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Elmo actor Kevin Clash resigns amid sex allegation

Elmo actor Kevin Clash resigns amid sex allegation

Elmo actor Kevin Clash resigns amid sex allegation

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:23 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2011 file photo, Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash poses with the "Sesame Street" muppet in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Sesame Workshop says Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has resigned from "Sesame Street" in the wake of allegations that he had sex with an under-aged youth. Last week a man accused Clash of having sex with him when he was a teenage boy, a charge Clash denied. A day later, the man recanted his charge. A lawsuit by a second accuser was filed Tuesday, Nov. 20, according to attorney Cecil Singleton. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash resigned from "Sesame Street" on Tuesday amid allegations he sexually abused underage boys, bringing an end to a 28-year career in which he turned the furry red monster into one of the most beloved — and lucrative — characters on TV and in toy stores.

Review: Keenlyside, Salonen in searing 'Wozzeck'

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:20 PM PST

In this Nov. 19, 2012 photo provided Lincoln Center, Simon Keenlyside performs at the edge of the stage in the title role for a searing concert version of Berg's "Wozzeck" with the Philharmonia Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. With the right singers and musicians, opera doesn't need sets and costumes to be convincing. The cast wore simple clothes, mostly black with some white, that would not have been out of place had they been listeners in the auditorium. The only props were a few bottles. There was no need to depict houses, streets and woods.The singers acted with such conviction that the 90-minute, three-act performance was riveting from start to finish. (AP Photo/Lincoln Center, Stephanie Berger)With the right singers and musicians, opera doesn't need sets and costumes to be convincing.

HP alleges Autonomy wrongdoing, takes $8.8 billion charge

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:17 PM PST

HP logo is seen outside Hewlett-Packard Belgian headquarters in Diegem(Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard stunned Wall Street by alleging a massive accounting scandal at its British software unit Autonomy that will cost the company the majority of $8.8 billion in charges. It was the latest in a string of reversals that have renewed questions about the basic competence of the storied company's board and senior managers. HP said on Tuesday it discovered "serious accounting improprieties" and "a willful effort by Autonomy to mislead shareholders," after a whistleblower came forward following the ouster of Autonomy's then-chief executive, Mike Lynch, in May. ...

Douglas Kennedy acquitted in NY hospital case

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:17 PM PST

Douglas Kennedy, a son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was acquitted Tuesday of child endangerment and harassment charges stemming from a scuffle in a hospital maternity ward.

Collinsworth goes from NFL's small stage to big

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:16 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 21, 2012 file photo shows former Cincinnati Bengals receiver Cris Collinsworth prior to an NFL football game between the Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers, in Cincinnati. Collinsworth figures his announcing career benefited from the fact he wasn't a household name as an NFL player. He learned from his mistakes calling games watched by small numbers of fans, slowly working his way up to his current high-profile gig on "Sunday Night Football." (AP Photo/Michael Keating, File)Cris Collinsworth remembers the early days of his second career as an NFL announcer like this: calling a Browns-Colts game before Peyton Manning with only the road team's fans in Cleveland getting the broadcast.

With Cutler sidelined, Bears fall short again

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:15 PM PST

Chicago Bears quarterback Jason Campbell (2) is sacked by San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Justin Smith (94) and linebacker Aldon Smith, not pictured, during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. The 49ers won 32-7. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)Jay Cutler was back home, nursing his concussion and watching as the Chicago Bears got pounded by the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night.

Hamas kills suspected collaborators with Israel

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:15 PM PST

Palestinian gunmen ride motorcycles as they drag the body of a man who was killed earlier Tuesday as a suspected collaborator with Israel, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. The man was one of six suspected collaborators who, according to witnesses, were killed in a main intersection by masked men who forced them to lie down in the street and shot them in the head. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)Masked gunmen publicly shot dead six suspected collaborators with Israel at a large Gaza City intersection Tuesday, witnesses said. An Associated Press reporter saw a mob surrounding five of the bloodied corpses shortly after the killing.

FBI: 4 Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:13 PM PST

Four Southern California men have been charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said Monday.

Ravens S Reed wins appeal, avoids suspension

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:09 PM PST

In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, photo, Baltimore Ravens free safety Ed Reed warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh. Reed was suspended for one game by the NFL on Monday, Nov. 19, for repeated hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players. (AP Photo/Don Wright)Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed has avoided a one-game suspension for late hits after an appeal. He instead will be fined $50,000.

