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• Snow slows work in areas already in the dark
• Video: Pa. town honors dying girl's caroling wish
• Sixty hurt in Argentina piranha attack
• Report: U.S. sending missiles, drones to Iraq
• Weekly U.S. jobless claims drop 42K to 338K
• Suspect in LA airport shooting scheduled for court
• 10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
• Russia: Arafat's death not caused by radiation
• Egypt hikes assault on Muslim Brotherhood
• Reversal on ACA cancellations gets mixed response
• Poll: Americans hopeful for a better year in 2014
• Thai election body urges delay in polls amid clash
• Fatal fire again highlights Senegal child beggary
• Bomb blast hits bus in Egypt's capital, wounding 5
• Japanese PM visits war shrine, angering neighbors
• May be Friday before power back in Maine, Mich.
• Ethnic traditions vanishing as Myanmar opens up
• String of Palestinian attacks has Israel jittery
• Greenpeace activists allowed to leave Russia
• American hostage: 'Abandoned and forgotten'
• Health care tactics split Republican Senate rivals
• China marks Mao's birthday with controlled tribute
• S.Africa's right still fears post-Mandela apocalypse

Snow slows work in areas already in the dark Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:52 AM PST Places still hustling to get power back on are hit, from Michigan, to Maine and into Canada.

Video: Pa. town honors dying girl's caroling wish Posted: 25 Dec 2013 08:28 AM PST WEST READING, Pa. (AP) — A terminally ill girl who received support from thousands of Christmas carolers outside her home over the weekend died early on Christmas morning, her family said.

Sixty hurt in Argentina piranha attack Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:34 AM PST Piranhas on a Christmas Day feeding frenzy injured some 60 people in the Argentine city of Rosario, officials said Thursday. Those injured in the attack Wednesday by the ferocious fish included a girl who lost part of a finger, Health Undersecretary Gabriela Quintanilla told reporters. Quintanilla said the attack occurred Wednesday off the coast of Rosario, some 310 kilometers (200 miles) north of Buenos Aires. A medical official, Gustavo Centurion, said the attack which began at mid-morning on Christmas Day was "very aggressive."

Report: U.S. sending missiles, drones to Iraq Posted: 26 Dec 2013 06:47 AM PST The shipment is sent as Baghdad confronts the worst wave of violence in five years.

Weekly U.S. jobless claims drop 42K to 338K Posted: 26 Dec 2013 06:04 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 42,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 338,000, the biggest drop since November 2012. But economists say the figures from late November and December are warped by seasonal volatility around the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's holidays.

Suspect in LA airport shooting scheduled for court Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:31 AM PST RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) — The man authorities say killed a TSA screener and wounded three other people during a rampage through the Los Angeles airport last month is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on murder and other felony charges in a case that could bring the death penalty.

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos Posted: 26 Dec 2013 09:22 AM PST Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

Russia: Arafat's death not caused by radiation Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:32 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian probe into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has found that his death wasn't caused by radiation — a finding that comes after a French probe found traces of the radioactive isotope polonium and a Swiss investigation said the timeframe of his illness and death was consistent with that of polonium poisoning.

Egypt hikes assault on Muslim Brotherhood Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:27 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's security authorities launched a sweep of arrests of Muslim Brotherhood members on Thursday and warned that holding a leadership post in the group could now be grounds for the death penalty after it was officially declared a terrorist organization, stepping up the government's confrontation with its top political nemesis.

Reversal on ACA cancellations gets mixed response Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:03 AM PST RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A month after President Barack Obama announced people could keep insurance policies slated for cancellation under the federal health overhaul, the reversal has gotten a mixed response from insurers, state regulators and consumers.

Poll: Americans hopeful for a better year in 2014 Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:51 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Ready to ring in the new year, Americans look ahead with optimism, according to a new AP-Times Square New Year's Eve poll. Their ratings of the year gone by? Less than glowing.

Thai election body urges delay in polls amid clash Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:19 AM PST BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's election commission on Thursday called for upcoming polls to be delayed as street battles between security forces and protesters seeking to disrupt the ballot killed a police officer and injured nearly 100 people, dealing fresh blows to the beleaguered government.

Fatal fire again highlights Senegal child beggary Posted: 26 Dec 2013 02:00 AM PST NDAME, Senegal (AP) — Seven nights a week, 13-year-old Cheikhou and his younger brother Bamba would make their way to a wooden shack they shared with dozens of other barefoot child beggars, blanketing the floor with their tired bodies.

Bomb blast hits bus in Egypt's capital, wounding 5 Posted: 26 Dec 2013 04:11 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — A bomb exploded in a busy intersection near schools in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Thursday, hitting a bus and wounding five people in an attack that raised concerns that a wave of violence blamed on Islamic militants that has targeted security forces and military for months is increasingly turning to hit civilians.

Japanese PM visits war shrine, angering neighbors Posted: 26 Dec 2013 05:49 AM PST TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid his respects at a shrine honoring Japan's war dead in an unexpected visit Thursday that drew sharp rebukes from China and South Korea, who warned that the move celebrates his country's militaristic past and could further sour relations.

May be Friday before power back in Maine, Mich. Posted: 26 Dec 2013 06:55 AM PST LITCHFIELD, Maine (AP) — Snow was falling Thursday morning in places still hustling to get power back on after a weekend ice storm that turned out the lights from Michigan to Maine and into Canada.

Ethnic traditions vanishing as Myanmar opens up Posted: 25 Dec 2013 11:14 PM PST KAMPALET, Myanmar (AP) — High in the hills of Myanmar's Chin state, Shwe Mana plays a gentle song on a bamboo flute using only her nostrils — one of the last of her tribe to preserve this ancient skill. A dark, intricate web of tattoos covers her face, harking back to a time, it is said, when women disfigured themselves to dampen the lust of lowland marauders.

String of Palestinian attacks has Israel jittery Posted: 26 Dec 2013 08:33 AM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — A spate of violent Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets in recent weeks is raising concerns in Israel that it may be on the verge of a new type of Palestinian uprising.

Greenpeace activists allowed to leave Russia Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:14 AM PST ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian authorities issued exit visas to 14 of the 30 Greenpeace members on Thursday, a move that will allow them to leave the country and comes after charges were dropped against them over a protest outside an Arctic oil rig.

American hostage: 'Abandoned and forgotten' Posted: 26 Dec 2013 04:06 AM PST A 72-year-old man held by al Qaida militants pleads for President Obama's help.

Health care tactics split Republican Senate rivals Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:57 AM PST Republicans hoping to exploit frustration with Obamacare disagree on how to oppose it.

China marks Mao's birthday with controlled tribute Posted: 26 Dec 2013 03:00 AM PST China's leaders carefully controlled celebrations that also sought to uphold market-style reforms.

S.Africa's right still fears post-Mandela apocalypse Posted: 25 Dec 2013 10:17 PM PST Right-wing prophesies of a racial apocalypse refuse to be quashed by events.

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