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Joey Logano wins Daytona 500

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 01:50 PM PST

Joey Logano celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)Sunday's race brought a close to one of the most chaotic weeks in NASCAR history.


Sen. Graham: 'No doubt' President Obama loves his country

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 01:38 PM PST

'No Doubt' President Obama Loves His Country, Says Sen. Lindsey GrahamPotential Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham has "no doubt" that President Obama loves his country, refuting comments made by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani earlier this week. President Obama has divided us more than he's brought us together and I don't want to add to that division," Graham initially said on ABC's "This Week" today, before adding, "I have no doubt that he loves his country.


Storms, freezing temps cause 21 deaths in Tennessee

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 11:57 AM PST

Heavy snow tops the leaves on the branch of a tree along Logan Street after a winter storm sent temperatures plunging to single-digit levels and dumped up to a foot of snow Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, in Denver. Forecasters predict that the snow and cold will persist until Monday before another storm sweeps over Colorado's Front Range communities. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Officials say the storms and freezing temperatures this past week in Tennessee caused 21 deaths, including 11 attributed to hypothermia.


U.K. debates how to stop teenage girls travelling to Syria

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 11:40 AM PST

Abase Hussen, father of 15-year-old British girl Amira Abase who left her east London home on February 17 and flew to Istanbul, holds a bear that Amira gave to her mother during an interview at New Scotland Yard, central London on February 22, 2015School friends Kadiza Sultana, 17, and 15-year-olds Shamima Begum and Amira Abase left their east London homes on Tuesday and flew to Istanbul, raising concerns they would travel on to Syria to join IS jihadists.


Homeland Security says aware of no credible threat against malls

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 02:50 PM PST

Family poses for a souvenir photograph in front of an entrance to the Mall of AmericaThe U.S. homeland security chief said on Sunday he takes seriously an apparent threat by Somali-based Islamist militants against prominent shopping sites in the West including the Mall of America in Minnesota.


Islamic State militants claim attacks on Iranian ambassador's residence in Libya

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 10:55 AM PST

An image made available by propaganda Islamist media outlet Welayat Tarablos on February 18, 2015, allegedly shows members of the Islamic State militant group parading in a street in Libya's coastal city of SirteMilitants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind Sunday's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport. The attack on the ambassador's residence came two days after the group claimed responsibility for a double suicide bombing that killed more than 40 people in the eastern town of Qubbah, one of the worst attacks on civilians since a 2011 uprising toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Western powers are concerned that Libya is emerging as a thriving battleground for militants loyal to Islamic State, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria.


Ferry sinks in central Bangladesh, killing at least 48

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 07:17 AM PST

Photo taken in August 2014 shows ferries in the Padma river in Munshiganj, south of the capital DhakaA rescue operation is underway, but it is not clear how many people are missing.


Kerry and Iran's Zarif to try narrow gaps in nuclear talks

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 03:23 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reacts during a media briefing at the U.S. Embassy in LondonBy Lesley Wroughton GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif met for two hours in Geneva on Sunday in another round of nuclear talks to try to narrow gaps as they pressed against a March 31 deadline to reach a political agreement. The meeting included for the first time U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi, who spent most of the day separately negotiating technical details of curbing Iran's nuclear program. Some Western countries, the United States in particular, see sanctions as an asset, a lever to exert pressure on Iran. As long as this thinking persists it will be very hard, difficult to reach a settlement." Zarif said the inclusion of Moniz and Salehi reflected a need "for higher level people with all-embracing command over all issues." The presence of a close aide and the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Hossein Fereydoon, meant better "coordination with the president," he added.


For Clinton, her family foundation may pose campaign risks

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 11:18 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2014 file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Georgetown University in Washington. The foundation created by former President Bill Clinton more than a decade ago has battled HIV AIDS in Africa, educated millions of children and fed the poor and hungry around the globe. But the philanthropy also poses political risks for Hillary Rodham Clinton as she embarks on a second presidential campaign. The former secretary of state has grappled with a spate of bad headlines over the foundation's receipt of large donations from foreign governments in the past two years and more than $200 million flowing into the foundation before her widely-anticipated presidential bid. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The foundation launched by former President Bill Clinton more than a decade ago has battled HIV and AIDS in Africa, educated millions of children and fed the poor and hungry around the globe. It also has the potential to become a political risk for Hillary Rodham Clinton as she moves toward a second presidential campaign.


11 Wesleyan students treated for MDMA drug overdoses

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 04:52 PM PST

(Reuters) - Eleven students at Connecticut's Wesleyan University are being treated for overdoses of the drug MDMA, and one of them, a sophomore, is in critical condition, officials said on Sunday. The sophomore at the elite school in Middletown was transported to a hospital early on Sunday with two students in less serious conditions but showing similar symptoms, Michael Whaley, vice president for student affairs, said in an emailed statement to the school. Wesleyan spokeswoman Lauren Rubenstein said in an email that seven students were transported to hospitals "with overdose symptoms consistent with the use of Molly (MDMA)." Another four went directly to hospitals, she said. It is the main chemical in ecstasy, a psychoactive drug.

Telecom workers ratify agreement to end strike in New England

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 02:23 PM PST

(Reuters) - Union members ratified an agreement on Sunday that ends a four-month-long strike by some 1,800 workers at FairPoint Communications, a major land-line telecommunications provider in northern New England, union officials announced. Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Communications Workers of America (CWA) in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont went on strike Oct. 17 when negotiations broke off. FairPoint used replacement workers in their absence. Union and FairPoint negotiators reached a tentative agreement on Feb. 19, followed by three days of union member voting that ended on Sunday.

Police: Dozens feared missing after ferry sinks in Bangladesh

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 08:28 AM PST

Photo taken in August 2014 shows ferries in the Padma river in Munshiganj, south of the capital DhakaSurvivors said the twin-deck vessel was carrying between 70 and 150 passengers when it capsized in the middle of the Padma river.


Another winter storm hits East Coast

Posted: 21 Feb 2015 08:06 PM PST

A woman is helped up after making a snow angel in a parking lot outside the Wells Fargo Center during a winter storm after an NHL hockey game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Nashville Predators, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)The latest in a series of blizzards dropped a wintry mix as far south as Georgia.


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