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Brian Williams taking himself off air temporarily

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 04:24 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2014 file photo, Brian Williams speaks at the 8th Annual Stand Up For Heroes, presented by New York Comedy Festival and The Bob Woodruff Foundation in New York. Williams says he's temporarily stepping away from his nightly newscast amid questions about his credibility. In a message sent to NBC News staff and released by NBC on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, Williams says it has "become painfully apparent" to him that his actions have made him too much a part of the news. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)The NBC News anchor says his actions have made him too much a part of the news.


Brian Williams is not alone: Hillary Clinton, Stephen Glass and other famous fabrications

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 12:06 PM PST

Brian Williams' Alleged Helicopter Pilot Withdraws Account: "I Am Questioning My Memories"Brian Williams admitted this week that, contrary to previous claims, he was not aboard a helicopter that was grounded by rocket grenades during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. But he's not the first public figure who has been caught stretching the truth.


Concerns over Bobbi Kristina's estate emerge as police investigate possible foul play

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 02:47 PM PST

In this Aug. 16, 2012, file photo, Bobbi Kristina Brown attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Sparkle" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Messages of support were being offered Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, as people awaited word on Brown, who authorities say was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub over the weekend in a suburban Atlanta home. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)As family members gather around a comatose Bobbi Kristina Brown, Atlanta area police have reportedly launched a criminal investigation into how the 21-year-old wound up unresponsive in her bathtub about a week ago.


NBC's Brian Williams taking himself off the air for several days

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 04:42 PM PST

Television personality Brian Williams arrives at the Time 100 Gala in New YorkNBC News anchor Brian Williams said on Saturday he was taking himself off the evening newscast for several days, responding to intense criticism over his claims that he rode in a helicopter that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq a decade ago. "In the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions," Williams said in a statement posted on NBC News' website. Williams, a star anchor who has garnered high ratings for NBC, said he planned eventually to return to the broadcast and "continue my career-long effort to be worthy of the trust of those who place their trust in us." Lester Holt, who typically anchors NBC Evening News on weekends, will step in to handle the weekday evening broadcast in the interim, Williams said. NBC, a unit of Comcast Corp, on Friday said it was launching an internal probe of Williams' false statements that he was in a helicopter in 2003 that was brought down by enemy fire during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.


Revel Casino sale in jeopardy after U.S. court order

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 03:07 PM PST

People walk outside the Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic CityThe planned sale of the shuttered Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to a Florida developer has been thrown into jeopardy following a decision by a U.S. federal appeals court that would change the terms of the transaction, according to court documents. The sale to Florida developer Glen Straub, who bought Revel in bankruptcy court for $95.4 million, had been expected to be completed on Saturday. The decision by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Court on Friday reversed a lower court decision against one of those tenants, IDEA Boardwalk LLC, which had sought to block the sale while it could appeal to protect its property rights. The Wall Street Journal quoted Stuart J. Moskovitz, an attorney representing Straub, as saying on Friday that the buyer might walk away from the sale if an appeal interfered with the deal, even if it means losing his $10 million deposit.


Iowa rail line reopens following train derailment, ethanol leak

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 01:02 PM PST

A freight train owned by Canadian Pacific Railway, carrying ethanol fuel with one car engulfed in flames, sits on the banks of the Mississippi River in a remote location north of Dubuque(Reuters) - A rail line in eastern Iowa reopened on Saturday following a freight train derailment that sent three cars tumbling into the Mississippi River, spilling ethanol fuel in the water, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) said. Thirteen cars and two engines went off the tracks after the derailment on Wednesday in a remote location north of Dubuque, Iowa, the company said.


Divers retrieve more AirAsia bodies, raising total to 100

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 05:20 AM PST

A section of AirAsia flight QZ8501's tail is loaded onto a boat for transportation to Jakarta from Kumai Port, near Pangkalan Bun, Central KalimantanIndonesian divers have recovered several more bodies from December's AirAsia crash, including one from the jet's cockpit, bringing the total number of victims retrieved to 100, an official said Saturday.


Ukraine president pushes for fast cease-fire, defensive arms

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 11:48 AM PST

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko holds Russian passports claiming they are proof of the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine as he addresses the 51. Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. The conference on security policy takes place from Feb. 6, 2015 until Feb. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Stringer)MUNICH (AP) — Ukraine's president pushed for both a quick cease-fire in his country's troubled east and defensive weapons from the West, as mediators sought momentum Saturday for a deal to stem the fighting at Europe's edge.


