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Oregon residents find common ground with Bundy movement

Posted: 09 Jan 2016 11:44 AM PST

Ammon Bundy

Sales grow as Powerball jackpot soars to $900 million

Posted: 09 Jan 2016 08:44 AM PST

Momtaz Parvin pulls Powerball lottery ticket from the printer at her store in Oklahoma City, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, as the multi-state jackpot reaches $800 million. With ticket sales doubling previous records, the odds are growing that someone will win Saturday's record jackpot, but if no one wins the top prize, next week's drawing is expected to soar past $1 billion. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot has reached $900 million just hours before Saturday night's drawing.

In final State of Union, Obama aims to define his presidency

Posted: 09 Jan 2016 08:29 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington as Vice Presient Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen. Out of time to push a new legislative agenda, a battle-hardened President Barack Obama will look straight past Congress and to the American people in his final State of the Union address, aiming to define his presidency and his legacy before others can do it for him. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Out of time to push a new legislative agenda, President Barack Obama will look past Congress and to the American people in his final State of the Union address, aiming to define his presidency and his legacy before others can do it for him.

Germany's Merkel toughens tone on migrants as protesters gather

Posted: 09 Jan 2016 07:06 AM PST

Person holds placard prior to PEGIDA demonstration march in front main station in CologneBy Andreas Rinke and Joseph Nasr MAINZ/COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Migrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, toughening her tone as crowds gathered in Cologne angered by mass assaults on women on New Year's Eve. Nearly two dozen asylum seekers were among those suspected of carrying out the attacks, police said this week, heightening tensions over immigration and fuelling criticism of Merkel's refusal to place a limit on the numbers of migrants entering the country. "The right to asylum can be lost if someone is convicted on probation or jailed," Merkel said after a meeting of the leadership of her Christian Democrats (CDU) party.

Will Trump’s use of eminent domain come back to haunt him?

Posted: 09 Jan 2016 05:14 AM PST

In this photo taken Oct. 6, 2014, a worker removes the In 1997, Donald Trump's plan to expand his Atlantic City casino was frustrated by one woman: Vera Coking. And nearly 20 years later, opponents of the GOP frontrunner are hopeful that the memory of that episode can trip up the mogul once again.

Lack of government action over land disputes may embolden Oregon protesters

Posted: 09 Jan 2016 04:58 AM PST

LaVoy Finicum, center, a rancher from Arizona, speaks to reporters as his family looks on, left, during a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Ammon Bundy, the leader of a small, armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon says the activists have no immediate plans to leave. Bundy spoke to reporters Friday, a day after meeting with a local sheriff who asked the group to go. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)As the armed occupation of U.S. federal buildings in rural Oregon drags on, some blame the U.S. government for failing to arrest anti-government lawbreakers in western United States after the last big standoff in 2014. Some former federal officials and lawmakers say they believe anti-government lawbreakers have been emboldened by the Justice Department's failure to prosecute rancher Cliven Bundy, whose 2014 standoff with the government over Nevada grazing rights ended with federal agents backing down in the face of about 1,000 armed militiamen.

Police probe man's claim he shot officer in Allah's name

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 11:48 PM PST

In this frame from a Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016 video provided by the Philadelphia Police Department, Edward Archer runs with a gun toward a police car driven by Officer Jesse Hartnett in Philadelphia. Archer, using a gun stolen from police, said he was acting in the name of Islam when he ambushed Hartnett sitting in his marked cruiser at an intersection, firing shots at point-blank range, authorities said. (Philadelphia Police Department via AP)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Officer Jesse Hartnett was slowly patrolling his usual West Philadelphia beat just before midnight when a man appeared out of the darkness, firing a hail of bullets at close range as he charged toward the policeman's car.

Armed group not ready to end wildlife refuge occupation

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 10:09 PM PST

Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward meets with Ammon Bundy at a remote location outside the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Three Oregon sheriffs met Thursday with the leader of an armed group occupying a federal wildlife refuge and asked them to leave, after residents made it clear they wanted them to go home. Ward said via Twitter that he asked Bundy to respect the wishes of residents. Ward said the two sides planned to talk again Friday. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)The leader of an armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge to protest federal land management policies said he and his followers are not ready to leave even though the sheriff and many locals say the group has overstayed its welcome.

Police: Philadelphia gunman pledged allegiance to ISIS

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:12 PM PST

North Korea warns of war over South's propaganda broadcasts

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 06:40 PM PST

South Korean army soldiers adjust equipment used for propaganda broadcasts near the border area between South Korea and North Korea in Yeoncheon, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. South Korea responded to North Korea's nuclear test with broadcasts of anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the rival's tense border Friday, believed to be the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Lim Tae-hoon/Newsis via AP) KOREA OUTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea warned of war as South Korea on Saturday continued blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the rivals' tense border in retaliation for the North's purported fourth nuclear test.
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