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House reaches compromise on farm bill

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 04:45 PM PST

Maggie Barcellano prepares dinner at her father's house in Austin, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Barcellano, who lives with her father, enrolled in the food stamps program to help save up for paramedic training while she works as a home health aide and raises her three-year-old daughter. Working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps, a switch from a few years ago when children and the elderly were the main recipients. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)Deal would preserve food stamp benefits for most, keep generous subsidies for farmers.

Avalanches snarl acces to Alaska city where pipeline ends

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:48 PM PST

This Jan. 24, 2014 photo provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities shows multiple avalanches that crossed the Richardson Highway in the Thompson Pass region of Valdez, Alaska on Friday Jan. 24, 2014. Alaska highway officials say the only highway into the city of 4,100 people will be closed until further notice, for at least a week, if not much longer. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities)ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Highway access to the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline has been cut off indefinitely by avalanches, including one that dammed a river and created a lake up to a half-mile long across the roadway in a 300-foot wide mountain canyon.

U.S. frees tech companies to disclose more spying data

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:59 PM PST

Illustration file picture shows a man typing on a computer keyboard in WarsawBy David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. technology companies may give the public and their customers more detail about the court orders they receive related to surveillance under an agreement they reached on Monday with the Obama administration. Companies such as Google Inc and Microsoft Corp have been prohibited from disclosing even an approximate number of orders they received from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. They could give only an aggregate number of U.S. demands that combined surveillance court orders, letters from the FBI, subpoenas in run-of-the-mill criminal cases and other requests. The deal frees the companies to say, for example, approximately how many orders they received in a six-month period from the surveillance court.

Notorious Nazi's letters home are chillingly mundane

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 09:58 AM PST

1935 photo provided by German newspaper 'Die Welt' shows a family photo of Heinrich Himmler in Valepp, Bavaria. The picture shows Himmler with his daughter Gudrun, front, his son Gerhard, right, and a friend of Gudrun, left. The photo is part of a trove of letters, notes and photos that were in possession of an Israeli family. The letters are believed to be written by Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler and had not been shown to the public. The newspaper said the material is contained in an eight-part series it plans to publish. Himmler is considered one of the Nazis most responsible for the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Realworks Ltd./DIE WELT, HO) MANDATORY CREDIT Realworks Ltd./DIE WELT - http://www.welt.de/geschichte/himmler/article124223862/Insight-into-the-orderly-world-of-a-mass-murderer.htmlHeinrich Himmler was one of the most notorious leaders of Hitler's Nazi Party, responsible for the deaths of millions of men, women and children. Excerpts from chilling letters he wrote his family were recently published on the German news site Die Welt.

Ukrainian gov't claims to make key concession

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:46 PM PST

Anti-government protesters look out from barricades in Independence Square in KievDeal to scrap harsh anti-protest laws that sparked clashes reported in online statement.

NSA leak reveals gov't spies eyed data from smartphone apps

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 04:36 PM PST

Kim Jong-un stole Angry BirdsReports outline how data could be harvested from apps such as Angry Birds or Google maps.

U.S.: Afghanistan to free 'dangerous' prisoners

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 12:08 PM PST

FILE - In this March 23, 2011 file photograph, Afghan detainees, seen through a mesh wire fence, prepare for noon prayers inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. The Afghan government has begun the process of releasing three dozen prisoners, officials said Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, despite U.S. protests that they are highly dangerous, the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries ahead of the year-end withdrawal of most international combat troops. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)Move stretches relations already strained over plans for U.S. troop presence past 2014.

Looted art saved by WWII 'Monuments Men' up for auction

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 10:42 AM PST

decades/1714/057By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Paintings looted by the Nazis during World War Two and retrieved by the Monuments Men, the Allied group tasked with returning masterpieces to their rightful owners, will be sold at auction on Thursday in New York. The works, which will go under the hammer during Sotheby's sale of Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, were among the tens of thousands of works recovered by the art experts whose story is told in the George Clooney film "The Monuments Men," which opens in U.S. theaters on February 7. "The scale of looting was absolutely extraordinary," said Lucian Simmons, Sotheby's head of restitution. The Monuments Men managed to recover and return the majority of those," he said in an interview.

Egypt's miiltary puts commander forward for president

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 11:42 AM PST

Egyptians wave the national flag and hold up pictures of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the edges of Cairo's Tahrir square on January 25, 2014Army says its commander, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, can run for the presidency; dozens dead in weekend strife.

Putin opposition: Sochi Olympics a $50 billion corruption extravaganza

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 02:45 AM PST

A worker drives a Zamboni machine across the ice in the Iceberg Skating Palace at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Park in the Costal Cluster on January 25, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)In a blockbuster report released today, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny details the waste, fraud, and mismanagement behind the most expensive Olympics ever.        

Online flirting--not with spouses--costs businesses $17m/day

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 09:00 AM PST

Cheatin' Hearts Online Cost Businesses $17M a DayValentine's Day may be right around the corner, but many American workers aren't thinking about gifts for their beloved spouses – not yet, anyway. That's because they're too busy flirting online with someone else – and doing their online dallying during business hours.

