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US ready to aid Russia on Olympic security: Pentagon

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 11:57 AM PST

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to reporters on December 10, 2013 at Al Udeid Airbase, west of Doha, QatarWashington (AFP) - The United States is ready to help Russia's security operation for the Winter Olympics, the Pentagon said Saturday, after twin suicide bombings sparked concern next month's extravaganza could be targeted.

Kerry cites some progress in Mideast diplomacy

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 09:54 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas talk before a meeting at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Kerry is on his 10th visit to the region to try to craft a peace treaty that would create a Palestinian state alongside Israel. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday cited progress on the Mideast peace process, yet acknowledged that some of the most intractable disputes between Israelis and Palestinians were unsolved after more than 20 rounds of negotiations.

Turkey to mull proposals for military re-trial

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 09:40 AM PST

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A lawyers' association says Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has instructed Turkey's justice minister to work with the group on legal arrangements that could lead to the re-trial of hundreds of military officers and others.

Rapid fall for Army general accused of sex crimes

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 08:24 AM PST

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — With a single star studded on each shoulder of his immaculate dress blues, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair waited his turn to go through the metal detectors at the federal courthouse at Fort Bragg, just like everyone else.

Providing health care complicated in rural areas

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 07:24 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, Joe Manning sits in his office in De Funiak Springs, Fla. Manning is an outreach worker trained to sign people in rural Florida to participate in the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson)FREEPORT, Fla. (AP) — Health insurance policies that fit the requirements of the Affordable Care Act are a tough sell in many parts of rural America.

Death toll in latest Egypt clashes rises to 17

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 04:50 AM PST

Heavy smoke billows the air due to clashes between supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and security forces in Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The confrontations spilled from main streets to side streets in heavily populated residential areas in several provinces including Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters hurled rocks at security forces, which responded with volleys of tear gas. (AP Photo/Heba Khamis)Islamist protesters and security forces took to the streets on Friday, a security official said Saturday.

Schumacher's helmet camera given to investigators

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 04:50 AM PST

Michael Schumacher's wife, Corinna arrives at the Grenoble hospital, French Alps, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, where former seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is being treated after sustaining a head injury during a ski accident. Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma since Sunday, when he struck his head on a rock while on a family vacation. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Michael Schumacher's family has provided French investigators with the helmet camera that the Formula One great wore during a skiing incident in which he was critically injured, his manager said Saturday.

Schumacher's helmet given to French investigators

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 04:22 AM PST

GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Michael Schumacher's manager has confirmed that the Formula One great's family has provided French investigators with the camera he wore on his helmet during a skiing incident in which he was critically injured.

Officials name British worker killed in Libya

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 04:22 AM PST

LONDON (AP) — British officials have named a British man shot dead in Libya earlier this week as Mark De Salis.

13 killed in Brotherhood clashes with police in Egypt

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 02:48 AM PST

The crackdown widens on the movement that ruled the country until six months ago.

Clemson tops Ohio State in Orange Bowl, 40-35

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 02:04 AM PST

Clemson Tigers linebacker Stephone Anthony (42) celebrates with defensive end Corey Crawford (93) and linebacker Quandon Christian (34) after Anthony intercepted a pass thrown by Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Braxton Miller during the second half of the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Clemson defeated Ohio State 40-35. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tajh Boyd went out in style. Sammy Watkins probably played his finale as well. And Clemson even got to take a little swipe at rival South Carolina.

Move considered for girl declared brain dead

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 02:04 AM PST

Martin Winkfield places his arm around his wife Nailah Winkfield, mother of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, as they wait outside a courtroom Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. A federal magistrate was expected to meet Friday with lawyers to try to resolve a dispute over the care ofJahi McMath, who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Legal counsel for a California hospital and the family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after sleep apnea surgery began discussing the possibility of moving her to another facility, after a judge laid out the conditions for such a transfer.

Historic freeze could break Midwest temp records

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 12:16 AM PST

A man spreads salt on icy sidewalk in Chicago, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The snowstorm may finally have left town but a winter weather advisory is in effect for this evening when southerly winds are expected to kick up blizzard-like conditions. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — It has been decades since parts of the Midwest experienced a deep freeze like the one expected to arrive this weekend.

Ke$ha checks into rehab for eating disorder

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 09:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2013 photo, Ke$ha arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Ke$ha has checked into rehab to treat an eating disorder. The LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ke$ha has checked into rehab to treat an eating disorder.

Rescued Antarctic passengers resume journey home

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:24 PM PST

In this image provided by Australasian Antarctic Expedition, passengers trapped for more than a week on the icebound Russian research ship MV Akademik Shokalskiyin are rescued by a Chinese helicopter Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The helicopter rescued all 52 passengers from the research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice, 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia, since Christmas Eve after weather conditions finally cleared enough for the operation Thursday. (AP Photo/Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Jessica Fitzpatrick) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, ONE TIME USE, NO ARCHIVES; NO SALESCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian icebreaker carrying 52 passengers who were retrieved from an icebound ship in the Antarctic resumed its journey home on Saturday after it was halted for a second potential rescue operation.

Digging out: Extreme cold grips snowy Northeast

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 04:22 PM PST

BOSTON (AP) — At least 14 deaths have been blamed on a winter storm that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow in finger-numbing temperatures in parts of the Northeast.

'Polar vortex' poised to pummel the Midwest

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 03:52 PM PST

Ice floats on the surface of Lake Michigan Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Chicago. Single-digit temperatures are hitting Illinois after the state was blanketed in snow. Meanwhile, residents are bracing for a deep freeze. Highs early next week likely won't reach zero and wind chills could sink to 45 below. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The weather warnings are dire: Life threatening wind chills. Historic cold outbreak. Bitter cold temperatures.

NSA gets OK to keep collecting phone records

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 02:18 PM PST

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. A presidential advisory panel has recommended dozens of changes to the government's surveillance programs, including stripping the NSA of its ability to store Americans' telephone records and requiring a court to sign off on the individual searches of phone and Internet data. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Spy court's renewal of program is first since dueling decisions on its constitutionality.

Sniping shadows Kerry's pursuit of Mideast peace

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 02:04 PM PST

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, ahead of their meeting at the David Citadel hotel in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's closed-door diplomacy to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians has burst into a public spat, with both sides trading blistering criticisms, Republican senators showing up in Jerusalem to argue Israel's side, and Palestinian demonstrators protesting his visit.

France mulls ban on comic, his double-edged salute

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 01:32 PM PST

FILE - This is a Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. file photo of West Bromwich Albion's Nicolas Anelka, right, as he gestures to celebrates his goal against West Ham United during their English Premier League soccer match at Upton Park, London. It's caught on like a dance move one hand pointing downward, the other touching the shoulder with arm across the chest. But for many, the gesture is a hateful, anti-Semitic code. France's top security official wants the entertainer who popularized it banned from the stage. Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala, who has performed for more than two decades and has a small but faithful following, contends the gesture, dubbed the quenelle, is no more than an anti-system sign, the equivalent of PARIS (AP) — It's caught on like a dance move — one hand pointing downward, the other touching the shoulder with an arm across the chest. But for many, the gesture popularized by a French comic is hateful and anti-Semitic.
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