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Malala, Mukegwe, Manning in Nobel peace buzz

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Malala Yousafzai addresses students and faculty after receiving the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban last October for advocating education for girls is the bookmakers' favorite to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Since recovering from her injuries, she has toured the world, becoming a global celebrity. Now 16, she would be the youngest winner of any Nobel. On Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, she won the Sakharov Award, the European Parliament's 50,000-euro ($65,000) human rights award. (AP Photo/Jessica Rinaldi, File)STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — All we know is this: a record 259 candidates, including 50 organizations, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. With no clues from the judges in Norway, speculation about the front-runners for Friday's announcement is primarily based on the committee's previous choices and current events. Here's a look at some of those getting the most attention:

Libya premier briefly abducted in sign of chaos

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 11:37 AM PDT

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan, left, gives a press conference after being rescued from gunmen who snatched him from his hotel early Thursday and held him for several hours, in Tripoli Libya, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. The brazen abduction, which ended with Zidan's rescue, underscored the lawlessness gripping Libya two years after the ouster of autocrat Moammar Gadhafi. The weak central government is virtually hostage to multiple, independent-minded militias — many of them made up of Islamic militants — that serve as security forces and hold sway across the country. (AP Photo)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan was abducted by gunmen who snatched him from his hotel and held him for several hours Thursday in apparent retaliation for a U.S. special forces raid that captured an al-Qaida suspect in the capital last weekend.

Ex-Detroit mayor sentenced to 28 years for corruption

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 11:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2010, file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits at his sentencing in Wayne County Circuit Court on an obstruction-of-justice conviction. Kilpatrick has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption that turned city hall into a pay-to-play parlor. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, after a series of scandals destroyed his political career and helped steer a crisis-laden city even deeper into trouble.

Auto-erotic asphyxiation possible in Castro death

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 10:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo, Ariel Castro makes a statement in the courtroom during his sentencing for kidnapping three women in Cleveland. A report from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said two prison guards falsified logs documenting their observation of Castro in the hours before he hanged himself in his cell Sept. 3, 2013, at a prison reception center south of Columbus. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro's death by hanging in his prison cell may not have been suicide after all, but an attempt to choke himself for a sexual thrill, authorities said Thursday. They also said two guards falsified logs documenting the number of times they checked on Castro before he died.

Cory Booker's political ascent marred by messy campaign

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 10:18 AM PDT

Newark Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker addresses a gathering after winning the Democratic primary election for the seat vacated by the late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, in Newark, N.J. Lautenberg died in June. Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan will square off in an Oct. 16 special election, with the winner headed to Washington to serve the remaining 15 months of Lautenberg's term. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)The Newark mayor is likely to win next week. But missteps leave Democrats wondering if he's the star they once predicted.

House GOP leaders seek short-term debt extension

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 09:44 AM PDT

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee to urge Congress to reopen the government and lift the U.S. borrowing cap. Lew headed to Capitol Hill to both give and get a public scolding with his appearance before the committee promising to be yet another public restatement of the administration's stance that Congress needs to reopen the government and lift the U.S. borrowing cap before Obama will negotiate over the nation's budget ills. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner told Republican lawmakers Thursday he will give President Barack Obama a proposal extending the government's ability to borrow money through Nov. 22 — but only if he agrees to negotiate over ending the partial government shutdown and a longer-term increase in the debt ceiling.

4 Americans meet Snowden to give him an award

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 09:25 AM PDT

Lon Snowden, left, speaks to The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Edward Snowden's father Lon Snowden told Russian television outside the Moscow airport Thursday morning that his son is not planning to return to the United States. He thanked Russia and President Vladimir Putin for sheltering his son, who provided the news media with information on global surveillance activities conducted by the U.S. special services. Edward Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena listens at right. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)MOSCOW (AP) — Four former U.S. government officials who met with former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden said Thursday that he is adjusting to life in Russia and expresses no regrets about leaking highly classified information. Separately, Snowden's father arrived to see his son.

House to offer short-term debt increase

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 08:53 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is pressuring Boehner to hold votes to avoid a potentially catastrophic default and re-open the federal government, as a new poll indicated Republicans could pay a political price for Washington's fiscal paralysis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The catch? Obama must agree to negotiate over the shutdown.

Egypt decries US aid freeze, says it's "incorrect"

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 08:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, second left, stands with an Egyptian army official before laying a wreath at the tomb of late President Anwar al-Sadat in Cairo. U.S. officials said Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, that the Obama administration is poised to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt. The U.S. has been considering such a move since the Egyptian military ousted the country's first democratically elected leader in June. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has decried Washington's decision to freeze a sizable chunk of its annual $1.5 billion aid to Egypt, saying the move was wrong and ill-timed.

Report: Boehner to ask for short debt increase

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 07:36 AM PDT

U.S. House Speaker Boehner arrives at the U.S. Capital Building in WashingtonRepublicans have been insistent that budget cuts be added to the debt ceiling.

