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• Not again! Another winter storm bears down on New England
• Police: 1 dead in shooting at Copenhagen free speech event
• FBI monitoring investigation of fire at Houston Islamic center
• Obama asks labor secretary to mediate in West Coast Ports dispute
• Zaha Hadid brings her creative touch to Miami skyline
• Coroner orders inquest in fatal police shooting in Washington state: paper
• Subpoenas arrive as Oregon governor announces departure
• WSJ: Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei sent Obama secret letter
• New storm threatens blizzard conditions in New England
• Obama adviser John Podesta's biggest regret: Keeping America in dark about UFOs
• Houston arson investigators probe fire at Islamic center
• Oregon governor's resignation elevates secretary of state
• California has three new measles cases, Arizona says outbreak winding down
• Maine Governor LePage asks top U.S. court to weigh in on Medicaid fight

Not again! Another winter storm bears down on New England Posted: 14 Feb 2015 12:31 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — Mother Nature is proving to be cold-hearted to New England for Valentine's Day.

Police: 1 dead in shooting at Copenhagen free speech event Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:19 AM PST COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Shots were fired Saturday at a cafe in Copenhagen as it hosted a freedom of speech event organized by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has faced numerous threats for caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad. Danish police say one man was killed.

FBI monitoring investigation of fire at Houston Islamic center Posted: 14 Feb 2015 09:03 AM PST By Camilo Smith HOUSTON (Reuters) - The FBI is monitoring an investigation into a fire that destroyed a building at an Islamic institute in Houston and could take a more active role, a bureau spokeswoman said on Saturday. The blaze early on Friday at the Quba Islamic Institute destroyed one of three buildings there, but no one was injured, fire officials have said. Houston Fire Department arson investigators were working to pinpoint the cause of the fire, but no official determination has been made, officials said. The FBI says hate crimes are fully or partly motivated by bias against race, religion, ethnicity, disability, gender or sexual orientation.

Obama asks labor secretary to mediate in West Coast Ports dispute Posted: 14 Feb 2015 08:46 AM PST President Barack Obama has asked Labor Secretary Tom Perez to travel to California to help spur an agreement in talks with the dockworkers' union that have led to closed ports along the U.S. West Coast, the White House said on Saturday. "The negotiations over the functioning of the West Coast Ports have been taking place for months with the administration urging the parties to resolve their differences," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said. "Out of concern for the economic consequences of further delay, the president has directed his Secretary of Labor Tom Perez travel to California to meet with the parties to urge them to resolve their dispute quickly at the bargaining table." Perez has been in contact with the parties and will keep Obama updated, he said. Negotiators for the union representing 20,000 dockworkers at 29 ports and management's bargaining agent, the Pacific Maritime Association, have agreed to a federal mediator's request for a 48-hour news blackout after a bargaining session on Thursday, which was the parties' first face-to-face meeting in nearly a week.

Zaha Hadid brings her creative touch to Miami skyline Posted: 14 Feb 2015 07:40 AM PST By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - For renowned international architect Zaha Hadid, something in Miami never added up: the architecture didn't match the city. The city lacked residences to back up its diverse, international population and burgeoning reputation for high-end culture, including Art Basel, a large, annual contemporary fair.With that in mind, she recently broke ground on her luxury tower on Miami's downtown bayfront. Employing her trademark sinewy curves and column-free spaces, the structure will twist over 700 feet into the sky to provide views reaching across Biscayne Bay and past Miami Beach to the Atlantic Ocean. Billed as offering a "six--star lifestyle" with a private rooftop helipad, scented ambiances and an indoor aquatic center, it seeks to set a new standard in Miami's growing number of luxury residencies with prices starting at $6 million.

Coroner orders inquest in fatal police shooting in Washington state: paper Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:54 AM PST By Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Washington state coroner has ordered an inquest into the fatal shooting by police of a man who was throwing rocks at the officers in an incident captured on video, according to a newspaper report on Saturday. Franklin County coroner Dan Blasdel ordered the review to determine whether the killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in the city of Pasco, about 200 miles (320 km) southeast of Seattle, was justified or reckless, the Tri-City Herald reported. His shooting comes amid heightened tension over policing in the United States after incidents including the killings of two unarmed black men last year by white police officers in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson and New York City.

