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Why the flu is hitting working-age adults hardest

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 01:05 PM PST

FILE-This Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 file photo shows vials of flu vaccine in Philadelphia. As the flu season winds down, health officials say it wasn't as bad as last year and the vaccine worked better. But younger adults were hit harder because of a surge of swine flu. Overall, hospitalization rates for the flu are only about half what they were last winter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)CDC estimates people ages 25 to 64 account for about 60 percent of flu deaths this season.

Drugs found aboard 'Captain Phillips' ship where two ex-SEALs died

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 03:59 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2009 file photo, crew members work aboard the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama after the ship docked in the harbour of Mombasa, in Kenya. Police in the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles said Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 that two American security officers were found dead Tuesday in a cabin on the Maersk Alabama, the ship hijacked by pirates in 2009, an event dramatized in the movie "Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks. (AP Photo, File)NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Drugs were in the room where two former Navy SEALs were found dead aboard the Maersk Alabama, a ship that was the focus of a 2009 hijacking dramatized in the movie "Captain Phillips," a company spokesman said Thursday.

Fishing rope cut from endangered whale off Georgia

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 04:06 PM PST

This photo released by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shows Right whale #4057 circling to the right as responders from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission throw a custom-made "cutting grapple," hoping to sever the long strand of fishing rope exiting the whale's mouth. Seconds later the heavy rope parted and the whale swam away unencumbered. (AP Photo/ Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA permit #15488)SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Wildlife experts cut away more than 280 feet of commercial fishing line being dragged by an endangered right whale off the Georgia coast, though some of the heavy rope had to be left tangled in the whale's mouth, officials said Thursday.

New shoe bomb threat related to al Qaeda

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 01:36 PM PST

Warning to airlines concerns bomb-maker working for Yemen-based affiliate, not Olympics.

Blood and tears on Kiev's Independence Square

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 12:40 PM PST

General view of Independence Square during the face off of protestors against heavily-armed police February 20, 2014 in Kiev, UkraineAs fighting rages all around him on Kiev's Independence Square, a volunteer medic tears open a young protester's bloodstained T-shirt and desperately pumps the demonstrators chest as his grey face stares into the sky. Nearby, protesters scream wildly for people to clear a path for a stretcher carrying a man's covered body. It is the deadliest day yet in three months of anti-government protests in Ukraine and Kiev's Independence Square, known as the Maidan, is Ground Zero. Riot police fire salvos of rubber bullets at anti-government protesters who hurl back Molotov cocktails and stones, determined to take back full control of the square, the epicentre of the opposition-led protest movement.

As number of U.S. farms declines, young farmers offer hope

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 03:56 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 22, 2013 file photo shows a farm in Fort Motte, S.C. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its preliminary Census of Agriculture on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. It showed that while there were fewer farms in 2012 than in 2007 in South Carolina, slightly more acreage was under cultivation. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file )Five-year census sees trend toward locally grown foods as good to all of farm country.

Family aims to fund funeral by washing cars, selling BBQ

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 09:38 AM PST

A Texas family is raising money to help pay for a man's funeral costs by offering car washes to people passing by the local AutoZone, KHOU.com reports. The family is also selling barbecue.

Kiev camp medic: 70 new protester deaths

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 12:23 PM PST

Activists and priests pay respects to protesters who were killed in clashes with police, a flag held by one activist reads "For Ukraine." in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Fierce clashes between police and protesters in Ukraine's capital have shattered the brief truce Thursday and an Associated Press reporter has seen dozens of bodies laid out on the edge of the protest encampment. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Report from opposition doctor puts toll at more than 100 killed in this week's escalating violence.

An army of Ted Cruzes: Long shots take a page from tea party hero

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 09:58 AM PST

ABC's '14 For 14' Hot Seat: Meet Mary Landrieu's Tea Party Challenger Rob ManessTexas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has inspired a new crop of conservative candidates to run against fellow Republicans.

Entire Iowa town evacuated due to chemical fire

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 09:09 AM PST

In this image from video provided by KIMT-TV is smoke rises from a fire in Northwood, Iowa, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Authorities say an evacuation order is in place for Northwood due to a fire at a fertilizer plant at Northwood Municipal Airport. No one is reported injured. (AP Photo/KIMT-TV, Levi Ismail)NORTHWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are evacuating residents of a small northern Iowa city where firefighters are battling a chemical fire.

Ex-Navy SEAL found dead on 'Captain Philips' ship

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 07:26 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2009 file photo, crew members work aboard the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama after the ship docked in the harbour of Mombasa, in Kenya. Police in the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles said Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 that two American security officers were found dead Tuesday in a cabin on the Maersk Alabama, the ship hijacked by pirates in 2009, an event dramatized in the movie "Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks. (AP Photo, File)NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — One of two American security officers found dead off the coast of Africa on the ship from the movie "Captain Phillips" was a former Navy SEAL, according to a service record released to The Associated Press on Thursday.

