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House OKs massive $1.1T spending bill

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 01:21 PM PST

A US Park Police officer watches at left as a National Park Service employee posts a sign on a barricade closing access to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800, 000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Budget-battle weary Congress packs bill with victories, concessions for both parties.


Nevada marina mystery: Why have all the fish died?

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:42 PM PST

Thousands of fish dead in Nevada marina mysteryState wildlife officials are trying to figure out why all the fish have died in a northern Nevada marina where the stocked fishery has flourished since the man-made lake was created nearly 15 years ago. ...


Mixed-breed dogs get a 'paw in the door' at Westminster

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:14 PM PST

A rat terrier is introduced as a new breed during a news conference to announce the line up for the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan in New YorkBy Marina Lopes NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three new breeds, Chinooks, Portuguese Podengo Pequenos and Rat Terriers, will be vying to be top dog at the 138th Westminster Kennel Club in New York in February, organizers said on Thursday. The two-day show on February 10 and 11 at Madison Square Garden and Piers 92 and 94 will open with a separate agility competition in which mixed-breed dogs will be allowed to compete for the first time in more than 100 years. It's fun to see the new breeds, hearing what they were bred to do and trying to envision them doing that," said David Frei, a co-host of the show. The Chinook, a breed that was developed in New Hampshire in the 1920's, is highly trainable and used in sledding, scootering and carting, and the Rat Terrier, a small, playful American farm dog is known for hunting rodents and vermin.


Air Force: Officers caught cheating on nuke launch exams

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 01:07 PM PST

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, right, and Tech. Sgt. Justin Richie, a 341st Maintenance Operations Squadron team trainer, riding in a work cage on Nov. 20, 2012, inside the T-9 maintenance trainer at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The Air Force says 34 nuclear missile launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana have been implicated in a cheating scandal and have been stripped of their certification. It is believed to be the largest such breach of integrity in the nuclear force.(AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Beau Wade)WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty-four nuclear missile launch officers have been implicated in a cheating scandal and have been stripped of their certification in what the Air Force believes is the largest such breach of integrity in the nuclear force, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Wednesday.


86 frat members sued over fatal tailgating crash

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:55 AM PST

FILE -- In this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 file photo, people look at the scene of a fatal accident in a parking area outside an NCAA college football game between Harvard and Yale, in New Haven, Conn. Yale has tightened its policy on tailgating after a Massachusetts woman was killed and two others injured when a U-Haul truck drove through a tailgating area at the football game. Yale will no longer permit kegs at university athletic events or functions, according to the revised policies released Thursday, Jan. 19. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)Dozens of current and former members of a fraternity at Yale University are being sued over a deadly tailgating crash at the 2011 Yale-Harvard football game in New Haven. A U-Haul truck carrying beer kegs ...


Congress' popularity paradox

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:52 AM PST

FILE - In this June 17, 2013, file photo, the U.S. Capitol, with the Senate at right and the House of Representatives at far left, is seen in Washington. Call it a steady diet of gridlock, with Green Eggs and Ham on the side. Congress did not pass White House-backed immigration or gun control legislation in 2013. Or raise the minimum wage. Or approve many other items on President Barack Obama's agenda. But tea party-inspired House Republicans did propel the country into a 16-day partial government shutdown that cost the still-recovering economy $24 billion by one estimate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Despite 13 percent overall approval, voters see their lawmaker as a fish out of water.


New video surfaces of U.S. prisoner from Afghan war

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:35 PM PST

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The Taliban proposed a deal in which they would free the U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their most senior operatives at Guantanamo Bay, while Afghan President Hamid Karzai eased his opposition Thursday June 20, 2013 to joining planned peace talks. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)A new video has surfaced showing Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier captured by militants while stationed in Afghanistan more than four years ago, the soldier's family said on Wednesday. "Today we learned that a new video of our son, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, has been distributed by his captors," Bergdahl's family said in a statement relayed by the Idaho National Guard. Bergdahl was stationed in Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan when he disappeared under unclear circumstances on June 30, 2009, about two months after arriving in Afghanistan. U.S. officials said Bergdahl appeared to be in 'declining health,' but not gravely ill, in the video, which U.S. officials believe was recorded within the last month.


