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• Chilling images of scene inside Paris kosher supermarket
• Obama to renew push for paid leave for working parents
• NASA Curiosity rover’s drill smashes Mars rock, collects important samples
• FBI raids Florida firm with 'Wolf of Wall Street' link: witnesses
• Ohio man arrested for planning attack on U.S. Capitol
• United, American owe World Trade Center developer billions: lawyer
• Watch 2 Chainz and Nancy Grace debate marijuana legalization
• Bus carrying prisoners involved in West Texas fatal wreck
• House votes to undo Obama immigration actions
• Alarm sends astronauts to shelter at space station
• Yemen's al-Qaida claims Paris attack
• The twisted saga behind California’s bullet train
• ‘Vision Zero,’ one year on: NYC’s quest to reduce preventable traffic deaths
• Singapore navy finds main body of crashed AirAsia jet
• French rush to buy new Charlie Hebdo
• Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Boehner: court documents
• Mexican mayor faces charges in kidnapping of 43 students
• Defiant Charlie Hebdo fronts Muhammad, drawing more threats
• Pope emphasizes post-war healing in Sri Lanka with rare Buddhist visit

Chilling images of scene inside Paris kosher supermarket Posted: 14 Jan 2015 11:03 AM PST New footage shows Amedy Coulibaly holding hostages and issuing orders to staffers.

Obama to renew push for paid leave for working parents Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:58 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Renewing a push for paid leave for workers, President Barack Obama on Thursday will call on Congress, states and cities to pass measures to allow millions of workers to earn up to a week of paid sick time a year, the White House said. He'll also ask Congress for more than $2 billion in new spending to encourage states to create paid family and medical leave programs.

NASA Curiosity rover’s drill smashes Mars rock, collects important samples Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:41 PM PST The Curiosity rover drilled a hole in the Mojave rock target on Mars. The freshly broken rock pieces could help NASA understand the importance of crystals that were spotted in that location two months ago.

FBI raids Florida firm with 'Wolf of Wall Street' link: witnesses Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:15 PM PST By Aruna Viswanatha and Zachary Fagenson WASHINGTON/BOCA RATON, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. FBI agents on Wednesday raided the offices of Med-Care Diabetic & Medical Supplies Inc, a Florida medical device company whose executive vice president helped inspire the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street," according to a Reuters reporter and other witnesses. The reporter saw dozens of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud, and local police around the site. ...

Ohio man arrested for planning attack on U.S. Capitol Posted: 14 Jan 2015 04:32 PM PST By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants was arrested and charged on Wednesday in connection with a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and bombs, court documents disclosed. Christopher Cornell, 20, of Cincinnati researched the construction of pipe bombs, purchased a semi-automatic rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition and made plans to travel to Washington to carry out the plot, according to an FBI informant's legal testimony. ...

United, American owe World Trade Center developer billions: lawyer Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:21 PM PST By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - The developer rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that he is entitled to recoup billions of dollars from two airline companies, even though he has already collected $4 billion in insurance money for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that destroyed the site. Lawyers for Larry Silverstein and his World Trade Center Properties urged the 2nd U.S. ...

Watch 2 Chainz and Nancy Grace debate marijuana legalization Posted: 14 Jan 2015 08:21 AM PST The rapper and HLN television host sparred over pot legalization on Tuesday night.

Bus carrying prisoners involved in West Texas fatal wreck Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:39 PM PST A bus carrying 12 prisoners and 3 corrections officers fell from an overpass.

House votes to undo Obama immigration actions Posted: 14 Jan 2015 12:44 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Shunning a White House veto threat and opposition within their own party, House Republicans approved legislation Wednesday to overturn President Barack Obama's key immigration policies and expose hundreds of thousands of younger immigrants to expulsion from the U.S.

Alarm sends astronauts to shelter at space station Posted: 14 Jan 2015 12:56 PM PST NASA stresses that the crew on board is safe.

Yemen's al-Qaida claims Paris attack Posted: 14 Jan 2015 11:29 AM PST In a video message, the group says it was behind last week's Charlie Hebdo massacre.

The twisted saga behind California’s bullet train Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:39 AM PST California's long-awaited, long-debated, long-delayed high-speed rail system had its groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 6. But it was nearly impossible, even with a backer like Gov. Jerry Brown in a state like California, to build a bullet train in the first place — and it's still pretty much impossible anywhere else in America.

‘Vision Zero,’ one year on: NYC’s quest to reduce preventable traffic deaths Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:30 AM PST A year after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would begin to consider pedestrian fatalities as a top priority, advocates take stock.

Singapore navy finds main body of crashed AirAsia jet Posted: 14 Jan 2015 07:08 AM PST A Singaporean navy ship on Wednesday located the main body of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea late last month, raising hopes that bodies of most of the 162 victims will now be found. Underwater photos showed the cracked fuselage and part of a wing of Flight QZ8501, that went down on December 28 in stormy weather during a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. Just 50 bodies have so far been recovered with most of the victims believed to be trapped inside the Airbus 320-200's main body. It followed the retrieval this week of both the plane's black boxes, which contain vital information to help investigators determine what caused the crash.

French rush to buy new Charlie Hebdo Posted: 14 Jan 2015 12:35 PM PST The satirical weekly sells out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France.

Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Boehner: court documents Posted: 13 Jan 2015 06:07 PM PST By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) - An Ohio bartender suspected of wanting to poison U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has been charged with threatening to murder the Republican politician, court documents showed on Tuesday. Michael Hoyt, who served Boehner at a country club in Ohio and checked into a psychiatric facility after he was questioned by police on Oct. 29, was indicted on the charge last Wednesday, court papers said. ...

Mexican mayor faces charges in kidnapping of 43 students Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:39 PM PST MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The former mayor of the southwestern city of Iguala has been charged with last year's kidnapping of 43 students who are feared to have been killed, a top security official said on Tuesday. Tomas Zeron, director of criminal investigations at the federal Attorney General's office, said that prosecutors had obtained an arrest warrant for former mayor Jose Luis Abarca and 44 others on charges of kidnapping the 43 students. President Enrique Pena Nieto is facing his deepest crisis over the government's handling of the investigation. ...

Defiant Charlie Hebdo fronts Muhammad, drawing more threats Posted: 13 Jan 2015 05:48 PM PST PARIS (AP) — In an emotional act of defiance, Charlie Hebdo resurrected its irreverent and often provocative newspaper Tuesday, featuring a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover that drew immediate criticism and threats of more violence.

Pope emphasizes post-war healing in Sri Lanka with rare Buddhist visit Posted: 14 Jan 2015 08:59 AM PST By Philip Pullella and Frank Jack Daniel COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a Buddhist temple on Wednesday, capping a trip to Sri Lanka where he told huge crowds that religions must unite to heal the country's war wounds. The only other visit by a pope to a Buddhist temple was made by Pope John Paul during a trip to Thailand in 1984. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the pope briefly stopped at Colombo's Mahabodhi temple to meet Banagila Upatissa, a Buddhist leader who had invited him when they met on Tuesday at an inter-religious meeting. ...

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