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Rescues accelerate as floodwaters inundate plains

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 10:38 AM PDT

This Sept. 13, 2013 photo provided by Earth Vision Trust shows destruction on Gold Run Creek north of Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 13, 2013. The destructive force took out many homes, cars, trees, and completely washed out Gold Run Road. By air and by land, the rescue of hundreds of Coloradoans stranded by epic mountain flooding accelerated Saturday as debris-filled rivers became muddy seas that extended into towns and farms miles from the Rockies. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Earth Vision Trust, Matthew Kennedy)LYONS, Colo. (AP) — The rescue of Coloradoans stranded by epic mountain flooding accelerated Saturday as debris-filled rivers became muddy seas that extended into towns and farms miles from the Rockies. Authorities expected to find more fatalities when full scope of destruction emerged.

Bus overturns in southwest Ohio; 35 injured

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 10:06 AM PDT

Passengers of an overturned Greyhound bus stand near the scene, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, on interstate I-75 in Liberty Township, Ohio. Authorities say that at least 34 people have been hurt, with injuries ranging from minor to severe. (AP Photo/Dayton Daily News, Nick Daggy)CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say a Greyhound bus left the highway, flipped and landed on its side in a cornfield in southwest Ohio and at least 35 people have been hurt, with injuries ranging from minor to severe.

After acquittal, Zimmerman still in spotlight

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 06:52 AM PDT

In this Monday, July 1, 2013 photo, George Zimmerman enters the Seminole County Courthouse, in Sanford, Fla., during his trial on second degree murder for the killing of Trayvon Martin. Whether they think he got away with murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin or that he was just a brave neighborhood watch volunteer LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — Whether they think that he got away with murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin or that he was just a brave neighborhood watch volunteer "standing his ground," many Americans can't seem to get enough of George Zimmerman. And he can't seem to stop giving it to them.

Japan PM's Fukushima remark backfires at home

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 06:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept.7, 2013 file photo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, addresses the International Olympic Committee session during the Tokyo 2020 bid presentation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Abe's reassurance to the International Olympic Committee that contaminated water leaks from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant are TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reassurance to the International Olympic Committee that contaminated water leaks from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant are "under control" has backfired at home.

President's brother key to Syria regime survival

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 06:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 13, 2000 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, his brother Maher, center, and brother-in-law Major General Assef Shawkat, left, stand during the funeral of late president Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria. He is hardly ever photographed or even quoted in Syria's media. Wrapped in that blanket of secrecy, President Bashar Assad's younger brother has been vital to the family's survival in power. Maher Assad commands the elite troops that protect the Syrian capital from rebels on its outskirts and is widely believed to have helped orchestrate the regime's fierce campaign to put down the uprising, now well into its third year. (AP Photo, File)BEIRUT (AP) — He is rarely photographed or even quoted in Syria's media. Wrapped in that blanket of secrecy, President Bashar Assad's younger brother has been vital to the family's survival in power.

U.S.: Assad must show 'concrete actions' on weapons

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 05:48 AM PDT

President Barack Obama pauses during his meeting with Kuwait Amir Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. The visit by Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah comes as Obama and top aides are lobbying skeptical lawmakers to support using military force against Syria for a deadly chemical weapons attack the U.S. says was carried out by Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama says Syrian President Bashar Assad must take "concrete actions" to show he's serious about giving up his chemical weapons.

Bus overturns in southwest Ohio; 34 injured

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 04:28 AM PDT

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a Greyhound bus has overturned on an interstate in southwest Ohio and 34 people have been hurt, with injuries ranging from minor to severe.

Bus overturns in southeast Ohio; 34 injured

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 04:12 AM PDT

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a Greyhound bus has overturned on an interstate in southwest Ohio and 34 people have been hurt, with injuries ranging from minor to severe.

Egypt's Mubarak waves, grins as his trial resumes

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 03:58 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's ousted long-time autocrat is back in court as his trial resumes on charges related to the killings of some 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster.

Flood rescues continue as Colorado braces for more rain

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 01:36 AM PDT

An aerial view of suburban streets flooded in LongmontMore heavy rain is expected on Saturday in Colorado where rescue workers are battling to reach residents cut off by the worst floods in decades.

Furyk shoots a 59 at BMW Championship

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:42 AM PDT

Jim Furyk holds up his scorecard after a news conference in the second round of the BMW Championship golf tournament at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Ill., Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Furyk posted a single round 59, tying a PGA Tour record. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Before he could take his place in PGA Tour history with a 59, Jim Furyk had to get in the right frame of mind.

3 Afghans die as car bomber targets NATO troops

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:26 AM PDT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An official says a suicide car bomber apparently aiming to hit a NATO-Afghan convoy near the southern city of Kandahar blew up early, killing at least three civilians.

