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Bodies in desert believed to be missing family

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 12:50 PM PST

FILE - These file images provided by the San Diego Police Department shows members of the McStay family, who disappeared from their Fallbrook home more than three years ago. Patrick McStay, Joseph McStay's father, told a San Diego-area TV station Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, that he has been informed by investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department that two of the four bodies discovered in shallow graves near Victorville were Joseph McStay and his wife, Summer McStay. (AP Photo/San Diego Police Department, File)SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Human remains found this week in the Southern California desert are believed to be a San Diego-area family of four who disappeared more than three years ago, and their deaths appear to be homicides, authorities said Friday.

Libyan PM Blames Violence on Protesters, Militias

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 12:29 PM PST

Libyan PM says protesters, militias are both blamed for violence that killed 22        

'Batkid' fighting crime in San Francisco

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 12:11 PM PST

Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, right, walks with Batman before saving a damsel in distress in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. San Francisco turned into Gotham City on Friday, as city officials helped fulfill Scott's wish to be SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Crooks beware! Batkid is fighting crime Friday on the mean streets of San Francisco.

Libyan PM blames violence on protesters, militias

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 11:54 AM PST

This image made from video shows an injured protester being carried away from the scene in Tripoli, Libya after militiamen attacked peaceful protesters demanding the disbanding of the country's rampant armed groups on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, killing tens of people as they opened fire on the march with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. (AP Photo via AP video)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zidan has blamed both the protesters and militiamen for violence that has killed at least 22 people, saying that the protesters were armed.

US quietly offers bounties for Benghazi attackers

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 11:39 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Friday that it has been quietly offering rewards since January of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any person involved in last year's attack on a US diplomatic compound in Libya. The announcement ends weeks of Obama administration silence on questions about whether it was using all available means to catch the attackers.

Key events in Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's long year

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 11:23 AM PST

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stands in the council chamber in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Toronto's City Council voted overwhelming to strip Mayor Rob Ford of some of his powers in the latest attempt to box in the brash leader who has rebuffed huge pressure to resign over his drinking and drug habits and erratic behavior. Ford vowed to fight it in court. Council passed the motion 39-3. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford remains in office, resisting all attempts to force him out over his admitted crack use, drinking problem and his appearance in a video that caught him threatening to "kill" someone. His powers were curtailed by the City Council on Friday. Here are some key events from his long year in the news:

House OKs health plans short of Obamacare

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 11:07 AM PST

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., center, leaves the office of House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, before a vote on a measure to let insurers keep offering health coverage that falls short of the law's standards. A day earlier, the president changed course in the face of a public uproar over the flawed debut of the Affordable Care Act and said he would take administrative action — which doesn't need congressional approval — to let companies continue selling such plans for at least another year. Unlike the House GOP bill, he would permit such sales to insurers' existing customers only, not to new ones.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)GOP lawmakers—and 39 Democrats—approve the bill to extend coverage.

Ron Burgundy's burgundy "Anchorman" suit lands in museum

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 10:17 AM PST

Props and costumes from the WASHINGTON (AP) — While Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" are prize artifacts at the Smithsonian, Ron Burgundy's burgundy "Anchorman" suit might turn out to be the most popular item at the Newseum.

Alabama woman's body removed from front yard grave

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 09:59 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, file photo, James Davis, 73, stands over the grave of his wife, Patsy, in the front yard of the home they shared in Stevenson, Ala. Jackson County Circuit Judge Jenifer Holt will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 for Davis, who has been ordered to remove his wife's grave from the front yard. Topics should include how the removal will be done and a final deadline. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)STEVENSON, Ala. (AP) — As relatives wept, the body of an Alabama woman whose wish was to be buried in her front yard was removed Friday, after her husband lost a lengthy court fight to keep her there.

Chicago 'hacktivist' gets prison in NY cyberattacks case

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 09:43 AM PST

File - This March 5, 2012 file photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department in Chicago shows Jeremy Hammond. A New York judge sentenced Hammond to ten years, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 for his involvement in cyber-attacks on corporations and government agencies worldwide. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A self-described anarchist and "hacktivist" from Chicago was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for illegally accessing computer systems of law enforcement agencies and government contractors.

Thousands evacuated as volcano erupts in Indonesia

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 09:12 AM PST

Indonesian volcano erupts, forcing evacuation of hundredsMount Sinabung awoke in October and has blasted one to two ash explosions every day.

Albania rejects request to destroy Syrian weapons

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 08:55 AM PST

An Albanian student wears a gas mask and holds a sign during a protest against chemical weapons during a protest against the dismantling of Syrian chemical weapons in Albania in front of the Prime Minister's office in Tirana Thursday Nov. 14, 2013. Albania, a member of NATO, has said it is studying a request by the United States to host facilities for destroying Syria's chemical weapons, but has not yet taken a decision. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama has rejected a request from the United States for the tiny impoverished Balkan nation to host the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile.

Toronto council strips Mayor Rob Ford of powers

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 08:40 AM PST

Mayor Rob Ford speaks to city council members about new allegations against him in Toronto on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Ford is threatening to take legal action against former aides who told police about their concerns about his drug use and drunken driving. He also denies making sexual advances toward a female staffer. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)The vote comes a day after yet another series of antics that outraged city councilors.

