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Another headache for Christie: Class-action lawsuit

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 12:30 PM PST

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gives a news conference in TrentonBy Andrew Longstreth NEW YORK (Reuters) - As if he did not have enough headaches, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is facing a potential class-action lawsuit arising from the monster traffic jams his aides are accused of creating, although experts question the strength of the case. A personal injury lawyer from Fort Lee, New Jersey, filed the case in federal court on behalf of six local residents who missed work or suffered other alleged damages due to the traffic jam last September. Many more people could join the plaintiffs if the court allows the case to become a class action. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday, a day after New Jersey officials released emails that appeared to show the Republican governor's staff plotting a massive traffic jam in September, seemingly to retaliate against the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing Christie's re-election campaign.

Entrepreneur: Boost Calif. wages to $12-an-hour

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 11:02 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 1997 file photo, Ron Unz, poses inside the Las Families Del Pueblo child care center in Los Angeles. Unz, a Silicon Valley multimillionaire and registered Republican who once ran for governor and, briefly, U.S. Senate, wants state voters to endorse the wage jump that he predicts would nourish the economy and lift low-paid workers from dependency on food stamps and other assistance bankrolled by taxpayers. Two decades ago, Unz tried to unseat then-Gov. Pete Wilson, a fellow Republican. After a long break on the political sidelines, Unz's reappearance has startled members of both major parties, and his proposal, if it goes to voters in November, could unsettle races from governor to Congress. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrats across the nation are eager to make increasing the minimum wage a defining campaign issue in 2014, but in California a proposal to boost the pay rate to $12 an hour is coming from a different point on the political compass.

Ariel Sharon, former Israeli PM, dies at 85

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 08:58 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday Feb. 7, 2001 file photo, Ariel Sharon, then Israel's Prime Minister-elect, looks up as he touches Judaism holiest site, the Western Wall, in Jerusalem. The son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says his father has died on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. The 85-year-old Sharon had been in a coma since a debilitating stroke eight years ago. His son Gilad Sharon said: JERUSALEM (AP) — Ariel Sharon, the hard-charging Israeli general and prime minister who was admired and hated for his battlefield exploits and ambitions to reshape the Middle East, died Saturday, eight years after a stroke left him in a coma from which he never awoke. He was 85.

Africa sees violent, deadly start to 2014

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 07:42 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 file photo, Muslim men organized in militias with machetes rough up a Christian man while checking him for weapons in the Miskine neighbourhood of Bangui, Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome. One estimate says nearly 10,000 people have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare, while in neighboring Central African Republic combatants in Muslim-vs.-Christian battles have beheaded children.

Franklin announced as next coach at Penn State

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 06:56 AM PST

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has hired James Franklin as its next head coach.

Fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in SW China

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 06:28 AM PST

A firefighter works on a roof of a wooden building while a fire ravages ancient Dukezong town in Shangri-la county, in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Saturday Jan. 11, 2014. The 10-hour inferno has razed the ancient Tibetan town in the province that's popular with tourists. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTBEIJING (AP) — A fire that raged for nearly 10 hours Saturday razed an ancient Tibetan town in southwest China that's popular with tourists, burning down hundreds of buildings as fire engines were unable to get onto the narrow streets, state media and witnesses said.

Comments by world leaders about Ariel Sharon

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 05:24 AM PST

JERUSALEM (AP) — "The only one left is Sharon." — Then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, hailing Sharon in 2005 as the only Israeli leader who could deliver peace with the Palestinians.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon dies at 85

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 05:10 AM PST

FILE - In this Sunday May 16, 2004 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pauses during a news conference in his Jerusalem office regarding education reform. Israeli media outlets are reporting that Sharon has died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 at the age of 85. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)Ariel Sharon has been in a coma since a debilitating stroke eight years ago.

W.Va. residents still waiting for tap water

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 04:40 AM PST

Workers pump 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, a foaming agent used in the coal preparation process, out of a 48,000-gallon tank at Freedom Industries, a chemical storage facility, in Charleston, W.Va., on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. The White House has issued a federal disaster declaration in West Virginia, where a chemical spill that may have contaminated tap water has led officials to tell at least 300,000 people not to bathe, brush their teeth or wash their clothes. The West Virginia National Guard planned to distribute bottled drinking water to emergency services agencies in the nine affected counties. About 100,000 water customers, or 300,000 people total, were affected, state officials said. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert)A company president apologized for a chemical leak that got into a public water treatment system.

On jobs, Obama calls 2014 'a year of action'

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 03:38 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami. Employers added a scant 74,000 jobs in December after averaging 214,000 in the previous four months. The Labor Department said Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, that the unemployment rate fell from 7 percent in November to 6.7 percent, its lowest level since October 2008. But the drop occurred mostly because many Americans stopped looking for jobs. Once people without jobs stop looking for one, the government no longer counts them as unemployed. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling 2014 "a year of action" for creating jobs and economic opportunities for American families.

