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Utah to reopen national parks

Utah to reopen national parks

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 06:03 AM PDT

Tourists gather at the Arches National Park in Moab, Utah in this file photoThe state, which depends on tourism, will pay $1.67M so visitors can return.

Syria rebels accused of 'execution' war crimes

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Syrian rebels take position with a Soviet-made T-55 tank on the Jabal al-Turkman mountain in Syria's northern Latakia province on February 5, 2013Damascus (AFP) - Jihadist fighters were accused Friday of war crimes over the killing of 190 civilians from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, in the largest atrocity attributed to rebels.

$30,000 went missing amid rescue of Capt. Phillips

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:41 AM PDT

In this Oct. 2, 2013, photo, Captain Richard Phillips, walks the red carpet at a screening for the movie "Captain Phillips" at the Newseum in Washington. Dramatic accounts of the Navy SEALs rescuing the captain of an American cargo ship made headlines around the world in 2009. The military said SEAL snipers killed a trio of pirates in a tense standoff. Three shots, three kills. It was the lethal, coordinated precision that has made SEALs famous and feared. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON (AP) — Dramatic accounts of the Navy SEALs rescuing the captain of an American cargo ship made headlines around the world in 2009. The military said SEAL snipers killed a trio of pirates in a tense standoff. Three shots, three kills. It was the lethal, coordinated precision that has made SEALs famous and feared.

General in charge of nuclear missiles to be fired

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:52 AM PDT

In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site. An Air Force unit that operates one-third of the nation's land-based nuclear missiles at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., has failed a safety and security inspection, marking the second major setback this year for a force charged with the military's most sensitive mission, Lt. Gen. James M. Kowalski, who is in charge of the nuclear air force told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. He said a team of "relatively low ranking" airmen failed one exercise as part of a broader inspection, which began last week and ended Tuesday. He said that for security reasons he could not be specific about the team or the exercise. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, John Parie)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force said Friday it fired the two-star general from command of its nuclear missiles in response to an investigation into alleged personal misbehavior. It was the second sacking this week of a senior commander of nuclear forces.

Eastern India braces for impact of major cyclone

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 05:43 AM PDT

Eastern India braces for impact of major cycloneOfficials ordered tens of thousands of coastal villagers to flee their homes Friday as a massive cyclone — so large it filled nearly the entire Bay of Bengal — gathered strength and headed toward India's ...

Senate GOP leader talks of bipartisan solution

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:47 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says GOP lawmakers are working on trying to come up with a bipartisan solution to the budget stalemate.

Global chemical watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 08:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 citizen journalism file image provided by the United Media office of Arbeen, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of a chemical weapons investigation team take samples from sand near a part of a missile that is likely to be one of the chemical rockets, according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, for working to eliminate the scourge that has haunted generations from World War I to the battlefields of Syria. (AP Photo/United Media office of Arbeen, File)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Efforts to eliminate chemical weapons won a Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for the global watchdog trying to destroy Syria's stockpiles of nerve gas and other poisonous agents.

A look at the impact of recent Nobel Peace Prizes

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:08 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011 file photo Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) comments on Libya during a press conference in The Hague . The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)STOCKHOLM (AP) — By honoring the global chemical weapons watchdog, the Nobel Peace Prize committee stuck to its tradition of not just awarding past achievements, but highlighting a cause, movement or process it hopes can promote world peace.

New report says Syrian rebels committed war crimes

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:28 AM PDT

A handcuffed Syrian soldier with his eyes covered, is seen on a pick up truck after he was captured by FSA fighters during what the FSA say is an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President Assad, in Qobtan village in AleppoBEIRUT (AP) — Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, committing a war crime, an international human rights group said Friday.

ND farmer finds oil spill while harvesting wheat

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:56 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) — A North Dakota farmer who discovered an oil spill the size of seven football fields while out harvesting wheat says that when he found it, crude was bubbling up out of the ground.

General in charge of ICBMs fired

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:14 AM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by the US Air Force shows Maj. Gen. Michael J. Carey. The Air Force is firing Carey, the two-star general in charge of all of its nuclear missiles in response to an investigation into alleged personal misbehavior, officials told The Associated Press on Friday. Carey is being removed from command of the 20th Air Force, which is responsible for three wings of intercontinental ballistic missiles — a total of 450 missiles at three bases across the country, the officials said. (AP Photo/US Air Force)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force said Friday it fired the two-star general in charge of its nuclear missiles in response to an investigation into alleged personal misbehavior. It was the second sacking this week of a senior commander of nuclear forces.

In Dubai workers' parallel world, a chance to sing

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 08:40 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013 photo, Zulifqar al-Qureshi, a physical laborer from Pakistan, celebrates after his team won the first place in Champ of the Camp, season seven of a singing contest for laborers, dubbed DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A classic Bollywood hit blasted across the DM Labor Camp from loudspeakers cranked to gut-rattling levels. One of the contestants, who had changed out of his work overalls a few hours earlier, shimmied on the stage set up in the courtyard.

