Obama frames populist theme for Dems in 2014 - news9.com KWTV

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Striking a decidedly partisan tone, President Barack Obama sought Friday to define this year's elections as a stark choice between Republicans pushing failed policies from a bygone era and Democrats advocating freedom and opportunity for all Americans.Rallying the party faithful at a Democratic National Committee summit, Obama rattled off a list of issues where he said Republicans were stuck in the...

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Obama warns Putin against military intervention in Ukraine - Reuters

By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON Fri Feb 28, 2014 7:32pm EST U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the situation in Ukraine from the press briefing room at the White House in Washington, February 28, 2014.Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Russia on Friday that military intervention in Ukraine would lead to "costs," as tension with old foe President Vladimir Putin rose in...

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Dead wrong: Man in body bag kicks to get out - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

By Associated Press Feb. 28, 2014 9:28 p.m. Lexington, Miss. — A funeral director and coroner got the shock of their lives this week when a man put in a body bag because he was believed to be dead kicked to get out just before the embalming process was begun."He was not dead, long story short," funeral director Byron Porter told TV station WAPT.The man, 78-year-old Walter Williams, had been pronounced dead at 9 p.m. Wednesday after Coroner Dexter...

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President Obama blunt in warning Russia not to intervene in Ukraine - Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — President Obama issued a blunt warning to Moscow on Friday that "there will be costs" if Russia sends its troops into Ukraine, saying he is deeply concerned about reports of Russian military movements in the region.Obama told a hastily convened White House press gathering that Russian military action would violate international law and "would be deeply destabilizing, which is not in the interests of Ukraine, Russia or Europe. It would...

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Rain soaks California causing floods, but won't end drought - Reuters

By Sharon BernsteinSACRAMENTO, California Sat Mar 1, 2014 1:12am EST 1 of 2. Tourists wearing rain gear stand next to Oscar statues covered with plastic during preparations for the 86th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California February 28, 2014.Credit: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - A large winter storm brought much-needed relief to parched California on Friday, boosting depleted reservoirs and...

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Dead Mississippi man begins breathing in embalming room, coroner says - CNN

Mississippi man declared dead Wednesday, returns to life Thursday, coroner says"We noticed his legs beginning to move ... He also began to do a little breathing"Family overjoyed that the longtime farmer known as "Snowball" is still with themCoroner says only explanation is that man's defibrillator kick-started his heart(CNN) -- Even in the Bible Belt, coroners don't use the word "miracle" lightly.But Holmes County, Mississippi, Coroner Dexter Howard...

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Ukrainian Ex-President Speaks Out From Russia - New York Times

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Major storm brings needed rain to LA, but at a cost - Los Angeles Times

A potent storm gave Southern California a more thorough soaking on Friday than it has seen in more than three years, bringing both cheers in a drought-stricken state and anxiety as it sent mud billowing through hillside neighborhoods and clogged roads.Downtown Los Angeles saw more rain by Friday afternoon — 1.7 inches — than it had seen during the entire rest of the "rain year," starting last July.For some, it was a harrowing day — for two drivers...

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President Obama blunt in warning Russia not to intervene in Ukraine - Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — President Obama issued a blunt warning to Moscow on Friday that "there will be costs" if Russia sends its troops into Ukraine, saying he is deeply concerned about reports of Russian military movements in the region.Obama told a hastily convened White House press gathering that Russian military action would violate international law and "would be deeply destabilizing, which is not in the interests of Ukraine, Russia or Europe. It would...

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Storm lashes California, but not a drought buster - Washington Post

LOS ANGELES — California was lashed Friday by heavy rains that the parched state so desperately needs, though with the soaking came traffic snarls, power outages and the threat of mudslides.Even with rainfall totals exceeding six inches in some places by midday, the powerful Pacific storm did not put a major dent in a drought that is among the worst in recent California history.The first waves of the storm drenched foothill communities east of Los...

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Tensions Mounting as Ukraine Accuses Russia of Invading Crimea - Businessweek

Ukraine’s acting president accused Russia of invading his country’s southern Crimea region, where unidentified gunmen seized airports and other facilities, fueling tension as the interim Ukrainian government took office.Russia has “started a naked aggression against our country,” Oleksandr Turchynov, Ukraine’s acting president, said yesterday in a speech aired by the parliament’s television channel. “I demand that President Putin halt the provocation...

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Ukraine calls Russian troops an 'invasion' - Washington Post

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Several hundred troops in green camouflage, without insignia and carrying military-style automatic rifles, entered and secured areas of the civilian airport in Crimea’s regional capital of Simferopol early Friday and deployed elsewhere, drawing protests from the new Ukrainian government against what it called a Russian invasion.Video taken at the scene showed the troops patrolling inside the airport and standing guard outside....

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Ousted Ukraine president says he's surprised by Putin's silence - Washington Post

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Several hundred armed men in green camouflage, without insignia and carrying military-style automatic rifles, entered and secured areas of the civilian airport in Crimea’s regional capital of Simferopol early Friday.Video taken at the scene showed the men patrolling inside the airport and standing guard outside. Flights continued to operate; no shots were fired.In Kiev, Ukraine’s new interior minister, Arsen Avakov, said the...

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