samedi 5 janvier 2013

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Report says Lance Armstrong may confess to doping

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 01:14 PM PST

FILE - In this July 10, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong throws out his water bottle in the last kilometers of the climb toward Station les Rousses, France, during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race. The New York Times reported Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, that Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong attorney Tim Herman denied that Armstrong has reached out to USADA chief executive Travis Tygart and David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong is reportedly considering a change in course, dropping his years of denials and admitting that he used performance-enhancing drugs.

Missoni CEO on small plane missing in Venezuela

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 10:47 AM PST

In this photo taken on March 30, 2005 Vittorio Missoni, right, and his wife Maurizia Castiglioni smile in Milan, Italy. The search resumed Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 for a small plane that has disappeared off the Venezuelan coast with six people aboard, including Vittorio Missoni, a top executive in Italy's Missoni fashion house, officials said. Vittorio Missoni, 58, is the director general of the iconic brand and the eldest son of the company's founder. Flying with him on Friday's flight from Venezuela's Los Roques resort archipelago to Caracas, was Missoni's wife, Maurizia Castiglioni, two Italian friends of the couple, and a crew of two Venezuelans. (AP Photo/Livio Valerio, Lapresse)ROME (AP) — Rescue crews used boats and aircraft on Saturday to search for a small plane that disappeared in Venezuela carrying the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni fashion house and five other people.

Four dead after police standoff in Aurora, Colo.

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 09:41 AM PST

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Four people, including an armed suspect, died after an hours-long police standoff Saturday at a Colorado townhome, authorities said.

Police: Man inside Colorado home may have hostages

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 08:58 AM PST

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are outside a Colorado home where they believe an armed man may be holding as many as four people hostage.

French actor Depardieu in Russia to get new passport: media

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 08:21 AM PST

French actor Gerard Depardieu enters his home in ParisMOSCOW (Reuters) - French film star Gerard Depardieu has arrived in Russia to receive a new Russian passport after a public spat in his homeland over his efforts to avoid a new 75 percent income tax, local media said on Saturday. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Russian citizenship to Depardieu, a popular figure in Russia who objected to the new tax on millionaires planned by France's socialist government. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the president would hold a private meeting with Depardieu in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Saturday evening. ...

Report: Lance Armstrong may admit he used banned drugs

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 07:54 AM PST

Lance Armstrong walks back to his car after running at Mount Royal park with fans in MontrealREUTERS - Lance Armstrong, the disgraced American cyclist at the center of the biggest doping scandal in the sport's history, may admit he used performance-enhancing drugs during his career, the New York Times reported in Saturday's editions, citing "several people with direct knowledge of the situation. ...

Vets face confusion using GI Bill at state schools

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 07:37 AM PST

This 2008 photo provided by Stephen Lee shows Lee, right, having a meal with Afghans in Paktika province, Afghanistan. Lee was still in Afghanistan - his second deployment to the war zone - when he began looking at colleges. The California native settled on the University of Wisconsin-Madison and had already begun his studies when he learned of the coming changes to his GI Bill benefits. He was looking at an extra $20,000 a year out of pocket. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army sergeant says she and thousands of other veterans trying to get a higher education are being penalized for that enforced rootlessness.

Republican Party seems as divided, angry as ever

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 07:00 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, file photo, the dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington. By delaying hard choices on spending, the fiscal cliff deal guaranteed more confrontation and uncertainty this year, especially when Congress must vote later this winter to raise the government's borrowing limit. That's likely to keep businesses cautious about hiring and investing. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)BOSTON (AP) — The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever.

Strong earthquake shakes parts of Alaska, Canada

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 05:59 AM PST

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated.

Italian designer Missoni aboard plane missing near Venezuela

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 04:48 AM PST

Vittorio Missoni marketing director of Italian couturier Missoni during an interview with Reuters.MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fashion designer Vittorio Missoni, head of the eponymous fashion house, was aboard a small plane that has disappeared off the coast of Venezuela, a company spokeswoman said on Saturday. "The Missoni family has been informed by the Venezuelan consulate that Vittorio Missoni and his wife are missing, but we don't know any more," said Maddalena Aspes. "The authorities will resume their search for the plane in the morning. ...

Obama warns debt ceiling fight could be 'catastrophic'

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 04:04 AM PST

U.S. President Obama pauses as he speaks to the media about the HONOLULU — In his first weekly address of the New Year, President Obama touts the "fiscal cliff" compromise as "one more step in the broader effort to grow our economy and shrink our deficits" but warns that another "manufactured crisis" over the debt ceiling could...

Some gun shows canceling after Conn. mass shooting

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 02:21 AM PST

A sign is posted for an upcoming gun show, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, in Leesport, Pa. Gun advocates arenít backing down from their insistence on the right to keep and bear arms. But heightened sensitivities and raw nerves since the Newtown, Conn. shooting are softening displays at gun shows and even leading officials and sponsors to cancel the popular exhibitions altogether. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Four gun shows, all about an hour's drive from Newtown, Conn., all canceled.

