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35 feared dead in Quebec retirement home fire

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 12:18 PM PST

An emergency worker walks past a sign that reads L'ISLE-VERTE, Quebec (AP) — Using steam to melt the ice, investigators searched the frozen-over ruins of a retirement home Friday for victims of a fire that left about 35 people feared dead and cast such a pall over the village of 1,500 that psychologists were sent door to door.

Former Va. Gov. McDonnell, wife plead not guilty

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 11:30 AM PST

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen arrive at the U.S. District Court in Richmond on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, for his and his wife Maureen's bond hearing and arraignment on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 on federal corruption charges. Federal prosecutors allege that the McDonnells accepted more than $165,000 worth of loans and gifts from Jonnie Williams, the former head of Star Scientific Inc. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley) MAGS OUTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges that they traded their influence for tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and loans, and both will be allowed to remain free until their trial.

Ex-Cowboy Brent gets 180 days in jail, probation

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 10:23 AM PST

Former Dallas Cowboys Josh Brent looks around in court during the penalty phase of the intoxication manslaughter trial in Dallas, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Brent was found guilty on Wednesday, of intoxication manslaughter and faces probation to 20 years for a fiery wreck that killed his teammate and close friend Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/LM Otero)DALLAS (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent was sentenced Friday to 180 days in jail and 10 years of probation for a drunken car crash that killed his friend and teammate, Jerry Brown.

Ex-Cowboy Brent given 180 days in jail for drunk driving death

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 10:03 AM PST

Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent enters the courtroom in Dallas, TexasDALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas jury sentenced former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent on Friday to 180 days in jail and 10 years probation for killing his teammate while driving drunk in December 2012. The same jury that convicted Brent, 25 earlier this week of intoxication manslaughter for the death of Jerry Brown Jr., could have sentenced him to as much as 20 years in jail. (Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza; Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Scott Malone)

Morning-after pill may not work in heavier women

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 09:08 AM PST

LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it has started a review of emergency contraceptives to see if they work less well in heavier women.

Toll of Syria's devastation: The war, in numbers

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 08:54 AM PST

In this picture taken on on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, a citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian residents and rescue workers check the rubble of houses damaged, according to AMC, attacked by the Syrian forces airplanes in Aleppo, Syria. AMC said the attack was by the Syrian forces airplanes. Direct talks planned between President Bashar Assad's government and the Western-backed opposition hoping to overthrow him were scrapped Friday, and the two sides will meet a U.N. mediator in different rooms at different times. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)GENEVA (AP) — DEAD: More than 130,000 people have been killed in Syria, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The U.N. has given up counting, saying it could no longer do so with any accuracy.

Ukraine president pledges government changes

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 08:54 AM PST

Protesters warm themselves behind the barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, early Friday Jan. 24, 2014. A top Ukrainian opposition leader on Thursday urged protesters to maintain a shaky cease-fire with police after at least two demonstrators were killed in clashes this week, but some in the crowd appeared defiant, jeering and chanting Amid widespread protests, Viktor Yanukovich offers major concessions to the opposition.

Ivory Coast pilots novel elephant rescue

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 07:01 AM PST

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 and distributed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, a tranquilized elephant is loaded onto a truck near the town of Daloa in western Ivory Coast. Conservationists are capturing and relocating elephants in Ivory Coast forced out of their traditional habitat by encroaching humans, in the first such operation attempted in Africa's forests. The International Fund for Animal Welfare this week began tranquilizing elephants outside the western town of Daloa, then locking them in a crate for the 10-hour drive to Assagny National Park on the southern coast. (AP Photo/IFAW)DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After being tranquilized and loaded onto trucks with cranes, elephants that have been squeezed out of their traditional habitat in Ivory Coast are being relocated by conservationists in what is reportedly the first such operation attempted in Africa's forests.

In Ukraine, protests resemble Medieval battle

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 06:37 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, Protesters clad in improvised protective gear prepare for a clash with police in central Kiev, Ukraine. Protesters in Kiev used improvised protective gear to protect themselves from stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas during clashes with police in central Kiev this week? After a night of vicious streets battles, anti-government protesters and police clashed anew Monday in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman, file)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The towering fleece hats and elaborate beards of Ukraine's 16th-century Cossacks are favored by many of the demonstrators on Kiev's main square, who have camped out in anti-government protests for nearly two months.

Ukrainian protesters occupy govt buildings in Kiev

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 06:29 AM PST

Riot police officers block a street in front of barricades of protesters at the monument to Viacheslav Chornovil, a prominent politician in Ukraine and a former Soviet political prisoner, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Protesters have seized a government building in the Ukrainian capital while also maintaining the siege of several governors' offices in the country's west, raising the pressure on the government. After meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday, opposition leaders told the crowds that he has promised to ensure the release of dozens of protesters detained after clashes with police and stop further detentions. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian protesters seized a government ministry in the capital and besieged several governors' offices in western regions Friday, raising the pressure on the country's Russia-leaning government. But President Viktor Yanukovych showed little willingness to negotiate, promoting his hawkish top aide to his chief-of-staff.

Boehner won't give up the smokes, wine to be president

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 05:46 AM PST

U.S. House Speaker Boehner speaks next to Representative Jenkins during a news conference at the Republican National Committee offices in WashingtonBURBANK, Calif. (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says he likes his life too much to run for president.

