| US military aircraft hit in S. Sudan, 4 wounded Posted: 21 Dec 2013 08:06 AM PST  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunfire hit a U.S. military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became a battle ground between the country's military and renegade troops, officials said. Four U.S. service members were wounded in the attack in the same region that gunfire downed a U.N. helicopter the day before.
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| India says US ties 'very strong' as it seeks to cool maid row Posted: 21 Dec 2013 09:28 AM PST  India sought to tamp down Saturday a furore over the arrest and strip-search of one of its diplomats in New York, insisting the episode should not be allowed to derail "strong" ties with the United States. Foreign minister Salman Khurshid said a dialogue with Washington was under way to defuse the crisis sparked by the 48-hour detention of deputy consular general Devyani Khobragade on December 12. Our mutual relations are very strong," Khurshid told reporters in New Delhi. At the same time, Khurshid warned that the United States "must understand the value of (their) partnership".
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| US releases more documents on surveillance origins Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:55 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of national intelligence on Saturday declassified more documents that show how the National Security Agency was first authorized to start collecting bulk phone and Internet records in the hunt for al-Qaida terrorists.
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| San Francisco transit, union leaders reach deal Posted: 21 Dec 2013 07:51 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit officials and labor union leaders announced a new deal early Saturday, saying the final issue in their ongoing dispute has been resolved. |
| Memorials mark Lockerbie attack anniversary Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Families of some of the 270 people who died in the bombing of an airliner over Scotland 25 years ago gathered Saturday for memorial services in the U.S. and Britain.
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| US holiday travelers brace for foul, wet weather Posted: 21 Dec 2013 09:06 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — Freezing rain. Snow. Thunderstorms. Even tornadoes. Much of the nation braced for foul weather on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, as a wet winter storm created travel worries from Chicago and Detroit to Boston and New York.
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| Obama stresses economic issues in China envoy pick Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:03 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Making Sen. Max Baucus the next ambassador to China reflects the importance the U.S. places on advancing its economic relationship with Beijing despite recent strains on security issues.
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| Things you didn't know about reindeer Posted: 21 Dec 2013 03:23 AM PST  HELSINKI (AP) — Reindeer are featured on Christmas cards and in movies worldwide this time of year, galloping across the sky with Santa's sleigh in tow.
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| AP's Top 10 photos of 2013 Posted: 21 Dec 2013 08:44 AM PST  How to sum up an entire year of news in just 10 photos? The very notion is daunting when we consider that the AP's award-winning team of hundreds of staff photographers, freelancers and photo editors sends out some 3,000 photos every 24 hours - over 1 million photos a year - to our subscribers around the globe.
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| Pope warns against mediocrity, gossip in Vatican Posted: 21 Dec 2013 07:39 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned Vatican administrators Saturday that their work can take a downward spiral into mediocrity, gossip and bureaucratic squabbling if they forget that theirs is a professional vocation of service to the church.
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| Gay couples wed in Utah after judge overturns ban Posted: 21 Dec 2013 01:28 AM PST  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elisa Noel rushed to the county clerk's office with her partner immediately after learning that a federal judge overturned Utah's ban on gay marriage. They waited in line for a wedding license and were married in an impromptu ceremony punctuated with Noel giving the officiant a high-five.
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| Obama focuses on a tough year's ups, not its downs Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:35 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the fifth year of his presidency been its worst? President Barack Obama laughs off such questions even as he acknowledges many months of frustrating ups and down.
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| California girl to be kept on life support Posted: 20 Dec 2013 11:27 PM PST  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy should be kept on life support for the time being, a judge has ruled.
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| Memorials to mark Lockerbie attack anniversary Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:57 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — Bagpipes played and wreaths were laid in Scotland's town of Lockerbie Saturday, as the families of those who died in the deadly airliner bombing over the town 25 years ago gathered to remember the victims.
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| NASA astronauts begin urgent spacewalking repairs Posted: 21 Dec 2013 08:35 AM PST  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts sailed through the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks Saturday to revive a crippled cooling line at the International Space Station.
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| Reagan shooter granted more time outside hospital Posted: 20 Dec 2013 02:48 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will get to spend more time outside a mental hospital where he has been confined for most of the past three decades, a judge ruled Friday.
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| Judge: Girl will stay on life support after tonsillectomy 'tragedy' Posted: 20 Dec 2013 10:37 PM PST OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered a California hospital to keep a girl declared brain dead on life support following what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy. |
| Weary Obama seeks Hawaiian sun's waking touch Posted: 21 Dec 2013 03:37 AM PST  A weary Barack Obama, eyelids heavy, predicted Friday that the restorative power of sleep and the sunshine of his native Hawaii would restore his wilting fortunes after a bleak year. Ironically, Obama reached for the economy -- which has dogged him throughout his presidency -- with its sluggish recovery from crisis -- as a harbinger of better days ahead.
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