NYC's de Blasio dropping stop-and-frisk fight

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• NYC's de Blasio dropping stop-and-frisk fight
• Stories from the storm: Middle fingers, horns and motherly love
• ACLU promotes ‘My Big Gay Illegal Wedding’ contest
• Watch out Joe, Hillary's got the edge for 2016
• 20-term Democratic Rep. Waxman to retire
• Justice Dept. offers to help some drug offenders get out of prison
• Di Blasio drops stop-and-frisk appeal
• U.S. cancels opinion poll funding ahead of Afghan election
• Obama's 'phone and a pen' problem
• Report: Syria government leveled civilian neighborhoods
• Verdict day for Amanda Knox in murder appeal
• Snow, ice send South's flagship city reeling
• Police: Md. mall gunman wrote of killing people
• Study: One's 'weight fate' may be set by age 5
• Defense team hails ruling on secret spy court documents
• Inside Josef Stalin's summer villa in Sochi
• Super Bowl sex, drug arrests underway in NYC
• Where's my car? Storm clean up underway in Atlanta
• Knox in US as Italian court begins deliberations
• Key dates in Knox prosecution
• GO FIGURE: Top defenses have best Super Bowls
• Johansson stepping down as Oxfam ambassador
• Justin Bieber charged with assault in Canada
• Doctors trying to bring Schumacher out of coma
• 2 days after snow, Atlanta roads still treacherous
• Thai government forced to beg access to offices
• Officials: Super Bowl sex, drug arrests in NYC
• Argentines jockey to cope with economic turmoil
• Gaza's 2nd feature film revisits resistance theme
• Crisis continues: Ukraine opposition says no to amnesty bill
• Firefighters honor N.Y. boy who died saving six others
• Obama signs order for 'myRA' savings plan
• Cruise ship passengers recall days of misery
• Iraqi gov't: Have you seen this man?
• Southerners share tales of epic gridlock

NYC's de Blasio dropping stop-and-frisk fight Posted: 30 Jan 2014 08:54 AM PST City had appealed ruling that police discriminated against blacks and Hispanics.

Stories from the storm: Middle fingers, horns and motherly love Posted: 30 Jan 2014 09:41 AM PST Tales from this week's storm that dumped three inches of snow in metro Atlanta, iced roads, forced cancellation of almost 800 flights, caused roughly 1,200 accidents, injured at least 130, killed two, wrecked countless commutes and stranded thousands in local schools and business.

ACLU promotes ‘My Big Gay Illegal Wedding’ contest Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:35 AM PST Brian Jensen and Jeromy Manke, a same-sex engaged couple in Nevada, are in the running to win a free trip to New York City, $5,000, and help from a wedding planner to fund their spring nuptials in California.

Watch out Joe, Hillary's got the edge for 2016 Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:00 AM PST The former First Lady is the biggest Democratic frontrunner—ever.

20-term Democratic Rep. Waxman to retire Posted: 30 Jan 2014 08:17 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman, a congressional force on clean air and expansion of Medicaid during his 20 terms, has decided to retire.

Justice Dept. offers to help some drug offenders get out of prison Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:49 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday asked lawyers around the country to help some drug prisoners prepare petitions for clemency, a dramatic expansion of President Barack Obama's action last month commuting the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh drug sentences.

Di Blasio drops stop-and-frisk appeal Posted: 30 Jan 2014 08:32 AM PST But NYPD unions seek to intervene and push the appeal forward.

U.S. cancels opinion poll funding ahead of Afghan election Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:11 AM PST By Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - The United States has cancelled funding for opinion polls in the run-up to Afghanistan's presidential election, a U.S.-funded group said, after a first poll in December triggered accusations of U.S. attempts to manipulate the outcome. The cut in funding comes as relations between the United States and Afghanistan have been severely strained over President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a bilateral security pact that would enable U.S. troops to stay beyond this year. An official at a U.S.-funded group that promotes democracy said it and other such organisations had planned to carry out opinion polls as Afghanistan prepares for the April 5 election.

Obama's 'phone and a pen' problem Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:20 AM PST With three years left in his presidency, he still has time to be a generational leader.

Report: Syria government leveled civilian neighborhoods Posted: 30 Jan 2014 05:10 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government used controlled explosives and bulldozers to raze thousands of residential buildings, in some cases entire neighborhoods, in a campaign that appeared designed to punish civilians sympathetic to the opposition or to cause disproportionate harm to them, an international human rights group said Thursday.

Verdict day for Amanda Knox in murder appeal Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:28 AM PST The American won't be in court to hear Italian judges give their verdict in her retrial.

Snow, ice send South's flagship city reeling Posted: 30 Jan 2014 04:40 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — The snow and sleet have stopped falling and traffic was moving again around Atlanta following a crippling storm — but transportation and rescue officials said that didn't mean it was safe yet to drive, especially after the sun goes down.

Police: Md. mall gunman wrote of killing people Posted: 29 Jan 2014 04:52 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in a deadly attack at a Maryland shopping mall wrote in general terms about killing people in his journal and said that he was ready to die, police said Wednesday in releasing new details about writings the shooter left behind.

Study: One's 'weight fate' may be set by age 5 Posted: 29 Jan 2014 04:24 PM PST Researchers eye window of opportunity from knowing which kids will develop obesity, when.

Defense team hails ruling on secret spy court documents Posted: 29 Jan 2014 05:34 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — The government can't keep secret its request to conduct clandestine surveillance of an accused attempted terrorist, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday in a potentially far-reaching decision that gives defense attorneys unprecedented access to records filed with a secret intelligence court.