Capt. 'Sully' remains 'the eternal optimist'

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 07:01 AM PST

Former Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger talks to the media in front of the US Airways flight 1549 aircraft at the Carolina Aviation Museum, Saturday, June 11, 2011, in Charlotte, N.C. The plane that made a miraculous landing on the Hudson River two years ago will be displayed in the museum in Charlotte. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)It's been five years since Chesley B. Sullenberger landed Flight 1549 in the Hudson River.


Apple reaches $32.5M consent decree with U.S. over app purchases

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 11:34 AM PST

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook speaks on stage during an Apple event in San FranciscoBy Diane Bartz and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc will refund consumers at least $32.5 million to settle a longstanding complaint that the technology company billed U.S. consumers for charges incurred by children through mobile apps without their parents' consent. Under the terms of the settlement, announced on Wednesday by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Apple also will be required to change its billing practices to ensure it obtains consent from parents before charging for such in-app spending. "Whether you're doing business in the mobile arena or the mall down the street, fundamental consumer protections apply," said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. "You cannot charge consumers for purchases they did not authorize." She estimated that children spent millions of dollars without their parents' knowledge, with one mother telling the agency that her daughter spent $2,600 while playing the game "Tap Pet Hotel." Ramirez said the commission had received "tens of thousands of complaints" from consumers over the unauthorized purchases through apps such as Dragon Story and Tiny Zoo Friends.


Fallon, Springsteen take a jab at 'fan' Chris Christie

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 11:37 AM PST

This image released by NBC shows Bruce Springsteen, left, and Jimmy Fallon performing during "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/NBC, Lloyd Bishop)NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's favorite rock star had something to say about the bridge scandal that's cost a couple of Christie loyalists their jobs.


Senate committee: Benghazi attack was preventable

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:21 AM PST

FILE - This Sept 13, 2012 file photo shows a Libyan man investigating the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report on the deadly assault on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, laying blame on the State Department, the late Ambassador Chris Stevens and the intelligence community for failing to communicate and heed warnings of terrorist activity in the area and protect diplomatic facilities. The highly critical report also says the U.S. military was not positioned to aid the Americans in need, though the head of Africa Command had offered military security teams that Stevens _ who was killed in the attack _ had rejected weeks before the attack. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)Security should have tightened prior to the assault on the consulate, the report says.


Death toll in Baghdad bombings grows

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:42 AM PST

An Iraqi taxi driver inspects his damasged car after a car bomb attack near the Technology University in Sinaa Street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. A wave of bombings across Iraq striking busy markets and a funeral north of Baghdad killed tens of people Wednesday, authorities said, as the country remains gripped by violence after al-Qaida-linked militants took control of two cities in western Anbar province. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)By Alistair Lyon BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bomb attacks and shootings killed at least 75 people in Iraq on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said, making it one of the bloodiest days in months. In the deadliest incident, a bomb blew up in a funeral tent where mourners were marking the death two days ago of a Sunni Muslim pro-government militiaman, police said. In northwestern Iraq, assailants detonated roadside bombs near a bridge in Ain al-Jahash, 60 km (37 miles) south of Mosul as an army patrol was crossing it. Gunmen killed seven truck drivers, kidnapped two and set three trucks ablaze in the mainly Shi'ite district of Maamil in Baghdad's eastern outskirts, police said.


Afghan president accuses U.S. of killing 8 civilians

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 09:59 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses media representatives during a press interaction in New Delhi on December 14, 2013President Hamid Karzai says the airstrike will further damage ties between the two allies.


Teacher hailed as hero in N.M. shooting

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John Masterson confronted the student and persuaded him to drop his gun.


Danish tourist gang-raped, Indian police say

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 09:22 AM PST

An Indian investigator speaks on his phone at the spot which police say is where a Danish tourist was gang-raped in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. A 51-year-old Danish tourist was gang-raped Tuesday near a popular shopping area in New Delhi after she stopped to ask for directions, police said Wednesday, the latest case to focus attention on the scourge of violence against women in India. The woman managed to reach her hotel Tuesday evening and the owner called police. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)NEW DELHI (AP) — A 51-year-old Danish tourist was gang-raped near a popular shopping area in New Delhi after she got lost and approached a group of men for directions back to her hotel, police said Wednesday.


