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IRS pushes to rein in tax-exempt political groups

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:48 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration Tuesday launched a bid to rein in the use of tax-exempt groups for political campaigning.

Analysis: Nuclear deal faces hard-line test

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 10:52 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, Iran's Revolutionary Guard troops march during a military parade commemorating the start of the Iraq-Iran war 32 years ago, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. Even before Iran's envoys could pack their bags in Geneva after wrapping up a first-step nuclear deal with world powers, President Hassan Rouhani was opening a potentially tougher diplomatic front: Selling the give-and-take to his country's powerful interests led by the Revolutionary Guard. Whether Iran's hard-liners will aid or obstruct expanded UN inspections and other points of the accord stands as the biggest wild card on whether it can hit it marks and test Iran's claims that it does not seek nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Even before Iran's envoys could pack their bags in Geneva after wrapping up a first-step nuclear deal with world powers, President Hassan Rouhani was opening a potentially tougher diplomatic front: selling the give-and-take to his country's powerful insider interests led by the Revolutionary Guard.


Talks on global free-trade deal collapse in Geneva

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:13 PM PST

World Trade Organization, WTO, Director General Roberto Azevedo, of Brazil, informs the media about the next ministerial meeting on Bali during a press conference, after the General Council at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Salvatore Di Nolfi)GENEVA (AP) — Negotiators came close but failed Tuesday to clinch a free-trade deal that could have helped boost the world economy by $1 trillion a year and cleared the way for a broader global agreement.


CBS: Lara Logan, producer ordered to take leave

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:56 PM PST

In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, "60 Minutes" reporter Lara Logan takes part in a panel discussion at the Showtime Winter TCA Tour in Pasadena, Calif. CBS has ordered NEW YORK (AP) — CBS ordered "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan and her producer to take a leave of absence Tuesday following a critical internal review of their handling of the show's October story on the Benghazi raid, based on a report on a supposed witness whose story can't be verified.


Comet dances with sun, death; giving mixed signals

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:51 PM PST

In this photo provided by NASA, a contrast-enhanced image produced from the Hubble images of comet ISON taken April 23, 2013 reveals the subtle structure in the inner coma of the comet. In this computer-processed view, the Hubble image has been divided by a computer model coma that decreases in brightness proportionally to the distance from the nucleus, as expected for a comet that is producing dust uniformly over its surface. ISON's coma shows enhanced dust particle release on the sunward-facing side of the comet's nucleus, the small, solid body at the core of the comet. This information is invaluable for determining the comet's shape, evolution, and spin of the solid nucleus. (AP Photo/NASA)WASHINGTON (AP) — Comet ISON is teasing the solar system as it dances with the sun and it's giving astronomers mixed signals.


Psalm book fetches record $14.2M at NY auction

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:12 PM PST

FILE - This April 2013 file photo provided by Sotheby's and taken in New York shows what the auction house describes as "the world's most valuable book," the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United States. Sotheby's, offering it Tuesday evening, Nov. 26, 2013 with a presale estimate of $15 million to $30 million, says it could set an auction record for any printed book. The book was published in Cambridge, Mass., by the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It came just 20 years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. (AP Photo/Sotheby's, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A tiny book of psalms from 1640, believed to be the first book printed in what's now the United States, sold for just under $14.2 million on Tuesday, setting an auction record for a printed book.


New breed of buses draws Thanksgiving travelers

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:54 PM PST

Chynnah Clasberry, left, and her cousin David Ruffin prepare to board a Megabus for a trip to Atlanta, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Chicago. Millions of Americans are hurtling along the nation's jumble of transportation arteries for Thanksgiving, and more of them are discovering that a bus, of all things, is the cheapest, comfiest and coolest way to stay Zen during the nation's largest annual human migration. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — As millions of Americans hurtle through the jumble of transportation arteries for Thanksgiving, many are discovering that bus travel may be the cheapest, comfiest and even coolest way to stay Zen during the nation's largest annual migration.


Psalm book fetches record $14.2M at NYC auction

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:24 PM PST

FILE - This April 2013 file photo provided by Sotheby's and taken in New York shows what the auction house describes as "the world's most valuable book," the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United States. Sotheby's, offering it Tuesday evening, Nov. 26, 2013 with a presale estimate of $15 million to $30 million, says it could set an auction record for any printed book. The book was published in Cambridge, Mass., by the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It came just 20 years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. (AP Photo/Sotheby's, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A tiny book of psalms from 1640 has sold for $14.2 million in New York City, setting an auction record for a printed book.


