dimanche 27 octobre 2013

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Banners reflect hard-line backlash in Iran

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:01 PM PDT

A poster depicting an American negotiator wearing a suit jacket and tie at a negotiating table and a dog to his side is displayed in Palestine square, Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described his outreach to the U.S. as part of a TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Banners that suddenly cropped around Tehran in the past week depict an American diplomat dressed in a jacket and tie, while under the negotiating table he is wearing military pants and pointing a gun at an Iranian envoy.


Banner reflect hard-line backlash in Iran

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 11:45 AM PDT

A poster depicting an American negotiator wearing a suit jacket and tie at a negotiating table and a dog to his side is displayed in Palestine square, Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described his outreach to the U.S. as part of a TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Banners that suddenly cropped around Tehran in the past week depict an American diplomat dressed in a jacket and tie, while under the negotiating table he is wearing military pants and pointing a gun at an Iranian envoy.


Wave of bombings kill at least 62 people in Iraq

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 11:29 AM PDT

Baghdad municipality workers clear debris while citizens inspect the site of a car bomb attack in the Sha'ab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Insurgents on Sunday unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing and wounding some dozens of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of car bombings in Baghdad, an explosion at a market and a suicide assault in a northern city killed at least 62 people Sunday across Iraq, officials said, the latest in a wave of attacks washing over the country.


NYPD: Cousin admitted fatally stabbing mom, 4 kids

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 11:12 AM PDT

Police officers wait outside a residence Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn where five people, including a toddler, were stabbed to death earlier in New York. Emergency responders found three of the victims dead at the residence just before 11 p.m. Saturday. Two others were taken to Brooklyn hospitals, where they were pronounced dead. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese immigrant was arrested Sunday on five counts of murder in the deaths of his cousin's wife and her four children in a stabbing rampage in their Brooklyn home.


Exit polls in Georgia show big win for PM's choice

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 10:56 AM PDT

Georgian Dream ruling coalition's presidential candidate Georgy Margvelashvili, left, kisses his daughter Anna, outside a polling station during presidential election in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Georgians are voting Sunday for a president to succeed Mikhail Saakashvili, who during nearly a decade in power has turned this former Soviet republic into a fledgling democracy and a staunch U.S. ally. (AP Photo/Georgy Abdaladze)TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Exit polls in Georgia's presidential election indicated a big win on Sunday for the candidate backed by billionaire Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, cementing his control over the U.S.-aligned former Soviet republic.


Mom, 4 young kids killed in NYC stabbing rampage

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 10:40 AM PDT

Police officers wait outside a residence Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn where five people, including a toddler, were stabbed to death earlier in New York. Emergency responders found three of the victims dead at the residence just before 11 p.m. Saturday. Two others were taken to Brooklyn hospitals, where they were pronounced dead. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — A mother and her four young children were killed in a late-night stabbing rampage at their Brooklyn home, and a man has been taken into custody, police said Sunday.


Cheney: Republicans need to look to new generation

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 09:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 25, 2013, file photo former Vice President Dick Cheney participates in the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. In an interview Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, Cheney said Republicans need to look to a new generation of leaders as the party deals with poor approval ratings following a 16-day partial-government shutdown. He said Republicans need to have Dick Cheney said Sunday that Republicans need to look to a new generation of leaders as the party deals with poor approval ratings following the government shutdown.


Police: Chris Brown charged with assault in DC

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 09:04 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say singer Chris Brown has been arrested in Washington after a fight broke out near the W Hotel.

Car bombs kill at least 56 people in Iraq

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 08:31 AM PDT

Citizens inspect the site of a car bomb attack in the capital's eastern Mashtal neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Insurgents on Sunday unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing and wounding dozens of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — A new wave of car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad and a suicide bomber targeted soldiers in a northern city in attacks that killed at least 56 across Iraq on Sunday, officials said.


iPad art gains recognition in new Hockney exhibit

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 08:15 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Happily hunched over his iPad, Britain's most celebrated living artist David Hockney is pioneering in the art world again, turning his index finger into a paintbrush that he uses to swipe across a touch screen to create vibrant landscapes, colorful forests and richly layered scenes.

Police: Roadside bomb kills 18 Afghan civilians

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 07:27 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Police say a roadside bomb has killed 18 civilians and wounded five as they rode a small bus home after attending a wedding in a lawless district of eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province.

Authorities: individual with knife at Indiana U.

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 06:22 AM PDT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University police urged all of those on the Bloomington campus to seek shelter behind locked doors early Sunday, saying someone with a knife was believed at large after a person was found stabbed at an on-campus apartment complex.

Police: Saudi women fined for defying driving ban

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 05:49 AM PDT

Image taken from a video uploaded by Saudi activists on YouTube on October 17, 2013 shows a fully veiled woman driving in Riyadh ahead of a planned nationwide day of defianceAt least 16 Saudi women have received fines for taking the wheel, police and reports said Sunday.


