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• Obama to focus on cybersecurity issues next week
• Two anti-torture protesters arrested at Dick Cheney house: police
• Official: Female France attacks suspect went through Turkey
• Netanyahu to French Jews after attacks: 'Israel is your home'
• Internal Boy Scout files allowed as evidence in California case
• Obama turns focus to Internet security, privacy
• Man acquitted in Trayvon Martin case arrested again in Florida
• Output cuts expected at Husky Energy's Lima, Ohio, refinery after explosion
• North Korea hints at nuclear test moratorium
• Crashed AirAsia's tail hoisted from sea in search of boxes
• France to hold emergency meeting to avert terror attacks
• Albuquerque police officer shot by fellow officer during drug bust
• FBI releases sketch of 'person of interest' in Colorado NAACP bombing
• Sources: Romney considering 3rd run for White House
• FBI recommends charges against ex-CIA chief Petraeus
• L.A. police chief meets with activists over fatal shooting of unarmed man
• In poor New York neighborhoods, residents ask: Where are the police?

Obama to focus on cybersecurity issues next week Posted: 10 Jan 2015 12:24 PM PST Continuing the break with State of the Union tradition, President Barack Obama will spend most of the coming week previewing more of the proposals he will outline in the address, including on identity theft, electronic privacy and cybersecurity, the White House announced Saturday.

Two anti-torture protesters arrested at Dick Cheney house: police Posted: 10 Jan 2015 12:06 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two protesters were arrested at the McLean, Virginia, home of former Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday after 20 demonstrators, some in orange prison jumpsuits, walked onto his property to mark the 14th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay prison. The protesters from the anti-war group Code Pink walked up to the house before police arrived and asked them to leave, said Fairfax County police spokesman Roger Henriquez. Two members who refused to go were arrested on trespassing charges, he said. ...

Official: Female France attacks suspect went through Turkey Posted: 10 Jan 2015 11:33 AM PST A Turkish intelligence official says authorities believe the common law wife of one of the gunmen behind the attacks in France came through Turkey days before the attacks and may have crossed into Syria.

Netanyahu to French Jews after attacks: 'Israel is your home' Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:59 AM PST Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told French Jews Saturday, after 17 people were killed there during three days of Islamist attacks, that Israel is their home. "To all the Jews of France, all the Jews of Europe, I would like to say that Israel is not just the place in whose direction you pray, the state of Israel is your home," he said in a televised statement, referring to the Jewish practice of facing Jerusalem during prayer. Media said he had ordered a ministerial committee to convene next week to discuss ways to encourage immigration of French and other European Jews to Israel. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will represent Israel instead.

Internal Boy Scout files allowed as evidence in California case Posted: 10 Jan 2015 10:26 AM PST (Reuters) - A California judge has denied a motion by the Boy Scouts of America to stop internal records about sexual abuse allegations within the organization from being used as evidence in an upcoming civil trial, the Los Angeles Times reported late on Friday. The case is one of a series of legal actions in recent years against the Boy Scouts involving claims that the organization has continuously failed to protect underage Scouts from known or suspected pedophiles. ...

Obama turns focus to Internet security, privacy Posted: 10 Jan 2015 09:20 AM PST By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will highlight plans next week to protect American consumers and businesses from cyber threats, a month after the most high-profile hacking attack on a U.S. company. Internet security became a national focus after a cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blamed on North Korea. The attack and subsequent threats of violence against theaters prompted Sony to scale back its release of "The Interview", a comedy film that depicts the fictional assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. ...

Man acquitted in Trayvon Martin case arrested again in Florida Posted: 10 Jan 2015 07:27 AM PST By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in a fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in 2013, was arrested in connection with a domestic disturbance in central Florida, authorities said on Saturday. Zimmerman was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, Florida at 9:45 p.m. Friday night and is due to appear before a judge at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office said Zimmerman was not yet charged with a crime. ...

