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Ex-House Speaker Tom Foley dies at 84

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Ex-House Speaker Tom Foley dies at 84

Ex-House Speaker Tom Foley dies at 84

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 10:32 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 1989 file photo, former Speaker of the U.S. of Representatives Tom Foley poses in his 5th Congressional District office in Spokane, Wash. Foley has died at the age of 84, according to House Democratic aides on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Foley was a Washington state lawmaker who became the first speaker since the Civil War who failed to win re-election in his home district. He was U.S. ambassador to Japan for four years during the Clinton administration. But he spent the most time in the House, serving 30 years including more than five as speaker. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green, file)He never served in the minority, but lost his seat in the "Republican Revolution" of 1994.

Two killers registered as felons after their escape

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 10:56 AM PDT

This undated combo of photos provided by the Florida Department. of Corrections shows Joseph Jenkins, left and Charles Walker. Walker and Joseph Jenkins were mistakenly released from prison in Franklin County, Fla., in late September and early October. According to authorities, the the two convicted murderers were released with forged documents. A manhunt is under way for the two men. (AP Photo/Florida Department. of Corrections)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two killers who escaped a Florida prison with bogus documents registered as felons within days of their release, records showed.

Commuter chaos in San Francisco area train strike

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT

Roxanne Sanchez, left, president of Service Employees International Union Local 1021, left, speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit workers may go on strike at midnight unless management agrees to enter into arbitration to resolve a remaining issue, a union leader said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.

Memorial unveiled for MIT officer killed in Boston attack

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 10:22 AM PDT

Photographs of slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus officer Sean Collier, center, are part of a makeshift memorial near the Boston Marathon finish line in Boston's Copley Square Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in remembrance of the Boston Marathon bombings. Authorities allege that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were responsible for Colliers death. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Officer Sean Collier was dedicated to his work and loved life; to the 27-year-old bachelor, "every day was a good day," said Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Chief John DiFava at a ceremony Friday to unveil a temporary memorial to Collier.

Germany closes Kabul embassy over security fears

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:21 AM PDT

Afghan police secure the area after a car bomb detonated outside an ISAF civilian personnel compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 18, 2013. Police said the assault started at dusk when a car exploded near the gate of a compound, housing contractors from various countries, European diplomatic personnel and United Nations employees. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)BERLIN (AP) — German officials say the country has temporarily closed its embassy in the Afghan capital due to fears of a possible attack.

In Libya, migrants face ordeals at sea and in jail

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 06:23 AM PDT

In this image made from Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 video, African migrants look through bars of a locked door at Sabratha migrant detention center for men in Sabratha, Libya. Libya's chaos in the two years following the overthrow of dictator Moammar Gadhafi has turned the country into a prime springboard for tens of thousands of migrants, mainly from Africa, trying to reach Europe in dangerous sea voyages. (AP Photo/AP Video)SABRATHA, Libya (AP) — The first time the young mother tried to flee to Europe on a rickety boat of fellow migrants from Africa, the overcrowded vessel quickly broke down and filled with water, forcing it to return to the Libyan coast. The second time, she was arrested and placed in a mosquito-infested Libyan detention center, where she has languished for months.

Saudi Arabia rejects seat on UN Security Council

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 09:21 AM PDT

The United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapons Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at U.N. Headquarters. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 1/2-year conflict. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Friday rejected its seat on the U.N. Security Council hours after it was elected to it, in a rare and startling move aimed at protesting the body's failure to resolve the Syrian civil war.

'Baby Hope' slaying suspect denies he killed her

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 Conrado Juarez, cousin and confessed killer of 4-year-old Anjelica Castillo, nicknamed Baby Hope, waits to be arraigned at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York. Juarez tells The New York Times that Anjelica Castillo died in a fall down the stairs. The police say Juarez confessed to assaulting the child and smothering her with a pillow to stifle her screams. Juarez told the Times his confession was coerced. The 52-year-old kitchen worker was arrested last Friday on a charge of second-degree murder. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with sexually assaulting and smothering 4-year-old "Baby Hope" in 1991 denied in a jailhouse interview that he killed the girl but admitted he helped dispose of the body.

Teen found with fetus in bag at store, NYPD says

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 09:03 AM PDT

A New York City police officer stands in front of the Victoria's Secret Herald Square store in midtown Manhattan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, in New York. A security guard on the lookout for shoplifters searched two teenage girls as they left the lingerie shop Thursday afternoon, and discovered one of them was carrying what appeared to be a fetus in her bag, police said. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — The results of an autopsy could determine whether two teenage girls are hit with serious charges after one of them was found carrying a dead fetus in a bag while shopping at a Victoria's Secret store in Manhattan.

This charming man? Morrissey book climbs charts

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 07:56 AM PDT

Copies of the Morrissey "Autobiography" lie stacked up on display at a branch of a bookstore in north London, Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. The memoir from the former frontman of The Smiths _ titled simply "Autobiography" _ is the first rock bio published under the venerable Penguin Classics imprint, home to Aeschylus, Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde. That has horrified some people in the publishing industry, but not the singer's many fans, who snapped up the book as soon as it was published Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)LONDON (AP) — The new book by British singer Morrissey is a classic. It says so right on the cover.

