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Judge orders pregnant woman off life support

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:17 PM PST

Man Wants Pregnant Wife Taken Off Life SupportHospital had argued it had to protect life of the unborn child, despite family's objections.


Apple CEO Tim Cook has strong words for the NSA

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 11:18 AM PST

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple event in San FranciscoIn an ABC News exclusive interview David Muir sat down with Apple CEO Tim Cook as the company celebrates the 30 year anniversary of the revolutionary Macintosh computer. As the company takes a moment to look back, Cook reveals his biggest concern regarding the National Security Agency's surveillance program and the impact it may have [...]


George Zimmerman hit with copyright claim over latest painting

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:06 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo shows a painting by George Zimmerman, portraying Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, the special prosecutor who charged him with second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr., posted a photo of the painting, titled "Angie", on Twitter on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. He said details about its sale would follow Thursday. The Associated Press has demanded that they halt the sale of the painting because the news agency says it directly copies an AP photo taken by freelance photographer Rick Wilson on April 11, 2012. (AP Photo)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Associated Press has demanded that George Zimmerman halt the sale of one of his paintings because the news agency says it directly copies an AP photo.


Farmers, schools scramble for propane amid freeze

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:07 PM PST

Poultry farmer Jeremy Brown wades into thousands of days-old baby chickens kept warm in a chicken house near Ramer, Ala., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Brown and other farmers use propane gas to keep birds alive during frigid weather, and they are worried that a delivery bottleneck caused by surging demand could endanger the animals and increase costs as the cold snap continues. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A cold snap is stretching supplies of propane gas and causing transportation bottlenecks across a broad section of the United States, officials said Friday, sending everyone from rural educators to chicken farmers in search of enough fuel to keep warm.


Propane shortage hits millions

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 11:37 AM PST

Houses in SnowHeating oil prices double in Midwest and suppliers begin rationing during brutal temperatures.


Denver nuns win contraception compromise

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:02 PM PST

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court in WashingtonSupreme Court order continues group's exemption from health care mandate pending appeal.


Sex, jobs and $64K: The impact of a pack of cigarettes

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 12:17 PM PST

Tucked inside every pack of cigarettes is the secret to a better sex life, increased job security and the chance to save $64,000. Despite the constant drumbeat of dire consequences and stomach-turning ads, 43 million Americans still smoke. Of whom, … Continue reading →

Official: Newtown shooter's dad to share school, medical records

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 12:53 PM PST

FILE - This undated identification file photo provided Wednesday, April 3, 2013, by Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., shows former student Adam Lanza. Lanza, who carried out the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, apparently called a radio station a year earlier to discuss the 2009 mauling of a Connecticut woman by a chimpanzee. (AP Photo/Western Connecticut State University, File)HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The father of the gunman in the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting has agreed to help an investigatory commission obtain his son's school and medical records, the commission's chairman said Friday.


Syria foes to meet 'in the same room'

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 12:13 PM PST

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem, center, arrives for the start of negotiations at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, January 24, 2014. Al-Mouallem will meet UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)After a rocky start to peace talks, U.N. mediator pushes regime and opposition toward progress.


Anti-shark devices are flying off the shelves in Maui

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 11:12 AM PST

A surfer models a shark deterrent device, the Electronic Shark Defense System, in Honolulu on Dec. 17, 2013. A surge in shark attacks on Maui hasn't stopped people from surfing and swimming in the warm ocean waters that surround this Hawaiian island. But it has spurred sales of devices that claim to keep sharks away by emitting an electric pulse. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — A surge in shark attacks on Maui over the past year, including two fatal ones, hasn't stopped people from surfing and swimming in the warm ocean waters that surround the Hawaii island.


'Blueprints' for Noah's Ark suggest Biblical boat was round

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 11:58 AM PST

Irving Finkel, curator in charge of cuneiform clay tablets at the British Museum, poses with the 4000 year old clay tablet containing the story of the Ark and the flood during the launch of his book 'The Ark Before Noah' at the British Museum in London, Friday Jan. 24, 2014. The book tells how he decoded the story of the Flood and offers a new understanding of the Old Testament's central narratives and how the flood story entered into it. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)LONDON (AP) — It was a vast boat that saved two of each animal and a handful of humans from a catastrophic flood.