Homeowner charged in deadly Michigan porch shooting

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 08:22 AM PST

In this undated file photo is the cover of a funeral program showing 19-year-old Renisha McBride from a service in Detroit. Prosecutors plan to announce Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 whether they'll charge a suburban Detroit homeowner in the Nov. 2 shooting death of McBride. Autopsy results released after the shooting ruled McBride died of a gunshot wound to her face. (AP Photo/Detroit News) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUTDETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors on Friday announced charges against a suburban Detroit homeowner in the death of a 19-year-old woman who was shot in the face on his porch.

House GOP gets its say on insurance cancellations

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 07:49 AM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Speaking about the Affordable Care Act, Boehner insisted it was time to WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans renewed an assault on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and his own credibility on Friday as they pushed toward House passage of a measure to let insurers keep offering health coverage that falls short of the law's standards.

South Africa cemeteries to microchip tombstones

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 07:31 AM PST

Tombstones in the Westpark cemetary in Johannesburg Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Johannesburg's city parks say it will allow microchips to be placed into tombstones in public cemeteries, where nearly 20 marble tombstones are stolen monthly, to curb the theft of marble and granite. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Amid a rash of tombstone thefts from cemeteries in Johannesburg, a company will be offering relatives of the deceased a high-tech solution: microchips that can be inserted into the memorial that will sound an alarm and send a text message to their cell phones if it is disturbed.

China to ease decades-old one-child policy nationwide

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 06:41 AM PST

A woman pushes a toy cart carrying a baby next to damaged cars and debris caused by the flood on a street in Yuyao, Zhejiang province October 10, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily/FilesBy Sui-Lee Wee and Li Hui BEIJING (Reuters) - China will ease family planning restrictions nationwide, the government said on Friday, allowing millions of families to have two children in the country's most significant liberalisation of its strict one-child policy in about three decades. "It's not a huge reform, there have been small adjustments all along," said Liang Zhongtang, a demographer from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

After JFK, a Secret Service transformed

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 05:43 AM PST

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama ride in the presidential limousine during the 57th Presidential Inauguration parade Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)JFK's assassination helped usher in a wave of changes at the U.S. Secret Service — a small agency with a huge job.

China to abolish labor camps, ease 1-child policy

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 05:11 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2013 photo, parents play with their children at a kid's play area in a shopping mall in Beijing. China will loosen its decades-old one-child policy and abolish a much-criticized labor camp system, its ruling Communist Party said Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. The official Xinhua News Agency said the party announced the changes in a policy document following a key, four-day meeting of party leaders that ended Tuesday in Beijing. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)BEIJING (AP) — China will loosen its decades-old one-child policy by allowing two children for families with one parent who was an only child and will abolish a much-criticized labor camp system, its ruling Communist Party said Friday.

China to loosen one-child policy, end labour camps

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 03:59 AM PST

The national flag of China flutters behind a fence of the headquarters of the NDRC in BeijingThe reform package reduce the number of crimes subject to the death penalty.

China to ease 1-child policy, abolish labor camps

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 03:25 AM PST

BEIJING (AP) — China's Communist Party says it will loosen its one-child policy and abolish labor camps.

In Philippines, a battered town helps itself

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:37 AM PST

Crewmen from the USS George Washington load relief supplies for air drops to villages isolated by last week's typhoon at Tacloban City airport, Leyte province in central Philippines, Friday Nov. 15, 2013. The Philippines has received an outpouring of international aid running into hundreds of millions of dollars but much of it has been stuck in a bottleneck outside the affected areas. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)GUIUAN, Philippines (AP) — The knock of hammer on nail, the buzz of chain saws, the swish of brooms clearing up debris from wrecked homes and yards: The sound of people putting their lives back together rings out across this devastated town.

Czechs in quandary over legal medical marijuana

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 01:40 AM PST

To go with Czech Medical Marijuana by Karel Janicek Martina Kafkova, patient diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, smokes a joint at her home in Tyn nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Confined to a wheelchair, the former non-smoker needs five short joints a day to get relief from severe stiffness, painful spasms and breathing troubles because other available medicine is not effective enough to help. Czech Republic has approved legislation for use of medical marijuana but it is still impossible to obtain it in legal way. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)TYN NAD VLTAVOU, Czech Republic (AP) — Just three years ago, the only thing that Zdenek Majzlik knew about cannabis was that it's good stuff for making rope. Today, the 67-year-old retired nuclear power plant employee is an experienced grower who cultivates pot for his daughter who has multiple sclerosis.

Not so fast: Obama's health care law is changing

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 11:45 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about his signature health care law, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama intends to permit continued sale of individual insurance plans that have been canceled because they failed to meet coverage standards under the health care law, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Just when you thought you had the president's health care law figured out, it's changing.

Identical twins share breast cancer, rare surgery

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 10:55 PM PST

This Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 photo shows identical twins Kristen Maurer, left, and Kelly McCarthy at Kelly's mother-in-law's house in Beecher, Ill. The 34-year-old sisters from Crown Point, Ind., have shared a lot in their lives so when Kelly was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she urged Kristen to get tested, too. Kristen also was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now the twins are sharing a medical rarity: Kristen donated skin and fat tissue for Kelly's breast reconstruction surgery that was performed at the University of Chicago Medical Center by breast cancer surgeon, Dr. David Song on Tuesday, Nov. 12. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — Identical twins Kelly McCarthy and Kristen Maurer have shared a lot in their lives so when one was diagnosed with breast cancer, she urged the other to get tested, too.
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