The Wire

  • Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:29pm

    (AP) — Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says.

  • Dodgers GM says Mattingly "doing fine"

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:28pm

    (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti says beleaguered manager Don Mattingly is "doing fine" and has kept the team steady despite its last-place showing in the NL West.

  • Govt presses ahead on another leak case

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:25pm

    (AP) — 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 information.

  • Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:20pm

    (AP) — Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week.

  • Questions linger in shooting of NY college student

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:16pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 6:17pm

    (AP) — As a grieving family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra University junior killed by a police officer's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, some on Monday questioned whether police should have waited for help, including a hostage negotiating team.

  • White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:13pm

    (AP) — The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week.

  • GOP leaders say impeachment talk premature

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:13pm

    (AP) — 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 Service.

  • Bernard Waber, children's author, dies at age 91

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:10pm

    (AP) — Bernard Waber, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," has died.

  • Idaho couple and Sun Valley land in Twitter tussle

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:08pm

    (AP) — An Internet entrepreneur and former Wall Street derivatives analyst contends central Idaho's Sun Valley resort and the Twitter Inc. social media site heisted his handle.

  • NYPD to up presence after bias killing of gay man

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:08pm

    (AP) — A spate of 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 celebration.

  • Publicist: Founding member of The Doors dies at 74

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:08pm

    Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74.

  • Records: AEG budgeted money for Jackson doctor

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:08pm

    (AP) — Documents prepared by a concert promoter that were detailed in court on Monday indicated the company had budgeted $150,000 a month for a doctor to treat Michael Jackson as he prepared and delivered a series of comeback shows.

  • National Weather Service: Tornado in suburban Oklahoma City had winds up to 200 mph

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:06pm

    (AP) — National Weather Service: Tornado in suburban Oklahoma City had winds up to 200 mph.

  • Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:06pm

    (AP) — 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 school.

  • Conn. commuter rail service to resume Wednesday

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:03pm

    (AP) — Transit authorities say commuter rail service in Connecticut is expected to resume in full by rush hour Wednesday morning, five days after a derailment and crash injured scores of passengers.

  • 'Star Trek' beams up $70.1M at box office

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:01pm

    (AP) — "Star Trek: Into Darkness" didn't warp past its predecessor.

  • Judge tosses ex-BP executive's obstruction charge

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 6:01pm

    (AP) — 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 2010.

  • Bills DE Williams says texts taken out of context

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 5:58pm

    (AP) — Mario Williams refused to be labeled as someone who was emotionally unstable in dismissing questions about his mental state raised by a series of text messages from his former fiancee.

  • Panel: Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 5:55pm

    (AP) — Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found.

  • IG: ex-US Attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 5:54pm

    (AP) — The U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated Justice Department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday.