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Senate panel approves strikes on Syria

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 01:12 PM PDT

Protestors holding up their red painted hands, stand behind Secretary of State John Kerry as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing: "Syria: Weighing the Obama Administrations Response. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Officials continue their push for an authorization for attack.


Weiner's shouting match with Jewish voter caught on video

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 11:37 AM PDT

Anthony Weiner speaks during the BuzzFeed Brews interview series in New YorkAnthony Weiner, trailing badly in the polls, was captured on video screaming at a voter who called him a "deviant."


Born Digital: How college coaches slyly use social media to woo recruits

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 03:29 PM PDT

Kyle AllenSwinging by high school games and making home visits are no longer foolproof ways for college recruiters to convince the best high school football players in the country to play for their teams.


APNewsBreak: Obama weighs Egypt aid suspension

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 02:15 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 23, 2013 file photo shows an Egyptian walking between armored vehicles blocking Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. U.S. officials say President Barack Obama's top national security aides have recommended that the U.S. suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt in response to the Egyptian military's ouster of the country's first democratically elected leader. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's top national security aides have recommended that the U.S. suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt in response to the Egyptian military's ouster of the country's first democratically elected leader, U.S. officials said Wednesday.


Cleveland man's suicide brings little sympathy

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 02:19 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows Ariel Castro in the courtroom during the sentencing phase in Cleveland. Castro, who held 3 women captive for a decade, has committed suicide, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, file)CLEVELAND (AP) — Residents in the tough Cleveland neighborhood where three women were secretly imprisoned for a decade reacted with scorn and grim satisfaction Wednesday after Ariel Castro hanged himself in his cell barely a month into a life sentence.


Feds won't enforce same-sex veterans law

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2013, file photo Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to the American Bar Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The Obama administration said Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, it will stop enforcing a law that blocks benefits to partners of military veterans in same-sex marriages. In a letter to congressional leaders, Holder said that a provision in federal law on benefits to veterans and their families defines "spouse" to mean a person of the opposite sex. He says that definition leaves out legally married same-sex couples, and runs afoul of a June Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will stop enforcing a law that blocks benefits to partners of military veterans in same-sex marriages.


APNewsBreak: Early look at health law's premiums

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 03:42 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 11, 2012 file photo shows a basket of medical supplies await storage in Brookhaven, Miss. The No. 1 question about President Barack Obama's health care law is whether consumers will be able to afford the coverage. Now the answer is coming in: The biggest study yet of premiums posted publicly by states finds that the sticker price will average about $270 a month if you're a 21-year-old buying a mid-range policy. That's before government tax credits that will act like a discount for most people, bringing down the cost based on their income. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 1 question about President Barack Obama's health care law is whether consumers will be able to afford the coverage. Now the answer is coming in.


Prosecutors appeal Mont. teacher's rape sentence

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:03 PM PDT

Montana District Judge G. Todd Baugh reads a statement apologizing for remarks he made about a 14-year-old girl raped by a teacher in Billings, Mont., Wednesday Aug. 28, 2013. State prosecutors said Wednesday they are appealing as "illegal" the 30-day sentence handed down by the Montana judge to the former teacher for raping the girl. The announcement came following widespread condemnation for the sentence and the judge's comments that the victim was "older than her chronological age." (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — State prosecutors on Wednesday appealed as "illegal" a 30-day sentence handed down by a Montana judge to a former teacher for raping a student who later killed herself.


NYC mayoral hopeful Weiner, bakery customer argue

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:23 PM PDT

Anthony Weiner, left, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to run for the New York City Mayor's Office, has a heated argument with Shaul Kessler at Weiss Bakery in the Boro Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. The altercation was captured on video and is circulating widely over the Internet. Weiner's support as a Democratic candidate for mayor collapsed amid a new sexting scandal in June, 2013 and is currently polling fourth among the candidates at 7 percent. (AP Photo/Shimon Gifter)NEW YORK (AP) — Ex-congressman and struggling mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said Wednesday a video showing him in a shouting match with a bakery customer is just an example of him putting a heckler in his place.


