| Christie on bridge fiasco, having 'sharp elbows' Posted: 20 Jan 2014 05:00 AM PST  Exclusive: Yahoo News' Matt Bai has the NJ gov's first interview since 'Bridgegate' broke.
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| At least 10 hurt in Omaha feed plant explosion Posted: 20 Jan 2014 11:31 AM PST  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — At least 10 people have been hospitalized and others could be trapped after an explosion and partial building collapse Monday at an Omaha animal feed processing plant.
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| Europe's billion-dollar comet-chasing probe wakes up Posted: 20 Jan 2014 11:12 AM PST  The European probe Rosetta woke up Monday after a 31-month hibernation in a nearly decade-old quest to explore a comet, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. Europe's most ambitious space mission, the craft was launched in 2004 on a trek of seven billion kilometres (4.3 billion miles) around the inner Solar System. Analysing this primeval stuff should unlock secrets of how the Solar System formed -- and possibly how life on Earth was kickstarted. "This was one alarm clock not to hit snooze on, and after a tense day we are absolutely delighted to have our spacecraft awake and back online," said Fred Jansen, ESA's Rosetta mission manager.
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| 'Black widow' bomber feared to be inside Olympic security ring Posted: 20 Jan 2014 09:13 AM PST  Police Distribute Wanted Posters to Hotels for 22-Year-Old Woman With a Limp, Facial Scars
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| Urban streets named after MLK struggle to inspire Posted: 19 Jan 2014 09:41 AM PST  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A walk down the 6-mile city street named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. yields plenty of images that would surely unsettle the civil rights leader: shuttered storefronts, open-air drug markets and a glut of pawn shops, quickie check-cashing providers and liquor stores.
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| Syrian opposition gives deadline to disinvite Iran from talks Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:09 AM PST  By Dasha Afanasieva ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's main opposition body, the National Coalition, will not attend peace talks in Switzerland scheduled for this week unless the United Nations retracts its invitation to Iran by 2:00 PM EST on Monday, a senior coalition member said. Late on Sunday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited Iran to the conference, dubbed "Geneva 2", prompting the Coalition to quickly issue an ultimatum, on which it has now set a time limit. Reading an official coalition statement, Abdah reiterated that the Coalition would accept Iran's participation only if it "publicly states that it is withdrawing its forces, committing to the Geneva 1 agreement in full and committing to implementing any results of Geneva 2". The accord reached in Geneva in 2012 calls for a transitional government for Syria, which Western countries and the opposition say means Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power.
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| Groundbreaking gene therapy study saves man from blindness Posted: 17 Jan 2014 08:52 PM PST  Virus Used to Deliver Gene Therapy into Retina
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| Ex-DEA agent jumps jobs to join marijuana investment firm Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:04 AM PST  By Jonathan Kaminsky SEATTLE (Reuters) - In a decade with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Patrick Moen rose to supervise a team of agents busting methamphetamine and heroin rings in Oregon - before giving it all up to join the nascent legal marijuana industry in nearby Washington state. In November, the former federal drug agent quit his post to work for a marijuana industry investment firm, and says he relishes getting in on the ground floor of a burgeoning industry he was once sworn to annihilate. As managing director of compliance and senior counsel for Seattle-based Privateer Holdings, Moen has added his name to a small but growing list of individuals with unlikely backgrounds who have joined or thrown their support behind state-sanctioned marijuana enterprises. In Oregon, another former Portland-based DEA agent, Paul Schmidt, who retired from the agency in 2010, recently set up shop as a consultant to medical cannabis businesses after working as a state inspector of medical pot dispensaries in Colorado.
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| U.S. missionary held in North Korea seen in rare appeal Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:41 AM PST  TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. missionary Kenneth Bae, imprisoned in reclusive North Korea for more than a year, said on Monday he wants to return to his family as soon as possible and hopes the United States will help, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported. The appeal came after North Korea signaled last week it was prepared to reach out to South Korea if it abandoned military drills with the United States that start next month and as Pyongyang appeared to embark on a charm offensive. Bae, a 45-year old ethnic Korean, was jailed for 15 years of hard labor for state subversion in North Korea, where he was detained in 2012 while leading a tour group. North Korea's Supreme Court said he used his tourism business to form groups aimed at overthrowing the government.
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| US officials: Iran 'well short' of eligibility for Syria talks Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:03 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran has still not met the criteria to participate in an upcoming international conference on Syria hosted by the United Nations, and its invitation to attend must be withdrawn unless it fully and publicly endorses the aims of the meeting, senior U.S. officials said Monday.
