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Obama to delay immigration action

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 04:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 30, 2014, file photo President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses while making an announcement about immigration reform in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Then the president said he was done waiting for House Republicans to act on immigration, and that he planned to act on his own via executive action. According to White House officials Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, Obama has decided to delay any executive action on immigration until after the November congressional elections. The two officials said Obama decided Friday as he returned to Washington from a NATO summit in Wales that circumventing Congress with executive actions on immigration during the midterm campaign would politicize the issue and hurt future efforts to pass a broad overhaul of the immigration system. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)The president decides to delay any executive action until after November elections.

Somali extremists name new leader after U.S. strike, warn of revenge

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT

Islamist fighters loyal to Somalia's Al-Qaida inspired al-Shebab group perform military drills at a village in Lower Shabelle region, some 25 kilometres outside Mogadishu on February 17, 2011By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab confirmed on Saturday that its leader Ahmed Godane had been killed in a U.S. Western governments and neighboring countries want to neutralize a group that they say has exploited Somalia's chaos to attract jihadists and train them to fight. In a statement, al Shabaab reaffirmed its affiliation to al Qaeda, and named its new leader as Sheikh Ahmad Umar Abu Ubaidah, warning its enemies to "expect only that which will cause you great distress". Little is known of al Shabaab's new leader, but a local elder who asked not be named said he had joined al Shabaab in 2006 and, like Godane, hailed from the Dir clan.

Next for former Va. governor: sentencing, appeal

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 08:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2014 file photo, former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell, right, arrives at Federal Court after the first day of jury deliberations in her corruption trial in Richmond, Va. Now that the guilty verdicts on public corruption are in, attention turns to the McDonnells' Jan. 6 sentencing and subsequent appeal. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys aren't through fighting over the fate of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen.

Possible wreckage of small U.S. plane spotted off Jamaica

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 03:06 PM PDT

A U.S. Coast Guard boat participates in the search for the small plane belonging to real estate executive Larry GlazerBy Aileen Torres-Bennett KINGSTON (Reuters) - Rescuers were searching on Saturday for the wreckage of a small U.S. The plane, with an unresponsive pilot, crashed on Friday after veering far off its course to Florida and triggering a U.S. "Our pilots are very confident that the sighting is consistent with that of a high impact debris field, and this has since been corroborated by a United States Coast Guard C-130 aircraft involved in the operation," the Jamaica Defence Force said in a statement on Friday. The crash killed two people aboard the plane: Larry Glazer, a real-estate executive from Rochester, New York;

Singer Simone Battle found dead at West Hollywood home

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 03:39 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Singer Simone Battle, a member of the band G.R.L. and former contestant on the "The X-Factor" television show, has been found dead in her West Hollywood home, authorities said on Saturday. Battle was found on Friday morning and an autopsy could be conducted as soon as Sunday, said Lieutenant David Smith from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department. "Simone's incredible talent was only surpassed by the size of her heart." News of Battle's death was first reported by celebrity website TMZ.

Firefighters make progress battling blaze near California's Yosemite

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 03:13 PM PDT

Crews battling a wildfire on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park in central California reported progress Saturday containing the blaze though evacuation orders for about 700 homes remain in effect, officials said. The blaze, named the Bridge Fire, was 25 percent contained and holding steady at 300 acres (120 hectares), one day after it erupted in Mariposa County near Oakhurst, some 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southwest of the national park, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CalFire). The fire was threatening about 700 homes and evacuation orders for those residents would stay in place until firefighters deemed the area safe enough to return, said CalFire spokesman Dennis Mathisen. The Bridge Fire was burning near where a fast-moving blaze last month forced thousands of people out of their homes and businesses in the well-populated region south of Yosemite.

Syrian strikes on Islamic State stronghold kill 29

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 11:48 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria launched a series of airstrikes targeting a stronghold of the Islamic State extremist group on Saturday, killing at least 29 people, most of whom died when one of the missiles slammed into a crowded bakery, activists said.

Ukraine cease-fire holds, exchange of POWs planned

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 03:35 PM PDT

A burned Ukrainian army tank is seen near a destroyed kindergarten in the village of Kominternove, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. After four months of war, eastern Ukraine begins the first full day of an uncertain cease-fire. The truce agreement calls for an exchange of prisoners and establishment of humanitarian corridors, but how quickly those actions will begin is unclear. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)Both residents and combatants said they do not expect the ceasefire to last long.

Mystery shrouds U.S. couple's crash off Jamaica

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 02:03 PM PDT

In this June 24, 2010 photo, developer Larry Glazer gestures toward a building to be demolished on Alexander Street in Rochester, N.Y. Glazer and wife, Jane, were aboard their small plane, which took off from the Greater Rochester International Airport, as it flew 1,700 miles down the East Coast on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, before finally crashing off the coast of Jamaica. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Carlos Ortiz) MAGS OUT; NO SALESThey were taken on a ghostly 1,700-mile journey after apparently becoming incapacitated at the controls.

Cops: 'Slender Man'-crazed teen set fire to home as family slept

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A 14-year-old girl was arrested after allegedly setting her family's house on fire in what authorities suspect is the latest case of "Slender Man"-inspired violence.

Guns silent as Ukraine truce holds

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:53 AM PDT

A Ukrainian soldier takes a break during a patrol on the border of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions near Debaltseve on September 5, 2014The guns remained silent over eastern Ukraine on Saturday as a truce between Ukraine and pro-Kremlin insurgents appeared to be holding despite concerns it will fail to halt the separatist drive in the east. The 12-point pact signed on Friday in the Belarussian capital Minsk is the first backed by both the Kremlin and Kiev since bands of Russian-speaking militias seized a string of government buildings across Ukraine's industrial heartland in early April. Highly sceptical Western leaders nonetheless decided to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin over what they see as Moscow's "aggression" in the former Soviet state. Western governments agreed to beef up sanctions on Russian state firms while NATO member states approved a rapid reaction force aimed at reassuring jittery eastern European states.

Plane carrying Americans reaches Dubai after being diverted to Iran

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 08:14 AM PDT

U.S. Plane Unexpectedly Lands In IranAn Iranian official said on Saturday that an airliner carrying Americans from Afghanistan to Dubai had been forced to land in Iran because the crew had supplied "false information". "The crew used false information so the authorities became suspicious ... Because the information provided was incorrect, we asked the airplane to land so we could gather more information," said Jassem Jaderi, governor of Hormozgan province in southern Iran, according to the official Mehr News Agency.

Malaysia to send team to jet crash site in Ukraine

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:48 AM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, left, shakes hand with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak after a joint press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. Abbott is on a one day visit to Malaysia. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia aims to send a search team to the crash site in Ukraine of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 before winter sets in to gather physical evidence to prove that it was shot down, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Saturday.

Man who stole hundreds of Army IDs gets 2 years in prison

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 12:44 PM PDT

In this Dec. 11, 2013 file photo provided by the Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff is Keith Michael Novak. The Iraq War veteran, accused of stealing the identification information of hundreds of members of his former Army unit, is scheduled to appear in court for a detention hearing Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Sherburne County Sheriff, File)Iraq War veteran Keith Michael Novak stole IDs from hundreds of fellow soldiers.

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