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Monday, September 10, 2012

9/11 WTC health program adds 50 types of cancer

9/11 WTC health program adds 50 types of cancer

9/11 WTC health program adds 50 types of cancer

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:44 PM PDT

The federal government will include about 50 types of cancer on the list of Sept. 11 World Trade Center-related illnesses covered by a program to pay for health coverage.

Senate Dem leader mocks Ryan on marathon time math

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 31, 2012 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid mocked Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. for misstating his marathon time, saying the vice presidential candidate's math doesn't add up on running or budgets. Reid, who has run 15 marathons and several half marathons, opened the Senate session on Monday with criticism of Ryan, who had to correct his initial claim of running a marathon in The Senate Democratic leader mocked Republican Paul Ryan for misstating his marathon time, saying the vice presidential candidate's math doesn't add up on running or budgets.

Obama squeaks out Aug. fundraising win over Romney

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:40 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio arrive in Mansfield, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)President Barack Obama squeaked out a fundraising victory over Mitt Romney in August as the candidates gear up for the final stretch of their closely contested campaign.

Stocks end lower ahead of Fed meeting

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT

In a photo made Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. This week Federal Reserve officials will meet and are expected to announce steps to prop up the ailing U.S. economy. (AP Photo/David Karp)Stocks slipped on Wall Street as troubling economic news from China and the U.S. outweighed optimism about more stimulus from the Federal Reserve.

Analysis: Canada may have cut ties with Iran to avoid retaliation

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT

DUBAI/OTTAWA, Sept 10 - Canada's surprise decision to sever relations with Iran may well have been triggered by Ottawa's fear of retaliation for stepping up its denunciations of Tehran and a parallel move to list Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism. The break in relations, announced on Friday, has led to speculation that it was a prelude to Israeli or U.S. military action against Iran's nuclear facilities. Canada has categorically denied having any information about planned attacks. ...

Draft order seeks to improve US digital defenses

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:35 PM PDT

The Obama administration is preparing an executive order with new rules to protect U.S. computer systems, after Congress failed earlier this summer to pass a cybersecurity bill. The provisions include voluntary standards for companies, a special council run by the Homeland Security Department and new regulations covering especially vital systems, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.

Colleagues mourn officer killed in Obama motorcade

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:34 PM PDT

The danger in seemingly banal police work of directing traffic and shutting down roadways gained new attention Monday as colleagues mourned an officer who died while working on President Barack Obama's motorcade.

Falcons CB Grimes tears Achilles tendon

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:34 PM PDT

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Kevin Boss (80) catches a touchdown pass while covered by Atlanta Falcons cornerback Brent Grimes (20) during the first half of an NFL football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)So much for Atlanta having to worry about playing time for three top cornerbacks. The Falcons lost one of them in their very first game.

AP sources: al-Qaida leader in Yemen killed

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:34 PM PDT

Senior U.S. officials are confirming that the No. 2 al-Qaida leader in Yemen has been killed, dealing a major blow to the terror group.

Obama called steaming mad over failed budget deal

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:30 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is acknowledging he was angry with House Republicans last year when a supposed "grand bargain" budget agreement with House Speaker John Boehner collapsed.

'X Factor,' 'Voice' clash sour music to Cowell

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:29 PM PDT

This June 2012 photo released by FOX shows judges, from left, L.A. Reid, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears and Simon Cowell on the set of "The X Factor." The contest between "The Voice" and "The X Factor" is escalating after NBC scheduled its "Voice" against Wednesday's second-season debut of Fox's "X Factor." (AP Photo/FOX, Ray Mickshaw)The stakes are high, the tactics are fierce and the rhetoric is heating up.

Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:28 PM PDT

A Facebook worker waits for friends to arrive outside of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Facebook stock is trading at $19 and has lost half its market value since its May public offering. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Facebook's stock has been down on 46 trading days, up on 31 and unchanged on two since its initial public offering.

Congress returns for short pre-election session

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011 fie photo the U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington. Fresh off a five-week vacation, lawmakers return to Washington on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, for a brief pre-election session in which Congress will do what it often does best: punt its problems to the future. At issue is a six-month temporary spending bill to finance the day-to-day operations of the federal government. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)Congress returned to Washington on Monday for an abbreviated pre-election session in which it appears likely to do the bare minimum: making sure that the government doesn't shut down.

Thousands of teachers strike in Chicago, parents scramble

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Chyra Southward looks back while walking with supporters of Chicago teachers during a march in advance of a possible strike in ChicagoCHICAGO (Reuters) - Thousands of public school teachers formed picket lines in Chicago on Monday and parents scrambled for child care during teachers' first strike in a quarter century over reforms sought by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and endorsed by President Barack Obama's administration. Some 29,000 teachers and support staff in the nation's third-largest school system were involved, leaving parents of 350,000 students between kindergarten and high school age to find alternative supervision. ...

