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Palestinian Protesters Set Up Camp in West Bank

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
AL-AZARIYA, West Bank - It was hardly the most visible place to stage an anti-Obama protest, on a stony hillside on the edge of this West Bank town just east of Jerusalem.
Obama and Netanyahu: In Israel, a show of warmth as region as heats up
US and Israel talk tough on Iran during Obama visit
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Calls for US military action in Syria subside, for now

CBS News - ‎24 minutes ago‎
As both sides in Syria's civil war accused each other of using chemical weapons Tuesday, some lawmakers on Capitol Hill wasted no time in calling for the Obama administration to consider military action.
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Bell verdict: Jury sent home, no decision on more deliberations

Los Angeles Times - ‎40 minutes ago‎
The jury in the Bell corruption trial was sent home after lunch on Wednesday and no decision was made whether to force them to resume deliberations on the remaining undecided counts.
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Russians Rethink a Go-To Banking Center

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
MOSCOW—When Cyprus ordered its banks shut, Internet entrepreneur Marina Kolesnik found herself with a frozen corporate account. Like many businesspeople in Russia, she had incorporated her hotel-reservation company, Oktogo.
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Alexis Bledel and 'Mad Men' star Vincent Kartheiser are engaged

Fox News - ‎28 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK - Former "Gilmore Girl" Alexis Bledel and "Mad Men" star Vincent Kartheiser are engaged. Bledel's publicist, Meghan Prophet, confirms the news, which was first reported by Us Weekly.
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Where's Voyager 1? That Depends.

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
For about three hours on Wednesday, Voyager 1 had left the solar system - before a rewritten news release headline pulled it back in.
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117 missing in boat mishap in south Nigeria: Red Cross

Xinhua - ‎25 minutes ago‎
LAGOS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- At least 117 persons are yet to be recovered from the sea following a vessel mishap on Tuesday in Cross Rivers State in south Nigeria, top officials with the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) said on Wednesday.
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Colo. beefs up security after prison chief's killing

USA TODAY - ‎50 minutes ago‎
Tom Clements was shot in the chest as he answered his front door Tuesday night. Clements, Tom. Tom Clements, director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was shot and killed Tuesday night at his home in Monument, Colo.
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Ind. police sniper kills shooter who held child hostage

CBS News - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Updated 5:48 PM ET. FORT WAYNE, Ind. A man pulled a woman off a city bus in northern Indiana on Wednesday, fatally shot her and then took a 3-year-old boy hostage before a sniper killed him during a police standoff.
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Alleged al-Qaida operative charged in NY court

Seattle Post Intelligencer - ‎34 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK (AP) - An alleged al-Qaida operative fought with the terror group in Afghanistan and later plotted to bomb American diplomatic facilities in Africa, federal prosecutors in New York said Wednesday.
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Bronx GOP's Lhota Endorsement Strikes Blow to Carrion

Wall Street Journal (blog) - ‎46 minutes ago‎
Kevin Hagen for The Wall Street Journal: Adolfo Carrion speaks to a full room as he launched his mayoral campaign during a rally at at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in February.
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Earn Starbucks loyalty points beyond cafes

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
Starbucks has concocted one more way to coax you into buying Starbucks products even when you're not in a Starbucks stores: free stuff.
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Fed keeps its foot on stimulus pedal

Financial Times - ‎57 minutes ago‎
The US Federal Reserve kept its foot on the monetary accelerator on Wednesday, as Ben Bernanke said it could slow asset purchases of $85bn a month if there was progress on reducing unemployment.
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Hewlett-Packard board members survive challenge

MarketWatch - ‎24 minutes ago‎
MOUNTAIN VIEW (MarketWatch) - A bid by to oust some Hewlett-Packard Co. directors has failed. Results announced at the H-P meeting taking place in Mountain View, Calif.
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Oracle Earnings Miss, Sending Shares Lower After-Hours

