PHILADELPHIA Authorities arrested a man they say impersonated a pilot and entered the cockpit of a US Airways flight awaiting takeoff at Philadelphia International Airport. The incident occurred about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on board a plane bound for West Palm Beach, Fla., CBS Station KYW reports. Police sources told KYW that 61-year-old Philippe Jernnard, of [...]

22 March 2013 Last updated at 09:31 ET The writer and academic wrote more than 20 works Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has died at the age of 82 after a brief illness. A statement from his family said his “wisdom and courage” were an “inspiration to all who knew him”. One of Africa’s best [...]

Washington (CNN) — A Marine shot and killed two of his fellow service members at a Virginia base Thursday night and then apparently killed himself, base officials said. The incident took place at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The shooter gunned down a man and a woman, the spokesmen said. All are Marines — permanent personnel [...]

Five guilty in Latino suburb corruption trial Posted on March 20, 2013 By Tony Castro Justice Former Bell, Calif. mayor Oscar Hernandez, left, and defendant Victor Bello, right listens to closing arguments in a massive city corruption trial. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Irfan Khan, Pool) In what some have called the worst case of Latino [...]

A Denver man behind a shootout and car chase with police officers in Texas  is also being investigated in the murder of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements, sources tell CBS Denver affiliate KCNC. Play Video Police believe Texas shootout linked to Colo. manhunt 6 Photos Colo. prisons chief shot and killed at home Play Video [...]

Article Excerpt Clock Ticks on Cyprus BY CHARLES FORELLE, MATINA STEVIS AND DAVID ENRICH Cyprus, in an 11th-hour bid to unlock international aid, reopen the nation’s banking system and preserve membership in the euro, readied a plan that would restructure its second-largest lender and enforce unprecedented restrictions on financial transactions. The proposals, if they take [...]

Article Excerpt ECB Threatens to Cut Off Cypriot Banks BY CHRISTOPHER LAWTON, TODD BUELL AND JAMES MARSON The European Central Bank ramped up pressure on Cyprus to seal a bailout agreement with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund by Monday, making further funding for the island’s ailing banks contingent on a deal. The [...]

The parents of a 6-year-old girl killed at Sandy Hook Elementary revealed today that they were the first and only victims to meet with the shooter’s father. Peter Lanza remains in many ways a mystery more than three months after his son killed twenty children in Newtown, but Alissa Parker said on CBS This Morning [...]

By Steve Holland and Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank | Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:41am EDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – President Barack Obama voiced opposition on Thursday to Israeli settlement building but pressed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to drop his demand for a freeze before Middle East peace talks can resume. After an effusive [...]

If the House approves the bill before it leaves Friday for a two-week recess, funding will be assured a full week before the resolution keeping the government operating expires on March 27. And yet the final Senate vote, 73 to 26, came days later than leaders had hoped. Passage was slowed by a familiar disagreement [...]