Gun battle shatters brief Ukraine truce

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 02:14 PM PST

Activist carries a tyre at the burning barricades, close to Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Fierce clashes between police and protesters in Ukraine's capital have shattered the brief truce Thursday and an Associated Press reporter has seen dozens bodies laid out on the edge of the protest encampment. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)At least 39 new deaths as president is pressured by both visiting EU ministers and his Russian paymasters.

John Kerry finds his calling

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 03:53 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John KerryAfter losing a presidential bid 10 years ago, he flourishes as the nation's top diplomat.

EU imposes sanctions against Ukrainian leaders

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST

Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, in Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Ukraine's protest leaders and the president they aim to oust called a truce Wednesday, just hours after the military raised fears of a widespread crackdown with a vow to defeat "terrorists" responsible for seizing weapons and burning down buildings. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)The measures are targeted at officials blamed for human rights violations during the crackdown.

Obama reconsiders U.S. military role in Syria

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 03:06 AM PST

A week after saying military action isn't the plan "right now," the president eyes his options and considers the worst foreign policy crisis of his administration.

Fertilizer plant fire forces Iowa city evacuation

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 09:59 AM PST

In this image from video provided by KIMT-TV smoke rises from a fire in Northwood, Iowa, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Authorities say an evacuation order is in place for Northwood due to a fire at a fertilizer plant at Northwood Municipal Airport. No one is reported injured. (AP Photo/KIMT-TV, Levi Ismail)NORTHWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities ordered the evacuation of an entire northern Iowa city Thursday as firefighters battled a fire at a fertilizer plant.

Meet the nerds who are making life hell for the White House

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 05:59 AM PST

Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf 2The Congressional Budget Office's reports on the impact of legislation causes headaches for Republicans and Democrats alike. But it also gives both sides ammunition against each other.

Obama: Ukraine, Syria not pieces on 'Cold-War chessboard'

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 06:36 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference at the end of the North American Leaders Summit in Toluca, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The leaders of the three North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) nations met in part to highlight the economic cooperation that has grown since NAFTA joined the U.S., Canada and Mexico 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)The president denies that U.S.-Russian tensions are being played out in the conflicts.

Kiev protesters capture 67 police

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 07:39 AM PST

Anti-government protesters detain a policeman during clashes in the Independence Square in KievA medic for the protesters occupying the central city says at least 70 protesters have died.

New highly radioactive leak at Japan's Fukushima plant

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 08:53 PM PST

.By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday that 100 metric tons of highly contaminated water had leaked out of a tank, the worst incident since last August, when a series of radioactive water leaks sparked international alarm. Tokyo Electric Power Co told reporters the latest leak was unlikely to have reached the ocean. "We are taking various measures, but we apologize for worrying the public with such a leak," said Masayuki Ono, a spokesman for the utility, also known as Tepco. "Water is unlikely to have reached the ocean as there is no drainage in that tank area." Tepco said water overflowed from a large storage tank at the site late on Wednesday after a valve had remained open by mistake and sent too much contaminated water into a separate holding area.

Ticket sold in Calif. wins $425M Powerball jackpot

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 03:13 AM PST

Regina Jeffers prepares to give a customer $50 in Powerball tickets at Buck's Super Market in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Wednesday's Powerball drawing carries a potential $400 million-plus jackpot. Buck's Super Market is the state's top lottery retailer. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)MILPITAS, Calif. (AP) — The lone winning ticket for the $425 million Powerball jackpot was sold at a convenience store in central California, but there was no immediate word on who may have won one of the largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history.

Russian Sotnikova wins gold, Kim silver

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 01:49 PM PST

Adelina Sotnikova of Russia competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russia's cupboard was so bare of world-class female figure skaters that the sport's most dominant nation had to turn to the kids a few years ago.

Canada women beat US 3-2 in OT for Olympic gold

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 01:49 PM PST

Michelle Picard of the United States (23) skates back to the bench after Canada scored in overtime to win the women's gold medal ice hockey game 3-2 at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The puck skittered the length of the ice on its way toward the empty Canadian net before clanging off the post and stopping in front of the crease.

Accident rates improving for older drivers

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 04:20 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2010 file photo, Harriet Butler, now 102, left, and her daughter Marcia Savarese, are photographed at Savarese's home in Vienna, Va. Safety researchers expressed concern a decade ago that traffic accidents would increase as the nation's aging population swelled the number of older drivers on the road. Now, they say they've been proved wrong. Today's drivers aged 70 and older are less likely to be involved in crashes than previous generations, and less likely to be killed or seriously injured if they do crash, according to a study released Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. That's because vehicles are getting safer and seniors are generally getting healthier, the institute said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Safety researchers expressed concern a decade ago that traffic accidents would increase as the nation's aging population swelled the number of older drivers on the road. Now, they say they've been proved wrong.

