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A haven for 120,000 refugees fleeing Syria conflict

A haven for 120,000 refugees fleeing Syria conflict

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The camp is distant enough to be safe but close enough to still hear shelling.

Bloomberg, de Blasio share an awkward photo op

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 09:28 AM PST

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg meets with incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall after his election victory in New YorkBill de Blasio became the first Democrat to win the New York City mayor's race since 1989.

Food stamp cuts hit 48 million Americans

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 08:45 AM PST

Cuts Kick In To The Nation`s Food Stamp ProgramThe cuts amount to 16 meals a month for the average family of three.

Blockbuster checks out of U.S. retail market

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 09:37 AM PST

Blockbuster exiting US retail market, closing its last 300 storesThe writing is finally on the wall for Blockbuster: the video rental chain, ubiquitous for years across the US, is finally closing its last 300 retail stores across the country. With that, the company has effectively exited the US retail market — in addition to closing its stores, the company's Netflix-style disc-by-mail service will also be shuttered. "This is not an easy decision, yet consumer demand is clearly moving to digital distribution of video entertainment," said Dish CEO Joseph Clayton in a press release. The online streaming rental service Blockbuster Now will live on, and Dish will retail licensing rights to the Blockbuster brand. Both the retail stores and Blockbuster's disc-by-mail service will be shut down by early January 2014.

Teacher suspended over Pledge of Allegiance

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 08:08 AM PST

Government Assistance Programs Aid Underprivileged Communities In New York StateAnne Daigle-McDonald was reprimanded last month after requiring a Jehovah's Witness student to take part in the pledge.

Dude, think it's time for U.S. to chill on pot?

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 05:51 AM PST

FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, members of a crowd numbering tens of thousands smoke marijuana and listen to live music, at the Denver 420 pro-marijuana rally at Civic Center Park in Denver. The U.S. government said Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 that the federal government will not make it a priority to block marijuana legalization in Colorado or Washington or close down recreational marijuana stores, so long as the stores abide by state regulations. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)Election Day pro-pot victories in Colorado, Maine and Michigan embolden activists.

Sleuthing begins on discovered trove of art in Germany

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 11:21 AM PST

Cars are parked outside the apartment building in Munich, Germany, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, where 1,500 artworks were found. The German government says it is helping Bavarian prosecutors investigate a huge art find related to pieces seized by the Nazis from Jews and art that the Nazis considered "degenerate." Focus magazine reported Sunday that about 1,500 works by such masters as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Emil Nolde were found in a Munich apartment in early 2011 but gave no sources for its information. (AP Photo/dpa, Marc Mueller)LONDON (AP) — Finding the treasure hoard was just the start of the hunt.

Knox's co-defendant calls her his 'first true love' in murder appeal

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Hypersonic spy plane under development from Lockheed Martin

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 04:36 AM PST

New Hypersonic Spy Plane Being Developed by Lockheed MartinA new hypersonic spy plane, capable of flying up to six times faster than the speed of sound, is being developed by aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp., according to company officials. The new aircraft, known as the SR-72, is the unmanned successor to Lockheed's SR-71 Blackbird, a twin-engine, two-seater, supersonic aircraft that was developed in the 1960s. The hypersonic SR-72 also will be able to fly to any location within an hour, which could be revolutionary for the military, said Brad Leland, Lockheed Martin's program manager for hypersonics. Furthermore, Lockheed is designing the spy plane using existing technology, which could help the company develop a prototype in five or six years for under $1 billion, he added.

Sebelius tells lawmakers health law cutting costs

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 07:25 AM PST

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the difficulties plaguing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Partisan sparks were flying in Congress on Tuesday as Sebelius, President Barack Obama's top health official apologized for wasting consumers' time as they tried to use the crippled website that allows them to buy government mandated health insurance under the overhaul known as Obamacare. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)The Health and Human Services Secretary says Obamacare is starting to drive down costs.

Election Day 2013 tells us little about 2014 and even less about 2016

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 02:38 AM PST

New Jersey first lady, Mary Pat Christie, laughs as husband, Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, jokes with the media after they voted in Mendham Township, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Christie is facing Democratic challenger Barbara Buono in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)Tuesday night's results provided fodder for everyone's political talking points.

