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Keystone oil pipeline bill advances in Senate

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

Demonstators take part in a protest outside of the White House against the building of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline on January 10, 2015 in Washington, DCCongress edged closer to approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Monday, with several Senate Democrats bucking President Barack Obama to vote for the contentious project's construction. It cleared its first major hurdle in the Republican-controlled Senate, advancing on a 63-32 vote, including 11 Democratic supporters. Monday's vote officially kicked off debate on the long-delayed project, which if constructed by builder TransCanada would transport crude from Alberta's oil sands south to refineries on the US Gulf Coast. Keystone supporters received a boost Friday when Nebraska's Supreme Court dismissed a suit challenging a proposed route of the pipeline, which had been one of the primary rationales for the Obama administration delaying its decision on the pipeline.


Ryan says he's not running for president in 2016: NBC News

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:04 PM PST

Paul Ryan speaks at the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council meeting in WashingtonRepublican Rep. Paul Ryan, the party's vice presidential nominee in 2012, told NBC News on Monday he will not run for president in 2016. "I have decided that I am not going to run for president in 2016," Ryan said in a phone interview, according to NBC News. "It is amazing the amount of encouragement I have gotten from people - from friends and supporters - but I feel like I am in a position to make a big difference where I am and I want to do that," he said, according to NBC. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Peter Cooney)


Mohammed holds 'Je suis Charlie' sign in new Charlie Hebdo

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:55 PM PST

A handout document released on January 12, 2015 in Paris by French newspaper Charlie Hebdo shows the frontpage of the upcoming editionThe cover of the first edition of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo since its staff were murderously attacked by Islamist gunmen last week shows a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed crying and holding up a "Je suis Charlie" sign under the words: "All is forgiven". Worldwide sympathy and "Je Suis Charlie" solidarity rose up around Charlie Hebdo in the wake of the attack against it last Wednesday, in which 12 people were killed including five of its top cartoonists. The two gunmen who attacked Charlie Hebdo's offices in Paris last Wednesday said as they left the scene that they had "avenged the Prophet Mohammed". The surviving employees of Charlie Hebdo have sworn to uphold its tradition of lampooning all religions, politicians, celebrities and news events.


Police: Up to 6 Paris terror suspects may still be at large

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 01:35 PM PST

Police: Up to 6 Paris terror suspects may still be at largeAs many as six members of a terrorist cell involved in the Paris attacks may still be at large, including a man who was seen driving a car registered to the widow of one of the gunmen, police officials said Monday.


U.S. military command’s Twitter account hacked

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:17 AM PST

CENTCOM's Twitter appears to have been hacked by someone claiming to be affiliated with ISIS.

US says it should have sent high official to Paris march

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:12 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a press conference in Gandhinagar, India, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Kerry said he will travel to Paris this week for talks on countering extremist violence, following sharp criticism of the Obama administration for not sending a senior official to Sunday's rally for unity in Paris that was attended by some 40 world leaders and more than a million people. (AP PhotoRick Wilking, Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare admission of error, the White House said Monday that President Barack Obama or another high-level representative should have joined dozens of world leaders at an anti-terror rally in Paris.


Arizona church poised to win high court fight over signs

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:14 PM PST

The Supreme Court Building is shown in this, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 file photo in Washington. A small church in a Phoenix suburb says its local government puts far stricter limits on its roadside signs advertising Sunday services than it places on politicians, real estate agents and other groups, and is asking the Supreme Court for relief. The justices are hearing arguments Monday in a case from Gilbert, Arizona, that raises First Amendment questions about how governments may regulate their citizens' speech. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)SCOTUS appears likely to side with a small church in its fight with a Phoenix suburb.


Kerry will go to Paris to show solidarity with French people

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:16 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gives the traditional Indian greeting before departing India at the airport in Ahmedabad, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool)The Secretary of State is taking a trip to a city still in distress.


Military command's Twitter site allegedly hacked by Islamic State

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

An image grab taken from a video released by the Islamic State group's official Al-Raqqa site via YouTube on September 23, 2014, allegedly shows recruits riding in armed trucks in an unknown locationU.S. Central Command's Twitter account was taken over by hackers.


Survivors of Nigeria attack describe killings

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:40 PM PST

A child, at rear, walks through the scene of an explosion in a mobile phone market in Potiskum, Nigeria, Monday Jan. 12, 2015. Two female suicide bombers targeted the busy marketplace on Sunday. (AP Photo/Adamu Adamu)MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Survivors of an assault by Islamic militants that killed a large number of civilians in Nigeria have described days of relentless violence in which, one witness said, some people were slaughtered "like insects."


