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3 shot near Pittsburgh high school; gunman sought

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 01:01 PM PST

PITTSBURGH (AP) — School officials say three students were shot outside a Pittsburgh high school, and police are searching for a gunman.

Doctors are told to get serious about obesity

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 12:29 PM PST

ATLANTA (AP) — Next time you go for a checkup, don't be surprised if your doctor gets on your case about your weight.

White House to release health law sign-up figures

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 12:11 PM PST

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., holds up a checklist related to the preparation for the implementation of the Obamacare healthcare program, and specifically, the HealthCare.gov website, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Issa wants to know why the administration required consumers to first create online accounts at HealthCare.gov before they could shop for health plans, a decision runs counter to the common e-commerce practice of allowing anonymous window-shopping. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of criticism over the balky rollout of the health care sign-up website, the Obama administration is releasing figures on how many people have successfully enrolled through the new federal insurance exchanges.

New Iran sanctions could hurt diplomacy efforts, Kerry says

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 11:51 AM PST

In this Nov. 12, 2013, photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a reception for U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy at the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Washington. The Obama administration is pleading with Congress to allow more time for diplomacy with Iran, but faces sharp resistance from Republican and Democratic lawmakers determined to further squeeze the Iranian economy and wary about yielding any ground in nuclear negotiations. Back from a week of nuclear talks in Geneva and tense consultations with nervous Middle East allies, Kerry was to present the administration's case to his ex-colleagues in the Senate on Nov. 13 and ask them to hold off on a package of new, tougher Iran sanctions under consideration. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says Congress risks scuttling nuclear negotiations with Iran if it moves ahead with new sanctions at this time.

Egypt: Harsh sentence for 12 pro-Morsi protesters

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 11:33 AM PST

FILE - This Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 file image made from video provided by Egypt's Interior Ministry shows ousted President Mohammed Morsi, right, speaking from the defendant's cage as he stands with co-defendants in a makeshift courtroom during a trial hearing in Cairo, Egypt. Morsi had his first extensive meeting with lawyers, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, consulting in prison with a team from his Muslim Brotherhood over his ongoing trial on charges of inciting murder. So far, Morsi is refusing to accept any legal representation in the trial, insisting he remains president, and his son says he wants to take legal action against those prosecuting him after his ouster by the military.(AP Photo/Egyptian Interior Ministry, File)CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced 12 people to 17 years in prison each over charges linked to their attack on Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's main seat of learning.

Obama, France’s Hollande paper over Iran rifts

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 11:13 AM PST

Obama and Hollande meet at the G8 Summit in Northern IrelandThe U.S. and France seek unity after first round fails to secure interim agreement.

Blast reported in front of S. Ore. DA's office

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 10:21 AM PST

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — An explosive device that went off before dawn Wednesday and damaged the Jackson County prosecutor's office in Medford, Ore., appeared to be a failed attempt to level the building, a police spokesman said.

Air Force to look closer at nuke leader candidates

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 10:03 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force will more carefully screen future candidates for nuclear commander positions as a result of the recent firing of the two-star general overseeing land-based nuclear missiles,, the general in charge of the service said Wednesday.

UK police: Spy in bag probably died by accident

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 09:40 AM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Metropolitan Police shows British intelligence official Gareth Williams, 31, who worked for Britain's secret eavesdropping service GCHQ but was attached to the country's MI6 overseas spy agency when his naked and decomposing remains were found in 2010 at his central London apartment. British police said Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 that a spy whose naked, decomposing body was found inside a padlocked gym bag in his apartment likely died in an accident with no one else involved. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLYLONDON (AP) — More than three years after the naked, decomposing body of British spy Gareth Williams was discovered stuffed inside a locked gym bag at the bottom of his bathtub, the mystery over his bizarre death lingers, and a police investigation has done little to clear it up.

Toronto mayor admits he has bought illegal drugs

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 09:17 AM PST

Councilor Giorgio Mammoliti, left, speaks as Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, center, and his brother Councilor Doug Ford listen during a council meeting in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. A motion being debated Wednesday would call on the mayor to take a leave of absence, apologize to Toronto residents for misleading them and cooperate with police. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has admitted to the City Council that he has bought illegal drugs in the past two years.

White House gets interim NSA report

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 08:44 AM PST

White House said to consider civilian replacement for outgoing NSA chiefThe nation's security brass gets a preview of what's expected in a report due next month.

Last call for JFK's ‘New Frontier’: A celebration of endurance and recollection

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:52 AM PST

Kennedy v. Nixon - The road to the1960 Presidential electionIt's easy to overlook this stark fact: Of the 43 men who have served as president, only four served fewer days in office than John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

White House: 'Making progress' fixing HealthCare.gov

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:34 AM PST

File handout photo of U.S. President Obama watches as CTO Park shows information on a tablet during a meeting in the Oval Office in Washington"We have much work still to do," the tech chief for the health care website said.

Images show woman on Chicago train with alligator

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:17 AM PST

This security camera image provided by the Chicago Transit Authority on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 shows a woman with a two-foot-long alligator aboard a CTA Blue Line train early in the morning of Nov. 1, 2013 in Chicago. Authorities are searching for the woman, who they believe discarded the reptile at O'Hare International Airport. The two-foot-long alligator was captured hours later after a maintenance worker found it under an escalator in a baggage claim area. (AP Photo/Chicago Transit Authority)CHICAGO (AP) — After tracking down a small alligator scurrying around in a baggage claim area at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, authorities are now hunting for its traveling companion.