Prosecutor: Indianapolis blast not accidental

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:04 PM PST

FILE - This aerial file photo from Nov. 11, 2012, shows the two homes that were leveled and the numerous neighboring homes that were damaged from a massive explosion that sparked a huge fire and killed two people in Indianapolis. Authorities launched a homicide investigation Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 into the house explosion that killed a young couple and left numerous homes uninhabitable in an Indianapolis neighborhood. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger, File) NO SALESA prosecutor says investigators have ruled out any accidental cause for the Indianapolis house explosion that killed two people, destroyed five homes and damaged dozens more.

Review: A dizzyingly implausible new 'Red Dawn'

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 01:04 PM PST

This film image released by Film District shows Josh Peck , left, Josh Hutcherson, center, and Chris Hemsworth in a scene from "Red Dawn." (AP Photo/Film District)The army invading the United States in "Red Dawn," an ill-advised remake of the campy 1984 original, was changed in post-production from Chinese to North Korean. With a few snips here, a few re-dubs there, the filmmakers re-edited and re-shot, fearful of offending China and its increasingly important movie-going market.

Blue Jays hire John Gibbons as manager again

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2008 file photo shows Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons leaning on the batting cage during a spring training workout in Dunedin, Fla. The Blue Jays have hired John Gibbons as manager. The 50-year-old Gibbons returns to the club where he served as manager from 2004-2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz, File)John Gibbons was hired as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays for the second time Tuesday, returning to a team that just invigorated its roster after a blockbuster trade with the Miami Marlins.

HP claims fraud prompted $5B overpayment for co.

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010, file photo, Leo Apotheker, speaks at a press conference in Frankfurt. Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, that a British company it bought for $9.7 billion lied about its finances, resulting in a massive write-down of the value of the business. The deal was greenlighted by HP CEO Meg Whitman's predecessor, Leo Apotheker, but closed in October 2011, three weeks into Whitman's tenure. (AP Photo/dapd,Thomas Lohnes)Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Tuesday that it's the victim of a multi-billion dollar fraud at the hands of a British company it bought last year that lied about its finances.

Woman gets 80 years for deadly Texas day care fire

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo, home day care operator Jessica Tata is seen in Houston's Harris County Criminal Justice Center. Tata was sentenced to 80 years Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 for her felony murder conviction in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson, File)It had been Jessica Tata's dream to run a day care.

Clinton in Jerusalem as Gaza truce still elusive

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:55 PM PST

Israeli reserve soldiers pray at a staging area near the border with northern GazaGAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Jerusalem for talks on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as expectations rose of a ceasefire soon to end a week of fighting around the Gaza Strip. However, Gaza's rulers, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, revised a statement that a truce would start overnight, saying it was still waiting for an Israeli response to proposals and did not now expect an announcement until Wednesday. ...

California fires coach Jeff Tedford

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:53 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2010, file photo, California head coach Jeff Tedford looks on from the sidelines during an NCAA college football game with Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore. Tedford was fired on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, after 11 seasons at California that began with great promise and ended with a disappointing run of mediocrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)Coach Jeff Tedford was fired on Tuesday after 11 seasons at California that began with great promise and ended with a disappointing run of mediocrity.

Dark matter detector nearing activation in SD mine

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:53 PM PST

In this July 31, 2012 photo provided by Sanford Lab researchers work on the top floor of the Large Underground Xenon experiment at a shuttered gold mine in Lead, S.D. The experiment, known as LUX, could begin collecting data on dark matter as early as February _ and, if all goes as planned, that data could answer age-old questions about the universe and its origins, scientists said Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Courtesy Sanford Lab, Matt Kapust)Scientists hoping to detect dark matter deep in a former South Dakota gold mine have taken the last major step before flipping the switch on their more than $300 million experiment and say they may be ready to begin collecting data as early as February.

Oil falls on hopes for ceasefire in Middle East

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:48 PM PST

The price of oil fell sharply Tuesday on signs that Israel and Hamas are close to putting a halt to fighting that has lasted nearly a week.

Push for Israel-Hamas cease-fire gains momentum

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:45 PM PST

An Israeli soldier stands on a tank at a staging area near the Israel Gaza Strip Border, southern Israel, early Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Israeli forces and Gaza militants to hold their fire, warning that a further escalation of the seven-day-old conflict would endanger the entire region. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)A diplomatic push to end Israel's nearly weeklong offensive in the Gaza Strip gained momentum Tuesday, with Egypt's president predicting that airstrikes would soon end, the U.S. Secretary of State racing to the region and Israel's prime minister saying his country would be a "willing partner" to a cease-fire with the Islamic militant group Hamas.

