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Reports: Shooting at high school near Denver

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 12:41 PM PST

Generic School ShootingTwo people have been shot and a shooter may still be inside the school.

Mandela memorial interpreter previously accused of murder

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 12:27 PM PST

Report: Mandela Memorial Interpreter Was Once Accused of MurderThamasanqa Jantjie, better known as the "fake" sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial, reportedly has faced a long series of criminal charges in South Africa, including murder and rape. That's according to a report from eNCA, a 24-hour news network in Africa. Earlier this week, Jantjie confirmed that he has a history of mental illness, including schizophrenia.

Beyonce announces, releases new album on same day

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 12:11 PM PST

FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows singer Beyonce at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit in New York. Beyonce has released her new album in an unconventional way: She announced and dropped it on the same day. The singer released NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce has released her new album in an unconventional way: She announced and dropped it on the same day.

Man arrested in Wichita bomb plot

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 12:11 PM PST

The Mid-Continent Airport Police and Fire dept. give the Wichita State Shockers a water canon send-off as they leave on a charter flight in Wichita, Kan., Wednesday, April 3, 2013, to Atlanta, where the Shockers will play in the NCAA college basketball tournament's Final Four. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Fernando Salazar) LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT; LOCAL RADIO OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUTTerry Lee Loewen planned detonate a carload of explosives, police say.

AP PHOTOS: Signs of global devotion to Mandela

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 11:39 AM PST

A woman settles down her child on the sidewalk with a bottle of milk after seeking alms from cars stopping at a traffic signal nearby on a road named after Nelson Mandela in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. The name of former South African president Nelson Mandela can be seen on hundreds of streets, buildings and other community facilities, from Africa to Asia and Europe to the Americas, (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)Nelson Mandela became a hero around the world, as shown by the number of streets, schools, bridges and restaurants named for the South African leader. Here's a look at how Mandela has been honored in cities including London, Paris, New York, New Delhi, Montreal and Oakland.

New drug, study method show breast cancer promise

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 11:21 AM PST

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A novel way to speed the testing of cancer drugs and quickly separate winners from duds has yielded its first big result: an experimental medicine that shows promise against a hard-to-treat form of breast cancer.

Dog helps Alaska woman survive 3 nights in cold

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 10:46 AM PST

Swiss man's estate sues over Alaska climbing deathANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A woman survived nearly three nights in bitter interior Alaska cold by burning her snowmobile and huddling with her small dog, Alaska State Troopers said Thursday.

Militant rise galvanizes Assad's camp in Syria war

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 10:27 AM PST

This Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 photo shows Ahmed Luay, whose son Hassan was killed just over a month ago while fighting in the Syrian army against rebels, watching a video of his son in uniform in Damascus, Syria. Like many government supporters, Luay contends that Syria's nearly 3-year civil war boils down to a fight against foreign jihadis trying to impose Shariah rule, dismissing the opposition view that they are fighting for reforms. (AP Photo)DAMACUS, Syria (AP) — Ahmed Luay's second-eldest son, a soldier in the Syrian army, fell in battle with rebels just over a month ago. Three more of his sons are still on the front lines in the Damascus suburbs. Luay insists he's prepared to sacrifice them all in what he says is a war against a terrorist invasion.

Rare storm leaves Jerusalem snowed in

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 09:49 AM PST

Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock, some of the holiest sites for for Jews and Muslims, are covered in snow in Jerusalem, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Early snow has surprised many Israelis and Palestinians as a blustery storm, dubbed Alexa, brought gusty winds, torrential rains and heavy snowfall to parts of the Middle East. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)JERUSALEM (AP) — A powerful winter storm left Jerusalem covered in snow on Friday, forcing police to block access to and from the city as a cold snap drove some Israelis to seek treatment from emergency medics.

Iran quits nuclear talks in protest of new blacklisting

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 08:57 AM PST

The future of Iran's Arak heavy water IR-40 reactor is one of the key points in a landmark nuclear deal Tehran recently signed with world powers in GenevaTehran is accusing Washington of going against the spirit of a landmark agreement reached last month by expanding its sanctions blacklist.

Kim’s executed uncle vilified for traits including poor clapping

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 08:39 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks past his uncle Jang Song Thaek, left, after reviewing a parade of thousands of soldiers and commemorating the 70th birthday of the late Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean state media say Kim Jong Un's uncle has been executed, calling the leader's former mentor Jang Song Thaek rose from a municipal bureaucrat to North Korea's No. 2 official — behind only leader Kim Jong Un.

Sales brisk for Friday's $400M Mega Millions game

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 08:23 AM PST

Charles Platt, of Atlanta, buys a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a convenience store, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, in Atlanta. The estimated jackpot of $400 million for Friday's Mega Millions is the fifth largest ever and second largest in the game's history, trailing behind the $656 million Mega Millions jackpot in 2012. Officials say the revamped game helped create the latest jackpot, and they expect more to come in 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sales are brisk for Mega Millions tickets across the country as people dream of winning a $400 million jackpot.

Uncle rose with NKorean leader before brutal fall

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 08:07 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks past his uncle Jang Song Thaek, left, after reviewing a parade of thousands of soldiers and commemorating the 70th birthday of the late Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean state media say Kim Jong Un's uncle has been executed, calling the leader's former mentor SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The execution of leader Kim Jong Un's uncle marks the unprecedented fall from grace of one of the most powerful figures in North Korea and the most serious political upheaval in the country in decades.

