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UK police accused of wrongly taking DNA of gay men

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:14 PM PST

Undated image made available Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013 of Stephen Close. In 1983 Close was arrested, jailed, and expelled from of the British army for having sex with a fellow squad mate. Thirty years later, police in the English city of Manchester tracked him down and demanded that he give up a sample of his DNA. Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says Close is one of three gay men convicted under Britain's now-defunct indecency law who have been ordered to supply their genetic material to police. (AP Photo)LONDON (AP) — In 1983, Stephen Close was arrested, jailed and expelled from the British army for having sex with a male squad mate.

Are batteries to blame for the Dreamliner's problems?

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 12:42 PM PST

An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner is seen after making an emergency landing at Takamatsu airportFollowing a second significant incident involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, investigators are focusing on the lithium-ion batteries used in the new airplanes.

Photos: Heartwarming images of animal friendship

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:53 AM PST

Photos: Heartwarming images of animal friendship

'Bourne Legacy' star Jeremy Renner is going to be a dad

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:32 AM PST

Jeremy Renner shared some big news with Eva Longoria on the smoking patio at the Golden Globes Jan. 13: He's going to be a father! The Bourne Legacy actor, 42, "was saying, 'I'm going to fly in when her water breaks,'" two witnesses tell Us Weekly exclusively.

'Diff'rent Strokes' dad Conrad Bain dies at age 89

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:04 AM PST

Actor Conrad Bain, who played father Phillip Drummond on " Diff'rent Strokes," died Monday night in Livermore, Calif. His daughter told The Associated Press that Bain died of natural causes. He was 89.

U.S. confirms Americans among hostages in Algeria attack

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:47 AM PST

An undated general view of the In Amenas gas production fieldWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that U.S. citizens were among the hostages taken when Islamists raided a gas facility in Algeria and that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had telephoned Algeria's prime minister to discuss the incident. "Beyond confirming that there are Americans among the hostages, I will ask you to respect our decision not to get into any further details as we try to secure these people," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told a news briefing. ...

Conrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dead at 89

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:31 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has died.

Conrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dead at 89

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:15 AM PST

LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) — Conrad Bain, who starred as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has died.

Roe v. Wade turns 40: Most Americans oppose reversal

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 09:58 AM PST

Roe v. Wade turns 40The Pew poll also found that 53 percent of the U.S. public say the issue of abortion is not that important compared to other issues - the first time that number has been over 50 percent.

Taxpayers foot $222,000 bill for interior secretary's bathroom

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 09:42 AM PST

Interior Secretary's $222,000 BathroomAtlanta's WSB-TV secured images of a 2007 bathroom renovation for President George W. Bush's Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne.

Obama unveils sweeping plan to battle gun violence

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 09:09 AM PST

FILE - President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden as he makes a statement in this Dec. 19, 2012 file photo taken in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, about policies he will pursue following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct. Facing an end-of-the-month deadline, the Obama administration is calling gun owner groups, victims' organizations and representatives from the video-game industry to the White House Biden will meet Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013 with gun violence victims' groups and gun safety organizations, a White House official said. On Thursday, he will hold talks with gun ownership groups, as well as advocates for sportsmen. for discussions on potential policy proposals for curbing gun violence. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)The president and Vice President Joe Biden are outlining proposals aimed at preventing a repeat of the Newtown tragedy.

JPMorgan slashes CEO bonus to $10M over 'whale' trade

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 08:52 AM PST

JPMorgan Chase & Co's (JPM) board of directors cut Chief Executive Jamie Dimon's annual bonus in half, citing the company's $6.2 billion "London Whale" trading loss, the company said on Wednesday.

Dozens held hostage after Islamists attack Algerian gas field

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 08:35 AM PST

A road sign indicating In AmenasALGIERS (Reuters) - Islamist militants attacked a gas field in Algeria on Wednesday, claiming to have kidnapped up to 41 foreigners including seven Americans in a dawn raid in retaliation for France's intervention in Mali, according to regional media reports. The raiders were also reported to have killed three people, including a Briton and a French national. ...

Russian court rejects Pussy Riot protester's bid for release

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 08:03 AM PST

Alyokhina, a member of the female punk band A Russian court rejected a plea to release Pussy Riot punk band member Maria Alyokhina from prison where she is serving a two-year sentence for protesting in a Moscow cathedral.

Woman freed from between Portland, Ore. buildings

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 07:45 AM PST

Firefighters in downtown Portland, Ore., used an air bag to spread the walls and extricate a woman who somehow got wedged between two buildings.

Goldman, Morgan Stanley pay $557M in mortgage case

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 07:29 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will pay a combined $557 million to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes.

Kids write letters to Obama on gun control

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 07:14 AM PST

Kids Write Letters to Obama on Gun ControlThe White House released handwritten letters from some of the children who will be at the White House today.

Germany to bring back gold stored in US, France

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 06:57 AM PST

A journalist holds a gold ingot next to a security officer of the German Central Bank, right, in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013. Germany's central bank is to bring back home some US $36 billion ( 27 billion euro) worth of gold stored in the United States and France.The Bundesbank said in a statement Wednesday that it will repatriate all 374 tons of gold it had stored in Paris by 2020. An additional 300 tons - equivalent to 8 percent of the Bundesbank's total reserves worth about $183 billion _ will also be shipped from New York to Frankfurt. Frankfurt will hold half of Germany's 3,400 tons of gold by 2020, with New York retaining 37 percent and London storing 13 percent. The move follows criticism from Germany's independent Federal Auditors' Office last year bemoaning the central bank's oversight of gold reserves abroad. (AP Photo/dpa/ Frank Rumpenhorst)FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany's central bank is hauling home tens of thousands of gold bars currently stored in the United States and France, in a high-security operation spread over eight years.

White House raises petition signature requirement to 100,000

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 06:40 AM PST

White House Formally Turns Down Death Star ConstructionIn what seems to be an effort to curb time spent on outrageous petitions, the White House late Tuesday quadrupled the signature threshold for "We the People" petitions.

Obama loses another cabinet member with Ken Salazar departing

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 05:33 AM PST

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is the latest member of the Obama cabinet to depart at the start of the president's second term. A senior White House official tells ABC News that Salazar has told the president he intends to leave by the end of March....

'Mars flower' photo puzzles scientists

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 05:17 AM PST

'Mars Flower' Photo Puzzles ScientistsAn odd flower-like feature spotted on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover continues to perplex researchers, who nevertheless stress that its origins are not biological.

Congressman says Giffords will lobby for gun legislation

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 05:01 AM PST

File photo of Ron Barber at a voting center at St. Cyril's Catholic Church in TucsonCongressman Ron Barber, D-Ariz., a survivor of the Tucson shooting that severely injured former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, says Giffords plans to personally lobby her former colleagues on gun legislation as it makes its way through Congress

Source: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar leaving

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 04:45 AM PST

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will leave the Obama administration in March, an Obama administration official said Wednesday.

Two dead after helicopter crashes into crane in central London

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 03:39 AM PST

Debris from a crashed helicopter is seen in VauxhallThe stricken aircraft cartwheeled to the ground and exploded into flames before crashing into a street during the rush hour.

Emergency landing grounds Boeing 787 jets in Japan

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 02:34 AM PST

An All Nippon Airways flight sits at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, western Japan after it made an emergency landing Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The flight to Tokyo from Ube in western Japan landed at the airport after a cockpit message showed battery problems, in the latest trouble for the Boeing 787 Japan's two biggest airlines grounded all their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks Wednesday after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new jet.
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