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JetBlue: We're sitting this one out

JetBlue: We're sitting this one out


JetBlue: We're sitting this one out

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:59 AM PST

A woman walks past a flight information board displaying delays and cancellations at Logan International Airport during a winter nor'easter snow storm in BostonAirline to halt service at NYC, Boston airports for 17 hours ahead of frigid forecast.


Countdown clock for Iran nuke deal could start ‘soon’

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 09:06 AM PST

A photo taken on November 24, 2013 shows Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) hugging his French counterpart Laurent Fabius after world powers and Tehran agreed to a nuclear deal during landmark talks in GenevaThe United States and its diplomatic partners hope to seal an interim agreement restricting Iran's nuclear program "soon," the White House said Monday. Doing so will start a six-month countdown to reach a final accord or face the possibility of war.


Whoa, dude, check out the U.K. wave action

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:04 AM PST

People watch and photograph enormous waves as they break, on Porthcawl harbour, South Wales, Monday Jan. 6, 2014. Residents along Britain's coasts are braced for more flooding as strong winds, rain and high tides lash the country. At least three people have died in a wave of stormy weather that has battered Britain since last week, including a man killed when his mobility scooter fell into a river in Oxford, southern England. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall) UNITED KINGDOM OUTLONDON (AP) — Waves up to 27 feet (8.2 meters) high slammed into Britain's southwestern coast on Monday, as lashing winds and heavy rain battered parts of the U.K. and coastal residents braced for another round of flooding.


Movement to legalize pot in U.S. gets an unlikely endorsement

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 08:19 AM PST

Matt Galanti, 17, of Bothell, Wash., smokes marijuana from a glass bong at the opening day of the pro-marijuana rally Seattle Hempfest, Aug. 17, 2012, as friends Zach Casselman, 18, of Bothell, and Clay Graeber, 20, of Bothell, look on. Organizers expected more than 150,000 people to attend the three-day event, which comes as citizens in Washington state prepare to vote on an initiative that would legalize and tax the sale of up to an ounce of cannabis at state-licensed stores. (AP Photo/Gene Johnson)The growing campaign for legalizing marijuana has a new, unlikely supporter: the conservative National Review.


High court halts same-sex marriage in Utah

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 09:06 AM PST

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court in WashingtonThe Supreme Court stalls gay marriage while an appeals court considers the issue.


'Jihad Jane' gets 10 years in terror plot

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 08:53 AM PST

FILE - This June 26, 1997 file booking photo provided by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, shows Colleen R. LaRose, also known as Jihad Jane. LaRose's sentencing hearing starts Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Philadelphia. LaRose admits she plotted to kill a Swedish artist over a cartoon that offended Muslims. Prosecutors will seek a long sentence Monday, despite her extensive cooperation. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman involved in a deadly terror plot has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.


Clinton inches closer to 2016 decision

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 05:37 AM PST

Hillary Clinton Awarded The 2013 Lantos Human Rights PrizeHillary Clinton insists she's still months away from deciding whether or not to run for president. But recent reports suggest the former secretary of state and first lady may be inching closer to a decision on 2016.


Crop circle mystery: It was a marketing stunt

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 06:50 AM PST

This photo provided by Nvidia shows a 310-foot The mystery behind a California crop circle has been solved. Turns out it was all one big commercial.


'Jihad Jane' gets 10 years in plot to kill artist

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:51 AM PST

FILE - This June 26, 1997 file booking photo provided by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, shows Colleen R. LaRose, also known as Jihad Jane. LaRose's sentencing hearing starts Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Philadelphia. LaRose admits she plotted to kill a Swedish artist over a cartoon that offended Muslims. Prosecutors will seek a long sentence Monday, despite her extensive cooperation. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A troubled Pennsylvania woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" online and plotted to kill a Swedish artist was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison after telling a judge she had been consumed by thoughts of a Muslim holy war.


Aspen airport remains closed after deadly crash

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:02 AM PST

Emergency crews work near a passenger plane that crashed upon landing at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colo., Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/The Aspen Times, Leigh Vogel)DENVER (AP) — Two men from Mexico were being treated Monday for serious injuries and another was dead after a fiery plane crash at the airport in Aspen, a popular ski resort where wealthy visitors shuttle in and out on private flights.


