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FBI says massive 'Anonymous' hack targeting U.S. government agencies

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 03:04 PM PST

The word 'password' is pictured on a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in BerlinU.S. Army, Department of Energy, Department of HHS attacked, maybe more.


Skeletons found in Calif. desert believed those of family missing 3 years

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 04:25 PM PST

Susan McStay, mother of Joseph McStay, left, and friend of victims' family, Emily, whose last name was not given, listen during a news conference at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Headquarters on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in San Bernardino, Calif. San Bernardino County Sheriff Edward J. McMahon confirmed Joseph McStay and his 43-year-old wife, Summer, were found in shallow graves in the Mojave Desert this week. The couple and their two sons disappeared in February 2010.(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Four skeletons found in shallow graves in the Southern California desert are believed to be those of a San Diego County family that vanished three years ago, police said Friday, resolving one mystery and raising a host of new questions about what happened to the seemingly happy couple and their two young sons.


Iran nuclear deal possible next week, says U.S. official

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 04:33 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry, EU foreign policy chief Ashton and Iranian FM Zarif meet in GenevaBy Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major powers and Iran are getting closer to an initial agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program, a senior U.S. official said on Friday, adding it is "quite possible" a deal could be reached when negotiators meet November 20-22 in Geneva. The official said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif were to meet on November 20 in Geneva. The talks will seek to finalize an interim deal to allow time to negotiate a comprehensive, permanent agreement with Iran that would end a 10-year deadlock and provide assurances to the six powers that its atomic program would not produce bombs. Iran has denied that it is seeking the capability to produce atomic weapons and insists its nuclear ambitions are limited to the peaceful generation of electricity and other civilian uses.


Toronto council strips Mayor Rob Ford of powers

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 03:54 PM PST

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford vowed Friday to take City Council to court after it voted overwhelmingly to strip him of some of his powers over his admitted drug use, public drinking and increasingly erratic behavior.

5-year-old California boy a smash hit as 'Batkid'

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 04:48 PM PST

Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, second from left, raises his arm next to Batman at a rally outside of City Hall with Mayor Ed Lee, left, and his father Nick and brother Clayton, at right, in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Scott was called into service on Friday morning by San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr to help fight crime, as San Francisco turned into Gotham City as city officials helped fulfill the 5-year-old leukemia patient's wish to be "Batkid," The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation says. He was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 18 months old, finished treatment in June and is now in remission, KGO-TV reported. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dressed in a black Batman costume, his fists clenched as he took on foe after foe around San Francisco, a 5-year-old boy who has battled leukemia for years fulfilled his wish Friday to be his favorite superhero.


Typhoon-stricken Philippine town starts rebuilding

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 08:06 AM PST

GUIUAN, Philippines (AP) — People swept dirt from the pews and wiped clean the mud-covered, ornate tile floors of a church. The sound of hammers hitting nails and the buzzing of chain saws reverberated in the streets. Debris was piled on corners and set ablaze.

Teacher pleads no contest to lewd acts on students

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:37 PM PST

Former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 62, closes his eyes during his change-of-plea hearing in Los Angeles Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Berndt, a once-respected former teacher accused of committing lewd acts on children in what he called "tasting games" pleaded no contest Friday to all the charges against him. He entered the legal equivalent of guilty pleas to 23 charges at a hearing Friday. The plea agreement calls for the former Miramonte Elementary School teacher to be sentenced to 25 years in prison. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A once-respected former teacher accused of committing lewd acts on children in what authorities said he called "tasting games" pleaded no contest Friday as victims' family members tearfully told him he had ruined their lives.


Homeowner charged in deadly Mich. porch shooting

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:57 PM PST

Theodore P. Wafer, 54, of Dearborn Heights, appears at his arraignment in 20th District Court in Deaborn Heights, Mich., Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Wafer faces second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit homeowner was charged Friday with second-degree murder in the death of a 19-year-old woman who was shot in the face while on his front porch nearly two weeks ago.