Supreme Court will take up new health law dispute

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 01:01 PM PST

FILE - This May 22, 2013 file photo shows customer at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver. The Supreme Court has agreed to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees. The justices said Tuesday they will take up an issue that has divided the lower courts in the face of roughly 40 lawsuits from for-profit companies asking to be spared from having to cover some or all forms of contraception. The court will consider two cases. One involves Hobby Lobby Inc., an Oklahoma City-based arts and crafts chain with 13,000 full-time employees. Hobby Lobby won in the lower courts. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law: whether businesses may use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees.


Former hostages react to Iran's nuclear deal

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1979, file photo, one of the hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran is displayed to the crowd, blindfolded and with his hands bound, outside the embassy. Fifty-two of the hostages endured 444 days of captivity. Former Iranian hostages had varied reactions to the news of the nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran in what is being billed as a trust-building agreement designed to yield a more comprehensive deal six months from now. (AP Photo/File)McLEAN, Va. (AP) — To some of the Americans subjected to mock executions and other torment during more than a year as hostages in Iran more than 30 years ago, it seems like a mistake to trust the regime in Tehran to keep its promises in a nuclear deal brokered by the U.S. and other world powers.


US bombers fly across China's new air defense zone

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:55 PM PST

Computer screens display a map showing the outline of China's new air defense zone in the East China on the website of the Chinese Ministry of Defense, in Beijing Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. Beijing on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 issued a map of the zone - which includes a cluster of islands controlled by Japan but also claimed by China - and a set of rules that say all aircraft entering the area must notify Chinese authorities and are subject to emergency military measures if they do not identify themselves or obey Beijing's orders. Chinese characters in red in the center of the map at left reads: "Air Defense Identification Zone in East China Sea." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after China asserted greater military control over a swath of the East China Sea to bolster claims to a cluster of disputed islands, the U.S. defied the move Tuesday as it flew two B-52 bombers through the area.


France to send 1,000 troops to C. African Republic

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 12:59 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, March 22, 2013 file photo provided by the French Army Communications Audio Visual Office, French soldiers arrive at Bangui airport in the Central African Republic. France will send 1,000 troops to the Central African Republic under an expected U.N.-backed mission to keep growing chaos at bay, the defense minister said Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, boosting the French military presence in Africa for the second time this year. (AP Photo/Elise Foucaud, ECPAD, File)DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — France promised Tuesday to send 1,000 troops to Central African Republic amid warnings about the potential for genocide in the near-anarchic former French colony.


Rain and snow snarl holiday travel on East Coast

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 01:49 PM PST

Holiday travelers make their way to their car after arriving at Pittsburgh International Airport in Imperial, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. Winter weather advisories and storm warnings have been posted for much of Pennsylvania as a storm bearing a wintry mix of precipitation rolls into the commonwealth. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)NEW YORK (AP) — Thanksgiving travelers scrambled to book earlier flights Tuesday to avoid a sprawling storm bearing down on the East Coast with a messy mix of snow, rain and wind that threatened to snarl one of the busiest travel days of the year and ground giant balloon versions of Snoopy and SpongeBob SquarePants in the Macy's parade.


U.S. bombers buzz disputed islands

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:39 PM PST

A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island , Minamikojima and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China SeaThe move defied China's declaration of a new airspace defense zone.


Obama: Hollywood an economic engine

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:51 PM PST

President Barack Obama and DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, left, watch a demonstration of Motion Capture technology for the upcoming film, 'How to Train Your Dragon 2, during the president's tour of DreamWorks Studios in Glendale, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. Motion Capture (Mocap) is part of the production process using live actors for animated movies. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama praised the American movie industry on Tuesday, saying Hollywood was not only a key export industry but also an important cultural and diplomatic tool. Speaking after a visit to the DreamWorks Animation studio in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, Obama said Hollywood was one of the engines of the American economy. "I've come here today, because this is one of America's economic engines, not just DreamWorks, but this whole cluster of companies that generations have grown up knowing, Disney and Warner and Universal and others," Obama said after a guided tour of the studios responsible for successful franchises such as "Shrek", "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda." The entertainment industry had also served as an important diplomatic tool, Obama said.


Photos: Best-of fall colors

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 12:00 PM PST

Photos: Best-of fall colorsIn the foreground of Jane Wei's "Golden Autumn" photo, the fiery yellow tufts of leaves perch atop stark-white aspen trunks. Far away in the background, the cold-blue snow-crusted peaks of Colorado's Kebler Pass offer contrast to fall's changing colors on the mountains' slopes.

Kerry explains scope of nuclear agreement

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:13 AM PST

Kerry explains scope of nuclear agreementAn interim nuclear agreement was reached with Iran during negotiations in Geneva in the early hours of November 24. The P5+1 negotiations with Iran took place with the goal of reaching a diplomatic resolution that would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. In this video, released by the State Department on November 26, Secretary Kerry shares an inside view of what was accomplished and the work that remains to be done. Credit: Department of State


Steubenville officials placed on leave

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 12:35 PM PST

File photo of a Sheriff's vehicle patroling area around Steubenville High School in SteubenvilleA school superintendent, two others on leave after investigation in Ohio rape case.


