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• Storm comes knocking on Northeast's door
• Gun magazine maker leaving Colorado in protest of new laws
• Body found in ruins of Minneapolis apartment fire
• Long lines at Colorado shops send 'pot stocks' higher
• Female Marines get pullup test delay after more than half fail
• Police name suspect in California priest killing
• Warning issued about oil shipped from N. Dakota, Montana
• Mystery deepens in Palestinian envoy's death
• California grants law license to immigrant
• Seattle museum celebrates silver ball revival
• Ga. banker accused of $21M fraud in custody after traffic stop
• Newspapers call for Snowden clemency
• Report: Spike in mass shootings means police need new approach
• Grab your shovel: Fierce winter storm bears down on northeast U.S.
• 2 newspapers call for clemency for Edward Snowden
• Blast in Hezbollah-run area of Beirut kills 5
• Kerry: Mideast peace still possible despite rifts
• Passengers rescued off ship stuck in Antarctic ice
• Snapchat suffers security breach
• NY judge nixes 50 Cent's bid to toss video lawsuit
• After year of stock records, a weak start to 2014
• Egypt: Revolution, turmoil impact on pop culture
• Relief, confusion as new health benefits begin
• Fierce winter storm pushes into the Northeast
• 10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
• Scandal-plagued Toronto mayor launches re-election campaign
• Cheerful passengers live Tweet their Antarctic rescue
• Car bomb kills at least five in Hezbollah district of Beirut
• All passengers confirmed rescued from icebound Antarctic ship
• The New York Times calls for Snowden to be allowed back
• 2014's first big storm bears down on northeast US
• Hospital: Former Israeli PM Sharon is critical

Storm comes knocking on Northeast's door Posted: 02 Jan 2014 04:48 PM PST Punishing cold and more than a foot of snow expected, with blizzard warnings along coast.

Gun magazine maker leaving Colorado in protest of new laws Posted: 02 Jan 2014 03:38 PM PST One of the country's largest producers of ammunition magazines for guns is leaving Colorado and moving operations to Wyoming and Texas because of new state laws that include restrictions on how many cartridges ...

Body found in ruins of Minneapolis apartment fire Posted: 02 Jan 2014 03:44 PM PST MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities said Thursday they have discovered a body in the ruins of a Minneapolis apartment fire, as investigators were honing in on natural gas as a potential cause of the explosion and blaze that left 14 other people injured.

Long lines at Colorado shops send 'pot stocks' higher Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:21 PM PST Stocks of companies involved in the marijuana industry -- medical or otherwise -- hit fresh highs Thursday after Colorado launched the first legal US sale of recreational pot. Investors took the huge lines outside pot retailers in Colorado as a harbinger of potential growth in the still-new industry. In October the company launched a cooperative in Colorado to work with licensed marijuana industry participants, most of them too small to afford quality financial processing systems on their own. The company makes high-security storage and dispensing machines for controlled medicines, equipment used by marijuana distributors.

Female Marines get pullup test delay after more than half fail Posted: 02 Jan 2014 02:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of female Marines in boot camp can't do three pullups, the minimum standard that was supposed to take effect with the new year, prompting the Marine Corps to delay the requirement, part of the process of equalizing physical standards to integrate women into combat jobs.

Police name suspect in California priest killing Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:24 PM PST EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — Police identified a suspect Thursday in the killing of a respected priest who was found dead in a church rectory in Northern California on New Year's Day.

Warning issued about oil shipped from N. Dakota, Montana Posted: 02 Jan 2014 03:27 PM PST BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Following a string of explosive accidents, federal officials said Thursday that crude oil being shipped by rail from the Northern Plains across the U.S. and Canada may be more flammable than traditional forms of oil.

Mystery deepens in Palestinian envoy's death Posted: 02 Jan 2014 11:54 AM PST Daughter rejects official's accounts after booby-trapped safe explodes at Prague embassy.

California grants law license to immigrant Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:37 PM PST Sergio Garcia earned a law degree and passed the bar exam while living illegally in the U.S.

Seattle museum celebrates silver ball revival Posted: 02 Jan 2014 06:25 AM PST For $13, you can play pinball until your arms fall off at Seattle's working pinball museum. The two-story storefront in Seattle's International District is filled with games from every era from the 1960s ...

Ga. banker accused of $21M fraud in custody after traffic stop Posted: 02 Jan 2014 11:09 AM PST By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - A former Georgia bank director who left a suicide note and vanished while under suspicion he embezzled $21 million has been captured 18 months after he disappeared. Sheriff's deputies arrested Aubrey Lee Price, 47, during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 near Brunswick, Georgia, on Tuesday after noticing the windows of his Dodge pickup appeared to be tinted too darkly to comply with state law, Glynn County Sheriff E. Neal Jump said. Price disappeared soon before his indictment in Georgia on one count of bank fraud in July 2012 and left behind a written confession and a note for family and friends saying he planned to kill himself, authorities said.

Newspapers call for Snowden clemency Posted: 02 Jan 2014 07:34 AM PST Obama should find a way to end the "vilification" of the ex-NSA contractor, N.Y. Times says.

Report: Spike in mass shootings means police need new approach Posted: 02 Jan 2014 05:26 AM PST America's angst over shootings in public places is growing, and with good reason. According to a study obtained by Yahoo News, rampages like the Washington Navy Yard and Los Angeles airport shootings have tripled in recent years.

