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One of the teen hikers who got lost in the wilderness of Orange County, prompting a massive five-day search effort that cost more than $160,000, has been charged with the possession of methamphetamine found during the hike. Authorities found an illegal substance in the car in which Nicolas Cendoya, 19, had traveled to the trailhead in the Trabuco Canyon area of Cleveland National Forest, Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Gail Krause said Wednesday.

On Wednesday, counterterrorism expert and retired Marine Lt. Col. Bill Cowan told Breitbart News that the Obama administration’s failure to work for the release of Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, who helped the US find Osama Bin Laden, was “disgraceful.” He also labeled it a massive intelligence risk for future operations. “From a pure intelligence perspective,” said Cowan, “anybody who is providing clandestine intelligence support to us, any assets who are agents, have to be nervous when they see how we threw Dr. Afridi under the bus for political purposes. We would look as though we were mean and tough in...

A University of Wyoming student targeted by an anonymous Facebook posting that included a threat of sexual violence had posted the item herself, police said. The university in Laramie, Wyoming announced on Tuesday that campus police cited Meg Lanker-Simons for misdemeanor interference with a police investigation by giving false statements. The posting that threatened Lanker-Simons occurred on a Facebook forum for UW students, leading to an outcry and an investigation by UW police because it was directed at a student. The Facebook page, which is not officially affiliated with the university, was taken down and a student-led demonstration against sexual...

That’s the opinion of Fehmi Kaya, head of the Health and Education Associations for Autistic Children in Adana, Turkey. Autistic children are atheists, he said, “due to a lack of a section for faith in their brains.” From TimeTurk (English edition) 4/22/13: “Autistic children do not know believing in God because they do not have a section of faith in their brains,” Kaya said, according to daily Milliyet. Kaya said the underdevelopment of faith sections in the brain caused autistic children to not believe in God. “That is why they don’t know how to pray, how to believe in God....

Vice President Joe Biden's two sons and wife are getting by on $1.50 a day to bring attention to world hunger. "I'm hungry. I'm very hungry," Hunter Biden told CNBC's Andrea Mitchell in an appearance with his brother Beau Biden to promote the Live Below the Line Campaign. Nearly 1.5 billion people in the world live below the poverty line and are forced to subsist on the equivalent of $1.50 a day. Hunter Biden, chairman of the board of World Food Program USA, is living on $1.50 worth of food for five days. Beau and their mother, Jill, are participating...

(Reuters) - Armed protests targeting Libya's ministries and media in the capital this week have alarmed international observers who say deteriorating security conditions are becoming a matter of serious concern.Reporters without Borders said there was cause for "grave concern about recent violent attacks on Libyan journalists, whose safety conditions are deteriorating drastically" and called on the government to act.   Gunmen in heavily armed vehicles remained in control of Libya's Foreign Ministry for a fourth day on Wednesday, while the Justice Ministry was similarly surrounded on Tuesday and other institutions including the media have been targeted.Recent attacks included the detention...

Hamas Urges Children to 'Martyrdom' CBNNews.com Thursday, April 25, 2013 JERUSALEM, Israel -- A leopard doesn't change its spots, nor does Hamas seem to waiver in its ideology. While seeking reconciliation with Fatah to establish an independent Palestinian state living in peaceful coexistence with Israel, Hamas continues indoctrinating children from an early age to aspire to "martyrdom." All this takes place while simultaneously petitioning the United States and European Union to remove its designation as a terror group. The Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI) recently provided a translation of a children's television program aired on the al-Aksa network. It's not...

>Last year, the average American driver wasted 38 hours sitting in traffic. While the occasional traffic jam inconveniences most drivers, some unlucky people live in the nationÂ’s most congested cities. In addition to spending an average of 42 hours a year in traffic, drivers in these cities face peak hour congestion that can increase travel time during rush hour by 15% or more. INRIX, a traffic information and services group, collects data for individual road segments. In its 2012 Traffic Scorecard, INRIX calculated the amount of time that congestion added to driversÂ’ peak hour commute for each road. After aggregating...

IDF Targets Gaza-based Global Jihadist CBNNews.com Tuesday, April 30, 2013 JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli pilots killed a known Global Jihad terrorist in a pinpoint airstrike Tuesday morning as he traveled on his motorbike in the northern Gaza Strip. In a statement issued shortly after the airstrike, the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman's Office said Hithem Ziad Ibrahim Masshal, 24, a weapons expert linked to the recent rocket attacks on Eilat, was active in several Salafi-jihadi groups. "Masshal acted in different Jihad Salafi terror organizations and over the past few years has been a key terror figure, specializing in weapons and working...

