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Huge charity walk breaks Guinness records

Huge charity walk breaks Guinness records

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 06:21 AM PST

In this Saturday, Feb. 15 photo released by the Iglesia Ni Cristo, thousands walk along a road beside Manila's Bay, Philippines as they join the largest charity walk to raise funds for survivors of last year's Typhoon Haiyan. A Guinness World Records official says the Philippine Christian sect has broken two records for staging the largest charity walk. Guinness adjudicator Kirsty Bennett says 175,509 Iglesia ni Cristo members turned up for the charity walk in Manila on Saturday. She also said Iglesia Ni Cristo members staged the walk in 28 other countries, with participants reaching 519,221 worldwide, breaking another record for the largest charity walk in multiple venues. (AP Photo/ Iglesia Ni Cristo, HO)A Philippine Christian sect has broken two records for organizing the largest charity walk in an effort to raise funds for survivors of last year's Typhoon Haiyan, a Guinness World Records official said Sunday.

Powerball estimated jackpot surges to $400M

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 09:03 AM PST

FILE - A Powerball lottery ticket is printed out of a lottery machine at a convenience store in Chicago on in this May 18, 2013 file photo. According to lottery officials there were no jackpot winner for Saturday Feb. 15, 2014 drawing. The current estimated jackpot for Wednesday's drawing's jackpot is estimated at $400 million or $227.8 million in cash value. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, FILE)Without a Powerball jackpot winner this weekend, the prize has climbed to $400 million.

House Dems try to force votes on wage, immigration

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 05:54 AM PST

President Barack Obama winks as he is welcomed before speaking to the House Democratic Issues Conference in Cambridge, Md., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. The president said top priorities for Congress should be increasing the minimum wage and reforming immigration. Obama told a House Democratic retreat Friday that the party needs to stand up for the American dream of getting ahead. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)House Democrats are determined to cast an election-year spotlight on Republican opposition to raising the minimum wage and overhauling immigration laws.

Ukrainian protesters end occupation of City Hall

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 07:39 AM PST

An opposition supporter stands above the portrait of a Ukrainian poet and national symbol Taras Shevchenko as he guards Kiev City Hall in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators in Ukraine's capital ended their nearly three-month occupation of Kiev City Hall on Sunday as promised in exchange for the release of all jailed protesters. But tensions remained high as hundreds stayed outside the building, vowing to retake it if the government fails to drop all criminal charges against the protesters.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Anti-government demonstrators in Ukraine's capital ended their nearly three-month occupation of Kiev City Hall on Sunday as promised in exchange for the release of all jailed protesters. But tensions remained high as hundreds stayed outside the building, vowing to retake it if the government fails to drop all criminal charges against the protesters.

Prisoners' use of smuggled cellphones on the rise

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 09:41 AM PST

This undated photo mprovided by the Florida Department of Corrections shows a cellphone and cigarettes that were found inside a camouflage package, January 25, 2014, near an undisclosed Florida state prison. Prison officials in Florida and nationwide are fighting a different type of contraband being smuggled to inmates: cellphones. They're being hidden in babies' diapers, Ramen Noodle Soup packages, footballs, soda cans and body cavities.Two murderers used cellphones to plan their escape from a Florida prison last year where the state confiscated 11 cellphones per day in its prisons. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Corrections)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — They're hidden in babies' diapers, ramen noodle soup packages, footballs, soda cans and even body cavities.

Illegal miners trapped in South Africa, 11 rescued

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 09:52 AM PST

Emergency rescue workers attempt to free trapped illegal miners at a disused gold mine shaft near, Benoni, South Africa, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. The South African Press Association reported Sunday that rescue teams were able to speak to about 30 miners near the top of an old gold mine shaft whose entrance was covered by a large rock. Those miners said as many as 200 others were trapped further down a steep tunnel at the mine in Benoni, on the outskirts of Johannesburg (AP Photo)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Debris trapped men who were working illegally in an abandoned mine in South Africa, but rescue workers cleared the shaft entrance and at least 11 miners were escorted to safety Sunday, officials said.

2 medals, strong emotions for Miller, Weibrecht

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 05:38 AM PST

United States' Bode Miller and his wife, Morgan wipe away tears after after finishing third in the men's super-G at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — This medal mattered to Bode Miller.

