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Admitting to affair, Petraeus resigns as CIA chief

Admitting to affair, Petraeus resigns as CIA chief

Admitting to affair, Petraeus resigns as CIA chief

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:58 PM PST

FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Gen. David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus has brought a sudden and unexpected end to the public career of a four-star general who led U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and was thought to be a potential candidate for president.

Official: Guinea treasury chief assassinated

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:58 PM PST

A medical official says the head of Guinea's treasury has been gunned down as she was driving home.

Syracuse beats No. 11 Louisville 45-26

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:53 PM PST

Syracuse's Ryan Nassib looks for an open receiver against Louisville during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)Ryan Nassib threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns, Jerome Smith ran for 144 yards and Syracuse handed No. 11 Louisville its first loss of the season in a 45-26 victory on Saturday.

Michigan beats Northwestern 38-31 in OT

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:52 PM PST

Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner (12) tries to evade Northwestern linebacker David Nwabuisi (33) during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Tony Ding)Devin Gardner ran for a 1-yard touchdown in overtime and Michigan's defense responded with a stop, giving the Wolverines a wild 38-31 win over Northwestern on Saturday.

GOP showing in Calif. worries party strategists

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:52 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 24, 2012 file photo shows Kay Aaron waiting for customers at a booth selling pictures of Republican leaders and icons during the California Republican Party convention in Burlingame, Calif. If the future happens first in California, the Republican Party has a problem. The nation's most populous state _ home to one in eight Americans _ has entered a period of Democratic political dominance so far-reaching that the dwindling number of Republicans in the Legislature are in danger of becoming mere spectators at the statehouse. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)If the future happens first in California, the Republican Party has a problem.

Fla. vote beyond recount range; West won't concede

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:47 PM PST

Kenneth Spillias, the lawyer for candidate Patrick Murphy, talks to the media, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 in West Palm Beach, Fla. after a court hearing for Rep. Allen West. A request by West to impound ballots and voting machines was denied Friday, setting an uncertain path forward in his quest for re-election. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)Firebrand Republican Rep. Allen West refused to concede Saturday after the state concluded that Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy held a lead beyond the margin needed for an automatic recount.

No. 19 Texas honors Royal, whips Iowa State 33-7

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:46 PM PST

Texas safety Kenny Vacaro (4) knocks down a pass intended for Iowa State receiver Jarvis West (1) during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game at Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)David Ash passed for 364 yards and two touchdowns and No. 19 Texas honored former the memory of coach Darrell Royal by whipping Iowa State 33-7 on Saturday.

4.3 magnitude earthquake reported in Ky.

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:44 PM PST

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that an earthquake centered in Kentucky also rattled at least eight other states.

Across US, Veterans Day commemorations under way

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PST

Crowds wave to Navy Capt. Jim Minta as he participates in the 31st annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Atlanta, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/David Tulis)Saturday marked the first of what will be three days of Veterans Day commemorations across the United States.

Obama's final win in Florida gives him 332 electoral votes

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:32 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama celebrates after winning the U.S. presidential election in ChicagoMIAMI (Reuters) - With almost all ballots in Florida counted, U.S. media on Saturday projected President Barack Obama the winner in that state four days after he won Tuesday's national election. Florida brings his total of electoral votes to 332 compared to 206 for Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Florida was the last state where the outcome was in doubt because three counties were still counting ballots. Obama had 50.01 percent of the vote in Florida compared to 49.13 percent for Romney, with nearly all ballots counted, according to figures from the Florida Secretary of State's Office. ...

Dodgers bid $25.7 million for South Korean lefty

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:22 PM PST

FILE - In this March 15, 2009, file photo, South Korea starter Ryu Hyun-jin pitches in the first inning against Mexico during a World Baseball Classic game in San Diego. The Los Angeles Dodgers have bid nearly $26 million for a chance to sign Ryu, the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization said Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)The Los Angeles Dodgers have bid nearly $26 million for a chance to sign pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin.

