Federal budget cuts free illegal immigrants from detention - CBS News

(CBS News) -- The federal budget cuts expected to take effect this Friday are not simple. For example, hundreds of illegal immigrants are being released from detention because the administration says it can't afford to keep them. Until recently, Fredi...

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Bloomberg Goes to Washington to Push Gun Laws, but Senate Has Other Ideas - New York Times

WASHINGTON — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York met separately on Wednesday with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and several senators, a day after his campaign for tougher gun laws was newly fortified by the victory of his preferred candidate...

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Senate Democrats and GOP to stage votes on rival plans to address automatic ... - Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Across-the-board spending cuts all but certain, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are staging a politically charged showdown designed to avoid public blame for any resulting inconvenience or disruption in government services. The...

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Voting rights are still vulnerable - Philadelphia Inquirer

Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 3:01 AM Half a century after Congress passed landmark civil-rights legislation, how far should the federal government go to protect the hard-won voting rights of once-disenfranchised minorities? That's the...

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Benedict to Bid Goodbye, Fly to Papal Retreat - Voice of America

Outgoing Pope Benedict is meeting with his cardinals Thursday before boarding a helicopter and flying to the papal retreat south of Rome, where he will officially end his reign.After giving an emotional final audience in St. Peter's Square in Rome Wednesday,...

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Hagel Approved for Defense in Sharply Split Senate Vote - New York Times

By Ben Werschkul, Mac William Bishop, Erica Berenstein and Pedro Rafael Rosado J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press A Look at the Hagel Confirmation Saga: The Times's Jeremy W. Peters examines Chuck Hagel's nomination for defense secretary. ...

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Italy - Factors to watch on Feb 27 - Reuters

Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:51am EST The following factors could affect Italian markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). ITALY ELECTION Italy's stunned...

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Congress' $85 billion cut won't crush us - Philadelphia Inquirer

John Baer, Daily News Political Columnist Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 3:01 AM SEQUESTRATION is coming! Sequestration is coming! The government, assuming Congress remains true to its moribund self through Friday, won't be able to...

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Anti-gun Democrat shoo-in to replace Jackson Jr. - Albany Times Union

CHICAGO (AP) — The newly-elected Democratic nominee to replace disgraced former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. vowed to become a leader in the fight for federal gun control and directly challenged the National Rifle Association in her victory speech. But...

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Pope Benedict Prepares for Final General Audience - New York Times

Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Tens of thousands of believers gathered for Pope Benedict XVI's final general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday. ROME — In the waning hours of his troubled papacy, Pope Benedict XVI prepared on Wednesday...

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World powers and Iran end talks, sides to meet again - Reuters

1 of 12. Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili gestures during talks on Iran's nuclear programme in Almaty February 27, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov By Justyna Pawlak...

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Blizzard batters US heartland, spreads snowy mess into the Midwest - CNN International

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Forecast calls for up to 18 inches of snow around Kansas City Drivers trapped on highway in Texas for more than nine hours Emergency crews in Oklahoma get stuck on their way to fire call Amarillo, Texas, gets 19 inches of snow...

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Gaza militants break cease-fire with rocket attack into Israel - Los Angeles Times

By Edmund Sanders February 26, 2013, 12:05 a.m. JERUSALEM – Palestinian unrest spread Tuesday to Gaza Strip, where militants fired a rocket into southern Israel, shattering one of the longest periods of quiet along that border in recent memory....

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World powers, Iran begin nuclear talks - Hindustan Times

World powers began talks with Iran on its nuclear programme in the Kazakh city of Almaty on Tuesday, in a fresh attempt to resolve a decade-old standoff that threatens the Middle East with a new war.It is "not clear how long the session will go, (we)...

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Obama argues against spending cuts on trip to Virginia drawing criticism from ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is arguing that looming government-wide spending cuts could idle military resources like naval aircraft carriers, while Republicans are criticizing the president for taking his arguments outside Washington...

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19 killed as hot air balloon explodes, plummets in Egypt - CNN

By Saad Abedine and Holly Yan, CNN updated 3:49 AM EST, Tue February 26, 2013 STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: The catastrophe may be the deadliest hot air balloon accident in history Foreign tourists are from Hong Kong, Japan, Britain, France...

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Italy election: Deadlock after protest vote - BBC News

26 February 2013 Last updated at 04:08 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Katya Adler says many people are lost for words over the result Italy's parliamentary elections have ended in stalemate...

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Afghan president orders US special forces out of strategic province - Los Angeles Times

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday ordered U.S. special forces troops to leave a strategic eastern province, accusing the Americans and Afghans working for them of torturing and abducting civilians. Karzai's office charged...

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Deal on automatic spending cuts is unlikely - Boston Globe

WASHINGTON — The White House and congressional Republicans intensified their differences Sunday over how to deal with automatic spending cuts slated to take effect Friday, raising the possibility that the political standoff could curtail many government...

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Castro's 2018 Retirement Looms for Cuba, Miami - ABC News

It's been more than 54 years since someone not named "Castro" led Cuba, and it will likely be five more. But now islanders and exiles alike have finally been given a date for when the sun will set on brothers Fidel and Raul's longtime rule: 2018. In...

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Protest votes raise uncertainty in close Italy election - Reuters

1 of 5. Voting officials prepare ballot papers in a polling station in Rome February 24, 2013. Italians began voting on Sunday in one of the most closely watched elections in years, with markets nervous about whether it can produce a strong government...

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Park Geun-Hye becomes South Korea's first female president - Telegraph.co.uk

Observers say her options will be limited by the international outcry over the North's February 12 nuclear test, which has emboldened the hawks in her ruling conservative party who oppose closer engagement. Monday's two-and-a-half hour inauguration...

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"Argo" storms to Oscar victory on night of surprises - Reuters

1 of 16. Director and producer Ben Affleck accepts the award for best motion picture for ''Argo'' as actors Alan Arkin (2L) and Bryan Cranston look on at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Mario...

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