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India building collapse kills 7; dozens trapped

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 07:58 AM PST

Rescue workers stand amid the debris of a building that collapsed in Canacona, a city about 70 kilometers (44 miles) from the state capital of Panaji, India, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. A five-story building under construction in the southern Indian state of Goa collapsed on Saturday, killing at least seven workers and leaving dozens more feared trapped under the rubble, police said. (AP Photo)PANAJI, India (AP) — A five-story building under construction in the southern Indian state of Goa collapsed on Saturday, killing at least seven workers and leaving dozens more feared trapped under the rubble, police said.

Cubans aghast at car prices as new law kicks in

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 11:54 AM PST

A car dealership worker, right, and a boy clean a used Chinese Geely for sale at a government-run dealership in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. This car once was for sale for $5,000 dollars, but the price has risen to as much as $30,000, after a new law took effect eliminating a special permit requirement that has greatly restricted vehicle ownership in the country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)HAVANA (AP) — Talk about sticker shock!

Small plane makes emergency landing on NYC highway

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 04:25 PM PST

In this photo downloaded from the New York City Fire Department's Twitter account, firefighters stand near a light airplane that made an emergency landing on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx borough of New York, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Fire officials say all were taken to a hospital, but there have been no immediate reports of serious injuries. (AP Photo/New York City Fire Department)NEW YORK (AP) — A small plane traveling to Connecticut after taking a tour of the Statue of Liberty made an emergency landing Saturday on a New York City interstate highway, startling drivers but touching down safely with no serious injuries to anyone aboard or on the ground, officials said.

Local labor influence takes hit in Boeing contract

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 05:04 PM PST

Jim Bearden, administrative assistant for District 751 of the Boeing machinists union, tells reporters that workers voted to accept Boeing's latest contract offer to keep the assembly of the Boeing 777X airplane in Washington state, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)SEATTLE (AP) — Under pressure from national union leaders, machinists in Washington state took a late-night vote that defied their local union bosses by narrowly approving a new labor contract that secures a coveted plane project for the Seattle area but moves workers away from pensions.

'Putin's Games' could still be compliment or curse

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 11:57 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin skies at the mountain resort of Krasnaya Polyana near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)After a journey of joy across nine time zones and into space, the Olympic torch relay is approaching something the Winter Games' organizers and Russia's leaders didn't plan for and certainly didn't want: A city in mourning.

Providing health care complicated in rural areas

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 07:19 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, Joe Manning sits in his office in De Funiak Springs, Fla. Manning is an outreach worker trained to sign people in rural Florida to participate in the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson)FREEPORT, Fla. (AP) — In this rural part of the Panhandle, Christopher Mitchell finds few takers when he delivers his message about the importance of exploring insurance options under the federal health overhaul.

Schumacher's helmet camera given to investigators

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 04:22 AM PST

Michael Schumacher's wife, Corinna arrives at the Grenoble hospital, French Alps, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, where former seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is being treated after sustaining a head injury during a ski accident. Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma since Sunday, when he struck his head on a rock while on a family vacation. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Michael Schumacher's family has provided French investigators with the helmet camera that the Formula One great wore during a skiing incident in which he was critically injured, his manager said Saturday.

Small plane removed from NYC highway

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 03:59 PM PST

In this photo downloaded from the New York City Fire Department's Twitter account, firefighters stand near a light airplane that made an emergency landing on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx borough of New York, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Fire officials say all were taken to a hospital, but there have been no immediate reports of serious injuries. (AP Photo/New York City Fire Department)NEW YORK (AP) — A small plane that made an emergency landing on a New York City highway has been removed and the highway has been reopened.

Pope to nuns: Why aren't you answering the phone?

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 05:35 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has made another one of his cold calls to wish a group of nuns in a Spanish convent Happy New Year. Only he got their answering machine, instead.

Obama eyes modest momentum on Capitol Hill in 2014

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 01:24 PM PST

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama returns to Washington this weekend eager to test whether a modest budget deal passed in the waning days of 2013 can spark bipartisan momentum on Capitol Hill. As he opens his sixth year in office, he also faces legacy-defining decisions on the future of government surveillance programs and the American-led war in Afghanistan.

Turkey to mull proposals for military re-trial

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 11:05 AM PST

Metin Feyzioglu, the head of the Turkish Bar Associations, speaks to the media after a meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Feyzioglu said that Erdogan has instructed Turkey's justice minister to work with the group on legal arrangements that could lead to the re-trial of hundreds of military officers and others. Hundreds of people have been jailed in Turkey for alleged plots to bring down Erdogan's government. The officers say much of the evidence against them was fabricated. (AP Photo)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government is considering legal arrangements that could lead to the re-trial of hundreds of military officers and other people who were convicted of plotting to topple the government, the head of Turkey's bar association said Saturday.

Boeing machinists OK contract tied to 777X

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 01:26 AM PST

Boeing machinists walk past statues commemorating striking workers as they prepare to vote at their union hall Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Everett, Wash. The vote will determine Friday whether Boeing machinists will accept a contract that would concede some pension and health care benefits in order to secure assembly of the company's new 777X airplane in Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)SEATTLE (AP) — The stakes were high and the vote was close as Boeing production workers agreed to concede some benefits in order to secure assembly of the new 777X airplane for the Puget Sound region.

Rapid fall for Army general accused of sex crimes

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 08:05 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, file photo, Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair leaves a Fort Bragg, N.C., courthouse after he deferred entering a plea at his arraignment on charges of fraud, forcible sodomy, coercion and inappropriate relationships. Sinclair, 51, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison at a court-martial scheduled to begin March 3. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft, File)FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — With a single star studded on each shoulder of his immaculate dress blues, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair waited his turn to go through the metal detectors at the federal courthouse at Fort Bragg, just like everyone else.

Iraq city falls fully into hands of al-Qaida group

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 12:52 PM PST

Mourners and Sunni gunmen chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government during the funeral of a man killed when clashes erupted between al-Qaida gunmen and Iraqi army soldiers on Friday, his family said, in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Provincial spokesman Dhari al-Rishawi said Iraqi security forces and allied tribesmen are pressing their campaign to rout al-Qaida from Fallujah and Ramadi, two main cities in the western Anbar province. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — The city center of Iraq's Fallujah has fallen completely into the hands of fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, police said Saturday, yet another victory for the hardline group that has made waves across the region in recent days.

Kerry cites some progress in Mideast diplomacy

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 01:56 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Kerry is on his 10th visit to the region to try to craft a peace treaty that would create a Palestinian state alongside Israel. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday cited progress on the Mideast peace process, yet acknowledged that some of the most intractable disputes between Israelis and Palestinians were unsolved after more than 20 rounds of negotiations.

U.S. breaker to help Russian, Chinese ships stuck in Antarctic ice

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 01:56 PM PST

Polar Bear, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, works the ice channel near McMurdo, AntarcticaThe United States is sending a heavy icebreaker to help free a Russian ship and a Chinese icebreaker gripped by Antarctic ice, the Coast Guard said on Saturday. The Polar Star is responding to a request for assistance from Australian authorities as well as from the Russian and Chinese governments, it said in a statement. "The U.S. Coast Guard stands ready to respond to Australia's request," Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander Vice Admiral Paul Zukunft said. "Our highest priority is safety of life at sea, which is why we are assisting in breaking a navigational path for both of these vessels." A Chinese icebreaker that helped rescue 52 passengers from a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic ice found itself stuck in heavy ice on Friday.

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