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UK to extradite radical Muslim cleric to US

UK to extradite radical Muslim cleric to US

UK to extradite radical Muslim cleric to US

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Friday, April 30, 2004. file photo of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, as he arrives with a masked bodyguard, right, to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London, Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has lost a court appeal to be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon, officials said Monday Sept. 24, 2012 . The European Court of Human Rights gave its final approval for the cleric's extradition Monday, ending a long-running legal battle. The decision means that al-Masri, considered one of Britain's most notorious extremists, could be deported within weeks. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File )A European court ruled Monday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon.

Despite disapproval, someone will win Obama-Romney

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets ready to board his campaign plane in Los Angeles. Never have American voters re-elected a president whose work they disapprove of as much as Barack Obama. Not that Mitt Romney can take much comfort _ they've never elected a challenger with such high disapproval ratings, either. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Never have American voters re-elected a president whose work they disapprove of as much as Barack Obama's. Not that Mitt Romney can take much comfort — they've never elected a challenger they view so negatively, either.

FBI to investigate officer shooting double-amputee

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT

John Garcia stands in front of his home Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Houston, where police say an officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair inside the group home. Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving, Silva said. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty)The FBI will help investigate what led a Houston police officer to shoot and kill a wheelchair-bound double amputee who was agitated and threatening police with what turned out to be a ballpoint pen, the city's police chief said Monday.

IMF chief says action needed on global economy

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:58 PM PDT

The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday called on government leaders in Europe and the United States to take urgent action in dealing with a faltering global economy.

Pakistan disowns bounty on anti-Islam filmmaker

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Pakistani Shiite Muslim women chant anti U.S. slogans during a demonstration that is part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 in Lahore, Pakistan. The woman, center, wear a banner that reads, The Pakistani government on Monday distanced itself from an offer by one of its Cabinet ministers to pay $100,000 to anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film that has sparked violent protests across the Muslim world.

South Carolina voter ID law gets judges' scrutiny

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Federal judges are questioning whether South Carolina can wait until 2014 to put its new voter ID law into effect.

US stocks drift as European gloom returns

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:53 PM PDT

FILE- In this Sept. 20, 2012, file photo, Trulia co-founder and CEO Pete Flint, right, talks with trader Thomas Kay, center, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Asian stocks mostly drifted lower Monday, Sept. 24, as investors' growing concerns about the shaky global economy overpowered any remaining optimism over central bank stimulus efforts. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)U.S. stocks meandered sideways Monday as fears about Europe overshadowed recent excitement about central banks' efforts to boost the market.

Belichick wanted explanation of last-play FG

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:53 PM PDT

Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker watches his game-winning field goal in the final moments of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Baltimore, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Baltimore won 31-30. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)Patriots coach Bill Belichick says he was trying to get an explanation for the Ravens' winning field goal when he confronted an official after the game.

Apple sells over 5 million iPhone 5, supply constraints loom

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:50 PM PDT

An Apple employee distributes iPhone 5 in San Francisco(Reuters) - Apple Inc sold over 5 million iPhone 5 smartphones in the three days since it hit stores, but shares sagged as the company struggled to meet demand. While sales were solid, the company said on Monday it had run out of its initial supply and many pre-orders were scheduled to go out in October. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said the company is "working hard to build enough iPhone 5s for everyone." Expectations for new Apple products were so high - some analysts forecast Apple selling as many as 10 million phone over the weekend - that Wall Street was not wowed by the latest numbers. ...

Katie Couric opens up about battling bulimia

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

This undated photo released by ABC shows host Katie Couric, left, with actress-singer and judge on the singing competition series "The X Factor," Demi Lovato during the taping of an appearance on "Katie," in New York. The interview will air on Monday, Sept. 24. (AP Photo/Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Ida Mae Astute)Viewers of Katie Couric's talk show were doubtless surprised on Monday when, during the discussion of eating disorders, Couric disclosed that she had had her own struggles with that cruel, sometimes deadly condition.

Exclusive: G20 aides say cenbanks' fix not enough - Mexico

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Group of 20 nations want governments to do more to augment central bank actions to reverse a global economic downturn, Mexican Deputy Finance Minister Gerardo Rodriguez said on Monday. Deputy finance ministers and central bankers of the G20, which comprises wealthy nations and leading emerging economies, held two days of meetings in Mexico City on Sunday and Monday ahead of a summit in November. New measures to boost fragile economies from the Bank of Japan, the U.S. ...

G20 urges more trade to counter price volatility - Mexico

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Officials from the Group of 20 economic powers have agreed on the need to boost trade to help reduce volatility in commodity and food prices, Mexican Deputy Finance Minister Gerardo Rodriguez said on Monday. Mexico hosted a regular meeting of G20 finance ministry and central bank deputies on Sunday and Monday. (Reporting by Krista Hughes and Louise Egan)

Nepal avalanche hit climbers as they were sleeping

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT

In this picture taken Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 and released by Alpine Ascents International, an unidentified rescuer speaks to an unidentified survivor in the debris field of an avalanche on Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal. Rescue helicopters flew over the high slopes of the northern Nepal peak again Monday to search for climbers lost in an avalanche that killed at least nine mountaineers and injured others. Many of the climbers were French, German and Italian. (AP Photo/Garrett Madison, Alpine Ascents International)Mountaineers who survived a pre-dawn avalanche high on the world's eighth-tallest peak say they waited an hour for sunlight, and then saw pieces of tents and bodies of victims strewn around them on the snow.