Pressure ramps up for Toronto mayor to step aside

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 10:41 AM PST

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford addresses the media at City Hall in Toronto, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Ford acknowledged for the first time that he smoked crack "probably a year ago," when he was in a "drunken stupor," but he refused to resign despite immense pressure to step aside as leader of Canada's largest city. Allegations that the mayor had been caught on video smoking crack surfaced in news reports in May. Ford initially insisted the video didn't exist, sidestepped questions about whether he had ever smoked crack and rebuffed growing calls to step down. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)TORONTO (AP) — City councilors called on Toronto's deputy mayor to "orchestrate a dignified" departure for Mayor Rob Ford, who was greeted by angry protesters on his first day of work after acknowledging he smoked crack.

User burnout could threaten Twitter's prosperity

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 11:13 AM PST

The Twitter bird logo is on an updated phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday Nov. 6, 2013. Twitter is expected to price its initial public offering some time Wednesday night. The company recently raised its price range to $23-$25 per share, following strong investor demand, and is expected to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)LOS ANGELES (AP) — They loved it. Now they hate it.

Bombings kill 16 in Syria

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 08:52 AM PST

In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a rocket soars through the air in Daraya on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video)BEIRUT (AP) — Bombs targeting the entrance of a landmark Ottoman railway building in Damascus and a feared security agency in Syria's southeast killed at least 16 people on Wednesday, activists reported.

Russian fireball shows meteor risk may be bigger

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 10:56 AM PST

In this frame grab made from dashboard camera vide shows a meteor streaking through the sky over Chelyabinsk, about 930 miles east of Moscow, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. After a surprise meteor hit Earth at 42,000 mph and exploded over a Russian city in February, smashing windows and causing minor injuries, scientists studying the aftermath say the threat of space rocks hurtling toward our planet is bigger than they had thought. Meteors like the one that exploded over Chelyabinsk _ and those that are even bigger and more dangerous _ are probably four to five times more likely to hit Earth than scientists thought before the February mid-air explosion, according to three studies released Wednesday in the journals Nature and Science. (AP Photo/AP Video)WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists studying the terrifying meteor that exploded without warning over a Russian city last winter say the threat of space rocks smashing into Earth is bigger than they thought.

A look back at key milestones at the CMAs

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 10:34 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 15, 2005 file photo shows Elton John, left, and Dolly Parton performing at the 39th Annual Country Music Association Awards in New York. The 47th annual awards, hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, airs Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)— 1967: The first CMA Awards were not televised. It is billed as a "Banquet and Show," hosted by Sonny James and Bobbie Gentry. The Jack Greene hit "There Goes My Everything" wins single and song of the year. Greene's album, "There Goes My Everything" is named album of the year. Eddy Arnold becomes the first CMA Entertainer of the year.

Analysis: Post-shutdown, pragmatism is in

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 07:27 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Electability and pragmatism won. Ideology and rigidity lost.

Knox's knife DNA casts doubt on murder weapon

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 09:27 AM PST

In this picture taken with a mobile phone, US student Amanda Knox's Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, right, sits with his lawyer Giulia Bongiorno, ahead of a hearing in Sollecito and Knox's trial at an appeals court in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. Sollecito has arrived at a Florence appeals court to make a statement in the pair's third murder trial over the death of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox and Sollecito's 2009 conviction of murdering Kercher was overturned on appeal in 2011, freeing her to return to the United States. But Italy's highest court ordered a fresh appeals trial, blasting the acquittal as full of contradictions. Knox has not returned to Italy for the latest trial. (AP Photo/Riccardo Sanesi, Lapresse) ITALY OUTFLORENCE, Italy (AP) — A court-appointed expert testifying in U.S. student Amanda Knox's third murder trial in Italy said Wednesday that a new trace of DNA found on the handle of the knife alleged to have been the murder weapon belongs to Knox and not the victim.

APNewsBreak: Family claiming recovered Matisse

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 10:43 AM PST

A picture on a news website, showing a painting by Henry Matisse entitled 'Sitzende Frau' ('Sitting Woman') which is part of the art recently found in Munich, Germany, as researchers of the Art Loss Register continue their work at their offices in central London, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, with Julian Radcliffe, centre, chairman of the Art Loss Register. Phones in these London offices have been ringing off the hook since the announcement that German authorities have discovered more than 1,400 artworks, some by modern masters such as Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, stacked in a Munich apartment. German officials have not revealed details about the vast majority of the paintings, drawings, engravings, woodcuts and prints they have found, sparking a scramble for information on the part of art-hunters and lawyers for those seeking to recover looted art.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for the family of a late Parisian art dealer says he is making a formal claim on a painting by Henri Matisse found amid a trove of more than 1,400 artworks in Germany.

