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When school lockdowns may not be enough

When school lockdowns may not be enough

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:14 AM PST

In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following a reported shooting there Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks) MANDATORY CREDITStudents and teachers learn how to stop a 'bad guy' in their buildings after Newtown.

Officials: Drone attack mistakenly kills wedding party in Yemen

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:42 AM PST

DRONE HUNTING VOTE IN 2014Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday. "An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital," one security official said. The United States has stepped up drone strikes as part of a campaign against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), regarded by Washington as the most active wing of the militant network. Yemen, AQAP's main stronghold, is among a handful of countries where the United States acknowledges using drones, although it does not comment on the practice.

Health website woes force extension for sickest

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:32 AM PST

FILE - This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, in this Nov. 29, 2013 file photo. Newly released federal figures, as of Nov. 30, 2013, show more people are picking private insurance plans or being routed to Medicaid programs in states with Democratic leaders who have fully embraced the federal health care law than in states where Republican elected officials have derisively rejected what they call "Obamacare." (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Technology problems with President Barack Obama's health care website are forcing the administration to extend a federal insurance plan for some of the sickest patients by a month.

Ozone hole won't fully heal until 2070, NASA finds

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 07:34 AM PST

Ozone Hole Won't Heal Until 2070, NASA FindsSAN FRANCISCO — The banning of ozone-depleting chemicals hasn't yet caused detectable improvements in the Antarctic ozone hole, new research suggests. "Ozone is produced in the tropics, but it's transported by the winds from the tropics to the polar region," said Anne Douglass, a scientist with the Aura project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. That transport "varies a little bit from year to year." The findings suggest that measuring the total size of the ozone hole says little about ozone depletion, and that it's misleading to use the hole's extent alone to measure environmental progress. Ozone is a molecule made up of three oxygen atoms, and the ozone layer, which stretches from heights of 12 to 19 miles (20 to 30 kilometers) above the Earth's surface, protects life on Earth by shielding it from ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

Michigan puts restrictions on abortion insurance

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 04:03 AM PST

Michigan puts restrictions on abortion insuranceMichigan will join more conservative states in requiring residents who want health insurance coverage for abortions to buy an extra policy, after Republican legislators passed the law Wednesday over the ...

General who opened Guantanamo: shut it down

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 07:19 AM PST

TASK FORCE COMMANDER GENERAL LEHNERT DURING PRESS CONFERENCE IN GUANTANAMO.Marine Major Gen. Michael Lehnert says detention camp was a mistake.

School drops sexual harassment claim against 6-year-old who kissed girl

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 06:41 AM PST

Boy, 6, Suspended for Kissing Girl on HandA Colorado school that had been widely criticized for suspending a 6-year-old boy for kissing a girl on the hand has dropped its sexual harassment claim against the first grader, and allowed him to return to school.

NASA scrambles to figure out International Space Station malfunction

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:53 AM PST

FILE - In this frame grab from video provided by NASA, two Russian flight engineers perform maintenance on the International Space Station, Monday, June 24, 2013. NASA said Dec. 11, 2013, it is looking into a problem with a malfunctioning cooling pump on the International Space Station, but there is no immediate danger to the six crewmen on board. Agency spokesman Kelly Humphries says the problem may eventually be serious, but is not an emergency at the moment. (AP Photo/NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts aboard the International Space Station dimmed the lights, turned off unnecessary equipment and put off science work Thursday as NASA scrambled to figure out what's wrong with a key cooling unit.

Snowstorm brings new misery for Syria refugees

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 03:16 AM PST

Syrian refugees play with snow at the makeshift refugee camp of Terbol, near the Bekaa Valley town of Zahleh in eastern Lebanon, on December 11, 2013"I'd rather die a million times than live through this humiliation," a refugee said.

Oprah Winfrey reveals why she never had children

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Pope attacks mega-salaries and wealth gap in peace message

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 04:49 AM PST

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Pope Francis has been selected by Time magazine as the Person of the Year. In only his first year, the Pope was selected by the magazine's editors as the person who had the greatest impact on the world, for good or bad, during 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said in the first peace message of his pontificate that huge salaries and bonuses are symptoms of an economy based on greed and inequality and called again for nations to narrow the wealth gap. In his message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, marked around the world on January 1, he also called for sharing of wealth and for nations to shrink the gap between rich and poor, more of whom are getting only "crumbs". "The succession of economic crises should lead to a timely rethinking of our models of economic development and to a change in lifestyles," he said. Anger at multi-million payouts for executives has swept across the globe as the economic crisis has deepened and the gap between the super-rich and the poor has widened.