Output cuts expected at Husky Energy's Lima, Ohio, refinery after explosion Posted: 10 Jan 2015 07:09 AM PST HOUSTON (Reuters) - A loud explosion rocked Husky Energy's 155,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude oil refinery in Lima, Ohio, on Saturday and a source familiar with the facility's operations expected production slowdowns but not a complete shutdown. No injuries were reported in the blast, which occurred at about 6 a.m. local time. The explosion was heard across the city of Lima, according to local media reports. The blast involved the 26,000-barrel-per-day isocracker unit, according to the source familiar with the facility's operations. ...

North Korea hints at nuclear test moratorium Posted: 10 Jan 2015 05:45 AM PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has told the United States that it's willing to impose a temporary moratorium on its nuclear tests if Washington scraps planned military drills with South Korea this year, the North's official news agency said Saturday.

Crashed AirAsia's tail hoisted from sea in search of boxes Posted: 10 Jan 2015 12:11 AM PST PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Investigators searching for black boxes in the crashed AirAsia plane lifted the tail portion out of the Java Sea on Saturday, two weeks ago after it went down, killing all 162 people on board.

France to hold emergency meeting to avert terror attacks Posted: 09 Jan 2015 11:20 PM PST Key members of the government will decide on new measures aimed at thwarting further assaults.

Albuquerque police officer shot by fellow officer during drug bust Posted: 09 Jan 2015 10:14 PM PST By Joseph J. Kolb ALBUQUERQUE (Reuters) - An Albuquerque police officer shot and critically wounded a fellow officer during an undercover narcotics bust at a fast food franchise parking lot at around mid-day on Friday, police said. Police would not release additional details of the shooting or of the nature of the officer's injuries. "Both officers involved were working in a plain clothes, undercover capacity and have been with the department for many years," said Albuquerque Police Department spokeswoman Celina Espinoza said, adding that two suspects were arrested. ...

FBI releases sketch of 'person of interest' in Colorado NAACP bombing Posted: 09 Jan 2015 06:38 PM PST By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The FBI released a sketch on Friday of a man possibly linked to a homemade bomb that exploded behind NAACP offices in central Colorado earlier this week, but investigators would not speculate on a motive for the blast. On Tuesday, an improvised explosive device detonated against an exterior wall of a building that houses offices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Colorado Springs, about 70 miles south of Denver. ...

Sources: Romney considering 3rd run for White House Posted: 09 Jan 2015 06:06 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that surprised his most loyal supporters and former staff, Mitt Romney told several donors Friday he's seriously considering a third run for the White House — a dramatic shift for the last Republican presidential nominee after months of insisting his career in politics is over.

FBI recommends charges against ex-CIA chief Petraeus Posted: 09 Jan 2015 03:57 PM PST Washington (AFP) - The FBI and US Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against David Petraeus for allegedly providing classified information to his former mistress while he was director of the CIA, The New York Times said Friday.

L.A. police chief meets with activists over fatal shooting of unarmed man Posted: 09 Jan 2015 03:25 PM PST By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES - (Reuters) - The Los Angeles police chief met on Friday with African-American activists as he sought to defuse growing tensions over the fatal August police shooting of an unarmed black man, but declined their request to fire the two officers involved as a probe continues. ...

In poor New York neighborhoods, residents ask: Where are the police? Posted: 09 Jan 2015 02:34 PM PST By Emily Flitter and Luciana Lopez NEW YORK (Reuters) - On the sidewalk of a public housing development in Brooklyn, New York notorious for gang violence and drug activity, the words "Fascist pig, go home!" in black spray paint are fading but still legible. These are the Marcy Houses, 27 brick H-block buildings, each six stories high, that are home to nearly 4,300 people, many of whom are black or Latino. Until three weeks ago, they had been an ever-present, highly visible presence in Marcy Houses. Now, the police have all but disappeared, raising safety concerns among some residents while pleasing others who view the police strategy as oppressive.

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