| No charges against FSU's QB Posted:  Jameis Winston's attorney says sex in assault investigation was consensual.
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| Baby, it's cold outside: Readers share their cold-snap stories Posted: 05 Dec 2013 09:06 AM PST  Areas further east are bracing for the frigid blast as the storm creeps into the Southern plains, the Tennessee Valley and the Northeast later this week. Yahoo News is collecting anecdotes from residents in the storm's path. Below are lightly edited excerpts from stories they shared with us this week.
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| New poison gas attack alleged in Syria Posted: 05 Dec 2013 11:05 AM PST  Opposition activists again accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of using poison gas in Syria's civil war on Thursday, and said victims had been discovered with swollen limbs and foaming at the mouth. The activists told Reuters two shells loaded with gas hit a rebel-held area in the town of Nabak, 68 km (40 miles) northeast of Damascus, on a major highway in the Qalamoun region. Separately, the Syrian Revolution Coordinators Union also accused Assad's forces of using poison gas. "We have documented nine casualties from poison gas used by the regime in neighborhoods of Nabak," it said on its Facebook page.
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| Shrugging off winter's bite in N. Dakota oilfields Posted: 05 Dec 2013 03:56 AM PST  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Some people were choosing to stay indoors as an arctic blast swept across the Northern Plains, but the prospect of temperatures not cracking single digits had a different effect on the roustabouts, roughnecks and thousands of others working outside in western North Dakota's oil patch.
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| US economy grows at 3.6 percent rate in 3rd qtr. Posted: 05 Dec 2013 06:24 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 3.6 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest since early 2012. But nearly half the growth came from a buildup in business stockpiles, a trend that could reverse in the current quarter and hold back growth.
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| Disgraced priest to wed pope adviser's daughter Posted: 05 Dec 2013 10:07 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thomas Williams, the onetime public face of the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order who left the priesthood after admitting he fathered a child, is getting married this weekend to the child's mother, The Associated Press has learned. The bride is the daughter of former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Mary Ann Glendon, one of Pope Francis' top advisers.
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| Biden spotlights China treatment of US journalists Posted: 05 Dec 2013 08:25 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — Casting a spotlight on China's controls on the media, Vice President Joe Biden met with U.S. journalists working in Beijing Thursday after publicly criticizing how they're treated by China's government.
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| NY train wreck could be case of highway hypnosis Posted: 05 Dec 2013 10:28 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — It's sometimes called highway hypnosis or white-line fever, and it's familiar to anyone who has driven long distances along a monotonous route.
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| No charges in Jameis Winston sex assault case Posted: 05 Dec 2013 11:15 AM PST  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Jameis Winston will not be charged with sexually assaulting a woman who accused him of raping her about a year ago, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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| Auction: Springsteen manuscript sells for $197,000 Posted: 05 Dec 2013 10:05 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Tramps like us, baby we were born to bid.
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| Dozens dead in CAR ahead of French troops Posted: 05 Dec 2013 11:11 AM PST  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Fighting swept through the capital of Central African Republic on Thursday, leaving dozens of casualties and posing the biggest threat yet to the country's new government. The U.N. Security Council authorized an intervention force to prevent a bloodbath between Christians and Muslims.
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| France doubling troops in Central African Republic Posted: 05 Dec 2013 10:41 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says the country could double the number of troops on the ground in the Central African Republic within hours.
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| Warrants detail accusations in Jameis Winston case Posted: 05 Dec 2013 10:21 AM PST TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A woman who accused Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston of sexual assault told police she was raped at an apartment after a night of drinking at a bar, according to a search warrant released hours before a prosecutor was to announce whether the Heisman Trophy contender should face charges. |
| 98 dead in Central African Republic after clashes Posted: 05 Dec 2013 10:26 AM PST BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Fighting came to the capital of Central African Republic on Thursday, leaving dozens of casualties and posing the biggest threat yet to the country's new government just as the U.N. Security Council authorized an intervention force to prevent a bloodbath between Christians and Muslims. |
| Obama to feds: Boost renewable power 20 percent Posted: 05 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Saying the government should lead by example, President Barack Obama is ordering the federal government to nearly triple its use of renewable sources for electricity by 2020.
