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Colorado floods: More than 700 evacuated in largest aerial rescue operation since Hurricane Katrina, officials say

Colorado floods: More than 700 evacuated in largest aerial rescue operation since Hurricane Katrina, officials say


Colorado floods: More than 700 evacuated in largest aerial rescue operation since Hurricane Katrina, officials say

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:03 AM PDT

An emergency responder stands next to the runway as a rescue helicopter lands at Boulder Municipal Airport, Colo., Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. By air and by land, the rescue of hundreds of Coloradoans stranded by epic mountain flooding was accelerating as food and water supplies ran low, while thousands more were driven from their homes on the plains as debris-filled rivers became muddy seas inundating towns and farms miles from the Rockies. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)More than 1,200 people have been evacuated — including 700 via air — in the wake of the flood that's left at least four people dead and hundreds unaccounted for in Colorado, officials there say.


Obama Rejects Criticism of Shifting Syria Policy: 'I'm Less Concerned About Style Points'

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 07:35 AM PDT

Obama Rejects Criticism of Shifting Syria Policy: 'I'm Less Concerned About Style Points'WASHINGTON — President Obama says a tumultuous month as commander in chief, when his policy toward Syria took a number of unexpected turns, may not have looked "smooth and disciplined and linear," but it's working. "I'm less concerned about style points. I'm much more concerned...


Kerry warns Syria: 'Threat of force is real'

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 07:40 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks towards U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli and Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk, not seen, after arriving at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Kerry arrived in Israel for a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a day after sealing a deal with Russia on securing Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles. Kerry made a stop in Jerusalem to brief Netanyahu on the agreement as well as discuss developments in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying 'the threat of force is real' if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons.


Syrian official says chemical deal a 'victory'

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:32 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after speaking to the media at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying 'the threat of force is real' if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)BEIRUT (AP) — A high-ranking Syrian official on Sunday welcomed the U.S.-Russian agreement to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, calling it a "victory" for Damascus.


Bombings kill 58 in south and central Iraq

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:02 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government's failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.


Police: Ohio mobile home fire kills man, 5 kids

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:33 AM PDT

TIFFIN, Ohio (AP) — Police say a mobile home fire has killed five children and an adult in northwest Ohio.

Analysis: High costs keep Japan focus on nuclear

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 01:49 AM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 26, 2012 file photo shows the No. 4 reactor, left, and the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan. The No. 4 reactor restarted in July 2012, along with the plant's No. 3 reactor, which went offline for maintenance on Sept. 2, 2013. Japan will once again be without atomic energy as its only operating nuclear reactor, the No. 4 reactor at Ohi plant, goes offline Sunday, Sept. 15 for refueling and maintenance, and other plants remained closed for intensified safety checks following the 2011 meltdowns at the tsunami-stricken plant in Fukushima. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)TOKYO (AP) — Japan will once again be without atomic energy as its only operating nuclear reactor goes offline Sunday for refueling and maintenance, and other plants remain closed for intensified safety checks following the 2011 meltdowns at the tsunami-stricken plant in Fukushima.


2 bystanders wounded in Manhattan police shooting

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:59 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Two police officers fired on a man who was acting erratically and dodging cars on a busy Manhattan street Saturday night, wounding two bystanders and sending people running for cover, authorities said.

New Miss America to be crowned Sunday night

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:23 AM PDT

Miss Alabama Chandler Champion shows her shoe during the Miss America Shoe Parade at the Atlantic City boardwalk, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez,)ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AP) — The finale of the Miss America pageant returns to Atlantic City on Sunday night, with plenty of drama to augment the glamour.


Mayweather dominates for easy decision win

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Floyd Mayweather Jr. lands a punch against Canelo Alvarez in the ninth round during a 152-pound title fight, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Canelo Alvarez proved nothing more than easy money for Floyd Mayweather Jr.


Obama: Russia doesn't share US 'values' in Syria

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 06:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2013, President Barack Obama reaches to shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Obama welcomed an agreement reached with Russia Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, but warned that the U.S. remains prepared to act if the attempt at a diplomatic solution fails. "I welcome the progress made between the United States and Russia through our talks in Geneva, which represents an important, concrete step toward the goal of moving Syria's chemical weapons under international control so that they may ultimately be destroyed," Obama said Saturday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says a U.S.-Russian agreement offers a chance to destroy Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons and promises to end the threat they pose to Syrians and the world.


Biden in Iowa: Up close to anti-war Democrats

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 06:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2008, file photo then-Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., talks to supporters during a rally in Dubuque, Iowa, on the day of the Iowa caucus. Biden is heading to Iowa Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, straight into the belly of Democratic anti-war opposition, the first steps by the vice president or the president outside Washington or the diplomatic bubble since President Barack Obama endorsed a possible military strike on Syria. There Biden is scheduled to headline a fundraiser for Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, an annual steak picnic for the senator who is popular with anti-war Democrats. (AP Photo/Mark Hirsch, File)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden's visit to this politically influential heartland state is bringing him up close to his own party's opposition to the White House's endorsement of possible military action against Syria.


AP Sources: LeBron weds girlfriend in San Diego

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:53 AM PDT

FILE - In a March 2, 2011 file photo, Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James, center, sits with his girlfriend Savannah Brinson, right, at a new computer during a charity event at the Northwest Boys & Girls Club in Miami. James married Savannah Brinson at the posh Grand Del Mar Hotel in San Diego on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2013, according to two people familiar with the details of the ceremony. About 200 guests were present for the ceremony, said one of the people, both of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because the wedding was private and the couple had yet to release any details. James and Brinson, 27, have been together since high school and have two sons. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)SAN DIEGO (AP) — LeBron James has another ring.


Nearly 100 Philippine rebels killed or captured

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 04:36 AM PDT

Government troopers look at two M-16 automatic rifles recovered from Muslim rebels who were killed in the offensive, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013 in Zamboanga city, southern Philippines The standoff, which began Monday when about 200 Moro National Liberation Front guerrillas stormed several coastal communities in Zamboanga city and seized several residents, has displaced more than 60,000, forced the closure of businesses and resulted in more than 50 deaths so far. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces have killed or captured nearly 100 of the Muslim guerrillas who have held scores of hostages for a week in a southern city, as the government pushes ahead with an offensive to retake rebel-held coastal communities, officials said Sunday.


Parts of NM brace for more rain, clean up begins

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:56 AM PDT

La Union residents snap photos with their cell phone cameras while others look on in disbelief at what was once San Antonio Street before flood waters demolished the entire roadway, leaving many residents in La Union, N.M. stranded in their homes, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Previously drought-stricken rivers surged their banks across New Mexico on Friday, closing roads, stranding children at schools and forcing evacuation from Las Vegas to Truth or Consequences from "life-threatening" floods. (AP Photo/The Las Cruces Sun-News, Shari Vialpando-Hill) MANDATORY CREDITALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Another round of rainfall is moving across New Mexico on Sunday, renewing the threat of heavy runoff from already saturated soils and flooding in low areas.


Bombings kill 53 in south and central Iraq

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:42 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed and wounded scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 53 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government's failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.


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