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NSA gets OK to keep collecting phone records

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 03:33 PM PST

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. A presidential advisory panel has recommended dozens of changes to the government's surveillance programs, including stripping the NSA of its ability to store Americans' telephone records and requiring a court to sign off on the individual searches of phone and Internet data. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Spy court's renewal of program is first since dueling decisions on its constitutionality.

'Polar vortex' poised to pummel the Midwest

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 03:50 PM PST

Ice floats on the surface of Lake Michigan Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Chicago. Single-digit temperatures are hitting Illinois after the state was blanketed in snow. Meanwhile, residents are bracing for a deep freeze. Highs early next week likely won't reach zero and wind chills could sink to 45 below. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The weather warnings are dire: Life threatening wind chills. Historic cold outbreak.

'Great Train Robber' defiant even in death

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 08:59 AM PST

A floral tribute stands against the coffin of Ronnie Biggs as his funeral cortege arrives at Golders Green Crematorium in north LondonBy Alexander Winning LONDON (Reuters) - "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs arrived for his funeral on Friday in a hearse bearing a large flower display in the shape of an obscene two-finger "V-sign", a fitting emblem of his lifelong defiance of the British authorities. Biggs, a small-time criminal who became a celebrity during a life on the run after the notorious 1963 robbery, died last month at the age of 84 in a London nursing home. He had served just 15 months of a 30-year jail term when he escaped in 1965, fleeing to Australia, then Brazil, from where he flaunted his freedom, partying in exotic locations and giving interviews to the British press. On Friday, a cortege of Hell's Angels bikers and a brass band playing "When The Saints Go Marching In" led Biggs' coffin into a north London crematorium, followed by his family and various underworld figures, and watched by a scrum of media and some passers-by.

Lottery winner who just claimed $324 million: I forgot I bought tickets

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 01:02 PM PST

Lottery balls wait to be dropped prior to the lottery drawing for the Mega Millions jackpot, estimated at $636 million, in Atlanta, GeorgiaSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's $324 million Mega Millions jackpot winner Steve Tran had a 3 a.m. epiphany earlier this week that spurred him from sleep and had him fumbling through a pile of lottery tickets on top of his dresser.

Girl in ventilator fight cleared to leave hospital

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 04:16 PM PST

Hospital, Jahi McMath family ordered to meet FridayJudge says mother of girl declared brain dead may move her if she accepts full responsibility.

5 Doctors Without Borders staffers seized in Syria

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 02:29 PM PST

A Syrian refugee holds a passport and a baby as she passes through the Turkish Cilvegozu gate border with Syria, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. United Nations experts are investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria as the United States and allies prepare for the possibility of a punitive strike against President Bashar Assad's regime, blamed by the Syrian opposition for the attack. The international aid group Doctors Without Borders says at least 355 people were killed in the Aug. 21 attack. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)BEIRUT (AP) — Five staffers of the international aid organization Doctors Without Borders have been taken in for questioning in northern Syria, the group said Friday.

Winter storm brings snow, kills at least 11

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 11:03 AM PST

A pedestrian uses his cross-country skies on 58th Street during his morning commute, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in New York. New York City public schools were closed Friday after up to 7 inches of snow fell by morning in the first snowstorm of the winter. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)BOSTON (AP) — A storm dropped a blanket of light, powdery snow across the Northeast and ushered in frigid temperatures Friday that were unusual even for cities accustomed to arctic blasts. The winter weather, which shut down major highways temporarily and grounded flights, was blamed for at least 11 deaths as it swept across the eastern half of the country.

Paul Walker death report cites 100 mph speed

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 02:45 PM PST

ACTOR PAUL WALKER DEATHNo alcohol or drugs found in system of "Fast & Furious" star or the driver in fatal one-car crash.

Second winner of $636M lottery jackpot comes forward

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 11:00 AM PST

CORRECTS SPELLING OF NAME TO YOUNG SOO LEE, NOT YOUNG SOOLEE - Owner Young Soo Lee tends the counter at her small Alliance Center office building newsstand on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, in Atlanta, after lottery officials said one of two winning Mega Millions lottery tickets were purchased from her store in Tuesday's $636 million drawing, The store owner said she sold 1300 lottery tickets on Tuesday rather than the normal sales of about 100 tickets. (AP Photo/David Tulis)SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — California Lottery officials say the second of two winners of the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot has come forward to claim the prize.

'Science Guy' Nye to debate evolution at creation museum

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Sunshine state to eclipse Empire state

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 03:39 PM PST

In this Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 photo, in Orlando, Fla., Adam Mayfield explains he moved to Florida because he knew he could easily find a job in Orlando after he was laid off in Atlanta last year. Sometime in 2014, Florida will surpass New York in population and become the nation's third-most populous state. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Florida will surpass New York in population this year.

