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Raw: Heckler Interrupts Obama on Guantanamo

Raw: Heckler Interrupts Obama on Guantanamo

In a wide-ranging national security speech, President Barack Obama was interrupted several times by a woman urging the immediate closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. (May 23)

  • 12:40 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
Obama Offers Drone Strike Defense

Obama Offers Drone Strike Defense

Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, President Barack Obama on Thursday revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes. (May 23)

  • 12:40 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
A Slice of Apple History Up for Grabs

A Slice of Apple History Up for Grabs

A German auctioneer is selling one of Apple, Inc.'s original 50 computers on Saturday. The Apple I computer is with a black and white monitor and original tape deck is expected to sell for upwards of $250,000. (May 23)

  • 12:10 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
Study: Cockroaches Survive by Losing Sweet Tooth

Study: Cockroaches Survive by Losing Sweet Tooth

How sweet it isn't: Scientists find how some cockroaches resist the sugary lure of poisons. It turns out glucose activates taste nerves that tell the brain 'yuck!' instead of 'yum.' (May 23)

  • 11:25 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut butter. For 30 years, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out sweet-tasting bait mixed with poison. But in the early 1990s, a formerly effective product stopped working. Some cockroaches had lost their sweet tooth, rejecting the corn syrup meant to attract them. Later studies showed they were specifically turned off by the sugar glucose in the syrup. Scientists reported Thursday, May 23, 2013 that the key is an altered behavior of certain nerves that signal the brain about foods. (AP Photo/Ayako Wada-Katsumata)

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populations there kept rising. Mystified researchers tested and discarded theory after theory ...

  • Updated: 11:06 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
In this May 2013 photo provided by Google, Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation collects seashore imagery with the Street View Trekker at the Los Humedales wetland area on Isabela Island in the Galapagos. Few have laid eyes on many of the volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago that remain closed to tourists. But soon the curious will be able to explore these places that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution from their computers or mobile devices. Google Maps sent crews armed with backpack-mounted Street View cameras and underwater gear to the Galapagos, and will be bringing the islands' natural wonders to the Internet. (AP Photo/Google)

Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View

Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Soon it will take only the click of a mouse or finger swipe on a tablet to explore some ...

  • Updated: 10:24 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
Oklahoma Family Reflects on Lost Son

Oklahoma Family Reflects on Lost Son

Third-grader Kyle Davis was killed by the monster tornado that ravaged his elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma. Kyle's own sister survived by taking cover in a bathroom in the same school. The Davis family is remembering their "precious"...

  • 9:55 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
ShowBiz Minute: Shelton, King, Lopez

ShowBiz Minute: Shelton, King, Lopez

Blake Shelton putting together Okla. benefit show; Obama honors Carole King at White House concert; Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores. (May 23)

  • 5:25 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
AP Top Stories May 23 A

AP Top Stories May 23 A

Here's the latest news for Thursday, May 23rd: Funerals begin after deadly Oklahoma tornado; Obama delivers national security speech today; Poor building materials to blame for Bangladesh disaster; LeBron James carries Miami heat to victor...

  • 4:40 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
Solar Impulse, piloted by André Borschberg, takes flight during the second leg of the 2013 Across America mission, at dawn, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The solar powered aircraft is scheduled to land at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday May 23. The plane's creators, Bertrand Piccard and Borschberg, said the trip is the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across America. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas

A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S. The plane landed early Thursday at Dallas-Fort ...

  • Updated: 4:39 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
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