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Weiner admits sexting more women; polls shows declining popularity

Weiner admits sexting more women; polls shows declining popularity


Weiner admits sexting more women; polls shows declining popularity

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:11 AM PDT

AP10ThingsToSee - New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner leaves his apartment building in New York on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The former congressman acknowledged sending explicit text messages to a woman as recently as last summer, more than a year after sexting revelations destroyed his congressional career. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Anthony Weiner admitted that he exchanged sexual messages with at least three more women after a sexting scandal forced him out of Congress two years ago.


Report: Plea deal offered to accused Cleveland kidnapper

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Ariel Castro walks into the court room with his head down for a pre-trial hearing on charges including rape, kidnapping and murder in ClevelandA plea deal has been offered to the man accused of kidnapping three Cleveland women and raping them repeatedly while he held them in captivity at his home during the past decade, according to a Cleveland TV station.


Reid: Hillary would be better president than Bill

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:22 AM PDT

ClintonTop Senate Democrat Harry Reid says not only will Hillary Clinton win in 2016, she'll also be a better president than Bill Clinton.


Unbowed, foes of spying program vow to fight on

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:12 AM PDT

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., comments about the vote on the defense spending bill and his failed amendment that would have cut funding to the National Security Agency's program that collects the phone records of U.S. citizens and residents, at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The Amash Amendment narrowly lost, 217-205. The White House and congressional backers of the NSA's electronic surveillance program lobbied against ending the massive collection of phone records from millions of Americans saying it would put the nation at risk from another terrorist attack. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Opponents of the National Security Agency's collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records insist they will press ahead with their challenge to the surveillance program after a narrow defeat in the House.


Criticism alters US drone program in Pakistan

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, April 23, 2011 file photo, women supporters of a political party rally against the U.S. drone strikes in Pakistani tribal areas, in Peshawar, Pakistan. The U.S. has drastically scaled back the number of drone attacks against militants in Pakistan and limited strikes to high-value targets in response to growing criticism. Those actions appear to have temporarily appeased Pakistan's powerful generals, but some U.S. are still worried about pushback from Pakistan's new civilian leaders, who took power in June with a strong stance on ending the attacks altogether. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States has drastically scaled back the number of drone attacks against militants in Pakistan and limited strikes to high-value targets in response to growing criticism of the program in this country.


'Slum pope' tells slum residents not to lose hope

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:45 AM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The "slum pope" returned to the slum on Thursday as Pope Francis visited one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, telling its residents that the wealthy must do more to end the "culture of selfishness" that has left the poor on the margins of society.

Afghan insurgents find new opening for IED attacks

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:15 AM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 5, 2012 file photo shows transfer cases containing the remains of Army Spc. Tyler J. Orgaard, left case, and Army Sgt. 1st Class Darren M. Linde sit on a loader during a prayer at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Orgaard, 20, of Bismark, N.D., and Linde, 41, of Sidney, Mont., both died Dec. 3, 2012 in Lashkar Gah City, Helmand province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. The shrinking US combat role in Afghanistan has had the unwanted effect of giving insurgents more time and space to plan deadlier attacks using bigger improvised bombs. So while the number of attacks has declined, attacks are more lethal, Pentagon officials say. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The shrinking U.S. combat role in Afghanistan has given insurgents an opening to devise and carry out deadlier attacks using bigger improvised bombs against U.S. and coalition military vehicles and bases, American officials say.


Crashes raise questions about Europe's railroads

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:00 AM PDT

CORRECTS DATE - This image taken from security camera video shows a train derailing in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Wedmesday July 24, 2013. Spanish investigators tried to determine Thursday why a passenger train jumped the tracks and sent eight cars crashing into each other just before arriving in this northwestern shrine city on the eve of a major Christian religious festival, killing at least 77 people and injuring more than 140. (AP Photo)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two deadly railroad accidents inside two weeks that claimed 80 lives in Spain and six in France have raised questions about train safety across Europe. But experts say rail travel remains one of the safest forms of transport on the continent.


Feds charge hedge fund SAC Capital in NY case

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:50 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, photo, S.A.C. Capital Partners headquarters is shown,in Stamford, Conn. The hedge fund operated by embattled billionaire Steven A. Cohen was hit with white-collar criminal charges Thursday, July 25, 2013, that accused the fund of making hundreds of millions of dollars illegally, and a related government lawsuit said insider trading was pervasive and unprecedented at the firm. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK (AP) — The hedge fund operated by embattled billionaire Steven A. Cohen made hundreds of millions of dollars illegally and allowed unprecedented and pervasive insider trading to go unchecked for years, federal prosecutors said in an indictment unsealed Thursday.


Justice Dept. to challenge states on voting rights

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:42 AM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the National Urban League annual conference, Thursday, July 25, 2013, in Philadelphia. Holder announced Thursday the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voting rights in response to a Supreme Court ruling that dealt a major setback to voter protections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Thursday it will open a new front in the battle for voter protections, a response to last month's Supreme Court ruling that dealt a major setback to the Voting Rights Act.


