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Feds give banks guidance on pot sellers

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 12:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013 file photo, marijuana is displayed at the River Rock dispensary in Denver. The federal government takes another step toward enabling a legalized marijuana industry to operate in the U.S., announcing that it will allow banks to do business with legal marijuana sellers. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)DOJ and Treasury Dept. action moves U.S. closer toward a legalized marijuana industry.


Car bomb outside mosque in Syria kills dozens

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 11:33 AM PST

In this image made from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, vehicles smolder after an explosion outside a mosque in Yadouda, Syria, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. A car bomb blew up outside a mosque in a rebel-held village in southern Syria as worshippers were leaving after Friday prayers, killing dozens of people and filling clinics and hospitals with the wounded, anti-government activists said. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb blew up outside a mosque in a rebel-held village in southern Syria as worshippers were leaving after Friday prayers, killing dozens of people and filling clinics and hospitals with the wounded, anti-government activists said.


AP PHOTOS: It's spring somewhere; MLB camps open

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 11:33 AM PST

A basket of baseballs sits on the Honus Wagner practice field at the Pittsburgh Pirates practice facility on the team's first day of baseball spring training for pitchers and catchers in Bradenton, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)While the eastern U.S. shovels out from yet another snowstorm, they're breaking out the bats and balls in Florida and Arizona. All 30 Major League Baseball teams will have opened spring training camp by the time the weekend is over.


Inquiry says Incognito, 2 others harassed Martin

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 10:15 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin was subjected to "a pattern of harassment" that included racist slurs and vicious sexual taunts about his mother and sister by three teammates, according to a report ordered by the NFL.

Consumers liken Comcast-TWC merger to creation of 'Death Star'

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 10:15 AM PST

FILE - In this July 30, 2008 file photo illustration, a silhouetted coaxial cable is photographed with the Comcast Corp. logo in the background in Philadelphia.Comcast Corp. announced Thursday that it is buying Time Warner Cable Inc. for $45.2 billion in stock. The deal combines two of the nation's top pay TV and Internet service companies and makes Comcast, which also owns NBCUniversal, a dominant force in both creating and delivering entertainment to U.S. homes. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cable subscribers don't give Comcast and Time Warner Cable good grades when it comes to customer satisfaction. So after Comcast announced its $45 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable Thursday, it didn't take long for consumers to start venting their frustrations over high prices, spotty service and fears of a monopoly.


Gov't fails to issue rules on musical instruments

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 09:14 AM PST

FILE - In this July 9, 2009 file photo, Musician Dave Carroll, of the pop-folk band Sons Of Maxwell, holds his repaired Taylor guitar in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Carroll became an Internet sensation after posting a revenge song about airline customer service on YouTube with his song WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal transportation regulators are striking a sour note with musicians and their supporters in Congress.


Trucks, dozens of cars crash on Pa. turnpike

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 09:14 AM PST

Vehicles are piled up in an accident Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Bensalem, Pa. Traffic accidents involving multiple tractor trailers and dozens of cars have completely blocked one side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike outside Philadelphia and caused some injuries. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say more than a dozen people were injured in traffic accidents involving several tractor-trailers and dozens of cars on the Pennsylvania Turnpike outside Philadelphia.


Multi-car wrecks close Pa. turnpike near Philadelphia

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 09:14 AM PST

Vehicles are piled up in an accident Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Bensalem, Pa. Traffic accidents involving multiple tractor trailers and dozens of cars have completely blocked one side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike outside Philadelphia and caused some injuries. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)The monster winter storm that socked the East Coast this week is causing mayhem on the Pennsylvania Turnpike outside of Philadelphia this morning. Traffic accidents involving multiple tractor trailers and dozens of cars have completely blocked one side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike outside Philadelphia and caused some injuries, according to the Associated Press. Injuries are said to be minor, but traffic is snarled for miles. Images from news helicopters have provided a view of the chaos


Piers Morgan interviewed by police in hacking case

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 09:14 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, Piers Morgan, host of CNN's LONDON (AP) — Prominent CNN talk show host Piers Morgan confirmed Friday that he has been interviewed by British police investigating the illegal intercept of telephone voicemails.


Economic growth picks up across Europe

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 04:30 AM PST

A woman receives a bill after paying for her fish at Lisbon's Ribeira food market, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Portugal, which uses the shared euro currency, was engulfed by the eurozone's debt crisis and needed an euro 78 billion (US$106.6 billion) rescue in 2011 to avoid bankruptcy as jittery investors deserted it. That money runs out in June, and the government is keen to re-establish access to markets before then. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)BRUSSELS (AP) — Economic growth across the eurozone was stronger than expected at the end of 2013, according to official figures released Friday, raising hopes the recovery is gaining a foothold.


Health plans don't cover weight loss surgery

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 03:58 AM PST

In this Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, photo, Mary-Jane Harrison spends time with her granddaughter, Robyn, in San Antonio. Like nearly 78 million American adults, Harrison is obese, and because of stress fractures in her legs she is unable to able to walk up or down the stairs of her two-story home. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)WASHINGTON (AP) — Like 78 million other Americans, MaryJane Harrison is obese.


Longtime Syria activist now negotiates peace

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 03:43 AM PST

HOLD FOR STORY SYRIA PEACE TALKS OPPOSITION NEGOTIATOR BY ZEINA KARAM - FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, Syrian opposition member Suheir Atassi attends a meeting of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, formed after the Syrian National Council (SNC) in Doha, Qatar. As a human rights lawyer and longtime pro-democracy activist in Syria, Atassi once said she would never negotiate with President Bashar Assad's government. But Atassi is now one of two Syrian women on the opposition team in Geneva trying to negotiate an end to the civil war that has killed more than 130,000 people and displaced millions. For her, even discussing concessions with the government run by a man she regards as a war criminal is not easy. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)GENEVA (AP) — As a human rights lawyer and longtime pro-democracy activist in Syria, Suheir Atassi once said she would never negotiate with President Bashar Assad's government.


