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Knockout game: Sucker punches have turned deadly

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 12:42 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — In New York, a 78-year-old woman strolling in her neighborhood was punched in the head by a stranger and tumbled to the ground. In Washington, a 32-year-old woman was swarmed by teenagers on bikes, and one clocked her in the face. In Jersey City, a 46-year-old man died after someone sucker-punched him and he struck his head on an iron fence.

What happened to 975k Obamacare applicants?

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 12:05 PM PST

Many people were unable—or chose not to—finish their applications. Why is that?

'Gears of government have to work'

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 11:48 AM PST

U.S. President Obama makes a statement about the U.S. Senate's efforts to confirm his Administration's nominees in WashingtonObama endorses a move by Senate Democrats to confirm his nominees.

Democrats vote to curb filibusters on appointees

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 11:31 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. The Senate is nearing a potential showdown on curbing the power that the Republican minority has to block President Barack Obama's nominations, as Democrats edge toward muscling a rewrite of filibuster rules through the chamber. Reid was expected to force a vote as soon as Thursday on requiring only 51 votes to end filibusters, or delaying tactics, against nominees for high-level judgeships and agency officials. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats eased the way for swift approval of President Barack Obama's current and future nominees on Thursday, voting unilaterally to overturn decades of Senate precedent and undermine Republicans' ability to block final votes.

'Batkid' caper costs San Francisco $105K

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 10:59 AM PST

AP10ThingsToSee - 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 The city of San Francisco spent $105,000 in public funds to honor a 5-year-old boy with leukemia who captivated the nation with his exploits as "Batkid," and it hopes to recoup the money through ...

Karzai: Sign US-Afghan security pact next year

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 10:43 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Karzai has told a gathering of elders that he supports signing a security deal with the United States if safety and security conditions are met. Karzai spoke as the 2,500-member national consultative council of Afghan elders known as the Loya Jirga started in Kabul on Thursday. The four-day meeting will discuss the bilateral security pact that defines the role of thousands of U.S. troops who will remain after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai urged tribal elders Thursday to approve a security pact with Washington that keeps thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan until 2024, but he added a wrinkle that he prefers his successor sign the document after elections next April.

UK police: 3 women held for 30 years

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 10:07 AM PST

LONDON (AP) — Three women have been freed after spending 30 years held captive in a south London home, police announced Thursday, including one woman believed to have spent her entire life as a virtual slave.

Senate votes to curb filibusters on many nominees

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 09:48 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. The Senate is nearing a potential showdown on curbing the power that the Republican minority has to block President Barack Obama's nominations, as Democrats edge toward muscling a rewrite of filibuster rules through the chamber. Reid was expected to force a vote as soon as Thursday on requiring only 51 votes to end filibusters, or delaying tactics, against nominees for high-level judgeships and agency officials. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for Democrats, the Senate has voted to weaken filibusters and make it harder for Republicans to block confirmation of the president's nominees for judges and other top posts.

Kennedy cousin Skakel is freed on bail in 1975 murder

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 09:08 AM PST

Michael Skakel listens to Judge Trial Referee Thomas Bishop's ruling during a hearing in Rockville Superior court Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, in Vernon, Conn., to determine if he can be released while awaiting a new trial in the 1975 slaying of neighbor Martha Moxley. Judge Thomas Bishop ordered a new trial for Skakel last month, saying his trial attorney, Michael Sherman, failed to adequately represent him in 2002 when Skakel was found guilty. The judge said Skakel cannot be released immediately while he awaits a new trial, but he did lift a stay, which could clear the way for Skakel to seek bail later. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham, Pool)Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was freed on bail on Thursday after spending the past 11 years in prison for the 1975 murder of a teenage neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut. Stamford Superior Court Judge Gary White ordered Skakel, 53, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, released to await a new trial in the murder of Martha Moxley. Both were 15 at the time she was beaten to death with a golf club, but Skakel was not charged until decades later, and was prosecuted as an adult rather than as a juvenile. The bail hearing came a month after Skakel's new lawyers convinced another judge to overturn his 2002 murder conviction because his previous lawyer provided "ineffective counsel" during the trial.

