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Hacker pulls curtain back on NSA spy gear

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 11:47 AM PST

LONDON (AP) — A well-known privacy advocate has given the public an unusually explicit peek into the intelligence world's tool box, pulling back the curtain on the National Security Agency's arsenal of high-tech spy gear.

Six states selected for drone testing sites

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 08:59 AM PST

Unmanned dronesLAS VEGAS (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into U.S. skies.

New Hamphire considers pot sales

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 08:59 AM PST

In this Dec. 5, 2013, photo, Tyler, no last name given, inspects plants as they mature at the Medicine Man dispensary and grow operation in northeast Denver. As Colorado prepares to be the first in the nation to allow recreational pot sales, opening Jan. 1, hopeful retailers are investing their fortunes into the legal recreational pot world _ all for a chance to build even bigger ones in a fledgling industry that faces an uncertain future.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)State lawmakers will consider legalizing marijuana for recreational use.

Redskins fire coach Shanahan after 3-13 season

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 07:45 AM PST

In the rain, Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan leaves the field after an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Giants won the game 20-6. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Mike Shanahan's plan to restore order, professionalism and consistent success to the Washington Redskins disintegrated quickly in 2013, costing him his job Monday a day after the team finished a 3-13 season.

New euro member Latvia brings dirty money headache

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 07:45 AM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, newly minted Latvian Euro coins in are laid out for display in Riga, Latvia. When Latvia adopts the euro on Jan. 1, 2014 it will bring with it a banking sector that is swelling with suspicious money from Russia and the east - just as the currency bloc is trying to clamp down on such havens. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)RIGA, Latvia (AP) — When Latvia adopts the euro on Jan. 1, it will bring with it a banking sector that is swelling with suspicious money from Russia and the east — just as the currency bloc is trying to clamp down on such havens.

Schumacher critical, outlook uncertain after fall

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 05:09 AM PST

FILE - In this March 12, 2010 file photo Mercedes Grand Prix driver Michael Schumacher of Germany is pictured in the pits during the first practice session at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. Schumacher is being treated at a hospital in Grenoble after sustaining a head injury during a ski accident in Meribel, France. Doctors treating Michael Schumacher refused Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 to predict the outcome for the former Formula One driver, saying they were taking his very critical head injury GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Doctors treating Michael Schumacher refused Monday to predict an outcome for the former Formula One driver, saying they were taking his very critical head injury "hour by hour" following a skiing accident.

Doctor: Cannot predict Schumacher's fate

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:32 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 13, 2006 file photo, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher of Germany speeds down a course in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy. Schumacher is in this Italian Alps ski resort for the yearly meeting between Ferrari drivers and the press. French radio says retired Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has been injured in a skiing accident. RMC radio reported Sunday Dec. 29, 2013 that the seven-time champion had fallen while skiing off-piste at the French Alpine resort of Meribel. The radio quoted resort director Christophe Gernigon-Lecomte as saying that Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he fell and hit a rock. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Doctors say they cannot predict the outcome for Michael Schumacher, the retired Formula One driver who suffered a serious head injury in a ski accident.

Successive suicide bombings in Russia kill over 30

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:32 AM PST

An ambulance leaves the site of a trolleybus explosion in Volgograd, Russia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. The explosion left 10 people dead Monday, a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city's main railway. The explosions put the city on edge and highlighted the terrorist threat that Russia is facing as it prepares to host the Winter Games in February. Volgograd is about 650 kilometers (400 miles) northeast of Sochi, where the Olympics are to be held. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)The suicide bombers likely were from the same organization, officials said.

Russia: Bus explosion caused by suicide bomber

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:43 AM PST

An ambulance leaves the site of a trolleybus explosion in Volgograd, Russia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. The explosion left 10 people dead Monday, a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city's main railway. The explosions put the city on edge and highlighted the terrorist threat that Russia is facing as it prepares to host the Winter Games in February. Volgograd is about 650 kilometers (400 miles) northeast of Sochi, where the Olympics are to be held. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's main investigative agency says a Volgograd bus explosion was caused by a suicide bomber and officials raised the death toll to 14.

