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Worsening storm spreads up the East Coast

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:02 PM PST

A Highway Patrol officer checks on the safety of a stranded motorist on Hammond Road during a winter storm Wednesday Feb. 12, 2014, in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Travis Long) MANDATORY CREDITDeadly system that's gripped the Deep South batters North Carolina on continued path of misery.


China's much-celebrated lunar rover declared 'dead'

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 03:38 PM PST

This screen grab taken from CCTV footage shows a photo of the Jade Rabbit moon rover taken by the Chang'e-3 probe lander on December 15, 2013China's troubled Jade Rabbit lunar rover has died on the surface of the moon, state media reported Wednesday, in a major setback for the country's ambitious space programme just weeks after its much-celebrated soft landing. The country's first moon rover "could not be restored to full function on Monday as expected", the state-run China News Service said in a brief report, after the landmark mission suffered a mechanical malfunction last month. The Jade Rabbit, or Yutu in Chinese, was deployed on the moon's surface on December 15 after the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades and was seen as a symbol of China's rising global stature and technological advancement.


2 killed as Venezuelan protests turn violent

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:20 PM PST

A demonstrator is detained by police after clashes broke out between opposition protesters with security forces and pro-government supporters during a protest against the government in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Violence erupted when unidentified attackers arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on the opposition protesters. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Armed vigilantes on motorcycles attacked anti-government demonstrators Wednesday, setting off a stampede of frightened people by firing into crowds after the biggest protest to date against President Nicolas Maduro's year-old administration. Two people were killed.


New clue about the Bible's origins comes from camels

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:12 PM PST

A camel is seen for sale at a livestock market as sun rises in the outskirts of LahoreCamels, according to new research using radioactive-carbon dating techniques, weren't domesticated until hundreds of years after the events documented in the Book of Genesis.


TV pioneer and comic giant Sid Caesar dies at 91

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Iconic murals raise tricky question for Detroit

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST

179618319AB019_DETROIT_STRUAs many in this bankrupt city have learned, not even the bricks in the walls are safe.


Congress sends 'clean' debt limit bill to Obama

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:34 PM PST

U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell returns to his office after a vote to raise the debt ceiling in WashingtonNear party-line vote follows dramatic attempt to filibuster must-pass legislation.


Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin convicted of taking bribes

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2014, file photo, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin arrives at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans. Federal prosecutors on Monday, Feb. 10, summed up their case for convicting Nagin of corruption during his two terms as mayor. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A June 11 sentencing date has been set for former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin who has been convicted of bribery, fraud and money laundering..


Live blog: Winter storm hits southern U.S.

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:07 PM PST

Snow plows clear Interstate 75/85 on the downtown connector while transportation and business grinds to a halt during a winter storm on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Atlanta. Across the South, winter-weary residents woke up Wednesday to a region encased in ice, snow and freezing rain, with forecasters warning that the worst of the potentially "catastrophic" storm is yet to come. (AP Photo/David Tulis)Thousands are without after wintry mix of snow and ice cover the region.


Life's a beach at the Winter Olympics

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:21 AM PST

Oxsana Kharitonova lyes on the grass while posing for a photograph with friends on a sunny warm day at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )Forget the parkas and stocking hats; sunscreen and shades are must-have items.


Milwaukee archdiocese proposes $4M for sex abuse victims

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:37 AM PST

.MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has proposed setting aside $4 million to compensate the victims of clergy sexual abuse in its bankruptcy reorganization plan, according to a statement provided to The Associated Press.


45 countries with more press freedom than the United States

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 06:50 AM PST

A picture of Snowden, a contractor at the NSA, is seen on a computer screen displaying a page of a Chinese news website, in Beijing in this photo illustrationThe United States did not live up last year to the promise of the First Amendment, "far from it," sinking to 46th in global press freedom rankings, a respected international nonprofit group said Wednesday.


Judge sets November trial in marathon bombing

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 11:06 AM PST

FILE - This file photo provided Friday, April 19, 2013 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the bombings on April 15, 2013 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Prosecutors and lawyers for Tsarnaev are headed to court Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 to discuss a trial date and a pretrial schedule. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation, File)BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was given a November trial date over the strenuous objections of his attorneys, who said Wednesday that they won't have enough time to mount a defense in a terrorism case that carries a possible death penalty.


