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The big dig-out: Storm slams Northeast

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:06 PM PST

April Palmieri digs out her car in front of her home, background left, on 17th Street after a snow storm on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Bayville, N.Y. Palmieri had five feet of water in her basement as result of the rains from Superstorm Sandy. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)New Englanders began the back-breaking job of digging out from as much as 3 feet of snow Saturday and emergency crews used snowmobiles to reach shivering motorists stranded overnight on New York's Long Island after a howling storm swept through the Northeast.


Fugitive's rant puts focus on evolving LAPD legacy

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 file photo, officers in a patrol car keep watch in front of the West Los Angeles police station as yellow tape prohibits the parking of cars in front of the station in response to threats by former LAPD officer Chris Dorner. Dorner's claim that his career as a Los Angeles police officer was undone by a racist conspiracy at the department comes at a time when it's widely held the LAPD has moved beyond the troubled racial legacy of Rodney King and the O.J. Simpson trial. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner's claim in an online "manifesto" that his career was undone by racist colleagues conspiring against him comes at a time when it's widely held that the police department has evolved well beyond the troubled racial legacy of Rodney King and the O.J. Simpson trial.


Boeing sends 787 on test flight from Seattle

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 03:24 PM PST

The Boeing 787 lands in Everett, Washington travelling with crew only from Fort Worth, TexasBoeing sent a 787 up on a test flight Saturday, the first since the new airliner was grounded three weeks ago because of a battery fire.


France, Britain promise punishment in horsemeat scandal

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 03:11 PM PST

A recall notice for frozen meals which had tested positive for horse meat is seen at an Aldi supermarket in northwest LondonThe French and British governments promised on Saturday to punish those found responsible for selling horsemeat in beef products at the heart of a growing scandal that started in Britain but is quickly spreading to France. French Consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon said an investigation had found that the horsemeat had originated in Romania, although there were links with French, Dutch and Cypriot firms and a factory in Luxembourg. ...


First lady among hundreds mourning slain Chicago girl

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:51 PM PST

FILE - This undated file family photo provided by Damon Stewart shows 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton of Chicago who was was shot Jan. 29, 2013 while she talked with friends in a park about a mile from President Barack Obama's Chicago home. First Lady Michelle Obama will join some of Illinois' most recognizable politicians and clergy to mourn the 15-year-old honor student whose death has drawn attention to staggering gun violence in the nation's third-largest city. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Damon Stewart, File)The national debate over gun violence took a highly personal turn for first lady Michelle Obama when a Chicago girl was slain near Obama's family home just days after she performed at the presidential inauguration in Washington. The first lady and top federal, state and city officials joined hundreds of mourners on Saturday at the funeral of Hadiya Pendleton, 15, who was killed at a park near her Chicago high school, casting the bitter national debate over gun violence in personal terms for the Obamas. ...


Manhunt for ex-cop resumes in California mountain range

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:23 AM PST

Police handout photo of Christopher DornerA mountaintop search resumed on Saturday for an ex-policeman wanted in three California slayings, after authorities suspended the manhunt during the night as snow grounded their helicopters. Former Los Angeles officer Christopher Dorner, 33, has declared war on law enforcement officers and their families in a manifesto posted to the Internet that complains of his 2008 firing from the Los Angeles Police Department. ...


NASA rover Curiosity drills into Martian rock

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 10:33 AM PST

The hole in a rock called "John Klein" where the NASA's Curiosity rover conducted its first sample drilling on MarsFor the first time, NASA's rover Curiosity used its on-board drill to collect a sample of Martian bedrock that might offer evidence of a long-gone wet environment, the U.S. space agency reported on Saturday. Drilling down 2.5 inches into a patch of sedimentary bedrock, Curiosity collected the rock powder left by the drill and will analyze it using its own laboratory instruments, NASA said in a statement. This is the first time a robot has drilled to collect a Martian sample. Images of the hole, along with a shallower test hole nearby, can be seen at http://www.jpl.nasa. ...


The sound of N.Y. Fashion Week: Smartphones snapping

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:39 PM PST

A model walks the runway at the presentation of the Prabal Gurung Fall 2013 fashion collection during Fashion Week, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)Remember clapping? As in when a fashion designer puts on his runway finale and then takes a bow before an adoring crowd.


American adoptive mothers get their Russian kids

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 12:13 PM PST

Jeana Bonner, left, of South Jordan, Utah, and Rebecca Preece from Nampa, Idaho, sit with their adopted children at a hotel in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. After weeks of anxiety, plodding through the opaque Russian legal system and suffering wallet-thinning expenses, two U.S. women have custody of their adopted Russian children and are preparing to take them home to start a new life together. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)After weeks of anxiety plodding through the opaque Russian legal system, two U.S. women have custody of their adopted Russian children and are preparing to take them home to start a new life together.


Bacon enthusiasts converge in Iowa for festival

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:21 PM PST

Bonnie, a Berkshire breed pig about 2 1/2 months old, waits for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to pardon her outside the governor's mansion Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa. The pardon is a first for the governor and a celebration of the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival that begins this weekend at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. (AP Photo/Barbara Rodriguez)The smell of bacon was in the air Saturday as thousands converged on Iowa's capital city for an increasingly popular festival celebrating all things connected with the meat.


Chinese raucously welcome Year of the Snake

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 05:13 AM PST

A security guard sits in front of a stage during the temple fair in Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in BeijingCelebrations will carry on into Sunday, the first day of the Lunar New Year.


Obama's State of the Union will focus on the economy

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 06:04 AM PST

President Barack Obama gestures speaks during an Armed Forces Farewell Ceremony to honor outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama will focus his State of the Union address on boosting job creation and economic growth at a time of high unemployment, underscoring the degree to which the economy could threaten his ability to pursue second-term priorities such as gun control, immigration policy and climate change.


Eisenhower staff to launch 3-year WWII exhibit

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:26 PM PST

This Aug. 4, 2012 photo shows a large bronze statue of Gen. Eisenhower that stands over the grounds of his library, museum and boyhood home in Abilene, Kansas. The museum plans to launch a new World War II exhibit begging in the summer of 2013. A new World War II exhibit starting this summer at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum will pay tribute to the millions who fought, but organizers also have another purpose for the ambitious three-year project: getting young people engaged in the war's relevance.(AP Photo/John Milburn)TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new World War II exhibit starting this summer at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum will pay tribute to the millions who fought, but organizers also have another purpose for the ambitious three-year project: getting young people engaged in the war's relevance.


Egypt court orders YouTube blocked for a month

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:29 AM PST

Egyptian protesters throw fire bombs and stones at the presidential palace during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Egypt has witnessed a fresh cycle of violence over the past two weeks since the second anniversary of the 2011 uprising that deposed longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak with clashes across the country that have left scores dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the YouTube website for 30 days for carrying an anti-Islam film that caused deadly riots across the world, but the ruling can be appealed and based on precedent may not be enforced.


Man leaves estate to actors he never met

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 11:47 AM PST

Man's Estate Left to Actors He Never MetRay Fulk of Illinois willed more than $1 million to the 'Hell Night' stars.


Top officer: There are enough troops to remain in Afghanistan

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 04:50 AM PST

General Martin Dempsey testifies in Washington on the Defense Department's response to the attacks on US facilities in BenghaziGen. Martin Dempsey said U.S. military will remain to finish the allies' mission.


Longtime broadcaster Shelby Whitfield dies at 77

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:05 AM PST

JACKSON, N.J. (AP) — Former Washington Senators broadcaster Shelby Whitfield, who enjoyed a long career with AP Radio and ABC Radio, has died. He was 77.

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