Dolphins' Martin ends silence, meets NFL counsel

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 04:43 PM PST

Miami Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin speaks to members of the media outside the office of the NFL lawyer investigating the team's bullying scandal, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in New York. The league is trying to gather information about the harassment Martin says he was subjected to by teammate Richie Incognito. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Martin spent nearly seven hours going into "great detail" with the NFL counsel investigating his claims of his harassment in the Miami Dolphins' locker room. What came up in their talks, he isn't saying for now.


Calif. boy with leukemia becomes 'Batkid' for day

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 03:52 PM PST

Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, right, runs with Batman after saving a damsel in distress in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. San Francisco turned into Gotham City on Friday, as city officials helped fulfill Scott's wish to be "Batkid." Scott, a leukemia patient from Tulelake in far Northern California, was called into service on Friday morning by San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr to help fight crime, The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation says. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dressed in a black Batman costume, his fists clenched as he took on foe after foe around San Francisco, a 5-year-old boy who has battled leukemia for years fulfilled his wish Friday to be his favorite superhero.


Judge bans live TV in Arias penalty phase retrial

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:24 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Jodi Arias appearing for her trial in Maricopa County Superior court in Phoenix. Live television coverage of Arias' penalty phase retrial will be banned and the case will remain in Phoenix despite defense arguments that intense publicity will make it difficult to find impartial jurors, a judge ruled this week. (AP Photo/Matt York, file)PHOENIX (AP) — Live television coverage of Jodi Arias' penalty phase retrial will be banned and the case will remain in Phoenix despite defense arguments that intense publicity will make it difficult to find impartial jurors, a judge ruled this week.


Judge won't dismiss murder charge against bride

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:51 PM PST

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected a Montana woman's request to dismiss her murder indictment for pushing her new husband off a cliff during an argument in Glacier National Park.

US quietly offers bounties for Benghazi attackers

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:56 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Friday that it has been quietly offering rewards since January of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any person involved in last year's attack on a US diplomatic compound in Libya. The announcement ends weeks of Obama administration silence on questions about whether it was using all available means to catch the attackers.

'Batkid' fighting crime in San Francisco

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:40 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dressed in a black Batman costume, his fists clenched as he took on foe after foe around San Francisco, a 5-year-old boy who has battled leukemia for years fulfilled his wish Friday to be his favorite superhero.

Bodies in desert believed to be missing family

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:52 PM PST

This photo display at a press conference at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department headquarters in San Bernadino, Calif., shows Joseph and Summer McStay, and their children Gianni and Joseph Mateo who went missing in 2010 from their San Diego home. The San Bernardino County Sheriff said Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, that the family's skeletal remains were found buried in the desert about 60 miles northeast of Los Angeles earlier this week. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Four skeletons found in shallow graves in the Southern California desert are believed those of a San Diego County family that vanished three years ago, police said Friday, resolving one mystery and raising a host of new questions about what happened to the seemingly happy couple and their two young sons.


Albania rejects request to destroy Syrian weapons

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 12:43 PM PST

An Albanian student wears a gas mask and holds a sign during a protest against chemical weapons during a protest against the dismantling of Syrian chemical weapons in Albania in front of the Prime Minister's office in Tirana Thursday Nov. 14, 2013. Albania, a member of NATO, has said it is studying a request by the United States to host facilities for destroying Syria's chemical weapons, but has not yet taken a decision. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The international effort to destroy Syria's chemical weapons was dealt a major blow Friday when staunch American ally Albania rejected a U.S. request to let the destruction take place on its soil.


Photos: The instant phenomenon of San Francisco's 'Batkid'

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 03:00 AM PST

Photos: The instant phenomenon of San Francisco's 'Batkid'Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, right, runs with Batman after saving a damsel in distress in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. San Francisco turned into Gotham City on Friday, as city officials helped fulfill Scott's wish to be "Batkid." Scott, a leukemia patient from Tulelake in far Northern California, was called into service on Friday morning by San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr to help fight crime, The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation says. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

3 states reject health fix; what about other 47?