BBC chief: Abuse report was 'fundamentally wrong'

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:16 PM PST

FILE This March 25, 2008 file photo shows Jimmy Savile showing a medal in London. Amid mounting complaints that British authorities for decades failed to properly examine allegations of child abuse, lawmakers called Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012 for a sweeping national inquiry into the issue. Allegations that renowned BBC children's TV host Jimmy Savile abused hundreds of young people have prompted national debate, and led scores of adults to contact authorities about other, unrelated cases of sex offenses in the past. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld/PA Wire)The BBC's director general said Saturday that it should not have aired a report that wrongly implicated a politician in a child sex-abuse scandal, admitting that the program further damaged trust in a broadcaster already reeling from the fallout over its decision not to air similar allegations against one of its star hosts.

Syrian opposition debates forming U.S.-backed assembly

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

DOHA (Reuters) - Host nation Qatar, backed by the United States and the United Arab Emirates, on Saturday pressed the Syrian opposition to form a united leadership to pursue its war against Bashar al-Assad. At talks in Doha bringing together various opposition groups, the Islamist-flavored Syrian National Council (SNC) has been concerned that it might be sidelined in a new broad coalition. ...

NHL, union meet for small, informal lunch

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:10 PM PST

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to reporters following labor talks, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in New York. The league and the players' association met Friday for the fourth straight day trying to reach an agreement to end the lockout. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)Representatives on both sides of the NHL labor fight are meeting in an informal lunch setting, one day after negotiations hit a sour patch.

Tempers fray as many in Northeast still without power

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:07 PM PST

Handout shows boardwalk and Casino Pier in ruins caused by Hurricane Sandy in Seaside Park, New Jersey(Reuters) - Frustration with continuing power outages, travel chaos, and long lines for gasoline grew on Saturday as residents of New York's Long Island, hit hard by Superstorm Sandy, protested outside the headquarters of the local utility company. Residents took to the streets for a second day, targeting the Long Island Power Authority in Hicksville. There were still over a quarter of a million customers without power nearly two weeks after the storm. As of Friday more than 170,000 of those were on Long Island. ...

Obama's wins in the Midwest are hardly a harbinger

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 11:51 AM PST

FILE - In this April 27, 2012 file photo, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich participate in a roundtable discussion in Westerville, Ohio. No matter how long the nation's unemployment rate hovered around 8 percent, the Northeast and the West Coast were never in doubt for President Barack Obama. No matter how far it might have fallen before Election Day, Mitt Romney was always sure to win the South and rural Great Plains. Nothing was so certain in the Midwest. Tuesday's results reaffirmed the future of the Midwest as a political battleground where voters willing to look past party will decide the outcome of elections. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)No matter how long the nation's unemployment rate hovered around 8 percent, the Northeast and the West Coast were never in doubt for Barack Obama. No matter how far it might have fallen before Election Day, Mitt Romney was always sure to win the South and rural Great Plains.

War photography exhibit debuts in Houston museum

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 11:50 AM PST

In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 photo, photographer Don McCullin poses in front of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts' sign promoting the new War/Photography exhibit in Houston. The exhibit displays the work of 280 photographers from 28 nations covering the Mexican-American war in 1846 to present-day. McCullin has four photos in the exhibit. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)It was a moment Nina Berman did not expect to capture when she entered an Illinois wedding studio in 2006. She knew Tyler Ziegel had been horribly injured, his face mutilated beyond recognition by a suicide bombing in the Iraq War. She knew he was marrying his pretty high school sweetheart, perfect in a white, voluminous dress.

Syria's opposition urges West to send rebels arms

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 11:41 AM PST

Syrians who fled from the violence in their village, carry plastic containers as they line up to fill them with water at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)The newly elected leader of Syria's main opposition group slammed the international community for what he called inaction, saying Saturday that fighters are in desperate need of weapons to break the stalemate with President Bashar Assad's forces.

APNewsBreak: Mideast nuke talks called off

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 11:32 AM PST

Diplomats say proposed high-level talks between Israel and its Muslim neighbors on a Mideast free of weapons of mass destruction have been called off.

Four killed in Egypt train collision

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 11:18 AM PST

Two trains traveling south of the Egyptian capital collided on Saturday, killing at least four people, officials said.

