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Sandy's sometimes forgotten victim

Sandy's sometimes forgotten victim


Sandy's sometimes forgotten victim

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 09:18 AM PDT

Hurricane Sandy FairfieldLike New York and New Jersey, a year later, Connecticut is still recovering.


Ecuador threatens to sue Britain over Assange status

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 10:17 AM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addresses members of the media and supporters from the window of the Ecuadorian embassy in Knightsbridge, west London on December 20, 2012Quito (AFP) - Ecuador threatened Friday to sue Britain in international venues over the status of Julian Assange if it rejects a proposal to submit the matter to a bilateral commission.


Nearly 300 N. Dakota oil spills not reported

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 10:12 AM PDT

In this Oct. 8, 2013 photo provided by the North Dakota Health Department, a vacuum trucks cleans up oil in near Tioga, N.D. The North Dakota Health Department says more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil have spewed out of a Tesoro Corp. oil pipeline in a wheat field in northwestern North Dakota. Officials say the 20,600-barrel spill, among the largest recorded in the state, was discovered on Sept. 29 by a farmer harvesting wheat about nine miles south of Tioga. (AP Photo/North Dakota Health Department)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota, the nation's No. 2 oil producer behind Texas, recorded nearly 300 oil pipeline spills in less than two years, state documents show. None was reported to the public, officials said.


Patients, firms shop for better health care deals

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 10:36 AM PDT

Dr. Keith Smith, right, an anesthesiologist who started Surgery Center of Oklahoma, looks on as Dr. Don McGinnis, left, and physician's assistant Steve Popielec, right, perform a surgery at the center in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Through a website called Medibid, some patients who pay out of pocket for their care are soliciting doctors, hospitals and medical centers, including this one, to bid to perform non-emergency procedures. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Paul Freeman drove 600 miles last year to save himself — and his employer — thousands of dollars on his surgery.


Ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky marks 10 years in prison

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 10:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken on Thursday Dec. 30, 2010, former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, left, and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev talk behind a glass enclosure at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Khodorkovsky marks 10 years since his arrest, which has become a key turning point in Russia's recent history. His arrest _ widely seen as a punishment for challenging President Vladimir Putin's power _ and the subsequent dismantling of his Yukos oil company sent a chilling signal to others and allowed Putin to consolidate his power. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr, File)MOSCOW (AP) — Jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Friday marked 10 years since his arrest, which has become a key turning point in Russia's recent history.


Jury sought child abuse charges against Ramseys

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 10:32 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2000 file photo, Patsy Ramsey and her husband, John, parents of JonBenet Ramsey, look on during a nws conference in Atlanta regarding their lie-detector examinations for the murder of their daughter. A Colorado judge on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 ordered the release of the 1999 grand jury indictment in the killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, possibly shedding light on why prosecutors decided against charging her parents in her death. Patsy Ramsey died in 2006. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A grand jury that reviewed evidence in the death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey believed her parents were involved in the crime but didn't say who killed the beauty queen, according to documents released Friday, 14 years after the grand jury made its recommendation.


5 people injured in ride mishap at NC State Fair

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 08:52 AM PDT

Fairgrounds Police secure a barricade around the Vortex after an accident closed the ride just after 9 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 24, 2013 at the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh, N.C. The accident occurred on the ride at the North Carolina State Fair on Thursday night, sending five people to the hospital with unknown injuries. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Robert Willett)RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Five people were injured on a carnival ride known for its wild twirls and flips at the North Carolina State Fair, and officials were trying to determine Friday exactly what caused the accident.


Tenn. Guard recruiter held in superiors' shooting

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 11:20 AM PDT

Police vehicles and an ambulance block a road near a Tennessee National Guard armory where two Guard members were shot on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, in Millington, Tenn. A member of the National Guard opened fire at the armory outside a U.S. Navy base in Tennessee, wounding two soldiers before being subdued and disarmed by others soldiers, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee National Guard recruiter shot three fellow soldiers at an armory north of Memphis after he was ordered to the facility to be relieved of duty because of alleged misconduct, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Friday.


