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Russia to deploy long-range bombers

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 12:30 PM PST

FILE - This is a Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 file photo provided by Britain's Royal Air Force of a Russian military long range bomber aircraft photographed by an intercepting RAF quick reaction Typhoon (QRA) as it flies in international airspace. Russia's defense minister says the military will conduct regular long-range bomber patrols, ranging from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Sergei Shoigu's statement comes as NATO has reported a spike in Russian military flights over the Black, Baltic and North seas as well as the Atlantic Ocean. It reflects Moscow's increasingly tough posture amid tensions with the West over Ukraine.(AP Photo/Royal AIr Force)The missions stretch from the Arctic Ocean to Gulf of Mexico, in a show of military force.

Forensics expert to testify at Ferguson grand jury

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 01:33 PM PST

Dr. Michael Baden, right, speaks as Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump, left, holds a diagram produced during a second autopsy done on 18-year-old Michael Brown Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in St. Louis County, Mo. The independent autopsy shows Brown was shot at least six times. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)ST. LOUIS (AP) — A private forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Michael Brown will testify before the grand jury deciding whether to charge the Ferguson police officer who shot him, the attorney for Brown's parents said Wednesday.

House, Senate to vote on Keystone

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 03:59 PM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 4, 2014, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., acknowledges supporters at her election night headquarters in New Orleans. Republicans have promised her Senate opponent Rep. Bill Cassidy a seat on the Senate's energy committee if he defeats Landrieu in the state's runoff election next month. The move undercuts one of Landrieu's chief campaign arguments, that voters in the state with a robust oil and gas industry need her and her seniority on the committee. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-stalled legislation to build the Keystone XL pipeline got new life on Wednesday after Senate Democrats suddenly abandoned efforts to block the measure in hopes of helping endangered Sen. Mary Landrieu keep her seat in energy-rich Louisiana.

Rescue under way for New York City window washers dangling at World Trade Center

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:42 AM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City fire fighters were trying to rescue at least one window washer on Wednesday thought to be trapped on broken scaffolding that was dangling outside the 69th floor of One World Trade Center, local officials said. The scaffolding was dangling at a 45-degree angle alongside the skyscraper's glassy facade, according to a Reuters witness. The building in lower Manhattan is the tallest building in the western hemisphere. ...

California man pleads not guilty to killing family of four

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 04:06 PM PST

Family members of Joseph McStay leave the courtroom after Charles "Chase" Merritt was in the courtroom for arraignment proceedings for the murder of the McStay family in Victorville, CaliforniaBy Dana Feldman VICTORVILLE Calif. (Reuters) - An ex-convict pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to four counts of murder in the slayings of a couple and their two young sons whose skeletal remains were found buried last year in the California desert. The suspect, Charles "Chase" Merritt, 57, has been described by police as a former business associate of the father, Joseph McStay, who was reported missing with his wife and two boys in February 2010 from the family's Southern California home. ...

Slain Ferguson teen's dad seeks justice at U.N.

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 12:32 PM PST

Mother and father of slain teenager Michael Brown hold news conference in GenevaBy Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - The father of black teenager Michael Brown, shot dead by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, in August, said on Wednesday he and the boy's mother had come to the United Nations in Geneva to seek justice for their son. In a statement issued through the family's lawyer Darryl Parks, the parents said they had faith in the pending decision of a grand jury in the case, which sparked looting in the St Louis suburb soon after the shooting, and opposed any violence. "Me and his mother have come to the U.N. to get redress for our son," Brown Sr. ...

Voter turnout for 2014 midterms worst in 72 years

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 06:34 AM PST

Zoe Buck, a 14-month-old child, checks out an empty voting booth as at her mother, Julie Buck, votes at left, Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014, at the Alaska Zoo polling place in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)Voter turnout in last week's midterm elections was terrible. How terrible? Just 36.3 percent of eligible voters cast votes — the worst turnout in 72 years.

Window washers saved from scaffold dangling from One World Trade Center

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:20 AM PST

Stranded window washers hang on the side of One World Trade CenterRescue crews are rushing toward One World Trade Center early Wednesday afternoon where scaffolding is dangling from the side of the soaring tower.

WHO: More than 5,000 died of Ebola

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:43 AM PST

A outside view of the Polyclinique Pasteur clinic where a nurse is suspected of dying from the Ebola virus in the city of Bamako, Mali Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Malian authorities on Wednesday reported two new deaths from Ebola that are not believed to be linked to the nation's only other known case, an alarming setback as Mali tries to limit the epidemic ravaging other countries in the region. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)The outbreak that is ravaging West Africa marks another grisly toll.

Tsarnaev lawyers want triple murder evidence

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 09:43 AM PST

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect #2 in the Boston Marathon explosion is pictured in this undated FBI handout photoLawyers for the accused bomber demand evidence relating to grisly 2011 crime.

Dutch unveil world's first solar-powered bicycle path

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 12:49 PM PST

The SolaRoad, the first road in the world made of solar panels, is launched in Krommenie, the Netherlands, on November 12, 2014The Netherlands on Wednesday unveiled the world's first solar bike path, a revolutionary project to harvest the sun's energy that could eventually also be used on roads. The so-called "SolaRoad" bike path is made of concrete modules each measuring 2.5 by 3.5 metres (eight by 11 feet), embedded with solar panels covered in tempered glass. The solar cells currently put the electricity they generate onto the national grid, but future plans include using the energy to power street lights. Electric bikes and cars will one day be able to refuel using contactless charging directly from the road or bike path, said Sten de Wit, a physicist who helped develop the project.

