2013年12月20日星期五

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9/11 families win right to sue Saudi Arabia

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 02:21 PM PST

9/11 Families 'Ecstatic' They Can Finally Sue Saudi Arabia'Christmas has come early,' says father of one 25-year-old victim of terror attack.


Judge: Girl will stay on life support after tonsillectomy 'tragedy'

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 04:15 PM PST

Nailah Winkfield, mother of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, cries before a courtroom hearing regarding McMath, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. McMath remains on life support at Children's Hospital Oakland nearly a week after doctors declared her brain dead, following a supposedly routine tonsillectomy. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered a California hospital to keep a girl declared brain dead on life support following what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy.


Weary Obama seeks Hawaii sun's waking touch

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 04:21 PM PST

US President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia walk to Marine One prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on December 20, 2013Washington (AFP) - A weary Barack Obama, eyelids heavy, predicted Friday that the restorative power of sleep and the sunshine of his native Hawaii would restore his wilting fortunes after a bleak year.


Ready to sleep at the airport? Bad holiday weather blues

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 02:45 PM PST

Foul weather threatens to snarl US holiday travelHoliday travelers in the Midwest and parts East and South were keeping a leery eye Friday on a band of foul weather stretching across the nation's midsection that was threatening to mar the opening weekend ...


Did public debate on NSA snooping move Obama's needle?

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 01:21 PM PST

U.S. President Obama addresses year-end news conference in the White House briefing room in WashingtonPresident suggested Friday he may be ready to change bulk collection of phone records.


'Maximum carnage' intended at Kansas airport, judge says

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 01:21 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Sedgwick County, Kan., Clerk's Office, a booking mugshot of Terry Lee Loewen is seen. The 58-year-old avionics technician who worked at the airport for aviation firm Hawker Beechcraft, was arrested before dawn Friday, Dec 13, 2013, as he tried to enter the tarmac on Wichita's Mid-Continent Regional airport in Wichita, Kan., in a vehicle he believed was loaded with high explosives. (AP Photo/Sedgwick County Clerk's Office)WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas airport worker charged with planning a suicide bomb plot at a commercial aircraft terminal poses a public danger and should not be released pending trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday.


Fury and frustration over Target data breach

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 03:03 PM PST

Shoppers arrive at a Target store in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach that occurred just as the holiday shopping season shifted into high gear. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)NEW YORK (AP) — Potential victims of credit card fraud tied to Target's security breach said they had trouble contacting the discounter through its website and call centers.


Clooney on Protecting South Sudan

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 09:58 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011 file photo, George Clooney stands outside a polling station on the first day of voting in Juba, then capital of southern Sudan. Actor and human rights activist George Clooney made a quiet visit to a volatile border region between Sudan and South Sudan last week, ahead of testimony he's giving before a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pete Muller, File)Will the world let its youngest country slip into civil war after suffering so long for independence?


Snowden leaks: Israeli PM was targeted by NSA, UK spies

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 10:27 AM PST

Former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 18, 2013. In an interview with The Associated Press, Olmert said he will serve as chairman of the advisory board of "Genesis Angels" _ a venture capital firm focusing on early stage investment in startup companies. The firm looks toward innovations in robotics, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and other cutting edge technologies. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)British and U.S. spies targeted a senior European Union official, German government buildings, and the office of an Israeli prime minister, according to the latest leaked documents from Edward Snowden published on Friday. Snowden has shone a light on widespread surveillance by the NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ, the alleged extent of which has upset many U.S. allies and fuelled a heated debate about the balance between privacy and security. He is living in Russia under temporary asylum The newspapers reported that in January 2009 GCHQ and the NSA had targeted an email address listed as belonging to the Israeli prime minister, who at the time was Ehud Olmert.


Obama: 2014 'can be a breakthrough year'

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 01:09 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks during his end-of-the-year news conference in the Brady Press Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. Obama is scheduled to depart later on Friday for his home state of Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation trip. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)In year-end Q&A, president touts economic growth and sees compromise in Congress.