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| President warns clashes threaten all Ukraine as fighting rages Posted: 20 Jan 2014 10:45 AM PST  Opposition protesters were locked in a tense standoff with Ukrainian security forces in Kiev after hours of unprecedented clashes deep into the night left dozens wounded and parts of the centre resembling a battlefield. The clashes, the worst in Kiev in recent times, came amid mounting anger over new restrictions on protests ordered by President Viktor Yanukovych after almost two months of protests over his refusal to sign a pact for integration with the EU. A special commission set up by Yanukovych was due Monday to meet representatives of the opposition for emergency talks but it was unclear if this could in any way help ease the crisis.
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| Scramble to save Syria peace talks after Iran invite Posted: 20 Jan 2014 09:31 AM PST  A furious Syrian opposition threatened Monday to pull out of this week's peace conference and the United States issued a warning after the United Nations invited Iran to the talks.
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| Militants issue new threat for Sochi Olympics Posted: 19 Jan 2014 03:23 PM PST  Two alleged suicide bombers suggests those attending the Winter Games will not be safe.
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| Is the 'clock turning back' on American women? Posted: 19 Jan 2014 04:33 AM PST  Everyday women offer mixed reactions in response to Hillary Clinton's warning.
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| Jailed American appears before reporters in NKorea Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:31 AM PST  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — An American missionary who has been jailed in North Korea for more than a year appeared before reporters Monday and appealed to the U.S. government to do its best to secure his release.
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| Police: Mom charged in kids' death feared devil Posted: 19 Jan 2014 06:27 PM PST  GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman charged with killing two of her children has told investigators that she thought an exorcism was necessary to remove the presence of the devil and evil spirits, a police captain said Sunday.
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| Police: Elderly man shoots wife at Nev. hospital Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:35 AM PST  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Jailers were keeping an 88-year-old man on a suicide watch after he was arrested for allegedly opening fire at a Carson City hospital and critically wounding his wife, authorities said.
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| Fallon to begin 'Tonight' run with Will Smith, U2 Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 AM PST  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight" show, which debuts next month with actor Will Smith and U2 as guests, will look familiar to people who appreciate his current work in the time slot following Jay Leno.
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| Broncos-Seahawks Super Bowl pits top 'O,' top 'D' Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:30 AM PST  Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos and Richard Sherman's Seattle Seahawks were the NFL's best all season, so it's fitting that they'll meet in the Super Bowl.
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| UN: Iran invited to attend Syrian peace conference Posted: 19 Jan 2014 06:20 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Iran has been invited to attend a meeting of foreign ministers in the Swiss city of Montreux on Wednesday ahead of internationally brokered peace talks between Syria's warring factions, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Sunday.
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| Taliban bomb kills 13 near main Pakistani army HQ Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:17 AM PST  RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near Pakistan's main military headquarters on Monday, killing 13 people just a day after the militants killed 20 troops inside an army compound in the northwest of the country, officials said.
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| Fallon and Crystal among Leno's final guests Posted: 19 Jan 2014 07:05 PM PST  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jay Leno will close out his 22-year run as host of NBC's the "Tonight" show with a nod to the future and to the past.
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| Seahawks star makes big play, talks bigger Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:25 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — When Richard Sherman gave Michael Crabtree a pat on the backside, got shoved in the face and made a choke sign toward the San Francisco bench, he was just getting warmed up.
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| Police: Man shoots, wounds wife at Nevada hospital Posted: 19 Jan 2014 08:47 PM PST RENO, Nev. (AP) — An 88-year-old man accused of shooting and critically wounding his wife Sunday at a Nevada hospital was placed on suicide watch at a local jail, authorities said. |
| Manning's Broncos to face Seahawks in Super Bowl Posted: 19 Jan 2014 08:25 PM PST  Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning runs the NFL's No. 1 offense.
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| Iran prepares for start of landmark nuclear deal Posted: 19 Jan 2014 06:24 PM PST  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Ahead of the start of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, an official in the Islamic Republic called limiting uranium enrichment and diluting its stockpile the country's "most important commitments," state radio reported Sunday.
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| Iraq announces offensive against al-Qaida Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:44 AM PST  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi government forces and allied tribal militias launched an all-out offensive Sunday to push al-Qaida militants from a provincial capital, an assault that killed or wounded some 20 police officers and government-allied tribesmen, officials said.
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| N.J. mayor: Sandy aid ultimatum came from Christie Posted: 19 Jan 2014 07:08 PM PST  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Democratic mayor of a town severely flooded by Superstorm Sandy said Sunday that she was told an ultimatum tying recovery funds to her support for a prime real estate project came directly from Republican Gov. Chris Christie, a claim a Christie spokesman called "categorically false."
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| Did Snowden have help from the Russians? Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:36 AM PST  U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., says National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden may have had help from Russia.
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