Quebec firefighters begin gruesome recovery

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:04 PM PST

Firefighters work at the scene of a senior's residence fire on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec. The fire raged through the seniors' residence, killing at least three people and leaving about 30 unaccounted for. The massive fire in the 52-unit complex broke out around 12:30 a.m. in L'Isle-Verte, about 140 miles (225 kilometers) northeast of Quebec City. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot)Crews use steam machines to melt ice at the scene of a deadly fire at seniors' complex.


Ex-Cowboy Brent given 180 days in jail for drunk driving death

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 09:39 AM PST

Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent enters the courtroom in Dallas, TexasDALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas jury sentenced former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent on Friday to 180 days in jail and 10 years probation for killing his teammate while driving drunk in December 2012. The same jury that convicted Brent, 25 earlier this week of intoxication manslaughter for the death of Jerry Brown Jr., could have sentenced him to as much as 20 years in jail. (Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza; Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Scott Malone)


Ukraine president pledges government changes

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST

Protesters warm themselves behind the barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine, early Friday Jan. 24, 2014. A top Ukrainian opposition leader on Thursday urged protesters to maintain a shaky cease-fire with police after at least two demonstrators were killed in clashes this week, but some in the crowd appeared defiant, jeering and chanting "revolution" and "shame." (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)Amid widespread protests, Viktor Yanukovich offers major concessions to the opposition.


Former Virginia governor, wife released on own recognizance

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 07:50 AM PST

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen arrive at the U.S. District Court in Richmond on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, for his and his wife Maureen's bond hearing and arraignment on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 on federal corruption charges. Federal prosecutors allege that the McDonnells accepted more than $165,000 worth of loans and gifts from Jonnie Williams, the former head of Star Scientific Inc. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley) MAGS OUTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were released on their own recognizance Friday to await trial on federal corruption charges.


Tragedy of Quebec senior home fire sinks in

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 07:49 AM PST

Firefighters work at the scene of a senior's residence fire on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec. The fire raged through the seniors' residence, killing at least three people and leaving about 30 unaccounted for. The massive fire in the 52-unit complex broke out around 12:30 a.m. in L'Isle-Verte, about 140 miles (225 kilometers) northeast of Quebec City. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot)Investigators pick through icy rubble searching for 30 missing residents.


Texas woman's family asks to end life support

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 06:53 AM PST

Qui est Marlise Munoz, cette Américaine enceinte maintenue en vie contre son gré ?FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a Fort Worth-area family will ask a judge Friday to allow a pregnant, brain-dead Texas woman to be removed from life support, despite hospital opposition.


Reports: Ukraine president offers concessions in Kiev crisis

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 07:47 AM PST

Riot police officers block a street in front of barricades of protesters at the monument to Viacheslav Chornovil, a prominent politician in Ukraine and a former Soviet political prisoner, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Protesters have seized a government building in the Ukrainian capital while also maintaining the siege of several governors' offices in the country's west, raising the pressure on the government. After meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday, opposition leaders told the crowds that he has promised to ensure the release of dozens of protesters detained after clashes with police and stop further detentions. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — News agencies are reporting that President Viktor Yanukovych has promised a government reshuffle, an amnesty to detained activists and other concessions, after protests against his rule engulfed Ukraine.


Indiana highway remains closed after fatal pileup

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 10:25 AM PST

In this photo provided by the Indiana State Police, emergency crews work at the scene of a massive pileup involving about 15 semitrailers and about 15 passenger vehicles and pickup trucks along Interstate 94 Thursday afternoon, Jan. 23, 2014 near Michigan City, Ind. At least three were killed and more than 20 people were injured. (AP Photo/Indiana State Police)MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A couple from Michigan and a man from Chicago were killed in a massive pileup on a snowy interstate in northwestern Indiana, authorities said Friday, as the busy highway finally reopened a day after the 40-plus-vehicle wreck.


Boehner won't give up the smokes, wine to be president

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 10:11 PM PST

U.S. House Speaker Boehner speaks next to Representative Jenkins during a news conference at the Republican National Committee offices in WashingtonBURBANK, Calif. (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says he likes his life too much to run for president.


