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Christie critics seize on ex-loyalist's claims

Christie critics seize on ex-loyalist's claims


Christie critics seize on ex-loyalist's claims

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 11:36 PM PST

First lady Mary Pat Christie, left, laughs as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie greet volunteers and family and neighbors outside a renovated home that was heavily damaged by Superstorm Sandy in a town near MetLife Stadium, where Sunday's Super Bowl game is to be played, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Moonachie, N.J. The Christies moved some furniture to help a family move back into a home rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy. The volunteer event Friday was part of the NFL-sanctioned Rebuilding Together event. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)Gov. Chris Christie has been insistent about one thing: He did not know about the George Washington Bridge tie-ups until they were over.


Trial of Egypt's ousted leader resumes

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 08:57 AM PST

A supporter of the head of Egypt's military, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, wearing a t-shirt with his image, scuffles with a Muslim Brotherhood lawyer, Ahmed Kamel, after she struck him outside a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in an eastern suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The trial of Egypt's ousted president, Mohammed Morsi and 14 others also accused of inciting the killing of protesters resumed on Saturday. The trial is one of four Morsi and top leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood face with the charges levelled against them mostly carrying the death penalty. (AP Photo/Ahmed Omar)CAIRO (AP) — A lawyer for Egypt's ousted president on Saturday told a Cairo court that it lacked jurisdiction to try Mohammed Morsi, saying the Islamist leader remained Egypt's legitimate president because there has been no official decree removing him from office.


SpaceX's Elon Musk, Joseph Gordon-Levitt talk manned Mars missions

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 04:49 AM PST

SpaceX's Elon Musk and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Talk Manned Mars Missions (Video)Billionaire Musk shared his big vision for a "self-sustaining civilization" on Mars with actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a short documentary set to air this weekend.


In Kiev's protest camp, determination strong

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 04:32 AM PST

An opposition supporter looks on as he warms himself next to a fire by a barricade near Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Ukraine's embattled president Viktor Yanukovych is taking sick leave as the country's political crisis continues without signs of resolution. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The clock over Kiev's protest encampment showed 4:40 a.m. and minus-19 C (minus-2 F). Despite the brutal conditions, Alexander Kravchuk laughed lightly about how he'd ended up standing guard at a first-aid point thrown together with tents and rough planks.


Knox's judge says he suffered over guilty verdict

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 08:12 AM PST

Amanda Knox co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito leaves the Udine police station, northern Italy, Friday, Jan 31, 2014. Police on Friday found Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend near Italy's border with Slovenia and Austria, hours after he and the American student were convicted for a second time in the death of British student Meredith Kercher. They brought him to the Udine police station, took his passport and put a stamp in his Italian identity papers showing that he cannot leave the country, as mandated by the appeals court in Florence. (AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini)ROME (AP) — The judge who presided over Amanda Knox's second murder conviction says he suffered over the verdict, but that he and the jury reached agreement that she was guilty in the death of British student Meredith Kercher.


SC Supreme Court to rule on public autopsy reports

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 08:44 AM PST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Are autopsies medical records or public records?

Indonesia volcano erupts again; kills at least 14

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 07:51 AM PST

Villagers and a journalist prepare to flee as Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flows during an eruption in Namantaran, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The rumbling volcano in western Indonesia has unleashed fresh clouds of searing gas, killing a number people and injuring fewothers. (AP Photo)MOUNT SINABUNG, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian volcano that has been rumbling for months unleased a major eruption Saturday, killing 14 people just a day after authorities allowed thousands of villagers who had been evacuated to return to its slopes, saying that activity was decreasing, officials said.


Kerry: Ukraine should be free to align with Europe

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 09:48 AM PST

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel , center, and Wolfgang Ischinger, right, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, listen as US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel Saturday Feb. 1, 2014 in Munich, southern Germany. The annual meeting was set to deal with thorny international issues, from the Syrian war and Ukraine's turmoil to Iran's nuclear program and US online surveillance. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski,Pool)MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that Ukraine, confronting a political crisis and massive anti-government protests, should be free to align with Europe if it wants and not feel coerced by more powerful neighbors such as Russia.


