samedi 21 décembre 2013

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NASA astronauts tackle urgent spacewalking repairs

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:24 PM PST

In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronaut Rick Mastracchio performs a space walk outside the International Space Station on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins ventured out of the station to try to revive a crippled cooling line. (AP Photo/NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts removed an old space station pump Saturday, sailing through the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks to revive a crippled cooling line.

Online shopping popular, but won't save season

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:24 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2013 file photo, Erin Pruitt, left, and Carolyn Pruitt, right, browse through coats during Black Friday shopping at Macy's in Chicago. Online sales have surged 25 percent so far this holiday season as Wal-Mart, Macy's and other retailers improved their web sites and prices to better compete with their online nemesis Amazon.com. Still, it's estimated that for every $9 shoppers spend in physical stores during the season, they'll only spend $1 online, according to research firm comScore. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, File)ATLANTA (AP) — More Americans are deciding to shop online this holiday season instead of heading to crowded stores.

Obama stresses economic issues in China envoy pick

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:38 AM PST

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., walks to a Democratic Caucus lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Baucus, who announced earlier this year that he would not seek re-election, is President Barack Obama's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to China. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Making Sen. Max Baucus the next ambassador to China reflects the importance the U.S. places on advancing its economic relationship with Beijing despite recent strains on security issues.

San Francisco transit, union leaders reach deal

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:38 AM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit officials and labor union leaders announced a new deal early Saturday, saying the final issue in their ongoing dispute has been resolved.

India says US ties 'very strong' as it seeks to cool maid row

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:36 AM PST

Salman Khurshid addresses a press conference in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi on November 12, 2013India sought to tamp down Saturday a furore over the arrest and strip-search of one of its diplomats in New York, insisting the episode should not be allowed to derail "strong" ties with the United States. Foreign minister Salman Khurshid said a dialogue with Washington was under way to defuse the crisis sparked by the 48-hour detention of deputy consular general Devyani Khobragade on December 12. Our mutual relations are very strong," Khurshid told reporters in New Delhi. At the same time, Khurshid warned that the United States "must understand the value of (their) partnership".

APNewsBreak: UN helicopter hit, downed in S. Sudan

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 08:16 AM PST

In this photo released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), U.N. peacekeepers salute during a memorial service for their two colleagues who were killed on Thursday, in the UNMISS compound in Juba, South Sudan Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. The U.N. peacekeeping mission strongly condemned the unprovoked attack on a U.N. base in Akobo in Jonglei state, near the Ethiopian border, on Thursday that killed two Indian peacekeepers and injured a third. (AP Photo/UNMISS)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two officials have told The Associated Press that a U.N. helicopter trying to evacuate peacekeepers and civilians was fired on and sustained significant damage on Friday in the same restive South Sudan state where a U.S. helicopter was hit Saturday.

Obama focuses on a tough year's ups, not its downs

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 07:44 AM PST

President Barack Obama smiles as he prepares to answer a question during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. Obama will depart later for his home state of Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation trip. It's the first time in his presidency that his departure plans have not been delayed by legislative action in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the fifth year of his presidency been its worst? President Barack Obama laughs off such questions even as he acknowledges many months of frustrating ups and down.

US military aircraft hit in S. Sudan, 4 wounded

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:58 AM PST

In this photo released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), U.N. peacekeepers salute during a memorial service for their two colleagues who were killed on Thursday, in the UNMISS compound in Juba, South Sudan Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. The U.N. peacekeeping mission strongly condemned the unprovoked attack on a U.N. base in Akobo in Jonglei state, near the Ethiopian border, on Thursday that killed two Indian peacekeepers and injured a third. (AP Photo/UNMISS)KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rebel gunfire hit a U.S. military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens caught in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became a battle ground between the country's military and renegade troops, officials said. Four U.S. service members were wounded.

Obama skips out of Washington for Hawaii vacation

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:26 AM PST

President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama, left, along with their daughter Sasha, center back, disembark Air Force One after arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for their family Christmas vacation, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Honolulu. The first family will be spending their vacation in Hawaii and return to Washington on Jan. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has begun his annual winter vacation in Hawaii.

NASA astronauts begin urgent spacewalking repairs

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 04:54 AM PST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts have stepped out on the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks at the International Space Station.