FACT CHECK: Israeli claims on Iran nuclear program

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 08:47 AM PST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel has said it is ready to stand alone if needed to stop moves by Iran toward possessing nuclear weapons. Iran, which says its atomic program is only for energy and medical applications, has called this scare-mongering that seeks to undermine nuclear talks starting Thursday between Tehran and six world powers, including the U.S.

Al-Jazeera reports evidence of Arafat poisoning

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 10:02 AM PST

FILE - In this May 31, 2002 file photo, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat pauses during the weekly Muslim Friday prayers in his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Al-Jazeera is reporting that a team of Swiss scientists has found moderate evidence that longtime Palestinian leader Arafat died of poisoning. The Arab satellite channel published a copy of what it said was the scientists' report on its website on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Al-Jazeera is reporting that a team of Swiss scientists has found moderate evidence that longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died of poisoning.

GED test-takers rushing to meet Dec. 31 deadline

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 08:43 AM PST

In this Oct. 22, 2013, photo, Kaylin Wainwright, center, works with student Natnael Gebremariam, left, at a computer during a General Educational Development test preparation class at the Sonia Gutierrez Campus of the Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School in Washington. Seated right is student Sibusiso Kunene. Americans who passed part, but not all, of the GED test are rushing to finish it before a new version rolls out in January. About 1 million Americans who took the high school equivalency exam could be affected. GED scores will be wiped out when the new version arrives. Test takers will have to use a computer instead of pencil and paper. And the cost will be significantly higher, at $120. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who passed part, but not all, of the GED test are rushing to finish the high school equivalency exam before a new version rolls out in January and their previous scores are wiped out. About 1 million people could be affected.

Dutch demand freedom for Greenpeace activists

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 10:47 AM PST

Greenpeace International activists on an inflatable boat pass by The Kremlin while making their way through the Moskva River as they protest against Russia's detention of members of the environmental group in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. Russia's main investigative agency said Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 that it has dropped piracy charges against jailed Greenpeace activists and charged them instead with hooliganism, which could still mean years in prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)BERLIN (AP) — The Netherlands asked an international tribunal Wednesday for the release of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and the activists who were on board when it was seized Sept. 18 by the Russian coast guard after a protest near a Gazprom-owned oil rig. Here's a look at the case and the tribunal:

Greenhouse gas volumes reached new high in 2012 - WMO

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 04:06 AM PST

Smoke rises from chimneys at a steel factory in Beijing April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/FilesBy Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2012, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Wednesday. "For all these major greenhouse gases the concentrations are reaching once again record levels," WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud told a news conference in Geneva at which he presented the U.N. climate agency's annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin . Jarraud said the accelerating trend was driving climate change, making it harder to keep global warming to within 2 degrees Celsius, a target agreed at a Copenhagen summit in 2009.

In Marvel Comics, Ms Marvel returns as Muslim teen

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 04:20 AM PST

In Marvel Comics, Ms Marvel returns as Muslim teenMarvel Comics is bringing Ms. Marvel back as a 16-year-old daughter of Pakistani immigrants living in Jersey City named Kamala Khan. The character — among the first to be a series protagonist who is both ...

Oldest woman to run in New York marathon dies next day

Posted: 05 Nov 2013 01:35 PM PST

Runners cross the finish line at the New York City Marathon on November 3, 2013 in New YorkAn American grandmother, who on Sunday was the oldest woman to compete in the New York marathon, died a day later. Joy Johnson from San Jose, California, took just under eight hours to complete the 26.2-mile (42.2km) race through all five boroughs of the biggest city in the United States. "She never really ran to compete, she ran because she loved it," her youngest daughter Diana Boydston told AFP by telephone Tuesday. She made a lot of friends that way all over the world," Boydston said.

Liberal de Blasio wins New York City back for Democrats

Posted: 05 Nov 2013 09:05 PM PST

By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Liberal Democrat Bill de Blasio cruised to victory on Tuesday in the race to succeed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, marking the first time a Democrat has captured City Hall in two decades. De Blasio, the city's public advocate, was leading Republican rival Joe Lhota 73 percent to 24 percent after a campaign in which he railed against economic inequality in America's most populous city, with 56 percent of precincts reporting. ...

Casinos, pot, secession among US ballot measures

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 08:55 AM PST

Voters faced ballot measures Tuesday including whether to approve seven casinos in New York and the fate of Houston's iconic Astrodome. Some of the questions:

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