| U.S. conducts East China Sea 'operations' Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:17 AM PST  2 U.S. military aircraft, including B-52, flew around disputed islands without informing China.
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| Warrant: Zimmerman Had 5 Guns, Ammo When Arrested Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:35 AM PST  Warrant shows Zimmerman had 5 guns, 100-plus rounds of ammo when arrested in domestic case
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| Kerry explains scope of nuclear agreement Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:13 AM PST  An interim nuclear agreement was reached with Iran during negotiations in Geneva in the early hours of November 24. The P5+1 negotiations with Iran took place with the goal of reaching a diplomatic resolution that would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. In this video, released by the State Department on November 26, Secretary Kerry shares an inside view of what was accomplished and the work that remains to be done. Credit: Department of State
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| Supreme Court will take up new health law dispute Posted: 26 Nov 2013 10:27 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees.
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| Obama heckler has history of civil disobedience Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:16 AM PST  A heckler who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on immigration in San Francisco says he spoke out because his family has been torn apart by U.S. immigration policy — and the administration has done nothing to help them.
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| Prosecutor demands guilty verdict for Knox Posted: 26 Nov 2013 11:34 AM PST  FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — An Italian prosecutor on Tuesday demanded that an appellate court find Amanda Knox guilty of the 2007 murder of her British roommate, a killing he argued may have been rooted in arguments about cleanliness and triggered by a toilet left unflushed by the only man now in jail for the murder.
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| China air defense zone points to the long game Posted: 26 Nov 2013 11:16 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. B-52 bombers flew over disputed islands in the East China Sea during a training mission Tuesday, defying new territorial claims laid out by Beijing over the weekend, according to several U.S. officials.
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| Thanksgiving includes gluten-free pies and all Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:18 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Three different types of stuffing will be offered on Stacy Fox's table this Thanksgiving: traditional, gluten-free and vegan.
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| Bosnians panic as sinkhole swallows village pond Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:29 AM PST  SANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Just outside the rustic village, children fished in a tranquil pond bobbing with green algae and lined with willow trees, as cattle grazed nearby.
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| AP PHOTOS: Wary Afghans register to vote Posted: 26 Nov 2013 11:14 AM PST  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — There is a lot riding on Afghanistan's 2014 presidential elections, which will determine who steers the country through the persistent insurgency as international troops leave. But potential voters lining up to register have other concerns as well: They deeply distrust the candidates and are worried their next president could be a warlord.
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| Thai protesters call for nationwide uprising Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:24 AM PST  BANGKOK (AP) — Protesters in Thailand vowed Tuesday to force the closure of more government offices throughout the country in a bid to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Their leader announced for the first time that their goal is to topple the government and replace it with a non-elected council.
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| Key West to Cuba flights struggle to take off Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:39 AM PST  KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — One of the first sights greeting passengers at the Key West International Airport is a statue of two families with children standing around a large, concrete buoy. "Ninety miles to Cuba," reads the words etched on the centerpiece.
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| Prosecutors: Conn. gunman's motive still unknown Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:34 AM PST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A yearlong investigation into the Newtown school shooting has provided disturbing insights into the gunman who killed his mother and then massacred 26 other people, but it still has not provided a motive. |
| Former hostages react to Iran's nuclear deal Posted: 26 Nov 2013 11:05 AM PST  McLEAN, Va. (AP) — To some of the Americans subjected to mock executions and other torment during more than a year as hostages in Iran more than 30 years ago, it seems like a mistake to trust the regime in Tehran to keep its promises in a nuclear deal brokered by the U.S. and other world powers.
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| France sends 1,000 troops to Central African Rep. Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:22 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — France will send 1,000 troops to Central African Republic under an expected U.N.-backed mission to keep growing chaos at bay, the defense minister said Tuesday — boosting the French military presence in Africa for the second time this year.
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| Typhoon ruined traditional, high-tech livelihoods Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:54 AM PST  TANAUAN, Philippines (AP) — As Typhoon Haiyan tore across the eastern Philippines, coconut plantations older than the fathers of the men who tend them were smashed like matchsticks and call centers that field customer service gripes from around the world fell silent. The storm that killed thousands also wrecked livelihoods in the worst hit region, a blow that will ripple long after the disaster fades from attention.
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| Senators writing new sanctions in case Iran cheats Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:13 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading Democratic and Republican senators are crafting legislation to reinstate the full force of sanctions and impose new ones if Iran doesn't make good on its pledge to roll back its nuclear program, brushing aside the Obama administration's fears about upending its diplomatic momentum.
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| Apartment construction drives housing uptick Posted: 26 Nov 2013 06:25 AM PST  Developers get approval to build apartments at the fastest pace in five years.
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| Special report: Winter storm threatens travel Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:56 AM PST  A sloppy storm could make your holiday travel stressful.
