:18:51 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649017/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 "I Like Ike" cartoon from 1952. But they had no idea who President Dwight Eisenhower was. Hormones and a warm, spring day can explain the lack of interest in dead presidents. Two boys in the front row held hands the whole time I spoke.I wanted to stop the lecture and tell the affectionate boys they should thank Eisenhower if they're going to prom together. The Glee-era high school ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649043/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:16:31 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649043/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A new shield law has to protect the function of journalism regardless of medium or business model. Suddenly, freedom of the press is very, very popular.In the wake of revelations that the Justice Department ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649042/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:16:29 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649042/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Indianapolis 500 has always been an international event -- Jules Goux of France took the third running in 1913 -- but Americans have won the vast majority of the races, including 22 straight beginning with A.J. Foyt in 1967 and extending to 1988 with Rick Mears. That dominance began to fade with Emerson Fittipaldi's triumph in 1989. The Brazilian's ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649210/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:57 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649210/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Containerized export volume from Australasia/Oceania to South and Central America steeply declined in March 2013, according to data from Container Trades Statistics ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649127/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:12:16 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649127/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214647475/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:08:28 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214647475/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649215/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:04:29 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649215/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 What produces a bigger economic boost: sailing or football? The question takes on relevance in the Bay Area because San Francisco will host the America's Cup this July-September. And it appears likely that the NFL on Tuesday will pick Santa Clara to host Super Bowl L in 2016. It turns out that yacht racing may give the region more of an economic lift than football. The America's Cup ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649161/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:01:17 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649161/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 You are using Internet Explorer 6. Internet Explorer 6 is unsupported by this site and you may experience layout and functionality issues. It is recommended that you upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or switch to another browser. ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649216/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:30 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649216/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 ORINDA (CBS SF) – Firefighters were battling a three-alarm vegetation fire in OrindaMonday afternoon, a fire dispatcher said. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District received a report of a fire near Ivy Drive at 1:23 p.m. Moraga-Orinda fire department was also on scene, according to ConFire's Twitter account. The fire was threatening structures, a dispatcher ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649218/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:29 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649218/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 ROSENHEIM, GERMANY (CBS SF/CBS LA) – Ray Manzarek, the founding keyboardist of The Doors, died Monday morning of bile duct cancer in Germany, according to a post on the group's official Facebook page. Manzarek was ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649217/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:29 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649217/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 America and Cruz Azul moved into the Liga MX final with contrasting victories in their respective semi-final ties.Miguel Herrera's America secured a 2-1 win at home to Monterrey on Saturday, winning the tie 4-3 on aggregate.Raul Jimenez and Christian Benitez scored for the winners before Aldo de Nigris netted a late consolation at Estadio Azteca.The hosts needed until the 63rd minute to open ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649163/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:56:49 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649163/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON | Mon May 20, 2013 6:50pm EDT WASHINGTON May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. The five-year farm bill would cost about $500 billion, with three-fourths of the money going to food stamps for the poor. ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648972/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:50:09 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648972/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 LONDON ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649164/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:38:47 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214649164/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping attends a meeting with a panel of foreign experts'at the Great Hall of the People on December 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Ed Jones - Pool, Getty ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644052/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:28:26 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644052/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 White Americans are more likely to see anger in the facial expressions of President Obama than non-white Americans are, according to a study from the University of Arkansas that will be published in the journal Political Psychology in ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644091/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:27:50 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644091/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643909/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:49 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643909/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON -; Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644092/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:48 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644092/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 JACKSON, Miss. -; Authorities have suspended the explosives licenses of a company accused of improperly storing millions of pounds of a military propellant in ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644094/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:46 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644094/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 CONCORD, N.H. -; The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644095/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:45 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644095/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON -; The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644127/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:44 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644127/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Later this week President Obama is expected to give a major address on counterterrorism; the closing of Guantanamo Bay prison could figure prominently in his address. The president promised to close the facility back in 2009, but he has made little progress in doing so. For the first time in years, the administration is looking to reduce the number of detainees at the island ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644128/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:38 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644128/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 You have a long weekend and want to shake off work without having to drive too far. Here are five great destinations in the northeast that won't take more than a tank of ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644031/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:56 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644031/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 BILLINGS, Mont. -- Federal wildlife officials are postponing a much-anticipated decision on whether to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states.In a court filing Monday, government attorneys say "a recent unexpected delay" is indefinitely holding up action on the predators. No further explanation was offered.Gray wolves are under protection as an endangered species ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644130/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:07 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644130/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 At heart, a quesadilla is pretty much a Mexican grilled cheese. Take a tortilla, stuff it with something savory, add some cheese, fold it in half and toast it. It’s also pretty ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644132/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:05 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644132/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The godfather of a New York college student accidentally killed by a police bullet says the officer should have negotiated instead of firing as an armed intruder held the young woman ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644133/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:04 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644133/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The soldiers who landed in Normandy on D-Day were greeted as liberators, but by the time American G. ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648915/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:19:19 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214648915/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Not since the days of Charles de Gaulle has America spilled blood and treasure on a less grateful national leader than Afghan President Hamid Karzai. In a bid to be viewed as ideologically independent, Karzai has famously criticized the West, and the United States in particular, in apparent attempts to strengthen his political hand at ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644097/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:17:25 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644097/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 'American Idol' winner Candice Glover sings on the show's 12th season. Former "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell told newly crowned winner of the show's 12th season Candice Glover that she would be "a lounge" singer the last time he cut her from the show.The determined songstress who describes herself as a "church girl" used the ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643965/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:16 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643965/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 manufactured scandals and ignoring the masses they purportedly are there to serve. Is not the media's job to ensure that our representative government represents us all and serve us all? Sadly it is no longer the case. Americans however seem to be growing up. The gullibility index may be abating. If the latest poll on President Obama is any indication, then Americans are keeping the ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644099/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:13:05 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644099/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 words of one state assemblyman , "in the interest of protecting as many people as possible." This raises an important question: Is prohibiting 16-year-olds from using tanning beds, without regard to the wishes of their parents or prom dates, in the interest of as many people as possible?Not if you live in New Jersey. Based on the evidence I've seen on MTV, it is safer to lie in a ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644134/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:10:34 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644134/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 President Barack Obama talks about the need for Congress to ensure taxes don't go up for the majority of Americans next year, while in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, August 3, ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643826/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:04:11 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643826/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON -- White House officials were first notified on April 16 about an investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups and discussed its potential findings with the Treasury Department but never told President Obama, the White House said ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644106/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:03:17 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644106/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Sports became a U.S. obsession in a time when underground gamblers like Arnold Rothstein-the inspiration for Gatsby's World Series fixer Meyer ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644138/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:24 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644138/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A team of American seminarians has won the Clericus Cup, the annual soccer competition among Rome's seminaries. The "North American Martyrs" took the championship for the 2nd consecutive year with a 1-0 win in a match against Mater ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644139/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:59:00 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644139/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 This undated handout photo obtained by The Associated Press shows New York Detective Stephen Hoban. The New York Police Department defends its surveillance of Muslims as narrowly focused in a new court filing in a civil rights lawsuit. But text messages between a detective and an informant obtained by The Associated Press reveal wide-ranging efforts to get Muslims to privately make incriminating ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643902/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:30 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643902/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NEW YORK, N.Y. - Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a U.S.-funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors said Monday. Zhu Yudong, a U.S.-educated NYU professor, and Yang Xing, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. They ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643998/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:30 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643998/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 In a photo op Monday afternoon with Burma's president, Thein Sein, President Obama repeatedly referred to the nation as Myanmar - new acknowledgement of a "diplomatic courtesy" allowing "limited use of the name" to describe the former pariah state, though official U.S. policy "remains that Burma is the name of the ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644110/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:27 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644110/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A top official says Palestinians have done all the legal work necessary to join 63 U.N. agencies, conventions and treaties, but haven't applied yet mainly to give the U.S. peace effort a chance to succeed. Chief Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat said Monday that Palestinians have done "everything" to enable President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644084/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:24 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644084/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 CBS NEWS ) – Miguel says he got ';caught up in the moment'; when he took a dive into the audience and accidentally landed on two fans Sunday night at the Billboard Music ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643935/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:55:00 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643935/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 CBS NEWS ) – We sense a rebellion brewing in the Force. Production is now under way on ';Star Wars Rebels,'; a new animated series based on the popular sci-fi franchise created ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644141/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:54:59 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644141/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Federal prosecutors say a McHenry, Ill., man, angry over his wife's failure to obtain a visa, sent threatening messages to American diplomats. The U.S. attorney's office said Russell K. Gordon, 48, was arrested at his home Saturday for allegedly threatening to kill the U.S. Ambassador in Serbia as well as Serbians in Chicago. A statement from the prosecutor's office said Gordon, ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644546/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:51:58 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644546/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 U.S. toymaker Mattel says it hired designers to come up with new dream home ideas for its Barbie doll but likely won't actually manufacture them. The toymaker said the interior designers will sketch up homes with a California, New York and India feel, with the top design to be chosen in August, the New York Post reported Monday. Celerie Kemble said her New York version resembles a ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644142/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:51:55 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214644142/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 ROME, ITALY, April 15 (CNA/EWTN News) .- Seminarians filled the North American College with strains of "Holy God We Praise Thy Name" as they took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new 10-story structure."Things have gone so well in the last decades, that we need more space and it's wonderful," Archbishop John J. Meyers of Newark explained to CNA April 12 after he ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643875/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:49:47 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643875/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -; An Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby communities, including a town that reported traces of fallen ... http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643307/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:25:26 -0400 http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/sid/214643307/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0