Ark. Democrats look for boost from shutdown

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 09:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Nov. 6, 2012, retiring Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark. speaks in Little Rock, Ark. Arkansas Democrats have suffered politically in recent years after Republicans tied the party to President Barack Obama in federal, state and even local legislative races. But now Democrats hope standing with the president during the 16-day federal government shutdown could bring a reversal of fortune. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Democrats have suffered politically in recent years after Republicans tied the party to President Barack Obama in federal, state and even local legislative races. But now Democrats hope standing with the president during the 16-day federal government shutdown could reverse their fortunes.


5 keys to successful health care shopping

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 08:50 AM PDT

Patients are being pushed to shop more for health care by insurance plans that require them to pay higher out-of-pocket costs. But finding the right deal is often no easy task. Here are five things to consider if you decide to shop around:

German spy chiefs to head to US for talks

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 07:45 AM PDT

The acting German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle speaks after his meeting with the US ambassador in Germany in the foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 24, 2013. Germany summoned the American ambassador Thursday over reports that U.S. intelligence agencies might have tagged Chancellor Angela Merkel 's cellphone. (AP Photo/dpa,Kay Nietfeld)BRUSSELS (AP) — German spy chiefs will travel to Washington shortly to talk with U.S. officials about the spying allegations that have so angered Europe, including whether Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone was monitored by the National Security Agency.


Chatty leaders vulnerable to foreign surveillance

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 06:06 AM PDT

Journalists use their cellphones as they wait for the arrival of heads of state at an EU summit on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Migration, as well as an upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit will top the agenda in Friday's meeting of EU leaders. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)BERLIN (AP) — The world has changed since 1929, when U.S. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson shut down the State Department's code-breaking office, declaring "gentlemen don't read others' mail." In the current age of surveillance, world leaders — who are by their very nature uber-communicators — are especially vulnerable to communications snooping by friends and foes alike. Here's how some are trying to cope following allegations of massive electronic monitoring by the U.S. National Security Agency:


Cos., patients shop for better health care deals

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 08:49 AM PDT

Dr. Keith Smith, right, an anesthesiologist who started Surgery Center of Oklahoma, looks on as Dr. Don McGinnis, left, and physician's assistant Steve Popielec, right, perform a surgery at the center in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Through a website called Medibid, some patients who pay out of pocket for their care are soliciting doctors, hospitals and medical centers, including this one, to bid to perform non-emergency procedures. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Paul Freeman drove 600 miles last year to save himself — and his employer — thousands of dollars on his surgery.


Both sides agree: No major budget deal foreseen

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 10:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2013, photo, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., laughs as he walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Forget a grand bargain. Reaching even a small budget deal will be a challenge when negotiators start meeting in an effort to salvage any kind of agreement in the aftermath of this month's shutdown debacle and debt limit crisis. "If we focus on some big, grand bargain then we're going to focus on our differences and both sides are going to require that the other side compromises some core principle and then we'll get nothing done," Ryan, said in an interview on Oct. 24. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — On this, GOP budget guru Rep. Paul Ryan and top Senate Democrat Harry Reid can agree: There won't be a "grand bargain" on the budget.


Tests prove Roma couple are mystery girl's parents

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 09:12 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by charity ''The Smile of the Child'' shows a 4-year-old girl at an unknown location. Greek authorities on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 have requested international assistance to identify the four-year-old girl found living in a Gypsy camp with a couple arrested and charged with abducting her from her birth parents. A police statement says the child was located Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2013 near the town of Farsala, central Greece, during a nationwide crackdown on illegal activities in Gypsy camps. (AP Photo/The Smile of the Child)NIKOLAEVO, Bulgaria (AP) — The mystery is solved — but the future of the young girl known only as Maria is still uncertain.


Vatican's US donors get access for a $500 pittance

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 06:14 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis delivers his message to the Patrons of the Arts of the Vatican Museum, a fundraising organization for restoring the Vatican's artistic treasures, on the occasion of their audience, at the Clementine Hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. The Patrons celebrated their 30th anniversary with a five-day extravaganza, which included lectures on museum restoration projects, individual chats with Pope Francis, catered dinners in museum galleries, and capped by a private audience with Francis who took time to greet each of the nearly 350 patrons and their families. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)VATICAN CITY (AP) — They entered the Sistine Chapel in tuxedoes and gowns, the clacking of high heels on marble competing with the Latin chants of a choir filling the frescoed hall.