Uganda deploys troops to South Sudan amid unrest

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:28 AM PST

A young displaced girl starts crying after the relative she was with disappears into a row of latrines, at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Some 25,000 people live in two hastily arranged camps for the internally displaced in Juba and nearly 40,000 are in camps elsewhere in the country, two weeks after violence broke out in the capital and a spiralling series of ethnically-based attacks coursed through the nation, killing at least 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — An official says Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is in South Sudan to advance regional efforts to find a political solution to the country's crisis.

2nd blast in Volgograd kills at least 11

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:13 AM PST

An ambulance leaves the site of a trolleybus explosion in Volgograd, Russia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. The explosion left 10 people dead Monday, a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city's main railway. The explosions put the city on edge and highlighted the terrorist threat that Russia is facing as it prepares to host the Winter Games in February. Volgograd is about 650 kilometers (400 miles) northeast of Sochi, where the Olympics are to be held. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)MOSCOW (AP) — A bomb blast tore through an electric bus during the Monday morning rush hour in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, killing at least 11 people a day after a suicide bombing left at least 17 dead at the city's main railway station.

At least 10 killed in bus explosion in Volgograd

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:55 AM PST

An ambulance leaves the site of a trolleybus explosion in Volgograd, Russia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. The explosion left 10 people dead Monday, a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city's main railway. The explosions put the city on edge and highlighted the terrorist threat that Russia is facing as it prepares to host the Winter Games in February. Volgograd is about 650 kilometers (400 miles) northeast of Sochi, where the Olympics are to be held. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)MOSCOW (AP) — A bomb blast tore through a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd on Monday morning, killing at least 10 people a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city's main railway station.

Federal health care sign-ups pass 1 million mark

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:47 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2013 file photo, Lisa Donlea, left, and Susan Roberts, a certified enrollment officer, celebrate after working on Donlea's federal health insurance exchange enrollment online for one hour and 47 minutes in Laguna Beach, Calif. The Obama administration says following a December surge, more than 1.1 million people have now enrolled for health insurance through the federal government's improved website. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Cindy Yamanaka, File)HONOLULU (AP) — The Obama administration says its rehabilitated health insurance website has seen a December surge in customer sign-ups, pushing enrollment past the 1 million mark.

Second blast in Russia's Volgograd kills 10 on trolleybus

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:47 AM PST

Members of the emergency services work at the site of a bomb blast on a trolleybus in VolgogradThe attack raises fears of further violence as Russia prepares to host the Winter Olympics.

AP PHOTOS: A look at a milestone day for the NFL

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 10:41 PM PST

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (88) dives for the end zone and a touchdown past Cleveland Browns cornerback Leon McFadden (29) after catching a pass in the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Don Wright)Playoff hopes were on the line on the final day of NFL regular season play.

Antarctic blizzard halts icebreaker's bid to rescue stranded ship

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 10:41 PM PST

Barbara Tucker, a passenger aboard the trapped ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy looks at an Adelie penguin walking by on the ice off East AntarcticaThe Aurora Australis had to return to open waters about 18 nautical miles from the stranded Akademik Shokalskiy because of poor visibility.

At least 10 killed in bus explosion Volgograd

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 10:41 PM PST

In this photo taken on a cell phone, made available by Volgograd Mayor's Office, bodies lie at an entrance to Volgograd railway station, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. More then a dozen people were killed and scores were wounded Sunday by a suicide bomber at a railway station in southern Russia, officials said, heightening concern about terrorism ahead of February's Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. (AP Photo/Nikita Baryshev,Volgograd Mayor's Office Handout)Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry says at least 10 people have been killed in a bus explosion in Volgograd, a day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at a railway station in the city.

Secret Service arrested robbery suspect in 2010

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 05:15 PM PST

Stauffer Presser, center, reacts on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, as FBI Special Agent in Charge Danile McMullen announces they believe the bank robber who killed her husband, Sgt. Gale Stuaffer on Monday, was killed attempting another bank robbery in Phoniex, Ariz., on Saturday in Tupelo, Miss. (AP Photo/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Thomas Wells) MANDATORY CREDITPHOENIX (AP) — The Secret Service says a man suspected in bank robberies in Mississippi and Phoenix over the last week was arrested in 2010 after making online threats against the president.

Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 04:29 PM PST

The National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland, as seen from the air on January 29, 2010LONDON (AP) — A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency's hacking unit Sunday, reporting that American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and even hijack Microsoft's internal reporting system to spy on their targets.
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