Big 12 teams embracing run game, at least for now

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Oklahoma running back Damien Williams (26) celebrates with tight end Geneo Grissom (85) and offensive lineman Branson Irwin (69) following a touchdown against Florida A&M in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. Oklahoma won 69-13. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Big 12 teams are piling up crazy stats again, just like they do every September.

Gaddafi-era officials go on trial accused over Lockerbie case

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Libya's former foreign minister Abdel-Ati al-Obeidi leaves court after the first hearing of his trial in TripoliTRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two senior officials under late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial on Monday accused of wasting public money by facilitating a compensation payment of more than $2 billion to families of those killed in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. The trial of the two men - former Foreign Minister Abdel-Ati al-Obeidi and former Secretary General of the General People's Congress Mohammed Zwai - was swiftly adjourned to give their legal team more time to prepare. Zwai was the head of the legislature under Gaddafi, who was overthrown after an uprising last year and later killed. ...

London stages parade to mark end of 2012 Games

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Floats carrying British Olympic and Paralympic athletes take part in a parade as seen from the air as they pass Trafalgar Square, London, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Thousands of people waving British flags lined the streets of London on Monday to toast the athletes behind the country's unprecedented summer of sporting success. (AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, Pool)Royal Air Force jets streaked through the sky above Buckingham Palace, leaving a red, white and blue trail of smoke as gold, silver and bronze medals gleamed below.

Yemen says kills deputy regional head of al Qaeda

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:16 PM PDT

File frame grab of deputy leader of al Qaeda in Yemen, al-Shihri, speaking in a video posted on Islamist websitesADEN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Saudi national freed by U.S. authorities from detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who then became second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, was killed in Yemen, a Yemeni government website said. The Yemeni Ministry of Defense website said Shehri was killed on Monday, along with six other militants, in what it called a "qualitative operation" by Yemen's army in the remote Hadramout province in eastern Yemen. It gave no further details. There were conflicting reports on how Shehri died. ...

Analysis: Striking Chicago teachers take on national education reform

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:15 PM PDT

Chicago teachers walk the picket line outside the headquarters of Chicago Public Schools in Chicago(Reuters) - Chicago teachers walking picket lines on Monday, in a strike that has closed schools across the city, are taking on not just their combative mayor but a powerful education reform movement that is transforming public schools across the United States. The new vision, championed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who used to run Chicago's schools, calls for a laser focus on standardized tests meant to gauge student skills in reading, writing and math. Teachers who fail to raise student scores may be fired. ...

Jury awards casino mogul $20M in slander case

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:12 PM PDT

This photo combination of file photos shows casino mogul Steve Wynn, left, in Los Angeles, and "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis, in Los Angeles. A jury says Francis slandered Wynn when he claimed the casino mogul threatened to kill him and bury him in the desert. The Los Angeles jury on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, awarded Wynn $20 million. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, Chris Pizzello)A jury on Monday awarded casino mogul Steve Wynn $20 million in his slander case against "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis, who claimed the creator of some of Las Vegas' most upscale resorts threatened to kill him over a gambling debt.

Wis. police release video of temple gunman

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Police in suburban Milwaukee have released squad car videos that show a gunman who killed six people at a Sikh (seek) temple last month shoot the first officer on the scene.

Serena Williams surviving, thriving at age 30

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:09 PM PDT

2012 U.S. Open Women's Singles champion Serena Williams poses for a photo with her trophy in Central Park, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in New York. This year alone, Williams claimed the U.S. Open trophy alongside the gold medals she won at the London Olympics and the silver plate she took home from Wimbledon. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Serena Williams belted out "I Will Survive" while celebrating her U.S. Open title with some karaoke.

Rebel deserter helps free hostage in Colombia

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:08 PM PDT

Former hostage Orlando Sigifredo Ibarra Sarmiento exits a plane at a military base in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Ibarra, an Ecuadorean citizen who had been held by leftist guerrillas of of National Liberation Army (ELN) for two years, said he escaped along with one of his jailers. Ibarra, a 39-year-old business administrator who has lived in Colombia for 10 years, was kidnapped on Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)A deserter from a Colombian guerrilla army has led an Ecuadoran hostage to freedom.

Obama, Romney to address Clinton Global Initiative

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in West Palm Beach, Fla. For the first time in a decade, the Sept. 11 attacks and the wars that resulted are not the focus of the presidential campaign. But President Barack Obama, who leads Republican Mitt Romney on national security issues, may try to change that this fall as he seeks to sway undecided voters and court traditional Republican constituencies. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are set to address a major gathering of world leaders in government, business and other fields held annually by Bill Clinton.

Oil prices end higher on hope of stimulus

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT

In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 photo gasoline prices are displayed at a Mobil station in Needham, Mass. The price of oil fell slightly Monday after an unexpectedly weak economic report from China and warnings of a further slowdown. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)The price of oil finished slightly higher Monday after a push-pull between bad economic news and expectations that central banks will intervene to boost growth.

