General's defense to try for plea deal in sex case

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- Attorneys for an Army general charged with sexual assault said Tuesday that they have decided to try to renegotiate a plea bargain with a new set of military officials after the judge determined that the case may have been improperly influenced by political concerns from the Pentagon....

Hunt for missing jet widens to distant waters

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Authorities are expanding their search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane to the Malacca Strait, far from its last confirmed location, the airline said Tuesday, injecting new mystery into an investigation that so far has failed to come up with any answers....

Democrats clock all-nighter with climate talk

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic senators clocked an all-nighter, working in shifts into Tuesday morning to warn of devastation from climate change and the danger of inaction....

Senator: CIA improperly searched computer network

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress in its investigation of allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program and the agency's own inspector general has referred the matter to the Justice Department....

Ukraine's Crimea seeks to become independent state

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- The Crimean parliament voted Tuesday that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum....

Stars' Peverley collapses; game with Columbus off

DALLAS (AP) -- They frantically pounded their sticks on the boards, trying desperately to get the attention of officials....

Obama hams it up for health care on Funny or Die

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is hamming it up online to promote his health care plan....

Friend: Pistorius shot gun out of car and at cafe

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- A friend of Oscar Pistorius testified in the Olympian's murder trial Tuesday that the athlete twice fired guns for which the double-amputee is charged with firearms violations....

States wrestle with developing, restricting drones

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) -- Law enforcement, government agencies and others are itching to use drones for everything from finding lost hikers to tracking shifting wildfires. But privacy watchdogs are urging state legislatures to step in and head off any potential privacy violations....

Japan marks 3rd anniversary of tsunami disasters

TOKYO (AP) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to boost rebuilding efforts as the country marked the third anniversary Tuesday of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead, destroyed coastal communities and triggered a nuclear crisis....