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White House denies Obama plan to visit Iran

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White House denies Obama plan to visit Iran

White House denies Obama plan to visit Iran

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:23 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2103 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking in the State Dining Room at the White House about the nuclear deal between six world powers and Iran that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. For President Barack Obama, the deal to temporarily freeze Iran's nuclear program could pave the way for one of his biggest foreign policy victories and steady his flailing presidency. But the venture is rife with risk, including possibly miscalculating Iran's intentions and straining already tense relationships with Congress and Middle Eastern allies. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Kuwait media reported that the president wants to visit Tehran next year.

Hospital worker sentenced to 39 years in hepatitis case

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 10:57 AM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Hampshire shows David Kwiatkowski, a former lab technician at Exeter, N.H. The traveling hospital technician was accused of infecting patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes is being sentenced Monday Dec. 2, 2013 in Concord, N.H. Kwiatkowski, who has admitted stealing painkillers and replacing them with saline-filled syringes tainted with his blood, pleaded guilty in August to 16 federal drug charges and is being sentenced Monday, Dec. 2, 2013(. AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office, File)CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling medical technician was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and infecting dozens of patients in four states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes.

Live chat: Where to find the best cyber Monday deals

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:26 AM PST

Cyber Monday deals 2013 boost online shopping from Amazon, Target, Best Buy, Walmart, Macy's, Toys R Us, other retailers9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. join the conversation with our industry experts.

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's Amazon.

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 08:50 AM PST

Amazon Prime Air: Delivery by Drones Could Arrive As Early as 2015Kayaks aside, your online orders may someday come by drone.

Fast-food protests planned for 100 cities

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 08:57 AM PST

Study: Half Of Fast Food Workers Need Public AidNEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job this Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay.

Evidence implicates Assad in Syria war crimes

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 07:57 AM PST

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Venezuelan state television TeleSUR in DamascusThe revelation breaks from policy to keep the identity of perpetrators under wraps.

Government diagnosis: HealthCare.gov is on the mend

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:09 AM PST

This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, on Nov. 29, 2013. The beleaguered health insurance website has had periods of down times as as the government tries to fix the problems. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)Computer crashes should be giving way to insurance coverage — if the government's diagnosis of its health care website is correct. The Health and Human Services Department released a progress report Sunday ...

Investigators recover black boxes in deadly Metro-North train derailment

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Survivors recall Kindertransport flight from Nazis

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:24 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 photo, Oscar Findling, 91, who was brought to England by Kindertransport from Germany to escape Nazi persecution, sits at his home in London. The operation was called Kindertransport - Children's Transport - and it was a passage from hell to freedom. Kristallnacht had just rocked Nazi Germany. The pogroms killed dozens of Jews, burned hundreds of synagogues and imprisoned tens of thousands in concentration camps. Many historians see them as the start of Hitler's Final Solution. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Before the outbreak of World War Two, thousands of children escaped Germany.

Bird steals camera in Australia, records journey

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 07:38 AM PST

Raw: Bird Steals Camera, Records JourneySYDNEY (AP) — A brazen bird snatched a video camera that was recording crocodiles in northwest Australia and captured fascinating footage of its 110-kilometer (70-mile) journey across the country's remote landscape.

Drone on: Novel uses for Amazon's drone delivery

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:49 AM PST

This undated image provided by Amazon.com shows the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project that Amazon is working on in its research and development labs. Amazon says it will take years to advance the technology and for the Federal Aviation Administration to create the necessary rules and regulations, but CEO Jeff Bezos said Sunday Dec. 1, 2013, there's no reason drones can't help get goods to customers in 30 minutes or less. (AP Photo/Amazon)NEW YORK (AP) — Need a quick delivery? Jeff Bezos wants to send in the drones.

Justices won't hear appeal of NY internet taxation

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 10:53 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, file photo, an employee walks a wide isle at Amazon.com's 1.2 million square foot fulfillment center, in Phoenix. Millions of shoppers are expected to click on items on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, as retailers rev up deals to grab online holiday shopping dollars on the first working day after the busy holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused on Monday to wade into a dispute over New York state's taxes on purchases on websites like Amazon.com. The move likely will prompt more states to attempt to collect taxes on Internet sales — and ignite a furious battle in Congress between Internet sellers, brick-and-mortar stores and states hungry for extra tax revenue.

Ukrainian protesters besiege government buildings

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:07 AM PST

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of protesters besieged government buildings in Ukraine's capital on Monday to demand the ouster of the prime minister and his Cabinet, as anger at the president's decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the European Union gripped other parts of the country and threatened his rule.

NTSB: 2nd data recorder found in derailed NY train

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 10:10 AM PST

Combination map and photo locates fatal commuter rail crash in New York City; 2c x 4 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 114 mm;NEW YORK (AP) — Two data recorders retrieved from the commuter train that veered off a sharply curved track by a river's edge, killing four people, may shed light on key factors including the train's speed and how brakes were applied, a National Transportation Safety Board member said Monday as the agency sought to ask the engineer and conductor what went wrong.

Lebanon puts army in control of Tripoli

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 10:10 AM PST

A Lebanese man runs to cross a street to avoid sniper fire, during clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. The latest round of violence in Lebanon's second largest city began Saturday and has so far killed a dozen and wounded more than 100, according to security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese government authorized the army on Monday to take control of the northern city of Tripoli for six months following three days of sectarian clashes, a decision meant to allay fears that fighting in Lebanon's second largest city was spiraling out of control.

