| Water ban lifted for part of W. Va. after spill Posted: 13 Jan 2014 09:11 AM PST  Officials want to ensure the water system is not overwhelmed by excessive demand.
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| Book: Hillary Clinton is keeping a list of those who 'burned her' Posted: 13 Jan 2014 08:15 AM PST  During her 2008 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton's aides kept a meticulous "political hit list" containing the names of members of Congress who had "burned her" by endorsing Barack Obama, an upcoming book on Clinton's political "rebirth" reveals.
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| Target apologizes for data breach, but vague with details Posted: 13 Jan 2014 09:26 AM PST  By Ross Kerber, Phil Wahba and Jim Finkle BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target Corp began a major public relations effort on Monday to apologize to customers for an unprecedented cyber attack on its network, but the No. 3 U.S. retailer was vague in providing details about what it knew and when. The company has so far disclosed that the breach started in late November and lasted 19 days over the peak holiday shopping season, resulting in the theft of about 40 million credit card records and 70 million other records containing customer data. Target is trying to woo back customers after sales dropped off at the end of the holiday season. Its campaign included full-page newspaper advertisements on Monday apologizing for the attack and the first interview since the breach by chief executive Gregg Steinhafel.
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| Supreme Court turns skeptical eye on Obama's appointment power Posted: 13 Jan 2014 11:34 AM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court signaled a willingness on Monday to deliver a blow to President Barack Obama's ability to fill senior government posts without Senate approval, raising the possibility of a shift in the balance of power between the White House and Congress. Most of the nine justices expressed skepticism about so-called recess appointments made by Obama to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in 2012, although it was not clear how broadly the court would rule. A decision was expected by late June in the case in which soda bottler Noel Canning Corp is contesting an NLRB ruling against it, with a win for the Yakima, Washington-based company likely in its challenge to the recess appointments' validity.
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| Feds probe Christie's use of Sandy relief funds Posted: 13 Jan 2014 06:24 AM PST  The possible 2016 GOP presidential hopeful finds himself in another political controversy.
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| President's recess appointment power at high court Posted: 13 Jan 2014 08:54 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has called into question President Barack Obama's use of a provision of the Constitution to make temporary appointments to high-level positions.
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| Israel says its final farewell to Ariel Sharon Posted: 13 Jan 2014 08:03 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said its last farewell to Ariel Sharon on Monday with a state ceremony outside the parliament building before his flag-draped coffin was taken on a cross-country procession to its final resting place at his family home in the country's south.
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| Swedish doctors transplant wombs into 9 women Posted: 13 Jan 2014 09:24 AM PST  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Nine women in Sweden have successfully received transplanted wombs donated from relatives in an experimental procedure that has raised some ethical concerns. The women will soon try to become pregnant with their new wombs, the doctor in charge of the pioneering project has revealed.
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| Islamist's party to boycott Egypt vote on charter Posted: 13 Jan 2014 06:16 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian party led by a prominent Islamist says it will boycott the referendum on the country's draft constitution after several of its members were arrested for campaigning against the charter.
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| Iranians welcome nuclear deal, hard-liners oppose Posted: 13 Jan 2014 09:02 AM PST  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's reformers and moderate conservatives are welcoming an agreement between Iran and six world powers on how to implement a nuclear deal struck in November, saying it will shore up Iran's sanctions-hit economy.
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| Bodies litter South Sudan oil town; talks resume Posted: 13 Jan 2014 11:04 AM PST  BENTIU, South Sudan (AP) — Dozens of dead, mangled and bloated bodies line the roadside from the airport into this state capital of one of South Sudan's oil-producing regions. Houses, buildings and shops have been looted, burned or destroyed, as blackened cars and buses smolder.
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| Tina Fey and Amy Poehler: Golden as Globes hosts Posted: 13 Jan 2014 08:58 AM PST  Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took the gold again.
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| After 5 days, W.Va.'s water crisis nears its end Posted: 13 Jan 2014 05:40 AM PST CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For the fifth straight day, hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia had to wash, cook and brush their teeth with bottled water, but officials promised the ban on tap water that was tainted by a chemical spill would soon be lifted. |
| Thai protesters block roads in bid to shut capital Posted: 13 Jan 2014 05:04 AM PST BANGKOK (AP) — Anti-government protesters seized key intersections across Thailand's capital on Monday, blockading major roads into the heart of Bangkok's downtown districts at the start of a renewed push to derail elections next month and overthrow the prime minister. |
| Old Hollywood meets new on Golden Globes carpet Posted: 13 Jan 2014 05:40 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Lupita Nyong'o wowed in a sexy, caped red silk strapless gown from Ralph Lauren and Lena Dunham showed up Sunday night in form-fitting canary yellow — tattoos out — for the Golden Globes, one of Hollywood's biggest fashion fests.
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| Globes leader 'American Hustle' gets Oscar boost Posted: 13 Jan 2014 11:16 AM PST  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globes are typically Hollywood's bawdiest awards show — "a wonderful mess," said co-host Tina Fey of this year's bash. But in the end, after all the boozy banter — some of it bleeped for broadcast — the 1970s corruption tale "American Hustle" got a very serious push toward Oscar glory, picking up three major awards.
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| 10 Things to Know for Today Posted: 13 Jan 2014 03:06 AM PST  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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| Southwest flight lands at wrong Mo. airport Posted: 13 Jan 2014 02:07 AM PST  BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Federal officials are investigating why a Southwest Airlines flight that was supposed to land at Branson Airport in southwest Missouri, instead landed at another airport about 7 miles away that only had about half as much runway.
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| Pope condemns abortion as sign of 'throwaway culture' Posted: 13 Jan 2014 07:58 AM PST  Pope Francis on Monday issued his strongest condemnation yet of abortion, calling it a symptom of a "throwaway culture" that placed too little value on human life. The pope, who has focused more on social issues such as poverty than on abortion since becoming pontiff in March, said it was "frightful" to think about the early termination of pregnancy. Francis made the remarks in a wide-ranging speech to the Vatican diplomatic corps in which he condemned violence in Syria and other flashpoints around the world, saying peace was threatened by "every denial of human dignity". "We cannot be indifferent to those suffering from hunger, especially children, when we think of how much food is wasted every day in many parts of the world immersed in what I have often termed 'the throwaway culture'," the pope said.
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| Want a piece of 'Whitey' Bulger? His stuff is headed for auction Posted: 13 Jan 2014 05:24 AM PST  When authorities searched the apartment of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, they found $822,000 in cash and a large collection of guns hidden in holes cut into the walls. Other than the ...
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