UAE leads Gulf front against Egypt's Islamists

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:40 PM PDT

In this Sunday Sept. 8, 2013 photo, Hasan al-Jaidah holds a photograph of his father, detained Qatari doctor Mahmoud al-Jaidah, at the family's home in Doha, Qatar. More than six months ago, Dr. al-Jaidah was asked to step out of line as he transited through Dubai en route home to Qatar. He has been held ever since, allowed to visit his family once a month after a blindfolded trip from an undisclosed detention facility. UAE authorities have given no public statements on the case. But the family of the 52-year-old doctor has no doubt why he was detained: He has been caught up in the escalating pressures across the Western-backed Gulf states against the now-battered Muslim Brotherhood and its perceived Islamist allies. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — More than six months ago, Dr. Mahmoud al-Jaidah was asked to step out of line as he transited through Dubai en route home to Qatar. He has been held ever since, allowed to visit his family once a month after a blindfolded trip from an undisclosed detention facility.

Rescues accelerate as floodwater inundates Colorado

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:34 PM PDT

An aerial view shows flood waters surrounding a building structure in LongmontThousands have been driven from their homes amid the deadly flooding.

Stranded residents plucked from Colo. floodwaters

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 09:20 PM PDT

Will Pitner is rescued by emergency workers, and neighbor Jeff Writer, left, after a night trapped sheltering outside on high ground above his home as it filled with water from a surge of water, after days of record rain and flooding, at the base of Boulder Canyon, Colo., Friday Sept. 13, 2013 in Boulder. Flash flooding in Colorado has left at least three people reportedly dead and the widespread high waters have hampered emergency workers' access to affected communities as heavy rains hammered northern Colorado. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)LYONS, Colo. (AP) — By truck and helicopter, thousands of people stranded by floodwaters came down from the Colorado Rockies on Friday, two days after seemingly endless rain turned normally scenic rivers and creeks into coffee-colored rapids that wrecked scores of roads and wiped out neighborhoods.

Experts predicted Colorado flash floods

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 07:28 PM PDT

Experts Predicted Colorado Flash FloodsThe torrential rains and walls of water that rushed through stream channels caught many Coloradoans by surprise this week, but disaster scenarios have long foretold the fatal flash floods that tore through Colorado's foothills yesterday and today (Sept. 13).

Investigators: 36k got improper disability pay

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:52 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows the Social Security Administration's main campus in Woodlawn, Md. Congressional investigators say Social Security has made more than $1 billion in improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work. In a report issued Friday, the Government Accountability Office estimated that 36,000 workers got improper payments from December 2010 to January 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security made $1.3 billion in potentially improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work, congressional investigators said in a report Friday.

Colo. death toll rises to 4 after body found

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:34 PM PDT

Boulder Creek flows at high speed next to a road closed off by debris from flooding at the base of Boulder Canyon, Colo., Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. People in Boulder were ordered to evacuate as water rose to dangerous levels amid a storm system that has been dropping rain for a week. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)The floodwaters are forcing thousands more evacuations.

Obama: NJ to get support after boardwalk blaze

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:01 PM PDT

Firefighters battle a blaze in a building on the Seaside Park boardwalk on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, in Seaside Park, N.J. The fire began in a frozen custard stand on the Seaside Park section of the boardwalk and quickly spread north into neighboring Seaside Heights. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration will continue to support New Jersey in its efforts to recover and rebuild after a fire devastated part of a boardwalk just recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

Furyk becomes 6th player to shoot 59 on PGA Tour

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 03:11 PM PDT

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Jim Furyk has become the sixth player in PGA Tour history to shoot a 59.

Police move in on Mexico City protesters

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:52 PM PDT

Protesting teachers light a bonfire in Mexico City main plaza, the Zocalo, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Thousands of teachers who have camped out at the Zocalo for more than a month have been told by authorities they need to leave today setting the stage for what could be an ugly confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform. As federal police helicopters swooped low overhead Friday, teachers struck tents they have been living in for weeks and burned garbage and plastic traffic barriers, filling the Zocalo with thick, acrid smoke. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of striking teachers briefly seized control of the historic heart of Mexico City on Friday, blockading the Zocalo plaza armed with metal pipes and wooden clubs. Minutes after a late-afternoon government deadline, riot police started pushing into the area, firing tear gas and ducking hurled rocks in a confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform.

Teachers seize historic heart of Mexico City

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:20 PM PDT

Protesting teachers light a bonfire in Mexico City main plaza, the Zocalo, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Thousands of teachers who have camped out at the Zocalo for more than a month have been told by authorities they need to leave today setting the stage for what could be an ugly confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform. As federal police helicopters swooped low overhead Friday, teachers struck tents they have been living in for weeks and burned garbage and plastic traffic barriers, filling the Zocalo with thick, acrid smoke. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of striking teachers seized control of the historic heart of Mexico City on Friday, blockading the Zocalo plaza armed with metal pipes and wooden clubs as riot police flooded the area for what could be an ugly confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform.

Investigators: 36,000 game disability system

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:04 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows the Social Security Administration's main campus in Woodlawn, Md. Congressional investigators say Social Security has made more than $1 billion in improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work. In a report issued Friday, the Government Accountability Office estimated that 36,000 workers got improper payments from December 2010 to January 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators say Social Security has made more than $1 billion in improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work.

United to let lucky travelers fly on $0 tickets

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 01:48 PM PDT

United Airlines said on Friday that it will honor the tickets it accidentally gave away for free.
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