Workers seize 2 bosses at French Goodyear site

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 11:12 AM PST

Workers of the Goodyear tire factory gather at the plant in Amiens, northern France, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Two Goodyear managers, production manager Michel Dheilly and Human Resources director Bernard Glesser, were blocked from leaving the plant on Monday, with angry workers demanding more money in exchange for the inevitable loss of their jobs. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)PARIS (AP) — Monday's meeting in northern French city of Amiens was not going well.


Iran tries to reverse a slumping birth rate

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:29 AM PST

In this Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 photo, a newborn baby cries while is held by a nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Mofid Children's Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Having curbed birth rates for two decades, Iran is once again promoting a baby boom to help make up for its graying population. But experts say it is difficult to encourage Iranians to have more children under a sanctions-hit economy and 36 percent inflation. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In Iran, free condoms and government-backed vasectomies are out, replaced by sermons praising larger families and discussions of even offering gold coins to the families of newborns.


National Zoo prepares panda cub for debut in DC

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 11:04 AM PST

Bao Bao, the four and a half month old giant panda, makes her public debut at an indoor habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Bao Bao, who now weighs 16.9 pounds (7.65 kilograms), was born to the zoo's female giant panda Mei Xiang and male giant panda Tian Tian. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Bao Bao, the giant panda cub at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, is getting used to seeing fans outside her panda house enclosure as she prepares for her public debut this month.


Blatter: Brazil far behind in WCup preparations

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:36 AM PST

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA President Sepp Blatter criticized Brazil's slow preparations for the World Cup, calling the country further behind than any other hosting the international event during his tenure.

Iraq PM urges people of Fallujah to expel al-Qaida

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 06:29 AM PST

Mourners carry the coffin of an Iraqi soldier who was killed during the clashes in Ramadi, during his funeral procession in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Clashes continued late Sunday and early morning Monday between al-Qaida and Iraqi troops on the main highway that links the capital, Baghdad, to neighboring Syria and Jordan. Al-Qaida fighters and allied tribes are still controlling the center of the city where they are deployed in streets and around government buildings. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister urged residents and tribes of Fallujah to "expel" al-Qaida militants from the Sunni-dominated city to avoid an all-out battle — remarks that may signal an imminent military move to retake the former insurgent stronghold.


Fed chair, unemployment on tap as Congress returns

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 07:28 AM PST

From left, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., talk to reporters about the final work of the Senate as their legislative year nears to a close, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Reid promises a vote no later than Jan. 7 on a measure to extend jobless benefits for three months. He said the number of jobless people out of work for more than six months is far greater than in past economic recoveries. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Back to work on Monday, Congress faces a hefty list of unfinished business and a politically driven agenda in an election year that will determine control of the House and Senate.


German leader suffers pelvic injury on ski holiday

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 08:18 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013 file picture German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a cabinet meeting in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suffered a pelvis injury during a skiing holiday in Switzerland, putting her on the sidelines for the next three weeks. Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said Monday Jan. 6, 2014 that the chancellor suffered what she first thought was just a bruise to her left rear pelvic area while cross-country skiing. Doctors told her Friday that the injury was in fact an "incomplete" bone fracture that will require her to rest for three weeks. Seibert told reporters that Merkel would need to cancel a number of official appointments in the coming weeks but would continue to lead the government and hold Cabinet meetings. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel cracked her pelvis during a skiing accident in the Swiss Alps and will have to cut back on her work schedule for the next three weeks, her spokesman said Monday.


Sochi Olympics: The good and the bad

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 03:45 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, takes part in a friendly hockey match between the Stars of the NHL 1 and the Stars of the NHL 2 teams at The Bolshoy Ice Dome, the part of the complex of facilities operated by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)LONDON (AP) — Tuesday marks the 1-month countdown to the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, a defining moment on the world stage for Russia and Vladimir Putin.


1 serious, 1 critical after Colorado plane crash

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 08:52 AM PST

Emergency crews work near a passenger plane that crashed upon landing at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colo., Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/The Aspen Times, Leigh Vogel)DENVER (AP) — Two men from Mexico were being treated Monday for serious injuries and another was dead after a fiery plane crash at the airport in Aspen, a popular ski resort where numerous wealthy visitors shuttle in and out on private flights.


