| 'Lawrence of Arabia' star Peter O'Toole dead at 81 Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:44 AM PST  Peter O'Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died, his agent said Sunday. He was 81.
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| South Africa buries Mandela Posted: 15 Dec 2013 05:32 AM PST  QUNU, South Africa (AP) — Nelson Mandela was buried Sunday in the African ground he loved after a funeral ceremony that included a 21-gun salute and fly-overs by military aircraft as well as a eulogy by a traditional leader wearing an animal skin.
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| Ski lodges buoyed by Northeast snow Posted: 15 Dec 2013 08:46 AM PST  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A weekend storm that dumped a foot or more of snow in parts of the Northeast made ski area operators and snow removal workers happy, but travelers were still dealing with slippery roads and flight cancellations Sunday.
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| Colorado school rampage lasted less than 2 minutes Posted: 15 Dec 2013 09:07 AM PST  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado teenager who may have been nursing a grudge against a high school teacher since September intended to harm that teacher and inflict numerous other casualties when he entered his school and shot a student at point-blank range before killing himself, authorities said.
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| C. African militias seek president's overthrow Posted: 15 Dec 2013 10:24 AM PST  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The Christian militiamen fighting to oust Central African Republic's Muslim president from power hide in the hills far on the edge of the capital. Out of the forest of banana trees, about two dozen young men slowly emerge to meet their visitors — armed with clubs, machetes and hunting rifles.
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| Ukrainian opposition presses with massive rally Posted: 15 Dec 2013 07:25 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — About 200,000 anti-government protesters converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital Sunday in a dramatic show of morale after nearly four weeks of daily protests, but the rally was shadowed by suggestions that their goal of closer ties with Europe may be imperiled.
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| George P. takes baby steps away from Bush name Posted: 15 Dec 2013 09:05 AM PST  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The latest scion of one of America's most powerful political dynasties is trying to convince voters he's something other than what his famous surname suggests.
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| Climate change is new enemy for Kerry in Vietnam Posted: 15 Dec 2013 08:43 AM PST  KIEN VANG, Vietnam (AP) — From an American gunboat decades ago, John Kerry patrolled for communist insurgents along the winding muddy waters of the Mekong Delta. From those familiar waterways that eventually turned the young lieutenant against the war, the top U.S. diplomat confronted a modern enemy Sunday — climate change.
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| More famous Jameis: Winston wins Heisman Trophy Posted: 14 Dec 2013 07:43 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Jameis Winston left voters no choice but to give him the Heisman Trophy. And like every other Florida State victory this season, it was a blowout.
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| Kim's aunt appears safe after husband's execution Posted: 15 Dec 2013 02:57 AM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been named to an ad-hoc state committee, the country's official media reported, an indication that the execution of her husband and the country's No. 2 has not immediately diminished her influence.
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| China's moon rover leaves traces on lunar soil Posted: 15 Dec 2013 03:25 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — China's first moon rover has touched the lunar surface and left deep traces on its loose soil, state media reported Sunday, several hours after the country successfully carried out the world's first soft landing of a space probe on the moon in nearly four decades.
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| Bells toll in Newtown for school shooting victims Posted: 14 Dec 2013 10:43 PM PST  NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Bells tolled 26 times to honor the children and educators killed one year ago in a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School as local churches held memorial services and the country marked the anniversary with events including a White House moment of silence.
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| UN study: Electrical waste up by third by 2017 Posted: 14 Dec 2013 11:27 PM PST  BERLIN (AP) — The mountain of refrigerators, cellphones, TV sets and other electrical waste disposed of annually worldwide is forecast to grow by a third by 2017, according to a U.N. study released Sunday.
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| In Vietnam, Kerry takes on a new enemy Posted: 15 Dec 2013 03:22 AM PST  KIEN VANG, Vietnam (AP) — Along the winding muddy waters of the Mekong Delta where he once patrolled for communist insurgents on a naval gunboat, Secretary of State John Kerry turned his sights Sunday on a new enemy: climate change.
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| Snowstorm brings dangerous travel conditions Posted: 14 Dec 2013 08:18 PM PST  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A wide swath of the Northeast got another shot of wintry weather on Saturday, giving a boost to ski resorts but hampering travel and complicating shopping plans less than two weeks before Christmas.
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| Discipline against student thought to have sparked Colo. shooting Posted: 14 Dec 2013 06:31 PM PST  Karl Pierson was 18, the minimum age for buying a shotgun or other types of rifles in Colorado.
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