Warlord Kony may be willing to surrender

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 08:34 AM PST

Warlord Joseph Kony May Be Willing to SurrenderA government official says Kony has been located in the Central African Republic.

Senate panel advances Yellen's bid to lead Fed

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 08:18 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel has advanced Janet Yellen's nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, setting up a final vote in the full Senate. The timing of a Senate vote isn't clear, but Yellen is widely expected to win confirmation.

AP PHOTOS: Myanmar madrassa draws displaced kids

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 07:59 AM PST

In this Sept. 18, 2013 photo, Muslim children stand on the balcony of Rohingya Village Madrassa in The' Chaung Village on the outskirts of Sittwe in Rakhine state, Myanmar. Inside the dilapidated building, the boys and girls are tightly packed on the well-worn, wooden floor. Because Rohingya children are no longer welcome in many government schools, the so-called Rohingya Village Madrassa has opened its doors to some of those boys and girls, teaching not just Islamic studies, as it did in the past, but Burmese and English. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A year after Buddhist mobs forced almost all members of the minority Rohingya Muslim community from this northwestern Myanmar city, creating a state-sanctioned sectarian divide, thousands of children while away their long, empty days in dusty displacement camps.

Afghan president wants to defer signing of US deal

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 07:44 AM PST

Members of the Afghan Loya Jirga attend a meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a gathering of elders that he supports signing a security deal with the United States if safety and security conditions are met. Karzai spoke as the 2,500-member national consultative council of Afghan elders known as the Loya Jirga started in Kabul on Thursday. The four-day meeting will discuss the bilateral security pact that defines the role of thousands of U.S. troops who will remain after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president urged tribal elders Thursday to support a security deal with the United States that would keep thousands of American troops in the war for another decade.

Boeing jumbo jet lands at wrong Kansas airport

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 07:07 AM PST

A Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter sits on the runway after accidentally landing at Col. James Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kan. Wednesday night Nov. 20, 2013. Boeing says the Dreamlifter landed safely at Jabara, about eight miles from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita where it was supposed to land. (AP Photo/Wichita Eagle, Jaime Green)WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Boeing 747 jumbo jet mistakenly landed at a small Kansas airport not far from the Air Force base where it was supposed to land to deliver parts for the company's famed new 787 Dreamliner.

U.S. drone kills senior militant in Pakistan

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 06:14 AM PST

Students gather at the site of a suspected U.S. drone strike on an Islamic seminary in Hangu districtIt was the first drone strike in the country since the Taliban chief was killed Nov. 1.

Afghan president will defer signing US deal

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 05:55 AM PST

Members of the Afghan Loya Jirga attend a meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a gathering of elders that he supports signing a security deal with the United States if safety and security conditions are met. Karzai spoke as the 2,500-member national consultative council of Afghan elders known as the Loya Jirga started in Kabul on Thursday. The four-day meeting will discuss the bilateral security pact that defines the role of thousands of U.S. troops who will remain after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president said he backs a security deal with the United States but told a gathering of elders on Thursday that if they and parliament approve the agreement it should be signed after next spring's elections.

Beaujolais vineyards aim to be more than 'Nouveau'

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 05:38 AM PST

Restaurant barmaid, Anais Delattre, serves Beaujolais Nouveau wine in Lille, northern France, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. The wine world's best-known party is beginning, the ritual uncorking of Beaujolais Nouveau every November. That's both a curse and a blessing for the famed French region and its lesser-known yet finer wines. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)PARIS (AP) — The wine world's best-known party is beginning — the ritual uncorking of Beaujolais Nouveau every November. That's both a curse and a blessing for the famed French region and its lesser-known yet finer wines.

Obama says US will respect 'Afghan sovereignty'

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 05:20 AM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a dinner in honor of the Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a letter sent Wednesday to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, said the U.S. will continue to respect "Afghan sovereignty" under a new security agreement.