U.S. deploys troops to South Sudan to protect embassy, personnel

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 07:33 AM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 and released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), civilians fleeing violence seek refuge at the UNMISS compound in Bor, capital of Jonglei state, in South Sudan. Less than three years after its creation, the world's newest country is beginning to fracture along ethnic lines in violence that has killed hundreds of people and what could come next, some warn, is ethnic cleansing. (AP Photo/UNMISS, Hailemichael Gebrekrstos)WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States has deployed 45 military personnel to volatile South Sudan to protect the embassy and U.S. government employees there. "Although equipped for combat, this force was deployed for the purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and property," Obama said in a letter to Congress. "This force will remain in South Sudan until the security situation becomes such that it is no longer needed."


Obama orders military to review sexual assault

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 11:26 AM PST

EEUU agotaría su capacidad de endeudamiento en febrero, dice su GobiernoThe president says that his administration has "an urgent obligation" to respond.


Economy expands at fastest rate since 2011

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 12:49 PM PST

The first Boeing 777 freighter is displayed outside a hangar prior to its debut ceremony at the company's factory in EverettThe U.S. economy grew at a solid 4.1 percent annual rate from July through September.


Last-minute Obamacare exemption for those with canceled plans

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 08:44 PM PST

Applications are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act in Jackson, MississippiBy Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration made a major last-minute policy shift on Thursday, saying the change would help Americans meet a looming deadline to replace insurance plans canceled because of new standards under Obamacare reforms. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that this group of people - estimated by the administration to be fewer than 500,000 in number - will be allowed to claim a "hardship exemption" from the requirement in the 2010 Affordable Care Act to buy insurance. Armed with the exemption, they then have the option to buy "catastrophic" insurance plans - cheaper insurance with a minimal coverage level that, under the law, is normally available only to people under the age of 30. "This is a common-sense clarification of the law," said Joanne Peters, a spokeswoman for Sebelius.


Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky is released

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 04:30 AM PST

FILE In this Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 file photo Mikhail Khodorkovsky, left, looks from behind glass at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Dec. 19, 2013, that he will pardon his arch-enemy Khodorkovsky who has spent the past 10 years in prison on tax evasion and embezzlement charges. Khodorkovsky's release could potentially be Putin's biggest political decision this year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a political enemy of Putin's, was jailed for corruption.


Congress passes sweeping defense bill

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 12:33 AM PST

Congress passes bipartisan budget agreementThe $632.8 billion bill changes how the military deals with sexual assault.


Canadian court strikes down anti-prostitution laws

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 03:38 PM PST

Terri-Jean Bedford talks to reporters at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa Friday morning, Dec. 20, 2013 after learning Canada's highest court struck down the country's prostitution laws in their entirety in a unanimous 9-0 ruling. The retired dominatrix is one of the three principles in the Supreme Court case. The ruling is a victory for sex workers seeking safer working conditions because it found that the laws violated the guarantee to life, liberty and security of the person. But the decision also gives Parliament a one-year reprieve to respond with new legislation. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)TORONTO (AP) — Canada's highest court struck down the country's anti-prostitution laws Friday, a victory for sex workers who had argued that a ban on brothels and other measures made their profession more dangerous. The ruling drew criticism from the conservative government and religious leaders.


Obama says 1 million signed up for health care

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 12:47 PM PST

President Barack Obama smiles as he prepares to answer a question during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. Obama will depart later for his home state of Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation trip. It's the first time in his presidency that his departure plans have not been delayed by legislative action in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — His health care plan facing a dicey transition, President Barack Obama said Friday that insurance sign-ups are surging now that the government's website is working better for consumers. But it was too soon to say the rollout has turned the corner.


Reagan shooter granted more time outside hospital

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 02:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. A judge has ruled that the man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will get to spend more time outside a mental hospital where he has been confined for most of the past three decades. Hinckley will be allowed to visit his mother's home in Williamsburg, Va., for up to 17 days at a time. Hinckley has been allowed to spend increasing amounts of time at his mother's house in recent years, but previous visits were capped at 10 days. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will get to spend more time outside a mental hospital where he has been confined for most of the past three decades, a judge ruled Friday.