A glance at Nobel literature winner Alice Munro

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 06:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2002 file photo, Canadian author Alice Munro poses for a photograph at the Canadian Consulate's residence in New York. Munro has won this year's Nobel Prize in literature it was announced Thursday Oct. 10, 2013. The Swedish Academy, which selects Nobel literature winners, called her a WHO WON?

Fear grips Somali town raided by SEAL commandoes

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 06:18 AM PDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The al-Shabab stronghold of Barawe, a coastal town in Somalia where U.S. Navy SEALs came ashore in a failed raid last weekend, is gripped by fear and tension as residents worry they'll be accused of spying and the insurgents ready for another attack.

Lew warns of 'irrevocable damage' from default

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 05:47 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is pressuring Boehner to hold votes to avoid a potentially catastrophic default and re-open the federal government, as a new poll indicated Republicans could pay a political price for Washington's fiscal paralysis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned Congress Thursday of "irrevocable damage" that an unprecedented federal default could cause, even as House GOP leaders considered a short-term debt limit increase to provide more time to resolve their budget battle with President Barack Obama.

Canada's Alice Munro wins Nobel literature prize

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:42 AM PDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — STOCKHOLM (AP) — Canadian writer Alice Munro has won this year's Nobel Prize in literature.

Alice Munro wins Nobel prize for literature

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:27 AM PDT

Canadian author Alice Munro, pictured at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, on June 25, 2009The committee called her a "master of the contemporary short story."

Libyan PM freed after stunning abduction

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2013 file photo, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington. A government official says Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped by gunmen early Thursday morning Oct. 10, 2013 from a hotel in Tripoli where he resides. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Gunmen abducted Ali Zidan at dawn from the hotel where he resides Tripoli.

Abducted Libyan PM has been freed

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2013 file photo, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington. A government official says Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped by gunmen early Thursday morning Oct. 10, 2013 from a hotel in Tripoli where he resides. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Libya's state news agency says Ali Zidan has been freed hours after he was seized by gunmen.

Poll: Health exchange rollout gets poor reviews

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:36 AM PDT

This photo provided by HHS shows the main landing web page for HealthCare.gov. The government's new health insurance marketplaces are drawing lots of rotten tomatoes in early reviews. But people are at least checking the things out. According to an AP-GfK poll, 7 percent of Americans report that somebody in their household has tried to sign up for insurance through the health care exchanges. While that's a small percentage, it could represent more than 20 million people. (AP Photo/HHS)WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's new health insurance marketplaces are drawing lots of rotten tomatoes in early reviews, but people are at least checking them out.

Fugitive Snowden's father in Russia, hopes to see son

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:55 AM PDT

Lon Snowden is interviewed at Reuters office in WashingtonBy Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's father arrived in Moscow on Thursday to see his son, who was granted asylum in Russia after he leaked details of government surveillance programs and fled the United States. Speaking at the same Moscow airport where his fugitive son was stranded for weeks this summer, Lon Snowden said he had no direct contact with Edward Snowden but that he felt "extreme gratitude that my son is safe and secure and he's free". ...

Impostor service animals posing growing problem

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:55 AM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, Caspin a service dog sits below Wallis Brozman outside at a shopping mall in Santa Rosa, Calif. Other victims of unruly fake service dogs are real service dogs, said Brozman, 27, of Santa Rosa. She has dystonia, a movement disorder that left her unable to walk and barely able to talk. She needs a wheelchair, voice amplifier and her service dog who responds to English and sign language. LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's an easy law to break, and dog cheats do. By strapping a vest or backpack that says "service animal" to their pet, anyone can go in stores and restaurants where other dogs are banned, creating growing problems for the disabled community and business owners and leading to calls for better identifying the real deal.

Obama to seek opening with GOP leaders on shutdown

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:47 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is pressuring Boehner to hold votes to avoid a potentially catastrophic default and re-open the federal government, as a new poll indicated Republicans could pay a political price for Washington's fiscal paralysis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hosting top House Republicans to seek an opening in an impasse that has shuttered much of the government and threatens a catastrophic federal default.

Nyad nearing end of NYC swim, raises $72K

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:32 AM PDT

Long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, who recently completed a record-breaking swim from Cuba to Florida, completes a lap during a continuous 48-hour marathon swim event in New York's Herald Square called NEW YORK (AP) — Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad (NY'-ad) is entering the final hours of her marathon Manhattan swim to benefit victims of Superstorm Sandy.

Edward Snowden's father arrives in Moscow

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:01 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — The father of former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden arrived in Moscow Thursday morning to meet with his son who has received asylum in Russia and has been living at a secret location.

Judge weighs daughter's assisted suicide charge

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 11:30 PM PDT

POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge will be asked Thursday to dismiss an assisted suicide charge filed against a nurse in her 93-year-old father's death while on hospice.

Gunmen kidnap Libyan prime minister in Tripoli

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 11:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2013 file photo, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington. A government official says Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped by gunmen early Thursday morning Oct. 10, 2013 from a hotel in Tripoli where he resides. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Prime Minister Ali Zidan was snatched from a hotel where he resides, the government said.
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