Nigeria market slaughter leaves 45 dead

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:13 PM PST

A screengrab taken on December 12, 2013 from a video obtained by AFP shows a man claiming to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar ShekauMuslim terrorist group Boko Haram suspects in NE Nigeria attack; two dozen also injured.

Prominent Bitcoin entrepreneur charged with money laundering

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:39 PM PST

By Emily Flitter NEW YORK (Reuters) - The vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, a trade group promoting the adoption of the digital currency, has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with conspiring to commit money laundering by helping to funnel cash to illicit online drugs bazaar Silk Road. Charlie Shrem, who had financial backing from the Winklevoss twins and is well known as one of the bitcoin's biggest global promoters, was arrested on Sunday at John. F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan said on Monday. Shrem, who was also charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, appeared in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday and was released on $1 million bond.

IOC boss 'sleeping very well' despite threats

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 07:57 AM PST

Bach backs Russia on security for Sochi OlympicsOlympic President Thomas Bach reiterates his confidence in "safe" Sochi games.

State of the Union 'designated survivor' demystified

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 06:00 AM PST

State of the Union 'Designated Survivor' DemystifiedFormer Cabinet Members Reveal New Details About Preparations for Catastrophe

Fla. congressman to resign after cocaine scandal

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 02:47 PM PST

File of Rep. Radel pausing as he meets with local media during a news conference in Cape CoralMIAMI (AP) — After going through rehab for cocaine and alcohol abuse and pledging that he'd work through his problems to regain his Florida constituents' trust, Trey Radel's short career in Congress ended with a whimper Monday.

Maryland mall reopens after fatal weekend shooting

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 02:11 PM PST

By Alice Popovici COLUMBIA, Maryland (Reuters) - A Maryland mall where a 19-year-old gunman killed two store employees before apparently taking his own life reopened on Monday to mourners bearing flowers and questions about why the shooting happened. The popular retail complex about 20 miles west of Baltimore had been closed since Darion Marcus Aguilar fired six to eight shots from a 12-gauge shotgun on Saturday as the mall bustled with weekend shoppers. Howard County Executive Ken Ulman told a few hundred people, many of them first responders, outside the mall before it reopened that the community had shown its resiliency and strength. "In these tough times I've seen some things that I am incredibly proud of," Ulman said while flanked by U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, a Democrat.

Slain Shabab leader was in charge of kidnappings, ransom deals

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 05:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia. Kenya's military said Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 that its air force has attacked a militant training camp in Somalia in retaliation for last month's al-Shabab assault on Nairobi's Westgate Mall. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Masked al-Shabab fighters retrieved bits of flesh overnight from a burned-out car that had been hit by a U.S. missile and in which a member of the armed Islamic group's intelligence unit died, a commander in the group said Monday.

How the State of the Union speech is born

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 06:23 AM PST

President Barack Obama meets with Director of Speechwriting Cody KeenanA quick-witted 33-year-old with a below-ground West Wing office plays a key role.

Brrrrrrr: The bone-chilling, arctic temps return to the Midwest

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 09:27 AM PST

Nyjaii Williams, of St. Paul, is bundled up against the cold wind, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in St. Paul. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Marlin Levison) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUTCHICAGO (AP) — A second deep freeze in weeks locked the Midwest in its icy grip Monday, prompting schools to close, airlines to cancel flights and the mass mobilization of emergency crews to dig out major roadways.

Who's on Obama's State of the Union guest list?

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:00 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. When Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday, he isn't just setting out his own agenda. He's also delivering an opening salvo in the yearlong fight for control of Congress. Although not explicitly political, the speech will frame an economic argument that Democrats hope will appeal to voters across the country. Obama has turned his attention in the second term to what government can do to increase social mobility and reduce income inequality. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)They're known as "Skutniks," the people invited to watch the speech with the First Lady.

Daft Punk, Pharrell win big at Grammys

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Daft Punk takes home top honors, while Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Lorde clean up, too.

Assad future blocks progress in Syria peace talks

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:05 PM PST

Monzer Akbik, center, a Syrian opposition spokesman, leaves after a short press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Akbik said the coalition was still determined to stay for the political talks set to begin Monday despite accusing the government of stalling. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)GENEVA (AP) — The key issue of a transitional government to replace President Bashar Assad blocked any progress Monday in Syrian peace talks, described by one delegate as "a dialogue of the deaf."

GOP tries to school candidates to avoid disaster

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:41 PM PST

FILE - In this combination of file photos are U.S. Senate candidates, from left: Shane Osborn, Nebraska; Matt Whitaker, Iowa, and Terri Lynn Land, Michigan. Having watched several promising campaigns collapse in 2012 after candidates made catastrophic mistakes, Osborn, Whitaker and Land are three contenders summoned by national Republican leaders to a first-of-a-kind training at the GOP's Senate campaign headquarters in Washington, to learn in part, what not to say and how not to say it. (AP Photo/File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Having watched several promising campaigns collapse in 2012 after candidates made catastrophic mistakes, national Republican leaders are leaving nothing to chance as they prepare for this year's midterm elections.

