mardi 11 mars 2014

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Interpol tests giving airlines access to its passports database

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:48 PM PDT

Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble speaks during a news conference at the Interpol headquarters in LyonLYON, France (AP) — Interpol is allowing two airlines to check passenger passports against its vast database of lost and stolen travel documents — in a test project aimed to let private sector companies help authorities crack down on criminals who travel with fake documents, the police organization's leader said Tuesday.

Live from SXSW: Twitter co-founder Biz Stone

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:48 PM PDT

50 years later, New York murder still fascinates

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 11:26 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Kitty Genovese's screams for help couldn't save her on the night she was murdered outside her apartment building in 1964. Fifty years later, those screams still echo, a symbol of urban breakdown and city dwellers' seeming callousness toward their neighbors.

A bid of $1.8 billion suits Jos A Bank just fine

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 11:26 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The jacket finally fits: Men's Wearhouse is buying rival Jos. A. Bank for $1.8 billion.

Health care law gets 1st test in Florida election

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 10:38 AM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2013 file photo shows Florida Republican Congressional candidate David Jolly, right, speaking in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. The special election in this stretch of coastal beach towns and retirement communities was expected to be a referendum on President Barack Obama's health care law. Instead, in the waning days of the spirited campaign to replace the late Rep. Bill Young, another issue has roared to the forefront. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is getting its first test ahead of the 2014 midterm elections Tuesday in a Tampa-area House district where Democrats and Republicans have spent millions of dollars trying out national strategies for the rest of the year.

Men's Wearhouse buying Jos A Bank for $1.8 billion

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 09:50 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — It's time to suit up: Men's Wearhouse is buying Jos. A. Bank for $1.8 billion.

CIA chief denies agency hacked Senate staff computers

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 09:50 AM PDT

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan testifies on February 4, 2014 in WashingtonA senior US senator on Tuesday accused the Central Intelligence Agency of illegally searching computers of Senate staff members who were investigating a CIA interrogation program. Dianne Feinstein, the powerful chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, angrily denounced the actions of the CIA, accusing it of seeking to "intimidate" lawmakers from holding the spy agency accountable. "I have grave concerns that the CIA's search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the United States Constitution," Feinstein said in a dramatic speech on the Senate floor. Shortly after Feinstein's speech, CIA director John Brennan denied her allegations.

Fukushima children face invisible enemy

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 08:28 AM PDT

A girl opens the door of a teacher's staff room at the Emporium kindergarten in Koriyama, west of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima prefectureFear of radiation has kept kids indoors for much of their short lives.

Stars' Peverley collapses; game with Columbus off

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 07:23 AM PDT

Columbus Blue Jackets and Dallas Stars players rush to the bench in the first period of an NHL Hockey game Monday, March 10, 2014, in Dallas. Stars center Rich Peverly was transported to the hospital after play was suspended. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)DALLAS (AP) — They frantically pounded their sticks on the boards, trying desperately to get the attention of officials.

Senator: CIA improperly searched computer network

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 07:06 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department.

Men with stolen passports on jet 'not terrorists'

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 07:06 AM PDT

Pictures of the two men, a 19-year old Iranian, identified by Malaysian police as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, left, and the man on the right, his identity still not released, who boarded the now missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 with stolen passports, is held up by a Malaysian policewoman during a press conference, Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Sepang, Malaysia. One of the two men traveling on a missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner was an Iranian asylum seeker, officials said Tuesday, as baffled authorities expanded their search for the Boeing 777 on the opposite side of the country from where it disappeared nearly four days ago with 239 people on board.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two men traveling with stolen passports on a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner were Iranians who had bought tickets to Europe and were probably not terrorists, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

General's defense to try for plea deal in sex case

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 06:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 4, 2014, file photo, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, right, leaves the courthouse with his lawyers Richard Scheff, left, and Ellen C. Brotman, not pictured, following a day of motions at Fort Bragg, N.C. A military judge declined Monday, March 10, 2014, to dismiss sexual assault charges against Sinclair after reviewing what he said was evidence that political considerations influenced the military's handling of the case. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson, File)FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for an Army general charged with sexual assault said Tuesday that they have decided to try to renegotiate a plea bargain with a new set of military officials after the judge determined that the case may have been improperly influenced by political concerns.

Malaysia military tracks missing plane to west coast

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 06:35 AM PDT

Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation's Director General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman briefs reporters on search and recovery efforts within existing and new areas for missing Malaysia Airlines plane during a press conference, Monday, March 10, 2014 in Sepang, Malaysia. The search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 which has involved 34 aircraft and 40 ships from several countries covering a 50-nautical mile radius from the point the plane vanished from radar screens between Malaysia and Vietnam continues after its disappearance since Saturday. Experts say possible causes of the apparent crash include an explosion, catastrophic engine failure, terrorist attack, extreme turbulence, or pilot error or even suicide. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)Radar indicates the airliner was far from where it last made contact with civilian air traffic control.

