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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Preliminary hearing ends in Afghan massacre case

Preliminary hearing ends in Afghan massacre case

Preliminary hearing ends in Afghan massacre case

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:42 PM PST

Kari Bales, third from right, stands next to attorney Lance Rosen, third from left, as she listens to her sister, Stephanie Tandberg, second from right, read a statement to reporters Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, outside the building housing a military courtroom on Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state, where a preliminary hearing ended Tuesday for Kari's husband, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. Bales is accused of 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder for a pre-dawn attack on two villages in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan in March of 2012. At right is Stephanie's husband, Eric Tandberg. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)Army prosecutors on Tuesday asked an investigative officer to recommend a death penalty court-martial for a staff sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage, saying that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales committed "heinous and despicable crimes."

Petraeus enlisted for cameo in 'Call of Duty' game

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:38 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)David Petraeus has landed on his feet with a new gig in "Call of Duty: Black Ops II."

AAA: Thanksgiving travel should increase slightly

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, file photo, cars fill the highway two days before Thanksgiving, in San Diego. The number of Americans hitting the road for Thanksgiving in 2012, is expected to increase slightly from a year ago, according to AAA's annual Thanksgiving travel forecast released Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. But they'll take shorter trips to save on gas and other costs as household budgets remain tight. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)Slightly more Americans will hit the road this Thanksgiving, according to AAA. That includes people who are choosing to drive instead of fly as household budgets remain tight.

Brothers charged with scamming $5M lottery ticket

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:37 PM PST

Two brothers from central New York who claimed a $5 million lottery ticket sold at their family's store have been accused of scamming the winning ticket from a customer.

Solar eclipse casts shadow across north Australia

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:35 PM PST

From boats bobbing on the Great Barrier Reef, to hot air balloons hovering over the rainforest, and the hilltops and beaches in between, tens of thousands of scientists, tourists and amateur astronomers watched Wednesday as the sun, moon and Earth aligned and plunged northern Australia into darkness during a total solar eclipse.

Generals backed Kelley's sister in court

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:33 PM PST

CORRECTS DATE - Jill Kelley looks out the window of her home Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)In the latest twist of the David Petraeus sex scandal, court records show the former CIA director and Gen. John Allen intervened last September in a messy custody dispute on behalf of Jill Kelley's sister, whom a judge described as dishonest and lacking integrity.

Jordan raises fuel prices, sparking protests

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:27 PM PST

Jordan's prime minister announced price hikes for gas and other fuel Tuesday, setting off demonstrations and calls for general strikes.

Cuba oil dreams on hold as drill rig set to depart

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:26 PM PST

The only rig in existence that can drill in deep waters off Cuba is preparing to sail away from the island, officials said Tuesday, after the third exploratory well sunk this year proved nonviable in a blow to government hopes of an oil bonanza.

Exclusive: AMD hires bank to explore options - sources

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:26 PM PST

A new AMD Opteron 6000 series processor is seen on a motherboard during a product launch in TaipeiNEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co to explore options, which could include a potential sale, as the chipmaker struggles to find a role in an industry increasingly focused on mobile and away from traditional PCs, according to three sources familiar with the situation. The company's stock surged 18 percent on the news before ending up 5 percent at $2.09 on the New York Stock Exchange. ...

Oil falls as IEA predicts demand growth will slow

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:25 PM PST

The price of oil fell slightly Tuesday after the International Energy Agency predicted demand will grow at a slower pace into next year because of the sluggish global economy.

Boat needed in one Minneapolis voting precinct

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:24 PM PST

The city of Minneapolis skyline rises Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 in the distance behind Lake Calhoun. A newly redistricted precinct map shows 3B is located entirely in the eastern half of Lake Calhoun in Minnesota. City Clerk Casey Carl says the watery precinct is the "unintentional result of a programming error" made in drawing new ward boundary lines. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)Not one voter cast a ballot in one Minneapolis precinct on Election Day. That's because the only living species in Ward 10, Precinct 3B, is of the aquatic variety.

