| Kerry: US and Karzai agree on language for pact Posted: 20 Nov 2013 01:04 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the U.S. and Afghanistan have agreed on the final language of a bilateral security agreement that would govern the presence of American troops in the country after the NATO combat mission ends next year. |
| U.S., Afghanistan reach deal on final text of security pact Posted: 20 Nov 2013 12:49 PM PST  The United States and Afghan governments have reached an agreement on the final text of a security pact that will determine the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. The draft agreement goes to a grand council of Afghan elders, known as a Loya Jirga, for approval on Thursday. "We have reached an agreement as to the final language of the bilateral security agreement that will be placed before the Loya Jirga tomorrow," Kerry told reporters.
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| Israeli restaurant: Turn off phone, get discount Posted: 20 Nov 2013 12:33 PM PST  ABU GHOSH, Israel (AP) — A restaurant owner in an Arab village outside of Jerusalem says he is on a mission to save culinary culture by making diners a simple offer: Turn off your cellphone and get a 50 percent discount.
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| Congress honors American Indian code talkers Posted: 20 Nov 2013 12:16 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal, its highest civilian honor, on American Indians who used their native language to outwit enemies and protect American battlefield secrets during World Wars I and II.
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| Limited patient choice next health overhaul issue Posted: 20 Nov 2013 12:00 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — After they get the health care website fixed, then what?
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| Rio's Olympic waterways full of trash, sewage Posted: 20 Nov 2013 11:42 AM PST  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro's endless beaches and lush tropical forest will be a photographer's dream during the 2016 Olympics. But zoom in on the likes of once-pristine Guanabara Bay, and the picture is of household trash and raw sewage.
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| Obama, Clinton families pay tribute to JFK Posted: 20 Nov 2013 11:24 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama paid tribute Wednesday to former President John F. Kennedy's legacy, joining former President Bill Clinton to lay a wreath at Kennedy's grave and presenting a freedom medal that Kennedy conceived before his assassination 50 years ago this week.
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| Reagan's role in NSA's hack of Google and Yahoo Posted: 20 Nov 2013 11:06 AM PST  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Back when Yahoo was something hollered at a rodeo and no one could conceive of Googling anything, President Ronald Reagan signed an executive order that extended the power of U.S. intelligence agencies overseas, allowing broader surveillance of non-U.S. suspects. At the time, no one imagined he was granting authority to spy on what became known as Silicon Valley.
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| Israel, Gulf in 'strange alliance' against Iran Posted: 20 Nov 2013 10:50 AM PST  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made another stop in the Middle East this month, he received an expected earful over Washington's outreach to Iran: Don't trust Tehran, tighten sanctions even more, anything short of complete nuclear concessions is a grave mistake.
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| Too fat to fly: Stranded Frenchman's ordeal ending Posted: 20 Nov 2013 10:32 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — He's been turned down by planes, trains and even a cruise ship in his quest to return home — and his family says it's because of he has been deemed too fat to travel. Now Frenchman Kevin Chenais' long and fitful journey is coming to an end.
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| Obama opens JFK tribute with freedom medals Posted: 20 Nov 2013 09:58 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama opened a day of tributes to former President John F. Kennedy on Wednesday by bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on prominent Americans, 50 years after Kennedy was assassinated weeks short of the medal's first award ceremony.
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| Evangelist Billy Graham hospitalized again in NC Posted: 20 Nov 2013 09:40 AM PST  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham has been admitted to a hospital for the second time in a month for respiratory issues.
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| Fla's Rep Radel pleads guilty to cocaine charge Posted: 20 Nov 2013 08:44 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Republican Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and was sentenced to a year on probation.
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| Fla's Rep Radel admits cocaine possession Posted: 20 Nov 2013 07:55 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Republican Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and was sentenced to a year's probation.
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| France: Iranian comments complicate nuclear talks Posted: 20 Nov 2013 06:02 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — The French government spokeswoman says President Francois Hollande believes comments by Iran's supreme leader about Israel are "unacceptable" and complicate talks between world powers and the Islamic regime over its nuclear program.
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| JPMorgan $13B deal may not end bank's legal woes Posted: 20 Nov 2013 05:42 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The $13 billion settlement that JPMorgan Chase agreed to Tuesday is the largest ever between the Justice Department and a corporation. Yet it isn't likely the end of the bank's legal troubles over the risky mortgage securities it sold before the financial crisis.
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| Suicide car bomber kills 11 soldiers in Egypt Posted: 20 Nov 2013 05:25 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into one of two buses carrying off-duty soldiers in Egypt's turbulent region of northern Sinai on Wednesday, killing 11 and wounding 37, security and military officials said.
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| Missouri executes serial killer Franklin Posted: 20 Nov 2013 04:48 AM PST  BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Joseph Paul Franklin, a white supremacist who targeted blacks and Jews in a cross-country killing spree from 1977 to 1980, was put to death Wednesday in Missouri, the state's first execution in nearly three years.
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| Iran's leader backs nuke talks, with conditions Posted: 20 Nov 2013 04:33 AM PST GENEVA (AP) — Ahead of a new round of Iran nuclear talks, the country's supreme leader voiced support on Wednesday for the negotiations, but he insisted there are limits to concessions that Iran will make in exchange for an easing of sanctions choking its economy. |
| Afghan election season off to a messy start Posted: 20 Nov 2013 04:15 AM PST  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — With Afghanistan's next presidential election just five months away, authorities say they are facing a possible repeat of the abuses that have discredited the country's efforts to build a democracy.
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| Supreme Court denies execution stay for Franklin Posted: 20 Nov 2013 03:57 AM PST  BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition seeking a stay of execution for white supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, who's set to die in Missouri.
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| From '04 tsunami recovery, lessons for Philippines Posted: 20 Nov 2013 03:21 AM PST  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The man who steered Indonesia to recovery after the 2004 tsunami has some cautionary words for the Philippines as it begins planning reconstruction after Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors will get angry about living in tents well before permanent houses are ready, and inflation will soon make those houses much more expensive to build.
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| Supreme Court lets Texas abortion law stay for now Posted: 20 Nov 2013 03:02 AM PST  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A third of Texas' abortion clinics will stay closed after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in an ongoing legal dispute over a tough new law that Planned Parenthood claims unconstitutionally restricts women's rights.
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| Albuquerque voters reject late-term abortion ban Posted: 20 Nov 2013 02:44 AM PST  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In a closely watched, first-of-its kind municipal election, voters in New Mexico's largest city have soundly defeated a ban on late-term abortions.
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| George Zimmerman released from jail Posted: 20 Nov 2013 01:54 AM PST  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman is once again a free man after an arrest on criminal charges — but his freedom carries conditions.
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