Checks find flaws in Bangladesh garment factories

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 06:04 AM PDT

This Feb. 12, 2014 photo, shows a Bangladeshi garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Inspections of Bangladesh garment factories under a new safety initiative have found cracked support beams, substandard building materials and exposed electrical cables chewed by rats. The Bangladesh Accord Foundation that is overseeing the safety pact said 250 more inspections will be completed by the end of March 2014. The safety pact was formed after a garment factory in Dhaka collapsed year, killing more than 1,100 people. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Inspections of Bangladesh garment factories under a new safety initiative have found cracked support beams, extra floors apparently built without a permit and exposed electrical cables chewed by rats.

Friend: Pistorius shot gun out of car and at cafe

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 06:02 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday March 10, 2014, Oscar Pistorius cries as he listens to cross questioning about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in court during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Bongiwe Mchunu, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A friend of Oscar Pistorius testified in the Olympian's murder trial Tuesday that the athlete twice fired guns for which the double-amputee is charged with firearms violations.

Democrats clock all-nighter with climate talk

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 04:58 AM PDT

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., talks with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., during a meeting of the Senate Climate Action Task Force prior to taking to the Senate Floor all night to urge action on climate change on Monday, March 10, 2014, in Washington. At left is Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators clocked an all-nighter, working in shifts into Tuesday morning to warn of the devastation from climate change and the danger of inaction.

Friend: Pistorius shot gun out car without warning

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 04:43 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday March 10, 2014, Oscar Pistorius cries as he listens to cross questioning about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in court during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Bongiwe Mchunu, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius became furious with a police officer who handled his licensed gun after pulling the car he was in over for speeding, and the athlete later fired the gun out of the car's sunroof without warning, a friend of Pistorius said Tuesday at his murder trial.

Ukraine seeks national guard, call-up of reserves

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 04:12 AM PDT

A woman poses for a photograph next to a wall composed of paving stones and adorned with flowers and candles placed in memory of those who died in clashes which took place in late February in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's acting president on Tuesday called for the formation of a national guard and for the mobilization of reserves and volunteers into the country's armed forces to counter Russian military moves.

Pistorius friend identified in gunplay testifies

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 02:55 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius, center, arrives at the high court for his murder trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The friend of Oscar Pistorius who was identified by witnesses as being with the athlete on two occasions when a gun was shot in public is testifying at Pistorius' murder trial on Tuesday.

Japan marks 3rd anniversary of tsunami disasters

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 02:40 AM PDT

Employees of a nursing home Tsutomu Sato, 34, left, and Yoko Katayama, 30, toss bouquets of flowers into the sea in remembrance of the 36 people who died in the home during the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Minamisoma Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March 11 2014. Japan on Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed 15,884 people and left more than 2,600 unaccounted for in vast areas of its northern coast. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to boost rebuilding efforts as the country marked the third anniversary Tuesday of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead, destroyed coastal communities and triggered a nuclear crisis.

Passenger with stolen passport had no terror links

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 02:40 AM PDT

Airport staff move a white board plastered with messages of hope and encouragement to all involved with the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, MH370, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Sepang, Malaysia. Authorities hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner expanded their search on land and sea Tuesday, reflecting the difficulties in locating traces of the plane more than three days after it vanished. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)Police identify one of two men on the missing Malaysian jet using a stolen passport.

Defense faces deadline in Army general sex case

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 02:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 4, 2014, file photo, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, right, leaves the courthouse with his lawyers Richard Scheff, left, and Ellen C. Brotman, not pictured, following a day of motions at Fort Bragg, N.C. A military judge declined Monday, March 10, 2014, to dismiss sexual assault charges against Sinclair after reviewing what he said was evidence that political considerations influenced the military's handling of the case. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson, File)FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for an Army general charged with sexual assault have a deadline on Tuesday to decide on a judge's offer to plea-bargain the case with a new set of military officials.

Senators rally behind military sexual assault bill

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:36 AM PDT

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., right, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., arrive for a Senate vote on military sexual assault legislation on Capitol Hill on Monday, March 10, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators rallied behind significant changes in military law to curb rape and sexual assault within the ranks, approving steps to protect the victims and barring the "good soldier defense" to ensure evidence alone determines a defendant's fate.

Study: 2 percent of Americans have new hips, knees

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:06 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, March 5, 2014 photo, Dr. Joshua Jacobs, orthopedics surgery chief at Rush University Medical Center and president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in Chicago, holds a model of a cementless hip replacement. About two of every 100 Americans now has an artificial joint, doctors are reporting. That's 2.5 million with a new hip and 4.7 million with a new knee, according to the first major study to look at how common these operations have become. Results were reported Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons conference in New Orleans. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)It's not just grandma with a new hip and your uncle with a new knee. More than 2 of every 100 Americans now have an artificial joint, doctors are reporting.

10 Things to Know for Tuesday, 1st Ld-Writethru

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 10:34 PM PDT

A passenger holds his passport and boarding pass after he checked in his luggage at a Malaysia Airlines check-in counter at Capital International Airport in Beijing, Monday, March 10, 2014. Almost three days after the plane with 239 people on board vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, no debris has been spotted in Southeast Asian waters, hampering efforts to begin the investigation into how the plane disappeared. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
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