Islamic State hostage's family hopeful she's still alive

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 01:29 PM PST

In this May 30, 2013, photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. A statement that appeared on a militant website commonly used by the Islamic State group claimed that Mueller was killed in a Jordanian airstrike on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the militant group's main stronghold. The IS statement could not be independently verified. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Matt Hinshaw) MANDATORY CREDITParents of aid worker Kayla Jean Mueller, who Islamic State extremists say has been killed in an airstrike, express their concern.


As Baghdad lifts curfew, bombs are reminder of country at war

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 01:19 PM PST

By Saif Hameed and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five blasts across Baghdad on Saturday tempered Iraqis' anticipation of a more relaxed and accessible capital as the government prepared to lift a night-time curfew that has kept the city on a war-time footing for more than a decade. The attacks included a suicide bombing at a restaurant in a Shi'ite neighborhood and improvised explosives devices planted in a bustling central market district, underscoring the peril ordinary people still face from militant violence in Baghdad. Ending the curfew and "demilitarizing" several neighborhoods is part of a campaign to normalize life in Iraq's war-blighted capital. Officials hope to demonstrate that Baghdad no longer faces a threat from Islamic State, the militant group which seized large areas of northern and western Iraq last year.

Can Greece's new government keep its promises?

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 01:43 AM PST

Greek Minister Alexis Tsipras left, chats with his Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, during the vote for the president of Greece's parliament in Athens, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Barely 10 days after radical left-wing Syriza was swept to power in Athens, analysts expect a compromise over Greece's debts to emerge, allowing it to remain a member of the 19-country eurozone. The finance ministers of the 19-country eurozone are to meet at a special meeting Wednesday on the eve of a summit of European Union leaders to discuss Greece's debts.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris )ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's new prime minister came to power two weeks ago riding a wave of hope for change. But his pledge to rewrite the bailout agreement that has kept the country afloat for nearly five years doesn't depend on him alone.


Anthem: Hackers tried to breach system as early as Dec. 10

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2015 file photo, the Anthem logo hangs at the health insurer's corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Insurers aren't required to encrypt consumers' data under a 1990s federal law that remains the foundation for health care privacy in the Internet age _ a striking omission in light of the cyberattack against Anthem, the nation's second-largest health insurer. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The hackers who stole millions of health insurance records from Anthem Inc. commandeered the credentials of five different employees while seeking to penetrate the company's computer network — and they may have been inside the system since December.


NBC launches internal probe on Brian Williams claims

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:18 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News," speaks at the Women's Conference in Long Beach, Calif. NBC News erroneously reported the capture of two suspects and killing of another in the attack on a French newspaper office and has been forced to issue a correction. The false report came on NBC's flagship "Nightly News" Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, and was dialed back over the next few hours. Williams, was to explain the error to viewers on Thursday's broadcast. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News has assigned the head of its own investigative unit to look into statements that anchor Brian Williams made about his reporting in Iraq a dozen years ago, an episode that's ballooned into a full-blown credibility crisis for the network.


Study: Medical marijuana may do more harm than good for kids

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 05:08 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2013, file photo, farmer Breezy shows off the distinctive leaves of a marijuana plant during a tour of his plantation in Jamaica's central mountain town of Nine Mile. Justice Minister Mark Golding said Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, that Jamaica's Cabinet has approved a much-anticipated bill of drug law amendments that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot and pave the way for a legal medical marijuana industry on the Caribbean island. (AP Photo/David McFadden, File)A new report quells suggestions that medical marijuana could ease behavioral disorders.


In Boston Marathon bombing case, jury selection is an ongoing struggle

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 12:03 PM PST

In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,In the slow process of trying to seat a jury impartial enough to fairly judge Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston Marathon bombing case, the defense attorneys have argued that their client can't get a fair trial in Boston — though their motions to move the case out of the city have been repeatedly denied.


U.S. economy creates 1 million jobs in 3 months

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 02:15 PM PST

Hourly wages gained 12 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $24.75 in the month to JanuaryThe Labor Department's January employment report released Friday also showed a modest gain in wages, and while the unemployment rate edged up to 5.7 percent from 5.6 percent, analysts said that related more to a jump in returnees to the labor force -- a positive sign. With the economy marking the 11th straight month of 200,000-plus jobs added, "This was another incredibly strong employment report for the US," said Harm Bandholz of UniCredit. Most economists said the fresh data showed real signs of the economy gaining traction after a bumpy 2014 during which it grew a modest 2.4 percent.


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