Mexico legalizes vigilantes, nabs cartel leader

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 05:08 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2014 file photo, an armed man belonging to the Self-Defense Council of Michoacan, (CAM), stands guard at a checkpoint set up by the self-defense group at the entrance to Antunez, Mexico. Mexico essentially legalized the country's growing MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico essentially legalized the country's growing "self-defense" groups Monday, while also announcing that security forces had captured one of the four top leaders of the Knights Templar drug cartel, which the vigilante groups have been fighting for the last year.

APNewsBreak: Arias defense costs top $2 million

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 04:51 PM PST

File-This May 15, 2013, file pool photo shows Jodi Arias looking at the family of Travis Alexander as the jury arrives during the sentencing phase of her trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias' legal bills have topped $2 million, a tab being footed by Arizona taxpayers that will only continue to climb with a new penalty phase set for March, officials said Monday Jan. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, File)PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias' legal bills have topped $2 million, a tab being footed by Arizona taxpayers that will only continue to climb with a new penalty phase set for March, officials said Monday.

Police: Student fire apparent suicide attempt

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 04:45 PM PST

A police cruiser blocks the entrance to Standley Lake HIgh School, where classes were cancelled after an apparent suicide attempt by a student, in Westminster, Colo., Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Police say a 16-year-old boy was critically injured after setting himself on fire at the suburban Denver high school. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy set himself on fire at a suburban Denver high school on Monday in an apparent suicide attempt that left him critically injured, authorities said.

Scientists find ancient plague DNA in teeth

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 04:29 PM PST

In this Jan. 17, 2014 photo provided by McMaster University, graduate biology student Jennifer Klunk examines a bone sample at McMaster University's Ancient DNA Centre in Hamilton, Canada. Scientists say two of the deadliest pandemics in history were caused by strains of the same plague and warn new versions of the bacteria could spark future outbreaks. Researchers found tiny bits of DNA in the teeth of two German victims killed by the Justinian plague about 1,500 years ago. With those fragments, they reconstructed the genome of the oldest bacteria known. They concluded the Justinian plague was caused by a strain of Yersinia pestis, the same pathogen responsible for the Black Death that struck medieval Europe. The study was published online Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 in the journal, Lancet Infectious Diseases.(AP Photo/McMaster University)LONDON (AP) — Scientists say two of the deadliest pandemics in history were caused by strains of the same plague and warn that new versions of the bacteria could spark future outbreaks.

Quentin Tarantino sues website over leaked script

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:42 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2013 file photo, director Quentin Tarantino delivers a speech before receiving the Lumiere Award during the 5th edition of the Lumiere Festival, in Lyon, central France. Tarantino sued Gawker Media LLC on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Los Angeles for copyright infringement over the site's posting of a story that linked to a leaked copy of his script for a planned film called "The Hateful Eight." (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quentin Tarantino sued the news and gossip website Gawker on Monday over a post that directed readers to a leaked copy of the Oscar-winning screenwriter's latest movie.

Deep freeze in Midwest puts normal routines on ice

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:08 PM PST

Pedestrians making their way along State Street are well-bundled against the region's return to bitterly cold conditions, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)CHICAGO (AP) — Parents brought kids to work or just stayed home because schools were closed, again. Office workers hailed cabs to ride a block — or less. And companies offering delivery services were inundated with business as Artic air blasted the central U.S. on Monday for the second time in weeks, disrupting the lives of even the hardiest Midwesterners.

Stocks fall worldwide on emerging-market fears

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 04:18 PM PST

A specialist on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange checks a screen, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Stocks are mostly higher on Wall Street as investors shrug off worries about emerging markets that tanked the market last week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets fell across the globe on Monday, but at least it wasn't another rout on Wall Street.

Maryland mall reopens with grief, more security

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:23 PM PST

Courtney, center, a friend of one of the victims in Saturday's shooting at the Mall in Columbia, Md,, cries as she walks through the food court with friends after the mall was reopened to the public on Monday Jan. 27, 2014. Three people died Saturday in a shooting at a mall in suburban Baltimore, including the presumed gunman. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — The fountain inside the mall was littered with white flowers. The skateboard shop — the scene of the deadly weekend shooting — was boarded up, as if under construction. Outside the mall, a banner read: "Forever in Our Hearts."

Egyptian military backs army chief for president

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 01:04 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo released by the Egyptian Defense Ministry, Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, visits a polling site in the Heliopolis neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, on the first day of voting in the constitutional referendum. Egypt's state TV said Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 that the country's Interim President issued a presidential decision, promoting the powerful army chief who led the July coup removed Islamist president from power, to the top military rank of marshal. (AP Photo/Egyptian Defense Ministry via Facebook, File)CAIRO (AP) — Army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who led the coup ousting Egypt's Islamist president, moved closer to declaring his candidacy to replace him, securing the military's backing on Monday for a presidential run, due by the end of April.

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