2013年12月23日星期一

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Target says DOJ is probing data breach

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 04:56 PM PST

This Dec. 19, 2013, photo shows a Target store near Target headquarters in Minneapolis. Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts customers may have been affected by a data breach that occurred at its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUTMove comes as more than a dozen class-action lawsuits are filed against retailer.

Britain pardons gay 'father of computing' Alan Turing

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 04:07 PM PST

A handout picture released by Sherborne School on June 22, 2012 shows British mathematician Alan Turing at the school in Dorset, southwest England, aged 16 in 1928Britain on Tuesday granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking hero who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality. Turing is often hailed as a father of modern computing and he played a pivotal role in breaking Germany's "Enigma" code, an effort that some historians say brought an early end to World War II. He died in 1954 after eating an apple laced with cyanide, two years after he was sentenced to chemical castration for the "gross indecency" of homosexuality. Queen Elizabeth II has now pardoned Turing for "a sentence we would now consider unjust and discriminatory", justice minister Chris Grayling said.

It's complicated: The South Sudan crisis explained

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Town rallies for soldier robbed of Christmas gifts

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Insurance shoppers get grace period

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 02:01 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 20, 2013, file image shows part of the HealthCare.gov website in Washington, that notes to enroll by Dec. 23 for coverage starting as soon as Jan. 1, 2014. Anticipating heavy traffic on the government's health care website, the Obama administration effectively extended Monday's deadline for signing up for insurance by a day, giving people in 36 states more time to select a plan. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)Government gives people in 36 states one more day to sign up.

2013: The Year in Flickr

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 09:17 AM PST

2013: The Year in FlickrThe best Flickr photos of 2013.

Rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 03:02 PM PST

In this July 26, 2002 file photo, Russian weapon designer Mikhail Kalashnikov presents his legendary assault rifle to the media while opening the exhibition "Kalashnikov - legend and curse of a weapon" at a weapons museum in Suhl, Germany. Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, has died at the age of 94, Monday Dec. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)"I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for ... resorting to violence."

American jailed over video mocking Dubai teens

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 06:38 AM PST

A night view of the Dubai Marina on November 19, 2013A UAE court jailed on Monday an American and four other men for one year after they made a YouTube video that mocked Dubai teenagers, The National daily reported. Shezanne Cassim, a 29-year-old from Minnesota, has been held since April after being charged with endangering the security of the United Arab Emirates under a cybercrimes law. Their link to the spoof video was unclear. The 19-minute video, called the "Satwa Comedy School," gently parodies Dubai teenagers from the city's Satwa district who styled themselves as tough "gangstas" wearing hip-hop clothes and listening to rap music, but who in reality were known for very mild behaviour.

Rodman leaves NKorea without word if he met leader

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 12:09 PM PST

Former basketball star Dennis Rodman speaks to journalists upon arrival at the capital airport in Beijing from Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. Rodman left North Korea on Monday, but didn't answer questions from the media on whether he had met with leader Kim Jong Un on his latest visit. The two struck up a friendship when Rodman first traveled to the secretive state earlier this year. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORYBEIJING (AP) — Former basketball star Dennis Rodman left North Korea on Monday, but he plans to return next month — even if a sponsor won't be with him.

It's the Obamacare signup deadline -- for most people

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 03:42 PM PST

U.S. President Obama pauses while delivering remarks on Obamacare at an Organizing for Action grassroots supporter event in WashingtonSeveral exceptions exist for consumers.

Released Pussy Riot member calls Putin's amnesty 'PR stunt'

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 09:43 AM PST

Alyokhina, member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, speaks to the media after her release from a penal colony in Nizhny NovgorodTwo band members were convicted of hooliganism for a protest against the president.

Plane wing clips building at Johannesburg airport

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 07:21 AM PST

British AirwaysJOHANNESBURG (AP) — The wing of a British Airways Boeing 747 crashed into a Johannesburg airport building, slightly injuring four ground staff.

Winter brings snow, ice, outages to some in US

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 03:40 AM PST

People make their way down a snow-covered street in Milwaukee, WisconsinCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — After the first full day of winter brought everything from balmy temperatures along the Mid-Atlantic to snow in the Midwest and ice, snow and flooding in the Great Lakes, some people could be left in the dark for Christmas.

2 Pussy Riot members released from prison

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 11:59 AM PST

KRASNOYARSK, Russia (AP) — The last two imprisoned members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot walked free Monday, criticizing the amnesty measure that released them as a publicity stunt, with one calling for a boycott of the Winter Olympics to protest Russia's human rights record.

Rain, ice taper; cold temps stay for parts of US

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 02:46 PM PST

Heather Griffin, of Buffalo, N.Y., and her dog Sal walk beneath ice-covered trees on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, in Buffalo. As Americans and Canadians ushered in the first official day of winter, the weather provided many with a variety of surprises. Snow and ice hit Michigan, Canada, New England and upstate New York. Some other eastern regions were hit with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Flooding in the South was blamed for at least four deaths while apparent tornadoes caused destruction in Arkansas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Parts of the country socked by a wild weekend storm will be covered with ice and without power through Christmas and beyond thanks to a steady diet of freezing rain and cold temperatures.