CNBC.com - ‎31 minutes ago‎
Oracle is reporting Q3 earnings per share of $0.65 and revenue of $8.96 billion, with CNBC's Jon Fortt and Derrick Wood, Susquehanna Financial Group analyst.
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Google Keep is live and ready to take your notes

Ars Technica
48 minutes ago
Written by
Florence Ion
It looks like Evernote has another competitor in the note-taking game. Though it was leaked only a few days ago, Google has officially lifted the curtain off its Google Keep note-taking service.
'Google Keep' Keeps Your Phone and Web Notes Synced - by Joanna Stern (in 27,027 Google+ circles)
Google Keep Review - by Chris Burns (in 5,986 Google+ circles)
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One day after iOS 6.1.3, a new iPhone lock screen bug emerges

Ars Technica
1 hour ago
Written by
Jacqui Cheng
The old iPhone lock screen bug was fixed, making room for a brand new one. by Jacqui Cheng - Mar 20, 2013 9:50 pm UTC. Hacking · iOS & iDevices · 0. Just a day after Apple released iOS 6.1.3, a new lock screen bug has been discovered that could give ...
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Steam's 'Early Access' lets both Mac & PC gamers try titles still in development

Apple Insider - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Gaming company Valve on Wednesday kicked off a new "Early Access" initiative, allowing gamers on PCs and Macs to purchase and begin playing select games that are still in development.
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Artist pictures a budget iPhone -- in color

CNET
51 minutes ago
Written by
Christopher MacManus
The iPhone may only come in black or white, but one digital artist dreamed up some fantastic 3D renderings of the iconic smartphone in blue and red.
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'Deep Throat' co-star Harry Reems dies at 65

The Associated Press - ‎1 hour ago‎
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Former porn star Harry Reems, who co-starred in the 1972 movie "Deep Throat," has died at age 65. Reems, who was born Herbert Streicher, died Tuesday afternoon at the veterans' hospital in Salt Lake City.
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Russell Brand Recalls Katy Perry Marriage As 'Shaky From The Get-Go'

MTV.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Comedian opens up about their divorce the same day news broke that Perry and John Mayer broke up. By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212). It seems that for Russell Brand, distance doesn't necessarily make the heart grow fonder.
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Too Short REALLY CONFUSED -- Did I Get a DUI???

TMZ.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
Rapper Too Short literally has no idea what happened this morning ... because on his way out of jail, he couldn't figure out what the hell he was arrested for.
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Bears, Brian Urlacher to go their separate ways

USA TODAY - ‎25 minutes ago‎
After 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher's days in the Windy City are apparently over. The team announced Wednesday evening that it had not been able to reach agreement with its eight-time Pro Bowl middle linebacker, whose contract ...
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Nats unofficially set to start cranking it up

ESPN (blog) - ‎49 minutes ago‎
JUPITER, Fla. -- If you want some insight into why Davey Johnson has a reputation as a "players' manager," just take a look at the Washington Nationals' meager at-bat totals this spring.
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Asteroids: Senator at space-threat hearing calls for Bruce Willis

Los Angeles Times
5 hours ago
Written by
Amina Khan
Faced with space debris, solar weather and giant space rocks, senators at a subcommittee hearing called for backup in the form of a fictitious asteroid-hunter as they discussed the many space-born threats Earth faces.
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Stronger Statin Doses Tied To Kidney Injury

Medical News Today - ‎53 minutes ago‎
A new study finds that high potency statins are tied to higher risk of being hospitalized for acute kidney injury compared with less potent statins and that the risk persists for two years.
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Study: 2 Percent Of All Children Afflicted With Autism

NY1 - ‎36 minutes ago‎
The rate of children with autism is much higher than previously thought, according to a new government study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 2 percent of all children are afflicted with the developmental disorder.
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Three-Parent Babies May Soon be Allowed in Britain

Latinos Post - ‎34 minutes ago‎
Britain could be the first country to authorize the creation of babies from three biological parents. That is to say, officials in the British government are considering the merits of an in vitro fertilization process in which the nucleus from an unfertilized or recently ...
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