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Kenya VP says mall siege in final stage

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 01:34 PM PDT

Kenyan Defense Forces leave the near vicinity of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi Kenya Monday Sept. 23 2013. Multiple large blasts have rocked the mall where a hostage siege is in its third day. Associated Press reporters on the scene heard multiple blasts and a barrage of gunfire. Security forces have been attempting to rescue an unknown number of hostages inside the mall held by al-Qaida-linked terrorists. (AP Photo/ Jerome Delay)Security forces are in the final stages of flushing out Islamic terrorists, he says.

SC man who wins nearly $400M Powerball jackpot claims prize

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 03:17 PM PDT

A giant check is displayed announcing a winner in the Powerball outside Murphy Express store on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 in Lexington, S.C. A $400 million winning ticket in the latest Powerball drawing was sold at the service station just off I-20 west of Columbia, officials with the South Carolina Education Lottery said Thursday. Winners in South Carolina do not have to come forward publicly but Lottery Executive Director Paula Harper Bethea noted that, in order to claim the winnings, the ticketholder must contact state lottery officials within 180 days. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The winner of a nearly $400 million Powerball jackpot has declined to be named, lottery officials said on Monday, but they said the winner who lives near Columbia, South Carolina, told them he bought the ticket while on a mission to buy hot dog buns. The man stopped at a gasoline station in central South Carolina after his wife asked him to pick up the hot dog buns, but after finding they had none, he bought $20 of Powerball tickets instead, the officials said. ...

Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty to being AP source

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 04:35 PM PDT

The FBI has beefed up its surveillance of Syrians living in the US, The New York Times reported SundayWASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI explosives expert said Monday he will plead guilty to revealing secret information for an Associated Press story about a U.S. intelligence operation in Yemen in 2012. The story led to a leaks investigation and the seizure of AP phone records in the government's search for the information's source.

GOP offers smaller budget cuts on debt measure

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 03:35 PM PDT

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., smiles as he leaves the floor of the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. The GOP-controlled House passed a bill that would prevent a government shutdown while crippling the health care law that was the signature accomplishment of President Barack Obama's first term, (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are far less ambitious this week in their demands for spending cuts to erase new debt issued to pay the government's bills than they were during a budget battle two years ago.

IRS official at heart of tea party scandal retires

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 03:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lerner, the official at the center of the agency's tea party scandal is retiring. Lerner headed the IRS division that handles applications for tax-exempt status when she was placed on paid leave in May. While she was in charge, the agency acknowledged that agents improperly targeted tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status from 2010 to 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a possible firing, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the agency's tea party scandal retired Monday, ending one chapter in a ruckus that has engulfed the tax-collection agency since spring.

Navy officials push for security clearance changes

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 03:08 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A week after an IT contractor gunned down 12 workers at the Washington Navy Yard, Navy officials began moving to close gaps in the security clearance process, recommending that all police reports involving an individual must be included when a background check is done.

Report: Environmental chemicals a pregnancy risk

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 03:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — From mercury to pesticides, Americans are exposed daily to environmental chemicals that could harm reproductive health, the nation's largest groups of obstetricians and fertility specialists said Monday.

Officials: Woman, 79, found dead in Colo. flood

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 04:46 PM PDT

DENVER (AP) — A 79-year-old woman whose house was swept away by the Big Thompson River was found dead on the river bank, authorities said Monday, bringing to eight the death toll from the massive flooding in Colorado.

Fairfax reaches tentative deal to buy BlackBerry

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 04:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, file photo, Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research in Motion, which is changing its name to BlackBerry, is seen in Toronto on a video link from New York as he introduces the BlackBerry Z10. Fairfax Financial Holdings has offered to buy BlackBerry in a deal that values the Canadian smartphone company at about US$4.7 billion, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)TORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry's largest shareholder has reached a tentative agreement to pay $4.7 billion for the troubled smartphone maker, even as many investors fret about its potential demise.

Israel sends experts to advise on Kenya standoff

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 01:41 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Scarred by memories of a pair of attacks on Israeli targets in Africa a decade ago, Israel has dispatched a team of experts to its close ally Kenya to advise authorities on the bloody standoff at a Nairobi shopping mall.

