| US-China: Talks but no consensus on air zone row Posted: 04 Dec 2013 01:05 PM PST  BEIJING (AP) — In candid, face-to-face talks, Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping traded arguments Wednesday over China's contentious new air defense zone, with no consensus about how to defuse an issue that's raising anxieties across Asia and beyond.
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| Services send mystery boxes of socks, sex toys Posted: 04 Dec 2013 12:47 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Sex toys. French films. Star Wars action figures. Erotic photos.
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| LA airport shooting suspect appears in court Posted: 04 Dec 2013 12:01 PM PST  RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding three others during a rampage at Los Angeles International Airport has appeared in court with bruises on his face and a bandage on his neck.
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| 'Keep everyone down ... away from the windows' Posted: 04 Dec 2013 11:29 AM PST  Newtown 911 recordings: Chaos in an impossible situation.
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| Could your ancestors be Denisovans? Compelling DNA findings Posted: 04 Dec 2013 10:57 AM PST  The oldest known human DNA found yet reveals human evolution was even more confusing than thought, researchers say. These new findings could shed light on a mysterious extinct branch of humanity known as Denisovans, who were close relatives of Neanderthals, scientists added. Although modern humans are the only surviving human lineage, others once strode the Earth. These included Neanderthals, the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, and the relatively newfound Denisovans, who are thought to have lived in a vast expanse from Siberia to Southeast Asia.
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| Walker died of trauma, thermal injury, says coroner; movie shoot shut down Posted: 04 Dec 2013 10:41 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Paul Walker, best known for his roles in the "Fast & Furious" action films, died from "combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries" in a car accident, the Los Angeles County coroner said on Wednesday. Walker, 40, was a passenger in a fiery one-car crash on Saturday in Santa Clarita, California, about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Los Angeles. The driver of the Porsche Carrera GT, Roger Rodas, died of multiple traumatic injuries, the coroner said. ...
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| Better pay for U.S. teachers might help improve student scores Posted: 04 Dec 2013 10:23 AM PST  America's lackluster performance on international math, reading and science tests released Tuesday has rekindled the debate over the status and pay of U.S. teachers.
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| Boxing champ turns opposition leader in Ukraine Posted: 04 Dec 2013 10:07 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Towering over his fellow protest leaders, reigning world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko has emerged as Ukraine's most popular opposition figure and has ambitions to become its next president.
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| Dozens of whales beached in Everglades National Park in Florida Posted: 04 Dec 2013 09:48 AM PST  By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - Dozens of whales were beached in the Everglades National Park in southwest Florida, and rangers and wildlife workers were trying to keep the animals stable until the tide rose enough to allow them to return to sea, a park spokeswoman said on Wednesday. About 30 whales were stranded in shallow water, and 10 more were on the shore, in a remote park of the Everglades near the Gulf of Mexico when the pod was first sighted Tuesday, park spokeswoman Linda Friar said. The animals were believed to be short-finned pilot whales, typically found in deep water in tropical and temperate areas. "Pilot whales are common stranders.
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| UN, Mexico: Truck with radioactive load stolen Posted: 04 Dec 2013 09:11 AM PST VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — A cargo truck hauling used medical equipment with extremely dangerous radioactive material was stolen from a gas station in central Mexico, and authorities have put out an alert in six central states and the capital to find it, Mexican and U.N. nuclear officials said Wednesday. |
| Obama: Income inequality a defining challenge Posted: 04 Dec 2013 08:55 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the income gap between America's rich and poor is a "defining challenge of our time."
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| 'Extremely dangerous' radioactive theft in Mexico: UN atomic agency Posted: 04 Dec 2013 08:38 AM PST  The vehicle was transporting a "teletherapy source" containing cobalt-60 from a hospital.
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| Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson admits cocaine use Posted: 04 Dec 2013 08:22 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has admitted in a U.K. court that she has taken cocaine a handful of times. But she denied habitually using illegal drugs and accused her ex-husband of spreading that allegation to savage her reputation.
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| Kerry to present security plan in Mideast visit Posted: 04 Dec 2013 07:51 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry will present the outlines of a West Bank security plan in meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders this week, stepping up American involvement in hopes of reviving faltering Mideast peace efforts, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
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| Cold snap felt across Rockies, Midwest Posted: 04 Dec 2013 07:20 AM PST  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A wintry storm pushing through the Rockies and Midwest is bringing bitterly cold temperatures and treacherous driving conditions blamed in at least six deaths as it threatens crops as far south as California.
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| Strain over security zone evident in Biden talks Posted: 04 Dec 2013 06:31 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — In a sharp rebuff to the United States, China accused Washington on Wednesday of taking Japan's side in a tense clash over disputed islands in the East China Sea, underscoring rising regional friction as visiting Vice President Joe Biden met with Beijing's leaders.
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| Lawyer: Engineer in 'daze' before NYC train crash Posted: 04 Dec 2013 06:15 AM PST  YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — An engineer whose speeding commuter train ran off the rails along a curve, killing four people, experienced a hypnotic-like "daze" and nodded at the controls before suddenly realizing something was wrong and hitting the brakes, a lawyer said.
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| Nigella says Saatchi threatened to destroy her Posted: 04 Dec 2013 05:59 AM PST LONDON (AP) — Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, testifying Wednesday in the fraud trial of two former assistants, denied using illegal drugs and accused her ex-husband of spreading the allegation to savage her reputation. |
| Biden: US-China ties hinge on trust, good motives Posted: 04 Dec 2013 05:25 AM PST BEIJING (AP) — Emerging from a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that U.S.-China relations depend on trust and a positive notion of each other's motives. Neither leader made public mention of a major clash over disputed airspace that's pitted China against the U.S. and its Asian allies. |
| Egypt's antiquities fall victim to political chaos Posted: 04 Dec 2013 05:09 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — The century-old home of Egypt's mummies and King Tutankhamun's treasures is trying to make the best out of the worst times of political turmoil. But the Egyptian Museum is taking a hammering on multiple levels, from riots on its doorstep to funding so meager it can't keep up paper clip supplies for its staff.
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| Biden: US-China ties rely on trust, good motives Posted: 04 Dec 2013 04:54 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — Emerging from a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that U.S.-China relations depend on trust and a positive notion of each other's motives. Neither leader made public mention of a major clash over disputed airspace that's pitted China against the U.S. and its Asian allies.
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| 'Dangerous' radioactive material stolen in Mexico truck: IAEA Posted: 04 Dec 2013 04:23 AM PST  Thieves have made off with a truck in Mexico carrying a dangerous radioactive material used in medical treatments, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear body, did not give details on how much of the radioactive source, cobalt-60, was in the truck at the time. Cobalt-60 can potentially also be used to make a so-called "dirty bomb", where conventional explosives are used to disperse radiation from a radioactive source. But the IAEA made no mention of this in its statement.
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| News from North Korea, but is it true? Posted: 04 Dec 2013 03:52 AM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It's intriguing news: the claim by South Korea's spy agency that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un probably sacked the country's second-most-powerful official — his uncle. But the first question is, is it true?
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| Hezbollah commander killed outside home in Lebanon Posted: 04 Dec 2013 03:21 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen shot dead a senior Hezbollah commander outside his home Wednesday in southern Beirut, an attack that the Iranian-backed group quickly blamed on arch-enemy Israel. Israeli officials denied any involvement.
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| Mandela putting up 'courageous fight' Posted: 04 Dec 2013 03:05 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela is not "doing well" but is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his "deathbed," members of his family have told the South African Broadcasting Corporation in an interview.
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