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U.S. weighs changes to spy programs

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U.S. weighs changes to spy programs

U.S. weighs changes to spy programs

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 10:18 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, a man is reflected in paneling as he speaks on his phone at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain. A Spanish newspaper published a document Monday that it said shows the U.S. National Security Agency spied on more than 60 million phone calls in Spain in one month alone — the latest revelation about alleged massive U.S. spying on allies. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)Leaders say surveillance programs need review after they may have gone too far.

Brother: Killing spree suspect has drug problem

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 10:40 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows Charles Brownlow Jr. Brownlow was arrested early Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, as a suspect in a case where five people were killed in a string of slayings across Terrell, Texas. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Public Safety)TERRELL, Texas (AP) — A man suspected of killing his mother and four other people during a quick series of attacks in his rural North Texas community struggles with drug addiction, his brother said Tuesday.

Dude! Surfer Carlos Burle may have broken big wave record

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 09:49 AM PDT

Surfer may have new world record on giant wave in PortugalBrazilian surfer Carlos Burle may have broken the big wave record Monday when he caught a massive wave off the coast of central Portugal. Johnny Utah would be proud.

Sandy survivors mourn, celebrate on anniversary

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 10:28 AM PDT

In early morning darkness, workers prepare heavy machinery for the day as rebuilding work continues on the beach area of Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. A large Sandy-related fire on the boardwalk in September has slowed progress in the area. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)NEW YORK (AP) — There was much to mourn and much to celebrate on Tuesday as survivors of Superstorm Sandy reflected on the storm a year later.

Russia breaks 'Zero Waste' Olympic pledge

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 11:08 AM PDT

A truck unloads construction waste material in a quarry near Akhshtyr village in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other trucks pile clay on top and a bulldozer mixes everything together in a rudimentary effort to hide the mess. This landfill outside Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics in 100 days, is smack in the middle of a water protection zone where dumping industrial waste is banned. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AKHSHTYR, Russia (AP) — Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other trucks pile clay on top and a bulldozer mixes everything together in a rudimentary effort to hide the mess. This landfill outside Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics in 100 days, is smack in the middle of a water protection zone where dumping industrial waste is banned.

US consumer confidence plunges on gov't shutdown

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:41 AM PDT

In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, photo, a shopper browses at a Timberland store in Skokie, Ill. The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for October on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' confidence in the economy fell this month to the lowest level since April, as many worried about the impact of a 16-day partial government shutdown. The decline could weigh on spending and economic growth.

Police focus on Uighurs after Tiananmen car attack

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:18 AM PDT

A plainclothes security guad, center, monitors tourists as they pass by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong's portrait displayed on Tiananmen Gate near the site of an incident Monday where a car plowed through a crowd before it crashed and burned in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. Police investigating the apparent car attack at Beijing's Forbidden City searched Tuesday for information on two ethnic Uighur minority suspects, a hotel employee said, a day after the vehicle plowed through a crowd and crashed, killing five people and injuring 38.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police were seeking information Tuesday on two ethnic Uighur suspects believed linked to an apparent suicide car attack near Tiananmen Square in the country's capital that killed five people and injured 38.

Barneys case stirs talk of 'Shopping While Black'

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 10:28 AM PDT

Pedestrians pass Barneys New York department store Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, in New York. The scenario usually involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service _ not handcuffs. Yet when a black teen came forward with a story of being briefly jailed after buying a $350 belt at the Manhattan luxury store, it stirred up an age-old problem that many African-Americans still deal with today. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)The usual scenario involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service — not handcuffs.

Barking dogs may have sparked Ariz. family slaying

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:40 AM PDT

From his own backyard and home in the background, it is believed that this is where Michael Guzzo began his shooting rampage with a shotgun over a shared wall and into the backyard of the Moore home on Monday Oct. 28, 2013, in Phoenix. Police say loud barking dogs might have led to 56-year-old Michael Guzzo to kill four of his neighbors and the neighbors' two dogs before turning the gun on himself, and dying. The victims were identified as Bruce Moore, 66; his daughter, Renee Moore, 36; her husband, Michael Moore, 42, who took his wife's name; and Renee's son, Shannon Moore, 17. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Guzzo was becoming increasingly unhinged.