US stocks fall in uneven trading; Home Depot soars

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:24 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, supporters from the Independent Greeks party hold Greek flags as Presidential guards performs the changing of the guards ceremony outside the Greek parliament during an anti- austerity rally in central Athens. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, as a deal to rescue the Greek economy now looks much less certain than it had just one day ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)U.S. stocks closed lower after uneven trading Tuesday as fears about the "fiscal cliff" and Greece tipped major indexes between gains and losses. A surge in Home Depot's stock prevented a steeper drop for the Dow Jones industrial average.

Woman convicted of murder in Texas day care fire

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:22 PM PST

File - In this Nov. 12, 2012 file photo, home day care operator Jessica Tata, left, and her attorney Mike DeGeurin listen to the closing arguments in her murder trial for the death of 16-month-old day care fire victim, Elias Castillo, at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, in Houston. Tata has been found guilty of murder 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)A Texas woman was convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of one of four children who died in a fire at her home day care after she left them alone with hot oil on the stove while she shopped at Target.

US government runs $120 billion October deficit

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:19 PM PST

This Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, photo shows the Capital building in Washington. The federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $120 billion deficit, an indication that the U.S. is on a path to its fifth straight $1 trillion-plus deficit. Another soaring deficit puts added pressure on President Barack Obama and Congress to seek a budget deal in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $120 billion deficit in October, an indication that the nation is on a path to its fifth straight $1 trillion-plus annual deficit.

France recognizes new Syria opposition

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:14 PM PST

A Free Syrian Army fighter holds an RPG as he walks in the Aleppo district of SalaheddineCAIRO/PARIS (Reuters) - France became the first European power to recognize Syria's new opposition coalition as the sole representative of its people and said on Tuesday it would look into arming rebels against President Bashar al-Assad once they form a government. Twenty months into their bloody uprising against Assad, fragmented Syrian opposition groups struck a deal in Qatar on Sunday to form a broad coalition and their leader immediately appealed for European backing. ...

Football, politics boost NBC's ratings

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:13 PM PST

Houston Texans wide receiver Keshawn Martin (82) is tackled by Chicago Bears defensive back Zack Bowman during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)NBC can thank the football and political seasons for a strong showing in the television ratings.

The curse of commanding the Afghan war

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:04 PM PST

This combination of file photos from 2008-2012 shows, top row from left, Gens. David McKiernan, Stanley A. McChrystal, bottom row from left, David Petraeus and John Allen in Afghanistan. The four U.S. generals led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008. (AP Photo)A look at what went wrong for the four U.S. generals who have led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008:

Collage from Beatles album fetches $87,720

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:50 PM PST

FILE This Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 file photo shows employees from Sotheby's auction house adjust the original Sir Peter Blake 1967 collage for the iconic Beatles album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which will be sold at auction, during a press viewing in London. Sotheby's says an original piece of artwork from the Beatles' Sotheby's says an original piece of artwork from the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album has fetched 55,250 pounds ($87,720) at an auction.

Fall rains bring havoc to Haiti

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:45 PM PST

Jesumene St-Fleur, 48, walks with her five-year-old daughter Marie Lourdine at their home that was damaged by heavy rain brought by Hurricane Sandy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. The rain has tapered off and floodwaters no longer claw at houses, but the situation across much of Haiti remain grim, following an autumn of punishing rains that have killed scores of people and that threaten to cause even more hunger across the nation. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)The rain has tapered off and floodwaters no longer claw at houses, but the situation across much of Haiti remained grim on Tuesday following an autumn of punishing rains that have killed scores of people and that threaten to cause even more hunger across the impoverished nation.

Eisner gets back into movies with Universal deal

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:45 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, March. 12, 2009, file photo, Michael D. Eisner speaks at the the Nickelodeon 2009 upfront presentation, in New York. Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner is getting back in the movie business. The 70-year-old said Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, that the media company he founded, The Tornante Company, will finance films that will be distributed by Comcast Corp.'s Universal Pictures. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner is getting back in the movie business.