Inside Josef Stalin's summer villa in Sochi Posted: 29 Jan 2014 12:58 PM PST A general view of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin'­s Villa in Sochi, January 28, 2014. (REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk)

Super Bowl sex, drug arrests underway in NYC Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:53 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Police were rounding up 18 people in New York City on Thursday on allegations they sold "party packs" of cocaine and sex to high-end clients and texted their customers to advertise ahead of this week's Super Bowl festivities.

Where's my car? Storm clean up underway in Atlanta Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:09 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — The snow and sleet had stopped falling and traffic was moving again around Atlanta following a crippling storm — but officials warned that ice-covered roads remained a threat for drivers Thursday morning.

Knox in US as Italian court begins deliberations Posted: 30 Jan 2014 10:46 AM PST FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — An appeals court in Florence deliberated into the evening Thursday in the third murder trial of U.S. student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend as she waited a continent away with, in her words, "my heart in my throat."

Key dates in Knox prosecution Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:36 AM PST FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Key dates in case of American student Amanda Knox, convicted then acquitted in slaying of British roommate Meredith Kercher.

GO FIGURE: Top defenses have best Super Bowls Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:15 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — In big money Super Bowls it pays far more to be stingy.

Johansson stepping down as Oxfam ambassador Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:14 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scarlett Johansson is ending her relationship with a humanitarian group after being criticized over her support for an Israeli company that operates in the West Bank.

Justin Bieber charged with assault in Canada Posted: 30 Jan 2014 05:29 AM PST TORONTO (AP) — Justin Bieber was charged with assault for allegedly hitting a Toronto limousine driver several times in the back of the head last month. The news broke just after the Canadian pop star's attorney entered a separate not guilty plea in Florida to drunken-driving and other charges.

Doctors trying to bring Schumacher out of coma Posted: 30 Jan 2014 09:04 AM PST LONDON (AP) — Michael Schumacher's doctors have started trying to wake up the Formula One great from the medically induced coma he's been in since a skiing accident last month, his manager said Thursday.

2 days after snow, Atlanta roads still treacherous Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:31 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — The snow and sleet had stopped falling and traffic was moving again around Atlanta following a crippling storm — but officials warned that ice-covered roads remained a threat for drivers Thursday morning.

Thai government forced to beg access to offices Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:35 AM PST BANGKOK (AP) — The protest leader, a monk in flowing orange robes, sat sternly at the head of a long hardwood table, his newfound authority in this patch of Bangkok plain for all to see.

Officials: Super Bowl sex, drug arrests in NYC Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:25 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say 18 people are being rounded up in New York City on allegations they sold "party packs" of cocaine and sex to high-end clients and texted them to advertise ahead of this week's Super Bowl festivities.

Argentines jockey to cope with economic turmoil Posted: 30 Jan 2014 03:55 AM PST BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Consumer prices are soaring, the treasury is running low on foreign currency and the peso has had its sharpest slide in 12 years. Instead of rioting, though, Argentines are falling back on tried and true survival skills to cope with the turmoil.

Gaza's 2nd feature film revisits resistance theme Posted: 29 Jan 2014 11:16 PM PST GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's tiny movie industry may struggle with amateur actors and power outages, but at least it has a winning formula of which the producers never seem to tire: the heroics, from a Palestinian perspective, of those fighting Israeli occupation.

Crisis continues: Ukraine opposition says no to amnesty bill Posted: 30 Jan 2014 10:43 AM PST President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday savaged the opposition for inflaming tensions in Ukraine's crisis after he unexpectedly went on sick leave with no end in sight to the turmoil. The street rallies first erupted when the president backed out of a key pact with the European Union in November in favour of closer ties with Moscow, but the unrest has since spiralled into an all-out uprising for the president's removal. The president's sick leave came after a fraught parliament session on Wednesday night where he had to personally intervene to prevent a possibly decisive schism in his ruling Regions Party. The upheaval has raised fears of a new point of discord between Russia and the West, with Russian President Vladimir Putin urging the European Union not to meddle but Western states hugely critical of Yanukovych's rule.

Firefighters honor N.Y. boy who died saving six others Posted: 29 Jan 2014 02:37 PM PST FAIRPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Local firefighters have adopted as one of their own a 9-year-old boy who died saving six relatives from a fire that destroyed his grandfather's upstate New York home.

Obama signs order for 'myRA' savings plan Posted: 29 Jan 2014 06:57 PM PST President touts actions aimed at boosting personal finances of working class Americans.

Cruise ship passengers recall days of misery Posted: 29 Jan 2014 03:11 PM PST BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Passengers aboard a cruise ship on which hundreds fell ill recalled days of misery holed up in their rooms as it returned to its home port Wednesday from a Caribbean trip cut short by what is suspected to be among the largest such norovirus outbreaks in the last 20 years.

Iraqi gov't: Have you seen this man? Posted: 29 Jan 2014 09:10 AM PST The Iraqi interior ministry Wednesday published a photograph purportedly of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an Al-Qaeda-linked group fighting in Iraq and Syria. The photograph, the first of its kind published by an official source, provides a rare glimpse of the man leading a militant group blamed for killing countless Iraqis, as well as fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "Intelligence forces have obtained a recent portrait of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and they also got three handwritten letters," said the statement accompanying the photograph, published on the ministry's website. Baghdadi's group has been blamed for a litany of attacks across Iraq in recent months, and ISIL has been involved in a deadly standoff with government forces in western Iraq's Anbar province.

Southerners share tales of epic gridlock Posted: 29 Jan 2014 01:30 PM PST Helicopters search for stranded drivers after deadly storm paralyzes the Deep South.

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