First goodwill test: U.S. asks Iran's help to find man missing 6 years

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 12:04 PM PST

From left to right Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, Hassan Rouhani, Iran's president, and Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijan's foreign minister attend the ECO council of ministers in Tehran, Iran on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. Even before Iran's envoys could pack their bags in Geneva after wrapping up a first-step nuclear deal with world powers, President Rouhani was opening a potentially tougher diplomatic front: Selling the give-and-take to his country's powerful interests led by the Revolutionary Guard. Whether Iran's hard-liners will aid or obstruct expanded UN inspections and other points of the accord stands as the biggest wild card on whether it can hit it marks and test Iran's claims that it does not seek nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)In an apparent effort to test Iranian goodwill following a landmark nuclear deal, the United States on Tuesday asked Iran for help in finding an American private investigator who has been missing there for more than six years. The White House called for Iran's cooperation in locating retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared during a business trip to an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf in March 2007. "We welcome the assistance of our international partners in this investigation, and we respectfully ask the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to assist us in securing Mr. Levinson's health, welfare, and safe return," the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.


Oklahoma police captain convicted in unarmed teen's death

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, file photo, Del City Police Capt. Randy Harrison looks at the jurors box in the courtroom during his trial at the Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma City. Harrison, charged with manslaughter in the death of an armed teen, "crossed the line" when he shot the man, prosecutors told jurors Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, while defense attorneys said the officer was trying to protect people and believed the teenager was reaching for a gun. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul B. Southerland, File)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma jury Tuesday convicted a veteran police captain of first-degree manslaughter in the death of an unarmed teenager who was running away after scuffling with the officer.


Connecticut judge orders release of Newtown 911 tapes

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 11:55 AM PST

A Connecticut judge on Tuesday ordered the release of the 911 tapes of calls from Sandy Hook Elementary School made during the December 14th shooting spree that killed 20 children and six adults. Supreme Court Judge Eliot Prescott directed officials to release the audio recordings by December 4, a date chosen to give the state, which has fought the release, time to appeal. Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission had ordered Newtown police to provide journalists with copies of the audio recordings, but officials appealed the ruling. State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky said in a statement he was reviewing the judge's decision.

U.S. conducts East China Sea 'operations'

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:17 AM PST

A US Air Force B-52 bomber flies past during the opening day of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 14, 20122 U.S. military aircraft, including B-52, flew around disputed islands without informing China.


Warrant: Zimmerman Had 5 Guns, Ammo When Arrested

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:35 AM PST

George Zimmerman's New Lawyer Was a Legal Analyst for CNN During His Other TrialWarrant shows Zimmerman had 5 guns, 100-plus rounds of ammo when arrested in domestic case        


Obama heckler has history of civil disobedience

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:16 AM PST

Ju Hong, third from top left, interrupts President Barack Obama's speech about immigration reform, Monday, Nov, 25, 2103, at the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)A heckler who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on immigration in San Francisco says he spoke out because his family has been torn apart by U.S. immigration policy — and the administration has done nothing to help them.


Apartment construction drives housing uptick

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 06:25 AM PST

In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 photo, Will Hostetler, a carpenter with Larry Block Builders, carries trim downstairs at a new home under construction, in Pepper Pike, Ohio. The Commerce Department reports on the number of permits requested in October and September to build homes, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)Developers get approval to build apartments at the fastest pace in five years.


Special report: Winter storm threatens travel

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:56 AM PST

Snow Impacting Morning Commute, Holiday Travel PlansA sloppy storm could make your holiday travel stressful.


Heard this before? Ford recalls 2013 Escapes, again

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:54 AM PST

Newly assembled 2013 Ford Escapes sit on plant lots ready to be shipped out to dealers at the newly transformed Louisville Assembly Plant in LouisvilleFord Motor Co's bad safety streak with its 2013 Escape continued on Tuesday as the automaker issued two more recalls for the second most popular sport utility vehicle in the U.S. market. There have now been seven recalls of the 2013 model of the Escape, a key SUV for Ford, the No. 2 U.S. automaker. The recalls affected 161,334 Escape SUVs globally, mostly in the United States, and addressed potential leaks that could cause a fire. Escape sales in the United States were up 14 percent through October this year to 250,543 vehicles, making it the second-best selling Ford product behind the F-Series pickup trucks, and No. 2 to Honda Motor Co's CR-V in the SUV segment.


$&@# snowman scares the sugar plums out of shoppers

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 06:00 AM PST

SnowmanIt's become something of a holiday tradition: A man, dressed as a snowman, stands motionless until unsuspecting shoppers approach, then suddenly scares the sugarplums out of them.