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 01:41 PM PST

U.S. President Obama meets with health insurance chief executives at the White House in WashingtonPresident Obama's proposal does not actually guarantee millions will keep plans.


Murder charge follows case that stirred race tension in Michigan

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:02 PM PST

A view of Downtown Detroit looking south on Woodward Avenue is shown July 19, 2013 in Detroit, MichiganA white man who shot a black woman who knocked on his door after a late-night car crash in Michigan was charged with murder Friday in a case that has stirred racial tensions. The death of Renisha McBride, 19, sparked protests and comparisons to Trayvon Martin, the black teenager whose killing last year at the hands of a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida provoked a national debate on racism and 'stand your ground' self-defense laws. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy insisted she was not influenced by the protests. The evidence showed that homeowner Theodore Wafer, 54, shot McBride through a locked screen door after opening the storm door, Worthy said.


Wanted: Country to dispose of Syria's weapons

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 01:30 PM PST

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New YorkAlbania rejects U.S. proposal, leaving chemical disarmament plan hanging.


House OKs health plans short of Obamacare

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 11:21 AM PST

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., center, leaves the office of House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, before a vote on a measure to let insurers keep offering health coverage that falls short of the law's standards. A day earlier, the president changed course in the face of a public uproar over the flawed debut of the Affordable Care Act and said he would take administrative action — which doesn't need congressional approval — to let companies continue selling such plans for at least another year. Unlike the House GOP bill, he would permit such sales to insurers' existing customers only, not to new ones.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)GOP lawmakers—and 39 Democrats—approve the bill to extend coverage.


US bounty on Benghazi attackers: $10 million

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 12:44 PM PST

A picture shows a burnt building at the US consulate compound in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on September 13, 2012State Department looks for leads in last year's attack on Libyan mission that killed four.


US ban on guns that escape metal detectors about to expire

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 10:29 AM PST

A traveler walks through a metal detector at a security check point in John F. Kennedy Airport in New YorkBy David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 25-year-old U.S. ban on any firearms that can escape discovery by a metal detector is scheduled to expire next month, just as law enforcement officials say they are closely watching the proliferation of plastic guns made with 3D printers. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday that if the 1988 Undetectable Firearms Act is allowed to end, plastic guns made with the fast-evolving 3D printing technology could be smuggled more easily. "This is a very worrisome threat to law enforcement and to people who fly every day. We can't have guns legally in circulation that are not detectable by metal detectors," Holder said in a statement.


Chicago 'hacktivist' gets prison in NY cyberattacks case

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 09:22 AM PST

File - This March 5, 2012 file photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department in Chicago shows Jeremy Hammond. A New York judge sentenced Hammond to ten years, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 for his involvement in cyber-attacks on corporations and government agencies worldwide. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Department, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A self-described anarchist and "hacktivist" from Chicago was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for illegally accessing computer systems of law enforcement agencies and government contractors.


Libyan PM Blames Violence on Protesters, Militias

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 11:37 AM PST

Libyan PM says protesters, militias are both blamed for violence that killed 22        

Thousands evacuated as volcano erupts in Indonesia

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 06:15 AM PST

Indonesian volcano erupts, forcing evacuation of hundredsMount Sinabung awoke in October and has blasted one to two ash explosions every day.


Ron Burgundy's eponymous 'Anchorman' suit lands in museum

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 10:12 AM PST

Props and costumes from the "Anchorman" movie are seen at an exhibit at the Newseum in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. The museum about news and the First Amendment has opened "Anchorman: The Exhibit," featuring costumes and props from Will Ferrell's 2004 movie "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy." The story of a fictional news team's sexist reaction to the arrival of an ambitious female reporter was a parody of real tumult in the 1970s TV business. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — While Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" are prize artifacts at the Smithsonian, Ron Burgundy's burgundy "Anchorman" suit might turn out to be the most popular item at the Newseum.