Pope Francis advises priests to leave comfort zone, get out among poor

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 09:22 AM PST

Pope Francis waves as he delivers his first "Urbi et Orbi" message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square at the VaticanBy Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has said men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood should be properly trained or the Church could risk "creating little monsters" more concerned with their careers than serving people. In comments made in November but only published on Friday, Francis also said priests should leave their comfort zone and get out among people on the margins of society, otherwise they may turn into "abstract ideologists". The Italian Jesuit journal Civilta Cattolica published an exclusive text of the comments, made in a three-hour, closed-door meeting the Argentinian-born pontiff had in late November with heads of orders of priests from around the world. "Formation (of future priests) is a work of art, not a police action.

Morsi rally turns deadly after clash with police in Egypt

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 12:25 PM PST

Supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi run for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in the northeastern part of Cairo's Nasr City district on January 3, 2014At least 13 people died in clashes Friday across Egypt as police dispersed thousands of protesters demanding the reinstatement of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, the health ministry said. The protests came after an Islamist alliance that backs Morsi called for demonstrations ahead of a new hearing on Wednesday in a trial of the ousted president. Police moved in swiftly to disperse the rallies, after warning they would not tolerate protests by Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood following its designation as a terrorist group last week. The ministry did not say whether the dead were protesters, police or bystanders.

Skimpy health law plans leave some "underinsured"

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 11:01 AM PST

This photo taken Dec. 19, 2013 shows Avalere Health Vice President Caroline Pearson posing for a photo in her office in Washington. For working people making modest wages and struggling with high medical bills from chronic disease, President Barack Obama's health care plan sounds like long-awaited relief. But it could turn into an unfulfilled promise. Chronically ill people are likely to be underinsured and face extremely high out-of-pocket costs, says Pearson, who tracks the health care overhaul for Avalere Health, a market research and consulting firm. While the subsidies help, there still may be access problems for some populations. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — For working people making modest wages and struggling with high medical bills from chronic disease, President Barack Obama's health care plan sounds like long-awaited relief. But the promise could go unfulfilled.

Ted Cruz still a dual US-Canadian citizen

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 04:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cruz said he would renounce his Canadian citizenship by the end of 2013, but the Calgary-born Republican lawmaker is still a dual citizen. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)TORONTO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz vowed months ago to renounce his Canadian citizenship by the end of 2013, but the Calgary-born Republican is still a dual citizen.

Government might deregulate corn, soybean seeds

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 03:27 PM PST

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The federal government on Friday proposed eliminating restrictions on the use of corn and soybean seeds that are genetically engineered to resist a common weed killer, a move welcomed by many farmers but feared by scientists and environmentalists who worry it could invite growers to use more chemicals.

Packers-49ers game drawing comparisons to Ice Bowl

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 04:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 1967 file photo, fans watch the Green Bay Packers play the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Championship game in Green Bay, Wisc. Comparisons to the legendary 1967 Ice Bowl are inevitable when the mercury dips below zero at Lambeau Field. But even if temperatures sink to minus 13 Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at the 49ers-Packers playoff game, modern technology will ensure fans are warmer than their predecessors. (AP Photo/File)GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers' playoff game Sunday against San Francisco could be one of the coldest in NFL history, rivaling the subzero temperatures of the 1967 Ice Bowl, so fans are taking plenty of precautions.

Sniping shadows Kerry's pursuit of Mideast peace

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 12:37 PM PST

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, ahead of their meeting at the David Citadel hotel in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's closed-door diplomacy to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians has burst into a public spat, with both sides trading blistering criticisms, Republican senators showing up in Jerusalem to argue Israel's side, and Palestinian demonstrators protesting his visit.

Lebanon IDs commander of al-Qaida-linked group

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 12:07 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, Lebanese people gather at the scene where two explosions have struck near the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. DNA tests confirmed that a man in Lebanese custody is the suspected leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that has claimed responsibility for bombings across the Middle East, the Lebanese army said Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The latest attack claimed by the group, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, was the Nov. 19 double bombing of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut that killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)BEIRUT (AP) — DNA tests confirmed that a man in government custody is the alleged leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that has conducted attacks across the Middle East before shifting its focus to Syria's civil war, Lebanese authorities said Friday.

Rescued Antarctic passengers continue journey home

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 03:18 PM PST

In this image provided by Australasian Antarctic Expedition, passengers trapped for more than a week on the icebound Russian research ship MV Akademik Shokalskiyin are rescued by a Chinese helicopter Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The helicopter rescued all 52 passengers from the research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice, 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia, since Christmas Eve after weather conditions finally cleared enough for the operation Thursday. (AP Photo/Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Jessica Fitzpatrick) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, ONE TIME USE, NO ARCHIVES; NO SALESCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian icebreaker carrying 52 passengers who were retrieved from an icebound ship in the Antarctic has resumed its journey home after it was halted for a second potential rescue operation.

Digging out: Extreme cold grips snowy Northeast

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 04:06 PM PST

BOSTON (AP) — Homeowners and motorists dug out across the white-blanketed Northeast on Friday as extreme cold ushered in by the storm threatened fingers and toes but kept the snow powdery and mercifully easy to shovel. At least 14 deaths were blamed on the storm as it swept across the nation's eastern half.

