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Riot police move on Kiev protest camp

Riot police move on Kiev protest camp

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:55 AM PST

Riot police clash with anti-government protesters outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police in a new eruption of violence following new maneuvering by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet republic. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Fiery confrontation comes after nine people were killed in violent street clashes.

Work-around to Iowa abortion rule draws mixed feelings

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:38 AM PST

Unusual Iowa abortion rule has surprising resultWhile many states passed sweeping abortion laws last year, the Iowa General Assembly endorsed just one — a perplexing measure befitting one of the few legislatures under divided control. The GOP-led House ...

NSA leaker Snowden elected student body rep at UK university

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:20 AM PST

FILE - In this June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Compared with their more moderate Republican or Democratic peers, tea party supporters and liberals are significantly more likely to oppose the collection of millions of ordinary citizens' telephone and Internet data, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows. By a 2-to-1 margin, both tea party supporters and liberals say the government should put protecting citizens' rights and freedoms ahead of protecting them from terrorists. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)LONDON (AP) — Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has been elected as the official representative of the student body at the University of Glasgow.

N.J. mayor rebuffs Christie lawyer's request

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 08:56 AM PST

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks during a luncheon by the Economic Club of ChicagoFORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of the New Jersey town where allies of Gov. Chris Christie created traffic jams last fall has refused a request to be interviewed by a lawyer representing the governor.

Argh! Northeast gets more of that wintry white stuff

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:21 AM PST

A man walks through the snow in New YorkPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A quick-moving storm brought several inches of snow as well as rare "thundersnow" to parts of the winter-weary East Coast, prompting speed restrictions on Pennsylvania highways on Tuesday, days after the Southeast and Northeast were paralyzed with heavy snow, ice and massive power outages.

Even from space, California's extreme drought looks bad

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 07:09 AM PST

California droughtThe historic drought that's devastated much of the American West this year is visible in NASA satellite imagery.

Ukraine's festering unrest turns deadly

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:02 AM PST

Anti-government protesters clash with riot police outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police in a new eruption of violence following new maneuvering by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet republic. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Two police officers and seven civilians die in anti-government demonstrations in Kiev.

Iran won't scrap its nuclear facilities

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 11:06 AM PST

European Union foreign policy chief Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif wait for the start of a conference in ViennaThe Islamic nation draws a red line on how far it would go at landmark talks.

Mass killer Breivik threatens hunger strike for bigger gym

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 09:42 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2012 file photo, mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, makes a salute after arriving in the court room at a courthouse in Oslo. Breivik, who admitted killing 77 people in Norway last year, was declared sane and sentenced to prison for bomb and gun attacks. Convicted Norwegian mass-killer Breivik has threatened to go on hunger strike unless he gets access to better video games, a sofa and a larger gym. n a letter received by The Associated Press Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014, Breivik writes the hunger strike will continue until his demands are met or he dies. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Convicted Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has threatened to go on a hunger strike unless he gets access to better video games, a sofa and a larger gym.

Oliver Stone's libertarian streak

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 02:58 AM PST

61st San Sebastian Film Festival: Oliver Stone PhotocallOscar-winning film director knocks Obama; dishes on Hillary, hearts Ron Paul.

Former U.S. congressman arrested in Zimbabwe on porn charges

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:26 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2012, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Melvin Reynolds announces that he's joining the increasingly crowded field running for the 2nd District seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr. A Zimbabwean immigration official told The Associated Press, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, that Reynolds has been arrested in the African country and is being investigated. The state-controlled The Herald newspaper reported Tuesday that Reynolds was arrested for allegedly possessing pornographic material and violating immigration laws. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Just over a year ago, former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds tried to shed past disgrace with a potent campaign slogan: "Redemption."

Reports: 3 protesters dead outside Ukraine parliament

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 06:27 AM PST

Anti-government protesters clash with riot police outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police in a new eruption of violence following new maneuvering by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet republic. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A lawmaker for a Ukrainian opposition party and a coordinator for the protesters' medical team say three protesters have died in clashes with police outside the parliament building in central Kiev.

Europe's role in chronic US execution dilemma: Won't ship drugs

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Dennis McGuire. In Ohio, in January 2014, McGuire took 26 minutes to die after a previously untested mix of chemicals began flowing into his body, gasping repeatedly as he lay on a gurney. There's one big reason why the United States has a dearth of execution drugs so acute that some states are considering solutions such as firing squads and gas chambers: Europe's fierce hostility to capital punishment. The phenomenon started nine years ago when the EU banned the export of products used for execution, citing its goal to be the BRUSSELS (AP) — There's one big reason the United States has a dearth of execution drugs so acute that some states are considering solutions such as firing squads and gas chambers: Europe won't allow the drugs to be exported because of its fierce hostility to capital punishment.

