| Christie takes oath amid scandal, touts mandate Posted: 21 Jan 2014 12:47 PM PST  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie sought to turn back the clock as he was sworn into a second term Tuesday, saying voters gave him a mandate in November to "stay the course" and put aside partisan differences, even as Democrats ramped up an investigation into whether his administration abused its power.
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| Another snowstorm hits the urban Northeast Posted: 21 Jan 2014 12:47 PM PST  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A swirling storm with a potential for more than a foot of snow clobbered the mid-Atlantic and the urban Northeast on Tuesday, grounding thousands of flights, closing government offices in the nation's capital and giving students another day off from school.
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| Pope tells global elite at Davos forum: Prioritize poverty Posted: 21 Jan 2014 12:47 PM PST  Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Pope Francis on Tuesday called on the world's political and business elite gathered in Davos to use their spirit of entrepreneurship to alleviate crushing global poverty. Ahead of the annual meeting of the global elite that ends Saturday, the charity Oxfam issued a report that said inequality had run so out of control, that the 85 richest people on the planet "own the wealth of half the world's population."
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| Russia, Iran criticize Tehran snub for Syria talks Posted: 21 Jan 2014 09:40 AM PST  GENEVA (AP) — Russia and Iran on Tuesday criticized the U.N. chief's decision to withdraw Tehran's invitation to join this week's peace conference on Syria, as diplomats said a new report on Syrian regime atrocities underscored the urgent need to try to end the country's brutal civil war.
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| Republican Sen. David Vitter will run for La. governor in 2015 Posted: 21 Jan 2014 09:17 AM PST  "This will be my last political job, elected or appointed," Vitter says. "Period."
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| 'Black widows' tied to decade of terror in Russia Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:22 AM PST  MOSCOW (AP) — The search for three women suspected of planning terrorist attacks at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics has raised one of Russia's most feared specters — the female suicide bombers known as "black widows." For more than a decade, women have committed many of Russia's worst terror attacks, downing airliners, blowing up subway cars and killing people going to a rock concert.
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| NJ Gov. Christie cancels party because of weather Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:29 AM PST  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie, who starts a second term with multiple investigations into his administration's tactics underway, will accentuate bipartisanship and diversity in his inaugural speech Tuesday.
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| Sex abuse files on 30 Chicago priests going public Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:05 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of pages of documents showing how the Archdiocese of Chicago handled the sexual abuse of children by priests will be made public Tuesday, providing the broadest look yet into the details of what the church knew and did — or didn't do — about the scandal.
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| Djokovic upset by Wawrinka in Aussie quarterfinals Posted: 21 Jan 2014 05:41 AM PST  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic has been upset in a dramatic five-setter against Stan Wawrinka in the Australian Open quarterfinals, ending his 25-match winning streak at Melbourne Park.
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| Car bomb hits Shiite suburb of Beirut, killing 4 Posted: 21 Jan 2014 04:49 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb ripped through a Shiite neighborhood in southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing four people and sending plumes of smoke over the area in the latest attack targeting supporters of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group.
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| Vatican monsignor arrested for money laundering Posted: 21 Jan 2014 04:17 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican monsignor already on trial for allegedly plotting to smuggle 20 million euros ($26 million) from Switzerland to Italy was arrested Tuesday in a separate case for allegedly using his Vatican bank accounts to launder money.
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| Car bomb hits Shiite suburb of Beirut, killing 2 Posted: 21 Jan 2014 03:17 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb ripped through a Shiite neighborhood in southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least two people and setting plumes of smoke over the area in the latest attack targeting supporters of the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon. |
| Sochi still scrambling to sell Olympic tickets Posted: 21 Jan 2014 03:17 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — What if they held an Olympics and nobody came?
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| Winter storm bears down on eastern U.S. Posted: 21 Jan 2014 01:58 AM PST  Another batch of heavy snow and frigid temperatures is forecast from Virginia to New England.
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| Iran, US, Europe start implementing nuclear deal Posted: 20 Jan 2014 11:54 PM PST  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran unplugged banks of centrifuges involved in its most sensitive uranium enrichment work on Monday, prompting the United States and European Union to partially lift economic sanctions as a landmark deal aimed at easing concerns over Iran's nuclear program went into effect.
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| Tested by scandal, Christie to be sworn in again Posted: 20 Jan 2014 11:54 PM PST TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A day of celebration at the start of Gov. Chris Christie's second term could be tempered by multiple investigations into traffic tie-ups that appear to have been ordered by his staff for political retribution. |
| Sister echoes apology of man held in North Korea Posted: 20 Jan 2014 10:52 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — The sister of an American missionary detained for more than a year in North Korea echoed her brother's apology to the nation for crimes he committed and his plea to the U.S. government to ramp up efforts to secure his release.
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| Cause of deadly Omaha plant explosion unknown Posted: 20 Jan 2014 10:52 PM PST  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After a blast caused much of an Omaha manufacturing plant to collapse, some workers found themselves buried in debris and others scrambled for their lives.
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| Bouchard, Li into Australian Open semifinals Posted: 20 Jan 2014 08:35 PM PST  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Eugenie Bouchard has reached the semifinals in her first trip to the Australian Open, beating 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 on Tuesday to set up a showdown with fourth-seeded Li Na.
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| Family of man held in NKorea worried, encouraged Posted: 20 Jan 2014 06:38 PM PST SEATTLE (AP) — The family of an American missionary held more than a year in North Korea was heartbroken and encouraged by a brief news conference in which Kenneth Bae, wearing a gray cap and inmate's uniform with the number 103 on his chest, apologized and said he committed anti-government acts. |
| Christie aide: Hoboken treated no differently Posted: 20 Jan 2014 06:06 PM PST  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's administration is continuing its push to show that Hoboken has not been treated differently than other cities in its efforts to gain Superstorm Sandy relief funding.
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| Comet-chasing probe sends signal to Earth Posted: 20 Jan 2014 05:08 PM PST  BERLIN (AP) — A comet-chasing space probe that has been in hibernation for almost three years has woken up and sent its first signal back to Earth.
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| Italian conductor Claudio Abbado dies at 80 Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:16 PM PST  ROME (AP) — Claudio Abbado, a star in the great generation of Italian conductors who was revered by musicians in the world's leading orchestras for developing a strong rapport with them while still allowing them their independence, died Monday. He was 80.
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| Deaths reported in Omaha feed plant explosion Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:16 PM PST  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha's fire chief said Monday that people have died in an explosion and partial building collapse at an animal feed processing plant, but he would not give a specific number of deaths.
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| Ban Ki-moon takes back Iran's invite to Syria peace talks Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:16 PM PST  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday withdrew an offer for Iran to attend Syria peace negotiations after Tehran declared it does not support the June 2012 political transition deal that is the basis for the talks. "He (Ban) continues to urge Iran to join the global consensus behind the Geneva communiqué," Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky said. "Given that it has chosen to remain outside that basic understanding, (Ban) has decided that the one-day Montreux gathering will proceed without Iran's participation." Ban said earlier that Iran's public statement that it did not support the 2012 Geneva deal calling for a transitional government for Syria was "not consistent" with assurances he had been given by Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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