Korean War foes gather in NKorea to remember war

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:18 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Two decorated U.S. war veterans who survived one of the worst battles of the Korean War found themselves among former foes at a memorial ceremony Thursday as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un launched the country's commemoration of the war's end 60 years ago.


80 dead in Spain train crash; speed likely factor

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:55 AM PDT

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish train that hurtled off the rails and smashed into a security wall as it rounded a bend was going so fast that carriages tumbled off the tracks like dominos, killing 80 people, according to eyewitness accounts and video footage obtained Thursday.

Prosecutors: Manning wanted attention for leaks

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:43 AM PDT

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse for his court marial at Fort Mead, Md, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Manning is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WIkiLeaks. He faces up to life in prision. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen))FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning betrayed his country's trust and spilled government secrets to make a name for himself, and he knew the material would be seen by al-Qaida, including its former leader Osama bin Laden, prosecutors said Thursday in closing arguments.


Sediment clogs wild natural gas well in the Gulf

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 07:18 AM PDT

A fire is seen on the Hercules 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from the well on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard the drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the blowout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Natural gas has stopped flowing from a well that has been ablaze in the Gulf of Mexico and remaining small flames are from gas still in the pipe, regulators said Thursday.


Bullock, Clooney to open 70th Venice Film Festival

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 11:05 AM PDT

Venice Biennale President Paolo Baratta, left, and Venice Film Festival President Alberto Barbera arrive for the festival's press conference, in Rome, Thursday, July 25, 2013. The 70th edition of the festival will run from the August 28 to Sept. 7. The techno-thriller "Gravity" starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts stranded in outer space will open the 70th Venice Film Festival. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)ROME (AP) — The Venice Film Festival marks its 70th edition with films starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts adrift in space, Scarlett Johanseen as a seductive alien roaming the Scottish countryside and Judi Dench as a single Roman Catholic woman searching for a son she was forced to give up decades before.


Admiration, puzzlement over Weiner's loyal wife

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 05:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., and his wife, Huma Abedin, aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, talk after a ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. When Abedin's name and face first started appearing in the media six years ago, lots of people couldn't help but wonder what this beautiful, ambitious woman with high-fashion sense and a world-class rolodex saw in Anthony Weiner. That's a question New Yorkers are asking themselves again. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)NEW YORK (AP) — When Huma Abedin first started getting media attention years ago, some people couldn't help but wonder what this beautiful, ambitious woman with high-fashion sense and a world-class Rolodex saw in Anthony Weiner.


Four Russians, one Ukrainian charged in massive hacking attack

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 11:10 AM PDT

FILE - This file photo taken Tuesday, May 3, 2011 shows a Visa card in a wallet in Richardson, Texas. A technical problem affecting the Visa network barred people from using their credit and debit cards for about 45 minutes on Sunday, April 1, 2012, the company said. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged with running a sophisticated hacking organization that over seven years penetrated computer networks of more than a dozen major American and international corporations, stealing and selling at least 160 million credit and debit card numbers, resulting in losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.


Iodized salt made Americans smarter: Study

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 07:06 AM PDT

Morton Salt CompanyA new study suggests that the addition of iodine to salt in 1924 might have improved the average IQ in some areas by as many as 15 points.


UN chief says over 100,000 people killed in Syria

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:02 AM PDT

Smoke rises after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in central HomsUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday raised the death toll in Syria's civil war to more than 100,000, up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago.


Wrigley Field's $500M facelift includes hotel, Jumbotron

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 05:51 PM PDT

FILE -This file photo shows an artist rendering provided May 1, 2013 by the Chicago Cubs showing planned renovations at Wrigley Field. On Wednesday, July 24, 2013, Chicago City Council aldermen are set to vote on proposed renovations at the historic ballpark. Under the deal, the Chicago Cubs agreed not to erect outfield signs in addition to a Jumbotron in left field and another sign in right. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Chicago Cubs, File)The Chicago Cubs, who have clung to the past the way ivy clings to Wrigley Field's outfield walls, won final approval Wednesday for a $500 million renovation project at the 99-year-old ballpark — including a massive Jumbotron like the ones towering over every other major league stadium.


Admiration, puzzlement over Weiner's loyal spouse

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:39 PM PDT

New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, left, listens as his wife, Huma Abedin, speaks during a news conference at the Gay Men's Health Crisis headquarters, Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in New York. The former congressman says he's not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — When Huma Abedin first started getting media attention years ago, some people couldn't help but wonder what this beautiful, ambitious woman with high-fashion sense and a world-class Rolodex saw in Anthony Weiner.


The least 'honest' city in America is... you guessed it

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 06:25 PM PDT

Bipartisan groups push to limit NSA surveillance programsFor the second year in a row, residents of our nation's capital have proven themselves the most likely to steal a dollar from your pocket. Or, at least a bottle of tea.


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