Israeli demand sparks 'Jewish state' debate

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 12:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, May 9, 2011 file photo, Israeli youths dance with Israeli flags, prior to a prayer at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, marking Israel's Independence Day,in Jerusalem. The notion of Israel's JERUSALEM (AP) — Is Israel "the Jewish state"?

NJ judge throws out NYPD spying lawsuit

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 03:33 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department's intelligence unit didn't discriminate against Muslims with far-reaching surveillance aimed at identifying "budding terrorist conspiracies" at Newark mosques and other locations in New Jersey, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.

NYC Mayor's SUV caught breaking traffic laws

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 05:02 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's official vehicles were spotted breaking several traffic laws on Thursday, just two days after he laid out a sweeping traffic safety plan that included harsh restrictions on reckless drivers.

NJ police: Ravens' Rice knocked out fiancee

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 04:04 PM PST

FILE - In this March 11, 2013 file photo, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, left, poses with his daughter, Rayven, and Janay Palmer as they arrive for a screening of a new film released on DVD that chronicles the team's championship NFL football season in Baltimore. A police complaint alleges Rice knocked out Palmer, his fiancee, during an argument at an Atlantic City, N.J., casino. Police charged both Rice and J Palmer with simple assault in the incident Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Revel Casino. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A police complaint alleges Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocked out his fiancee during an argument at an Atlantic City casino.

To raise or not to raise wages?

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 03:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009, file photo, a shopper leaves a Gap store in Palo Alto, Calif. The nation's largest clothing chain, which operates, Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta, said it would raise the wages to $10 by 2015. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Gap's decision this week to raise the hourly wages of workers at its stores nationwide puts pressure on other major U.S. retailers to do the same.

Kiev protest violence kills scores

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 04:02 PM PST

Anti-government protesters reinforce a barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, late Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Protesters advanced on police lines in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, prompting government snipers to shoot back and kill scores of people in the country's deadliest day since the breakup of the Soviet Union a quarter-century ago. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Protesters advanced on police lines in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, prompting government snipers to shoot back and kill scores of people in the country's deadliest day since the breakup of the Soviet Union a quarter-century ago.

Shock persists as southwest Mo. mourns slain girl

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 04:17 PM PST

CORRECTS LAST NAME OF VICTIM'S MOTHER TO BARFIELD INSTEAD OF OWENS - Stacey Barfield, mother of Hailey Owens, foreground left, is consoled by Sara Wells, as family member Teri Nord, right, arranges flowers left by well wishers Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 near the site where the 10-year-old girl was abducted just blocks from her Springfield, Mo., home. Prosecutors have charged Craig Michael Wood with first-degree murder, kidnapping and armed criminal action in their girls death. Prosecutors says the fourth-grader's body was found stuffed in two trash bags inside plastic storage containers in the basement of Wood's Springfield home. She had been shot in the head. (AP Photo/Alan Scher Zagier)SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Family and friends remembered 10-year-old Hailey Owens as a vivacious spirit — a trusting little girl whose cheery disposition only deepened the heartbreak after police say she was snatched off a southwest Missouri street and killed by an abductor.

Locker room culture in spotlight as combine begins

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 04:11 PM PST

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith answers a question during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — This could be as good a time as there has ever been for an openly gay player in the NFL. The league will be watching.

2 men sentenced in brutal attack on Giants fan

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 03:13 PM PST

Defendants Marvin Norwood, left, and Louie Sanchez appear during a hearing Thursday Feb. 20, 2014 in Los Angeles. The two men pleaded guilty Thursday to a 2011 beating at Dodger Stadium that left San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow brain damaged and disabled. They were immediately sentenced by an angry judge who called them cowards and the sort of people that sports fans fear when they go to games.(AP Photo/Nick Ut )LOS ANGELES (AP) — An angry judge lashed out Thursday as he sentenced two men who pleaded guilty in the savage beating of a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium, calling them cowards and a nightmare for people who go to games.

New study casts doubt on West's Afghan plan

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 02:17 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 8, 2013 file-pool photo shows a solider standing guard near a military aircraft in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A new assessment of Afghanistan's future says the country could once again become a terrorist haven unless U.S. and international partners underwrite a much larger Afghan security force than is currently planned beyond 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, File-Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — A new assessment of Afghanistan's future says the country could revert to a terrorist haven unless U.S. and international partners underwrite a larger — and more expensive — Afghan security force than is currently planned beyond 2014.

U.S. warns of airline shoe-bomb threat

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 03:27 PM PST

People wait in a security line at John F. Kennedy Airport on February 28, 2013 in New York CityUS security officials warned Wednesday about a potential shoe-bomb threat on international flights to the United States, local media reported. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a warning to airlines based on "very recent intelligence" considered credible that assailants would try to attack passenger jets using explosives hidden in shoes, NBC television reported. Officials told NBC that passengers may be subjected to enhanced security screenings and airlines will pay more attention to passengers' shoes. Some airports already require passengers to take off their shoes for security after Richard Reid tried to detonate explosives stashed in his shoes during a Paris-Miami flight just three months after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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