VIDEO: Final Four Come Down to Michigan and Louisville in Cliffhanger Games

Wichita State Shockers lead for most of game only to fall to Louisville in last minutes

2013-04-07

By Greg Botelho and Lateef Mungin

Michigan and Louisville will meet Monday in the NCAA men's basketball championship game in Atlanta after both survived close games Saturday Read the complete article

Detective, Murder Suspect Dead After Shooting in Mississippi Police Station

Two killed are Detective Eric Smith and murder suspect Jeremy Powell

2013-04-05

By Chandler Friedman and Joe Sutton CNN

A veteran detective and the murder suspect he was interviewing were killed Thursday in a shooting inside the Jackson, Mississippi, police headquarters. Read the complete article

ObamaCare: Half U.S. States Refuse to Expand Medicaid Under Obamacare

Political play means low-Income families could be left without healthcare

2013-04-05

By Halimah Abdullah CNN

If Texas lawmakers have their way -- as well as governors and legislatures in Florida, South Carolina and nearly a dozen other states -- low-income Americans like Cox may not have expanded access to Medicaid funds and healthcare Read the complete article

Colorado Murders: Ebel Wrote About Killing Corrections Staff Signing Letter Evil Evan Ebel

VIDEO: White supremacists wanted, one now arrested

2013-04-05

By Chelsea J. Carter CNN

The man believed to be the one who killed Colorado's prisons chief fantasized in a letter to a friend about torturing and killing guards at the state correctional facility where he was incarcerated. He signed it “Evil Evan Ebel." Read the complete article

United Nations Reports 37,000 Have Fled Central African Republic

2013-04-05

CNN

The number of civilians who have fled from the Central African Republic since a conflict began there in December has risen to 37,000, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said Friday. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Fourteen Human Cases Of Bird Flu Have Been Reported In Eastern China

Expert warns act now while no person to person transmission has been found

2013-04-05

By Jethro Mullen CNN

Chinese authorities have killed more than 20,000 birds from a live-poultry trading zone in Shanghai after an unusual strain of bird flu that has so far killed six people in the country was found in pigeons on sale in the city Read the complete article

VIDEO: At Least 46 People Killed In India Building Collapse

Among the dead are 17 children

2013-04-05

By Jethro Mullen and Harmeet Shah Singh CNN

At least 46 people have died -- including 17 children -- and dozens have been injured after an illegal building still under construction collapsed in western India, police said Friday.
The building, in Thane, about 10 kilometers northeast of central Mumbai, caved in on Thursday evening, said Digambar Jangale, a local police official. Read the complete article

VIDEO: North Korea Threatens a Nuclear Strike But Who Could Be Hurt?

Experts say the United States is out of reach, Japan and South Korea may be at risk

2013-04-05

By Kyle Almond CNN

Most observers say North Korea is years away from having the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead. However, it still has plenty of conventional firepower, including medium-range missiles.
Here's a look at some of North Korea's possible targets and whether they might be in range: Read the complete article

Offshore Tax Shelters Disclosed in Leaked Documents

Sheltered money included proceeds of Ponzi schemes and money drained from national coffers

2013-04-04

Chris Isidore CNN Money

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Millions of leaked documents show a growing abuse of tax shelters by the rich around the world in an effort to avoid taxes, according to a report released Thursday. Read the complete article

New York McDonald's, Domino's Workers Strike

Group: Pay workers a minimum of $15 an hour and let them organize without retaliation

2013-04-04

Emily Jane Fox CNN Money

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Noel Scott has been delivering Domino's Pizza in New York City for three years. He makes $5.45 an hour plus tips and has to work two other jobs to pay the bills. Read the complete article