Grab your shovel: Fierce winter storm bears down on northeast U.S. Posted: 02 Jan 2014 10:16 AM PST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Light snow was falling Thursday in parts of the Northeast, making commutes hazardous for the first work day of the new year and giving some students an extra day off school following Christmas break, as a winter storm promising significant snowfall, strong winds and frigid temperatures bore down.

2 newspapers call for clemency for Edward Snowden Posted: 02 Jan 2014 03:51 PM PST LONDON (AP) — The New York Times and Guardian newspapers have called for clemency for Edward Snowden, saying that the espionage worker-turned-privacy advocate should be praised rather than punished for his disclosures.

Blast in Hezbollah-run area of Beirut kills 5 Posted: 02 Jan 2014 11:51 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street Thursday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing at least five people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline.

Kerry: Mideast peace still possible despite rifts Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:43 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted his Palestinian partner in peace-making efforts on Thursday, accusing him of embracing terrorists "as heroes," harsh words that clouded the start of Secretary of State John Kerry's tenth trip to the region to negotiate a peace deal he claims is "not mission impossible."

Passengers rescued off ship stuck in Antarctic ice Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:54 PM PST CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — All 52 passengers trapped for more than a week on an icebound Russian research ship in the Antarctic were rescued Thursday when a Chinese helicopter swooped in and plucked them from the ice a dozen at a time.

Snapchat suffers security breach Posted: 02 Jan 2014 02:42 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Snapchat, the disappearing-message service popular with young people, has been quiet following a security breach that allowed hackers to collect the usernames and phone numbers of some 4.6 million of its users.

NY judge nixes 50 Cent's bid to toss video lawsuit Posted: 02 Jan 2014 04:50 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent has lost a bid to end a Florida woman's lawsuit over a sex video posted online with him edited into it as a wig-wearing narrator.

After year of stock records, a weak start to 2014 Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:37 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Investors may already feel a little nostalgic for 2013.

Egypt: Revolution, turmoil impact on pop culture Posted: 02 Jan 2014 11:31 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's dizzying ride over the past three years since the toppling of autocratic Hosni Mubarak has not only shaken up the country's politics. It has revolutionized its pop culture scene, from language to music and art, bringing in a vibe of rebellion and voices from the urban poor.

Relief, confusion as new health benefits begin Posted: 02 Jan 2014 11:01 AM PST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After a troubled rollout, President Barack Obama's health care overhaul now faces its most personal test: How will it work as people seek care under its new mandates?

Fierce winter storm pushes into the Northeast Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:49 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — A storm expected to bring more than a foot of snow, stiff winds and punishing cold pushed into the Northeast on Thursday, extending Christmas break for some students while posing the first test for New York's new mayor and perhaps the last challenge for Boston's outgoing one.

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos Posted: 02 Jan 2014 09:16 AM PST Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

Scandal-plagued Toronto mayor launches re-election campaign Posted: 02 Jan 2014 08:21 AM PST By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who won global ridicule last year after admitting to having used crack cocaine, registered on Thursday for the October mayoral election, saying he was the best mayor Canada's largest city has ever had and would be re-elected. Supporters and opponents alike have urged him to enter rehab, but Ford has insisted he is not an addict.

Cheerful passengers live Tweet their Antarctic rescue Posted: 02 Jan 2014 06:50 AM PST All of the 52 passengers aboard a ship that's been stranded in the Antarctic ice for the last week were safely transferred by helicopter to a nearby Australian icebreaking vessel on Thursday. The Chinese Xue Long — the "Snow Dragon" — and the Australian Aurora Australis both abandoned attempts to approach the stranded ship through unusually dangerous conditions — risking becoming stuck in the ice themselves. Fortunately, Xue Long had a helicopter on board. The ship's passengers, a mix of tourists, journalists, and scientists, created a makeshift landing spot for the Chinese helicopter just before the New Year.

Car bomb kills at least five in Hezbollah district of Beirut Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:04 PM PST The blast hit in a Hezbollah neighborhood days after a political adversary died by bomb.

All passengers confirmed rescued from icebound Antarctic ship Posted: 01 Jan 2014 04:45 PM PST All 52 people were airlifted Thursday from a Russian research vessel.

The New York Times calls for Snowden to be allowed back Posted: 01 Jan 2014 09:41 PM PST "When someone reveals that government officials have routinely and deliberately broken the law," the Times editorial board writes, "that person should not face life in prison at the hands of the same government."  Considering the enormous value of the information he has revealed, and the abuses he has exposed, Mr. Snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight. "Why didn't he just bring the NSA's activity to the attention of superiors?" He did. Presenting another angle on the ongoing Snowden fiasco is The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus, who describes the man as "insufferable" as well as "smug, self-righteous, egotistical, disingenuous, megalomaniacal, overwrought." She just doesn't like that guy's personality, and that detail is definitely the right thing to focus on here.

2014's first big storm bears down on northeast US Posted: 02 Jan 2014 03:46 AM PST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A winter storm was bearing down on the Northeast on Thursday, promising heavy snow, strong winds and frigid temperatures that will make commutes hazardous for the first work day of the new year.

Hospital: Former Israeli PM Sharon is critical Posted: 02 Jan 2014 02:34 AM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for eight years, was in critical condition on Thursday, clinging to life after a decline in the functioning of various bodily organs, his doctors said.

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