Petraeus' biographer a military reservist, scholar

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 11:15 AM PST

In this Jan. 15, 2012 photo, Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography "All In," poses for photos in Charlotte, N.C. Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA, admitting to an extramarital affair. Petraeus carried on the affair with Broadwell, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) LOCAL TV OUT (WSOC, WBTV, WCNC, WCCB); LOCAL PRINT OUT (CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL, CREATIVE LOAFLING, CHARLOTTE WEEKLY, MECHLENBURG TIMES, CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE, CHARLOTTE PARENTS) LOCAL RADIO OUT (WBT)Paula Broadwell first met fellow West Point graduate David Petraeus in the spring of 2006, when she was a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

High court to take fresh look at voting rights law

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 11:10 AM PST

The Supreme Court will consider eliminating the government's most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s. The court acted three days after a diverse coalition of voters propelled President Barack Obama to a second term in the White House.

Argentine crew prevents Ghana from moving ship

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:53 AM PST

The Argentine crew aboard a tall sailing ship seized in a billion-dollar international debt controversy brandished weapons to block Ghanaian officials from moving the ARA Libertad to a less busy docking, according to an official of the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority.

Gen. David Petraeus: soldier, scholar, statesman

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:52 AM PST

FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Gen. David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)At the close of his time commanding U.S. forces in Iraq, at the height of a legendary military career, Gen. David Petraeus was lauded by his boss, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates, as "one of our nation's great battle captains."

Face of US changing; elections to look different

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:48 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 6, 2012 file photo shows voters lined up in the dark to beat the 7:00 p.m. deadline to cast their ballots at a polling station in Miami. It's not just the economy. It's the demographics _ the changing face of America. The 2012 elections drove home trends that have been embedded in the fine print of birth and death rates, immigration statistics and census charts for years. America is rapidly getting more diverse. And, more gradually, so is its electorate. Non-whites made up 28 percent of the electorate this year, up from 21 percent in 2000, and much of that growth is coming from Hispanics. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)It's not just the economy, stupid. It's the demographics — the changing face of America.

After attack on jeep, Israeli army kills 4 in Gaza

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:42 AM PST

A Palestinian woman cries at a hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 10,2012. An explosion targeted an Israeli military vehicle on Jewish state's border with Gaza on Saturday and Israeli troops fired into the Palestinian territory, killing several civilians and wounding at least 25, Gaza officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)Palestinian militants fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli jeep patrolling the border with Gaza and the Israelis fired back into the Palestinian territory, killing four civilians, officials and witnesses said.

Congo: Rebels say government forces attack

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:42 AM PST

The Congolese army has attacked M23 rebel positions, ending a two-month ceasefire, charged the rebel spokesman.

Texas pays tribute to ex-football coach Royal

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:40 AM PST

In this photo taken Sept. 1, 2012, former Texas legendary head football coach Darrell K. Royal gives the "Hook'em Horns" hand gesture when was honored before Texas' season-opening NCAA college football game against Wyoming in Austin, Texas. Royal, who won two national championships and turned the Longhorns program into a national power, died early Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at age 88 of complications from cardiovascular disease, school spokesman Bill Little said. Royal also had suffered from Alzheimer's disease. (AP Photo/Statesman.com, Ralph Barrera) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COMThe Texas Longhorns paid tribute to former football coach Darrell Royal during their game against Iowa State on Saturday, honoring the man who won 11 conference titles and two national championships in his 20 years leading the program.

Nationals bring back manager Johnson for 2013

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:36 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2012, file photo, Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson watches his players take batting practice before Game 3 of the National League division baseball series against the St. Louis Cardinals in Washington. The Nationals are bringing back Johnson for one more season as their manager. Johnson then will move into a role as a consultant to the club in 2014. The Nationals announced the arrangement Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File))The Washington Nationals are bringing back Davey Johnson for one more season as their manager.

Obama wins Fla., topping Romney in final tally

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:35 AM PST

President Barack Obama holds up a pen as he speaks about the economy and the deficit, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes Saturday, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an automatic recount that would have brought back memories of 2000.

EU officials: We were hacked at Web conference

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:33 AM PST

A European official says her staff members were hacked when they joined her for a conference on Internet security in Azerbaijan.

UK teen jailed for robbing jewelry stores

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:30 AM PST

This combo image released by London's Metropolitan Police Saturday Nov. 10, 2012 shows British schoolboy Miles Alura, 16, left, and Alura wearing a sophisticated prosthetic disguise, right, to commit violent armed robberies. British police say a 16-year-old boy who used prosthetics and dreadlocks to conduct armed robberies in disguise has been jailed for five years. Police say Miles Alura pretended to be an elderly man with facial prosthetics, make-up and a hair piece to steal 50,000 pounds ($79,500) of jewelry from a shop in Kent, England in July. They say he produced two handguns and tied up employees before fleeing. (AP Photo/London Metropolitan Police, HO)British police say a 16-year-old boy who used prosthetics and dreadlocks to conduct armed robberies in disguise has been jailed for five years.