Gorbachev issues new book, laments illnesses

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:43 PM PST

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signs his book in a book shop in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Mikhail Gorbachev looks back at his life in his new book Alone with Myself. He talks about his young years with a remarkable candor in the book, which is full of love for his late wife. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)Mikhail Gorbachev says he's feeling the effects of old age, but aims to stay active as long as he can.

Fla. socialite at center of general's sex scandal

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:43 PM PST

Jill Kelley sits inside her home Tuesday, Nov 12, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)If you were to diagram the increasingly tangled sex scandal surrounding former CIA Director David Petraeus, nearly all lines would lead back to one person: Jill Kelley, a 37-year-old Tampa socialite who hosted parties for the nation's top military brass.

France recognizes new Syria group, 1st in West

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:41 PM PST

This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and an Associated Press journalist who saw a plane bomb an area around the Syrian-Turkish border town of Ras al-Ayn, shows Syrians inspecting the damage and looking for victims moments after an airstrike by Syrian warplanes in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)France on Tuesday became the first Western country to formally recognize Syria's newly formed opposition coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

'Guru' swindler of French aristocrats gets 8 years

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PST

CORRECTS DATE PHOTO TAKEN - Thierry Tilly leaves the court of Bordeaux, southwestern France, in this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 photo. The alleged modern-day Rasputin was convicted Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012 of brainwashing three generations of an aristocratic French family for nearly a decade, swindling them of their fortune and their turreted manor in a case has both riveted and shocked the nation. Tilly was sentenced to eight years in prison by the court. (AP Photo)He started with the woman who hired him at the secretarial school, befriending her and winning her confidence. She introduced him to her elderly mother, her children. Her grandchildren, nearing adulthood, were next. Soon, Thierry Tilly was almost a member of the family of aristocrats.

US quickly going through commanders in Afghan war

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:37 PM PST

This combination of file photos from 2008-2012 shows, top row from left, Gens. David McKiernan, Stanley A. McChrystal, bottom row from left, David Petraeus and John Allen in Afghanistan. The four U.S. generals led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008. (AP Photo)At the international military headquarters in Kabul, it's jokingly being called the curse of the commander's job.

Prize-winning poet Jack Gilbert dead at age 87

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:36 PM PST

Jack Gilbert, a prize-winning poet known for his clear and subtle verse, has died at age 87.

50 and counting for Rolling Stones

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:34 PM PST

This Oct. 18, 2012 file photo shows, from left, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones at London Film Festival American Express Gala for their film, "The Rolling Stones - Crossfire Hurricane" at Odeon West End in London. The archetypal rock 'n' roll band is set for five concerts in London and the New York area over the next month, released another hits compilation with two new songs on Tuesday, Nov. 13, and will see HBO premiere a documentary on their formative years, "Crossfire Hurricane," on Thursday Nov. 15. Wyman was a member of the band until 1993. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, file)The official line is "we'll see." But the Rolling Stones seem in such fighting trim, clear-eyed and focused, that it's hard to believe there's not more cooking beyond the current flurry of activity surrounding the band's 50th anniversary.

Indexes fall in uneven trading; Home Depot soars

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, supporters from the Independent Greeks party hold Greek flags as Presidential guards performs the changing of the guards ceremony outside the Greek parliament during an anti- austerity rally in central Athens. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, as a deal to rescue the Greek economy now looks much less certain than it had just one day ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)U.S. stocks drifted lower in uneven trading Tuesday as fears about the "fiscal cliff" and Greece tipped major indexes between gains and losses. A surge in Home Depot's stock prevented a much-steeper drop for the Dow Jones industrial average.

Biden meets with U2 frontman Bono at White House

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:32 PM PST

The White House says Vice President Joe Biden has met with U2 frontman Bono to discuss global development, AIDS and efforts to fight poverty.

A look at US generals in Afghan war

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:30 PM PST

This combination of file photos from 2008-2012 shows, top row from left, Gens. David McKiernan, Stanley A. McChrystal, bottom row from left, David Petraeus and John Allen in Afghanistan. The four U.S. generals led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008. (AP Photo)A look at what went wrong for the four U.S. generals who have led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008:

New opposition head gives renewed hope to Syrians

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:29 PM PST

In this Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 file photo, Syrian opposition figure and prominent Syrian human rights activist Haytham al-Maleh, left, congratulates Muslim cleric Mouaz al-Khatib after he was elected president of the newly formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, in Doha, Qatar. While lacking in political experience, Al-Khatib, the 52-year-old preacher-turned-activist is described by Syrians as a man of the people--a modest, unifying figure who commands wide respect among the country's various opposition groups and rebels. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)Syria's political opposition has struggled to prove its relevance amid the civil war under a leadership largely made up of academics and exiled politicians. With its relaunch as a new organization, it has taken a different tack: choosing as its head a popular Muslim cleric who preaches sectarian unity and can fire up a crowd.

Belize police urge software founder to appear

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:27 PM PST

Police are urging software company founder John McAfee to come in for questioning and help solve the killing of his neighbor on the Caribbean island where they lived, officials said Tuesday.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves Mayo Clinic

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:24 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2011 file photo, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-Ill., is seen during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. A spokesman at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota said Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, Jackson has left the clinic, where he was being treated for bipolar disorder for the second time since taking a leave of absence in June. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. left the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday after his second treatment for bipolar disorder there, but it remained unclear where the congressman was going or whether he planned to return to work in Washington.

AP Interview: Tennis mulls anti-doping step

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:19 PM PST

Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a return to Noak Djokovic of Serbia during their ATP World Tour Tennis singles final match in London, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Tennis is considering whether to adopt blood-testing measures used by cycling and track to catch drug cheats.

Emails that touched off scandal described CIA director's movements

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:19 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anonymous harassing emails that Tampa socialite Jill Kelley turned over to the FBI contained information about the movements of CIA Director David Petraeus which was not publicly available, a law enforcement source told Reuters. The fact that the emails' author - later determined to be Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell - knew confidential information about the CIA chief's activities was one of the main reasons the FBI felt compelled to launch an in-depth investigation into their origin and motivation, the source said. ...

Michael Uslan's 1980 choice for Joker up for sale

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:16 PM PST

This image released by Metropolis Collectibles, Inc. shows a drawing of actor Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 Here's the Joker!

Concerns about furnace fuel Indiana blast probe

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST

Citizens Energy workers continue their investigation Monday afternoon Nov. 12, 2012 by digging into the front sidewalk looking for possible explanation into the explosion in Indianapolis. They are checking gas line, but caution it is too soon to rule other possible causes, (AP Photo/ WTHR Chopper 13 /The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger) NO SALESAs investigators try to determine what caused a deadly explosion that ravaged an Indianapolis subdivision, an expert says people shouldn't be alarmed by a homeowner's suggestion that his faulty furnace could be to blame.

Texas inmate who admitted rapes seeks compensation

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST

FILE - In a Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1994 file photo, capital murder suspect Michael Blair watches as potential juriors enter a Midland, Texas, courtroom. When Blair was sent to death row for the infamous murder of 7-year-old Ashley Estell, he insisted he never killed anyone. More than a decade later, genetic testing showed he was telling the truth. But during those long years behind bars, Blair confessed to raping two other children, a crime for which he's serving multiple life sentences. Blair has made an unlikely demand, asking the state for nearly $1 million as compensation for being wrongfully convicted. His request has gone all the way to the Texas Supreme Court and is forcing a re-examination of laws designed to offer exonerated inmates a new start. (AP Photo/Plano Star Courier, Ian Halpern, File) NO SALESWhen Michael Blair was sent to death row for the infamous murder of a 7-year-old Texas girl, he insisted he never killed anyone. More than a decade later, genetic testing showed he was telling the truth.

Kremlin: Obama says he's ready to visit Russia

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST

Russian news agencies say Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama have spoken on the phone and the American president has expressed his readiness to visit.

Ignored on campaign, global warming talk heats up

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST

Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is resurfacing in talks about a possible new tax.
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