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Wild winter weather mix includes record warmth

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 10:59 AM PST

A traveler walks through Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for north central Illinois, northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana Saturday morning. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)The first full day of winter is delivering a wild mix of weather across the U.S., from ice and power outages in Michigan, New York and parts of northern New England, to snow in sections of the Midwest, to fatal flooding in southern states and even record-setting warm temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic.


Apple, China Mobile sign iPhone deal

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 04:05 PM PST

A Chinese man walks past an advertisement for an IPhone outside an Apple reseller in Beijing on March 18, 2013Apple on Sunday unveiled a long-anticipated deal with China Mobile, the world's biggest wireless carrier, to bring the iPhone to customers in a market dominated by low-cost Android smartphones. The deal gives Apple a bigger entry into the huge Chinese market and China Mobile's estimated 760 million subscribers. Under the agreement, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c phones will be available at China Mobile and Apple retail stores across mainland China starting January 17, Apple said in a statement.


Fears of civil war in South Sudan grow

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 12:32 PM PST

SPLA soldiers drive in a truck in JubaSouth Sudan's government said on Sunday rebels had seized the capital of a key oil-producing region and fears grew of all-out ethnic civil war in the world's newest country.


Rebels hold key oil capital in South Sudan

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 02:47 PM PST

In this photo released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), wounded civilians from Bor, the capital of Jonglei state and said to be the scene of fierce clashes between government troops and rebels, are assisted after being transported by U.N. helicopter to Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. South Sudan's central government lost control of the capital of a key oil-producing state on Sunday, the military said, as renegade forces loyal to a former deputy president seized more territory in fighting that has raised fears of full-blown civil war in the world's newest country. (AP Photo/UNMISS)KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — South Sudan's central government lost control of the capital of a key oil-producing state Sunday, the military said, as renegade forces loyal to a former deputy president seized more territory in fighting that has raised fears of full-blown civil war in the world's newest country.


Apple reaches deal to bring iPhone to China Mobile

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 04:42 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, file photo, Chinese employees cheer a customer after he bought a new iPhone at an Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing. Apple says Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world's biggest phone carrier. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Apple says it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world's biggest phone carrier.


Weak US card security made Target a juicy target

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 12:16 PM PST

Shoppers leave a Target store in North Olmsted, Ohio 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/Mark Duncan)NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target's stores will get worse before they get better.


NYPD: Man, 3-year-old son dead in building fall

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 04:11 PM PST

In this Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 photo, New York Police Department officers police walk in front of a high-rise apartment building where they said a 35-year-old man and a 3-year-old child died after plummeting from the building in New York. The midtown Manhattan building, a short distance away from Columbus Circle and Lincoln Center, is listed as South Park Tower, a rental. The circumstances of the fall are unclear. Authorities are investigating. (AP Photo/Julie Walker)NEW YORK (AP) — A man and his 3-year-old son plummeted to their deaths from a Manhattan apartment building, police said Sunday as they investigated what led to the tragedy.


In 'Duck Dynasty' hometown local loyalty prevails

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 05:09 PM PST

This Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 photo shows items showing the image of Phil Robertson and his catchphrase "Happy, Happy, Happy" displayed at the Duck Commander store in West Monroe, La. The town is the setting for the popular "Duck Dynasty"series, where show patriarch, Phil Robertson, was suspended last week for disparaging comments he made to GQ magazine about gay people. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — "Faith. Family. Ducks." It's the unofficial motto for the family featured in the TV reality show Duck Dynasty and that homespun philosophy permeates nearly everything in this small north Louisiana town.


Romo throws late TD; Cowboys beat Redskins 24-23

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 03:33 PM PST

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo flashes a thumbs-up as he walks off the field after the Cowboys defeated the Washington Redsksins 24-23 in an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — On fourth down, feeling the season was on the line, Tony Romo dropped back, scrambled forward and found the correct color uniform. DeMarco Murray made the catch, his momentum taking him into the end zone for the winning score.


Khodorkovsky will work to free political inmates

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 10:39 AM PST

Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. The former oil baron and prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was reunited with his family in Berlin on Saturday, a day after being released from a decade-long imprisonment in Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)BERLIN (AP) — Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oligarch who crossed President Vladimir Putin and ended up in jail for a decade, says he plans to devote his life to securing the freedom of the country's political prisoners.


Folks in Louisiana town stand by reality TV family

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 04:13 PM PST

This Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 photo shows items showing the image of Phil Robertson and his catchphrase "Happy, Happy, Happy" displayed at the Duck Commander store in West Monroe, La. The town is the setting for the popular "Duck Dynasty"series, where show patriarch, Phil Robertson, was suspended last week for disparaging comments he made to GQ magazine about gay people. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — "Faith. Family. Ducks." It's the unofficial motto for the family featured in the TV reality show Duck Dynasty and that homespun philosophy permeates nearly everything in this small north Louisiana town.


Lt Gov: Duck Dynasty important to La. tourism

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 03:45 PM PST

This undated image released by A&E shows brothers Silas "Uncle Si" Robertson, left, and Phil Robertson from the popular series "Duck Dynasty." Phil Robertson was suspended last week for disparaging comments he made to GQ magazine about gay people. (AP Photo/A&E, Zach Dilgard)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's lieutenant governor says the "Duck Dynasty" reality TV show is important to state tourism — and he could help connect the Robertson family with new producers if they cannot reach agreement with the A&E network.


Recession-hit Spain holds huge Christmas lottery

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 09:36 AM PST

Gas station worker, Maria Gonzalez Jimenez, hugs a colleague after winning the second prize of the Christmas lottery MADRID (AP) — Champagne corks popped around Spain on Sunday as jubilant winners celebrated scooping up prizes in the country's famed Christmas lottery, the world's richest.


Iceland's hidden elves delay road projects

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 10:18 AM PST

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the "hidden folk" — thousands of elves, making their homes in Iceland's wilderness.

Icons of Egypt's protest movement imprisoned

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 12:53 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 file photo, Ahmed Maher, with sunglasses, the leader of the April 6 youth group that had a leading role in the 2011 uprising against former president Hosni Mubarak, tries to turn himself into prosecutors over an arrest warrant that charges him of inciting demonstrations against the new protest law, in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court has convicted Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohammed Adel, three of the country's most prominent secular activists involved in the 2011 uprising that brought down Hosni Mubarak of holding a rally without authorization and attacking police, sentencing them to three years.(AP Photo/Ahmed Omar, File)CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences to three of the country's most prominent youth activists Sunday in the first use of a controversial new protest law, a harsh warning to the secular groups that supported the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi but have since grown critical of the army-backed government that replaced him.


'The Hobbit' holds off 'Anchorman 2' with $31.5M

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 12:16 PM PST

FILE -This file film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." NEW YORK (AP) — On a busy pre-Christmas weekend at the box office, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" held off a very different sequel, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues."


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