The Wire

  • Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:56pm

    (AP) — Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first campaign stop than he did from his party's leadership, who bluntly criticized his candidacy a day earlier.

  • Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:53pm

    (AP) — President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen in his renewed effort to close the prison.

  • Boy Scouts vote on policy toward openly gay boys

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:53pm

    (AP) — In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday on whether to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.

  • Stocks edge lower as investors reassess Fed fears

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:53pm

    (AP) — Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.

  • Smooth confirmation hearing for Pritzker

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:52pm

    (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary was questioned briefly about her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and her role as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas, but those were minor bumps in an otherwise smooth Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

  • Mary J. Blige faces $3.4M federal tax lien in NJ

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:52pm

    (AP) — Mary J. Blige and her husband have been hit with a $3.4 million tax lien in New Jersey.

  • Pandora posts in-line 1Q loss, upbeat sales

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:48pm

    (AP) — Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening more than doubled to exceed 2.5 million.

  • Swim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:45pm

    (AP) — A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.

  • Military calls UK attack victim a model soldier

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:42pm

    (AP) — The soldier brutally murdered in a suspected terrorist attack in London was a popular 25-year-old ceremonial military drummer and machine gunner, a father and a passionate fan of the Manchester United soccer team, the British military said Thursday.

  • House immigration group resolves dispute

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:36pm

    (AP) — House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could confront voters' questions on the issue.

  • LPGA to use as much of flooded course as it can

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:35pm

    (AP) — Faced with a flooded course in which some fairways were more suited for fishing than playing golf, the LPGA Tour found a unique solution Thursday. It shortened the Ocean Club to 12 holes for at least the first round of its inaugural Bahamas Classic.

  • 2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:33pm

    Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names:

  • Coded goal: RG3 still aiming for Redskins' opener

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:33pm

    (AP) — Robert Griffin III's rehab started with a "cry festival." Then came a special new passcode for his cellphone and a chance to hash things with coach Mike Shanahan.

  • Sears reports bigger-than-expected 1Q loss

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:32pm

    (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. reported a steeper-than-expected loss for its first quarter as the beleaguered retailer struggles to turn itself around.

  • Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:31pm

    Updated on May 23, 2013 at 4:34pm

    (AP) — A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.

  • House backs variable rate student loans

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:31pm

    (AP) — Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the House passed legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in a vote largely along party lines.

  • Stocks end lower as investors reassess Fed worries

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:24pm

    (AP) — Stocks are ending the day slightly lower after recouping a big loss early on.

  • NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:23pm

    (AP) — Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore.

  • Body of 2nd child found in deadly Minn. landslide

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:16pm

    (AP) — Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a second child killed when a rockslide hit a group of fourth-graders in a St. Paul park a day earlier, and announced that the popular fossil-hunting area would be closed indefinitely.

  • David Beckham bids au revoir to soccer

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:15pm

    (AP) — David Beckham might bid adieu to soccer Sunday from the bench.