Samsung unveils new smartwatch that makes calls

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:21 PM PDT

Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO of Sony presents the new Sony Xperia Z1 smartphone at an event ahead of the IFA, one of the world's largest trade fairs for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances in Berlin, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. IFA will take place on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds from Sept 6 to Sept. 11, 2013 . (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)BERLIN (AP) — Nearly 70 years after Dick Tracy began wearing a two-way wrist radio in the funny pages, the technology that once seemed impossibly futuristic will be widely available by Christmas.


AP EXCLUSIVE: Israeli proposal detailed in talks

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 11:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 file photo A Jewish settler looks at the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, from the E-1 area on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem. Israel has proposed leaving intact dozens of Jewish settlements and military bases in the West Bank as part of a package to establish a Palestinian state in provisional borders, a Palestinian official told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, in the first detailed glimpse at recently relaunched peace talks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel has proposed leaving intact dozens of Jewish settlements and military bases in the West Bank as part of a package to establish a Palestinian state in provisional borders, a Palestinian official told The Associated Press on Wednesday, in the first detailed glimpse at recently relaunched peace talks.


Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 01:14 PM PDT

U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, gets into a self-driven car in Cranberry, Pa., Butler County, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. The Cadillac SRX that was modified by Carnegie Mellon University went along local roads and highways operated by a computer that uses inputs from radars, laser rangefinders, and infrared cameras as it made a 33-mile trip to the Pittsburgh International Airport. A Carnegie Mellon engineer was in the driver's seat as a safety precaution. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania congressman caught a cutting-edge ride to the airport on Wednesday.


AP NewsBreak: Mont. teacher rape sentence appealed

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 02:34 PM PDT

Montana District Judge G. Todd Baugh reads a statement apologizing for remarks he made about a 14-year-old girl raped by a teacher in Billings, Mont., Wednesday Aug. 28, 2013. State prosecutors said Wednesday they are appealing as "illegal" the 30-day sentence handed down by the Montana judge to the former teacher for raping the girl. The announcement came following widespread condemnation for the sentence and the judge's comments that the victim was "older than her chronological age." (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — State prosecutors on Wednesday appealed as "illegal" a 30-day sentence handed down by a Montana judge to a former teacher for raping a student who later killed herself.


Goodell: Settlement 'significant amount of money'

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 10:11 AM PDT

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference at Tiffany & Co. in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. The retrieval of the trophy from Tiffany is one of many events leading up to the Super Bowl in New Jersey on Feb. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell took issue with the notion that the league's $765 million settlement with former players is a paltry sum compared to the sport's revenues.


AP Interview: Putin warns West on Syria action

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 02:13 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to John Daniszewski, the Associated Press's Senior Managing Editor for International News, during an AP interview at Putin's Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. Putin sought to downplay the current chill in the U.S.-Russian relations and said that the two countries need to cooperate on a range of issues in the interests of global stability, (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin warned the West against taking one-sided action in Syria but also said Russia "doesn't exclude" supporting a U.N. resolution on punitive military strikes if it is proved that Damascus used poison gas on its own people.


Al-Qaida-linked rebels attack village in Syria

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 12:26 PM PDT

In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian army fighters fire their weapons during clashes with government forces, unseen, in Daraya, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked rebels launched an assault on a regime-held Christian mountain village in the densely populated west of Syria and new clashes erupted near the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday — part of a brutal battle of attrition each side believes it can win despite more than two years of deadlock.


Senate panel votes to authorize force in Syria

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 12:27 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel has voted to give President Barack Obama the authority to use military force against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack.

Senate panel approves resolution on Syria military strikes

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 02:35 PM PDT

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., left, confers with committee member Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, during the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria, a response to last month's alleged sarin gas attack in the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)By Patricia Zengerle and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution on Wednesday authorizing limited U.S. military intervention in Syria, setting the stage for a debate in the full Senate next week on the use of force. The committee voted 10-7 in favor of a compromise resolution that sets a 60-day limit on any engagement in Syria, with a possible 30-day extension, and bars the use of U.S. troops on the ground for combat operations. ...


The Silicon Valley tycoon who’s paying young people to skip college

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 02:41 AM PDT

Dan FriedmanAfter two years at Yale, Dan Friedman made the kind of decision that drives parents bonkers. He dropped out. "I loved school; I had a great time," he says. But the Silicon Valley tycoon Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and now a venture capitalist, made Friedman an offer he couldn't refuse.