2 ex-Pussy Riot women: 'Shoved' in Sochi arrests

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 06:03 AM PST

2 Ex-Pussy Riot Women Tell ABC They Were 'Shoved,' Detained in SochiActivists Say They Were Harassed by Officers

Report: U.S. wants to negotiate with Taliban for captive soldier

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:20 PM PST

Still image provided on December 7, 2010 by IntelCenter shows the Taliban associated video production group Manba al-Jihad's December 7, 2010 release of someone that appears to be US soldier Bowe Bergdahl (L)Washington will attempt to resume talks with the Taliban on exchanging a US soldier held captive by insurgents since 2009 for Guantanamo Bay prisoners, The Washington Post reported. The move is an attempt to free Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl before the majority of US forces leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the report said, citing current and former officials. The swap would trade Bergdahl for five Taliban members who would be released from Guantanamo Bay into protective custody in Qatar, the Post reported. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told AFP that she could not discuss details of US efforts but that "there should be no doubt that we work every day -- using our military, intelligence and diplomatic tools -- to try to see Sergeant Bergdahl returned home safely."

Russian punk band members detained by police in Sochi

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 06:21 AM PST

Russian punk band Pussy Riot members Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova pose after winning a trophy in the category "Most Valuable Documentary of the Year" at the "Cinema for Peace" charity gala in BerlinBy Mike Collett-White SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Pussy Riot protest band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were detained on Tuesday in connection with a theft in the Winter Olympics host city of Sochi, less than two months after their release from prison under an amnesty. The pair were held for around three hours at a police station in the Adler district of Sochi, before appearing with other women on the steps outside wearing summer dresses, colored leggings and their trademark balaclava masks. The women were in Sochi with other members of Pussy Riot to record a musical film called "Putin will teach you to love the motherland". Russian President Vladimir Putin has staked his reputation on the Sochi Games, hoping they would show the world Russia's modern face more than two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Latest storm to bring more snow to East Coast

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:29 PM PST

Josh Davis, Bloomsburg, Pa., and his sons Kaden, front, 5, and Cole, 8, ride a toboggan downhill at Josh's cousin Barry J. Davis' home near Bloomsburg, Pa., on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. Josh and Barry constructed the downhill toboggan run for their boys to enjoy on the Presidents Day holiday. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Bill Hughes)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A quick storm was expected drop several inches of snow on the East Coast before rain and warmer temperatures give worn out residents a reprieve from shoveling and shivering, days after storms paralyzed the Southeast and Northeast with heavy snow, ice and massive power outages.

Okla. pharmacy won't give drug for Mo. execution

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:33 AM PST

In this handout photo from the Missouri Correctional offices, Michael Anthony Taylor of Kansas City is shown. The Apothecary Shoppe, of Tulsa, submitted a sealed response to Taylor's lawsuit accusing it of illegally providing Missouri with a made-to-order drug to be used in his lethal injection. The company hasn't publicly acknowledged that it supplies a compounded version of pentobarbital to Missouri for use in lethal injections, as Taylor alleges, and says it can't because of a Missouri law requiring the identities of those on the state's execution team to be kept confidential. (AP Photo/Missouri Correctional Office)TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma pharmacy has agreed not to provide a drug for a scheduled execution next week in Missouri as part of a settlement with the death row inmate's attorneys. But it's unclear whether the deal will prevent or delay the lethal injection.

4-year-old Syrian refugee found alone in desert

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:58 PM PST

4-year-old child fleeing SyriaA 4-year-old boy named Marwan is picked up by a group of U.N. staffers in Jordan.

Venezuela tense ahead of dueling demonstrations

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:13 PM PST

Students shout slogans against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a march to the Venezuelan Telecommunications Regulator Office or CONATEL in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb17, 2014. More students, who've spent the past week on the streets alternating between peaceful protests by day and battles with police at night, marched on Monday to Venezuela's telecom regulator to demand it lift all restrictions on media's coverage of the unfolding political crisis. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A crowd of anti-government activists wrested free an opposition politician as he was being hauled away in handcuffs by security forces following a raid on the party headquarters of President Nicolas Maduro's biggest foe.

Loud music trial shooter: 'I was the victim'

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:09 PM PST

'I Was the Victim,' Says Loud Music Trial Shooter in Jailhouse Phone CallProsecutors release jailhouse phone calls by Florida man who fatally shot teenager.

Building collapse at South Korean resort kills 10: officials

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:45 PM PST

A firefighter looks inside a collapsed resort building from a broken window in GyeongjuTen people attending a welcoming party for new university students were killed when a building at a South Korean mountain resort collapsed late on Monday, emergency officials said, trapping dozens in snow and rubble for several hours. About 560 students had gathered in the auditorium of the golf resort in the mountains in the city of Gyeongju, around 375 km (235 miles) southeast of Seoul. Nine university students were among the dead and 23 were injured. Emergency officials said all those trapped had been rescued several hours later and the injured were receiving medical treatment.

