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Top Republicans say they stand by Christie

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Top Republicans say they stand by Christie

Top Republicans say they stand by Christie

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 09:33 AM PST

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a ceremony to pass official hosting duties of next year's Super Bowl to representatives from Arizona, Saturday Feb. 1, 2014 in New York. Fellow Republicans are assessing the damage of new allegations that Gov. Christie knew about a traffic-blocking operation orchestrated by top aides. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)High-profile Republicans were adamant Sunday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie should not resign from his post as chairman of the Republican Governors Association after a recent claim from a former ally that there is evidence Christie knew about an apparently politically motivated traffic jam earlier than he has said.

Handlers: Punxsutawney Phil predicts longer winter

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 07:43 AM PST

FILE - In a Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 file photo, Groundhog Club co-handler Ron Ploucha holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, after the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there will be an early spring, on Groundhog Day, in Punxsutawney, Pa. Groundhog Day coincides with the Super Bowl for the first time on Sunday, Feb. 2, , but Punxsutawney Phil's people say they don't expect the big game to steal his early morning spotlight. the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club expects about 20,000 revelers to gather around Gobbler's Knob when western Pennsylvania's world-famous rodent emerges from his lair just after dawn Sunday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)Handlers for groundhog Punxsutawney Phil say he's forecasting six more weeks of what already has felt like a brutally long and cold winter.

Thousands of anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 07:20 AM PST

Opposition demonstrators carry posters of imprisoned protesters during a protest rally in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. Several thousand Russian opposition supporters gathered for a protest on Sunday, venting anger against the Kremlin and demanding the release of political prisoners. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Several thousand protesters have marched through central Moscow to call for the release of 20 people who were arrested after clashes between police and demonstrators in May 2012.

Palestinian bombers' bodies returned after decade

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 10:04 AM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, Palestinian Khadra al-Akhras poses with a photo of her late daughter Ayat al-Akhras who blew herself up in a suicide bombing outside a Jerusalem supermarket in 2002, at the family house in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. More than a decade later, after appeals from human rights groups, Israel is handing over some 30 bodies of Palestinian assailants, including that of Ayat. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — When 18-year-old Ayat al-Akhras blew herself up outside a busy Jerusalem supermarket in 2002, killing two Israelis, her grieving parents were unable to bury her and say their final goodbyes because Israel refused to send her remains home.

Radicals a wild card in Ukraine's protests

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 04:18 AM PST

Riot police line up as seen through protesters' barricades in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. Ukraine's embattled president Viktor Yanukovych is taking sick leave as the country's political crisis continues without signs of resolution. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Wearing masks, helmets and protective gear on the arms and legs, radical activists are the wild card of the Ukraine protests now starting their third month, declaring they're ready to resume violence if the stalemate persists.

Syrian aircraft pound rebel-held areas of Aleppo

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 11:05 AM PST

In this picture taken on Friday Jan. 31, 2014, a citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian family members run in the street following an attack by a Syrian government forces warplane, in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian military helicopters dropped barrels packed with explosives on rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, killing at least a dozen of people including a family trapped in a car, as government forces inched closer to opposition-held areas. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government aircraft unleashed a wave of airstrikes on more than a dozen rebel-held neighborhoods in the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, as President Bashar Assad's forces inched into areas controlled by opposition fighters for more than a year, activists said.

California farmers brace for drought, unemployment

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 10:04 AM PST

In this Thursday Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Mendota, Calif. Mayor Robert Silva, 72, explains how the state's drought is sure to drive up unemployment in his rural farming town during an interview in Mendota. Five years ago, the last dry year and height of the national recession, farm workers lined up for free food as unemployment exceeding 40 percent in Mendota. Silva fears that this year the food lines will be even longer. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)MENDOTA, Calif. (AP) — Amid California's driest year on record, the nation's leading agricultural region is locked in drought and bracing for unemployment to soar, sending farm workers to food lines in a place famous for its abundance.

Super Bowl Ads: Anything Could Happen

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 09:15 AM PST

This undated frame grab provided by SodaStream, shows the company's 2014 Super Bowl commercial. SodaStream's ad features NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl advertisers are finally about to see their efforts play out on the industry's biggest stage Sunday night. But as they've learned in the past, anything can happen.

JK Rowling says 'Harry Potter' ending may be wrong

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 09:55 AM PST

FILE- British author J.K. Rowling poses for photographers at the Southbank Centre in London, in this file photo dated Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Author of the Harry Potter series of books, J.K. Rowling is having second thoughts about the romantic content for the characters in her Potter books, in an interview published Sunday Feb. 2, 2014, Rowling reveals she chose the relationships for very personal reasons, "as a form of wish fulfillment", and having little to do with literature. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, FILE)LONDON (AP) — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is having second thoughts about having ended the series with heroine Hermione Granger paired up romantically with Ron Weasley.