Egyptians vote on 2nd day of ballot for charter

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:40 AM PST

Egyptians walk into a polling center to vote in the country's constitutional referendum in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. Undeterred by a day of sporadic violence, Egyptians are lining up to vote on the second, final day of a key referendum on a new constitution. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Undeterred after a day of sporadic violence, Egyptians on Wednesday lined up to vote on the second, final day of a key referendum on the country's new constitution.


UN says pace of Israeli settler attacks up 4-fold

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 12:14 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, injured Israeli settlers are detained by Palestinian villagers in a building under construction near the West Bank village of Qusra, southeast of Nablus. The annual rate of Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians has almost quadrupled in eight years, U.N. figures show, buttressing claims that Israeli security forces have largely failed to stem the so-called "price tag" campaign in which thugs cut down trees, deface mosques and beat Palestinian farmers. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh, File)QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — The annual rate of Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians has almost quadrupled in eight years, U.N. figures show, buttressing claims that Israeli security forces have largely failed to stem the so-called "price tag" campaign in which thugs cut down trees, deface mosques and beat Palestinian farmers.


Trial of suspected Hariri assassins set to begin

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 01:17 PM PST

A portrait of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri sits on his grave which is covered by flowers in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. Nearly nine years after the truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri shook the Middle East and awakened the seeds of Sunni-Shiite hatreds, an international tribunal begins the long awaited trial of four Hezbollah suspects Thursday. The men have not been arrested, and the Hague-based court will try them in absentia in the first such trial since World War II. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — The truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri sent a sectarian tremor across the Middle East and set off years of upheaval in Lebanon, the consequences of which are still felt across the turbulent region.


Officials: Obama likely to OK phone record changes

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 05:43 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. Obama is expected to endorse changes to the way the government collects millions of Americans' phone records for possible future surveillance, but leave many of the specific reforms for Congress to sort out, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the White House intelligence review. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to endorse changes to the way the government collects millions of Americans' phone records for possible future surveillance, but he'll leave many of the specific adjustments for Congress to sort out, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the White House intelligence review.


Video shows aftermath of San Francisco plane crash

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 12:07 PM PST

FILE - In this undated photo, Ye Meng Yuan poses for photos in a classroom in Jiangshan city in China's Zhejiang province. Video footage from a firefighter's helmet camera following the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco shows fire personnel were aware there was someone on the ground outside the plane. That person, 16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan, was alive, but late run over and killed by a fire truck. (AP Photo/CHINATOPIX, File) CHINA OUTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Video from a firefighter's helmet camera following the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco shows rescuers were aware there was someone on the ground outside the plane, before she was fatally run over by a fire truck.


House nears OK of government-wide $1.1T budget

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:27 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, following a Democratic policy lunch. A massive $1.1 trillion spending bill, aimed at funding the government through October and putting to rest the bitter budget battles of last year, is getting generally positive reviews from House Republicans who are eager to avoid another shutdown crisis with elections looming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Party leaders pushed a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill for this year toward House passage on Wednesday, shunning the turmoil of recent budget clashes with a compromise financing everything from airports to war costs and brimming with victories and setbacks for both parties.


Jilted French first lady gets little sympathy

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:17 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, May. 7, 2013, file photo, French President Francois Hollande, left, and his companion Valerie Trierweiler arrive for a state dinner at the Elysee Palace, in Paris as part of Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski's two-day visit to France. The woman considered France's first lady has been hospitalized after a report that the president is having an affair with an actress. Valerie Trierweiler's chief of staff, Patrice Biancone, confirmed Sunday that the 48-year-old journalist who lives with President Francois Hollande has been hospitalized since Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool, File)PARIS (AP) — France's president is reported to be sneaking around on a motorcycle to have a secret affair with an actress. Who takes the brunt of the heat? In a very French twist, it's increasingly looking like his jilted first lady, who has been hospitalized since she found out.