Things you didn't know about reindeer

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 03:52 AM PST

In this March 2013 photo, A Sami handler in traditional clothing holds two of his herd in Saariselka, Finnish Lapland. Reindeer are featured on Christmas cards and in movies worldwide this time of year, galloping across the sky with Santa's sleigh in tow. But on Europe's northern fringe, the migratory mammals are part of everyday life all year round as they roam the fells of Lapland - the Arctic homeland of the indigenous Sami people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and northwest Russia. (AP Photo/ David McDougall)HELSINKI (AP) — Reindeer are featured on Christmas cards and in movies worldwide this time of year, galloping across the sky with Santa's sleigh in tow.

US holiday travelers brace for foul, wet weather

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 01:32 AM PST

Passengers line up at ticket counters inside Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. A local weather forecast predicts rain will continue Friday with some light freezing drizzle, with a chance of rain and sleet Saturday morning, turning to snow and sleet in the afternoon. A stew of foul weather, ranging from freezing rain and snow in the Midwest to thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the South, is arriving just in time for one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)CHICAGO (AP) — Freezing rain. Snow. Thunderstorms. Even tornadoes. Much of the nation braced for foul weather on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, as a wet winter storm created travel worries from Chicago and Detroit to Boston and New York.

Widow gets remains of soldier lost in Korean War

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 11:41 PM PST

Clara Gantt, the 94-year-old widow of U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Gantt, weeps in front of her her husband's casket after it was lowered from the plane, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 in Los Angeles. Sixty-three years after Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph E. Gantt went missing in action during the Korean War, his remains were returned to his 94-year-old widow in a solemn ceremony at Los Angeles International Airport before dawn Friday. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Andrew Renneisen, Pool)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph E. Gantt went off to war 63 years ago, leaving behind a wife who never gave up on his return.

Gay couples wed in Utah after judge overturns ban

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 10:10 PM PST

Laurie Wood, left, and Kody Partridge, kiss after being told they are officially married by the Rev. Curtis L. Price in the lobby of the Salt Lake County offices, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Salt Lake City. A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that marks a drastic shift toward gay marriage in a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Scott Sommerdorf)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that marks a drastic shift toward gay marriage in a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.

Foul weather threatens to snarl US holiday travel

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 08:39 PM PST

Passengers wait in the security line at Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. A local weather forecast predicts rain will continue Friday with some light freezing drizzle, with a chance of rain and sleet Saturday morning, turning to snow and sleet in the afternoon. A stew of foul weather, ranging from freezing rain and snow in the Midwest to thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the South, is arriving just in time for one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)ST. LOUIS (AP) — Holiday travelers in the Midwest and parts East and South were keeping a leery eye Friday on a band of foul weather stretching across the nation's midsection that was threatening to mar the opening weekend of one of the year's busiest travel periods.

Report: NSA arranged secret $10M deal

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 07:05 PM PST

A National Security Agency (NSA) data gathering facility is seen in Bluffdale, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Salt Lake City, Utah, December 16, 2013. The U.S. government's collection of massive amounts of data about telephone calls, a program revealed in June after leaks by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, is likely unlawful, a judge ruled on Monday. Jim Urquhart/REUTERS (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)The alleged agreement with RSA shows one way the agency carried out a key surveillance plan.

Weary Obama seeks Hawaii sun's waking touch

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 05:17 PM PST

US President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia walk to Marine One prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on December 20, 2013Washington (AFP) - A weary Barack Obama, eyelids heavy, predicted Friday that the restorative power of sleep and the sunshine of his native Hawaii would restore his wilting fortunes after a bleak year.

Obama puts a rosy spin on rough presidential year

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 05:17 PM PST

President Barack Obama smiles as he prepares to answer a question during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. Obama will depart later for his home state of Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation trip. It's the first time in his presidency that his departure plans have not been delayed by legislative action in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — Putting a rosy spin on a difficult year, President Barack Obama acknowledged frustrating "ups and downs" on Friday but exulted that the improving economy is creating new jobs and claimed crucial progress for his troubled health care overhaul. He predicted 2014 would be "a breakthrough year for America."

Same-sex couples in Utah getting marriage licenses

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 03:39 PM PST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A county clerk's office in Utah is issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, just hours after a federal judge struck down Utah's ban on gay marriages.

Judge strikes down Utah's same-sex marriage ban

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 01:51 PM PST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban, saying it is unconstitutional.

Vienna Philharmonic strips ex-Nazis of honors

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 01:51 PM PST

VIENNA (AP) — The famed Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has quietly stripped six former senior Nazi officials of honors awarded them — a late act of contrition for its embrace of the Hitler era that included purging Jewish members from its ranks.
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