Complete list of 2014 Golden Globe nominees

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"12 Years A Slave" and "American Hustle" were the big winners while "Lee Daniels' The Butler" was surprisingly shutout.

Cancer deaths spike, breast cancer sharply up

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 02:52 AM PST

To match Insight INDIA-DRUGS/CANCERDriven by Western lifestyles, 8.2 million people died of the disease in 2012.

Snowden fuels fear of 'Big Brother USA'

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 03:52 AM PST

An avalanche of intelligence leaks from former CIA contractor Edward Snowden sent shockwaves around the world in 2013, lifting the lid on a vast global spying network and raising fears of a surveillance state. As the year drew to a close, the 30-year-old Snowden remains exiled in Russia, his final port of call following a worldwide game of cat-and-mouse that appeared to come straight from the pages of a spy novel. A traitor to some, a heroic whistleblower to others: Snowden's disclosures have shed light on intelligence-gathering methods which shocked many through their sheer scale. Tens of thousands of documents leaked by Snowden to The Guardian newspaper and other media outlets have detailed the nature of the National Security Agency's (NSA's) hitherto shadowy activities.

Interpreter at Mandela event claims illness

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:17 AM PST

Alleged fake sign language interpreter at Mandela's memorialThe signer accused of gesticulating gibberish says he had a schizophrenic episode.

Senate pulls all-nighter over Obama nominees

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:32 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, following a closed-door briefing on the recent agreement reached between Iran and western powers on Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate began an around-the-clock talkathon Wednesday over some of President Barack Obama's nominees as embittered and outnumbered Republicans refused to let the Senate take a break given new, Democratic-driven curbs on the GOP's power.

Cooling pump on space station shuts down

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 06:57 PM PST

FILE - In this frame grab from video provided by NASA, two Russian flight engineers perform maintenance on the International Space Station, Monday, June 24, 2013. NASA said Dec. 11, 2013, it is looking into a problem with a malfunctioning cooling pump on the International Space Station, but there is no immediate danger to the six crewmen on board. Agency spokesman Kelly Humphries says the problem may eventually be serious, but is not an emergency at the moment. (AP Photo/NASA)NASA says there is no immediate danger to the six crewmen on board.

Mild 2013 cuts Arctic a break, warming woes remain

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 11:10 AM PST

This handout photo provided by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Arctic sea ice earlier this year. Scientists spent three weeks in the region analyzing conditions, as recent reductions in sea ice extent in the autumn months impacts weather patterns regionally and perhaps farther afield. The Arctic took a bit of a break from its rapid melting this year. But a federal Arctic report card says global warming is still massively altering the top of the world, reducing the number of reindeer, shrinking snow and ice and yet increasing certain fish and the growing season. (AP Photo/NOAA)WASHINGTON (AP) — The rapid melting in the Arctic eased up this year. But the government says global warming is still dramatically altering the top of the world, reducing the number of reindeer and shrinking snow and ice, while increasing certain fish and extending the growing season.

Mysterious 'white widow' eludes police in Africa

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:26 AM PST

FILE - This undated file image provided by Interpol shows fugitive Briton Samantha Lewthwaite, dubbed the "white widow" by some news media, whom Interpol has issued an arrest notice for. She is called the most wanted woman in the world, a suspected terrorist charged with plotting to blow up resort hotels in Kenya packed with Christmas tourists, a westerner who wrote an ode praising Osama bin Laden, a jihadist who has eluded the law even as she has traveled through Africa with four young children in tow. The saga of Samantha Lewthwaite is one of betrayal and revenge in a murky world where, somehow, a white woman born to a British soldier becomes a Muslim convert and then an international fugitive accused of conspiracy. (AP Photo/Interpol, File)AYLESBURY, England (AP) — She is called the most wanted woman in the world, a suspected terrorist charged with plotting to blow up resort hotels in Kenya packed with Christmas tourists, a westerner who wrote an ode praising Osama bin Laden, a jihadist who has eluded the law even as she has traveled through Africa with four young children in tow.

Federal data show health disparities among states

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 11:19 AM PST

FILE - This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, in this Nov. 29, 2013 file photo. Newly released federal figures, as of Nov. 30, 2013, show more people are picking private insurance plans or being routed to Medicaid programs in states with Democratic leaders who have fully embraced the federal health care law than in states where Republican elected officials have derisively rejected what they call "Obamacare." (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Residents in some parts of the U.S. are signing up for health care coverage at a significantly greater rate than others through the new online insurance marketplaces now operating in every state.