Training credited for quick end to school shooting

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 12:48 PM PST

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — When the shots first rang out at Berrendo Middle School, some students started laughing, assuming it was just another drill.

Justices doubtful on Mass abortion buffer zone law

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 11:43 AM PST

This photo taken Dec. 17, 2013 shows anti-abortion protester Eleanor McCullen, of Boston, standing at the painted edge of a buffer zone outside a Planned Parenthood location in Boston. The regulation of protests outside abortion clinics returns to the Supreme Court for the first time since 2000 to find the justices seemingly more protective of speech and less committed to abortion rights. That combination could prove difficult to overcome for the state of Massachusetts as it seeks to defend a law, in arguments at the high court on Jan. 15, that prohibits abortion protests any closer than 35 feet from the entrance to clinics. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON (AP) — A 35-foot protest-free zone outside Massachusetts abortion clinics appeared unlikely to survive Supreme Court review after liberal and conservative justices alike expressed misgivings about the law in arguments Wednesday.


Apple will refund at least $32.5M in app case

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 12:59 PM PST

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Edith Ramirez speaks at the FTC in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, where she announced Apple will refund $32.5 million to consumers to settle a federal case involving purchases that kids made without their parents' permission while playing on mobile apps. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Kids gleefully snapped up virtual pet food, gems or other items while absorbed by games on their mobile devices. Parents felt the sting of sometimes hefty charges from Apple Inc. incurred by accident or without their permission.


Student of New Mexico shooting: 'Blood everywhere'

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:11 AM PST

A student, left, is hugged following a shooting at Berrendo Middle School, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Roswell, N.M. A shooter opened fire at the middle school, injuring at least two students before being taken into custody. Roswell police said the school was placed on lockdown, and the suspected shooter was arrested. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Mark Wilson)ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Students escaping chilly winter temperatures in southeastern New Mexico were congregated in the Berrendo Middle School gym, waiting for classes to start when they heard a loud pop.


Seven things you won’t hear at Gitmo

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:34 AM PST

Inside the Gitmo Media TourPrison, er, "detention center" staff choose their words carefully.


Obama picks Latina banker to lead small business agency

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, file photo, Maria Contreras-Sweet, Chairwoman of ProAmerica Bank, arrives to speak at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) in Washington. President Barack Obama intends to nominate Contreras-Sweet, a former California cabinet secretary, to be head of the Small Business Administration, according to a White House official. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Maria Contreras-Sweet on Wednesday to lead the Small Business Administration, an agency that provides loans and helps small businesses get government contracts. "She understands the needs of small business owners like herself. She knows how they can lift entire communities, and ultimately how they lift our country," Obama said in making the announcement at the White House. She is the second Hispanic nominated to Obama's second-term cabinet after Labor Secretary Tom Perez. ...


‘Magic’ pitches Obamacare

Posted: 14 Jan 2014 05:31 PM PST

VIP Pre-Fight Party For Showtime PPV's Presentation Of The One: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Canelo AlvarezThe former NBA great is in a 2-minute video encouraging young Americans to sign up.


Pope cleans house at bank with new cardinals

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 05:08 AM PST

Pope Francis waves as he leaves at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made another move to clean house at the troubled Vatican bank on Wednesday, naming a new roster of cardinal advisers to replace the ones who were in place during its latest brushes with scandal.


Vigil draws hundreds after N.M. shooting

Posted: 14 Jan 2014 10:10 PM PST

A woman hugs a student at a staging ground set up at the Roswell Mall following a shooting at Berrendo Middle School, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Roswell, N.M. A shooter opened fire at the middle school, injuring at least two students before being taken into custody. Roswell police said the school was placed on lockdown, and the suspected shooter was arrested. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Mark Wilson)A 12-year-old wounded two classmates before a teacher talked him into dropping his weapon.


Senate committee: Benghazi attack was preventable

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 07:58 AM PST

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protestSecurity should have increased prior to the deadly 2012 attack, according to a report.


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