Army, Air Force to honor WWII pilot at burial

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 07:51 AM PST

In this World War II-era photo, made available Dec. 11, 2013 courtesy Dept. of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office, previously missing in action U.S. Army aviator Capt. Franklin B. Tostevin is pictured. On March 20, 1945, Tostevin was the pilot of an F-6P aircraft that was shot down while on a reconnaissance mission in Cologne, Germany, according to the Dept. of Defense. His remains are to be buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office)DENVER (AP) — The Army will provide full military honors and Air Force jets will perform a fly-over when a World War II pilot who died in 1945 is buried at a veterans cemetery in Denver.

Mandela burial will happen in simple village

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 07:17 AM PST

Children play with a ball near the home of former president Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. The home where Nelson Mandela grew up had mud walls, a grass roof, and a floor polished smooth with cow dung. That was in the 1920s. When people flood Mandela's village on Sunday for the former president's burial, they will be in a place that _ except for a gleaming new highway and a strong cellphone network lags decades behind the developed world. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)QUNU, South Africa (AP) — The rural home where Nelson Mandela grew up in the 1920s had mud walls, a grass thatched roof, and a floor polished smooth with cow dung. When throngs flood Mandela's hometown on Sunday for his burial, they will visit a simple place steeped in old ways but which now has become the center of a massive state operation to honor the anti-apartheid leader.

Milan orders removal of naughty Christmas tree

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:59 AM PST

A Christmas tree the was previously adorned with red sex toys is displayed in a street, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. The provocatively adorned Christmas tree was just too naughty for Milan city officials, who ordered it denuded of its racy red sex toys. The city said in an order dated Thursday that the Christmas season, MILAN (AP) — A provocatively adorned outdoor Christmas tree in central Milan was just too naughty for city officials, who have ordered it denuded of its racy red sex toys.

Beyonce surprises fans with new album on iTunes

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:41 AM PST

Singer releases highly-anticipated album exclusively on iTunes without any warning or promotion.

S. Africa investigates sign interpreter

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:25 AM PST

Thamsanqa Jantjie gesticulates at his home during an interview with the Associated Press in Johannesburg, South Africa,Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Jantjie, the man accused of faking sign interpretation next to world leaders at Nelson Mandela's memorial, told a local newspaper that he was hallucinating and hearing voices. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says it is aware of reports that the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial once faced a murder charge, and says he's being investigated.

Nicaragua in thrall of Ortega's canal dream

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:10 AM PST

In this Dec. 4, 2013 photo, Oscar Torres, a 62-year-old retired construction worker takes photos of a banner showing a map of Nicaragua with possible routes of the Inter-Oceanic canal in Managua, Nicaragua. Six months after the Sandinista government granted a Chinese businessman a 100-year concession to build a vast canal across the country, Nicaraguans are confident the $40 billion canal will become reality, lifting their country from poverty to prosperity. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Six months after the Sandinista government granted a Chinese businessman a 100-year concession to build a vast canal across Nicaragua, most of the nation is in the thrall of the imagined waterway.

Ukraine president proposes protester amnesty

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 05:55 AM PST

A Pro-European Union activist guards a barricade in the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. A leader of the massive anti-government protests in Ukraine's capital says opposition members will attend roundtable talks with President Viktor Yanukovych in order to push their demands for early elections. The announcement by Vitali Klitschko came about 30 minutes before the talks, which also include religious, student and labour representatives, were to begin. The opposition previously had rejected an invitation to the talks. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president proposed an amnesty Friday for all protesters facing criminal charges in the country's wave of massive anti-government demonstrations.

Reid hopes to speed Senate consideration on budget

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 05:37 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY., right, the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, listens during a news conference on budget, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he'll meet with his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell to discuss whether they can speed things up in the Senate and move on a budget agreement and a defense policy bill more quickly.

Chaos, gunbattles, hungry kids in C. African Rep.

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 05:22 AM PST

FOMAC troops , regional peacekeepers, evacuate Muslim clerics under a hail of fire from the St Jacques Church in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 12, 2013. An angry crowd had gathered outside the church following rumors that a Seleka general was inside. More than 500 people have been killed over the past week in sectarian fighting in Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — French troops backed by a helicopter traded fire with suspected rebels in a tense Bangui neighborhood on Friday, as France's military chief arrived in Central African Republic to see how his troops are doing trying to stabilize the lawless country.

Ukrainian opposition to go to presidential talks

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 04:35 AM PST

Pro-European Union activists guard barricades near the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, early Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Ukraine was thrown into crisis last month when President Viktor Yanukovych suddenly backed away from a long-awaited political and economic agreement with the European Union, deciding to focus instead on restoring trade ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A leader of the massive anti-government protests in Ukraine's capital says opposition members will attend roundtable talks with President Viktor Yanukovych in order to push their demands for early elections.

Huge crowds gather in hopes of seeing Mandela body

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 02:59 AM PST

Four year old girl Queen rests in the shade from waiting in line, seen in the reflection, with thousands of other people to pay respect to South Africa President Nelson Mandela laying in state the third and final day at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Tens of thousands of South African mourners waited in line on Friday to view the body of Nelson Mandela, which was lying in state for the third and final day, with the likelihood that many would be turned away before the casket is taken away later in the day.

North Korea executes leader's uncle as a traitor

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 02:43 AM PST

North Korean subway commuters gather around a public newspaper stand on the train platform in Pyongyang, North Korea on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 to read the headlines about Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle who was executed as a traitor. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday that it executed Kim Jong Un's uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader's former mentor, long considered the country's No. 2.
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