Obama: 'I didn't set a red line' on Syria

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 07:02 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about Syria during a joint news conference with Swedish Prime Minister in StockholmHe reserves right to strike even without congressional support.


Ohio man who held 3 women captive hangs himself

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 10:46 AM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows Ariel Castro in the courtroom during the sentencing phase in Cleveland. Castro, who held 3 women captive for a decade, has committed suicide, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, file)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland man serving a life sentence for holding three women captive in his home for a decade hanged himself in his prison cell with a bedsheet, officials said Wednesday in another shocking twist in the case that transfixed and appalled the city.


Immigrant fights to become California lawyer

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 02:12 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, photo, Sergio Garcia poses for photographs in San Francisco. Garcia arrived in Northern California illegally 20 years ago and and has been there since. On Wednesday, he will ask the state Supreme Court to license him as an attorney_but the U.S. Department of Justice is trying to block his request. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A majority of California Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant Wednesday to grant a law license to Sergio Garcia, who graduated law school and passed the state's bar exam but has been living illegally in the United States for 20 years.


Trailing in the polls, Christine Quinn tries to regain momentum in NYC mayoral race

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 05:03 AM PDT

Christine Quinn speaks during the final Democratic party New York City mayoral debate one week before the primary election in New YorkQuinn, who is vying to be the city's first female and gay mayor, faces the fight of her political life ahead of the Sept. 10 primary.


No cell phones allowed: Some colleges ban modern-day gadgets

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 05:43 AM PDT

Erin Milligan of Wyoming Catholic CollegeOne college bans technology on campus for a more traditional, face-to-face approach to learning


UK's Cameron: Syria will use chemical weapons again without U.S. strike

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 05:01 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Number 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions at parliament in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he believed the Syrian government would use chemical weapons against its own people again if the United States stepped back from taking military action against it. When asked by an opposition Labour party lawmaker whether he would push for a ceasefire in Syria rather than a "bombing raid", Cameron told parliament that U.S. President Barack Obama had issued a clear warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on chemical weapons and was right to stick to it. ...


Obama: Congress, world credibility at stake

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 06:31 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, flanked by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to media in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with members of Congress to discuss the situation in Syria. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)STOCKHOLM (AP) — President Barack Obama says the international community and Congress's credibility are on the line if a chemical attack on civilians in Syria goes unanswered. Obama is seeking congressional and international support for military action against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.


Cleveland kidnapper Castro commits suicide in prison cell

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 03:15 PM PDT

File photo of Ariel Castro, 53, sitting in the courtroom during his sentencing for kidnapping, rape and murder in ClevelandBy Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ariel Castro committed suicide by hanging himself with a bed sheet in his prison cell, an Ohio coroner said on Wednesday, just one month into a life sentence for the kidnapping, rape and beatings of three women he kept imprisoned for a decade. The former school bus driver, who pleaded guilty to 937 counts in July, was found hanged in his cell at an Ohio prison late Tuesday. An autopsy on Wednesday confirmed the cause of death was suicide by hanging, said Dr. Jan Gorniak, the Franklin County coroner. ...


Joined hands heal scars of France and Germany's past

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 01:34 PM PDT

View on August 30, 2013 shows the entrance of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in FranceThe presidents of Germany and France on Wednesday joined hands with a survivor of the Nazis' worst atrocity on French soil in a historic moment of reconciliation.


France: Syria action would 're-balance' situation

Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:01 AM PDT

In this citizen journalism image provided by the United media office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians pray during the funeral of a man killed from a shell in Arbeen town, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/United media office of Arbeen)PARIS (AP) — France's government offers a preview Wednesday of what the Obama administration faces next week, as lawmakers debate the wisdom and necessity of a military response to a chemical weapons attack in Syria that killed hundreds.


Ohio man who held 3 women captive commits suicide

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 11:30 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows Ariel Castro in the courtroom during the sentencing phase in Cleveland. Castro, who held 3 women captive for a decade, has committed suicide, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, file)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The man who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade before one escaped and alerted authorities has been found dead and is believed to have committed suicide, a prison official said.


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