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Kerry cites some progress in Mideast diplomacy

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Kerry cites some progress in Mideast diplomacy

Kerry cites some progress in Mideast diplomacy

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 09:40 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Kerry is on his 10th visit to the region to try to craft a peace treaty that would create a Palestinian state alongside Israel. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday cited progress on the Mideast peace process, yet acknowledged that some of the most intractable disputes between Israelis and Palestinians were unsolved after more than 20 rounds of negotiations.

Obama eyes modest momentum on Capitol Hill in 2014

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 06:48 AM PST

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama returns to Washington this weekend eager to test whether a modest budget deal passed in the waning days of 2013 can spark bipartisan momentum on Capitol Hill. As he opens his sixth year in office, he also faces legacy-defining decisions on the future of government surveillance programs and the American-led war in Afghanistan.

Death toll in latest Egypt clashes rises to 17

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 09:06 AM PST

Heavy smoke billows the air due to clashes between supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and security forces in Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The confrontations spilled from main streets to side streets in heavily populated residential areas in several provinces including Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters hurled rocks at security forces, which responded with volleys of tear gas. (AP Photo/Heba Khamis)Islamist protesters and security forces took to the streets on Friday, a security official said Saturday.

Move considered for girl declared brain dead

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 01:06 AM PST

Martin Winkfield places his arm around his wife Nailah Winkfield, mother of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, as they wait outside a courtroom Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. A federal magistrate was expected to meet Friday with lawyers to try to resolve a dispute over the care ofJahi McMath, who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)Her family began discussing the possibility after a judge laid out the conditions for such a transfer.

Phil Everly, half of pioneer rock duo, dies at 74

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 09:21 AM PST

FILE - This July 31, 1964 file photo shows The Everly Brothers, Don and Phil, performing on stage. Everly, who with his brother Don formed an influential harmony duo that touched the hearts and sparked the imaginations of rock 'n' roll singers for decades, including the Beatles and Bob Dylan, died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. He was 74. Everly died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at a Burbank hospital, said his son Jason Everly. (AP Photo, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — There is no more beautiful sound than the voices of siblings swirled together in high harmony, and when Phil and Don Everly combined their voices with songs about yearning, angst and loss, it changed the world.

Boeing machinists OK contract tied to 777X

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 01:26 AM PST

Boeing machinists walk past statues commemorating striking workers as they prepare to vote at their union hall Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Everett, Wash. The vote will determine Friday whether Boeing machinists will accept a contract that would concede some pension and health care benefits in order to secure assembly of the company's new 777X airplane in Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)SEATTLE (AP) — The stakes were high and the vote was close as Boeing production workers agreed to concede some benefits in order to secure assembly of the new 777X airplane for the Puget Sound region.

India building collapse kills 7; dozens trapped

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 07:58 AM PST

Rescue workers stand amid the debris of a building that collapsed in Canacona, a city about 70 kilometers (44 miles) from the state capital of Panaji, India, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. A five-story building under construction in the southern Indian state of Goa collapsed on Saturday, killing at least seven workers and leaving dozens more feared trapped under the rubble, police said. (AP Photo)PANAJI, India (AP) — A five-story building under construction in the southern Indian state of Goa collapsed on Saturday, killing at least seven workers and leaving dozens more feared trapped under the rubble, police said.

Al-Qaida group says responsible for Beirut bombing

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 09:56 AM PST

The father, right, and brother of Ali Khadra, left, who was killed Thursday by a bomb explosion, carry his coffin during his funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street Thursday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing several people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — An al-Qaida linked group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a suicide car bombing last week in a Shiite-dominated neighborhood in Lebanon, as its fighters fought other rebels in neighboring Syria in the most serious infighting since the uprising began.

Turkey to mull proposals for military re-trial

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 11:05 AM PST

Metin Feyzioglu, the head of the Turkish Bar Associations, speaks to the media after a meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Feyzioglu said that Erdogan has instructed Turkey's justice minister to work with the group on legal arrangements that could lead to the re-trial of hundreds of military officers and others. Hundreds of people have been jailed in Turkey for alleged plots to bring down Erdogan's government. The officers say much of the evidence against them was fabricated. (AP Photo)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government is considering legal arrangements that could lead to the re-trial of hundreds of military officers and other people who were convicted of plotting to topple the government, the head of Turkey's bar association said Saturday.

Pope to nuns: Why aren't you answering the phone?

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 05:35 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has made another one of his cold calls to wish a group of nuns in a Spanish convent Happy New Year. Only he got their answering machine, instead.