6 Russians die in snowmobile crash in Italy

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 01:49 AM PST

ROME (AP) — Six Russians were killed and two others were injured after their snowmobile slammed into a fence and flipped over into a ditch during a night run down an Italian ski slope.

FBI: Man uses fake explosives to rob Ariz. banks

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 12:11 AM PST

PHOENIX (AP) — Federal authorities said Friday that they're searching for a man who robbed one bank in the Phoenix metropolitan area and tried to rob two others using fake bombs.

3 killed after plane hits home in Fla.

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 12:06 AM PST

Crime scene tape surrounds the house in Palm Coast, Fla. that a small plane crashed into on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. Authorities say at least three people are dead after the plane crashed while trying to land at Flagler County Airport. The house's occupant escaped through a window with no serious injuries. (AP Photo/Mike Schneider)PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — Three people were killed when a small plane crashed into a house Friday afternoon while trying to land at a central Florida airport, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Obama may round out natl. security team next week

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 11:40 PM PST

FILE - In this June 26, 2008 file photo, then Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., speaks on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington. President Barack Obama may round out his new national security leadership team next week, with a nomination for defense secretary expected and a pick to lead the CIA possible. Hagel is the front-runner for the top Pentagon post. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama may round out his new national security leadership team next week, with a nomination for defense secretary expected and a pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency possible.

Venezuela VP: Chavez can be sworn in by Court

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 11:29 PM PST

A heart-shaped mural shows an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hugging a woman in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. Chavez hasn't spoken publicly or been seen since his Dec. 11 operation in Cuba, and the latest report from his government Thursday night increased speculation that he is unlikely to attend his Jan. 10 inaugural ceremony. The message above the mural reads in Spanish; CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez can take the oath of office for his next term before the Supreme Court at a later date if the ailing leader isn't fit to be sworn in next week, his vice president said.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong weighs doping admission

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 10:19 PM PST

File photo of Radioshack team rider Lance Armstrong of the U.S. Posing on the Champs Elysees in Paris during the final parade of the 97th Tour de France cycling raceThroughout Lance Armstrong's career he hasn't just denied he doped, he's tried to destroy anyone who suggested otherwise. So now it's all forgiven? Only his sizeable ego could think that's enough.

N.J. man arrested in N.Y. police cannibalism case

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 09:14 PM PST

A lawyer claims that the arrest of a man accused of trying to pay a police officer to kidnap a Manhattan woman was done to prevent him from testifying about Internet sexual fantasies at the officer's cannibalism-tinged trial.

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:42 PM PST

FILE - This file image provided by NASA shows a color self-portrait of the Mars rover Curiosity. It is set to drive toward a Martian mountain in mid-February after drilling into a rock. On the 84th and 85th Martian days of the NASA Mars rover Curiosity's mission on Mars (Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2012), NASA's Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture dozens of high-resolution images to be combined into self-portrait images of the rover. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, File)NASA has released a series of new photos taken by its Curiosity rover that appear to show a "flower" on the surface of Mars. NBCNews.com's photo blog reports that the photos were taken as part of an effort to capture 360-degree images during Curiosity's trek through Mars' Yellowknife Bay. New Jersey-based journalist and photographer Ken [...]

Leukemia patient turns to Facebook to find donor

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:25 PM PST

It was literally a one in ten million chance when Paul Zamecnik was matched up with a stem cell donor who could finally help the 53-year-old Virginia man get a sustainable treatment for his leukemia. But after the potential donor failed to show up for his scheduled appointment, Zamecnik has been forced to turn to [...]

AT&T, Microsoft among donors to Obama's second inauguration

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:20 PM PST

U.S. President Obama pauses as he speaks to the media about the WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 400 donors, including AT&T Inc and Microsoft, have contributed money to help pay for the festivities to mark President Barack Obama's inauguration to a second term, organizers said on Friday. The committee of Obama supporters organizing the parade and other gala events did not say how much money has been raised so far, disclosing only the list of "benefactors," most of whom are individuals. ...

Report: Top parks officials kept $20M hidden

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:25 PM PST

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials at the highest levels of the California Department of Parks and Recreation helped keep millions of dollars secret for more than a decade, the California attorney general's office said in a report released Friday.

Feds: Second inmate who escaped Chicago jail captured

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:15 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the FBI shows Kenneth Conley, one of two inmates who escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago on Dec. 18, 2012. U.S. Marshals Service spokeswoman Belkis Cantor said Conley was captured Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at an apartment complex across the street from the Palos Hills, Ill. police department, authorities said. (AP Photo/FBI, File)The second of two bank robbers who escaped last month from a high-rise federal jail in downtown Chicago was captured Friday at an apartment complex across the street from a suburban police department, authorities said.

Grand jury indicts NYC couple as bomb suspects

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 04:52 PM PST

Greene appears in Manhattan Criminal Court with his lawyer Lisa Pelosi in New YorkA grand jury indicted a New York man and his girlfriend following their arrest on Saturday after police found an explosive compound, bomb-making manuals and weapons in their Greenwich Village apartment.
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