| Formula One legend in a coma after ski accident Posted: 29 Dec 2013 04:00 PM PST  Retired driving champ Michael Schumacher was injured while skiing in the French Alps.
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| Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries Posted: 29 Dec 2013 03:13 PM PST  LONDON (AP) — A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency's hacking unit Sunday, reporting that American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and even hijack Microsoft's internal reporting system to spy on their targets.
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| Deadly suicide bombing in Russia's south Posted: 29 Dec 2013 01:52 PM PST  A suicide bomber struck a busy railway station in southern Russia on Sunday, killing herself and at least 15 others and wounding scores more, officials said, in a stark reminder of the threat Russia is facing as it prepares to host February's Olympics in Sochi.
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| FBI: Cellphone records linked suspect to robberies Posted: 29 Dec 2013 04:53 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — A suspect killed by Phoenix police in a bank robbery attempt is believed to be the same man accused in the shooting death of a Mississippi police officer and the wounding of another, the FBI said Sunday.
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| Former F1 driver Schumacher in critical condition Posted: 29 Dec 2013 04:29 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery following a skiing accident in the French Alps on Sunday, doctors said.
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| Fear pulses through crowded S. Sudan refugee camp Posted: 29 Dec 2013 02:04 PM PST  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The women and girls leave the main United Nations refugee camp here during the day. The men do not. To exit is to risk death, they say.
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| Saudi to give Lebanon $3B to strengthen army Posted: 29 Dec 2013 02:09 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia has pledged $3 billion to Lebanon to help strengthen the country's armed forces and purchase weapons from France, Lebanon's president said Sunday, calling it the biggest grant ever for the nation's military.
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| "Hobbit," "Frozen" lead box office to record year Posted: 29 Dec 2013 02:00 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Over the bustling post-Christmas weekend, Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" continued to lead the box office, landing in the No. 1 slot for the third weekend in a row.
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| Among Cuban exiles, an old toast goes silent Posted: 29 Dec 2013 10:05 AM PST  MIAMI (AP) — In their first years of exile from Cuba in the 1960s, Gustavo Pérez Firmat's family uttered the toast as a wish they anxiously waited to fulfill.
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| Feeling US snub, Saudis strengthen ties elsewhere Posted: 29 Dec 2013 10:05 AM PST  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Increasingly vocal in its frustration over U.S. policies in the Mideast, Saudi Arabia is strengthening ties elsewhere, seeking out an alignment that will bolster its position after it was pushed to the sidelines this year.
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| Secret Service arrested robbery suspect in 2010 Posted: 29 Dec 2013 04:38 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) — The Secret Service says a man suspected in bank robberies in Mississippi and Phoenix over the last week was arrested in 2010 after making online threats against the president. |
| Police: Robbery suspect had no Arizona connections Posted: 29 Dec 2013 03:10 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a man killed by officers during a bank robbery attempt on Saturday was a 40-year-old from the Midwest who appears to have no connections to Arizona. |
| Former F1 champion Schumacher injured while skiing Posted: 29 Dec 2013 02:04 PM PST PARIS (AP) — Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was hospitalized with a head injury Sunday after a skiing accident in the French Alps, French authorities and his manager said. |
| Gun magazine supplier expands in Iowa college town Posted: 29 Dec 2013 08:08 AM PST  GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa college known for liberal activism is welcoming an unlikely neighbor: one of the nation's largest suppliers of high-capacity ammunition magazines and accessories for assault rifles and other guns.
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| Obama's presidency beset by fits, starts in year 5 Posted: 28 Dec 2013 10:07 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a moment for Barack Obama to savor.
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| Rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel Posted: 29 Dec 2013 08:16 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Rockets from Lebanon struck northern Israel on Sunday, causing no injuries but sparking an Israeli reprisal shelling in a rare flare-up between the two countries.
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| Federal health market surpasses 1M sign-ups Posted: 29 Dec 2013 12:54 PM PST  A December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government's rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday, reflecting new vigor for the problem-plagued federal insurance exchange.
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| NSA 'spying on Europe-Asia undersea telecom cables' Posted: 29 Dec 2013 09:54 AM PST The US National Security Agency has collected sensitive data on key telecommunications cables between Europe, north Africa and Asia, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Sunday citing classified documents. Spiegel quoted NSA papers dating from February and labelled "top secret" and "not for foreigners" describing the agency's success in spying on the so-called Sea-Me-We 4 undersea cable system. The massive bundle of fibre optic cables originates near the southern French city of Marseille and links Europe with north Africa and the Gulf states, continuing through Pakistan and India to Malaysia and Thailand. "More operations are planned in the future to collect more information about this and other cable systems," Spiegel quoted the NSA documents as saying. |