Fairfax to buy BlackBerry for $4.7 billion

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 01:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, file photo, blackBerry's employees prepare the launch event for the company's new smartphones in London. Fairfax Financial Holdings has offered to buy BlackBerry in a deal that values the Canadian smartphone company at about US$4.7 billion, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)TORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry has agreed to a $4.7 billion sale to a group led by its largest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., after new smartphones failed to turn the company around.

Egypt Brotherhood ban opens way to wider crackdown

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 01:07 PM PDT

In this Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 photo, Egyptians walk in front of Al-Omraniyah hospital, run by the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamic Medical Association, in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court ordered a ban of the Muslim Brotherhood and confiscation of its assets Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, opening the door for authorities to dramatically accelerate a widescale crackdown. Egypt's military-backed leaders have gone beyond arresting the group's leaders to try to strike a more longterm blow, targeting its extensive network of schools, hospitals, mosques and other social institutions that made it the country's strongest political power. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the banning of the Muslim Brotherhood and the confiscation of its assets, opening the door for authorities to dramatically accelerate a crackdown on the extensive network of schools, hospitals, charities and other social institutions that was the foundation of the group's political power.

US is edging closer to high-level talks with Iran

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 01:46 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the 68th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Kerry was speaking at a high-level meeting about the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities: (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration is edging closer to direct, high-level talks with Iran's new government. Secretary of State John Kerry is slated to meet his Iranian counterpart this week, and the White House is weighing the risks and rewards of an encounter between President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hasan Rouhani.

Marathon bombing suspect's lawyers want more time

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:28 AM PDT

FILE - This file photo released Friday, April 19, 2013 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Lawyers for Tsarnaev will ask a judge to address the death penalty protocol during a status conference in federal court Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, in Boston. Tsarnaev is accused in two bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260 others near the finish line of the April 15 marathon. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation, File)BOSTON (AP) — Federal authorities plan to recommend whether to seek the death penalty against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by the end of next month and expect U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to decide early next year whether to pursue it, prosecutors said Monday.

Police question two men in shooting that injured 13 in Chicago

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 12:23 PM PDT

Chicago Cops Question Two 'Persons of Interest' in Wounding of 13Two Men Are Being Questioned Over Possible Gang-Related Shooting That Injured 13 People

Hezbollah calls claims of chemical weapons from Syria 'laughable'

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 03:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this August 2, 2013, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem day or Al-Quds day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said Wednesday Aug. 14 2013 that members of his party were behind last week's bombing that wounded four Israeli soldiers. Last Wednesday, the Lebanese army said a group of Israeli soldiers crossed the border into Lebanon and were wounded in an explosion. The army said the force was 400 meters (yards) inside Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)By Alexander Dziadosz BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah denied on Monday that his group had received chemical weapons from Syria. Last month, members of the Syrian National Coalition opposition group accused President Bashar al-Assad of transferring chemical weapons to the Lebanese Shi'ite group to avoid inspection after agreeing to put them under international control. "This accusation is truly laughable," Nasrallah said in a televised speech. "We understand the dimensions and background of these accusations, and these have dangerous consequences for Lebanon. ...

Accused Boston bomber will learn by January if U.S. will seek death

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 09:48 AM PDT

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect #2 in the Boston Marathon explosion is pictured in this undated FBI handout photoBy Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will learn by late January whether the U.S. government wants him to die for his role in one of the largest attacks on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001. Federal prosecutors in Boston, by the end of October, will pass on to the Justice Department in Washington their recommendation on whether to seek the death penalty, with Attorney General Eric Holder due to make the final decision about 90 days after that, Assistant U.S. Attorney William Weinreb told a judge on Monday. ...

Obama offers help after 'terrible outrage'

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 04:19 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama delivers remarks during a memorial service for victims of the Washington Navy Yard shooting in WashingtonThe U.S. will provide law enforcement support to Kenya, he said.

Sikh professor attacked by NYC mob in possible hate crime

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Sikh minority men listen to a speech by Afghanistan's President Karzai during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the assassination of the former head of High Peace Council Rabbani in KabulA group of more than 20 young men viciously attacked a Columbia professor over the weekend, apparently because they believed he was a Muslim.

