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Obama appears poised for State of the Union shift

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 04:34 PM PST

President Barack Obama works at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, ahead of Tuesday night's State of the Union speech. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Official tells Yahoo News Obama's speech will steer clear of "class warfare" language.

The GOP's new face for the State of the Union response

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 01:28 PM PST

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., rehearses the Republican response to the State of the Union on Capitol Hill that she will deliver in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)The top-ranking GOP woman in the House will talk about her life and the economy after Obama speaks.

'Once in a decade' storm creates chaos in Southern states

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:33 PM PST

A store's hog mascot is crusted with snow and ice in Florence, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 as ice and snow flurries blanket the state. A severe winter storm hit the South bringing ice, snow and below freezing temperatures. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A rare blast of snow, sleet and ice hit the U.S. South on Tuesday, prompting three states to declare a state of emergency, closing the New Orleans airport and causing chaos on roads for drivers unaccustomed to the dangerously slick conditions. Temperatures in parts of those regions could feel as cold as minus 30 Fahrenheit (minus 34 Celsius) on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina each declared a state of emergency, telling motorists to stay off the roads. "Residents should not overreact but should make plans now to ensure they are prepared for prolonged freezing conditions and icy roadways," Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant said.

Deep southern U.S. hard-hit by snow, ice, with big mess to come

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 10:17 AM PST

Traffic creeps along Interstate 55 in north Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, as ice and snow flurries cause difficult driving conditions. A severe winter storm is expected to hit the state, bringing ice and snow to the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Winter storm socks the Deep South with snow, ice; forecasters predict icy mess ahead        

Snakebite victim charged $89,000 for hospital stay

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 08:25 AM PST

Southern Copperhead.A snakebite victim treated at a North Carolina hospital came away with more than just fang marks when he received an $89,227 bill for an 18-hour stay.

Shooting with injuries reported at Hawaii school

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 12:23 PM PST

Officer Involved In E. Honolulu Shooting; Witness SpeaksHONOLULU (AP) — Shots were fired Tuesday morning at a Hawaii high school, causing injuries and prompting a lockdown, authorities said.

Mexican vigilante legalization plan carries risks

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:24 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, armed men belonging to the Self-Defense Council of Michoacan, (CAM), stand guard at a checkpoint at the entrance of Antunez, Mexico. The government announced that it had reached a deal with vigilante leaders to incorporate the armed civilian groups into old and largely forgotten quasi-military units called the Rural Defense Corps. Vigilante leaders met Tuesday Jan. 28, with government officials to hash out details of the agreement. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, file)MEXICO CITY (AP) — After months of tacit cooperation with rural vigilantes trying to drive out a cult-like drug cartel, the Mexican government is seeking to permanently solve one of its toughest security problems with a plan to legalize the growing movement and bring it under the army's control.

Winter storm causes wrecks, gridlock in the South

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 03:56 PM PST

Traffic creeps along Interstate 55 in north Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, as ice and snow flurries cause difficult driving conditions. A severe winter storm is expected to hit the state, bringing ice and snow to the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)ATLANTA (AP) — The mad rush began at the first sight of snow: Across the Atlanta area, schools let out early and commuters left for home after lunch, instantly creating gridlock so severe that security guards and doormen took to the streets to direct cars amid a cacophony of blaring horns.

Brahimi: Syria peace talks slow but 'still at it'

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:50 AM PST

FILE - This is a Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. file photo of U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi gestures during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, The U.N. mediator trying to broker peace after three years of civil war in Syria says "we haven't achieved much" after two brief face-to-face encounters between the government and the opposition. Brahimi has seen faces like these before, barely able to remain in the same room, much less speak to each other. Lebanese, Afghans, Iraqis, now Syrians. Even, two decades ago, Algerians like himself. For days now, the veteran U.N. mediator has presided over peace talks intended to lead the way out of Syria's civil war. He brought President Bashar Assad's government and the opposition face to face for the first time on Saturday, while still ensuring that they don't have to enter by the same door or address each other directly. He is 80. He is patient.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)GENEVA (AP) — Syrian government anger over a U.S. decision to resume aid to the opposition prompted the U.N. mediator to cut short Tuesday's peace talks, but he said no one was to blame for the impasse and that the negotiations would continue.

Ukraine PM resigns, government offers concessions

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:26 PM PST

Ukrainian lawmakers applaud after voting during a parliamentary session in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. In back-to-back moves to try and resolve Ukraine's political crisis, the prime minister submitted his resignation and parliament repealed anti-protest laws that had set off violent clashes between demonstrators and police. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In back-to-back moves aimed at defusing Ukraine's political crisis, the prime minister resigned Tuesday and parliament repealed anti-protest laws that had set off violent clashes between protesters and police.

'I'm walkin' here!': NYC takes aim at jaywalking

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:44 PM PST

With a recently placed warning sign in the background, pedestrians in foreground walk off the street to a subway station at the busy intersection of W. 96th Street and Broadway in the Upper West Side of New York Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, in the wake of 11 pedestrian deaths in the city already in 2014, is taking direct aim at not just drivers but pedestrians, with a crackdown that has resulted in the first jaywalking tickets some residents have ever seen. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK (AP) — For many New Yorkers, crossing the street in the middle of the block or against the light is a way of life, part of an attitude that tells everybody, "I'm walkin' here!"

