| Senate sends long-overdue farm bill to Obama Posted: 04 Feb 2014 12:51 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has given its final approval to a sweeping five-year farm bill that provides food for the needy and subsidies for farmers.
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| Syrian forces hit mosque with barrel bomb, kill 11 Posted: 04 Feb 2014 12:21 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Men pull a girl from the rubble and haul her onto a dirty sheet of plastic, while another child, coated in white dust save for a red streak of blood from his nose, lies with his crushed leg dangling off a gurney — the grisly aftermath from the dropping of a crude "barrel bomb" by Syrian forces on the city of Aleppo.
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| Libya: Gadhafi's chemical weapons cache 100 percent gone Posted: 04 Feb 2014 12:13 PM PST  Tripoli (AFP) - Libya has completely destroyed the chemical arsenal it inherited from the ousted dictatorship of Moamer Kadhafi, Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz announced on Tuesday.
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| Weather service: Storm to hit two-thirds of U.S. Posted: 04 Feb 2014 11:36 AM PST  Snow hits Kansas hard before expected quick march across the Midwest and into New England.
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| A look back at the allegations against Woody Allen Posted: 04 Feb 2014 11:21 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — "Cries and Whispers: The Ugly Explosion of an Unconventional Family," announced the August 31, 1992 cover of Time magazine, which bore Woody Allen's bespectacled face. The sordid saga involving Allen and erstwhile romantic partner Mia Farrow had indeed exploded into the public consciousness days earlier. The most sensational part: an allegation that the celebrated director had taken their adopted daughter Dylan, 7, into an attic-like space at Farrow's Connecticut home and molested her.
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| A look back at the allegations against Woody Allen Posted: 04 Feb 2014 10:57 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — "Cries and Whispers: The Ugly Explosion of an Unconventional Family," announced the August 31, 1992 cover of Time magazine, which bore Woody Allen's bespectacled face. The sordid saga involving Allen and erstwhile romantic partner Mia Farrow had indeed exploded into the public consciousness days earlier. The most sensational part: an allegation that the celebrated director had taken their adopted daughter Dylan, 7, into an attic-like space at Farrow's Connecticut home and molested her.
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| An expensive tip: Gratuity leads to job loss for NYC sanitation worker Posted: 04 Feb 2014 09:56 AM PST  A New York City sanitation worker with 24 years experience was forced out of his job after he was caught accepting a $20 tip, the New York Daily News reports.
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| APNewsBreak: Changes sought for endangered act Posted: 04 Feb 2014 08:30 AM PST BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republicans in Congress are calling for an overhaul to the Endangered Species Act, but experts say broad changes to one of the nation's cornerstone environmental laws are unlikely given the pervasive partisan divide in Washington, D.C. |
| Hero or traitor? Pope's aide in Polish controversy Posted: 04 Feb 2014 08:11 AM PST  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poles are divided between praise and condemnation of John Paul II's secretary for publishing the late pope's personal notes — against his last will and testament.
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| Microsoft names Nadella as next CEO, Thompson as chairman Posted: 04 Feb 2014 06:45 AM PST  Microsoft Corp named company veteran Satya Nadella as its next chief executive officer on Tuesday, ending a longer-than-expected search for a new leader after Steve Ballmer announced his intention to retire in August. Nadella is only the third CEO in Microsoft's 39-year history, following co-founder Bill Gates and Ballmer. Microsoft also said John Thompson, lead independent director, would succeed Gates as chairman. Microsoft faces a slow erosion of its PC-centric Windows and Office franchises and needs to somehow challenge Apple Inc and Google Inc in the new realm of mobile computing.
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| Britain says it advised India on 1984 Golden Temple attack Posted: 04 Feb 2014 05:31 AM PST  Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday an official investigation had shown Britain did advise India on planning a deadly attack against Sikh separatists in the Golden Temple at Amritsar in 1984, but said its advice had limited impact. Prime Minister David Cameron ordered a review into the matter last month after newly released official papers suggested that Margaret Thatcher, then prime minister, had sent an officer from the elite SAS special air service to advise the Indians on the raid. "It had limited impact on the tragic events that unfolded at the temple three months later." There had been no link between the provision of this advice and British defence sales to India, Hague added, and there was no record of Britain receiving advance notice of the attack. Hague's words are likely to upset Sikh groups and could damage India's dynastic ruling Congress party, which faces an uphill struggle to be re-elected in national polls due by May. It was in power at the time of the raid.
