| Suspicious powder at hotels near Super Bowl Posted: 31 Jan 2014 10:34 AM PST  FBI and local law enforcement are investigating, with no injuries reported.
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| Obama gets CEOs to help unemployed Posted: 31 Jan 2014 09:51 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting an economic recovery slowed by persistent joblessness, President Barack Obama on Friday won commitments from nearly 300 companies to reach out to the nearly 4 million Americans who have been jobless for half a year or more.
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| White House calls class warfare charges ‘hyperventilation’ Posted: 31 Jan 2014 08:11 AM PST  The White House had a simple message on Friday for very rich Americans complaining that President Obama wants to wage class warfare: Stop your "hyperventilation."
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| Syria refuses to commit to more peace talks Posted: 31 Jan 2014 09:34 AM PST  After a week of negotiations, an end to the deadly civil war is not in sight.
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| Doctor found 'no problem' with Navy Yard gunman before attack Posted: 31 Jan 2014 11:08 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman who killed 12 people in last year's rampage at Washington's Navy Yard convinced Veterans Affairs doctors before the shootings that he had no mental health issues despite disturbing problems and encounters with police during the same period, according to a review by The Associated Press of his confidential medical files.
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| Rodman says he'd take captive American's place in N. Korea prison Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:58 PM PST  Dennis Rodman says he was "absolutely" drunk in his fiery, finger-pointing interview from North Korea earlier this month, but does not regret his trip to visit the man he calls his "friend": the country's infamous leader, Kim Jong Un.
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| 'I’m going to fight this to the very end' Posted:  Amanda Knox vows to not return to Italy on murder conviction.
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| Kerry seeks to calm German anger at NSA reports Posted: 31 Jan 2014 08:21 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that relations with Germany have gone through a "rough patch" recently because of revelations about NSA spying, but insisted that the two countries can put the episode behind them.
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| While U.N. leaders talk peace, nearly 1,900 die in Syria Posted: 31 Jan 2014 06:45 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Fighting in Syria killed nearly 1,900 people during the week of U.N.-hosted peace talks in Switzerland, activists said Friday. The death toll indicates that violence barely paused as the warring parties met but struck uncompromising stances, failing to reach any agreements that could help resolve the conflict.
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| A look at Amanda Knox's Italian trials Posted: 31 Jan 2014 11:00 AM PST  FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — The three trials of Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have reached conflicting conclusions and left outsiders puzzled by the intricacies of the Italian justice system. Here is a look at the legal path the case has taken since the body of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, Knox's roommate, was found on Nov. 2, 2007, in the Italian university town of Perugia.
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| Ukraine activist says he was abducted, tortured Posted: 31 Jan 2014 09:22 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Police on Friday opened an investigation into the kidnapping of an opposition activist, who said he was held captive for more than a week and tortured in the latest in a string of mysterious attacks on anti-government protesters in the two-month-long political crisis.
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| 10 Super Bowl Ads to watch out for Posted: 31 Jan 2014 10:21 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Scarlett Johansson gives SodaStream some sex appeal in a controversial spot, Kia revives actor Laurence Fishburne's "Matrix" character Morpheus in its commercial. And cute puppies and kids abound in ads for Cheerios to Anheuser-Busch.
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| US seeks death penalty for marathon suspect Posted: 31 Jan 2014 12:31 AM PST  BOSTON (AP) — The announcement by federal prosecutors that they will seek the death penalty against the man accused in the Boston Marathon bombing came as no surprise to people who lost limbs or suffered other injuries in last year's attack.
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| Cruise line cites fog, not illness, for return Posted: 31 Jan 2014 10:49 AM PST  PASADENA, Texas (AP) — A cruise ship carrying more than 160 passengers and crew sick with an apparent stomach virus returned to a Houston-area port early due to a dense fog advisory and not because people were vomiting and had diarrhea, a Princess Cruises spokeswoman said Friday.
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| PHOTOS: Boulder nearly wipes out Italian farmhouse Posted: 31 Jan 2014 08:51 AM PST  ROME (AP) — A huge boulder unleashed by a landslide in northern Italy narrowly missed a farmhouse, destroyed a barn and came to a stop in vineyards.
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| Knox co-defendant Sollecito travelled to Austria Posted: 31 Jan 2014 08:42 AM PST  FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend left Italy and drove to Austria while an appeals court deliberated his fate, police said Friday, but he eventually returned to Italy and surrendered his passport following their joint conviction for murdering British student Meredith Kercher.
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| Suicide bombers called biggest Sochi Olympics risk Posted: 31 Jan 2014 12:03 AM PST  SOCHI, Russia (AP) — While Sochi's Olympic venues are now among the most tightly guarded facilities in the world, the rest of this sprawling Black Sea resort looks more vulnerable.