Grand jury in 1999 indicted Ramseys in JonBenet's death

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 10:21 AM PDT

File photo of John and Patsy Ramsey addressing the media after completing two days of police interviews regarding the death of their daughter JonBenet Ramsey at their lawyer's office in AtlantaJurors found the girl's parents put her in a situation that resulted in her slaying.


DNA tests show Bulgarian Roma couple are parents of 'Maria'

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 10:10 AM PDT

Bulgarian Roma Sashka Ruseva holds her son Atanas as she speaks to media outside her house in the town of NikolaevoBy Tsvetelia Tsolova and Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) - A Bulgarian Roma couple are the biological parents of a four-year-old blonde girl found in Greece last week, DNA tests showed on Friday, clearing some of the mystery around a case that has captured global attention. Bulgarian prosecutors are investigating whether the mother, Sasha Ruseva, 35, sold her child. Ruseva denies this, but admits leaving a seven-month-old baby in Greece - where she was working as an olive-picker - in 2009 because she could not look after the child and had to return to Bulgaria. ...


Meghan McCain dishes about her 'pain in the ass' dad

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 04:06 AM PDT

Meghan McCain Dishes About Her 'Pain in the Ass' Dad"Republicans are giving young people no reason to join their party right now."


Test proves Bulgarian woman mother of mystery girl

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 07:17 AM PDT

A video image taken by BGNES shows Bulgarian Roma mother Sasha Ruseva answering journalists' questions on October 24, 2013 in Nikolaevo, BulgariaSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — DNA tests have confirmed that a 35-year-old Bulgarian Roma woman is the mother of a mysterious girl in Greece known as Maria, authorities said Friday.


Hundreds of migrants rescued at sea near Italy

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 06:17 AM PDT

A video image released by the Guardia Costiera on October 25, 2013 shows immigrants inside an Italian coast guard boat after their rescue near LampedusaROME (AP) — The Italian coast guard says more than 700 migrants have been rescued near Sicily in less than 24 hours.


Jurors wanted abuse charges against Ramseys

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 08:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2000 file photo, Patsy Ramsey and her husband, John, parents of JonBenet Ramsey, look on during a nws conference in Atlanta regarding their lie-detector examinations for the murder of their daughter. A Colorado judge on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 ordered the release of the 1999 grand jury indictment in the killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, possibly shedding light on why prosecutors decided against charging her parents in her death. Patsy Ramsey died in 2006. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)A 1999 grand jury indicted John Ramsey and Patsy Ramsey for child abuse.


A laugh at the expense of Merkel and Obama

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 07:18 AM PDT

Germany's Chancellor Merkel addresses a news conference during a EU leaders summit in BrusselsThe spying affair spawns good fodder for comedians.


UK police cast doubt on 3D-printed 'gun parts'

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 09:38 AM PDT

ADDS POLICE STATEMENT INDICATING DOUBTS - Undated handout photo made available by Greater Manchester Police in northern England Friday Oct. 25, 2013 of a component made with a 3D printer which was found by officers during a raid on suspected gang members in the Bagley area of Manchester. Police initially claimed the item was part of a plastic printed firearm but later Friday issued a statement that they "cannot categorically say" it was a gun. (AP Photo/Greater Manchester Police)LONDON (AP) — Police in northern England thought they'd made a major discovery, but they may have jumped the gun.


Unnamed diplomats worry Snowden docs could harm U.S. relations

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 07:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Two Western diplomats say U.S. officials have briefed them on documents obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that might expose the intelligence operations of their respective countries. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)Leaked NSA documents could expose the intelligence operations, they claim.


