Mass Murder: The Air Force admits that it failed to enter the court martial conviction of the Texas shooter into a national database, thereby failing to block him from buying the assault rifle he used to kill 26 people and …

Day 21: The search area for Malaysia Flight 370 has been moved 700 miles northeast based on new data analysis suggesting that the plane was flying faster than thought and that it would have run out of fuel sooner. Search …

Spaghetti Justice: An Italian court has found Seattle resident Amanda Knox guilty of murder for a second time in a tabloid case that has dragged on since the murder of her room mate Meredith Kercher in 2007.  The presiding judge …

Oscar: Meryl Streep collected her 18th Oscar nomination this morning, again for playing a woman with a heavy accent, this time in “August Osage County”. She’s won three times. For Best Picture: “12 Years a Slave”, “American Hustle”, “Captain Phillips”, …

Blocked Shot: Day 12. President Obama this morning rejected a House Republican offer to raise the debt ceiling and end the shutdown Thursday. Republican leaders were described as angry as they left a closed-door meeting. House members are heading home …