Holiday sales down for 3rd week

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 03:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2013, file photo, Best Buy employee Christopher Gervais, right, rings up a 32-inch LED TV in Dunwoody, Ga. Sales at U.S. stores dropped 3.1 percent to $42.7 billion for the week that ended on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, compared with the same week last year, according to ShopperTrak, which tracks data at 40,000 locations. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)NEW YORK (AP) — After a strong start to the holiday shopping season, sales at stores have fallen for the third consecutive week as Americans continue to hold back on spending during what is traditionally the busiest buying period of the year.

Canadians, Brits still in SSudan city US evacuated

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 02:39 PM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 and released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, UNMISS relocates non-critical staff from Juba, South Sudan, to Entebbe, Uganda. Civilian helicopters evacuated U.S. citizens from the violent South Sudan city of Bor, capital of Jonglei state, seeing bouts of heavy machine gun fire, but 3,000 citizens from countries like Canada, Britain and Kenya remain trapped there, a top U.N. official said Monday. (AP Photo/UNMISS, Irene Scott)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — British, Canadian and Kenyan citizens are among 3,000 foreigners trapped in a South Sudan city experiencing bouts of heavy machine gun fire, one of the most violent areas of a weeklong conflict that has likely killed more than 1,000 people, a top U.N. official said Monday.

AP poll: Obama health care overhaul top 2013 story

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 01:55 PM PST

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2013 file photo shows part of the HealthCare.gov website on a computer screen in Washington. The White House had hoped the Oct. 1, 2013 launch of open enrollment would be a showcase for the upside of Obama's much-debated overhaul. Instead, the website became a symbol of dysfunction. The site gradually improved, but a wave of cancellation notices from insurers undercut Obama's oft-repeated promise that people who liked their existing coverage could keep it. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The glitch-plagued rollout of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was the top news story of 2013, followed by the Boston Marathon bombing and the dramatic papal changeover at the Vatican, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.

Judge allows gay marriage in Utah to continue

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 02:07 PM PST

Patrick Freideman, left, and his husband Spencer Freideman kiss during their wedding in a hallway at the Hampton Inn in Ogden on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. The Freidemans arrived at the county clerk's office on Sunday and spent the night on the sidewalk outside in order to make sure they had a chance to get married in Utah. (AP Photo/Standard-Examiner, Benjamin Zack)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge on Monday allowed gay marriage to continue in Utah, rejecting a request to put same-sex weddings on hold as the state appeals a decision that has sent couples flocking to county clerk offices for marriage licenses.

Vanishing adviser reappears as Iran policy player

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 01:18 PM PST

FILE - This Nov. 11, 2009 file photo shows then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walking with a then-Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan in Singapore. Last summer, Sullivan was traveling with his boss, Hillary Rodham Clinton, when he suddenly disappeared during a stop in Paris. He showed up again a few days later, rejoining Clinton's traveling contingent in Mongolia. In between, Sullivan secretly had jetted to the Middle Eastern nation of Oman to meet with officials from Iran, people familiar with the trip said. The July 2012 meeting is one of the Obama administration's earliest known face-to-face contacts with Iran and reveals that Sullivan _ who moved from the State Department to the White House earlier this year _ was personally involved in the administration's outreach to the Islamic republic far earlier than had been reported. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year, while Jake Sullivan was traveling with his boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he quietly disappeared during a stop in Paris. He showed up again a few days later, rejoining Clinton's traveling contingent in Mongolia.

American warns World Cup fans about Brazil police

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 12:34 PM PST

FILE - In this March 24, 2010 file photo, Elizabeth Martin, of Massachusetts, speaks during an interview abut her late nephew Joseph Martin in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In May of 2007, Martin's American nephew was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer following an altercation with police over a stolen purse while out celebrating his 30th birthday in Rio de Janeiro. Now, Martin has a message for foreigners set to descend on Brazil for next year's World Cup: The next Joseph Martin could be you. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Six years ago, Elizabeth Martin's nephew Joseph was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer while out celebrating his 30th birthday in Rio de Janeiro. Now, Martin has a message for the hordes of foreigners set to descend on Brazil for next year's World Cup: The next Joseph Martin could be you.

UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 01:34 PM PST

French soldiers lay a wounded man, who had been attacked during a protest, atop a military vehicle as they take him to get medical help, at Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the entrance to the airport Monday morning carrying signs protesting Chadian forces and expressing support for French troops and other regional African forces. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A U.N. peacekeeper from the Republic of Congo was killed over the weekend in Central African Republic by a Christian militia, underscoring the growing peril that international forces are facing in the troubled nation.

Putin frees his enemies as part of Sochi spin

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 12:16 PM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin has a video conference with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the situation center in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Metzel, Presidential Press Service)MOSCOW (AP) — It came as a shock both for those released and the general public — President Vladimir Putin's move to pardon his foes has allowed him to drive the news agenda less than two months before the Sochi Games.

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