Iran: Difficult differences at nuke talks

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 04:42 AM PST

A general view shows participants before the start of three days of closed-door nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Salvatore Di Nolfi)GENEVA (AP) — Talks on a draft deal meant to start a rollback of Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief were delayed Thursday, with a senior Iranian envoy suggesting that the momentum characterizing much of a previous round had been slowed.

Turkish police subdue man with fake bomb

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 04:24 AM PST

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police on Thursday subdued a man who arrived near Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office in the capital Ankara carrying a fake bomb, an official said.

Study: Nuclear force feeling 'burnout' from work

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 03:46 AM PST

FILE - This April 15, 1997 file photo shows an Air Force missile crew commander standing at the door of his launch capsule 100-feet under ground where he and his partner are responsible for 10 nuclear-armed ICBM's, in north-central Colorado. Trouble inside the Air Force's nuclear missile force runs deeper and wider than officials have let on. An unpublished study for the Air Force obtained by The Associated Press cites WASHINGTON (AP) — Key members of the Air Force's nuclear missile force are feeling "burnout" from what they see as exhausting, unrewarding and stressful work, according to an unpublished study obtained by The Associated Press.

Obese Frenchman's odyssey ends with ambulance home

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 03:29 AM PST

Kevin Chenais sits in his mobility scooter in front of an ambulance at St Pancras in London, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. Kevin, who suffers from a medical condition will travel by ambulance and ferry back to France. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)PARIS (AP) — An obese Frenchman who sought medical care in the United States and was refused travel by planes, trains and even a cruise ship has returned home after an overnight ambulance ride that crossed half of France.

Ex-AP writer recalls serving as Oswald pallbearer

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 03:11 AM PST

Reporters were enlisted to act as pall bearers at the interment of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers from left end - Jerry Flemmons with crewcut and no glasses. In front of Flemmons are reporters Ed Horn and Mike Cochran. Funeral director Paul J. Groody was among the pallbearers. On the far side of the casket are Jon McConal, rear, and Preston McGraw, front. The pallbearer obscured behind Groody could not be identified. (AP Photo/Gene Gordon)FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — On a gloomy November afternoon, I helped carry the inexpensive wooden casket of Lee Harvey Oswald to a grave on a slight rise dotted with dying grass.

Karzai says Afghanistan needs U.S. security deal, but little trust

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 02:54 AM PST

Afghan policemen keep watch at the area where the Loya Jirga will take place later this week, in KabulBy Hamid Shalizi and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a meeting of tribal elders and political leaders on Thursday they should support a security pact with the United States, but acknowledged there was little trust between the two nations. A Loya Jirga, or grand council, involving about 2,500 delegates convened a day after Karzai and Washington reached agreement on a pact defining the shape of the U.S. military presence after a 2014 drawdown of a multinational NATO force. I don't trust them and they don't trust me," Karzai told the assembly. "During the past 10 years I have fought with them and they have made propaganda against me." Delegates at the five-day Loya Jirga, many of them bearded men with elaborate turbans but with women among them too, will debate the draft and decide whether to accept it - whether they want U.S. troops to stay, or leave Afghan forces to fight the Taliban insurgency alone.

North Korea detains US war veteran, 85, son says

Posted: 21 Nov 2013 01:42 AM PST

This 2005 photo provided by the Palo Alto Weekly shows Merrill Newman, a retired finance executive and Red Cross volunteer, in Palo Alto, Calif. An 85-year-old American veteran of the Korean War has been detained in North Korea since last month. The son of Merrill Newman told the San Jose Mercury News on Wednesday his father was taken off a plane set to leave North Korea on Oct. 26. Jeffrey Newman said no reason was given. (AP Photo/Palo Alto Weekly, Nicholas Wright)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean officials detained an 85-year-old American veteran of the Korean War last month as he sat in a plane set to leave the country, the man's son said.
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