| Ethnic violence spreads in South Sudan Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:02 PM PST  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Less than three years after its creation, the world's newest country is beginning to fracture along ethnic lines in violence that has killed hundreds of people. What could come next, some warn, is ethnic cleansing.
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| Egypt rights center raided, 2 Mubaraks acquitted Posted: 19 Dec 2013 11:36 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed authorities on Thursday stepped up their crackdown on the liberal icons of the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, with security forces storming the headquarters of a rights group and arresting six activists, including a prominent youth organizer.
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| Goldstein, publisher of Screw magazine, dies in NY Posted: 19 Dec 2013 09:59 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Al Goldstein, the bearded, bird-flipping publisher of Screw magazine who smashed down legal barriers against pornography and raged against politicians, organized religion and anything that even suggested good taste, died Thursday, according to a friend. He was 77.
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| Man who shot woman on porch will face murder trial Posted: 19 Dec 2013 09:10 AM PST  DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area man who fatally shot a drunk, unarmed woman on his porch will stand trial for second-degree murder, a judge said Thursday, rejecting a self-defense argument for the killer's "bad choice."
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| Overhaul website problems may trigger price hikes Posted: 19 Dec 2013 06:54 AM PST  Problems with the government's main health care overhaul website carry a bigger risk than frequent crashes: Higher prices could follow for many Americans if technical troubles scare off young people.
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| Europe launches satellite to map 1 billion stars Posted: 19 Dec 2013 05:49 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency launched its star-surveying satellite Gaia into space Thursday, hoping to produce the most accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way and to better understand the evolution of our galaxy.
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| Funds to allow blind NYer to keep aging guide dog Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:44 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Enough donations have been raised to allow a blind man to keep the aging guide dog that went onto the subway tracks with him when the man lost consciousness and fell from a station platform, officials say.
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| Rodman in NKorea to prep for game on leader's Bday Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:44 AM PST  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Thursday to meet leader Kim Jong Un and put the finishing touches on plans to bring 12 ex-NBA players to Pyongyang for a Jan. 8 exhibition game marking the leader's birthday. Rodman said the game is on track despite the recent execution of Kim's uncle in a dramatic political purge.
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| Indian official: Maid tried to blackmail diplomat Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:33 AM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian diplomat who was arrested in New York City and accused of paying her housekeeper about $3 dollars an hour had accused the woman of blackmail over the summer, an Indian official said Thursday.
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| White House task force urges limit on NSA snooping Posted: 19 Dec 2013 12:45 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential advisory panel has recommended sweeping changes to government surveillance programs, including limiting the bulk collection of Americans' phone records by stripping the National Security Agency of its ability to store that data in its own facilities. Court orders would be required before the information could be searched.
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| Target customers hit by major credit card attack Posted: 18 Dec 2013 09:48 PM PST  (Reuters) - Payment card data was stolen from an unknown number of Target Corp customers starting on the busy Black Friday weekend in a major breach at the U.S. retailer, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Secret Service is investigating, according to a spokesman for the agency, which safeguards the nation's payment systems. Target officials did not respond to requests for comment. Investigators believe the data was obtained via software installed on machines that customers use to swipe magnetic strips on their cards when paying for merchandise at Target stores, according to the person who was not authorized to discuss the matter and declined to provide further details.
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| Late run lifts Heat past Pacers 97-94 in showdown Posted: 18 Dec 2013 07:56 PM PST  MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade scored 32 points, Ray Allen hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with just under a minute left and the Miami Heat erased a 15-point deficit in the second half to beat the Indiana Pacers 97-94 on Wednesday night.
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| Patriarch off 'Duck Dynasty' after gay comments Posted: 18 Dec 2013 07:17 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson is off the hit A&E reality series indefinitely after disparaging gays as sinners akin to adulterers and swindlers, the network said.
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| 'Walking Dead' creator sues AMC over profits Posted: 18 Dec 2013 07:17 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The creator of "The Walking Dead" is suing AMC over what he claims is an effort to deny him tens of millions of dollars in profit from the hit drama.
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| Higher blood pressure threshold OK in older adults Posted: 18 Dec 2013 06:30 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — Many older adults with high blood pressure can be treated less aggressively, which could mean taking fewer pills to get it under control, according to new treatment guidelines from an expert panel. But not all experts are on board with the advice — including the federal agency that appointed the group. |
| Witness describes car crash before woman was shot Posted: 18 Dec 2013 04:28 PM PST  DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A young, drunk woman fatally shot on a man's porch in suburban Detroit was hurt, scared and confused a few hours earlier when she crashed her vehicle into a parked car, a witness testified Wednesday.
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| Bipartisan budget agreement clears Congress Posted: 18 Dec 2013 03:10 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation Wednesday scaling back across-the-board cuts on programs ranging from the Pentagon to the national park system, adding a late dusting of bipartisanship to a year more likely to be remembered for a partial government shutdown and near-perpetual gridlock.
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| Senate passes budget deal Posted: 18 Dec 2013 02:24 PM PST  Washington (AFP) - The Senate passed a bipartisan two-year budget accord on Wednesday, signaling greater US fiscal stability in the year ahead and reducing the likelihood of a government shutdown in January.
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| Ga. woman has 1 of 2 winning lottery tickets Posted: 18 Dec 2013 02:08 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia woman who bought just one ticket and used family birthdays and lucky No. 7 to choose her numbers was one of two winners of the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, the second-largest in U.S. history.
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| Govt: 500 killed in South Sudan violence Posted: 18 Dec 2013 02:08 PM PST  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At least 500 people, most of them soldiers, have been killed in South Sudan since Sunday, a senior government official said, as an ethnic rivalry threatened to tear apart the world's newest country.
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| Task force urges limit on NSA snooping Posted: 18 Dec 2013 01:06 PM PST  One proposal says the collection of phone records should be stored by telephone companies, not the NSA.
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