Iran official says will boycott 2013 Oscars

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Iran's culture minister said Monday that his country will boycott the 2013 Oscars in the wake of the anti-Islam video made in the United States that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.

Libya appoints military officers to head militias

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Soldiers from the Libyan National Army get ready to enter Rafallah al-sahati Islamic Militia Brigades compound, the compound buildings can be seen behind the wall, in Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. On Friday evening hundreds of protesters angry over last week's killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya stormed the compound of the Islamic extremist Ansar al-Shariah Brigade militia suspected in the attack, evicting militiamen and setting fire to their building. After taking over the Ansar compound, protesters then drove to attack the Benghazi headquarters of Rafallah Sahati where militiamen opened fire on the protesters, who were largely unarmed leaving at least 20 wounded, and several killed according to hospital sources. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)Libya's joint chiefs of staff has appointed army officers to head two powerful Islamist militias in the country's east, part of the government's efforts to rein in the armed factions amid popular demands that the groups disband.

'End of Watch' claims No. 1 spot in close weekend

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:40 PM PDT

This film image released by Open Road Films shows Michael Pena, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from "End of Watch." (AP Photo/Open Road Films, Scott Garfield)The police story "End of Watch" has won a close race at the weekend box office.

Israeli defense chief proposes West Bank pullout

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 17 2011 file photo, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak attends a press conference in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem. Barak calls for a broad unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank if peace talks remain stalled, saying "practical steps" are needed to breathe life into the diplomatic process. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)Israel's defense minister on Monday called for a broad unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank if talks with the Palestinians remain stalled, saying in published comments that "practical steps" are needed to breathe life into the stalemated peace process.

Winter onset latest challenge for Syrian civilians

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, photo, Syrian Fatimah Abdullah, 29, who fled her home in Marea 15 days ago, due to Syrian government shelling, sits next to her 4 days old twin Ahmad and Bayan, who were born in a Turkish hospital and brought back with her to the border where they take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The days are still hot across the fertile plains of northern Syria, but at night there is a hint of a chill an ominous harbinger of winter's approach and the deepening of the humanitarian crisis gripping a country wracked by civil war. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)The days are still warm across the fertile plains of northern Syria around Aleppo, but night brings a chill — an ominous harbinger of winter's approach and the deepening of the already severe humanitarian crisis gripping a country wracked by civil war.

'Sesame Street' switching things for Elmo

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Elmo will be carrying a new tune on "Sesame Street." Several, actually.

Magician David Blaine ready to shock after 4 years

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:34 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 13, 2008 file photo shows David Blaine attending a Cinema Society and Dolce Gabbana hosted special screening of "Filth and Wisdom" in New York. Blain is returning to New York City Oct. 5-8 for a three day, three night stunt called Magician-daredevil David Blaine is ready to shock people.

2 Marines to be court-martialed in urination case

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Two Marine non-commissioned officers will be court-martialed for allegedly urinating on the bodies of Taliban fighters last year in Afghanistan and posing for unofficial photos with casualties, the Marine Corps said Monday.

Condolences pour in for 6-day-old panda cub

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2011 file photo shows Mei Xiang, the female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington. The panda cub born to Mei Xiang on Sept. 16, 2012, after five consecutive pseudo pregnancies over the years, died Sept. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh/File)As condolences poured in from around the world, National Zoo officials waited Monday for word on why a 6-day-old panda cub died and lamented a heartbreaking setback to their closely watched breeding program.

Washington state's first 'zombie bees' reported

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT

Washington state's first "zombie bees" have been reported in Kent.

SF could OK among tiniest apartments in US

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT

San Francisco may soon give new meaning to the word "downsizing."

Suu Kyi visit a homecoming for many in Ind. city

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:25 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 photo, Nai Sike and Paung Pakong, right, walk out of Sike's grocery store, where a display of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is displayed in front, in Fort Wayne, Ind. The city of 256,000, home to one of the nation's largest Burmese populations, has become an unlikely base for opposition to the former Burma's military regime. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Eight thousand miles separate southeast Asia from the American Midwest, but when Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits an Indiana city on Tuesday, it will be a kind of homecoming.

Okla. Jazz Hall has around $60K in unpaid bills

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Tulsa is famous for its own musical sound, a potent blend of rock and blues made famous by JJ Cale, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton.

French vintners want US chateaux kept out of EU

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:23 PM PDT

This Sept. 20, 2012, photo shows a 12-bottle wooden box of Bordeaux wine Chateau Beychevelle in a wine shop in Paris. The United States wants to sell some of their wines in the European Union with a ''chateau'' label. Next week, EU experts will look whether it should permitted with a fight among member states set for later this year, well after the wine harvest. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)Drinking a Bordeaux wine from a "chateau" is as French as swigging Kentucky bourbon is American.