Pistorius says he mourns for girlfriend he killed

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 03:43 AM PST

File - In this file photo taken on Monday, Aug, 19, 2013, Oscar Pistorius, the celebrated athlete who became a murder suspect, said Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 that he is consumed by grief on the first anniversary of the day that he fatally shot his girlfriend in his home. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius, the celebrated athlete who became a murder suspect, said Friday that he is consumed by grief on the first anniversary of the day that he fatally shot his girlfriend in his home.


Judge: Va. same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 03:43 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Virginia Attorney General-elect Mark Herring smiles during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. A federal judge ruled Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 that Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, making it the first state in the South to have its voter-approved prohibition overturned. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — In a federal court ruling echoing decisions reached elsewhere in the U.S., Virginia on Thursday became the first state in the South to overturn a voter-approved prohibition of same-sex marriage.


US struggling at oval, focus on high-tech suits

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 02:55 AM PST

Maria Lamb of the U.S. skates in a black suit after changing her official US Speedskating team suit during a training session at the Adler Arena Skating Center at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The team thought it had a chance to do something special, given some impressive World Cup results this season and new high-tech suits from Under Armour, which got an assist in the design from aerospace giant Lockheed Martin. Now, there's plenty of grumbling that the suits are actually slowing the skaters down in Sochi. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The U.S. speedskating team is desperately trying to figure out why it's had such a miserable performance the first week of the Sochi Olympics — and much of the speculation has turned to its new high-tech skinsuit.


Growth picks up across Europe at the end of 2013

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 02:55 AM PST

A woman receives a bill after paying for her fish at Lisbon's Ribeira food market, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Portugal, which uses the shared euro currency, was engulfed by the eurozone's debt crisis and needed an euro 78 billion (US$106.6 billion) rescue in 2011 to avoid bankruptcy as jittery investors deserted it. That money runs out in June, and the government is keen to re-establish access to markets before then. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)BRUSSELS (AP) — Official figures show the economic recovery across the eurozone accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2013.


Japan net retailer Rakuten to buy Viber for $900M

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 02:55 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2011 photo, Rakuten Inc.,Chief Executive Hiroshi Mikitani gives a pep talk in English, the standard language at Rakuten, at a welcoming ceremony for new hires at its headquarters in Tokyo. Rakuten is buying Cyprus-based Viber Media, which operates a popular Internet phone application, for $900 million, fortifying the online retailer's social networking footprint. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Rakuten Inc. is buying Cyprus-based Viber Media, which operates a popular Internet phone application, for $900 million, fortifying the online retailer's social networking footprint.


Comcast-TWC merger worries, outrages consumers

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 11:49 PM PST

FILE - In this July 30, 2008 file photo illustration, a silhouetted coaxial cable is photographed with the Comcast Corp. logo in the background in Philadelphia.Comcast Corp. announced Thursday that it is buying Time Warner Cable Inc. for $45.2 billion in stock. The deal combines two of the nation's top pay TV and Internet service companies and makes Comcast, which also owns NBCUniversal, a dominant force in both creating and delivering entertainment to U.S. homes. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comcast and Time Warner Cable regularly rank at the bottom of the pay TV industry when it comes to customer satisfaction. So it didn't take long for customers to vent frustrations online over high prices, spotty service and fears of a monopoly after Comcast announced its $45 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable.


Military nears holy grail: Pizza that lasts years

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 11:47 PM PST

In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 photo, prototype pizza slices sit in MRE's — meals ready to eat, packets at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, in Natick, Mass. Pizza is in development to be used in individual field rations known as meal ready to eat, or MREs. It has been one of the most requested options for soldiers craving a slice of normalcy in the battlefield and disaster areas. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)NATICK, Mass. (AP) — They call it the holy grail of ready-to-eat meals for soldiers — a pizza that can stay on the shelf for up to three years and still remain good to eat.


Judge strikes down Va. ban on gay marriage

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 08:29 PM PST

Case Challenging Gay-marriage Ban Heard In Va.A federal judge found the state's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.


Va.: Ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 08:29 PM PST

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

Va. judge: Same-sex marriage unconstitutional

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 08:29 PM PST

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

'Waltons' patriarch Ralph Waite dies at 85

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 08:29 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ralph Waite, who played the father in TV's hit series "The Waltons," has died.

3 models grace Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 08:29 PM PST

This cover image taken by James Macari for Sports Illustrated shows models, from left, Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge, and Chrissy Teigen on the cover of the 2014 Swimsuit Issue. The 50th Anniversary issue will go on sale on February 18. (AP Photo/Sports Illustrated, James Macari) USAGE GRANTED FOR 12 WEEKS ONLY, ENDING MAY 31, 2014; MANDATORY CREDIT: JAMES MACARI FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED; FOR USE IN USA ONLY. NO INTERNATIONAL USE PERMITTED. FOR USE ONLY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE 2014 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ISSUE.LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sports Illustrated is marking the 50th anniversary of its swimsuit issue with three models on the cover.


Son-in-law arrested in package explosion deaths

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 04:03 PM PST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The son-in-law of a Tennessee couple killed when a package exploded at their home has been charged with first-degree murder in their deaths.

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