Oscar-winning actor Maximilian Schell dies at 83

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 09:40 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2008 file picture, actor Maximilian Schell acknowledges the applause during the Diva Entertainment Awards 2008 in Munich, southern Germany. Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, who won the best actor Oscar in the early 1960s for his portrayal of a defense attorney in the drama "Judgment at Nuremberg," has died. He was 83. Schell's agent Patricia Baumbauer said Saturday Feb. 1, 2014 that Schell died overnight at a hospital in Innsbruck following a "sudden and serious illness," the Austria Press Agency reported. Born to a Swiss writer and an Austrian actress, he was the younger brother of Maria Schell, an icon of the German-speaking film world, who died in 2005. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher,File)VIENNA (AP) — Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell, a fugitive from Adolf Hitler who became a Hollywood favorite and won an Oscar for his role as a defense attorney in "Judgment at Nuremberg," has died. He was 83.


Music a big focus in Super Bowl ads

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 08:33 AM PST

This undated frame grab provided by Beats shows the company's 2014 Super Bowl commercial. Beats by Dre, the popular headphones and audio equipment producer has enlisted Ellen DeGeneres to star in its debut Super Bowl ad running in the third quarter that promotes Beats Music. (AP Photo/Beats)NEW YORK (AP) — Music is taking center stage at the Super Bowl — and not just during the halftime show.


Differing perspectives fuel debate over Knox case

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 12:49 AM PST

Amanda Knox waits on a television set for an interview, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 in New York. Knox said she will fight the reinstated guilty verdict against her and an ex-boyfriend in the 2007 slaying of a British roommate in Italy and vowed to "never go willingly" to face her fate in that country's judicial system . "I'm going to fight this to the very end," she said in an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC's "Good Morning America." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)SEATTLE (AP) — To some Americans, especially those in her hometown of Seattle, Amanda Knox seems a victim, unfairly hounded by a capricious legal system in Italy that convicted her this week in the death of a 21-year-old British woman.


UN says more than 733 Iraqis killed in January

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 09:38 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations said Saturday that at least 733 Iraqis were killed during violence in January, even when leaving out casualties from an embattled western province.

Obama: US can help more join the middle class

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 05:05 AM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington, about helping the long-term unemployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the government can act to ensure that more people are able to join and stay in the middle class.


Syria becoming magnet for young French Muslims

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 05:04 AM PST

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 . Activists said the latest Syrian government shelling has killed and wounded several people in a rebel-held area of the northern city of Aleppo. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)PARIS (AP) — Two high school classmates, both French Muslims, headed off to Syria this month instead of going to school. They were located, brought home — one fetched by his father — and are now being investigated on terrorism-linked charges.


White House acting fast on old crack sentences

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:32 PM PST

Attorney General Eric Holder, speaks about the mandatory minimum policy at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 2013 annual legislative conference in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)President and AG Holder not waiting on Congress to grant clemency for some offenders.


Analysis: Obama's Asia policy set back by Democrat

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 10:43 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama's Asia policy took a hit this week, and it came from a stalwart of his own party. Reid announced that he opposes legislation that's key for a trans-Pacific trade pact that's arguably the most important part of Obama's effort to step up American engagement in Asia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's Asia policy took a hit this week, and it came from a member of his own party.


Christie issues denial as 'Bridgegate' scandal flares up anew

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 09:59 PM PST

File photo of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie before delivering an address after being sworn in for his second term as governorA former New Jersey official on Friday re-ignited a political scandal that has taken a toll on the prominent Republican.


2 Utah men charged with toppling ancient rock

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 04:53 PM PST

FILE - This file frame grab from a video taken by Dave Hall shows two men cheering after a Boy Scouts leader knocked over an ancient Utah desert rock formation at Goblin Valley State Park. Prosecutors have filed charges Friday Jan. 31, 2014, against two former Boy Scout leaders accused of toppling ancient rock formations at Utah's Goblin Valley State Park. State Parks officials say Glenn Taylor was charged with criminal mischief. David Hall was charged with aiding criminal mischief, another felony. (AP Photo/Dave Hall, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors filed charges Friday against two former Boy Scout leaders accused of toppling one of the ancient rock formations at Utah's Goblin Valley State Park.


Super Bowl madness in NYC's Times Square

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 11:36 AM PST

Super Bowl madness in NYC's Times SquareAline Colvero of Porto Alegre, Brazil poses for a photograph on Super Bowl Boulevard in Times Square in New York on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. The Seattle Seahawks play the Denver Broncos on Sunday at the stadium in the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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