Mexico's 'water monster' may have disappeared

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 03:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2008 file photo, a salamander-like axolotl, also known as the "water monster" and the "Mexican walking fish," swims in a tank at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. The axolotl may have disappeared from its only known natural habitat, Mexico City's Lake Xochimilco. Biologist Luis Zambrano of Mexico's National Autonomous University said Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, the most recent three-month attempt to net axolotls found not one of the creatures. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's salamander-like axolotl may have disappeared from its only known natural habitat in Mexico City's few remaining lakes.

Super Bowl circus takes center stage

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 04:37 PM PST

Seattle Seahawks' Max Unger answers a question during media day for the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Internet star Lil Terrio danced with cheerleaders, an Austrian man dressed as Mozart, another guy wore a Waldo costume and Nickelodeon's Pick Boy was in the house.

Seahawks star Lynch walks out of media day

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:36 PM PST

Seattle Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch stands against a wall during media day for the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Marshawn Lynch was there. He even talked a bit.

Obama vowing to flex presidential powers in speech

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:53 AM PST

President Barack Obama works at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, ahead of Tuesday night's State of the Union speech. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by years of partisan gridlock, President Barack Obama is moving to flex his presidential powers during his sixth year in office. He's starting by using Tuesday night's State of the Union address to announce executive actions to raise the minimum wage for new federal contracts, help the long-term unemployed find work and expand job-training programs.

Flavor Flav faces speeding-to-mom's-funeral charge

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 12:30 PM PST

Flavor Flav speaks with reporters following an appearance in Nassau County District Court in Hempstead, N.Y., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. The rapper, whose real name is William Drayton, was in court on charges he was speeding and driving with a suspended license en route to his mother's funeral in Long Island on Jan. 9. Drayton pleaded not guilty Tuesday and was released without bail. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Flavor Flav pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a traffic stop earlier this month as he raced to his mother's funeral in suburban New York.

A more-controlled Morsi appears in Egyptian court

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 01:11 PM PST

In this image taken from Egyptian state TV, toppled President Mohammed Morsi stands inside a glass-encased metal cage in a courtroom in Cairo, Tuesday, Jan. 28. 2014. Morsi was separated from other defendants for the start of a new trial Tuesday over charges from prison breaks during the country's 2011 revolution. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV)CAIRO (AP) — The second court appearance for ousted President Mohammed Morsi was very different from his first: He wore a white prison uniform Tuesday instead of a trim dark suit. And when the Islamist leader wanted to speak, a judge controlled his microphone in the soundproof glass cell.

Ukraine PM resigns as govt offers more concessions

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 07:35 AM PST

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In back-to-back moves aimed at defusing Ukraine's political crisis, the prime minister resigned Tuesday and parliament repealed anti-protest laws that had set off violent clashes between protesters and police.

States consider reviving old-fashioned executions

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:06 PM PST

FILE - In this June 18, 2010, file photo, the firing squad execution chamber at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah, is shown. With lethal-injection drugs in short supply and new questions looming about their effectiveness, lawmakers in some death penalty states are considering bringing back relics of a more gruesome past, including firing squads. (AP Photo/Trent Nelson, Pool, File)ST. LOUIS (AP) — With lethal-injection drugs in short supply and new questions looming about their effectiveness, lawmakers in some death penalty states are considering bringing back relics of a more gruesome past: firing squads, electrocutions and gas chambers.

PHOTOS: Massive elephant rescue in Ivory Coast

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 05:23 AM PST

PHOTOS: Massive elephant rescue in Ivory CoastIn this photo taken Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 and distributed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, a tranquilized elephant is loaded onto a truck near the town of Daloa in western Ivory Coast. Conservationists are capturing and relocating elephants in Ivory Coast forced out of their traditional habitat by encroaching humans, in the first such operation attempted in Africa's forests. The International Fund for Animal Welfare this week began tranquilizing elephants outside the western town of Daloa, then locking them in a crate for the 10-hour drive to Assagny National Park on the southern coast. (AP Photo/IFAW)

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Obama to lay out go-it-alone strategy

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 03:31 PM PST

U.S. President Obama sits inside the Oval Office as he prepares for the State of the Union Address, while at the White House in WashingtonThe president will explain his need to get around Congress to boost the middle class.

Ukraine PM resigns, opposition leaders vow to continue protests

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:18 AM PST

A protester guards the barricades in front of riot police in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Ukraine's justice minister is threatening to call for a state of emergency unless protesters leave her ministry building, which they occupied during the night. The seizure of the building early Monday underlined how anti-government demonstrators are increasingly willing to take dramatic action as they push for the president's resignation and other concessions. Protesters now occupy four sizable buildings in downtown Kiev, including the city hall. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)After Ukraine PM resigns, opposition leaders vow to continue to harness street power.

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