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| Heard this before? Ford recalls 2013 Escapes, again Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:54 AM PST  Ford Motor Co's bad safety streak with its 2013 Escape continued on Tuesday as the automaker issued two more recalls for the second most popular sport utility vehicle in the U.S. market. There have now been seven recalls of the 2013 model of the Escape, a key SUV for Ford, the No. 2 U.S. automaker. The recalls affected 161,334 Escape SUVs globally, mostly in the United States, and addressed potential leaks that could cause a fire. Escape sales in the United States were up 14 percent through October this year to 250,543 vehicles, making it the second-best selling Ford product behind the F-Series pickup trucks, and No. 2 to Honda Motor Co's CR-V in the SUV segment.
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| $&@# snowman scares the sugar plums out of shoppers Posted: 26 Nov 2013 06:00 AM PST  It's become something of a holiday tradition: A man, dressed as a snowman, stands motionless until unsuspecting shoppers approach, then suddenly scares the sugarplums out of them.
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| Pope attacks 'tyranny' of markets, urges renewal in mission statement Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:46 AM PST  By Naomi O'Leary VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis attacked unfettered capitalism as "a new tyranny" and beseeched global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality, in a document on Tuesday setting out a platform for his papacy and calling for a renewal of the Catholic Church. The 84-page document, known as an apostolic exhortation, was the first major work he has authored alone as pope and makes official many views he has aired in sermons and remarks since he became the first non-European pontiff in 1,300 years in March. In it, Francis went further than previous comments criticizing the global economic system, attacking the "idolatry of money", and urged politicians to "attack the structural causes of inequality" and strive to provide work, healthcare and education to all citizens. "How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses 2 points?" The pope said renewal of the Church could not be put off and said the Vatican and its entrenched hierarchy "also need to hear the call to pastoral conversion".
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| Airport chaplains minister to fluid flocks Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:12 AM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Frank Colladay Jr. stood at the end of the gate waiting. On the arriving plane was a passenger whose husband had just died of a heart attack on another flight. Her name was Linda Gilbert. The two had never met before.
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| Congress unlikely to blow up Obama's Iran deal Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:34 AM PST  Lawmakers are wary of the deal, but they don't want to rush to new sanctions, either.
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| Storm moves east, threatens holiday travel Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:56 AM PST  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A sloppy storm system carrying heavy rainfall, ice and snow is slogging its way eastward, bringing the potential of headaches for travelers heading home for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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| U.S. may pull out all troops as Afghan leader holds up deal Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:06 AM PST  By Jessica Donati and Mark Felsenthal KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign a security deal with the United States, the White House said, opening up the prospect of a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from the strife-torn nation next year. Karzai told U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Kabul on Monday that the United States must put an immediate end to military raids on Afghan homes and demonstrate its commitment to peace talks before he would sign a bilateral security pact, Karzai's spokesman said. The White House said Karzai had outlined new conditions in the meeting with Rice and "indicated he is not prepared to sign the promptly". "Without a prompt signature, the U.S. would have no choice but to initiate planning for a post-2014 future in which there would be no U.S. or NATO troop presence in Afghanistan," a White House statement quoted Rice as saying.
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| Iran ready to join Syria peace talks if invited Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:13 AM PST  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that Tehran was prepared to take part in the Syria peace talks in Geneva, slated for January 22, if invited. "Participation of Iran in Geneva 2 is in our view an important contribution to the resolution of the problem. We have said all along that if Iran is invited, we will participate without any preconditions," Zarif told Iran's Press TV. Iran is the main backer, along with Russia, of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a conflict that has lasted more than two years, killed more than 100,000 people and uprooted millions more.
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| New charges in Steubenville case aimed at holding adults accountable Posted:  Superintendent Michael McVey, 50, faces the most serious allegations, including felony obstruction and tampering with evidence charges.
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| US, Russia throw weight behind Syria peace talks Posted: 25 Nov 2013 10:31 PM PST  The United States and Russia threw their full weight behind long-delayed Syria peace talks that the UN said finally would be held January 22, though it was not yet clear whether key sponsors of the warring sides would attend. "We haven't established a list yet," UN and Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said. That left open the participation of Saudi Arabia, seen as a major sponsor the majority Sunni Muslim rebels, and Iran, which steadfastly back the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which is dominated by Alawites derived from Islam's Shiite current. "These two countries will certainly be among the possible participants," Brahimi said after closed-door talks in Geneva with US and Russian officials.
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| Sandy Hook report sheds no light on motive Posted: 25 Nov 2013 01:33 PM PST  Connecticut releases report on investigation into Newtown school shooting that killed 26.
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| Police: Yale campus safe, no gunman found Posted: 25 Nov 2013 03:53 PM PST  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University was locked down for nearly six hours Monday as authorities investigated a phone call saying an armed man was heading to shoot up the school, a warning they later said was likely a hoax.
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| Yale lockdown mostly lifted, as police continue door-to-door search Posted: 25 Nov 2013 02:43 PM PST  The University Confirmed the Report of a Person on Campus With a Gun
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