Thai elections peaceful, but crisis far from over

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 10:07 AM PST

Voters hold their identification cards and the chains that held the gate of the polling station closed, as they demand the right to vote during general elections in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. Around the country, the vast majority of voting stations were open and polling proceeded relatively peacefully, but the risk of violence remained high a day after gun battles in Bangkok left seven people wounded. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand held nationwide elections without bloodshed Sunday despite widespread fears of violence. But the country's bitter political crisis is far from over, and one of the next flash points is likely to be an effort to nullify the vote.

Activists: Car bomb in Syria killed al-Qaida rival

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 09:24 AM PST

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian citizens fill water in a bucket to extinguish shops in flames caused by a Syrian government forces warplane attack, at al-Bab neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. Syrian military helicopters dropped barrels packed with explosives on rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, killing at least a dozen of people including a family trapped in a car, as government forces inched closer to opposition-held areas. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — A twin car bombing near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo killed a senior leader of an Islamic rebel brigade opposed to an al-Qaida-linked faction, activists said Sunday. The attack could exacerbate rebel infighting even as government aircraft bomb opposition-held areas of the divided city.

Dylan Farrow renews Woody Allen molestation claims

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 09:11 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Dylan Farrow renewed molestation allegations against Woody Allen, claiming the movie director sexually assaulted her when she was 7 after he and actress Mia Farrow adopted her.

Israeli premier brushes off Kerry boycott warning

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 05:45 AM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday brushed off U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's warning that Israel faced a growing boycott threat if peace talks with the Palestinians fail, saying the campaign would not achieve its goal.

5 things to know heading into Super Bowl Sunday

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 01:27 AM PST

A sign for NFL football's Super Bowl XLVIII stands in front of MetLife Stadium Sat. Feb. 1, 2014, in East Ruthoford, N.J. The stadium will be the site of Sunday's championship game between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)NEW YORK (AP) — It's time. Finally.

Paul Ryan: Immigration legislation unlikely in '13

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 09:34 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after House Republicans unveiled a roadmap for an overhaul of the nation's broken immigration system, one of its backers said legislation is unlikely to pass during this election year.

Tense Thai elections go ahead despite protests

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 03:01 AM PST

Voters hold their identification cards and the chains that held the gate of the polling station closed, as they demand the right to vote during general elections in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. Around the country, the vast majority of voting stations were open and polling proceeded relatively peacefully, but the risk of violence remained high a day after gun battles in Bangkok left seven people wounded. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)Protesters trying to derail Thailand's national elections Sunday forced the closure of hundreds of polling stations in a highly contentious vote that has become the latest flash point in the country's deepening political crisis.

Dylan Farrow resurrects Allen molestation claim

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 01:16 AM PST

Dylan Farrow renewed molestation allegations against Woody Allen, claiming the movie director sexually assaulted her when she was 7 after he and actress Mia Farrow adopted her.

Kerry, Iran's Zarif discuss next round of nuclear talks

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 07:26 AM PST

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L), pictured on October 16, 2013 in Geneva, and US Secretary of State John Kerry, at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on April 23, 2013US Secretary of State John Kerry held a rare meeting with his Iranian counterpart Sunday to discuss the next steps in resolving Western fears over Iran's contested nuclear program.

Israeli premier rejects Kerry's boycott warning

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 05:05 AM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's warning against a growing boycott movement against the Jewish state should peace talks with the Palestinians fail, while some of his Cabinet ministers lashed out angrily, saying the stance undermined Israel's legitimacy and the chances of reaching a peace agreement.

GOP ponders scandal's toll on Christie's future

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 03:07 PM PST

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a ceremony to pass official hosting duties of next year's Super Bowl to representatives from Arizona, Saturday Feb. 1, 2014 in New York. Fellow Republicans are assessing the damage of new allegations that Gov. Christie knew about a traffic-blocking operation orchestrated by top aides. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Fellow Republicans on Saturday debated the fallout over new suggestions that Gov. Chris Christie knew about a traffic-blocking operation orchestrated by top aides as apparent political payback earlier than he has acknowledged.

Toll from barrel bomb raids on Syria's Aleppo hits 85

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 07:59 AM PST

Medical personnel look for survivors following an airstrike on the Tariq al-Bab district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 1, 2014Helicopters hit rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Saturday with barrels packed with explosives, a controversial tactic widely condemned by rights groups as indiscriminate.

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