[U.S.] Messages from ship tell of fire,days adrift

Messages from ship tell of fire,days adrift
http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/coast-guard-cruise-ship-fire-caused-by-leak_5575855
An engine fire aboard the Carnival Triumph on Feb. 10 turned what was supposed to be a four-day cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, into a trying ordeal for 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members who had departed Galveston, Texas, Feb. 7. Tugboats towed ...

Biggest Python in Fla. Snake Hunt...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/biggest-python-florida-snake-hunt-released-back-wild/story?id=18530683
A new prize in the Florida python hunt has been announced and everybody wins. The two men who caught the giant Burmese python collected a $1,000 prize.

ChristianMingle Date Rape Victims Sought...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/christianmingle-date-rape-victims-sought-california-cops/story?id=18531150
A suspected rapist accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met on ChristianMingle.com may have used the dating site to prey on women while he traveled across the country, California police said today.

Texas baby gorilla going to Cincinnati Zoo
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Texas-baby-gorilla-going-to-Cincinnati-Zoo-4287846.php
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A gorilla born at a South Texas zoo last month is headed to Ohio to be introduced to a troop at a zoo there because the baby's mother has been ignoring her.

Alec Baldwin: Actor accused of calling black NY Post photographer 'crackhead ...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/18/alec-baldwin-actor-calls-black-ny-post-photographe/
Alec Baldwin allegedly called a New York Post photographer a “crackhead” and a “drug dealer” after the two had a confrontation Monday morning outside of the actor's apartment.

Analysis: Minimum wage plan a new test for Obama
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/02/18/jobs-arent-everything/
WASHINGTON (AP) - If anything illustrated President Barack Obama's new sense of self-confidence, it was his State of the Union call for an increase in the national minimum wage.

Michelle Obama says new bangs are her 'midlife crisis'
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/18/3241072/first-lady-quips-that-midlife.html
What do you do when you're first lady and a midlife crisis looms? Cut your bangs, jokes Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama with Rachael Ray.

'The Walking Dead' recap: Another one bites the dust as big battle begins
http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/tv-recap-walking-dead-episode-310-home
Most of Sunday's night's episode of "The Walking Dead" felt like one long, chatty therapy session. You had Hershel trying to coax Rick off the ledge and renounce his Crazytown citizenship.

Former NC State coach Lowe arrested on tax charges
http://www.wcti12.com/news/Former-NC-State-coach-arrested/-/13530444/18592270/-/14v4uaaz/-/index.html
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former North Carolina State basketball coach Sidney Lowe has been charged with failing to file his state income taxes for three years.

Conservatives need to keep up with the times
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/02/18/conservatives-need-to-keep-up-with-the-times/
Ramesh Ponnuru makes a compelling case that conservatives fixated on President Ronald Reagan need to recognize that we are not in the 1980s.

Crime solvers offering reward of up to $2000 in slaying of U. of Md. Eastern ...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-umes-student-killed-20130217,0,6714667.story
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Crime Solvers is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest in the murder of a University of Maryland Eastern Shore student.

Climate Contradiction: Less Snow, More Blizzards
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/climate-contradiction-snow-blizzards-18530272
With scant snowfall and barren ski slopes in parts of the Midwest and Northeast the past couple of years, some scientists have pointed to global warming as the culprit.