It is a sad sight to watch a man grapple with a world that fails to meet his expectations. Unless that man is Eric Holder. Then it is simply infuriating. The attorney general, warped by his own prejudice, is confused because his fellow citizens are better people than he imagines. Holder sees white bigots around every corner, and can’t handle the truth that very few Americans actually hate Muslims. So, like Elmer Fudd hunting “wascally wabbits,” Holder’s shots usually backfire. His Monday speech to the Anti-Defamation League was a classic case of twisted thinking. With his FBI fumbling a chance...

Understanding the Threat to Israel's Biblical Heartland By Erick Stakelbeck CBN News Terrorism Analyst Tuesday, February 12, 2013 JUDEA AND SAMARIA -- The world calls it the West Bank. But the 350,000-plus Israelis living here use the region's biblical name: Judea and Samaria. According to a recent United Nations report, international law calls for Israel to evacuate all existing settlements and dismantle Jewish communities in the eastern half of Jerusalem. The U.N. considers all the neighborhoods in Judea and Samaria "illegal" settlements that will one day be included in a Palestinian state. Global pressure to hand this territory over to...

Father of Five Murdered in Samaria By Tzippe Barrow CBN News Internet Producer - Jerusalem Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Ad Feedback JERUSALEM, Israel -- Life for a young Israeli family changed forever Tuesday when a Palestinian Arab knifed and then shot a father of five as he waited to catch a ride to work. Preliminary reports indicate the Arab mortally wounded the young father, Evyatar Borovsky, stabbing him in the back and then grabbed his handgun and shot him before opening fire at border police, who returned fire, moderately wounding him. YNet reported the attacker, a resident of Tulkarem, was...

MoveOn.org has started a petition to get ESPN reporter Chris Broussard immediately suspended from the network for comments he made regarding Jason Collins's homosexuality, which Broussard said was a sin according to his personal Christian beliefs. The group said Broussard was engaging in "gay bashing." The petition reads: Chris Broussard's hateful attack on Jason Collins for being gay was an unacceptable misrepresentation of the Christian faith. ESPN must immediately suspend Chris Broussard and guarantee that their network will never again be used for gay bashing. In its "petition background" statement, the left-wing organization says that after Jason Collins "emphasized the...

IDF Holds Major Drill in the North CBNNews.com Wednesday, May 01, 2013 JERUSALEM, Israel -- Some 2,000 IDF reservists joined a full division of active-duty soldiers for a major training exercise in the North, geared toward preparing troops for a potential escalation with Lebanon or Syria, or both. The Israel Defense Forces holds these types of drills periodically to ensure that both reservists and active-duty soldiers are battle ready should the need arise. But one analyst said it should be seen nevertheless as a warning. "The drill's timing -- during a period of heightened tensions with Hezbollah and uncertainty surrounding...

On the one hand, he’s facing 258 counts ranging from murder to racketeering. Patience. It’s going to take time. On the other hand, per Life News, 227 of those counts are for failing to allow 24 hours before an abortion for the patient to reconsider. The jury will probably dispose of those as a group, which means the longer this goes on, the likelier it is that they’re hung up on the big charges. It’s unfathomable to think they won’t get him for at least one murder. How many days of deliberations will it take, though, before panicky trial-watchers gulp...

High Stakes: Israel Alert as US Mulls Syria Strike By Chris Mitchell and John Waage CBN News Jerusalem Bureau Wednesday, May 01, 2013 JERUSALEM, Israel -- At a news conference Tuesday, President Obama said he still hasn't determined whether Syria crossed a "red line" with a chemical weapons attack in March. The president suggested he would consider military action against Syria if the United States can confirm President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against his people. But a number of U.S. allies -- and enemies -- are intently following Washington's response to the threat. No one has more at stake...

(CNN) -- The number of people potentially embroiled in the Boston Marathon bombings case grew Wednesday to include friends of surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Not much is known yet about the three 19-year-old men -- Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev and Robel Phillipos. But here is what CNN has learned so far. All started at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth in 2011, along with Tsarnaev. Each is accused of removing items from Tsarnaev's dorm room after the April 15 attack, which killed three people and wounded more than 260.

During his evening ritual of sharing images taken from the International Space Station, Commander Chris Hadfield posted this gem: a gorgeous night-time view of the southeastern United States, with the Moon hovering over Earth’s limb and the terminator separating night from day. Dawn is just beginning to break to the east, as the ISS flies overhead. This image reflects the ‘wistful’ feelings Hadfield is having as his time in space in coming to a close. He and his two crewmates Tom Marshburn and Roman Romanenko will head back to Earth on May 13. During a recent linkup with students, Hadfield...

Three New Suspects Arrested in Boston Case CBNNews.com Wednesday, May 01, 2013 Three more suspects have been arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing case. A lawyer representing them says two of the three men, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, are originally from Kazakhstan and were friendly with the younger suspect 19-year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The two have been held in county jail for more than a week on visa violations. They attended the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended school. Authorities have not said who the third suspect is. Meanwhile, investigators are uncovering new clues about...

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