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| Hurricane-force gusts slam UK; tidal surge looming Posted: 05 Dec 2013 11:12 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — Hurricane-force gusts hit Britain on Thursday, disrupting air travel across Europe, halting trains and leaving tens of thousands of U.K. homes without electricity. Accidents linked to the storm killed two people.
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| Bloodbath in Central African Republic as UN backs force Posted: 05 Dec 2013 10:37 AM PST  Paris (AFP) - President Francois Hollande said Thursday that French troops would be deployed immediately to the Central African Republic after the UN authorised intervention in the troubled country.
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| Vatican to draft expert panel to fight sex abuse Posted: 05 Dec 2013 05:27 AM PST  Boston Archbishop O'Malley says Pope Francis worried church's approach has been too legalistic.
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| New NYC mayor's top cop pick was 'stop and frisk' advocate Posted: 05 Dec 2013 09:34 AM PST  In the most highly anticipated pick of his new administration, the incoming New York City mayor picked a veteran law enforcement official as police commissioner.
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| 49 Russian diplomats illegally collected U.S. Medicare benefits: FBI Posted: 05 Dec 2013 11:21 AM PST  By Emily Flitter and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have charged 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their family members with participating in a scheme to get health benefits intended for the poor by lying about their income. The charges come against a backdrop of tense exchanges between Russia and the United States over law enforcement actions in both countries. Meanwhile, according to the charges, the family members had their housing costs paid for by the Russian government and spent "tens of thousands of dollars" on vacations, jewelry and luxury goods from stores like Swarovski and Jimmy Choo. "We are puzzled by the stovepiping of information to the media about accusations against Russian diplomatic mission officials in the U.S.," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Interfax news agency.
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| 'We can't survive on $7.25!' Posted: 05 Dec 2013 08:18 AM PST  Fast food workers strike for higher pay, which is now $15,000 a year.
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| Prelude, the world's largest ship, launches Posted: 05 Dec 2013 07:31 AM PST  Shell's 1,601-foot, 600,000-metric-ton, liquified-natural-gas vessel has hit the water in South Korea.
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| American teacher shot dead in Libya's Benghazi Posted: 05 Dec 2013 11:19 AM PST  Benghazi (Libya) (AFP) - An American teacher was gunned down in Libya as he took his morning jog Thursday, a week before he was to return home on holiday, officials and the school said. Ronnie Smith, a 33-year-old from Texas, had been running in the central Al-Fwihet neighbourhood of the eastern city of Benghazi when he was shot, security services spokesman Ibrahim al-Sharaa said. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the killing, which comes 15 months after the US ambassador and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the US consulate in Libya's second city. International School Benghazi director Adel al-Mansuri said Smith, who was married and the father of a two-year-old boy, had joined the faculty as a chemistry teacher late last year.
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| Bill Bratton named next New York police commissioner Posted: 05 Dec 2013 11:22 AM PST  By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Bratton, a veteran police chief who has led departments across the country, was named on Thursday as New York City's next police commissioner, taking over a force credited with a sharp drop in violent crime but criticized for its tactics. Bratton, 66, who was police commissioner under New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and has run police departments in Los Angeles and Boston, will return to the NYPD on January 1, taking over from Ray Kelly.
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| 'Duck Dynasty' congressman: 'I pray everyday for the president' Posted: 05 Dec 2013 04:25 AM PST  Republican Rep. Vance McAllister says he prays for President Obama daily.
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| Officials blamed in deaths of 19 Ariz. firefighters Posted: 04 Dec 2013 06:08 PM PST  A report says forestry officials put property protection ahead of safety in the June blaze.
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| Report: NSA tracks billions of cellphones daily Posted: 04 Dec 2013 04:55 PM PST  The agency tracks 5 billion overseas phones every day, says the Washington Post.
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| Nearly week of frigid temperatures for West Posted: 04 Dec 2013 09:43 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — The jet stream hunkered to the south Wednesday, promising to bring nearly a week of temperatures that could dip to minus 20 or worse in the northern midsection of the country, and forcing much of the rest of the nation to deal with unexpectedly cool temperatures.
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| Mexico: Stolen radioactive box found empty Posted: 04 Dec 2013 03:37 PM PST  Radioactivity was detected nearby, the country's nuclear safety director said.
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| Newtown 911 audio: calm and chaos Posted: 04 Dec 2013 11:08 AM PST  Newtown 911 recordings: Chaos in an impossible situation.
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