Hagel vows to get to bottom of nuke missile ills

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 04:22 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. A defense official says Hagel is going to summon the military's most senior leaders to the Pentagon to discuss serious missteps, leadership lapses and personnel problems in the U.S. nuclear force. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — It began with his brief mention last fall of "troubling lapses" in the nuclear force. Weeks later Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel turned up the heat a notch by paying a rare visit to a nuclear missile base. And on Thursday he dropped his bombshell: a demand for quick answers to what ails this most sensitive of military missions.

Syrian govt threatens to walk out of peace talks

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 04:22 AM PST

Ahmad al-Jarba, leader of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria's main political opposition group, raises his hand during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Al-Jarba announced that the Syrian peace talk negotiations will be difficult and that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is now part of the past. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)GENEVA (AP) — Syrian state television says the government delegation at peace negotiation in Geneva will leave Saturday if "serious talks" do not start.

No face-to-face meeting in Syrian peace talks

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:39 AM PST

Ahmad al-Jarba, leader of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria's main political opposition group, raises his hand during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Al-Jarba announced that the Syrian peace talk negotiations will be difficult and that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is now part of the past. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)GENEVA (AP) — Direct talks planned between President Bashar Assad's government and the Western-backed opposition hoping to overthrow him were scrapped Friday, and the two sides will meet a U.N. mediator in different rooms at different times.

Iowa, NH to retain presidential order in new rules

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:39 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa and New Hampshire would retain their coveted spots atop the presidential primary calendar, according to new rules set to be approved by Republican leaders that could reshape the 2016 presidential election.

Ukrainian protesters occupy government buildings

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 12:24 AM PST

Orthodox priests pray as they stand between pro-European Union activists and police lines in central Kiev, Ukraine, early Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. A top Ukrainian opposition leader on Thursday urged protesters to maintain a shaky cease-fire with police after at least two demonstrators were killed in clashes this week, but some in the crowd appeared defiant, jeering and chanting KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Protesters have seized a government building in the Ukrainian capital while also maintaining the siege of several governors' offices in the country's west, raising the pressure on the government.

NY feds charge 5 in 'Goodfellas' sequel

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 12:00 AM PST

FILE - In this April, 1979 file photo, James NEW YORK (AP) — More than 30 years after Vincent Asaro is believed to have gotten away with helping hatch a $6 million airport heist dramatized in the hit Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas," prosecutors say the reputed mobster slipped up and complained to the wrong person that he'd been cheated by another gangster named James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke.

Car bomb hits Cairo police HQ, killing 3

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 11:05 PM PST

CAIRO (AP) — A car bomb struck the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo on Friday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens, the country's state media reported.

Mexico City bets on tap water law to change habit

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:21 PM PST

In this Jan. 7, 2014 photo, a restaurant worker collects filtered water in a glass for a patron in Mexico City. Bad tap water accounts in part for Mexico being the highest consumer of bottled water and sweetened drinks. A law recently approved by Mexico City's legislators will require all restaurants to install filters, offering patrons free, apparently drinkable potable water that won't lead to stomach problems and other ailments. With an obesity epidemic looming nationwide, the city's health department decided to back the water initiative. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY (AP) — "Drink the water."

3 dead, 20-plus hurt in I-94 pileup in Indiana

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:44 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Indiana State Police, emergency crews work at the scene of a massive pileup involving about 15 semitrailers and about 15 passenger vehicles and pickup trucks along Interstate 94 Thursday afternoon, Jan. 23, 2014 near Michigan City, Ind. At least three were killed and more than 20 people were injured. (AP Photo/Indiana State Police)MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — About 30 vehicles, half of them semitrailers, collided amid whiteout conditions in a massive highway pileup that left three people dead and more than 20 others injured — at least one critically — in northwestern Indiana, police said Thursday.

Ukraine opposition urges continued cease-fire

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:51 PM PST

Protesters break into the building of the regional governor's office in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Thursday Jan. 23, 2014. Tensions in Ukraine spread far from its embattled capital on Thursday as hundreds of people in the city of Lviv stormed into the regional governor's office and forced him to write a letter of resignation. (AP Photo/Pavlo Palamarchuk)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A top Ukrainian opposition leader on Thursday urged protesters to maintain a shaky cease-fire with police after at least two demonstrators were killed in clashes this week, but some in the crowd appeared defiant, jeering and chanting "revolution" and "shame."

Gallery: Paintings come to life

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 05:22 PM PST

Gallery: Paintings come to life'Portrait Of Young Woman' — Pierre Auguste Cot (RSTagliafierro GIF)

Opportunity still roving on Mars after a decade

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:10 PM PST

This artist rendering released by NASA shows the NASA rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Opportunity landed on the red planet on Jan. 24, 2004 and is still exploring. Its twin Spirit stopped communicating in 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A decade after landing on Mars, the rover Opportunity is still chugging along.

Opposition optimistic after meeting Yanukovych

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:16 PM PST

Protesters break into the building of the regional governor's office in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Thursday Jan. 23, 2014. Tensions in Ukraine spread far from its embattled capital on Thursday as hundreds of people in the city of Lviv stormed into the regional governor's office and forced him to write a letter of resignation. (AP Photo/Pavlo Palamarchuk)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The chances of ending the violence that has convulsed the Ukrainian capital are high, a spokeswoman for a top opposition leader said late Thursday after a meeting with the president.

Snowden: 'No way I can come home'

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:16 PM PST

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. USIS, the company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on. (AP Photo/The Guardian)In live chat, NSA leaker says he likely won't enter U.S. until whistleblower laws are reformed.
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