Night fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in China

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 01:35 AM PST

A firefighter works on a roof of a wooden building while a fire ravages ancient Dukezong town in Shangri-la county, in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Saturday Jan. 11, 2014. The 10-hour inferno has razed the ancient Tibetan town in the province that's popular with tourists. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTThe inferno that raged for 10 hours early Saturday in China's southwest Yunnan province.

Low expectations for Syrian peace talks

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 12:34 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2013, file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. In its last-ditch attempt to get moderate Syrian opposition groups to the negotiating table, the Obama administration faces the prospect that a no-show wouldn't be such a bad thing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — In its last-ditch attempt to get moderate Syrian opposition groups to the negotiating table, the Obama administration faces the prospect that a no-show wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Nets beat Heat in 2 OTs for 5th straight win

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 11:00 PM PST

Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) walks toward the bench during a timeout in the first half of an NBA basketball game as Brooklyn Nets' Jason Terry (31) gestures to the crowd on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)NEW YORK (AP) — Shaun Livingston was flying all over the court. LeBron James could only sit and watch.

Court upholds approval of BP oil spill settlement

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 07:43 PM PST

FILE - This image made from video released by British Petroleum (BP PLC) early Saturday morning, May 29, 2010 shows drilling mud escaping from the broken pipe on the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Over BP's objections, a federal appeals court on Friday Jan. 10, 2014, upheld a judge's approval of the company's multibillion-dollar settlement with lawyers for businesses and residents who claim the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Over BP's objections, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's approval of the company's multibillion-dollar settlement with lawyers for businesses and residents who claim the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money.

Damage-control worries followed NJ lane closings

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 05:53 PM PST

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie leaves City Hall Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in Fort Lee, N.J. Christie traveled to Fort Lee to apologize in person to Mayor Mark Sokolich. Moving quickly to contain a widening political scandal, Christie fired one of his top aides Thursday and apologized repeatedly for the TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Officials squabbled over media leaks and worried about bad publicity in the days after lane closings near the George Washington Bridge caused huge traffic jams that now appear to have been politically orchestrated by members of Gov. Chris Christie's administration, documents released Friday show.

UNC still dealing with 3 years of academic scandal

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 05:21 PM PST

North Carolina coach Roy Williams watches from the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Miami in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. Miami won 63-57. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has been in an academic crisis mode for more than three years.

Gadget Watch: iPhone case lets you see heat

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 04:19 PM PST

The FLIR ONE thermal imager for the iPhone is demonstrated at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in Las Vegas. The imager attaches to the back of an iPhone 5 or 5s and translates heat data into color images on the phone's screen. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Remember the alien with heat vision in the movie "Predator"? You, too, can now stalk people in the jungle by their heat signatures — or check your home's insulation for leaks, whichever is most useful to you.

Air Force drug probe grows to 10 officers

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 04:03 PM PST

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with airmen of the 20th Air Force 90th Missile Wing during a trip to F.E. Warren Air Force Base on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 in Cheyenne, Wyo. It was the first time since 1982 that a defense secretary has visited the nuclear missile base. (AP Photo/Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Blaine McCartney)WASHINGTON (AP) — An Air Force investigation into alleged drug use in the ranks has expanded to include 10 officers at six bases in the U.S. and Britain.

Surprisingly weak jobs report puzzles economists

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami. Employers added a scant 74,000 jobs in December after averaging 214,000 in the previous four months. The Labor Department said Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, that the unemployment rate fell from 7 percent in November to 6.7 percent, its lowest level since October 2008. But the drop occurred mostly because many Americans stopped looking for jobs. Once people without jobs stop looking for one, the government no longer counts them as unemployed. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — It came as a shock: U.S. employers added just 74,000 jobs in December, far fewer than anyone expected. This from an economy that had been adding nearly three times as many for four straight months — a key reason the Federal Reserve decided last month to slow its economic stimulus.

Massive Target breach could have lasting effects

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, a passer-by walks near an entrance to a Target retail store in Watertown, Mass. Target says that personal information — including phone numbers and email and mailing addresses — was stolen from as many as 70 million customers in its pre-Christmas data breach. That was substantially more customers than Target had previously said were affected. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Fallout from Target's pre-Christmas security breach is likely to affect the company's sales and profits well into the new year.

Taliban talks going nowhere despite secret meets

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 01:11 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004 file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, accompanied by the presidential candidate and regional commander General Abdul Rashid Dostum applaud during his visit to Shiberghan, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) northwest of the capital Kabul. Secret contacts are again reported to be underway for an Afghanistan peace deal, but neither analysts nor the belligerents see hope they will succeed. Many wonder whether Karzai even wants a peace deal before the April election. He is ineligible for a third term, and stalling until he is out of office would punt the tough decisions to his successor. And the Taliban still needs to prove it can be trusted not to exact revenge for alleged atrocities by Afghan leaders. The ill-feeling resonates in the case of Rashid Dostum, an Uzbek warlord who the Taliban, as well as Western human rights organizations, accuses of killing thousands of surrendering Taliban during the U.S.-led 2001 invasion. Dostum is running for vice president in the election.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Secret contacts are again reported to be underway for an Afghanistan peace deal, but neither analysts nor the insurgents see hope they will succeed.
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