Texas AG seeks quick ruling on abortion law appeal

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 09:09 AM PDT

Employees were the only people at Planned Parenthood Women's Health Center in Lubbock, Texas on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. New abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional and will not take effect as scheduled on Tuesday, a federal judge has ruled. (AP Photo/Betsy Blaney)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court judge is considering whether to grant an emergency appeal that would allow the state to enforce a law that could shut down a dozen abortion clinics in Texas.

Dutch museums identify 139 likely Nazi looted art

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:11 AM PDT

This photo provided by Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, shows the 1921 painting Odalisque by Henri Matisse. Dutch museums have identified 139 pieces of art, including dozens of paintings, one by Matisse and many by Dutch painters of varying renown such as Impressionist Isaac Israels, as likely having been taken forcibly from Jewish owners. (AP Photo/Van Abbemuseum)AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch museums announced Tuesday they have found 139 artworks that may have been looted during the Nazi era, including paintings from masters such as Matisse, Klee and Kandinsky.

Sandy survivors recall challenges of past year

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 09:30 AM PDT

In early morning darkness, workers prepare heavy machinery for the day as rebuilding work continues on the beach area of Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. A large Sandy-related fire on the boardwalk in September has slowed progress in the area. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)NEW YORK (AP) — The trauma inflicted by Superstorm Sandy's fierce floodwaters was etched on the faces of many homeowners Tuesday, a year after the storm made landfall, as they recalled the challenges they have faced during the past year.

NJ, NY mark anniversary of destructive superstorm

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:35 AM PDT

In early morning darkness, workers prepare heavy machinery for the day as rebuilding work continues on the beach area of Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. A large Sandy-related fire on the boardwalk in September has slowed progress in the area. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)NEW YORK (AP) — Residents of coastal neighborhoods battered by Superstorm Sandy one year ago Tuesday are marking the day in ways both public and private, remembering the fierce floodwaters that destroyed their livelihoods but also the communities that came together in a time of need.

Dimmer view of economy makes Fed pullback unlikely

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 10:55 AM PDT

FILE - This March 27, 2009 file photo, shows the Federal Reserve Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington. After a 16-day partial government shutdown and a batch of tepid economic data, no one thinks the Fed is ready to reduce its stimulus when it meets Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 29-30, 2013. Many analysts now predict it will maintain the pace of the bond purchases into next year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A lot can change in six weeks.

Texas abortion clinics stay open following ruling

Posted: 28 Oct 2013 11:22 PM PDT

Employees were the only people at Planned Parenthood Women's Health Center in Lubbock, Texas on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. New abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional and will not take effect as scheduled on Tuesday, a federal judge has ruled. (AP Photo/Betsy Blaney)LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The only abortion clinic in a 300-mile swath of West Texas can resume taking appointments Tuesday, after a federal judge struck down new restrictions that would have effectively shuttered it and at least a dozen other clinics across the state.

Chris Brown released after assault charge reduced

Posted: 28 Oct 2013 10:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, Chris Brown arrives at the 55th annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles. Brown was arrested early Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in Washington after a fight broke out near the W Hotel near the White House. District of Columbia Police spokesman Officer Paul Metcalf says 24-year-old Brown was arrested and charged with felony assault. Metcalf says 35-year-old Chris Hollosy also was arrested on felony assault charges after the incident. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Brown's misdemeanor assault charge in Washington, D.C., could further complicate the R&B singer's unsettled legal situation. Additional time behind bars remains a possibility for the singer — both in the District of Columbia and California — where Brown remains on probation for his 2009 beating of his on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna.

NSA official: 'We're really screwed now'

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 06:28 AM PDT

An undated aerial handout photo shows the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters building in Fort Meade, MarylandThe spy agency is reeling after a key supporter pans its practices.