France mulls ban on comic, his double-edged salute

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 01:24 PM PST

FILE - This is a Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. file photo of West Bromwich Albion's Nicolas Anelka, right, as he gestures to celebrates his goal against West Ham United during their English Premier League soccer match at Upton Park, London. It's caught on like a dance move one hand pointing downward, the other touching the shoulder with arm across the chest. But for many, the gesture is a hateful, anti-Semitic code. France's top security official wants the entertainer who popularized it banned from the stage. Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala, who has performed for more than two decades and has a small but faithful following, contends the gesture, dubbed the quenelle, is no more than an anti-system sign, the equivalent of "shove it." Soccer star Nicolas Anelka used it on Saturday Dec. 28to celebrate a goal, and basketball star Tony Parker did likewise. Both said they did not understand it was an anti-Semitic gesture. Parker said in his mea culpa contained in a statement released by the San Antonio Spurs that he "thought it was part of a comedy act." (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)PARIS (AP) — It's caught on like a dance move — one hand pointing downward, the other touching the shoulder with an arm across the chest. But for many, the gesture popularized by a French comic is hateful and anti-Semitic.

Obama proposes firearm background check changes

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 12:25 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about his signature health care law, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. It was a moment for Barack Obama to savor. His second inaugural address over, Obama paused as he strode from the podium last January, turning back for one last glance across the expanse of the National Mall, where a supportive throng stood in the winter chill to witness the launch of his new term. "I want to take a look, one more time," Obama said quietly. "I'm not going to see this again."There was so much Obama could not _ or did not _ see then, as he opened his second term with a confident call to arms and an expansive liberal agenda. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)HONOLULU (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday announced a pair of executive actions aimed at strengthening federal background checks for gun purchasers, with a particular focus on limiting firearm access for those with mental health issues.

Report: Kim Jong Un's uncle executed by horde of dogs

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 06:53 AM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R), accompanied by his uncle Jang Song Thaek (L), waves as he inspects a parade of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards at Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang, on September 9, 2013Forget the hangman's noose, the firing squad or lethal injection: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed his uncle and a handful of the man's aides by feeding them to a horde of 120 starving dogs, according to a shocking account.

Winter storm turns deadly

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 09:04 AM PST

A tattered flag flies by a flooded yard along the shore in Scituate, Mass., Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. A blustering winter storm that dropped nearly 2 feet of snow just north of Boston, shut down major highways in New York and Pennsylvania and forced U.S. airlines to cancel thousands of flights nationwide menaced the Northeast on Friday with howling winds and frigid temperatures. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)The storm that has pounded the northeast U.S. led to the deaths of nine people.

Lebanon IDs leader of al-Qaida-linked group

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 07:38 AM PST

Lebanese citizens gather at the site of an explosion in a stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah group at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The explosion took place during rush hour in the Haret Hreik neighborhood, killing several people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — DNA tests confirmed that a man in Lebanese custody is the suspected leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that has claimed responsibility for bombings across the Middle East, the Lebanese army said Friday.

NSA developing computer to crack privacy codes: report

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:04 AM PST

An undated aerial handout photo shows the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters building in Fort Meade, Maryland(Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency is trying to develop a computer that could ultimately break most encryption programs, whether they are used to protect other nations' spying programs or consumers' bank accounts, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. The report, which the newspaper said was based on documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, comes amid continuing controversy over the spy agency's program to collect the phone records Internet communications of private citizens. In its report on Thursday, The Washington Post said that the NSA is trying to develop a so-called "quantum computer" that could be used to break encryption codes used to cloak sensitive information. Other, non-governmental researchers are also trying to develop quantum computers, and it is not clear whether the NSA program lags the private efforts or is ahead of them.

Three dead as Cambodian police open fire on protesters

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 02:20 AM PST

Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers Friday, killing at least three people, as the kingdom's strongman premier faced growing public anger on the streets of the capital. Human rights campaigners condemned the crackdown as the country's worst state violence against civilians in more than a decade. The deaths came after striking workers armed with sticks, rocks and Molotov cocktails clashed with rifle-wielding police in the Veng Sreng factory district of Phnom Penh. The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights reported a higher toll of at least four civilians shot dead and 21 injured, in what it described as "the worst state violence against civilians to hit Cambodia in 15 years".

Ship involved in Antarctic rescue faces trouble

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 04:19 AM PST

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian icebreaker carrying 52 passengers who were retrieved from an icebound ship in the Antarctic was told to halt its journey home on Friday after concerns that a Chinese vessel involved in the dramatic rescue may also become stuck in the heavy sea ice.

How Army's new laser could change the future of warfare

Posted: 02 Jan 2014 04:53 PM PST

The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (U.S. Army)An Army official talks with Yahoo News about the recent successful test demonstration of a vehicle-mounted laser system that points toward the future of battlefield engagement.

Strong winter storm pounds Northeast

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:25 AM PST

A snow plow pushes snow through Times Square in New YorkFlights are grounded and schools closed as nearly two feet of snow falls in some areas.

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