Iraq reconsiders $4 billion Russian arms plans

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:26 AM PST

Iraq is reconsidering plans to buy more than $4 billion in arms from Russia, officials said Saturday, throwing the proposed purchase into question just weeks after it was announced.

Bahrain Guard forces deploy against unrest

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:24 AM PST

A Bahraini man gestures from behind a car in Barbar, Bahrain, on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, that residents said was damaged when it was hit by tear gas canisters fired by riot police. Police used tear gas in several villages to prevent residents from leaving to participate in midday prayers in the northern village of Diraz. Shiite clerics nationwide had called for worshipers to pray in Diraz on Friday where top Shiite cleric Sheik Issa Qassim preaches in a show of support for him at a time of concern among Shiites that he may be arrested as part of a government crackdown on the opposition. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)Bahrain's paramilitary National Guard deployed into new areas around the violence-wracked Gulf nation Saturday in an apparent sign that authorities are stepping up efforts to quell political unrest.

Fisheries nations set to discuss bluefin tuna

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:17 AM PST

FILE-- In this Friday, March 26, 2010 file photo, a local fisherman carries a tuna at a fishing port in Nachikatsuura, southwestern Japan. After defeating a proposal in 2010 to ban the export of an endangered fish that is a key ingredient of sushi, Japan and Asian nations argued it should be left to quota-setting international fisheries bodies to bring the species back from the brink. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara- File)After defeating a proposal in 2010 to ban the export of an endangered fish that is a key ingredient of sushi, Japan and Asian nations argued it should be left to quota-setting international fisheries bodies to bring the species back from the brink.

Occupy Sandy: Onetime protesters find new cause

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:11 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 photo, Benny Roman, volunteer and 30-year resident of Rockaway Park, in the Queens borough of New York, warms up as he eats soup at an outreach center called Yana (You are Never Alone) where members of Occupy Sandy are coordinating with YANA. On this cold and snowy day, volunteers stayed into the night, offering food, clothing and blankets to help those who may have stayed behind or can't leave the devastated area in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)The social media savvy that helped Occupy Wall Street protesters create a grass-roots global movement last year is proving to be a strength in the wake of Superstorm Sandy as members and organizers of the group fan out across New York to deliver aid including hot meals, medicine and blankets.

Egypt officials: 5 killed in train collision

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:06 AM PST

Egyptian security officials say two trains traveling south of the capital have collided, killing at least five people.

Petraeus, star on battlefield, felled at CIA by affair

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:06 AM PST

FILE - In this March 1, 2008 file photo, then-top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, center left, talks to players during a youth soccer tournament in central Baghdad, Iraq. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. (AP photo/Dusan Vranic, File)WASHINGTON (Reuters) - David Petraeus was a star on the battlefield, commanding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but was undone by "poor judgment" in engaging in an extramarital affair that led to his downfall as CIA director. Just two days after his 60th birthday, Petraeus stepped down from the spy agency where he had held the top office since September 6, 2011. "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. ...

CIA Director Petraeus resigns, admits extra-marital affair

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:06 AM PST

File photo of General David Petraeus gesturing during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director David Petraeus resigned as head of the leading U.S. spy agency on Friday, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and acknowledging he "showed extremely poor judgment." In a letter to the CIA workforce, Petraeus, 60, said he met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday and asked "to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position." "After being married for 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair," he wrote. ...

Stagnant US exports to Cuba belie fair's optimism

Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:03 AM PST

In this picture taken Monday Nov. 5, 2012 a woman reads a newspaper next to the stand of Cohiba during the 30th Havana International Fair in Havana, Cuba. Many of America's best-known brands were on display at a Havana exposition center this past week as representatives hawked some of the few U.S. products that can legally be exported to Cuba, thanks to an exception to the U.S. embargo allowing cash-up-front sales of food, agricultural goods and medicine.(AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)Kellogg's. Gatorade. Hormel. Hunt.
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