Pope attacks 'tyranny' of markets, urges renewal in mission statement

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:46 AM PST

Pope Francis walks away at the end of a mass to prepare an urn containing the relics of the Apostle St. Peter for public veneration, at the VaticanBy Naomi O'Leary VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis attacked unfettered capitalism as "a new tyranny" and beseeched global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality, in a document on Tuesday setting out a platform for his papacy and calling for a renewal of the Catholic Church. The 84-page document, known as an apostolic exhortation, was the first major work he has authored alone as pope and makes official many views he has aired in sermons and remarks since he became the first non-European pontiff in 1,300 years in March. In it, Francis went further than previous comments criticizing the global economic system, attacking the "idolatry of money", and urged politicians to "attack the structural causes of inequality" and strive to provide work, healthcare and education to all citizens. "How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses 2 points?" The pope said renewal of the Church could not be put off and said the Vatican and its entrenched hierarchy "also need to hear the call to pastoral conversion".


Airport chaplains minister to fluid flocks

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:12 AM PST

In this Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 photo, an image of a plane hangs on the wall as airport chaplains are reflected during a presentation at the International Association of Civil Aviation Chaplains' annual conference at Delta Air Lines' headquarters, in Atlanta. Airports are mini-cities with their own movie theaters, fire departments and shopping malls. Many also have chapels, which are staffed by a mix of 350 part- and full-time chaplains worldwide who are Catholic, Protestant and, to a lesser extent, Jewish, Muslim or Sikh. (AP Photo/David Goldman)ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Frank Colladay Jr. stood at the end of the gate waiting. On the arriving plane was a passenger whose husband had just died of a heart attack on another flight. Her name was Linda Gilbert. The two had never met before.


Congress unlikely to blow up Obama's Iran deal

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:34 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform, Monday, Nov, 25, 2013, at the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco. The president is invoking the Thanksgiving spirit in search of an immigration deal with Congress. The president says he's willing to go along with House Republicans who want to break immigration reform into pieces. That's a different approach than the Democratic-controlled Senate that passed a comprehensive bill including border security and a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants illegally in the US. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Lawmakers are wary of the deal, but they don't want to rush to new sanctions, either.


Storm moves east, threatens holiday travel

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:56 AM PST

Crews spray deicing solution onto an American Airlines 737 before departure at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Winter weather has caused travel disruptions throughout the area including the cancellation and delays of hundreds of flights. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A sloppy storm system carrying heavy rainfall, ice and snow is slogging its way eastward, bringing the potential of headaches for travelers heading home for the Thanksgiving holiday.


U.S. may pull out all troops as Afghan leader holds up deal

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:06 AM PST

Photos of the day - November 24, 2013By Jessica Donati and Mark Felsenthal KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign a security deal with the United States, the White House said, opening up the prospect of a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from the strife-torn nation next year. Karzai told U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Kabul on Monday that the United States must put an immediate end to military raids on Afghan homes and demonstrate its commitment to peace talks before he would sign a bilateral security pact, Karzai's spokesman said. The White House said Karzai had outlined new conditions in the meeting with Rice and "indicated he is not prepared to sign the promptly". "Without a prompt signature, the U.S. would have no choice but to initiate planning for a post-2014 future in which there would be no U.S. or NATO troop presence in Afghanistan," a White House statement quoted Rice as saying.


Iran ready to join Syria peace talks if invited

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:13 AM PST

Iranian FM Zarif smiles as he speaks to the media at the International Conference Centre of Geneva in GenevaIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that Tehran was prepared to take part in the Syria peace talks in Geneva, slated for January 22, if invited. "Participation of Iran in Geneva 2 is in our view an important contribution to the resolution of the problem. We have said all along that if Iran is invited, we will participate without any preconditions," Zarif told Iran's Press TV. Iran is the main backer, along with Russia, of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a conflict that has lasted more than two years, killed more than 100,000 people and uprooted millions more.


New charges in Steubenville case aimed at holding adults accountable

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Superintendent Michael McVey, 50, faces the most serious allegations, including felony obstruction and tampering with evidence charges.


US, Russia throw weight behind Syria peace talks

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 10:31 PM PST

A rebel fighter points his weapon through a hole in the wall towards forces loyal to the regime in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on November 24, 2013The United States and Russia threw their full weight behind long-delayed Syria peace talks that the UN said finally would be held January 22, though it was not yet clear whether key sponsors of the warring sides would attend. "We haven't established a list yet," UN and Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said. That left open the participation of Saudi Arabia, seen as a major sponsor the majority Sunni Muslim rebels, and Iran, which steadfastly back the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which is dominated by Alawites derived from Islam's Shiite current. "These two countries will certainly be among the possible participants," Brahimi said after closed-door talks in Geneva with US and Russian officials.


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