Olympics divide Sochi's indigenous Circassians

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 10:41 AM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, Danilo Berezin, 12, and his 11-year-old friend who gave his name only as Kim, tug their goats home tied to their bicycles as they ride through the mountain village of Bolshoi Kichmai near Sochi, Russia. The Circassians, who live in Bolshoi Kichmai and other villages sprinkled through the Sochi region, are one piece in a patchwork of more than 100 ethnic groups across the Caucasus. That diversity contributes to Russia's cultural wealth - and has posed challenges to Russian rulers ever since they brought the soaring peaks and seashores of the Caucasus region under the imperial yoke. (AP Photo/Angela Charlton)BOLSHOI KICHMAI, Russia (AP) — While Vladimir Putin and rich Olympic sponsors watch the Winter Games in gleaming arenas, boys in nearby Bolshoi Kichmai herd their goats by tying them to rickety bicycles, riding against the wind through a rocky valley where invading Russian armies slaughtered their ancestors 150 years ago.

AP PHOTOS: Winning and losing at Sochi

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 09:15 AM PST

Heather Richardson of the U.S. cups her face and looks down after competing in the women's 1,500-meter race at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)Kjetil Jansrud wins his fourth straight Olympic super-G gold medal for Norway while U.S. skier Bode Miller ties for the bronze. Per-Age Skroder scores Norway's only goal in a hockey match-up against Austria, but Lars Haugen wasn't able to stop Austria from scoring three goals for the win.

Fla. man guilty of lesser counts in music shooting

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 07:49 AM PST

Defendant Michael Dunn is brought into the courtroom just before 5 p.m., where Judge Russell Healey announced that the jury was deadlocked on charge one and have verdicts on the other four charges as they deliberate in the trial of Dunn, Saturday Feb. 15, 2014 for the shooting death of Jordan Davis in November 2012. Dunn is charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Davis after an argument over loud music outside a Jacksonville convenient store. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Bob Mack, Pool)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say they may retry a Florida man on first-degree murder charges in the fatal shooting of a teenager after an argument over loud music.

Phil Kessel scores 3 to help US rout Slovenia 5-1

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 09:48 AM PST

USA forward Phil Kessel take the puck away from Slovenia forward Ziga Jeglic during the 2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game at Shayba Arena Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Phil Kessel is the first American in more than a decade to score a hat trick in an Olympic hockey tournament.

Bomb derails train in southwest Pakistan, kills 8

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 05:20 AM PST

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb placed by an ethnic separatist group derailed a train in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing eight people, police and the militants said.

In Indonesia, Kerry blasts climate change deniers

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 03:12 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, tours the Istiqlal Mosque with Grand Imam K.H. Ali Mustafa Yaqub on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Jakarta. The Istiqlal Mosque is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, capable of holding 120,000 people, and is the National Mosque of Indonesia. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, Pool)JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Climate change may be the world's "most fearsome" weapon of mass destruction and urgent global action is needed to combat it, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday, comparing those who deny its existence or question its causes to people who insist the Earth is flat.

Russian banya a treat at the Sochi Olympics

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 04:27 AM PST

Bathhouse master Ivan Tkach, right, walks through the outdoor sauna area at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. "The most important thing about the banya is to have a good spirit in the body," Tkach says. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — "What's the score?" asks Svetlana Fedorenko as she enters a bathhouse in the Caucasus Mountains with her husband and friends: The U.S.-Russia hockey game was on, and most of the country was glued to a television.

South Africa: dozens of illegal miners trapped

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 08:05 AM PST

Emergency rescue workers attempt to free trapped illegal miners at a disused gold mine shaft near, Benoni, South Africa, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. The South African Press Association reported Sunday that rescue teams were able to speak to about 30 miners near the top of an old gold mine shaft whose entrance was covered by a large rock. Those miners said as many as 200 others were trapped further down a steep tunnel at the mine in Benoni, on the outskirts of Johannesburg (AP Photo)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rescue workers in South Africa are trying to reach dozens of miners who were trapped while working illegally in an abandoned mine.

LA crews aim for largest continuous concrete pour

Posted: 15 Feb 2014 08:18 PM PST

LA crews aim for largest continuous concrete pourCrews began pouring concrete Saturday to lay the foundation for the tallest building to be constructed west of the Mississippi — and they're hoping it's one for the history books. The marathon concrete ...

Ukraine says will grant amnesty to protesters

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 10:25 AM PST

Anti-government protesters march in the streets of the Ukrainian capital Kiev on February 15, 2014The move is seen as a highly symbolic concession to ease tensions.

Merkel, Hollande to discuss communication network avoiding U.S.

Posted: 15 Feb 2014 10:11 AM PST

French President Hollande and German Chancellor Merkel meet at the Elysee Palace, in ParisGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she would talk to French President Francois Hollande about building up a European communication network to avoid emails and other data passing through the United States. Merkel, who visits France on Wednesday, has been pushing for greater data protection in Europe following reports last year about mass surveillance in Germany and elsewhere by the U.S. National Security Agency. Merkel said in her weekly podcast that she disapproved of companies such as Google and Facebook basing their operations in countries with low levels of data protection while being active in countries such as Germany with high data protection.

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