Feds order Discover to refund $200M to cardholders

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:21 PM PDT

A Discover logo is adhered to a window at the entrance of a shop in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Discover Bank is paying $214 million to settle charges that it pressured credit card customers to buy costly add-on services like payment protection and credit monitoring. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Discover Bank will pay millions in fees to settle accusations by regulators that it pressured credit card customers to buy costly add-on services like payment protection and credit monitoring.

Park rumbles during annual SD buffalo roundup

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Buffalo gather in Custer State Park on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, the day before nearly 1,300 buffalo are to be corralled by about 60 men and women on horseback at the 47th annual Buffalo Roundup in western South Dakota. More than 12,000 spectators were expected to descend on the area for the Monday herding. (AP Photo/Amber Hunt)Nearly 1,000 bison have stampeded across South Dakota's prairie land before being corralled into pens during Custer State Park's 47th annual Buffalo Roundup.

Clinton urges tolerance amid anti-US protests

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:08 PM PDT

United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appealed Monday to Muslims to show "dignity" and not resort to violence as they protest an anti-Islam film produced in the United States.

Conservative fund considers backing Mo. Rep. Akin

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT

Missouri Republican Senate candidate, Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., smiles at left as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during news conference, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, in Kirkwood, Mo. Akin is seeking to unseat incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. in the November election. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)A conservative fundraising group that had shied away from Missouri Rep. Todd Akin is now seriously considering whether to come to the embattled Republican's aid in his challenge to Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, an official with the group said Monday.

Gang member to be exonerated of murder

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:00 PM PDT

This undated image provided by Deirdre O'Connor shows John Edward Smith posing with his grandmother, Laura Neal. Prosecutors are going to court Friday Sept. 21, 2012 to seek dismissal of charges against a former gang member convicted of a drive-by murder in a gang infested neighborhood of Los Angeles 19 years ago. (AP Photo/Deirdre O'Connor)A former Los Angeles gang member could soon be cleared of a murder conviction that kept him behind bars for 19 years.

UN envoy: Syria war is threatening the region

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Syria grabbed the spotlight as world leaders at the United Nations on Monday heard a dire warning from international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that the war is getting worse and threatening to spill across the Mideast. But he also voiced a note of hope, saying he thinks there may be a way forward despite the deadlock in the U.N. Security Council.

Marines face criminal charges over Afghan urination video

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:57 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Marines are facing criminal charges for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, actions caught on a video that was widely circulated on the Internet, the Marine Corps said on Monday. The criminal charges are the first faced by anyone over the incident. The video triggered widespread anger in Afghanistan early this year, with Afghan President Hamid Karzai calling the Marines' actions "inhuman." Staff Sergeants Joseph W. Chamblin and Edward W. ...

Romney suggests Obama downplaying Mideast crises

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:57 AM PDT

President Barack Obama greets people in the crowd after speaking at a campaign event at the Summerfest Grounds at Henry Maier Festival Park, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Republican White House candidate Mitt Romney suggested Monday that President Barack Obama is downplaying crises unfolding across the Middle East by describing turmoil in the region as "bumps in the road."

Exclusive: L.A. billionaire, Guggenheim plot AEG bid

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:56 AM PDT

The logo of Anschutz Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, is seen in Los AngelesLOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Los Angeles billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong has joined forces with financial services firm Guggenheim Partners to make a bid for Anschutz Entertainment Group, the sports and real estate company, according to three sources with knowledge of the deal. Soon-Shiong, whose fortune is estimated at more than $7.2 billion, is also expected to bring in additional partners to join the group, the sources said. Guggenheim recently led a local group in the purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball club. ...

Cameron to appear on David Letterman

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:46 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Cameron greets Yemen's President, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi, at number 10 Downing Street in LondonNEW YORK (Reuters) - David Cameron will sit down with long-running U.S. television host David Letterman, CBS said Monday, marking the first time a sitting British prime minister will visit Letterman's "Late Show." The September 29 broadcast will take place as Cameron visits New York for the UN General Assembly, CBS said in a statement. It did not say what Cameron would discuss. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared on the show twice, in 2009 and 2010, after he had left office. Cameron is the latest top politician to appear on a TV chat shows offering lighter programming. ...

Barron's slams Facebook, stock falls

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Facebook Inc.'s stock took a hit Monday after an article in the financial magazine Barron's said it is "still too pricey" despite a sharp decline since its initial public offering.

Zoo panda cub that died had liver abnormalities

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2011 file photo shows Mei Xiang, the female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington. The panda cub born to Mei Xiang on Sept. 16, 2012, after five consecutive pseudo pregnancies over the years, died Sept. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh/File)The 6-day-old giant panda cub that died at the National Zoo had liver abnormalities and fluid in its abdomen, but zoo officials said Monday that they don't yet know the cause of death.

Plight of 2 baby gorillas raises fears in Congo

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:42 AM PDT

The plight of two infant gorillas, rescued after being kidnapped from their wild families, highlights the dangers confronting the endangered Grauer's gorillas that have become victims of ongoing violence and a new rebellion in eastern Congo.
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