| Police investigate motive of Colo. high school shooter Posted: 14 Dec 2013 09:56 AM PST  Detectives were investigating "revenge" as a possible motive, officials say.
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| Mandela's body journeys to funeral site in ancestral village Posted: 14 Dec 2013 09:08 AM PST  "Go well 'Tata', you have played your part," South African President and ANC leader Jacob Zuma said in a eulogy.
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| Somber remembrances mark anniversary of Sandy Hook tragedy Posted: 14 Dec 2013 09:19 AM PST  The United States will pause to remember the tragedy and revisit the contentious issue of guns in America.
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| Traditional tribal rituals at Mandela's funeral Posted: 14 Dec 2013 09:05 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An ox will be slaughtered, the deceased will be wrapped in a leopard skin and a family elder will keep talking to the body's spirit: The state funeral for South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Sunday will also include those rituals from the tradition of the Xhosa people, to whom Mandela's Thembu clan belongs.
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| Confusion, security risks at Nelson Mandela event Posted: 14 Dec 2013 06:56 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours before President Barack Obama arrived at a Johannesburg soccer stadium to honor Nelson Mandela, the White House staff was in the dark on critical details.
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| Police seek motive in Colorado school shooting Posted: 14 Dec 2013 10:16 AM PST  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Investigators on Saturday were working to find out what motivated a teenage gunman to enter his suburban Denver high school armed with a shotgun looking for a specific teacher a day earlier.
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| Pope's crackdown on order alarms traditionalists Posted: 14 Dec 2013 10:03 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis may have been named Time magazine's Person of the Year, but he has come under scathing criticism from a growing number of traditionalist Catholics for cracking down on a religious order that celebrates the old Latin Mass. The case has become a flashpoint in the ideological tug-of-war going on in the Catholic Church over Francis' revolutionary agenda, which has thrilled progressives and alarmed some conservatives.
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| Mega Millions jackpot climbs as nobody wins $425M Posted: 14 Dec 2013 10:08 AM PST  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One of the largest jackpots in U.S. lottery history climbed even higher Saturday after no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $425 million top Mega Millions prize.
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| 4 top Ukraine officials investigated in crackdown Posted: 14 Dec 2013 10:47 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities on Saturday moved to appease the thousands of demonstrators who have been barricaded in the center of the Ukrainian capital for weeks by opening investigations against four top officials over the violent police response to a small anti-government demonstration last month. But the opposition said the move was a half-measure that will not get them off the street.
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| AP PHOTOS: Signs of global devotion to Mandela Posted: 14 Dec 2013 12:19 AM PST  Nelson Mandela became a hero around the world, as shown by the number of streets, schools, bridges and restaurants named for the South African leader. Here's a look at how Mandela has been honored in cities including London, Paris, New York, New Delhi, Montreal and Oakland.
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| Police seek as motive in Colorado school shooting Posted: 14 Dec 2013 07:13 AM PST CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Investigators on Saturday were working to find out what motivated a teenage gunman to enter his suburban Denver high school armed with a shotgun looking for a specific teacher a day earlier. |
| Oil reform caps year of dramatic changes in Mexico Posted: 13 Dec 2013 09:03 PM PST  MEXICO CITY (AP) — This week's opening of Mexico's oil industry to private and foreign investment caps a remarkable series of legislative victories by a president trying to re-engineer the country's most dysfunctional institutions.
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| Desmond Tutu: Not invited to Mandela funeral Posted: 14 Dec 2013 09:39 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Another snag hit South Africa's long goodbye to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Saturday when his longtime ally Desmond Tutu said he had not been accredited as a clergyman at the funeral by the government so would not attend.
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| German party clears way for Merkel's 3rd term Posted: 14 Dec 2013 09:32 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — Germany's main center-left party cleared the way on Saturday for Angela Merkel to start her third term as chancellor, announcing that its members had voted by a large majority to join the conservative leader in government.
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| Revenge probed as motive in Colo. school shooting Posted: 14 Dec 2013 06:21 AM PST CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Investigators were looking Saturday at whether revenge motivated a teenage gunman to enter his suburban Denver high school armed with a shotgun looking for a specific teacher. |
| Secret Service must rely on locals abroad Posted: 14 Dec 2013 03:56 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours before President Barack Obama arrived at a Johannesburg soccer stadium to honor Nelson Mandela, the White House staff was in the dark on key details. Where would the president and Michelle Obama sit? When was Obama supposed to speak? Who else would be on stage when he did?
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| C.Africa sectarian strife worsens Posted: 14 Dec 2013 07:07 AM PST  Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - Sectarian tensions rose in the Central African Republic Saturday even as UN chief Ban Ki-moon and local authorities pleaded for an end to the carnage between Christian and Muslims that has left hundreds dead in a week. In the capital Bangui a mob hacked a Muslim motorcyclist to death in the Combattant district not far from the airport Saturday morning, witnesses told AFP. Muslim and Christian leaders have called for calm and launched joint operations, distributing food and holding religious services that include the members of the other community.
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| NSA agent open to cutting a deal with Snowden Posted: 13 Dec 2013 02:45 PM PST  A National Security Agency official said in an interview released Friday that he would be open to cutting an amnesty deal with intelligence leaker Edward Snowden if he agreed to stop divulging secret documents. Rick Ledgett, who heads the NSA's task force investigating the damage from the Snowden leaks, told CBS television's "60 Minutes" program that some but not all of his colleagues share his view. But Snowden would have to provide firm assurances that the remaining documents would be secured. Snowden, a former intelligence contractor for the NSA, has been charged with espionage by US authorities for divulging reams of secret files.
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