Providing health care complicated in rural areas

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 07:17 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, Joe Manning sits in his office in De Funiak Springs, Fla. Manning is an outreach worker trained to sign people in rural Florida to participate in the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson)FREEPORT, Fla. (AP) — In this rural part of the Panhandle, Christopher Mitchell finds few takers when he delivers his message about the importance of exploring insurance options under the federal health overhaul.

Schumacher's helmet camera given to investigators

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 04:22 AM PST

Michael Schumacher's wife, Corinna arrives at the Grenoble hospital, French Alps, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, where former seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is being treated after sustaining a head injury during a ski accident. Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma since Sunday, when he struck his head on a rock while on a family vacation. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Michael Schumacher's family has provided French investigators with the helmet camera that the Formula One great wore during a skiing incident in which he was critically injured, his manager said Saturday.

Rapid fall for Army general accused of sex crimes

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 08:05 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, file photo, Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair leaves a Fort Bragg, N.C., courthouse after he deferred entering a plea at his arraignment on charges of fraud, forcible sodomy, coercion and inappropriate relationships. Sinclair, 51, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison at a court-martial scheduled to begin March 3. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft, File)FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — With a single star studded on each shoulder of his immaculate dress blues, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair waited his turn to go through the metal detectors at the federal courthouse at Fort Bragg, just like everyone else.

Senior al-Qaida figure dies in custody in Lebanon

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 06:44 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, people gather at the scene where two deadly explosions struck near the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese authorities said Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, that DNA tests have confirmed that a man in government custody, Majid al-Majid, is the alleged leader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an al-Qaida-linked group that has claimed responsibility for the attack on the embassy. Al-Majid is one of the 85 most-wanted individuals in his native Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that carried out attacks across the Middle East before shifting its focus to Syria's civil war died on Saturday while in custody in Lebanon, the army said.

Obama calls for restoring unemployment benefits

Posted: 04 Jan 2014 03:02 AM PST

FILE - In this hursday Dec. 26, 2013 file photo, Richard Mattos, 59, looks for jobs at a state-run employment center in Salem, Ore. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last for the last week of 2013 on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Congress to reinstate jobless benefits for more than a million Americans.

Cubans aghast at car prices as new law kicks in

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 09:03 PM PST

A car dealership worker, right, and a boy clean a used Chinese Geely for sale at a government-run dealership in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. This car once was for sale for $5,000 dollars, but the price has risen to as much as $30,000, after a new law took effect eliminating a special permit requirement that has greatly restricted vehicle ownership in the country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)HAVANA (AP) — Talk about sticker shock!

Digging out: Extreme cold grips snowy Northeast

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 08:09 PM PST

At least 16 deaths were linked to the storm as it swept across the nation's eastern half.

NSA gets OK to keep collecting phone records

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 08:33 PM PST

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. A presidential advisory panel has recommended dozens of changes to the government's surveillance programs, including stripping the NSA of its ability to store Americans' telephone records and requiring a court to sign off on the individual searches of phone and Internet data. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Spy court's renewal of program is first since dueling decisions on its constitutionality.

'Great Train Robber' defiant even in death

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 08:59 AM PST

A floral tribute stands against the coffin of Ronnie Biggs as his funeral cortege arrives at Golders Green Crematorium in north LondonBy Alexander Winning LONDON (Reuters) - "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs arrived for his funeral on Friday in a hearse bearing a large flower display in the shape of an obscene two-finger "V-sign", a fitting emblem of his lifelong defiance of the British authorities. Biggs, a small-time criminal who became a celebrity during a life on the run after the notorious 1963 robbery, died last month at the age of 84 in a London nursing home. He had served just 15 months of a 30-year jail term when he escaped in 1965, fleeing to Australia, then Brazil, from where he flaunted his freedom, partying in exotic locations and giving interviews to the British press. On Friday, a cortege of Hell's Angels bikers and a brass band playing "When The Saints Go Marching In" led Biggs' coffin into a north London crematorium, followed by his family and various underworld figures, and watched by a scrum of media and some passers-by.

'Polar vortex' poised to pummel the Midwest

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 03:50 PM PST

Ice floats on the surface of Lake Michigan Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Chicago. Single-digit temperatures are hitting Illinois after the state was blanketed in snow. Meanwhile, residents are bracing for a deep freeze. Highs early next week likely won't reach zero and wind chills could sink to 45 below. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The weather warnings are dire: Life threatening wind chills. Historic cold outbreak.

Lottery winner who just claimed $324 million: I forgot I bought tickets

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 01:02 PM PST

Lottery balls wait to be dropped prior to the lottery drawing for the Mega Millions jackpot, estimated at $636 million, in Atlanta, GeorgiaSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's $324 million Mega Millions jackpot winner Steve Tran had a 3 a.m. epiphany earlier this week that spurred him from sleep and had him fumbling through a pile of lottery tickets on top of his dresser.

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