Mystery girl's suspected family lives in poverty

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 05:54 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by charity ''The Smile of the Child'' shows a 4-year-old girl at an unknown location. Greek authorities on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 have requested international assistance to identify the four-year-old girl found living in a Gypsy camp with a couple arrested and charged with abducting her from her birth parents. A police statement says the child was located Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2013 near the town of Farsala, central Greece, during a nationwide crackdown on illegal activities in Gypsy camps. (AP Photo/The Smile of the Child)NIKOLAEVO, Bulgaria (AP) — Attempts to track down the biological parents of a blue-eyed blond girl found living with a Roma couple in Greece have led authorities to an impoverished Roma camp in neighboring Bulgaria, where a couple with several other children says the child might be theirs.


DNA confirms Bulgarian Roma couple as Maria's parents

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 08:56 AM PDT

A photo released by Greek police on October 18, 2013 shows an unidentified 4-year-old blonde girl who was found on October 17, 2013 near Farsala in central GreeceSofia (AFP) - DNA tests confirmed Friday a Bulgarian Roma couple living in dire poverty as the biological parents of Maria, a mystery blonde girl discovered last week in a Greek Roma camp.


Open season: 3D-printed gun parts seized by UK police

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 03:53 AM PDT

Undated handout photo made available by Greater Manchester Police in northern England Friday Oct. 25, 2013 of a plastic gun trigger made with a 3D printer which was found by officers during a raid on suspected gang members in the Bagley area of Manchester. Police said Friday that if the gun were viable it would be the first such seizure in Britain. (AP Photo/Greater Manchester Police)LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday they have seized components of a gun made from plastic on a 3-D printer and are testing to see whether it was a viable weapon.


A Biden 'comeback'? He never left

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 02:26 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, center, and Vice President Joe Biden, center left, meet with Democratic Leadership in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Washington. Sitting with them are from left to right, Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y. The partial government shutdown is in its third week and less than two days before the Treasury Department says it will be unable to borrow and will rely on a cash cushion to pay the country's bills. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Is there a Biden-shaped hole in your life? Fret not.


Greek police arrest 2 suspected of buying baby

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 02:59 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by charity ''The Smile of the Child'' shows a 4-year-old girl at an unknown location. Greek authorities on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 have requested international assistance to identify the four-year-old girl found living in a Gypsy camp with a couple arrested and charged with abducting her from her birth parents. A police statement says the child was located Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2013 near the town of Farsala, central Greece, during a nationwide crackdown on illegal activities in Gypsy camps. (AP Photo/The Smile of the Child)The couple allegedly paid a Roma woman 4,000 euros ($5,500) for the baby.


Cleaning Fukushima: Low pay, high risks and gangsters

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 10:45 AM PDT

File photo shows a man walking among temporary housing structures erected for workers battling Japan's nuclear disaster, near tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima prefectureBy Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito IWAKI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Tetsuya Hayashi went to Fukushima to take a job at ground zero of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. He lasted less than two weeks. Hayashi, 41, says he was recruited for a job monitoring the radiation exposure of workers leaving the plant in the summer of 2012. Instead, when he turned up for work, he was handed off through a web of contractors and assigned, to his surprise, to one of Fukushima's hottest radiation zones. He was told he would have to wear an oxygen tank and a double-layer protective suit. ...


Frustrated by Healthcare.gov, some consumers buy off exchange

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 10:16 PM PDT

A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationBy Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans hitting roadblocks on the new U.S. government-run healthcare website have been contacting insurers directly and enrolling in plans away from the federal marketplace, representing a lost opportunity for President Barack Obama's landmark reform. Since its launch on October 1, technical problems have stalled Healthcare.gov, the website meant to help millions of uninsured Americans sign up for coverage as part of the biggest U.S. social program since Medicare plans for the elderly launched in the 1960s. ...


Merkel: U.S. spying has shattered allies' trust

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 09:52 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, is greeted by Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo, right, as French President Francois Hollande, left, walks by during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. A two-day summit meeting of EU leaders is likely to be diverted from its official agenda, economic recovery and migration, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained to U.S. President Barack Obama that U.S. intelligence may have monitored her mobile phone. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)European leaders united in anger over reports of widespread U.S. spying on its allies.


Cardinals capitalize on Red Sox mistakes to even World Series

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It was the Boston Red Sox's turn to throw away a World Series game – and this one might've been even more painful than when the St. Louis Cardinals flubbed their way into a loss a day earlier.


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