Hamas blames Israel for Gaza truce delay

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:44 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - A Hamas official said on Tuesday that Egyptian efforts to broker a truce with Israel had been held up because the Israeli government had yet to respond to proposals, indicating there would be no ceasefire until Wednesday at the earliest. "The Israeli side has not responded yet, so we will not hold a (news) conference this evening and must wait until tomorrow," Ezzat al-Rishq, a senior Hamas leader, told Reuters. "The truce is now held up because we are waiting for the Israeli side to respond," he added in a short telephone interview. ...

Bernanke warns Congress to avoid 'fiscal cliff'

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:44 PM PST

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addresses a luncheon gathering of The Economic Club of New York, in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Bernanke on Tuesday urged Congress and the Obama administration to strike a budget deal to avert tax increases and spending cuts that could trigger a recession next year. Without a deal, the measures known as the "fiscal cliff" will take effect in January. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday urged Congress and the Obama administration to strike a budget deal to avert tax increases and spending cuts that could trigger a recession next year.

McAfee blogs about police seeking him in Belize

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:42 PM PST

FILE -In this Thursday Nov. 8, 2012 file photo software company founder John McAfee speaks at the official presentation of equipment ceremony that took place at the San Pedro Police Station in Ambergris Caye, Belize. Software company founder John McAfee said Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, he's wearing a disguise and hiding in plain sight, watching police and reporters stake out his home and blogging about it. (AP Photo/Ambergris Today Online-Sofia Munoz, File)Software company founder John McAfee says he's hiding in plain sight, wearing a disguise as he watches police and reporters stake out his home — and blogging about it all.

Girl, 13, fatally shot on Miami-area school bus

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PST

A 13-year-old girl was shot to death in front of her sister and several other students while riding the bus to a charter school Tuesday, Miami-Dade police said.

Rutgers joins the Big Ten, leaving Big East behind

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 13, 2012 file photo shows Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood, center, standing with his players as they sing Rutgers' Alma Mater after defeating Syracuse 23- 15 in an NCAA college football game at High Points Solutions stadium in Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers is announcing that it will join the Big Ten at an afternoon news conference Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, on its campus in Piscataway, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)Rutgers is joining the Big Ten, leaving the Big East behind and cashing in on the school's investment in a football program that only 10 years ago seemed incapable of competing at the highest level.

Steelers sign WR Plaxico Burress

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2011, file photo, New York Jets wide receiver Plaxico Burress (17) catches a pass for a touchdown in front of Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha (24) during the second half of an NFL football game in Philadelphia. The Pittsburgh Steelers signed Burress on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, to provide depth at a position decimated by injuries. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)Plaxico Burress is back where he once belonged.

Union to monitor Miami Marlins after payroll purge

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2011, file photo, Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, right, and newly signed free-agent shortstop Jose Reyes interact after a news conference at Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Dallas. The Marlins' latest payroll purge received final approval Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, from Commissioner Bud Selig's office. In a conference call, team president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest confirmed the trade was necessary because Loria wanted to pare payroll. Reyes, who is due a guaranteed salary of $96 million, was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)The players' association will monitor the Miami Marlins following their payroll purge, saying it is too early to determine whether the salary cuts will cause any issues under baseball's labor contract.

HHS details overhaul rules and required benefits

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:35 PM PST

The Obama administration has strengthened the prescription drug coverage that will be available to the millions of people who will get insurance through the nation's new health care overhaul starting late next year.

Israeli airstrikes kill 3 Palestinian journalists

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:35 PM PST

Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinian journalists in their cars Tuesday, a Gaza health official and the head of the Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV said. Israel acknowledged targeting the men, claiming they had ties to militants.

Sandy leads to Thanksgiving rental car shortage

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:34 PM PST

FILE- In this Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, file photo, cars that were uprighted and submerged by Superstorm Sandy remain at the entrance of a subterranean parking garage in New York's Financial District, as the water is pumped out. Thanksgiving travelers who have yet to rent a car in the Northeast are out of luck: Superstorm Sandy has created a shortage. The storm damaged thousands of cars, including those owned by the rental companies. The loss of vehicles was compounded by rising demand. Thanksgiving and Christmas are normally busy rental periods. And lingering mass transit problems caused by Sandy have added to demand. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Thanksgiving travelers who have yet to rent a car in the Northeast are out of luck: Superstorm Sandy has created a shortage.

