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Bridgegate? Or just water under the bridge?

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 12:22 PM PST

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie enters a news conference Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. Christie has fired a top aide who engineered political payback against a town mayor, saying she lied. Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly is the latest casualty in a widening scandal that threatens to upend Christie's second term and likely run for president in 2016. Documents show she arranged traffic jams to punish the mayor, who didn't endorse Christie for re-election. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)New Jerseyans on whether traffic jam is just a hiccup, or a blow to Christie's career.


Parents of Chinese teen run over at SF airport sue city

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:24 PM PST

FILE - In this undated photo, Ye Meng Yuan poses for photos in a classroom in Jiangshan city in China's Zhejiang province. The parents of the 16-year-old girl who died after being struck by two San Francisco Fire Department rigs at the scene of the Asiana Airlines plane crash at San Francisco airport in July have filed a legal claim against the city. A precursor to a lawsuit the claim says firefighters knowingly abandoned Ye Meng Yuan "in harm's way" after the crash and that the fire department failed to train its employees to avoid hitting victims at disaster scenes. (AP Photo/CHINATOPIX, File) CHINA OUTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The parents of a teenage girl who was run over and killed by two emergency vehicles after an Asiana Airlines crash have filed a claim against the city of San Francisco, saying rescuers were reckless and poorly trained.


Activist writer Amiri Baraka dies at 79

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 02:44 PM PST

FILE - This March 12, 1972 file photo shows poet and social activist Amiri Baraka speaking during the Black Political Convention in Gary, Ind. Baraka, a Beat poet, black nationalist and Marxist revolutionary known for his blues-based, fist-shaking manifestos, died, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, N.J. at age 79. (AP Photo/Julian C. Wilson, File)Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture, has died. He was 79.


More than half in Congress are millionaires

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 12:15 PM PST

Dr. EvilIf you're not worth a million bucks, you are now a minority in Congress.


Nuke launch officers tied to drug probe

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 12:56 PM PST

An image provided by Vandenberg Air Force Base shows an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile being launched during an operational test Wednesday May 22, 2013, from Launch Facility-4 on Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The U.S. Air Force launched this unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea. (AP Photo/ Vandenberg Air Force Base)F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made a rare visit Thursday to an Air Force nuclear missile base, hoping to boost morale among the men and women who operate and safeguard the nation's Minuteman 3 nuclear missiles. But his attempt to cheer the troops was tempered by news that launch officers at another base had been implicated in an illegal-narcotics investigation.


Niagara Falls captured in eye-catching partial freeze

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 06:24 AM PST

Partially frozen Niagara FallsThe polar vortex that has gripped the U.S. and Canada this week has led to some spectacular icy images. The latest come Niagara Falls, which partially froze on Tuesday.


Did Obama screw up by picking Gates?

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 11:47 AM PST

FILE - In this April 28. 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama stands in the East Room of the White House in Washington with, from left: Vice President Joe Biden and outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and sharply criticizing Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy instincts. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Former defense secretary, a Republican, is out with a buzzy new memoir.


NJ's Christie: 'I was blindsided'

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:51 PM PST

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at a news conference in TrentonPuts focus on displeasure with staff in lengthy press conference on bridge scandal.


Obama unveils first five economic 'Promise Zones'

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 12:26 AM PST

In this Feb. 13, 2013 photo, President Barack Obama speaks to workers and guests at the Linamar Corporation plant in Arden, N.C. Obama says raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour and tying future increases to inflation will raise the incomes of millions living in poverty and spur job growth. Business groups are not so sure. They complain that boosting the federal rate from $7.25 an hour would discourage employers from hiring new workers, hurting the very people Obama aims to help. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is announcing ways the federal government can help economically challenged communities through five new "Promise Zones."


John Legere of T-Mobile chats with Yahoo's David Pogue

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No sparking up at Denver airport

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 06:39 AM PST

Denver Airport Ignores Pilot's Call for HelpDenver airport draws ire of marijuana advocates after threatening to ban pot in the airport despite Colorado's new state law legalizing its recreational use and possession.


Minn. man freed after being held 9 months in UAE

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 11:58 AM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Shervon Cassim shows his brother Shezanne Cassim of Woodbury, Minn. Shezanne, arrested in April and held in the United Arab Emirates for roughly nine months after posting a parody video online about youth culture in Dubai, is expected to be released. A State Department spokeswoman said Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 that Cassim has been moved to a deportation facility for processing. (AP Photo/Courtesy Shervon Cassim, File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An American man who was arrested in the United Arab Emirates for a parody video that was posted online has been released from prison and was due to arrive in Minnesota Thursday, a family spokeswoman said.


Retired Air Force colonel now homeless, living in his van

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 07:59 AM PST

Homeless Veterans Get Medical Care And Supplies At "Stand Down Event"Retired Air Force Col. Robert Freniere served for 30 years, but has been unable to find a job and currently lives out of his van.