AP PHOTOS: Colors, shapes, symbols shine at Sochi

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 09:04 AM PST

An image freezes the moment Britain's David Murdoch delivers the stone in a curling match against Norway. Another shows the Olympic torch through a rain-soaked window. Other photos capture South Korean athletes waving to fans and American Mikaela Shiffrin as she approaches a gate in the women's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

Olympians tiptoe around sponsorship ban

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 08:07 AM PST

Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States reacts after winning the small final of the women's snowboard cross at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Want to see the glasses and goggles that aerials skier Lydia Lassila and snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis wore at the Sochi Olympics? If you go to the website of the company that manufactures their eyewear, you might be in for a shock.

For Israel, it's all about the population figures

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:48 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 file photo, Palestinian families enjoy the beach of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City. Palestinians continue to have a higher rate of natural growth than Jews, and leading Israeli demographers have said the current slight Jewish majority in the Holy Land will disappear in a few years. Israelis in favor of a peace deal that cedes most of the war-won land to a Palestinian state usually point to the ``demographic time bomb'' as a prime motivator. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian construction worker Nael Yassin and his wife, Wafa, are the proud parents of a new baby girl — the fifth child for the couple in their early 30s.

Obama wants more fuel-efficient trucks on US roads

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:18 AM PST

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One to leave Palm Springs International Airport in Palm Springs, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, en route to return to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Drawing a link between reduced fuel consumption and climate change, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his administration will issue tougher fuel-efficiency standards for delivery trucks by March 2016.

Venezuela opposition leader surrenders to police

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:58 AM PST

Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez is flanked by Bolivarian National Guards after Lopez surrendered, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014. Lopez re-emerged from days of hiding to address an anti-government demonstration and then he turned himself in to authorities Tuesday. Speaking to some 5,000 supporters with a megaphone, Lopez said that he doesn't fear going to jail to defend his beliefs and constitutional right to peacefully protest against President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was arrested Tuesday after emerging from days of hiding and making an impassioned speech to thousands of supporters, saying he hoped his detention will open Venezuelans' eyes to the increasingly authoritarian bent of their government.

Ethiopia pilot was distraught over death in family

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 06:46 AM PST

Passengers are evacuated from a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Plane on the airport in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. A hijacked aircraft traveling from Addis Abeda, Ethiopia, to Rome, Italy, has landed at Geneva's international airport early Monday morning. Swiss authorities have arrested the hijacker. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The Ethiopian pilot who hijacked a flight to Rome and took it to Geneva recently lost his uncle, a relative said Tuesday, suggesting anguish over the death may have left him on edge.

Riot police move against protest camp in Kiev

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:18 AM PST

Riot police clash with anti-government protesters outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police in a new eruption of violence following new maneuvering by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet republic. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) —

Colo. pot aids kids with seizures, worries doctors

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 06:47 AM PST

In this Feb. 7, 2014 photo, Matt Figi hugs and tickles his once severely-ill 7-year-old daughter Charlotte, as they wander around inside a greenhouse for a special strain of medical marijuana known as Charlotte's Web, which was named after the girl early in her treatment, in a remote spot in the mountains west of Colorado Springs, Colo. A few years ago, Charlotte's doctors were out of ideas to help her. Suffering from a rare disorder known as Dravet's syndrome, Charlotte had as many as 300 grand mal seizures a week, was confined to a wheelchair, went into repeated cardiac arrest and could barely speak. Now Charlotte is largely seizure-free, able to walk, talk and feed herself, with her parents attributing her dramatic improvement to this strain of medical cannabis. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The doctors were out of ideas to help 5-year-old Charlotte Figi.

Supply ship departs space station after 5 weeks

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 09:20 AM PST

In this photo provided by NASA, the Cygnus supply ship is released from the International Space Station, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Cygnus is filled with garbage and will burn up when it plunges through the atmosphere Wednesday. Orbital Sciences Corp. launched the capsule last month from Virginia under a $1.9 billion contract with NASA. The Cygnus delivered 3,000 pounds of goods, including belated Christmas gifts for the six-man crew and hundreds of ants for a student experiment. (AP Photo/NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station has one fewer capsule and a lot less trash.

5 things to know about the Sochi Olympics

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST

Cross-country skiers train underneath the olympic rings at the Laura biathlon and cross-country ski center, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. After days of warm weather at the Sochi Olympics, fog up in the mountains is causing an even bigger disturbance. Thick fog rolled in over the mountains in Krasnaya Polyana on Sunday night and was still lingering on Monday, and the limited visibility forced organizers to delay a biathlon race and cancel the seeding runs in a snowboard event. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Fast Five, Tuesday edition: Five things you'll want to know about the 2014 Winter Olympics.

'Star Wars' at sea: Navy set to deploy laser

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:52 AM PST

US Navy ready to deploy laser for 1st timePrototype being sent to Persian Gulf is designed to target drones, speed boats and swarm boats.

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