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• Obama to Congress on Syria: Give it time and don’t undermine the process
• Our voices: Lower Manhattan undoubtedly transformed since 9/11
• NYPD's 'stop and frisk' program could decide mayoral race
• Poll: Public doubts rise on surveillance, privacy
• iPad video becomes key in George Zimmerman case
• Voting problems plague NYC primary election
• Docs: Officials misused US surveillance program
• Apple introduces 2 new iPhone models
• Richest 1 percent earn biggest share since '20s
• Bra tops, cutouts: Not everyone wants to be trendy
• Slain 107-year-old talked about shooting before
• Bach elected IOC president, gets call from Putin
• Google loses appeal in Street View snooping case
• iPad video could be key in George Zimmerman case
• Docs: Judge almost shut down surveillance program
• Report finds aging US faces crisis in cancer care
• Syria: We will stop producing chemical arms
• Obama's two-track strategy on Syria
• 12 years later: 1,140 people have 9/11-related cancer
• Senators recasting Syria legislation
• Syria plan lets Russia play the peacemaker
• Americans using Internet to abandon children adopted overseas
• Live chat: Follow Apple's iPhone event as it happens
• Russia's 'hard to enact' chemical arms plan
• Pakistan to free former Taliban second-in-command
• Man who made confessional DUI video faces court
• Amnesty decries 'extreme political violence' in Egypt
• Six tons of seized ivory to be crushed in Denver
• NYC voters take first steps in choosing a new mayor
• Indian court convicts 4 in fatal gang rape case
• Syria backs chemical weapons plan
• Syria accepts Russian chemical arms proposal
• New Yorkers to vote in uproarious mayoral primaries
• What Obama needs to say in Syria address

Obama to Congress on Syria: Give it time and don’t undermine the process Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:43 PM PDT Congress will not vote on a Syria resolution this week.

Our voices: Lower Manhattan undoubtedly transformed since 9/11 Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:02 AM PDT The most physical evidence of Lower Manhattan's rebirth in the dozen years since the 9/11 attacks is One World Trade Center, often called the Freedom Tower, which rises 104 stories and 1,776 feet above a 16-acre site in the Financial District. It will be completed in early 2014.

NYPD's 'stop and frisk' program could decide mayoral race Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:07 AM PDT The controversy around the NYPD's practice of stopping and questioning black and Hispanic pedestrians may decide who becomes the next mayor of the country's largest city.

Poll: Public doubts rise on surveillance, privacy Posted: 10 Sep 2013 12:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Following disclosures about the National Security Agency's massive surveillance programs, a majority of Americans believe the U.S. government is doing a poor job of protecting privacy rights, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

iPad video becomes key in George Zimmerman case Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:39 PM PDT LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — Police investigating a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife said Tuesday they were confident they would be able to get video from her broken iPad, and the evidence will help them determine if charges should be filed.

Voting problems plague NYC primary election Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:13 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — As New York City's contentious primary campaign drew to a close Tuesday, some voters — including one leading mayoral candidate — encountered problems with the city's decades-old voting machines.

Docs: Officials misused US surveillance program Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:36 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Government officials for nearly three years accessed data on thousands of domestic phone numbers they shouldn't have and then misrepresented their actions to a secret spy court to reauthorize the government's surveillance program, documents released Tuesday show.

Apple introduces 2 new iPhone models Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:17 PM PDT CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — For the first time since introducing the device that changed cellphones forever, Apple will offer two distinct versions of the latest iPhones — a cheaper one made of plastic and another that aims to be "the gold standard of smartphones" and reads your fingerprint.

Richest 1 percent earn biggest share since '20s Posted: 10 Sep 2013 12:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The gulf between the richest 1 percent and the rest of America is the widest it's been since the Roaring '20s.

Bra tops, cutouts: Not everyone wants to be trendy Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:45 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Is it ever OK to — gasp! — step away from a trend? Absolutely, say some of the stylists, editors and designers gathered for New York Fashion Week.

Slain 107-year-old talked about shooting before Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:33 PM PDT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A 107-year-old Arkansas man who died in a police standoff this weekend told officers months earlier that they would have to shoot him or throw him in jail before he went back home with his son-in-law, according to police reports obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Bach elected IOC president, gets call from Putin Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:42 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Within minutes of being elected to the top job in the Olympics, Thomas Bach got a phone call from a powerful leader he'll work with closely in the next few months: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Google loses appeal in Street View snooping case Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:59 PM PDT SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court said Google wrongly collected people's personal correspondence and online activities through their Wi-Fi systems as it drove down their streets with car cameras shooting photos for its Street View mapping project.

iPad video could be key in George Zimmerman case Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:02 PM PDT LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — Police investigating a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife said Tuesday that video from her broken iPad may be crucial evidence in determining whether any charges are filed.