Sochi activists get three years in prison

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 07:39 AM PST

A spectator waves a RUssian flag during the ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — An activist who shed light on the environmental impact of Olympic construction in Sochi was ordered Wednesday to serve three years in prison for spray-painting a fence.


Sinkhole collapses part of Corvette Museum in Kentucky

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:45 PM PST

National Corvette MuseumBOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A gaping sinkhole collapsed part of the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky on Wednesday, damaging eight prized cars that plunged in a heap while the attraction geared to the classic American sports car was closed to visitors.


The 'Veep' and VP share 'unforgettable' dinner

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Republican wins San Diego mayor special election

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:25 PM PST

San Diego mayoral candidate Kevin Faulconer reaches for his wife, Katherine, as their daughter looks up from below after Faulconer addressed his supporters at a rally Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A moderate Republican city councilman has been elected mayor of San Diego in a special election to fill the unexpired term of Bob Filner, who resigned amid a torrent of sexual harassment allegations.


The top dog at Westminster Kennel Club show

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 05:59 AM PST

Sky, a wire fox terrier, is held as his handler Gabriel Rangel kisses the hand of judge Betty Regina Leininger after winning best of show during the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Sky the wire fox terrier became America's top dog Tuesday night, winning best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.


AP PHOTOS: Olympians bestow Sochi smooches

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:59 PM PST

Maylin Wende and Daniel Wende of Germany blow kisses to spectators in the results area after competing in the pairs free skate figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Their fans, their teammates, their significant others — even their medals. Winter Olympians have bestowed Sochi smooches on all of them.


Syria's Homs: Evacuee tells of life under siege

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday Feb. 10, 2014 file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian Arab Red Crescent member carries a baby to a bus to evacuate the battleground city of Homs, Syria. Weeping children begged for food in the streets and women picked grass growing in the cracks of the sidewalks to eat as hunger gripped residents of rebel-held neighborhoods of the Syrian city of Homs blockaded for nearly two years by the military, according to a rare first-hand account by a man evacuated during a truce this week. (AP Photo/SANA, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Weeping children begged for food and women picked grass to eat as hunger gripped rebel-held neighborhoods of the Syrian city of Homs during a nearly two-year military blockade, according to a rare first-hand account by a man evacuated during a truce this week.


Mass. woman found guilty in cut-from-womb killing

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:15 PM PST

Julie Corey listens as Judge Janet Kenton-Walker instructs the jury during her murder trial in Worcester Superior Court in Worcester, Mass. Tuesday Feb. 11, 2014. Corey is charged with killing her pregnant friend and cutting the baby from her womb. (AP Photo/Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Rick Cinclair, Pool)WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A woman accused of killing her pregnant friend three months after her own miscarriage was convicted Wednesday of beating and strangling the friend, then cutting the baby from her womb and passing the child off as her daughter.


Study disputes value of routine mammograms

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, May 6, 2010 file photo, a radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles. A Canadian study published Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in the British journal BMJ has revived a debate about the value of mammograms. The study suggests that screening X-rays do not lower the risk of dying of breast cancer while finding many tumors that do not need treatment. Critics say the researchers used outdated equipment and methods that made mammograms look unfairly ineffective. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)A Canadian study that many experts say has major flaws has revived debate about the value of mammograms. The research suggests that these screening X-rays do not lower the risk of dying of breast cancer while finding many tumors that do not need treatment.


Ancient baby DNA suggests tie to Native Americans

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 03:16 PM PST

This undated photo provided by researcher Sarah L. Anzick shows a nearly-complete projectile point, top, a mid-stage point made of translucent quartz and an end-beveled rod of bone from a Clovis-era burial site found in 1968 in western Montana. Scientists have recovered and analyzed the DNA of an infant who died more than 12,000 years ago and was buried at the site where these artifacts were found. By comparing the boy's genome to those of present-day people, the research showed that many of today's Native Americans are direct descendants of the population the boy belonged to, and that he is closely related to all indigenous American populations, especially in Central and South America, the researchers said. The DNA analysis was reported online Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in the journal Nature. (AP Photo/Sarah L. Anzick)NEW YORK (AP) — The DNA of a baby boy who was buried in Montana 12,600 years ago has been recovered, and it provides new indications of the ancient roots of today's American Indians and other native peoples of the Americas.