Republicans take on poverty

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 07:17 AM PST

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a Cuban-American, speaks about the GOP lawmakers don't want to get caught flat-footed by the Democrats' plan.


Ex-Israel PM Sharon in 'grave' condition

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 08:01 AM PST

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is pictured at a press conference in Jerusalem on November 16, 2005The health of former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon has worsened over the past hours, hospital officials said on Thursday, describing him as being in "extremely critical" condition. "Over the past hours, there has been a worsening of the condition of former prime minister Ariel Sharon. His condition is described as extremely critical and his family is at his side all the time," said a statement from Sheba hospital near Tel Aviv where he is being treated. Sharon has been in a coma since January 4, 2006 after suffering a massive stroke, but his condition took a sudden turn for the worse on January 1 when he suffered serious kidney problems after surgery.


Pakistani teenager dies trying to stop suicide bomber

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 06:38 AM PST

Pakistani security personnel examine the site of a suicide bombing in the Ibrahimzai area of Hangu district on January 6, 2014Peshawar (Pakistan) (AFP) - The father of a Pakistani teenager killed after tackling a suicide bomber Thursday hailed his son for saving "hundreds" of lives through his bravery. Aitzaz Hassan, aged around 15, died in hospital after stopping the bomber, who blew himself up, at the gates of his school in the northwestern district of Hangu on Monday. His father Mujahid Ali Bangash, 55, told AFP he felt not sadness but pride at his son's death. Bangash works in the UAE and was only able to reach Ibrahimzai village, which lies in an area of Hangu dominated by minority Shiite Muslims, the day after his son's funeral.


Fidel Castro makes first public appearance in months

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 05:54 AM PST

Fidel CastroHAVANA (AP) — Cuban news media say former President Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time since April.


Taliban suicide blast kills 'super cop' in Pakistan

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 08:26 AM PST

Pakistani police patrol a street in Karachi on November 13, 2013A Taliban suicide attacker in Karachi on Thursday killed one of Pakistan's best-known police commanders, famed for his fearless work tackling militants in the city. Chaudhry Aslam, the head of the criminal investigation department (CID) who had survived numerous assassination attempts in the past, died along with two other officers when a bomber targeted a police convoy on an expressway in eastern Karachi. The sprawling port city is Pakistan's largest conurbation and economic heart but has been plagued for years by brutal ethnic, political, sectarian and Islamist violence. The bomber smashed his vehicle into Aslam's convoy and he and two other policemen were killed, senior CID officer Iqbal Mehmood told AFP.


LIVE: Christie fires staff member over bridge scandal

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 02:52 PM PST

File photo of New Jersey Governor Christie participating in an interview during the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council annual meeting in WashingtonThe N.J. governor is "embarrassed" by conduct of his staff, he tells media.


Rodman says he's sorry over Bae comments

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 09:29 PM PST

Dennis Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seated above in the stands, before an exhibition basketball game at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)The former NBA player blames alcohol and stress for his remarks about the captive American missionary.


China fines top filmmaker $1.2M over children

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 05:12 AM PST

Chinese director Zhang Yimou receives an award on December 2, 2012 during the 12th Marrakesh International Film Festival in MoroccoChinese authorities said Thursday they have fined the country's best-known film director Zhang Yimou 7.5 million yuan ($1.2 million) for violating the one-child policy. After months of rumours that he had fathered as many as seven children with several different women, Zhang -- who already has a daughter with his ex-wife -- acknowledged in December that he has two sons and another daughter with his current wife -- all born before they got married. China's family planning law, implemented since the late 1970s, restricts most parents to one child. Authorities in Binhu district in the eastern city of Wuxi, the hometown of Zhang's wife Chen Ting, said they have decided to fine the couple 7.49 million yuan for their offence.


Christie faces political fallout over traffic jam

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 05:22 AM PST

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has scheduled a news conference for Thursday, one day after emails and text messages revealed his administration may have closed highway lanes to exact political retribution.

Lawmakers: Obama weighing changes in NSA policy

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 03:00 PM 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. The president is hosting a series of meetings this week with lawmakers, privacy advocates and intelligence officials as he nears a final decision on changes to the government's controversial surveillance programs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is still grappling with key decisions on the future of the National Security Agency's phone collection program and the makeup of the secret court that approved the surveillance, lawmakers said Thursday following a 90-minute meeting at the White House.


Iraq holding off on an offensive against al-Qaida

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 01:27 PM PST

Gunmen patrol in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Tribal leaders in Fallujah have warned al-Qaida fighters there to leave to avoid a military showdown, and there were signs that residents of Fallujah were trying to restore a sense of normalcy, however precarious.(AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's government is holding off on waging an all-out offensive to retake two key cities from al-Qaida because of fears that civilian casualties could incite Sunni anger and push moderate tribal leaders to side with the extremists, analysts and military officials said Thursday.