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| US ambassador to Russia stepping down Posted: 04 Feb 2014 05:15 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Russia has announced that he is stepping down after two turbulent years in Moscow. |
| US ambassador to Russia stepping down Posted: 04 Feb 2014 05:00 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Russia has announced that he is stepping down after two turbulent years in Moscow. |
| Ex-Rwanda intel chief has genocide trial in Paris Posted: 04 Feb 2014 04:44 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — Rwanda's former intelligence chief faced genocide and war crimes charges Tuesday as his trial began in France for a 1994 killing spree that left at least a half-million people in his nation dead.
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| Japan leads global sell-off as jitters remain Posted: 04 Feb 2014 02:57 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — Japanese shares led another global market sell-off Tuesday as investors fretted over the U.S. economic recovery amid ongoing uncertainties about the outlook for emerging economies.
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| Afghanistan's Karzai in secret talks with Taliban: report Posted: 04 Feb 2014 02:01 AM PST  Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has been holding secret talks with Taliban officials in the hope of persuading them to make peace with his government, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed Afghan and Western officials. Karzai's spokesman could not reached for comment. President Barack Obama, frustrated by Karzai's refusal to sign the accord, was due to meet top commanders at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the future of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. This would leave Afghanistan's fledgling security forces to fight the Taliban insurgency alone and diplomats fear they would struggle to cope without U.S. financial and military support.
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| Senate set to send farm bill to Obama Posted: 04 Feb 2014 12:51 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is poised to send a massive, five-year farm bill that provides food for the needy and subsidies for the nation's farmers to the White House for President Barack Obama's signature. |
| Japan leads Asian sell-off with 4.2 percent dive Posted: 04 Feb 2014 12:25 AM PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average dived more than 4 percent Tuesday as weakness in U.S. and Chinese manufacturing sent Asian markets sharply lower. |
| No. 16 Iowa St. beats No. 19 Oklahoma St. in 3OT Posted: 03 Feb 2014 09:51 PM PST  STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — DeAndre Kane had 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to help 16th-ranked Iowa State defeat No. 19 Oklahoma State 98-97 in triple overtime on Monday night.
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| Calif. educator arrested in YouTube abuse case Posted: 03 Feb 2014 07:27 PM PST RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California school administrator charged with felony sexual abuse after a former student aired allegations in a YouTube video has been arrested. |
| Al-Qaida breaks with Syria group in mounting feud Posted: 03 Feb 2014 06:53 PM PST  CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida's central leadership broke with one of its most powerful branch commanders in an apparent attempt to stem the deadly infighting that has erupted in Syria among the militant Islamic factions trying to bring down President Bashar Assad.
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| Judge says Chris Brown should remain in treatment Posted: 03 Feb 2014 04:08 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge turned down a prosecutor's motion Monday to send Chris Brown to jail, citing the R&B singer's continued good behavior and progress in a rehabilitation program.
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| Ratings: another record for Super Bowl Posted: 03 Feb 2014 02:58 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — For the fourth time in five years, the Super Bowl has set a record for the most-watched television event in U.S. history, drawing 111.5 million viewers even though the Seattle Seahawks' 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos wasn't really competitive.
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| U.S. denies senators' claims Kerry said Syria policy is failing Posted: 03 Feb 2014 02:27 PM PST  The US administration Monday stood by its policy on Syria denying that Secretary of State John Kerry had called for a change of strategy and to arm opposition rebels. Quoting influential Republican senators, some US media claimed that in a meeting on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich the top US diplomat had said US policy in Syria was failing and it was time for a change.
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| Web companies give first look at secret gov't data requests Posted: 03 Feb 2014 01:40 PM PST  Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google on Monday began publishing details about the number of secret government requests for data they receive, hoping to show limited involvement in controversial surveillance efforts. The tech industry has pushed for greater transparency on government data requests, seeking to shake off concerns about their involvement in vast, surreptitious surveillance programs revealed last summer by former spy contractor Edward Snowden. The government said last month it would relax rules restricting what details companies can disclose about Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court orders they receive for user information. Several companies, including Google and Microsoft, sued the government last year, seeking the ability to disclose more of that data.
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