Republicans have no interest in fixing Obamacare 'monstrosity'

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 09:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and House Majority Leader Eric Canton of Va., right, leave after a news conference, following a meeting at the Republican National Committee offices on Capitol Hill in Washington. A year after losing a presidential race many Republicans thought was winnable, the GOP arguably is in worse shape than before, struggling to control tensions between its tea party and establishment wings, and watching the party's approval ratings hit record lows. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)"There is no way to fix this monstrosity," Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday.

Live: Remembering Superstorm Sandy

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 09:28 AM PDT

Rockways residents float lanterns containing handwritten personal messages in the water at the conclusion of "Rockaways Rising: Hands Scross the Sand," commemorating the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in New York. The actual one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is Tuesday, Oct. 29. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Join Yahoo editors, victims and climate scientists for a chat on the storm's anniversary.

Senators bicker over state stand your ground laws

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 11:08 AM PDT

Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on so-called "stand your ground laws." Fulton mother told a panel of senators that state stand your ground self-defense laws do not work and must be amended, reviving the politically charged gun control issue. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — Trayvon Martin's mother told a panel of senators Tuesday that state stand your ground self-defense laws do not work and must be amended, reviving the politically charged gun control issue a year ahead of the 2014 midterm elections.

Suspect arrested in rural Texas slayings

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 07:20 AM PDT

Ali Karimi, at left beneath an American flag, stands in front of his convenience store, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, in Terrell, Texas. Authorities say five people were shot and killed, including a clerk at the store, by a single gunman in a shooting spree. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)The 36-year-old man is suspected of killing five people during a rapid series of attacks.

Olympic Team USA uniforms get Made in USA label

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 06:30 AM PDT

Olympic Team USA uniforms get Made in USA labelNEW YORK (AP) — Team USA will now wear the Made in the USA label. Every article of clothing made by Ralph Lauren for the U.S. Winter Olympic athletes in Sochi, including their opening and closing ceremony uniforms and their Olympic Village gear, has been made by domestic craftsman and manufacturers.

Polio outbreak in Syria confirmed by UN

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 07:37 AM PDT

A Syrian refugee girl helps her brother, who the family suspects has polio, to walk in a mosque compound in Shebaa area, southern LebanonGeneva (AFP) - The UN health agency on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of polio in war-torn Syria, which had been free of the crippling disease since 1999, and said it feared it would spread.

Hurricane Sandy's toll on health

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 04:16 AM PDT

Hurricane Sandy's Toll on HealthA year ago today, a super storm slammed into the east coast.

Turkey fulfils sultan's dream with Bosphorus tunnel

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:45 AM PDT

Employees work in the Marmaray Tunnel under the Bosphorus on April 18, 2013, in IstanbulThe world's first sea tunnel connecting two continents was first thought of 150 years ago.

Trayvon's mom: Clarify stand your ground laws

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 04:51 AM PDT

FILE -This combo image made from file photos shows Trayvon Martin, left, and George Zimmerman. When President Barack Obama told the nation on Friday, July 19, 2013, that slain black teenager Trayvon Martin could have been him 35 years ago, many black Americans across the nation nodded their head in silent understanding. (AP Photos, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, is telling a Senate panel Tuesday that states must clarify their "stand your ground" self-defense laws.

1 year on, Sandy survivors to light up shore

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 06:49 AM PDT

Rockways residents float lanterns containing handwritten personal messages in the water at the conclusion of "Rockaways Rising: Hands Scross the Sand," commemorating the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in New York. The actual one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is Tuesday, Oct. 29. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Residents along the East Coast will mark the first anniversary of the devastating storm.

US weighs ending spying on allied heads of state

Posted: 29 Oct 2013 04:30 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, a man is reflected in paneling as he speaks on his phone at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain. A Spanish newspaper published a document Monday that it said shows the U.S. National Security Agency spied on more than 60 million phone calls in Spain in one month alone — the latest revelation about alleged massive U.S. spying on allies. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with a flood of revelations about U.S. spying practices, the White House is considering ending its eavesdropping on friendly foreign leaders, a senior administration official said.

Red Sox one victory away from World Series title

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