Suicide bombing kills 12 people in Iraq

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:11 AM PST

People gather at a Shi'ite mosque after a suicide bomb attack in BaghdadBAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide car bomb killed 12 Shiite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers Monday in a town north of Baghdad, authorities said, sparking a battle between security forces and fighters with the extremist Islamic State group.


Check out the Pope's new ride

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:02 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2014 file photo, Pope Francis listens to a speech during a special audience he held for members of the FOCSIV Italian Catholic volunteers, at the Vatican. Pope Francis embarks on his second Asian pilgrimage on Jan. 13, 2015, visiting Sri Lanka and the Philippines exactly 20 years after St. John Paul II's record-making visit to two countries with wildly disparate Catholic populations. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)Pope Francis will travel in a different kind of "popemobile" during his visit to the Philippines later this week -- an open "jeepney", organisers said Monday. The iconic jeepney -- originally made from converted US military jeeps left behind after World War II -- has become a symbol of the Philippines and still serves as a mode of transportation throughout the country. One of three vehicles to be used by Francis will be built like a jeepney, which is known in the country as the "king of the road" and transports anything from people to farm animals and produce. While jeepney's are often painted with colourful religious scenes, the pontiff's vehicle will be plain white, a photograph from the organising committee showed.


Divers find both AirAsia black boxes

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:26 AM PST

In this photo taken from an Indonesian Air Force Super Puma helicopter Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, portion of the tail of AirAsia Flight 8501 is seen on the deck of a rescue ship after it was recovered from the sea floor on the Java Sea. Investigators searching for the crashed AirAsia plane's black boxes lifted the tail portion of the jet out of the Java Sea on Saturday, two weeks after it went down, killing all 162 people on board. (AP Photo/Prasetyo Utomo, Pool)Crews retrieved one black box from the crashed jet and located the other underwater.


Police: Up to 6 Paris terror suspects may still be at large

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:56 PM PST

This photo provided by the Paris Police Prefecture Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 shows Hayat Boumedienne the suspect in the kosher market attack. Turkey's foreign minister said Monday Jan.12, 2015 that Boumedienne, wife of Amedy Coulibaly, one of the perpetrators of the terrorist rampage in France last week, crossed into Syria from Turkey on Jan. 8. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris, File)PARIS (AP) — As many as six members of a terrorist cell involved in the Paris attacks may still be at large, including a man who was seen driving a car registered to the widow of one of the slain gunmen, police officials said Monday.


George Clooney, Jared Leto pay tribute to Paris victims at Golden Globes

Posted: 11 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST

George Clooney, left, and Amal Clooney arrive at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)The shootings at the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week were on the minds of many at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.


Apparent Islamic State backers hack U.S. military Twitter feed

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:57 PM PST

US Centcom Twitter Account Hacked By ISBy David Alexander and Jim Finkle (Reuters) - The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the U.S. military command that oversees operations in the Middle East were hacked on Monday by people claiming to be sympathetic toward the Islamic State militant group being targeted in American bombing raids. "American soldiers, we are coming, watch your back, ISIS," the hackers posted on the U.S. Central Command Twitter feed, using an acronym for the hardline Islamist group, which has taken control of parts of Syria and Iraq. U.S. ...


New York City police slowdown shows signs of easing

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST

New York Police Commissioner William Bratton speaks during a news conference ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, New YorkBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A work slowdown by New York City police that began after the slaying of two officers may have started to ease last week, according to the police commissioner and the latest figures for arrests and summonses released on Monday. For a third week in a row, arrests and court summonses were still markedly lower than at this time a year ago, but the drop was not quite as dramatic as seen in the preceding two weeks. ...


Kerry announces Paris trip after French attacks

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:36 AM PST

US Secretary of State John Kerry tours the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad January 11, 2015US Secretary of State John Kerry announced Monday that he would travel to Paris later this week for talks with French officials after the deadly attacks by Islamist militants. "I will be travelling there on Thursday and be there on Friday, part of Friday," Kerry told reporters on a visit to India. Kerry said he wanted to be able "to show the connection between the United States and our oldest ally" in the wake of last week's killing of 17 people in attacks on a satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris.


'Boyhood' prevails in Golden Globes that may alter Oscar race

Posted: 11 Jan 2015 09:30 PM PST

Show hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler arrive at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly HillsActors used the event to defend freedom of expression after the Charlie Hebdo attack.


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