Cairo bombings kill at least five

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 05:54 AM PST

Egyptian police officers and firefighters gather at the Egyptian police headquarters after a blast in downtown Cairo on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. A car bomb struck the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo on Friday, killing at least several people and wounding dozens, the country's state media reported. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)A car bombing outside police HQ is followed by two more blasts in the Egyptian capital.


Syria foes to meet at peace talks after rocky start

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 01:47 PM PST

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Mariam Karouny GENEVA (Reuters) - The Syrian government and its opponents will hold their first joint meeting on Saturday to launch peace talks aimed at resolving nearly three years of civil war, after negotiations almost collapsed before they began. They will spend the first two days discussing a plan to provide humanitarian access for the city of Homs, where rebels are surrounded in central districts by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, diplomatic sources said. Even with the talks back on track and expected to last a week, deep mutual mistrust and the absence from Geneva of powerful Islamist opposition groups and President Bashar al-Assad's ally Iran make substantial progress very difficult. The face-to-face meeting had been planned for Friday, but the opposition said early on it would not meet the government side unless it first agreed to sign up to a 2012 statement by world powers calling for a transitional government in Syria.

Fear of slowing growth drags down global markets

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:34 PM PST

Specialist Vincent Surace works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)Fear is back in the market.


Ukraine clashes resume, fires light up night sky

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:01 PM PST

Protesters confront police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Friday Jan. 24, 2014. As riots spread from Ukraine's embattled capital to nearly half of the country, President Viktor Yanukovych promised Friday to reshuffle his government and make other concessions — but a top opposition leader said nothing short of his resignation would do. Hours after the president's comments, huge fireballs lit up the night sky in central Kiev and plumes of thick black smoke rose from burning tires at giant barricades erected by protesters. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — As riots spread from Ukraine's embattled capital to nearly half of the country, President Viktor Yanukovych promised Friday to reshuffle his government and make other concessions — but a top opposition leader said nothing short of his resignation would do.


Egypt bombing damages Islamic art museum

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:13 PM PST

Egyptian security officers stand guard at the entrance of the Museum of Islamic Art after an explosion at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Egypt's antiquities minister says the car bombing that struck the main police headquarters in Cairo earlier in the day has caused major damage to the nearby Islamic art museum.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Centuries-old glass and porcelain pieces were smashed to powder, a priceless wooden prayer niche was destroyed and manuscripts were soaked by water spewing from broken pipes when a car bombing wreaked havoc on Cairo's renowned Islamic Art Museum.


1 student shot to death outside SC State dorm

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:57 PM PST

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A student was shot and killed Friday outside an on-campus dormitory at South Carolina State University, and police were looking for four men who left campus.

Mangled metal, victims' screams mark Ind. pileup

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 01:19 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Indiana State Police, emergency crews work at the scene of a massive pileup involving more than 40 vehicles, many of them semitrailers, along Interstate 94, Thursday afternoon, Jan. 23, 2014, near Michigan City, Ind. At least three were killed and more than 20 people were injured. (AP Photo/Indiana State Police)MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Cars were mangled, and some were burned despite the blowing snow. Other vehicles were crushed between jackknifed semi-tractors, so entwined that it was difficult to tell them apart.


GOP activists defend Christie at national meeting

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 01:32 PM PST

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus speaks at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Seeking to shorten the Republican presidential selection process, the GOP moves to hold its national convention in late June or early July in 2016, roughly two months sooner than usual. Iowa and New Hampshire would retain their coveted spots atop the presidential primary calendar. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Christie may have been nearly 200 miles away, but his struggles in New Jersey buzzed through the hallways of a Washington hotel this week as hundreds of Republican officials gathered to debate the GOP's future.


Hagel says 'something is wrong' with nuke force

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:53 PM PST

U.S. map shows locationS of missile complexes.; 2c x 4 inches; 96.3 mm x 101 mm;WASHINGTON (AP) — Vowing to look hard at problems inside the Air Force's nuclear missile corps, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday it's clear "something is wrong" and he is determined to restore public confidence in the nuclear force.