Subpoenas arrive as Oregon governor announces departure Posted: 14 Feb 2015 01:37 AM PST Federal agents are looking into the influence-peddling scandal that led to the abrupt end of Gov. John Kitzhaber's political career.

WSJ: Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei sent Obama secret letter Posted: 13 Feb 2015 11:56 PM PST Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to overtures from U.S. President Barack Obama amid nuclear talks by sending him a secret letter, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Citing an Iranian diplomat, the paper said the Iranian cleric had written to Obama in recent weeks in response to a presidential letter sent in October. Obama's letter suggested the possibility of U.S.-Iranian cooperation in fighting Islamic State if a nuclear deal was secured, the paper said, quoting the diplomat. Khamenei's letter was "respectful" but noncommittal, it quoted the diplomat as saying.

New storm threatens blizzard conditions in New England Posted: 13 Feb 2015 10:20 PM PST (Reuters) - Another winter storm was taking aim at the winter-weary U.S. Northeast on Saturday, threatening blizzard conditions and severe cold in parts of New England already buried under six feet (1.8 meters) of snow, forecasters said. The latest storm was tracking east across the Great Lakes and was expected to gather strength as it approaches the Atlantic coast, spreading a blast of arctic air and snow from Virginia to southern Canada, the National Weather Service said. The most severe weather was poised for the New England coast from Saturday into Sunday, the National Weather Service said. Blizzard conditions are also expected in Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, New Hampshire and coastal Maine, AccuWeather predicted.

Obama adviser John Podesta's biggest regret: Keeping America in dark about UFOs Posted: 13 Feb 2015 08:10 PM PST Outgoing senior Obama adviser John Podesta reflected on his latest White House stint Friday, listing his favorite moments and biggest regrets from the past year. Chief among them: depriving the American people of the truth about UFOs.

Houston arson investigators probe fire at Islamic center Posted: 13 Feb 2015 07:39 PM PST By Camilo Smith HOUSTON (Reuters) - Arson investigators from the Houston Fire Department are probing a blaze that destroyed a building at an Islamic institute in the city on Friday, officials said. There has been no official determination yet of what caused the fire at the Quba Islamic Institute in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, fire officials said, adding no one was injured. In a video on the institute's Facebook page, Ahsan Zahid, son of the imam, said fire officials told him the fire appeared intentional. Zahid urged the Islamic community and supporters not to assign blame until the investigation concluded.

Oregon governor's resignation elevates secretary of state Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:48 PM PST The resignation of Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber instantly promoted the liberal Democrat who is next in line to succeed him: the 54-year-old secretary of state who has long been thought to have her eye on Oregon's top elected position.

California has three new measles cases, Arizona says outbreak winding down Posted: 13 Feb 2015 03:58 PM PST By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California public health officials have confirmed three more cases of measles in an outbreak that began in late December, bringing to 113 the total number of people believed to have been infected in the state. Health officials in Arizona, where seven cases of measles have been documented, said the outbreak would likely be considered over in that state if no further infections were reported over the weekend. Across the United States, more than 150 people have been diagnosed with measles, many of them linked to an outbreak that authorities believe began when an infected person from out of the country visited Disneyland in late December. The California Department of Public Health said 39 of the 113 people who contracted measles in the state were believed to have been exposed while visiting Disneyland.

Maine Governor LePage asks top U.S. court to weigh in on Medicaid fight Posted: 13 Feb 2015 01:48 PM PST By Dave Sherwood AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) - Maine Governor Paul LePage has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in a dispute with the federal government over the state's effort to trim some young people from its Medicaid rolls. In a 172-page petition, the Republican LePage administration questioned a lower court ruling that affirmed the federal government decision to reject the state's plan to cut 19- and 20-year-olds from Medicaid. "The federal government's path of reckless welfare spending is one that we decline to pursue," Maine Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said on Friday. A judge for the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in November that Maine's move would violate President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law, the Affordable Care Act, citing a provision that ensures "children do not lose health insurance as the country transitions from the pre-ACA Medicaid regime to the post-ACA Medicaid regime." Medicaid is a government health insurance program for low-income and disabled people.

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