Docs: Judge almost shut down surveillance program Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:29 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge who oversaw a secret U.S. spy court almost shut down the government's domestic surveillance program designed to fight terrorism after he "lost confidence" in officials' ability to operate it, documents released Tuesday show.

Report finds aging US faces crisis in cancer care Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:22 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is facing a crisis in how to deliver cancer care, as the baby boomers reach their tumor-prone years and doctors have a hard time keeping up with complex new treatments, government advisers reported Tuesday.

Syria: We will stop producing chemical arms Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:34 AM PDT The foreign minister also said Syria will fully cooperate with Russia's proposal.

Obama's two-track strategy on Syria Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:58 AM PDT The president is backing diplomacy, while pushing airstrikes as a fallback.

12 years later: 1,140 people have 9/11-related cancer Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:38 AM PDT More than 1,000 people who have lived or worked near ground zero, including first responders, have been diagnosed with a cancer related to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, health officials say.

Senators recasting Syria legislation Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:44 AM PDT The U.N. will have a key role in the new amendment.

Syria plan lets Russia play the peacemaker Posted: 10 Sep 2013 09:10 AM PDT By Timothy Heritage and Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - If it really was just an offhand remark by the U.S. Secretary of State that gave Russia the chance to play peacemaker in the Syrian conflict, Moscow is certainly not letting on. Instead it is presenting this week's proposal for Syria to put its chemical arms under international control as an approach worked out with the United States, a position that might help U.S. President Barack Obama endorse it. ...

Americans using Internet to abandon children adopted overseas Posted: 10 Sep 2013 08:29 AM PDT Part 1: When a Liberian girl proves too much for her parents, they advertise her online and give her to a couple they've never met. Days later, she goes missing.

Live chat: Follow Apple's iPhone event as it happens Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:54 AM PDT Apple's biggest event of the year is here. New iPhones are expected and perhaps new iPads and Apple TV.

Russia's 'hard to enact' chemical arms plan Posted: 10 Sep 2013 06:19 AM PDT It depends on cooperation from a secretive Syrian regime fighting for survival.

Pakistan to free former Taliban second-in-command Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:14 AM PDT By Maria Golovnina ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan plans to free former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, this month to help advance peace efforts in neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan's foreign policy chief said on Tuesday. The United States and Afghanistan have long pressed Pakistan to free Baradar and other senior Taliban figures who could be used to tempt moderate Taliban leaders to the negotiating table and transform the insurgency into a political movement. "In principle, we have agreed to release him. The timing is being discussed. It should be very soon ... ...

Man who made confessional DUI video faces court Posted: 10 Sep 2013 06:05 AM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio driver who made an online video confessing to causing a fatal wrong-way crash after drinking heavily was scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday.

Amnesty decries 'extreme political violence' in Egypt Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:35 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into killings by Egyptian security forces as well as torture and violations of the rights to free speech and assembly. The military's overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi in July after mass protests against him unleashed an "extreme level of political violence", the London-based group told the United Nations Human Rights Council. ...

Six tons of seized ivory to be crushed in Denver Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:34 AM PDT Federal wildlife officials plan to crush more than 6 tons of ivory in Denver as part of a new push by the United States to combat illegal wildlife trafficking worldwide. The ivory that is being stored ...

NYC voters take first steps in choosing a new mayor Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:59 AM PDT For the first time in 12 years, New Yorkers are picking a new mayor to replace Michael Bloomberg.

Indian court convicts 4 in fatal gang rape case Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:14 PM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday in the deadly gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a brutal crime that galvanized public anger over the widespread — yet widely tolerated — sexual violence faced by Indian women.

Syria backs chemical weapons plan Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:10 PM PDT Meantime, it bombs rebels for the first time since the West threatened military action.

Syria accepts Russian chemical arms proposal Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:28 AM PDT The nation makes the deal to avoid U.S. military strikes, Interfax reports.

New Yorkers to vote in uproarious mayoral primaries Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT By Edith Honan and Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers were voting on Tuesday for a candidate to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a primary election that began with complaints that bulky 1960s-era mechanical voting machines had broken down, forcing people to use emergency ballots. In a campaign that featured a scandal over lewd pictures, a council leader trying to become the city's first female and openly gay mayor, and grave warnings about public safety, it was the voting machines that were the issue on election morning. ...

What Obama needs to say in Syria address Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:44 AM PDT The president has tricky ground to cover and concedes that Americans don't back his course.

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