Trapped trucker survives hours in subzero temps

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:35 PM PST

CORRECTS TO EIGHT HOURS STUCK, INSTEAD OF SIX - Truck driver Tim Rutledge talks with the media after being released from the hospital, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in Indianapolis. Rutledge was trapped under his truck for about eight hours during the height of the cold snap that struck Indiana earlier this week. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tim Rutledge's eyelid had frozen shut. His voice was hoarse after competing for hours with bitter-cold wind and humming truck engines while screaming for help. He was losing consciousness, pinned under his rig in sub-zero temperatures at an Indiana truck stop.


Mo. man accused of rape pleads to lesser charge

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:25 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Nodaway County, Mo., Sheriff's Department is Matt Barnett. The 19-year-old, accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old schoolmate when he was 17, was charged Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 with a misdemeanor child endangerment charge. He is scheduled to be arraigned later Thursday. (AP Photo/Nodaway County Sheriff's Department)MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Two years and a day after a northwest Missouri high school freshman said she was raped by an older schoolmate at a party, the girl and her mother said they are satisfied that her assailant has been held accountable for his actions.


Indian diplomat indicted, expected to leave US

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:39 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian diplomat accused of lying about how much she paid her housekeeper was asked to leave the United States on Thursday after she was indicted on two criminal charges and Indian authorities refused to waive immunity, authorities said.

Carmakers: Driverless cars need legal framework

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:32 PM PST

Trade show attendees gather around the Audi Sport quattro laserlight concept car at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, in Las Vegas. The car is outfitted with laser lights offering three times the illumination as LED lights. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)LAS VEGAS (AP) — The future of driving is right around the corner.


Rapper Flavor Flav stopped for speeding, pot in NY

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 03:48 PM PST

Flavor Flav Court Appearance In Las VegasMINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — State police say rapper Flavor Flav was ticketed for speeding and driving without a license en route to his mother's funeral in suburban New York.


W.Va. gov declares emergency after chemical spill

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 05:16 PM PST

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A list of West Virginia customers being asked to avoid using water is growing because of a chemical spill into the Elk River in Charleston.

Jobless bill stalls in Senate

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 03:57 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., meets with reporters to urge passage of legislation to restore unemployment insurance benefits which expired Dec. 28, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to resurrect long-term jobless legislation stalled in the Senate on Thursday, triggering recriminations from both sides of the political aisle despite earlier expressions of optimism that benefits might soon be restored for more than 1 million victims of the recession.


Scientists: Americans are becoming weather wimps

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 02:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, file photo, a person struggles to cross a street in blowing and falling snow as the Gateway Arch appears in the distance, in St. Louis. The deep freeze that gripped much of the nation this week wasn't unprecedented, but with global warming we're getting far fewer bitter cold spells, and many of us have forgotten how frigid winter used to be. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — We've become weather wimps.


Some find health insurers have no record of them

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 01:02 PM PST

This photo taken Jan. 5, 2014 shows Sharon Van Daele posing for the photographer in her home in Tucson, Ariz. Record-keeping snags could complicate the start of care this month as millions of people begin using health plans that they purchased under President Barack Obama's law. Among the paperwork orphans was cancer survivor Sharon Van Daele, who went back and forth between her insurer and the federal government for more than a week after her coverage was supposed to start but her insurance card failed to arrive. Unable to get answers, she said it felt as if she had fallen into a black hole.(AP Photo/John Miller)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Record-keeping snags could complicate the start of insurance coverage this month as people begin using policies they purchased under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.


New coach Gruden latest to tackle Redskins turmoil

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:04 PM PST

New Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden holds a Redskins helmet at the Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Jay Gruden was introduced as the new Washington Redskins head coach, replacing Mike Shanahan and becoming the team's eighth head coach since Daniel Snyder purchased the franchise in 1999. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The face was different, the words familiar. Like Mike Shanahan and nearly every recent Washington Redskins coach, Jay Gruden is anxious to declare an end to franchise's days of dysfunction.


Utah puts status of newly married same-sex couples 'on hold'

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 09:59 AM PST

Utah Puts Recognition of Newly Married Same-Sex Couples 'On Hold'For now at least, Utah's state government won't recognize the marriages of about 1,000 newly married same-sex couples, the governor's office announced on Wednesday. On December 20th, a federal judge decided that the state's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional, allowing any eligible couple in the state — gay or straight — to marry, until the Supreme Court issued a stay on that decision on Monday. Based on counsel from the Attorney General's Office regarding the Supreme Court decision, state recognition of same-sex marital status is ON HOLD until further notice. The intent of this communication is to direct state agency compliance with current laws that prohibit the state from recognizing same-sex marriages.


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