Probe: Asiana pilot wasn't confident, assertive

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 11:01 AM PST

FILE - This Saturday, July 6, 2013, file photo provided by passenger Benjamin Levy, shows fellow passengers from Asiana Airlines flight 214, many with their luggage, on the tarmac just moments after the plane crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. According to an investigative report released Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 the Asiana Airlines captain who crashed the airplane in July told investigators he was "very concerned" about attempting a visual approach because the runway's automatic landing aids were out of service due to construction. The jet crash landed after approaching low and slow in an accident that left three dead and more than 200 injured, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The investigative report was released at the start of a daylong NTSB hearing into the accident. (AP Photo/Benjamin Levy, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The investigation into the crash-landing of an Asiana Airlines flight at San Francisco's airport last summer has highlighted problems with cockpit culture and the trainee pilot's lack of confidence in his ability to safely land the Boeing 777.

'12 Years,' 'Hustle' lead Globes nominations

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:33 AM PST

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2013 file photo shows director David O. Russell at a special screening of "American Hustle"in Los Angeles. Russell was nominated for a Golden Globe for best director for the film on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. The 71st annual Golden Globes will air on Sunday, Jan. 12. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)The harrowing historical epic "12 Years a Slave" and the con-artist caper "American Hustle" led the 71st annual Golden Globes with seven nominations each, setting up two very different films as Academy Awards front-runners.

Putin defends Russian conservative values

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:05 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a state-of-the-nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin cast Russia Thursday as a defender of conservative values against the "genderless and infertile" Western tolerance that he said equates good and evil.

Gridlock in the Senate, progress in the House

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:40 AM PST

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. A budget agreement, between Republicans and Democrats. No threats to repeal this or shut down that. Gridlock, it appeared, had taken a holiday in the bitterly polarized, Republican-run House. But across the Capitol, the high-minded Senate remains in the grip of partisan warfare as Republicans launch an around-the-clock talkathon in response to Democratic curbs on the GOP's power to block presidential nominations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A budget agreement between key Republicans and Democrats. Even President Barack Obama was on board. All without anyone threatening to repeal this or shut down that.

Phone hacker: Queen annoyed by nut-eating police

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:19 AM PST

FILE - In this June 26, 2012 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives for a Service of Thanksgiving in Saint Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. A private investigator convicted of eavesdropping on the voice mails of royal staff told a tabloid editor that Queen Elizabeth II was annoyed because police officers ate the nuts laid out for Buckingham Palace guests. The 2005 email passed on by private investigator Clive Goodman to Andy Coulson, then editor of the now-defunct News of the World, was used as evidence Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, at the phone-hacking trial of Coulson, former editor Rebekah Brooks and five others. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II was so annoyed by police officers eating nuts laid out at Buckingham Palace that she marked a line on the bowl to monitor the level, jurors heard Thursday at Britain's tabloid phone hacking trial.

At parley, Palestinians cite lack of shared vision

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:02 AM PST

In this Feb. 22, 2012 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center right, and Hamas leader Khaled Mashal talk to reporters following their meeting in Cairo, Egypt. An unprecedented gathering of top Palestinian politicians and academics this week suggests the split between Islamists and secular nationalists has hardened into permanence. Despite ongoing negotiations with Israel by President Mahmoud Abbas there is a clear sense, in both his Fatah and its Islamist rival Hamas, of a national movement that is fragmented and in crisis. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An unprecedented gathering of top Palestinian politicians and academics this week suggested that the split between Islamists and secular nationalists has hardened into permanence.

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:11 AM PST

AP10ThingsToSee - A displaced mother walks with her two children in Bangui's monastery, where she and over 10,000 others found refuge in Bangui, Central African Republic on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Red Cross officials say over 400 have died since Christian militias attacked the capital the previous week. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)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.

Kerry back to Mideast to push peace talks

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:40 AM PST

In this Dec. 10, 2013, photo, Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Continuing a furious pace of shuttle diplomacy aimed at securing an elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by the spring, Kerry arrives in the Middle East on Dec. 12 on his ninth trip of the year. In closed door talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday and Friday, Kerry will be following up on elements of a West Bank security plan, ideas for which he unveiled on his most recent visit to the region just last week, and other points of potential progress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Continuing a furious pace of shuttle diplomacy aimed at securing an elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by spring, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Middle East on Thursday on his ninth trip of the year.

Sentence in Texas teen's fatal DWI wreck stirs ire

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 09:08 AM PST

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The American Psychiatric Association says it does not recognize the diagnosis of 'affluenza,' that a psychologist said a wealthy North Texas teenager suffered from when he killed four pedestrians while driving drunk.

Mob hunts down Muslims in Central African Republic

Posted: 12 Dec 2013 07:46 AM PST

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — African peacekeepers fired into the air Thursday in Central African Republic's chaotic capital, trying to disperse a mob bent on hunting down and killing Muslims taking refuge in a church compound.

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