The Wire

  • Idaho couple and Sun Valley land in Twitter tussle

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:29pm

    (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.

  • Warren Buffett gives young entrepreneurs 10 shares

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:26pm

    (AP) — Meeting Warren Buffett is exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer says winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company made Monday the best day of his life.

  • Obama cites Myanmar reforms during leader's visit

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:24pm

    (AP) — In a long-awaited White House visit, President Barack Obama told Myanmar's president that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country in "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow" toward democracy.

  • Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:23pm

    (AP) — A new government report details 87 shipwrecks — most sunk during World War II decades ago — that could pollute U.S. waters with tens of millions of gallons of oil.

  • Conn. lawmakers to seek hearings on derailment

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:19pm

    (AP) — Commuters navigated a patchwork of cars, trains and buses along Connecticut's shoreline Monday, encountering lengthy delays as authorities probed the cause of a train collision that disrupted one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways.

  • NYC: No racial motivation in stop-frisk tactic

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:17pm

    (AP) — Police officers acted appropriately in carrying out the city's stop, question and frisk policy, and dozens of witnesses who claimed racial bias didn't prove their case, a lawyer for the city told a judge Monday.

  • Deadliest attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:15pm

    (AP) — Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011:

  • Oil rises on falling dollar; gasoline at $3.65

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:15pm

    (AP) — The price of oil rose Monday, taking its cue from the stock market and the dollar.

  • Broadway's biggest theater sold to British group

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:15pm

    (AP) — Britain's biggest theater groups has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million.

  • Alaska unveils plan to assess gas, oil in ANWR

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:14pm

    (AP) — The state of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

  • Te'o off-limits to media but not Maxim party

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:13pm

    (AP) — The San Diego Chargers are keeping Manti Te'o off-limits to the media — for now.

  • Indians rally to beat Mariners 10-8

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:10pm

    (AP) — Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians, twice revived by Seattle's fielding errors, beat the Mariners 10-8 on Monday to complete a four-game sweep of the Mariners.

  • Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:10pm

    (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.

  • Godfather faults NY police in student death

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:08pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 4:09pm

    (AP) — 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 hostage.

  • Small company stocks take the limelight

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:07pm

    (AP) — Small companies are taking the limelight on a choppy start to the week.

  • Church of Scotland votes to allow gay ministers

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:06pm

    (AP) — Senior members of the Church of Scotland have voted to let some congregations have openly gay ministers, a compromise first step that could lead to the church allowing gay clergy.

  • Beam her up: Gabby Douglas is back in the gym

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:04pm

    Gabby Douglas is back in the gym.

  • NYPD messages to Muslim informant: 'Get pictures'

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:02pm

    (AP) — A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he's seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise.

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

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:54pm

    (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.

  • Gold becomes a theme at glitzy Cannes amfAR gala

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:49pm

    There's always glitz and glamour at Cannes, France, during its annual film festival, and it's no different this year. But there's still a heavy infusion of gold to come this week at Thursday's amfAR gala, which will treat its celebrity guests to 40 of the world's top models in "The Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show," curated by Carine Roitfeld.