Gay marriage advocates get victories in Kansas, South Carolina

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 03:02 PM PST

Kathy Stewart places a ring on the finger of her partner, Vicky Mangus, during a wedding ceremony outside of the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds office in CharlotteA federal judge has ordered officials to stop prohibiting same-sex marriages.

Women face hasty surgery, dirty clinics in Indian sterilization drive

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 09:02 AM PST

Indian women walk past a billboard advocating sterilization hung at the entrance of the District Women's Hospital in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. At least a dozen women died this week following a state-run, mass sterilization program that has raised serious ethical questions about India's drive to curb a booming population by paying women to undergo tubectomies. India has one of the world's highest rates of sterilization among women, with about 37 percent undergoing such operations compared with 29 percent in China, according to 2006 statistics reported by the United Nations. About 4.6 million Indian women were sterilized in 2011 and 2012, according to the government. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)By Aditya Kalra RAIPUR India (Reuters) - The scene in the gloomy room where 83 women were sterilized last weekend is repeated routinely at makeshift contraception clinics across India: bloodstained sheets that aren't changed between patients, and hasty two-minute surgeries. Only this time, something went tragically wrong. More than a dozen of the mostly poor and illiterate villagers operated on by Dr. R.K. Gupta have since died, and scores remain sick in hospital, many of them in intensive care. ...

Obamacare enrollment group faces new challenge

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 08:58 AM PST

Fifty-four-years-old Natalia Pollack, uninsured since 1999, is assisted to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, by Carlos Tapia, in New York CityWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enroll America, the U.S. government's private-sector flagship for reaching Americans who lack health insurance, has raised less money than last year to promote enrollment in Obamacare health plans but still expects to reach more consumers. The group, closely aligned with the White House and backed by healthcare companies and nonprofit groups, said on Wednesday it has collected $20 million from donors this year, down from $27 million a year ago. ...

Cosmic first: European spacecraft lands on comet

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 04:18 PM PST

The picture taken with the navigation camera on Rosetta and released by the European Space Agency ESA shows a raised plateau on the larger lobe of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It was captured from a distance of 9.8 km from the center of the comet (7.8 km / 4.8 miles from the surface) Oct. 24, 2014. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 the Philae lander will be detached from Rosetta to land on the comet. (AP Photo/ESA)DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) — Landing with a bounce after traveling 4 billion miles, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully reaching the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet — a cosmic first designed to answer big questions about the universe.

Disturbing findings about nursing homes across the country

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 02:00 AM PST

Nursing HomeAnalysis shows staffing levels lower than what's reported on public website.

Israel approves new settlements as Kerry looks to ease tensions

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 01:15 PM PST

Palestinian men stand outside a mosque which was set ablaze by Israeli settlers in al-Mughayir, in the occupied West Bank near the Jewish settlement of Shilo, on November 12, 2014Israel approved new settler homes in east Jerusalem on Wednesday despite mounting unrest, as US Secretary of State John Kerry was set for talks with the Palestinian leader on easing tensions. The new settlement construction was announced just hours after suspected Jewish extremists torched a West Bank mosque, in another development likely to inflame tempers in an already heated atmosphere. Months of unrest have escalated in recent days, spreading from annexed east Jerusalem to the West Bank and Arab communities across Israel, raising fears of a new Palestinian uprising.

How Republicans turned the Senate R.E.D.D.

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 01:37 AM PST

Mitch McConnellGOP Senate candidates had to follow a 52-point checklist on digitally savvy campaigning.

How the Koch brothers became criminal justice reformers

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 01:57 AM PST

KOCHBillionaire brothers Charles and David Koch have used their fortune to back Republican candidates who support rolling back corporate regulations, slashing taxes and shrinking government.

U.S., China unveil ambitious climate change goals

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:28 PM PST

U.S. President Obama shakes hands with China's Premier Li in front of U.S. and Chinese national flags during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in BeijingThe deal aims to inject fresh momentum into the global fight against climate change.

Republican Dan Sullivan wins Senate race in Alaska

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 01:51 AM PST

Election observers watch as workers go through questioned ballots cast during the Nov. 4 general election on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. Election officials on Tuesday began counting absentee, early-voted and questioned ballots remaining from the election. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska's U.S. Senate race, defeating first-term incumbent Democrat Mark Begich.

Missouri governor outlines Ferguson preparations

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:47 PM PST

Missouri Governor Outlines Police PlanWELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Police will work to protect peaceful protesters after a grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown shooting case is announced, but those who cross the line into violence will face consequences, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon warned Tuesday.

Senators: We're optimistic Cuba will free contractor

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:16 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, supporters of Alan Gross, on poster at left, mark his fourth year in a Cuban prison with a protest in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington D.C. Two U.S. senators said Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 that they're optimistic that the imprisoned American government contractor will be freed. Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Tom Udall of New Mexico said in Havana that they met Gross for about two hours during a trip that included meetings with Cuban officials. Gross was detained in December 2009 while working to set up Internet access as a subcontractor for the U.S. government's U.S. Agency for International Development. He was tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)HAVANA (AP) — Two U.S. senators expressed optimism Tuesday that Cuba will free imprisoned American government contractor Alan Gross.

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