Son recalls rescue from sinking plane in Pacific

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT

A single-engine amphibious plane that lost power off California's central coast plunged into the ocean so hard, its doors broke off the hinges, one of the two men onboard said Monday.

Ex-Mexican law official sentenced in San Diego

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT

A former Mexican law enforcement official who worked closely with U.S. authorities on cross-border criminal investigations was sentenced Monday to more than eight years in prison for aiding Mexican drug traffickers.

Florida firm is source of Apple data in breach

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT

A Florida company said Monday that the database of Apple device information that hackers stole and posted on the Internet last week came from a file the firm had in its computer system.

Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Chicago teachers walk a picket line outside Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in Chicago, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, after they went on strike for the first time in 25 years. Union and district officials failed to reach a contract agreement despite intense weekend negotiations. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)For the first time in a quarter-century, thousands of Chicago teachers walked off the job Monday, escalating a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security and forcing parents to scramble for somewhere to send idle children.

Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie on sick leave

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie is on indefinite sick leave while his bosses investigate allegations that he mistreated his players during practices.

Mayor of NJ's capital arrested in corruption probe

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, left, is driven in custody into the federal courthouse in Trenton, N.J., Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, after agents arrested him earlier Monday as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into bribery allegations related to a parking garage project that was concocted as part of an FBI sting operation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)Federal agents arrested the mayor of New Jersey's capital early Monday as part of a corruption investigation, alleging he agreed to accept bribes in connection with a proposed parking garage — actually a fake project created by authorities trying to snare him.

GoDaddy Web outage takes out small-business sites

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Thousands and possibly millions of web sites hosted by GoDaddy.com are down. A hacker is claiming responsibility, but the real reason for the outage is unclear.

Israeli official: US resisting on Iran ultimatum

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

An Israeli official said Monday that Washington's refusal to issue an ultimatum to Iran over its nuclear program brings Tehran closer to producing an atomic bomb.

Man charged with trespassing at Miley Cyrus' home

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2012 file photo, Miley Cyrus attends the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. City attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan says Jason Luis Rivera was charged Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 with two counts of trespassing after his weekend arrest at the actress-singer's Los Angeles home and one count resisting arrest. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, file)Los Angeles prosecutors have charged a man with trespassing after his weekend arrest at the home of actress-singer Miley Cyrus.

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively wed in SC

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:47 PM PDT

FILE - This June 15, 2011 file photo shows actors Blake Lively, left, and Ryan Reynolds at the premiere of "Green Lantern" in Los Angeles. Reynolds wed Blake Lively in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, at Boone Hall Plantation, according to a person familiar with the ceremony who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the matter. While it's Lively's first marriage, Reynolds was previously married to Scarlett Johansson. Their divorce was finalized last summer after three years of marriage. Lively and Reynolds both starred in last year's One of the sexiest men alive is off the market. Again.

Attention on iPhone as holiday lineups unveiled

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, holds the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD at the product's introduction in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Attention is turning to Apple this week amid expectations that it's announcing a new iPhone.

AP Exclusive: Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 1943 file photo, a group of American and British POWs being held by the Germans, including Lt. Col. John H. Van Vliet Jr. and Capt. Donald B. Stewart, look over a mass grave where murdered Polish officers are buried, near Smolensk, Russia. The Soviet secret police killed the Poles in 1940, hoping to eliminate an elite that would have resisted Soviet control of Poland. Van Vliet and Stewart were among a group of British and American prisoners forced to see the horrifying site by the Germans, who wanted word to get out to the world of the Soviet atrocity. Newly declassified documents being opened to the public on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, by the U.S. National Archives show that Van Vliet and Stewart sent coded messages to Washington after their visit saying they believed the German account of Soviet guilt. It is credible evidence that Washington had relatively early on, but of which it still chose to ignore in order not to jeopardize the alliance with Joseph Stalin. (AP Photo/File)The American POWs sent secret coded messages to Washington with news of a Soviet atrocity: In 1943 they saw rows of corpses in an advanced state of decay in the Katyn forest, on the western edge of Russia, proof that the killers could not have been the Nazis who had only recently occupied the area.

Editor of David Foster Wallace promoted to CEO

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

One of the country's top publishers has turned to a man from the editorial side to run its business.

Stocks edge lower ahead of Fed meeting

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:36 PM PDT

In a photo made Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. This week Federal Reserve officials will meet and are expected to announce steps to prop up the ailing U.S. economy. (AP Photo/David Karp)Stocks slipped on Wall Street as troubling economic news from China outweighed optimism about more stimulus from the Federal Reserve.

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives at his campaign headquarters in Boston, to prepare for the presidential debates, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues:
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