Suicide car bomb kills 12 in northern Iraq

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 04:45 AM PDT

Citizens inspect the site of a car bomb attack in the capital's eastern Mashtal neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Insurgents on Sunday unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing and wounding dozens of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a suicide bomber has hit a group of soldiers guarding a street in northern Iraq, killing at least 12 people.


Obstruction call gives Cardinals 5-4 win in Game 3

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 04:13 AM PDT

St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig gets tangled with Boston Red Sox's Will Middlebrooks during the ninth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Middlebrooks was called for obstruction on the play and Craig went in to score the game-winning run. The Cardinals won 5-4 to take a 2-1 lead in the series. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals rushed to the plate to congratulate Allen Craig. The Red Sox stormed home to argue with the umpires.


Calif. gov allows freedom to woman who killed pimp

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:55 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2012 file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Sara Kruzan. California Gov. Jerry Brown decided late Friday Oct. 25, 2013 not to take action on a state parole board's decision to grant parole to Sara Kruzan, thereby allowing the decision to go into effect, his spokesman Evan Westrup said Saturday. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has decided to allow freedom to a woman who received a life sentence when she was a teenager for killing her former pimp.


NYC police: 5 dead after Brooklyn stabbings

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:23 AM PDT

Police officers wait outside a residence Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn where five people, including a toddler, were stabbed to death earlier in New York. Emergency responders found three of the victims dead at the residence just before 11 p.m. Saturday. Two others were taken to Brooklyn hospitals, where they were pronounced dead. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police pressed forward Sunday in investigating the deaths of four children and a 37-year-old woman who were stabbed at a Brooklyn residence, saying a person of interest had been taken into custody.


GOP hopes 'Obamacare' woes have staying power

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:35 AM PDT

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, with San Antonio Mayor Julion Castro, left, takes part in a panel to answer questions about the Affordable Care Act enrollment, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Republicans have struggled to make a scandal stick to President Obama's White House.


Indonesia to ban masked monkey shows in capital

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:19 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, a street monkey wears a baby doll mask as it performs in a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia. Security forces are fanning out across Jakarta conducting raids to rescue macaques used in popular street masked monkey performances in a move aimed at improving public order and preventing diseases carried by the monkeys. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's capital is saying no to monkey business. Literally.


N.J.'s Christie blames aid delay on DC

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:06 AM PDT

FILE - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie comforts Kerri Berean, 33, a Chapman Street resident, in this Nov. 3, 2012 file photo taken in Little Ferry, N.J. Christie was in many ways the face of the storm, whether he was embracing President Barack Obama during a visit to the battered coast or consoling a tearful 9-year-old girl who had lost her house and told the governor she was scared. A year later though, some of his admirers have become detractors. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, David Gard, POOL)The governor says federal "Katrina factor" requirements.


Jay-Z defends deal with store accused of profiling

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:01 PM PDT

FILE- In this May 14, 2012 file photo, entertainer Shawn NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z — under increasing pressure to back out of a collaboration with the luxury store Barneys New York after it was accused of racially profiling two black customers — said Saturday he's being unfairly "demonized" for just waiting to hear all of the facts.


Macy's joins Barneys in NYC 'shop-and-frisk' scandal

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 10:28 PM PDT

A sign is seen outside a Macy's retail store in San Francisco, CaliforniaNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York civil rights leaders on Saturday decried the city's brewing "shop-and-frisk" scandal, in which major retailers Barneys and Macy's are accused of profiling black shoppers who say they were detained by police after buying luxury items. Also on Saturday, rap star Shawn "Jay Z" Carter defended his partnership with Barneys after coming under pressure to cut ties with the company. ...


Obstruction call gives Cards win in WS Game 3

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 10:12 PM PDT

St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig reacts after hitting a double during the ninth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series against the Boston Red Sox Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)ST. LOUIS (AP) — Allen Craig slid home and it sure looked as though he was out.


WORLD SERIES WATCH: Red Sox tie it again at 4

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:24 PM PDT

St. Louis Cardinals' Carlos Beltran slides safely past Boston Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia during the seventh inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Beltran scored from second on a double by Matt Holliday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)ST. LOUIS (AP) — A look at Game 3 of the World Series at Busch Stadium on Saturday night as the Boston Red Sox take on the St. Louis Cardinals:


WORLD SERIES WATCH: Holliday puts Cards on top 4-2

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:08 PM PDT

St. Louis Cardinals' Carlos Beltran slides safely past Boston Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia during the seventh inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Beltran scored from second on a double by Matt Holliday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)ST. LOUIS (AP) — A look at Game 3 of the World Series at Busch Stadium on Saturday night as the Boston Red Sox take on the St. Louis Cardinals:


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