Missing woman contacted murder suspect Dellen Millard shortly before her disappearance

National Post - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Police are revisiting a months-old missing persons case after receiving information of a possible connection between the missing woman and the man accused with murdering Tim Bosma. Sgt. Stephen Woodhouse -- who was the lead detective in the search for Laura Babcock almost a year ago -- was informed earlier this week that Hamilton and Toronto police were looking into the stagnant ...

Obama’s goals on thin ice

Boston Herald - Saturday 18th May, 2013

It’s impossible to predict the lasting impact of the controversies now besetting the Obama administration, but the risks to the president’s agenda are sizable.On the legislative front, they could doom the already cloudy prospects for comprehensive immigration reform. The implementation of President Obama’s health care law is also likely to be a bit more challenging. It’s ...

Obama talks economy jobs in Baltimore

Baltimore Sun - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Barack Obama found himself sitting near a 29-year-old man who was uncertain how to reset his life after being released from prison two years ago. In one of the few spontaneous moments of the president's visit, Marcus Dixon - father of two boys - told Obama how he connected in 2011 with a workforce development group called the Center for Urban Families, put his life back together and began ...

Liga MX Wrap Monterrey share spoils with America

soccerway - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Aldo de Nigris has scored a crucial equaliser for Monterrey to salvage a 2-2 draw against America in their Liga MX semi-final first leg.Ecuadorian striker Christian Benitez struck two vital away goals for America to put the visitors ahead in the second half at Monterrey's Estadio Tecnologico but the hosts recovered soon after through de Nigris to stay alive in the two-legged ...

Ingalls President We are Americas Shipyard

WLOX - Saturday 18th May, 2013

PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) - "We are America's Shipyard." Ingalls Shipbuilding delivered that message at keel laying ceremony for a United States Coast Guard security cutter on Friday. Ingalls officials took the opportunity to let the world know the Pascagoula shipyard is ready go up against any competition. Charlene Benoit is proud a Coast Guard cutter will carry the legacy of her ...

Canadian PM to Visit Peru Next Week

Prensa Latina - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Lima, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will officially visit Peru on next Tuesday as announced by the Peruvian Foreign Ministry. The report said that Harper will be received in the Palace of Government by Peruvian President Ollanta Humala. The objective of the Canadian Prime ...

Plea offer in Delaware waterboarding case

The Miami Herald - Saturday 18th May, 2013

DOVER, Del. -- A woman who lived with a Delaware pediatrician accused of waterboarding her 11-year-old daughter has agreed to plead guilty to child endangerment charges and testify against him.In accepting a plea offer from prosecutors, Pauline Morse agreed Friday to plead guilty to three misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child and to cooperate with prosecutors and testify ...

Obama to deliver speech on drones Gitmo

MSNBC - Friday 17th May, 2013

Newsweek's Daniel Klaidman is reporting that President Obama is getting ready to deliver a big speech on drones, Guantanamo, counterterrorism and the administration's national security agenda. Chris Hayes talks with Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, the only member of either house who voted against the Authorization to Use Military ...

Congress Answers Obama Plan With Smaller Food Aid Changes

New York Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

WASHINGTON -- In response to the Obama administration's plans to overhaul the nation's international food aid program, which provides food to disaster-stricken regions, Congress this week began laying the groundwork for its own ...

Manmohan Singh to visit US on Obamas invitation

Times of India - Friday 17th May, 2013

William Burns during his recent visit here, sources said. Singh has accepted the invitation and will be travelling to Washington, the sources said. The Prime Minister's visit to Washington could be clubbed with his tour to New York when he travels there to attend ...

Treasury IG says Obama administration officials knew of IRS targeting during 2012 campaign

Deseret News - Friday 17th May, 2013

Ousted IRS chief Steve Miller is sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political ...

Obama Burmese President to Discuss Reform Progress Challenges

VOA - Friday 17th May, 2013

WHITE HOUSE -- Obama, Burmese President to Discuss Reform Progress, Challenges Burma's President Thein Sein holds talks on Monday with President Obama at the White House. The discussions will focus on progress in reforms, barriers toward greater democratization and next steps in the changing U.S. - Burma relationship. November 2012. Barack Obama becomes the first serving U.S. president ...

Possible tornado surprises north Alabama city

The Miami Herald - Friday 17th May, 2013

Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said ...

Canadian PM to visit Peru Colombia to enhance economic ties

Global Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pay a four-day visit to Peru and Colombia next week to enhance economic relations with South American countries.Senior officials of the Prime Minister's Office said at a news briefing that Harper will meet with leaders, representatives from the private sector and Canadians who are helping to increase economic prosperity, reinforce democratic ...

Luna Rossa calls for safer Americas Cup

TVNZ - Friday 17th May, 2013

video The head of the Italian sailing team in the America's Cup called today for lowering limits on wind speeds and other safety measures to make the regatta less dangerous following a deadly accident last week. Prada fashion house co-founder Patrizio Bertelli said if the other three participants cannot agree on ways to improve safety, his team Luna Rossa Challenge could withdraw from ...

Michelle Obama says bye bye to bangs

MSNBC - Friday 17th May, 2013

michelle obama nearly stole the show. it was the day we found out about the bangs. for her 49th birthday, she tweeted this picture, revealing her new look, and it instantly was anything that anyone was talking about. it was fodder for washington. it was fodder for the talk shows. the first lady joked about what inspired her to make the ...

Cynthia Vanier began plotting Saadi Gaddafi’s escape in early 2011 SNC-Lavalin

National Post - Friday 17th May, 2013

MONTREAL - A court document filed by SNC-Lavalin alleges that a Canadian mediator and the bodyguard to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son began planning the son's escape from Libya as early as February 2011. And Canada was their first choice of destination in the early days of the uprising against the Gaddafi regime. "The plan in the beginning before your involvement was to try to get ...

Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

Reuters - Friday 17th May, 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that ...

Republican efforts to skewer Obama and Holder over IRS and AP are blunted

Daily Kos - Friday 17th May, 2013

lose the momentum of their eight-month-long Benghazi caterwauling, the White House also weakened any leverage they might have gained by taking decisive action over the IRS's using ...

No more boring politics Canada’s moved on to cynical contempt

The Globe and Mail - Friday 17th May, 2013

I was always quite proud of the Canadian political system during the time I lived in Britain, especially when their Parliament was mired in some scandal involving Rupert Murdoch or the cleaning of ancestral moats.When anyone asked about politics back home, which was not often, I would bore them with stories of peace, order and good government until their eyes glazed over and they reached for ...

UPDATE 1-Americas Cup team calls for changes to make regatta safer

Reuters - Friday 17th May, 2013

Fri May 17, 2013 9:32pm EDT By Noel Randewich and Ronnie Cohen ALAMEDA, California May 17 (Reuters) - The head of the Italian sailing team in the America's Cup called on Friday for lowering limits on wind speeds and other safety measures to make the regatta less dangerous following a deadly accident last week. Prada fashion house co-founder Patrizio Bertelli said if the other three ...

Mexico to create special police unit to search for the missing

Canada.com - Friday 17th May, 2013

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's government says it will create a special investigative unit to search for the missing, heeding a request by relatives of the disappeared who have been on a hunger strike for nine days. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam made the announcement Friday after meeting with a group of parents who have been on a hunger strike and living in tents outside his office. ...