AP PHOTOS: Prince Charles over the years

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 06:42 AM PST

FILE - In this July 18, 1949 file photo, Prince Charles, foreground left, the eight-month-old son of Princess Elizabeth of England, left, and his father Philip, poses for a photo, on the Windlesham Moor, their summer residence, in Ascot, England. Prince Charles is readying the paperwork to claim his pension when he turns 65 Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, but he still hasn't started the job he was born to do. (AP Photo, File)Prince Charles turns 65 on Thursday, the usual retirement age for British workers, but he's still waiting to take up the job he has been destined for since birth.

Charles ready for pension, still in line for job

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 06:23 AM PST

Britain's Prince Charles smiles as he interacts with officials during a visit to a shipyard to see India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant in Kochi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are on a nine-day visit to India. (AP Photo)LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles is readying the paperwork to claim his pension when he turns 65 on Thursday, but he still hasn't started the job he was born to do.

Attacks in Iraq around religious ritual kill 22

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 06:03 AM PST

Supporters of Iraq's largest Shiite party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, listen to their leader, Ammar al-Hakim, during a rally to mark Muharram, an important period of mourning for Shiites, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. The Remembrance of Muharram marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala when Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was killed. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Attacks across Iraq targeting security forces and those marking a major Shiite commemoration killed 21 people on Wednesday while gunmen in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah assassinated the city's mayor as he was supervising a clean-up project.

Mo. man freed after murder conviction overturned

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:10 AM PST

Ryan Ferguson arrives Tuesday night, Nov. 12, 2013, at the Tiger Hotel, in Columbia, Mo., to speak to supporters after being freed from prison earlier in the evening. Ferguson was released one week after a state appeals court overturned his murder and robbery convictions in the 2001 slaying of Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt. His release followed a decision Tuesday by the Missouri attorney general not to re-try Ferguson. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — After nearly a decade in prison, freedom did not come easy for Ryan Ferguson — not even in the final few hours after the Missouri attorney general decided to not retry him in the 2001 slaying of a newspaper sports editor.

Syrian army captures suburb south of Damascus

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 04:53 AM PST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian army soldiers take their positions on a street in Sabina suburb, south of Damascus, Syria, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. Syrian troops seized control of the suburb of Sabina from rebels on Thursday. State-run news agency SANA said the area had been used as a base to smuggle weapons and ammunition to rebel-held suburbs east of Damascus. Activists said Syrian troops launched a major offensive Friday to recapture the international airport of the northern city of Aleppo. (AP Photo/SANA)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops captured a contested suburb of Damascus on Wednesday as the government forged ahead with a punishing military offensive that already has taken four other opposition strongholds south of the capital, state media said.

Morsi: No stability in Egypt unless coup reversed

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 04:37 AM PST

FILE - This Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 file image made from video provided by Egypt's Interior Ministry shows ousted President Mohammed Morsi, right, speaking from the defendant's cage as he stands with co-defendants in a makeshift courtroom during a trial hearing in Cairo, Egypt. Morsi had his first extensive meeting with lawyers, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, consulting in prison with a team from his Muslim Brotherhood over his ongoing trial on charges of inciting murder. So far, Morsi is refusing to accept any legal representation in the trial, insisting he remains president, and his son says he wants to take legal action against those prosecuting him after his ouster by the military.(AP Photo/Egyptian Interior Ministry, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi accused the military chief who deposed him of treason in a message from prison read by lawyers on Wednesday, saying the country cannot return to stability until the coup is reversed and those behind it are tried.

Attacks in Iraq around religious ritual kill 21

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 04:21 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — Attacks across Iraq targeting security forces and those marking a major Shiite commemoration killed at least 21 people Wednesday, officials said.

Attacks in Iraq around religious holiday kill 21

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 04:01 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — Attacks across Iraq targeting security forces and those marking a major Shiite holiday killed at least 21 people Wednesday, officials said.

Police: Spy in bag probably died by accident

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 03:45 AM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Metropolitan Police shows British intelligence official Gareth Williams, 31, who worked for Britain's secret eavesdropping service GCHQ but was attached to the country's MI6 overseas spy agency when his naked and decomposing remains were found in 2010 at his central London apartment. British police said Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 that a spy whose naked, decomposing body was found inside a padlocked gym bag in his apartment likely died in an accident with no one else involved. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLYLONDON (AP) — A spy whose naked, decomposing body was found inside a padlocked gym bag at his apartment likely died in an accident with no one else involved, British police said Wednesday — a tentative conclusion that is unlikely to calm conspiracy theories around the bizarre case.

Testimony to begin in Apple-Samsung patent trial

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 02:58 AM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The billion dollar patent fight between the world's two biggest smartphone makers is resuming in a Silicon Valley courtroom.

Rice looted in Philippines amid aid shortage

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 01:03 AM PST

Soldiers rush a typhoon survivor after she collapsed in a queue to board a military transport plane Wednesday Nov. 13, 2013 from the damaged Tacloban airport in Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into central Philippine provinces Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and thousands of people dead. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people stormed a rice warehouse on an island devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, authorities said Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need to get water, food and medical supplies into an increasingly desperate region.
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