| Live: School massacre remembered with Washington vigil Posted: 12 Dec 2013 01:05 PM PST  Hundreds are expected at Washington's National Cathedral on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the Newtown school massacre and demand tough gun legislation in the United States. Pop icon Carole King was lined up to perform at the late-afternoon vigil, which organizers hope will pull the media spotlight away from the New England town where 20 first-graders and six educators died. Several Newtown residents, including relatives of the dead, were expected at the vigil spearheaded by the Newtown Foundation, a non-profit group that calls for tougher gun laws. "Make us instruments of your peace, and strengthen our hearts and hands and minds -- not only to care for the victims and survivors of gun violence, but also to bring about the change that will end the violence caused by guns in the hands of the criminal, the sick, and the cruel."
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| House weighs comprehensive defense bill Posted: 12 Dec 2013 12:49 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The House pushed toward passage of a comprehensive defense policy bill on Thursday that would address sexual assault in the ranks, cover the cost of combat pay for the nation's war-fighters and fund new aircraft and ships. |
| Injuries, losses prompt MLB to seek collision ban Posted: 12 Dec 2013 12:33 PM PST  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Baseball officials are up front about this: They want to ban home-plate collisions to guard their investments.
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| Crash probe renews debate over culture in aviation Posted: 12 Dec 2013 11:57 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — New details about the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet have renewed questions about whether a culture of strict deference to more-senior pilots can compromise air safety.
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| Holiday shopping spree not for everyone Posted: 12 Dec 2013 11:39 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Many Americans appear to be watching the annual holiday spending ritual from the sidelines this year.
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| Mysterious 'white widow' eludes police in Africa Posted: 12 Dec 2013 11:21 AM PST  AYLESBURY, England (AP) — She is called the most wanted woman in the world, a suspected terrorist charged with plotting to blow up resort hotels in Kenya packed with Christmas tourists, a westerner who wrote an ode praising Osama bin Laden, a jihadist who has eluded the law even as she has traveled through Africa with four young children in tow.
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| Officials: Drone attack mistakenly kills wedding party in Yemen Posted: 12 Dec 2013 11:01 AM PST  Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday. "An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital," one security official said. The United States has stepped up drone strikes as part of a campaign against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), regarded by Washington as the most active wing of the militant network. Yemen, AQAP's main stronghold, is among a handful of countries where the United States acknowledges using drones, although it does not comment on the practice.
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| At parley, Palestinians cite lack of shared vision Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:27 AM PST  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An unprecedented gathering of top Palestinian politicians and academics this week suggested that the split between Islamists and secular nationalists has hardened into permanence.
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| When school lockdowns may not be enough Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:09 AM PST  Students and teachers learn how to stop a 'bad guy' in their buildings after Newtown.
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| Mild 2013 cuts Arctic a break, warming woes remain Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:51 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The rapid melting in the Arctic eased up this year. But the government says global warming is still dramatically altering the top of the world, reducing the number of reindeer and shrinking snow and ice, while increasing certain fish and extending the growing season.
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| Many optimistic despite Mandela's passing Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:31 AM PST  PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Nelson Mandela is gone, but many mourners waiting patiently for a chance to see Mandela for a last time on Thursday said they retain high hopes about South Africa's future. If the heady optimism of the days when South Africa's peaceful transformation to an all-race democracy in the 1994 elections has been diminished by time and economic challenges, many still believe the years ahead can be fruitful, with growing opportunity.
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| Michigan puts restrictions on abortion insurance Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:09 AM PST  Michigan will join more conservative states in requiring residents who want health insurance coverage for abortions to buy an extra policy, after Republican legislators passed the law Wednesday over the ...
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| Phone hacker: Queen annoyed by nut-eating police Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:09 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — A private investigator convicted of eavesdropping on the voice mails of royal staff told a tabloid editor that Queen Elizabeth II was annoyed because police officers ate the nuts laid out for Buckingham Palace guests.
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| General who opened Guantanamo: shut it down Posted: 12 Dec 2013 08:35 AM PST  Marine Major Gen. Michael Lehnert says detention camp was a mistake.
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| School drops sexual harassment claim against 6-year-old who kissed girl Posted: 12 Dec 2013 07:52 AM PST  A Colorado school that had been widely criticized for suspending a 6-year-old boy for kissing a girl on the hand has dropped its sexual harassment claim against the first grader, and allowed him to return to school.
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| Mob hunts down Muslims in Central African Republic Posted: 12 Dec 2013 07:29 AM PST  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — African peacekeepers fired into the air Thursday in Central African Republic's chaotic capital, trying to disperse a huge mob bent on hunting down and killing Muslims taking refuge in a church compound.
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| Charity to raffle a Picasso for 100 euros ($138) Posted: 12 Dec 2013 06:33 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — For aspiring art collectors everywhere, there is hope.
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| US unemployment aid applications surge to 368,000 Posted: 12 Dec 2013 06:15 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 68,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 368,000, the largest increase in more than a year.
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| Gridlock in the Senate, progress in the House Posted: 12 Dec 2013 05:41 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — A budget agreement between key Republicans and Democrats. Even President Barack Obama was on board. All without anyone threatening to repeal this or shut down that.
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| Pope attacks mega-salaries and wealth gap in peace message Posted: 12 Dec 2013 05:25 AM PST  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said in the first peace message of his pontificate that huge salaries and bonuses are symptoms of an economy based on greed and inequality and called again for nations to narrow the wealth gap. In his message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, marked around the world on January 1, he also called for sharing of wealth and for nations to shrink the gap between rich and poor, more of whom are getting only "crumbs". "The succession of economic crises should lead to a timely rethinking of our models of economic development and to a change in lifestyles," he said. Anger at multi-million payouts for executives has swept across the globe as the economic crisis has deepened and the gap between the super-rich and the poor has widened.
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| SAfrica: 'Mistake' made hiring Mandela interpreter Posted: 12 Dec 2013 04:53 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African deputy Cabinet minister says "a mistake happened" in the hiring of a sign language interpreter for the Nelson Mandela memorial service who experts say was signing gibberish on stage next to world leaders.
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| Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating Posted: 12 Dec 2013 04:21 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man accused of faking sign-language while standing alongside world leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service said Thursday he saw "angels" at the event, has been violent in the past and suffers from schizophrenia. |
| Mandela's body lies in state for second day Posted: 12 Dec 2013 03:33 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For a second day, droves of mourners from around the globe filed past the body of Nelson Mandela on Thursday as it lay in state in South Africa's capital, Pretoria.
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| Spurned by president, EU embraces Ukraine protest Posted: 12 Dec 2013 02:45 AM PST  BRUSSELS (AP) — Two weeks ago, the European Union's foreign policy chief was at a summit in Lithuania, wooing Ukraine's president with offers of preferential dealings with the world's largest trade bloc. This week, she stood in Kiev's Independence Square with protesters bent on ousting the same man.
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| Thailand's self-exiled ex-PM may never return home Posted: 12 Dec 2013 02:13 AM PST  BANGKOK (AP) — Since being ousted as Thailand's prime minister in a 2006 military coup, Thaksin Shinawatra has been a very busy man. The billionaire bought and sold England's Manchester City football club, acquired a titanium mine in Zimbabwe, started a lottery in Uganda and acquired a Nicaraguan passport. He met with Vladimir Putin and Nelson Mandela.
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