Gone with the wind chill: Gusts spread winter pain

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 04:50 AM PST

Srirupa Chatterjee holds her hood as she crosses a street Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, in St. Louis. Heavy snow continues to fall Sunday with forecasters calling for up to a foot (30 centimeters) in eastern Missouri and parts of central Illinois followed by bitter cold. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It's not the heat, it's the humidity, goes the old saying. For the tens of millions of Americans currently trapped in the deep freeze: It's not the cold, it's the wind.


Bao Bao meets the press, readies for her public debut

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 07:08 AM PST

Bao Bao, the four and a half month old giant panda, makes her public debut at an indoor habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Bao Bao, who now weighs 16.9 pounds (7.65 kilograms), was born to the zoo's female giant panda Mei Xiang and male giant panda Tian Tian. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo is preparing panda cub Bao Bao (bow-bow) for her public debut this month.


Cheney quits Senate run over 'serious health issues' in family

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 11:34 AM PST

FILE - In this July 17, 2013 file photo, Liz Cheney speaks during a campaign appearance in Casper, Wyo. Published reports citing anonymous GOP insiders say Liz Cheney, the daughter of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, plans to quit the Republican Wyoming Senate primary and abandon her effort to unseat incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi. Cheney moved her family from Virginia to Wyoming to run for the seat. Her effort to replace Enzi, a Senate veteran, angered and upset many Republicans and her campaign has faced a number of problems. (AP Photo/Matt Young, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, on Monday abruptly abandoned her effort to unseat Republican incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming.


Stampede at China mosque ceremony turns deadly

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 06:07 AM PST

In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 photo provided China's official Xinhnua News Agency, an injured woman receives medical treatment at a hospital in Xiji Town of Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia region. China's Xinhua News Agency said Monday, Jan. 6, 14 people were killed in a stampede at a mosque in the country's north and 10 other people were injured in the incident in Guyuan. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Ran) NO SALESBEIJING (AP) — A stampede broke out during an event at a mosque in northern China, killing 14 people and injuring 10 others, a state news agency said Monday.


Brain-dead girl moved from Calif. hospital

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 10:13 PM PST

File - This undated file photo provided by the McMath family and Omari Sealey shows Jahi McMath. The family attorney of the California girl declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy says she has been taken out of Children's Hospital of Oakland. Christopher Dolan tells The Associated Press that McMath left the hospital in a private ambulance shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday Jan. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Courtesy of McMath Family and Omari Sealey, File)A family lawyer says Jahi McMath has been released into the custody of her parents.


'Polar vortex' brings arctic temps into Midwest

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 06:32 AM PST

Two people duck into the blowing snow as they leave the U City Loop next to the statue of Chuck Berry on Sunday morning, Jan. 5, 201, in St. Louis. Heavy snow combined with strong winds and bitter cold created a dangerous winter mix Sunday over much of Missouri. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes ) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUTIt hasn't been this cold for almost two decades in many parts of the country.


German Chancellor Merkel in skiing accident, cancels visits

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 09:51 AM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for photographs after the recording of her annual New Year's speech at the Chancellery in BerlinBy Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has broken her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident, forcing her to call off some foreign visits and official appointments just when she needs to bed down her fractious new coalition government. The news about Merkel - who began her third term last month after sealing the "grand coalition" with the center-left Social Democrats - came a week after German ex-Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffered a far more serious downhill skiing accident and remains in critical condition in France. Merkel's accident had occurred "at low speed" but what had at first seemed to be heavy bruising turned out to be a partial fracture, said spokesman Steffen Seibert. The conservative chancellor, a keen hiker who prefers cross-country to downhill skiing, must lie down and work from home where possible.


Kerry says Saudis back his Mideast peace moves

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:50 PM PST

Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (R) listens as US Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement to the press on January 5, 2014 in RiyadhUS Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday said he had won Saudi support for his efforts to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, in a day of whistlestop diplomacy to key Arab allies. The top US diplomat, on the fourth day of his 10th visit to Israel and the West Bank, promised any agreed plan would be "fair and balanced." "In the end all of these core issues fit together like a mosaic, like a puzzle and you can't separate out one piece or another," Kerry said early Sunday before flying to Amman, and later to Saudi Arabia. Kerry briefed the key Jordanian and Saudi stakeholders about his intense shuttling between Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas over the past few days.


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