Critics of Common Core see educational folly

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 10:36 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, speaks to reporters at Malcolm X Elementary School in Washington. Critics are relentless in warning about what they see as the folly of the new Common Core academic standards. The standards were written in private and never tested in real classrooms, they say. Educators aren't familiar enough with the standards to use them. They'll cost billions to put into place. Washington Mayor Vincent Gray is at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Critics are relentless in warning about what they see as the folly of the new Common Core academic standards, designed to prepare students for college or a job by the time they graduate from high school.

Record crowds over weekend, but spending declined

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 07:37 AM PST

President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, center, and Malia, pays for his purchase the the local bookstore Politics and Prose in northwest Washington, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers got Americans into stores during the start to the holiday shopping season. Now, they'll need to figure out how to get them to actually shop.

Long-running societal divide fuels Thai conflict

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 04:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2013 file photo, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks at a news conference at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, helped set the stage for Thailand's latest protests by backing an amnesty bill that would have wiped out a corruption conviction that keeps Thaksin in self-imposed exile. Now his longtime political foes are trying to use that public anger to seize control. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn, File)BANGKOK (AP) — Both the protesters on the streets of Bangkok and the Thai government pleading for them to go home say they're on the side of democracy, but that is not what their increasingly dangerous conflict is about. This is a fight about power, and who ought to have it.

Oklahoma adopts California-style quake precautions

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 10:07 AM PST

In this Nov. 26, 2013 photo is Matt Pryor at his insurance office in Oklahoma City. Business at Pryor's Oklahoma City office has been brisk following temblors that struck near the city of Edmond, Okla., a bedroom community where residents are more accustomed to watching the sky for tornadoes than bracing for the earth to move. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)PRAGUE, Okla. (AP) — It's become a predictable routine at Matt Pryor's insurance agency: An earthquake rumbles through Oklahoma, rattling dishes and nerves. Then the phones light up with calls and text messages from desperate residents asking if it's too late to buy a policy to cover any damage.

Myanmar still enlists boy soldiers despite reforms

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 04:30 AM PST

In this Nov. 3, 2013 photo, Min Thu, 17, a run-away boy soldier of Myanmar army, foreground, stands near his father Zaw Win, center, and mother Daw San in Chaung Tha, Irawaddy, Myanmar. Thu disappeared when he was 12 years old, a skinny boy from the wrong side of town who thought he'd stumbled onto the golden ticket. It began when a swaggering, potbellied businessman bumped into Thu at the market, offering him an escape from a neighborhood where the houses are made of lumberyard scraps and the air smells of fish and decay and woodsmoke. It ended with four years in the army. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)CHAUNG THA, Myanmar (AP) — He disappeared when he was 12 years old, a skinny boy named Min Thu from the wrong side of town who thought he'd stumbled onto the golden ticket.

Amazon.com sees delivery drones as future

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 10:13 AM PST

This undated image provided by Amazon.com shows the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project that Amazon is working on in its research and development labs. Amazon says it will take years to advance the technology and for the Federal Aviation Administration to create the necessary rules and regulations, but CEO Jeff Bezos said Sunday Dec. 1, 2013, there's no reason Drones can't help get goods to customers in 30 minutes or less. (AP Photo/Amazon)NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com is working on a way to get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less — via self-guided drone.

Is the worst over for HealthCare.gov?

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:08 AM PST

This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, on Nov. 29, 2013. The beleaguered health insurance website has had periods of down times as as the government tries to fix the problems. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)The administration claims its troubled health care website is finally on the mend.

Probe seeks cause of NYC train crash that killed 4

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 04:17 AM PST

NTSB: 2nd data recorder found in derailed NY trainFederal authorities on Monday were beginning an exhaustive investigation into what caused a New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve to derail, killing four people and injuring more than ...

Africa risks losing 20 percent of elephants in 10 years

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:36 AM PST

Gaborone (Botswana) (AFP) - Africa could lose 20 percent of its elephant population within a decade, conservation groups warned Monday as governments met in Botswana to discuss measures to curb poaching. An estimated 22,000 elephants were illegally killed across the continent last year, as poaching reached "unacceptably elevated levels," according to a report by CITES, TRAFFIC and IUCN. "If poaching rates are sustained at current levels, Africa is likely to lose a fifth of its elephants in the next ten years," the group said. The study was released as experts and ministers met in Gaborone to look at ways to stamp out the slaughter, fuelled by a growing demand for ivory in Asia.

Pro-EU protesters besiege Ukrainian government building

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:53 AM PST

Protesters stand on the barricade in Independent Square in Kiev, Ukraine, early Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Thousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet, as massive anti-government demonstrations continued to grip Kiev. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet, as anger at the president's decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the European Union gripped other parts of the country and threatened his rule.

Probe seeks cause of fatal NYC train crash

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:56 AM PST

NTSB: 2nd data recorder found in derailed NY trainFour people were killed and more than 60 others injured when the commuter train derailed.

Officials: Speed a factor in Walker's deadly crash

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 08:24 PM PST

Sheriff's deputies work near the wreckage of a Porsche that crashed into a light pole on Hercules Street near Kelly Johnson Parkway in Valencia, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. A publicist for actor Paul Walker says the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series died in the crash north of Los Angeles. He was 40. Ame Van Iden says Walker died Saturday afternoon. No further details were released. (AP Photo/The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Dan Watson)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators sought to determine the cause of a fiery crash that killed "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker while the actor's fans erected a makeshift memorial Sunday near where the Porsche he was riding in smashed into a light pole and tree.

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