Homeowner charged in deadly Michigan porch shooting

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 08:22 AM PST

In this undated file photo is the cover of a funeral program showing 19-year-old Renisha McBride from a service in Detroit. Prosecutors plan to announce Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 whether they'll charge a suburban Detroit homeowner in the Nov. 2 shooting death of McBride. Autopsy results released after the shooting ruled McBride died of a gunshot wound to her face. (AP Photo/Detroit News) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUTDETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors on Friday announced charges against a suburban Detroit homeowner in the death of a 19-year-old woman who was shot in the face on his porch.


Are Obama's ratings dipping past the point of no return?

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 04:32 PM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about his signature health care law, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Again and again, Obama shouldered the blame for his botched health care rollout in unusually blunt terms — a step many of his critics contend was long overdue. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Barack Obama's second term fumbles have pitched him to record low poll ratings and splintered his credibility with the American people. Obama, stung by the amateurish debut of his health care plan, which has sent fellow Democrats into revolt, is beginning to sense the depth of his woes. A week later, Pew Research put Obama at 41 percent. By Wednesday, Quinnipiac University had him at 39 percent, a new low.


Founding spirit: The making of Washington’s whiskey at Mount Vernon

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 04:09 AM PST

Founding Spirit: The Making of Washington's Whiskey at Mount VernonMaster distiller Dave Pickerell distills whiskey as George Washington once did


After JFK, a Secret Service transformed

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 02:46 AM PST

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama ride in the presidential limousine during the 57th Presidential Inauguration parade Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)JFK's assassination helped usher in a wave of changes at the small agency.


China to ease decades-old one-child policy nationwide

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 06:23 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2013 file photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and other Communist Party top leaders raise their hands to vote in the third plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing. China's leaders pledged Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, to open state-dominated industries wider to private competition and ease limits on foreign investment in e-commerce and other businesses in a sweeping reform plan aimed at rejuvenating a slowing economy. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lan Hongguang, File) NO SALESBy Sui-Lee Wee and Li Hui BEIJING (Reuters) - China will ease family planning restrictions nationwide, the government said on Friday, allowing millions of families to have two children in the country's most significant liberalisation of its strict one-child policy in about three decades. "It's not a huge reform, there have been small adjustments all along," said Liang Zhongtang, a demographer from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.


Marines killed in Calif. were doing dangerous job

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 01:04 AM PST

Vehicles file through the main gate of Camp Pendleton Marine Base on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Four Marines were reported killed Wednesday in an accident while clearing an unexploded ordnance. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)SAN DIEGO (AP) — The job is one of the most dangerous in the Marine Corps.


Toronto council votes to strip mayor of powers

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 07:53 AM PST

Mayor Rob Ford speaks to city council members about new allegations against him in Toronto on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Ford is threatening to take legal action against former aides who told police about their concerns about his drug use and drunken driving. He also denies making sexual advances toward a female staffer. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)Mayor Rob Ford has faced pressure over his drinking and drug use and erratic behavior.


China to loosen one-child policy, end labour camps

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 03:30 AM PST

The national flag of China flutters behind a fence of the headquarters of the NDRC in BeijingThe reform package reduce the number of crimes subject to the death penalty.


Health official feared website 'crash' in July

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 07:50 AM PST

A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationA U.S. official worried that quality assurance issues could "crash the plane at take-off."


White House defends Secret Service over sex claims

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 12:34 PM PST

Secret ServiceThe White House said Friday President Barack Obama had "absolute confidence" in the Secret Service leaders, despite new reports of misconduct by agents, including extramarital affairs and visits to prostitutes. "The president believes deeply that the vast majority of the men and women who work for the US Secret Service exemplify the highest standards of service," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "He believes that the leadership at the Secret Service, including the new director, will address matters as they arise, appropriately," said Carney. The Washington Post reported that agents had misbehaved in 17 countries in recent years, according to accounts given by whistleblowers to a Senate committee that oversees the Secret Service.


Philippine gov't defends typhoon response

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 12:36 AM PST

En elderly woman peeks through a broken window of her house in a neighborhood badly affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Guiuan, Philippines, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the country's eastern seaboard on last Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Many victims have received little or no assistance since the storm struck one week ago.


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