San Diego gives GOP a win in mayor's race

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:12 PM PST

San Diego mayoral candidate Kevin Faulconer reaches for his wife, Katherine, as their daughter looks up from below after Faulconer addressed his supporters at a rally Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A moderate Republican city councilman scored a decisive win in the election for San Diego mayor, offering a dose of good news for a party that has fared poorly in California and in races to lead major American cities.


Yankees star Jeter to retire after 2014 season

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:00 PM PST

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter hits the baseball during practice at the Yankees' minor league facility Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Tampa, Fla. Jeter says he will retire after this season. Jeter posted a long letter on his Facebook account Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, saying the 2014 will be his last year playing professional baseball.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)NEW YORK (AP) — To Derek Jeter, it was just another day to get ready for spring training.


Salvadoran castaway healthy but mentally fragile

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 03:00 PM PST

Jose Alvarenga watches his cousin Jose Salvador Alvarenga on the local news channel, reacting as he returns to his native country, from their family home in Garita Palmera, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. The family of Alvarenga, the 37-year-old who says he survived more than a year on a small boat drifting from Mexico across the Pacific Ocean to the Marshall Islands, is preparing for his return to his home town after he landed in the capital late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A fisherman who says he drifted at sea for more than a year, surviving on raw fish, turtles and bird blood, is in stunningly good health but psychologically fragile, medical experts said Wednesday as he recuperated in a hospital in his native El Salvador.


Health law sign-ups growing but goal still elusive

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:42 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius greets visitors after a news conference on enrollment in affordable health coverage in Cleveland. The Obama administration says about 1 million Americans signed up for private insurance under the president's health care law in January, extending a turnaround from early days when a dysfunctional website frustrated consumers. New numbers released Tuesday show nearly 3.3 million people signed up through Feb. 1. Although enrollment is gaining ground, the government's initial target of 7 million by the end of March still seems like a stretch. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Wide disparities are emerging among states in health insurance sign-ups, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal enrollment statistics released Wednesday.


Volosozhar and Trankov of Russia win pairs gold

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:25 PM PST

Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia react after they competed in the pairs free skate figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Maxim Trankov hopes young figure skaters all over Russia will take inspiration from what he and Tatiana Volosozhar accomplished at the Olympics.


Egypt military chief heads to Moscow in rare visit

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:02 PM PST

In this image released on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Military Spokesman of the Armed Forces, Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, second right, and Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, center background, prepare to depart to Moscow from a military airport, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. El-Sissi headed to Moscow on Wednesday amid reports of a $2 billion arms deal in the making that would significantly expand Russia's military influence with a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. (AP Photo/The Official Facebook Page of the Egyptian Military Spokesman of the Armed Forces)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military chief headed to Russia Wednesday on his first trip abroad since ousting the country's Islamist president, part of a shift to reduce reliance on the United States at a time of frictions between the longtime allies.


LA abuzz about push for urban beekeeping

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:56 PM PST

In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, HoneyLove.org founder, and beekeeper Rob McFarland inspects his beehive, which he has kept on the roof of his Los Angeles house for the past three years. The Los Angeles City Council will vote Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 whether to begin the process of granting urban bees legal residency in residential areas after a lengthy lobbying effort from bee lovers of all stripes. The vote comes against the backdrop of colony collapse disorder, a worrisome die-off of honeybees that has captured the attention of environmentalists and farmers worldwide. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the past three years, Rob McFarland has kept a beehive filled with 25,000 bees on the roof of his house smack in the middle of West Los Angeles.


Celebs, CEOs at Obama-Hollande state dinner

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 05:05 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama, left, and President Barack Obama welcome French President François Hollande for a State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)Hollywood stars, French diplomats, business executives and big Obama donors populate the guest list for the White House state dinner in honor of French President Hollande.


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