Man says 1973 UFO incident turned life upside down

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:51 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 photo, Calvin Parker, Jr., stands in the area where he and fellow Mississippian Charles Hickson were allegedly abducted by aliens on Oct. 11,1973, on the banks of the Pascagoula River in Pascagoula Miss. The incident made headlines, sparked UFO sightings nationwide and became one of the most widely examined cases on record. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — Charles Hickson never regretted the notoriety that came his way after he told authorities he encountered an unidentified flying object and its occupants 40 years ago on the banks of the Pascagoula River. Until his death in 2011, Hickson told his story to anyone who would listen.

Libya PM lashes out at militias after abduction

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:30 AM PDT

Security forces work at the site where a car bomb went off outside the building housing Swedish and Finnish consulates on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, badly damaging the building, but leaving no casualties. Benghazi has been hit by a wave of attacks against government offices and targeted killings in recent months as security agencies struggle to secure Libya since the 2011 civil war. Weapons have proliferated and a number of militias have vied for authority, operating with impunity.(AP Photo/Mohammed el-Shaiky)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's prime minister, who was abducted briefly by gunmen this week, has lashed out at militias fueling turmoil, warning that some want to turn the North African nation into "another Afghanistan or Somalia."

German groom forgets bride at gas station

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 02:59 AM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — A German couple's marriage got off to a rocky start when the groom forgot his bride at a highway gas station on the way home from their honeymoon, only noticing she was missing after hours had passed.

Car bomb hits Swedish, Finnish consulates in Libya

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 06:29 AM PDT

Security forces work at the site where a car bomb went off outside the building housing Swedish and Finnish consulates on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, badly damaging the building, but leaving no casualties. Benghazi has been hit by a wave of attacks against government offices and targeted killings in recent months as security agencies struggle to secure Libya since the 2011 civil war. Weapons have proliferated and a number of militias have vied for authority, operating with impunity.(AP Photo/Mohammed el-Shaiky)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A car bomb exploded outside a building housing the Swedish and Finnish consulates in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, badly damaging it but causing no casualties, Libyan and Swedish officials said.

Verlander sends Tigers past A's in Game 5 gem

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:40 AM PDT

Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander delivers a pitch in the fourth inning of Game 5 of an American League baseball division series against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — After a season of ups and downs, constant adjustments and, even questions about whether he could still be that dominant pitcher, Justin Verlander left no doubts he is every bit an ace for the Detroit Tigers.

Establishment GOPers assail tea party on shutdown

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 05:52 AM PDT

Establishment GOPers assail tea party on shutdownFrom county chairmen to national party luminaries, veteran Republicans across the country are accusing tea party lawmakers of staining the GOP with their refusal to bend in the budget impasse in Washington. ...

Teachers blame Tea Party for shutdown

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 06:54 AM PDT

Georgetown students using phones, tablets in classThe nation's largest teachers union buys ads to share its views.

Syrian official lauds Nobel prize for inspectors

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 06:25 AM PDT

The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, centre, announces, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, at the Nobel Institute, in Oslo, Friday Oct. 11, 2013. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, it was announced on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored the Hague, Netherlands-based global chemical watchdog "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons."(AP Photo/ NTB Scanpix, Heiko Junge) NORWAY OUTBEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian lawmaker said Friday that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the global chemical watchdog underscores "the credibility" of the Damascus government and its intentions to destroy its deadly arsenal.

Kerry makes unannounced visit to Kabul for security talks

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 08:25 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves as he leaves, after completing his trip to Malaysia, from Subang TUDM outside of Kuala LumpurThe secretary of state is working to determine the presence of U.S. forces.

Snowden father in 'emotional' meeting with son

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 06:58 AM PDT

Lon Snowden speaks to The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Edward Snowden's father Lon Snowden told Russian television outside the Moscow airport Thursday morning that his son, who provided the news media with information on global surveillance activities conducted by the U.S. special services. is not planning to return to the United States. Lon Snowden thanked Russia and President Vladimir Putin for sheltering his son. He would not say when or where he will be meeting his son.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Moscow (AFP) - The father of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has held an "emotional" meeting with his son for the first time since the fugitive took refuge in Russia to escape US justice, a report said Friday.

Weapons watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 05:52 AM PDT

OPCW Director General Ahmet Uzumcu speaks during a news conference in The HagueThe group overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical cache wins the prestigious prize.

House GOP, White House seeking end to budget fight

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT

The Ohio Clock shown outside the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013 in Washington. The Ohio Clock has stood watch over the Senate for 196 years. It stopped running shortly after noon Wednesday. Employees in the Office of the Senate Curator ordinarily wind the clock weekly. But they are among the thousands of federal employees furloughed under the partial shutdown. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)After weeks of ultimatums, President Obama and House Republicans may be closer to ending a budget standoff.

Poll: Americans find little to like in Washington

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:33 AM PDT

In this Oct. 7, 2013, photo. the U.S. Capitol is reflected during rain in Washington. Americans are finding little they like about President Barack Obama or either political party, according to a new poll that suggests the possibility of a "throw the bums out" mentality in next year's midterm elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)An AP poll suggests a "throw the bums out" mentality may dominate next year's elections.

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