No safe bets for Obama despite toned-down agenda

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:46 AM PDT

In this Oct. 17, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Regrouping after a feud with Congress stalled his agenda, Obama is laying down a three-item to-do list for Congress that seems meager when compared to the bold, progressive agenda he envisioned at the start of his second term. But given the capital's partisanship, the complexities of the issues and the limited time left, even those items - immigration, farm legislation and a budget - amount to ambitious goals that will take political muscle, skill and ever-elusive compromise to execute. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Regrouping after a feud with Congress stalled his agenda, President Barack Obama is laying down a three-item to-do list for Congress that seems meager when compared with the bold, progressive agenda he envisioned at the start of his second term.

Afghan insurgents hit convoy by foreigner compound

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:37 AM PDT

Afghan police secure the area after a car bomb detonated outside an ISAF civilian personnel compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 18, 2013. Police said the assault started at dusk when a car exploded near the gate of a compound, housing contractors from various countries, European diplomatic personnel and United Nations employees. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber attacked a small convoy of vehicles Friday near a heavily fortified private residential compound used by hundreds of foreigners on the outskirts of Kabul, killing two passers-by, Afghan officials said.

2nd SF Bay area transit strike in 4 months begins

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 07:39 AM PDT

Roxanne Sanchez, left, president of Service Employees International Union Local 1021, left, speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit workers may go on strike at midnight unless management agrees to enter into arbitration to resolve a remaining issue, a union leader said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.

Red Sox beat Tigers 4-3 to take series lead

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:33 AM PDT

Boston Red Sox's Koji Uehara reacts after the Red Sox defeating the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in Game 5 of the American League baseball championship series Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)DETROIT (AP) — Mike Napoli provided the power and the Boston bullpen stymied Miguel Cabrera.

Norwegian-Somali ID'd as Kenya mall attacker

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 07:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this photo taken from footage from Citizen TV, via the Kenya Defence Forces and made available Friday, Oct. 4 2013, a man reported to be one of the four armed militants walking in a store at the Westgate Mall, during the four-day-long siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya which killed more than 60 people last month. A security official said four AK-47 rifles, 11 AK-47 magazines and one RPG were recovered at the mall Thursday Oct. 17, 2013. A city morgue official told The Associated Press that the two boxes arrived Thursday, and that a team of foreigners padlocked the boxes Friday. (AP Photo/ Kenyan Defence forces via Citizen TV, FILE)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Mogadishu court in March released a man with the same names as a Norwegian-Somali named as one of the gunmen who attacked Kenya's Westgate mall.

2 killers escape Fla. prison with bogus documents

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:16 AM PDT

This undated combo of photos provided by the Florida Department. of Corrections shows Joseph Jenkins, left and Charles Walker. Walker and Joseph Jenkins were mistakenly released from prison in Franklin County, Fla., in late September and early October. According to authorities, the the two convicted murderers were released with forged documents. A manhunt is under way for the two men. (AP Photo/Florida Department. of Corrections)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — As authorities hunt for two killers who were mistakenly freed by bogus court documents, prison officials and prosecutors across Florida scrambled to make sure no other inmates had been let out early.

Malala skips school to meet Queen Elizabeth II

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 06:59 AM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets Malala Yousafzai during a reception for youth, education and the Commonwealth at Buckingham Palace, London, Friday Oct. 18, 2013. The Pakistani teenager, an advocate for education for girls, survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year on her way home from school. (AP Photo/Yui Mok, Pool)The teen advocate for girls' education gave the 87-year-old queen a copy of her book

Teenager explains his plea for a family

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:58 PM PDT

Teenage Foster Child's Plea for a FamilyDavion Navar Henry Only has been waiting for a family all of his life and he recently decided to take matters into his own hands. He has only one desire for his prospective family: "to love me forever." Davion, 15, has been in foster care his whole life, but has never had a family. On [...]

Hindu holy man's dream prompts treasure hunt at fort

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 05:18 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 photo, people visit the fort of King Rao Ram Baksh Singh in Unnao in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Archaeologists began digging for treasure beneath the 19th century fort on Friday, after a popular Hindu holy man said a former king appeared to him in a dream and told him of the cache. (AP Photo)UNNAO, India (AP) — Archaeologists began digging for treasure beneath a 19th century fort in northern India on Friday, after a popular Hindu holy man said a former king appeared to him in a dream and told him of a nearly $50 billion cache.

Cruz put RNC in tight spot during shutdown

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 03:05 AM PDT

Cruz and Lee depart the Senate floor after their speeches before the night-time budget vote at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonRepublicans were in a tough position as the fight dragged on.

San Francisco rail workers strike after talks break down

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:19 AM PDT

BART strike imminent as talks stallBy Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Commuters in the San Francisco Bay area awoke to a difficult commute on Friday as workers at the Bay Area Rapid Transit system went out on strike, shutting down a commuter rail system that carries 400,000 people a day. Authorities will run free charter buses and expand ferry services, but said those services were capable of transporting just 6,000 people, making it likely that many residents would opt to drive, further clogging already-congested roads. ...

Snowden: No secret files taken to Russia

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this file image made from video released by WikiLeaks on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam Adams Award in Moscow, Russia. In an interview with the New York Times posted to its website on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, Snowden says that he did not take any secret NSA documents to Russia and that intelligence officials in China as well as Russia could not get access to the documents he had obtained before leaving the United States. (AP File Photo)The former NSA contractor says he handed all the documents to reporters in Hong Kong.

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