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• U.S. stands by assertion that North Korea behind Sony attack
• Obama's Cuba moves reflect Florida political shift
• Guy Harvey, marine artist and environmentalist, fishes for growth
• Video seems to show football's Rice, future wife kiss after brawl
• CIA unlikely to punish staff over Senate computer search: NYT
• U.S. sends 4 Afghans back home from Guantanamo
• Stephen Collins to '7th Heaven' Fans: 'I'm very sorry'
• N. Korea says did not hack Sony, wants joint probe with U.S.
• San Francisco prosecutor charges deputy in hospital assault: report
• Human rights in spotlight after U.S.-Cuba deal
• Ferguson prosecutor: Some witnesses lied, including woman who didn’t see shooting
• Protesters from both sides of policing controversy face off in NYC
• New Ray Rice video shows couple kissing after elevator punch
• U.S. Supreme Court allows gay marriage to proceed in Florida next month
• Ferguson wants peace instead of protests, but anger still simmers
• Obama vows U.S. response to North Korea

U.S. stands by assertion that North Korea behind Sony attack Posted: 20 Dec 2014 12:36 PM PST The United States stands by its assertion that the North Korean government was behind the massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council said on Saturday.

Obama's Cuba moves reflect Florida political shift Posted: 20 Dec 2014 11:15 AM PST For decades, the politics of Cuba in Florida were simple: anything less than a hard line stance against Fidel Castro was a sure way to lose a race for office.

Guy Harvey, marine artist and environmentalist, fishes for growth Posted: 20 Dec 2014 10:25 AM PST By Letitia Stein ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Guy Harvey stared at a mural of his marine paintings - images that are reproduced on 2 million T-shirts a year - and frowned at a butterfly fish. The Pacific species didn't belong among the Florida wildlife depicted at a beach resort restaurant bearing his name. "That one escaped me," said the 59-year-old artist and environmentalist, who said it can be difficult to control a brand in which he licenses his name and artwork. Harvey's colorful, meticulously detailed renditions of popular game fish are embedded in U.S. ...

Video seems to show football's Rice, future wife kiss after brawl Posted: 20 Dec 2014 09:03 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newly released video footage appears to show professional football's Ray Rice and his future wife kissing while handcuffed in a casino elevator following the couple's fight that cost Rice his job with the Baltimore Ravens. The brawl in which Rice, 27, knocked out and dragged an unconscious Janay Palmer, 26, at an Atlantic City casino in February inflamed debate over domestic violence and professional football. ...

CIA unlikely to punish staff over Senate computer search: NYT Posted: 20 Dec 2014 08:46 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A panel investigating the CIA's search of a computer network used by U.S. Senate staff will not recommend disciplining the agency officials involved in the incident, according to the New York Times. The review panel is looking into the search by agency officials of staffers from the Senate Intelligence Committee who were investigating the CIA's use of torture in interrogations of detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. ...

U.S. sends 4 Afghans back home from Guantanamo Posted: 20 Dec 2014 07:41 AM PST U.S. officials say the transfer from the detention center is a sign of their confidence in new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Stephen Collins to '7th Heaven' Fans: 'I'm very sorry' Posted: 20 Dec 2014 05:30 AM PST In an exclusive interview with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric, embattled actor Stephen Collins admits to sexual misconduct with underage girls and talks about his time starring on the hit show '7th Heaven.'

N. Korea says did not hack Sony, wants joint probe with U.S. Posted: 20 Dec 2014 04:42 AM PST A spokesman of the North's foreign ministry said there would be "grave consequences" if the U.S. refused to cooperate.

San Francisco prosecutor charges deputy in hospital assault: report Posted: 20 Dec 2014 03:18 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco District Attorney's office charged a sheriff's deputy on Friday for allegedly attacking a hospital patient and covering it up with a false police report, according to officials and local media. District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement on Twitter that his office charged officer Michael Lewelling with assault and perjury in connection with the incident at San Francisco General Hospital. The attorney's office could not be immediately reached for comment or to provide additional details. ...

Human rights in spotlight after U.S.-Cuba deal Posted: 20 Dec 2014 12:30 AM PST HAVANA (AP) — To many exiles and their allies, President Raul Castro is a brutal dictator who locks up dissenters in gulag-like jails, snuffs out political discourse and condemns his people to socialist poverty.

Ferguson prosecutor: Some witnesses lied, including woman who didn’t see shooting Posted: 19 Dec 2014 08:26 PM PST A woman who swore she saw teenager Michael Brown pummel Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson and charge him "like a football player," was lying about being at the scene of the controversial police shooting, St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said Friday.

Protesters from both sides of policing controversy face off in NYC Posted: 19 Dec 2014 05:10 PM PST By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scores of protesters denouncing police violence against non-whites rallied alongside dozens of supporters of New York City police officers on Friday in a tense standoff outside City Hall that comes amid weeks of mostly peaceful protests. It was one of the first counter-rallies by police supporters since the chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man killed when officers were attempting to arrest him in July. The killing set off a wave of protests against the treatment of minority groups by police. ...

New Ray Rice video shows couple kissing after elevator punch Posted: 19 Dec 2014 04:21 PM PST

U.S. Supreme Court allows gay marriage to proceed in Florida next month Posted: 19 Dec 2014 04:06 PM PST TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Gay marriages may proceed in Florida next month after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to extend a stay requested by state officials seeking to defend the state's ban on same-sex marriages. Weddings would be allowed to start on Jan. 6 under an order by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta earlier this month. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented with the decision. (Reporting by Letitia Stein; Editing by Chris Reese)

Ferguson wants peace instead of protests, but anger still simmers Posted: 19 Dec 2014 02:12 PM PST By Carey Gillam FERGUSON, Mo (Reuters) - It is hard to find much healing in Ferguson, Missouri. More than four months after a white police officer killed an unarmed black teenager and sparked nationwide demonstrations over the way police in the United States interact with the black community, anger still simmers in the city of 21,000 mostly black residents. Officials in Ferguson, Missouri, and the larger St. Louis area want to move from protests to peace, promising programs to build alliances between blacks and whites, and between police and those they are sworn to protect. ...

Obama vows U.S. response to North Korea Posted: 19 Dec 2014 01:04 PM PST President Barack Obama vowed that the United States will respond to the devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures blamed on the North Korean government. Obama said the cyber attack "caused a lot of damage" to Sony but that he believed the company made a mistake in canceling the release of "The Interview," a comedy portraying the assassination of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. "We will respond," Obama told an end-of-year news conference. ...

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