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| Egypt military: Airstrikes kill 13 Sinai militants Posted: 31 Jan 2014 07:41 AM PST  EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian military aircraft struck suspected positions of al-Qaida-inspired fighters in villages of the Sinai Peninsula, killing 13 people, military officials said Friday, in a stepped-up offensive after militants downed an army helicopter, raising concerns over an increasingly well-armed insurgency.
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| Ukraine's president signs amnesty bill Posted: 31 Jan 2014 05:46 AM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Police on Friday opened an investigation into the kidnapping of an opposition activist, who said he was held captive for more than a week and tortured in the latest in a string of mysterious attacks on anti-government protesters in the two-month-long political crisis. |
| Stocks slide on company earnings, overseas trouble Posted: 31 Jan 2014 09:11 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks were lower in midday trading Friday, as investors fretted over disappointing results from retailers like Amazon.com and more trouble in overseas markets.
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| Cruise ship returns to Texas with 170 sick aboard Posted: 31 Jan 2014 06:14 AM PST PASADENA, Texas (AP) — More than 170 passengers and crew members have fallen sick aboard a cruise ship, prompting it to return two days early to a Houston-area port. |
| What now? Knox's murder conviction in Italy raises specter of extradition Posted: 31 Jan 2014 01:17 AM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — Amanda Knox is facing what seemed like a distant worry when she was giving national television interviews and promoting her autobiography last year: the possibility of being returned to Italy to serve decades in prison for the death of her roommate, Meredith Kercher.
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| Knox's parents 'shocked' by guilty verdict Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:01 PM PST  They say they didn't expect the Italian court to convict their daughter of murder again.
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| Obama: ‘Sochi is safe,’ but … Posted: 31 Jan 2014 03:51 AM PST  The president tells CNN he can't "discount" the possibility of an attack at the Olympics.
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| Catholic diocese files for bankruptcy protection Posted: 31 Jan 2014 07:47 AM PST HELENA, Montana (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena filed for bankruptcy protection Friday in advance of proposed settlements for two lawsuits that claim clergy members sexually abused 362 people over decades and the church covered it up. |
| Russia defends Assad, says chemical arms deadline viable Posted: 31 Jan 2014 05:26 AM PST By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia rejected U.S. charges that Syria is dragging its feet on giving up chemical weapons and said on Friday that a June 30 deadline to destroy President Bashar al-Assad's arsenal of toxic agents remains viable despite delays. The Syrian government is acting "in good faith" to eliminate its chemical weapons under a deal brokered by Russia and the United States, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry official Mikhail Ulyanov as saying. |
| Atlanta area slowly rebounding from winter storm Posted: 31 Jan 2014 01:21 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of drivers were reunited with their abandoned cars and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal ordered state employees back to work Friday as the metro Atlanta region rebounded from a winter storm that coated the area with snow and ice. |
| Kerry to hold talks with Ukraine's opposition in Germany Posted: 30 Jan 2014 08:56 PM PST  By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet key Ukrainian opposition figures on Friday on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, his first meeting with some of the leaders of an anti-government uprising against President Viktor Yanukovich. Washington has welcomed talks in recent days between Yanukovich and the opposition groups to end two months of protests that began when Yanukovich rejected an EU trade deal in favor of closer ties and a financial bailout with Russia. Among those attending the meeting with Kerry is Arseny Yatsenyuk, a former economy minister and leader of the party of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko;
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| As Senate campaigns begin, some Democrats flee Obama Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:39 AM PST  By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spooked by President Barack Obama's low approval ratings, some of his fellow Democrats in tough November election races have begun their campaigns by distancing themselves from the White House and asserting their independence from Obama's policies. In what amounts to a survival-first strategy among embattled Democrats crucial to the party's effort to keep control of the Senate, some candidates in conservative states Obama lost in 2012 are aggressively criticizing his healthcare, energy and regulatory policies. The group includes three incumbent senators, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Mark Begich of Alaska, as well as Natalie Tennant, who is seeking to replace retiring Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.
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| School district apologizes after taking school lunches Posted: 30 Jan 2014 09:47 AM PST  Maybe Ebenezer Scrooge wasn't such a bad guy after all. A group of up to 40 elementary school students in Utah had their lunches taken away due to outstanding balances on their accounts, according to a report from the Salt Lake Tribune.
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| House GOP leaders' immigration plan doesn't rule out citizenship Posted: 30 Jan 2014 01:49 PM PST  House GOP leaders released a document of "standards" for immigration reform on Thursday.
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| Feds to seek death for Boston bombing suspect Posted: 30 Jan 2014 03:18 PM PST Attorney general makes final decision to seek death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. |