8 confirmed dead in Quebec fire, about 30 missing

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:52 PM PST

An emergency worker walks past a sign that reads "Look out for our residents" as they search through the icy rubble of a fire that destroyed a seniors' residence Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec. Five people are confirmed dead and 30 people are still missing, while with cause of Thursday morning's blaze is unclear police said. Authorities are using steam to melt the ice and to preserve any bodies that are buried. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)L'ISLE-VERTE, Quebec (AP) — Using steam to melt the ice, investigators searched the frozen-over ruins of a retirement home Friday for victims of a fire that left at least eight people dead and about 30 missing.


Fear of slowing growth pushes down global markets

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:46 PM PST

Specialist Vincent Surace works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)Fear is back in the market.


8 confirmed dead in Quebec fire, 30 missing

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:18 PM PST

An emergency worker walks past a sign that reads "Look out for our residents" as they search through the icy rubble of a fire that destroyed a seniors' residence Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec. Five people are confirmed dead and 30 people are still missing, while with cause of Thursday morning's blaze is unclear police said. Authorities are using steam to melt the ice and to preserve any bodies that are buried. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)L'ISLE-VERTE, Quebec (AP) — Exhausted investigators are suspending their search for victims of a massive retirement home fire in Quebec. Authorities say eight people are confirmed dead and about 30 others are missing.


Ex-Cowboy Brent gets 180 days in jail, probation

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:21 PM PST

DALLAS (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent avoided prison Friday and instead was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years of probation for a drunken car crash that killed his friend and teammate, Jerry Brown.

35 feared dead in Quebec retirement home fire

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 12:46 PM PST

An emergency worker walks past a sign that reads "Look out for our residents" as they search through the icy rubble of a fire that destroyed a seniors' residence Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec. Five people are confirmed dead and 30 people are still missing, while with cause of Thursday morning's blaze is unclear police said. Authorities are using steam to melt the ice and to preserve any bodies that are buried. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)L'ISLE-VERTE, Quebec (AP) — Using steam to melt the ice, investigators searched the frozen-over ruins of a retirement home Friday for victims of a fire that left about 35 people feared dead and cast such a pall over the village of 1,500 that psychologists were sent door to door.


Opposition rejects Ukraine leader's concessions

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 11:27 AM PST

Riot police officers block a street in front of barricades of protesters at the monument to Viacheslav Chornovil, a prominent politician in Ukraine and a former Soviet political prisoner, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Protesters have seized a government building in the Ukrainian capital while also maintaining the siege of several governors' offices in the country's west, raising the pressure on the government. After meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday, opposition leaders told the crowds that he has promised to ensure the release of dozens of protesters detained after clashes with police and stop further detentions. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — As riots spread from Ukraine's embattled capital to nearly half of the country, President Viktor Yanukovych promised Friday to reshuffle his government and make other concessions — but a top opposition leader said nothing short of his resignation would do.


Tragedy of Quebec senior fire sinks in

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Investigators sift through icy rubble looking for victims of a fire that destroyed a seniors' residence.


Ukraine leader pledges government reshuffle ahead of more rallies

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 09:58 AM PST

Anti-government protesters stand on a barricade during a rally in KievBy Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, in what appeared to be an offer of concessions to the opposition amid violent protests against his rule, pledged on Friday to reshuffle the government next week and to amend sweeping anti-protest laws. Yanukovich made his offer in comments to church leaders as the protesters erected more street barricades and occupied a government ministry building in Kiev ahead of what is expected to be another hot weekend of anti-government rallies. The president's Party of the Regions confirmed reports that two months of protests had spread to other parts of Ukraine, particularly to pro-European Union western regions, where it said "extremists" had seized administrative buildings. Yanukovich, who hails from the mainly Russian-speaking east of Ukraine, said key decisions would be made at a special session of parliament scheduled to take place next Tuesday.


NASA launches newest communication satellite

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:59 PM PST

In a photo provided by NASA a United Launch Alliance Atlas V with TDRS-L atop, arrives at the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41. The unmanned rocket is set to blast off Thursday night, Jan. 23, 2014, with the latest, third-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. (AP Photo/Daniel Casper )CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's super-high-flying fleet of communication satellites just got bigger.


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