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Wind, rain pound India as massive cyclone makes landfall

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Wind, rain pound India as massive cyclone makes landfall

Wind, rain pound India as massive cyclone makes landfall

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:36 AM PDT

Indian people watch high tide waves as they stand at the Bay of Bengal coast in Vishakhapatnam, India, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people living along India's eastern coastline were taking shelter Saturday from a massive, powerful cyclone Phailin that was set to reach land packing destructive winds and heavy rains. (AP Photo)A massive, powerful cyclone packing heavy rains and destructive winds slammed into India's eastern coastline Saturday evening, as hundreds of thousands of residents moved inland to shelters in hopes of riding out the dangerous storm.

Senate rejects Democratic debt limit extension

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 09:46 AM PDT

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives at the Capitol to meet with fellow Republicans at an early closed-door caucus, in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. The federal government remains partially shut down and faces a first-ever default between Oct. 17 and the end of the month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected a Democratic effort to extend the government's ability to borrow money through next year.

Google to change terms to use your identity in ads

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 09:22 AM PDT

File-This Jan. 3, 2013 file photo shows a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google wants your permission to use your name, photo and product reviews in ads that it sells to businesses. The Internet search giant is changing its terms of service starting Nov. 11. Your reviews of restaurants, shops and products, as well as songs and other content bought on the Google Play store could show up in ads that are displayed to your friends and connections when they search on Google. You can opt out of sharing. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Google wants your permission to use your name, photo and product reviews in ads that it sells to businesses.

Ariz., some other states reopen national parks

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:29 AM PDT

Hundreds of tourists flock to Grand Canyon Airport to take helicopter and plane tours as the only way they could see the Grand Canyon as the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park remains closed to visitors due to the continued federal government shutdown on Friday Oct. 11, 2013, in Tusayan, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Tourists returned to the Grand Canyon on Saturday after Arizona officials along with several counterparts agreed to a federal government plan to reopen national parks, which had been closed as a result of the partial government shutdown.

Legal or not, industrial hemp harvested in Colo.

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:35 AM PDT

In this Oct. 5, 2013 photo, Derek Cross, a chef who specializes in cooking with hemp, helps harvest the plant in Springfield, Colo. Although it can't be grown under federal drug law, about two dozen Colorado farmers grew marijuana's non-intoxicating cousin in the summer. This is the first known harvest of the industrial version of Cannabis sativa in the U.S. since the late 1950s. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt)SPRINGFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Southeast Colorado farmer Ryan Loflin tried an illegal crop this year. He didn't hide it from neighbors, and he never feared law enforcement would come asking about it.

Beset by bad news, Canada cheers up over Nobel

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 07:44 AM PDT

FILE - This combination of 2009 and 2013 photos shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, left, author Alice Munro, center, and singer Justin Bieber. Munro's Nobel Prize, awarded Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013 is a morale boost for a country that has been generating an unusual run of bad headlines. Earlier in the year, Mayor Ford was allegedly caught on video smoking crack cocaine, and there was an uproar over a maladroit reference by pop idol Bieber to Anne Frank. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn, Peter Morrison, Joseph Nair)TORONTO (AP) — Alice Munro's Nobel Prize in literature is a morale boost for a country that has been generating an unusual run of bad headlines.

Giffords to attend gun show under NY sales model

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 05:03 AM PDT

FILE - Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords talks to supporters before she and husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, take part in a parade in Northside, a suburb of Cincinnati, in this July 4, 2013 file photo. Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, is set to tour a New York gun show, the first such visit since she was shot.Giffords and husband Mark Kelly, a former combat pilot and astronaut, are scheduled to be with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman at the Saratoga Springs Arms Fair on Sunday Oct. 13, 2013 to highlight a voluntary agreement and stricter state gun control law. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, is set to tour a New York gun show, the first such visit since she was shot.

Mortar shells hit near inspectors' hotel in Syria

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 07:07 AM PDT

A damaged vehicle smolders after firefighters extinguish a fire on it following two mortar rounds struck the Abu Roumaneh area in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. Syria's state news agency said two mortar rounds struck an upscale neighborhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing at least one child and injuring a dozen people. (AP Photo)BEIRUT (AP) — Two mortar shells hit Syria's capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said.

TV ad puppets electrify Israeli gay rights debate

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 01:28 AM PDT

ADVANCE TO GO WITH STORY ISRAEL-PUPPET PRIDE - This undated image released by the Israel Electric Corporation shows Sheka and Teka and a baby puppet used in its latest public service campaign. Sheka and Teka, or JERUSALEM (AP) — The goal was merely to promote clean energy in Israel — but television ads starring a pair of male puppets called "plug" and "socket" have instead unleashed a debate about gay pride.

Focus of shutdown negotiations shifts to Senate

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:01 AM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada leaves the Senate floor to meet with Democratic Senators on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — The focus of efforts to end the government shutdown and prevent a U.S. default shifted to the Senate on Saturday, where leaders were in talks aimed at resolving the twin stalemates.

Kerry, Karzai extend talks over Afghan security

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 07:35 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry paces while on a mobile phone call from the second story of the Afghan Presidential Palace during a break in an extended meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the palace during an unannounced stop in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, as a deadline approaches for a security deal about the future of U.S. troops in the country. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry extended talks Saturday with President Hamid Karzai on a bilateral security agreement with the United States, and while work remains to be done a deal could be struck by the end of the day, a presidential spokesman said.

AP Source: Dead 2-year-old Peterson's son

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 04:30 PM PDT

Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson, right, receives a hug from an unidentified person during an NFL football practice field at Winter Park in Eden Prairie, Minn., Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Peterson said he is certain he will play Sunday despite a serious personal matter that caused him to miss practice earlier this week. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; SOFT OUT MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV NOT TV OUT; MAGAZINES OUTEDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson mourned the death of his young son Friday, while words of support poured in from all corners of the sports world.

Ariz., some other states reopening nat'l parks

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:41 AM PDT

Hundreds of tourists wait in the cramped terminal at Grand Canyon Airport to wait their turn for helicopter and plane tours as the only way they could see the Grand Canyon as the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park remains closed to visitors due to the continued federal government shutdown on Friday Oct. 11, 2013, in Tusayan, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Arizona officials say tourists should be able to return to Grand Canyon National Park Saturday after the state along with several counterparts agreed to a federal government plan.

US nuclear force faces a cascade of missteps

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:25 AM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. 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, Oct. 11, 2013. 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/U.S. Air Force)WASHINGTON (AP) — First it was bad attitudes among young officers in nuclear missile launch centers. Now it's alleged bad behavior by two of the nuclear arsenal's top commanders.

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