Stores open for 100 hours to attract shoppers

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 02:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2013 file photo, a shopper who declined to give his name waits outside a Kmart store for it to open in Anaheim, Calif. Some retailers, disappointed by sales so far during the holiday shopping season, are staying open for up to 81 hours straight, starting the weekend before Christmas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Some stores are ending the holiday shopping season the same way they began it — with round-the-clock, marathon shopping hours.


Tom Cruise, tabloids, settle defamation lawsuit

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 03:29 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 10, 2012 file photo shows actor Tom Cruise at the world premiere of "Jack Reacher," held at the Odeon Leicester Square, in London. The publisher of Life & Style and In Touch magazines announced Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, that it had reached a confidential settlement with Cruise over a pair of stories that implied he had abandoned his daughter Suri after his divorce from actress Katie Holmes. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The publisher of two tabloid magazines says it never intended to imply that Tom Cruise had abandoned his daughter after his divorce.


AP's Top 10 photos of 2013

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 02:02 PM PST

FOR USE AS DESIRED, YEAR END PHOTOS - FILE - A Bangladeshi woman survivor is lifted out of the rubble by rescuers at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, April 25, 2013. This image was chosen by the Associated Press as one of the top 10 news photos representing the top stories of 2013. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)How to sum up an entire year of news in just 10 photos? The very notion is daunting when we consider that the AP's award-winning team of hundreds of staff photographers, freelancers and photo editors sends out some 3,000 photos every 24 hours - over 1 million photos a year - to our subscribers around the globe.


Salt Lake mayor marries gay couple after ban ended

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 03:51 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, Derek Kitchen, left, and his partner Moudi Sbeity look at each other following court in Salt Lake City. A challenge to Utah's same-sex marriage ban by three gay couples was back in court Dec. 4, as a federal court judge heard arguments. A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cheers erupted as the mayor of Salt Lake City officiated the first gay marriage ceremony in the state in an office building about three miles from the headquarters of the Mormon church.


Treatment of arrested diplomat was typical in US

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 12:37 PM PST

A member of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of India's ruling Congress party, shouts slogans during a protest outside the U.S. consulate in Mumbai, India, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. India's Information Minister Manish Tewari lashed out at the United States on Friday and demanded an apology for the treatment and arrest of Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, saying America cannot behave "atrociously" and get away with it. Meaning of "Atithi Dev Bhavo" on placard is "Guest is God". (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)NEW YORK (AP) — It has sparked protests outside the American embassy in New Delhi. Burnings of President Barack Obama's photo. And angry speeches by Indian officials.


Utah AG requests judge to stop same-sex marriages

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 03:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, Derek Kitchen, left, and his partner Moudi Sbeity look at each other following court in Salt Lake City. A challenge to Utah's same-sex marriage ban by three gay couples was back in court Dec. 4, as a federal court judge heard arguments. A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah attorney general's office is requesting an emergency stay to stop same-sex marriages in the state.


Judge strikes down Utah's same-sex marriage ban

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 03:23 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, Derek Kitchen, left, and his partner Moudi Sbeity look at each other following court in Salt Lake City. A challenge to Utah's same-sex marriage ban by three gay couples was back in court Dec. 4, as a federal court judge heard arguments. A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a growing shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.


Spy panel wants duplicate oversight board replaced

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 09:11 AM PST

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows a sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. For months, two review panels given nearly similar assignments by President Barack Obama have been studying how the White House should change or limit the National Security Agency's surveillance programs. They have functioned separately, with different experts and private and public hearings. Their mandates, however, were almost identical. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, two review panels given nearly identical assignments by President Barack Obama have been studying how the White House should change or limit the National Security Agency's surveillance programs. They have functioned separately — with different experts and private and public hearings — but with almost the same mandate.


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