Al-Shabab threat is global, Somali leader says

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:39 AM PDT

Kenya mall attackThe extremists behind an attack at a Nairobi mall pose a threat far beyond Kenya.

Wrecked ship captain blames helmsman in Italy case

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 09:02 AM PDT

Captain Francesco Schettino, center with back to camera, arrives with his lawyer Francesco Pepe, right, at the court room of the converted Teatro Moderno theater for his trial, in Grosseto, Italy, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Schettino is charged with manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning the Costa Concordia before all aboard were evacuated after it crashed into a reef off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January 2012, killing 32 people. The trial of the captain of the ship resumed Monday after a two-month summer recess, during which a salvage operation took place to upright the wreck. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)GROSSETO, Italy (AP) — The captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia, now on trial over the deadly disaster, blamed his helmsman Monday for botching a last-minute corrective maneuver that he contends could have prevented the massive cruise ship's collision with a reef off an Italian island.

Kerry in talks with Iran this week: Baby steps to detente?

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 08:43 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is seen ahead of the U.N. General Assembly in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a meeting of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany this week, a U.S. official said on Monday. "Yes, he will," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, when asked if Kerry would take part in the meeting. The meeting was announced on Monday by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. ...

EPA to 'effectively shut down' without budget deal

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 07:39 AM PDT

Bay Area Congressman Reacts To Dysfunction In WashingtonWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says the agency will "effectively shut down" unless Congress approves stopgap funding by Oct. 1.

Ted Cruz: ‘Embarrassed’ to have supported McCain for president in 2008

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 03:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 24, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cruz says he will fight Ted Cruz and John McCain have not gotten along in the Senate.

Al-Qaida branch announces leader's death in Syria

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 03:17 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 photo, smoke rises after a bomb was thrown from a helicopter, hitting a rebel position during heavy fighting between troops loyal to president Bashar Assad and opposition fighters, in Idlib province, Syria. For Syria's divided and beleaguered rebels, the creeping realization that there will not be a decisive Western military intervention on their behalf is a huge psychological blow. It now appears that the regime of Bashar Assad has gained time, largely because the world community is too concerned that if he is toppled the result may be an Islamist Syria in the grip of al-Qaida. The immediate result, this week, has been an uptick in infighting between moderate and jihadi rebels.(AP Photo)CAIRO (AP) — An Al-Qaida group in Syria says one of its top commanders in Syria was killed in an ambush by rival, Western-backed rebels in a northern province.

Live: Kenya forces say 62 dead, 200 hurt

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Police official: "We're not here to feed the attackers with pastries."

Blasts shake Nairobi mall

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 02:35 PM PDT

A Kenyan policeman secures the road past the Westgate Shopping Centre in the capital NairobiPowerful explosions send thick smoke billowing from the shopping center.

Kenyan official: 2 mall terrorists killed

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 06:10 AM PDT

Heavy smoke rises from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi Kenya Monday Sept. 23 2013. Multiple large blasts have rocked the mall where a hostage siege is in its third day. Associated Press reporters on the scene heard multiple blasts and a barrage of gunfire. Security forces have been attempting to rescue an unknown number of hostages inside the mall held by al-Qaida-linked terrorists. (AP Photo/ Jerome Delay)Explosions rattle as a battle between troops and al-Qaida-linked terrorists.

U.S. Navy continues search for sailors after chopper crash

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 01:44 PM PDT

This US Navy photo received 26 March 2004, shows a US Marine aboard USS Wasp and an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopterWASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Navy has called off a search for two crew members who remain missing after their helicopter crashed in the Red Sea, officers said Monday.

Typhoon kills 25 in China, flight chaos in Hong Kong

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 08:29 AM PDT

A man running away from a huge wave in Shantou, southern China September 22, 2013HONG KONG (AFP) - Typhoon Usagi killed at least 25 people after crashing ashore in southern China, throwing the region's transport systems into chaos on Monday and leaving tens of thousands of airline passengers stranded in Hong Kong.

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