Column: Still a lot to be thankful for in sports

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 15, 2012 file photo shows spectators arriving at the Barclays Center for a preseason NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Washington Wizards, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Brooklyn is a sports town again, thanks to a sparkling new $1 billion arena and a Russian billionaire who parked his basketball team there. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)The bad stuff is easy. You read about it almost every day; hear it discussed endlessly by the talking heads on radio and television.

Bobby Bare returns to RCA Studio B for new album

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:32 PM PST

This undated image released by Plowboy Records shows musician Bobby Bare. Bare's latest album is "Darker Than Light," a collaboration of Bare's favorite folks songs, including works by Bob Dylan, Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie. (AP Photo/Plowboy Records)When Bobby Bare returned to RCA Studio B 50 years after he began his career there, he was afflicted with an off-kilter case of deja vu.

Clinton arrives in Israel for cease-fire talk

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:28 PM PST

An Israeli soldier stands on a tank at a staging area near the Israel Gaza Strip Border, southern Israel, early Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Israeli forces and Gaza militants to hold their fire, warning that a further escalation of the seven-day-old conflict would endanger the entire region. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Israel on an emergency visit to help end a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants.

Danica Patrick divorcing husband after 7 years

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:27 PM PST

NASCAR driver Danica Patrick talks to the media about her career, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/David Graham)Danica Patrick and her husband are divorcing after seven years of marriage.

AP Exclusive: Syrian rebels seize base, arms trove

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:26 PM PST

Syrian army soldier prisoners stand near ammunition after Syrian fighters took over the military base in Aleppo, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)After a nearly two-month siege, Syrian rebels overwhelmed a large military base in the north of the country and made off with tanks, armored vehicles and truckloads of munitions that rebel leaders say will give them a boost in the fight against President Bashar Assad's army.

NHL labor talks expected to resume Wednesday

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:24 PM PST

This time, NHL owners and players are staying apart for just one day.

2 ex-confidants of British PM face bribery charges

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:20 PM PST

FILE This Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 file photo shows Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of News Corp.'s British operations, leaving the Old Bailey court in London London. Officials have charged the British prime minister's former media aide and the ex-chief of Rupert Murdoch's News International with bribery offenses. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said Tuesday Nov. 20, 2012 that Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks were among four people being charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)Two former confidants of Britain's prime minister have been charged with conspiring to pay public officials in exchange for stories and information — the latest development in the country's establishment-shaking scandal over media malfeasance.

Former Sen. Warren Rudman of NH dies at 82

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:20 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 16, 1986 file photo shows Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rudman, who co-authored a ground-breaking budget balancing law, championed ethics and led a commission that predicted the danger of homeland terrorist attacks before 9/11, has died. He was 82. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)Colleagues knew former Sen. Warren B. Rudman for his abrupt manner, but they trusted his expertise. On one matter in particular, though, he wished people would have listened to him: that the U.S. was vulnerable to a major terrorist attack.

FDA OKs HeartWare device for transplant patients

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new heart pump for patients with severe heart failure who are awaiting a heart transplant.

Turkey, pie and politics? T-Day family friction

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:11 PM PST

In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, Brian Malone, of Duxbury Mass., speaks about the recent presidential election, while gathered with his extended family including his wife Rebecca Malone, left, and brother-in-law Andrew Marshall, right, of Quincy Mass., during dinner at his in-law's house in Hingham, Mass., where politics is a frequent, and divisive topic of conversation. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)Ah, Thanksgiving. A little turkey, some cranberry mold, maybe apple pie with ice cream, some football on TV. Getting together with the cousins. Catching up beside the fire. Togetherness.

US, Mexico rewrite rules on sharing Colorado River

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 5, 2008 file photo, water levels at the Colorado River's Horseshoe Bend begin to rise along the beaches just hours after the Glen Canyon Dam jet tubes began releasing water, in Page, Ariz. Drought, climate change and an increasing population in the West are pushing the Colorado River basin toward deep trouble in the coming decades, scientists say. (AP Photo/Matt York)The United States and Mexico are rewriting rules on how to share water from the Colorado River, capping a five-year effort to form a united front against future drought in their western states.
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