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Friday, December 14, 2012

AP source: Suspect drove to mother's school

AP source: Suspect drove to mother's school

AP source: Suspect drove to mother's school

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:18 PM PST

A law enforcement official says the suspect in the Connecticut school shootings is 20-year-old Adam Lanza, the son of a teacher at the school where the shootings occurred. A second law enforcement official says the boy's mother, Nancy Lanza, is presumed dead.

Stocks slip on Wall Street; Best Buy drops

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:11 PM PST

Stocks are ending lower on Wall Street, putting the market into the red for the week.

Holiday shoppers may see big discounts soon

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:11 PM PST

In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 photo, a woman browses through a display of jewelry on sale at a J.C. Penney store in Las Vegas. In the midst of the busy holiday shopping season, when retailers can make up to 40 percent of their sales, promotions are actually down 5 percent year over year so far, according to BMO Capital market's sales rack index. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)If shoppers don't show up in stores soon, more "70 percent off" sale signs will.

Some of the deadliest mass shootings around world

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:04 PM PST

FILE - In this July 21, 2012 file photo, from left: Tylecia Amos, 14; Shatyra Amos, 15; Michael Walker, 17; and Mykia Walker, 16, carry flowers to lay at a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century Theater parking lot, in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed when a gunman entered an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, released a canister of gas and then opened fire during opening night of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises." James Holmes, a 24-year-old former graduate student at the University of Colorado, has been charged in the deaths. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez, File)A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at some others:

Police: 27 killed at Conn. school; 1 other dead

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:01 PM PST

Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. An official with knowledge of Friday's shooting said 27 people were dead, including 18 children. It was the worst school shooting in the country's history. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)A gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, including 20 children, by blasting his way through the building as young students cowered helplessly in classrooms while their teachers and classmates were shot.

Death toll after Connecticut shootings at 28: police

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

(Reuters) - A total of 28 people are dead after a shooting at a school in Connecticut and at a secondary scene nearby, state police said on Friday. The toll includes 20 children and six adults, the gunman himself and an adult victim at the second scene in Connecticut, officials said. (Writing by Ben Berkowitz; Editing by Will Dunham)

At least 27, with 18 children shot dead at Connecticut school: report

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

Parents pick-up their children near Sandy Hook Elementary School in NewtownNEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - At least 27 people, including 18 children, were killed on Friday when at least one shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, CBS News reported, citing unnamed officials. If confirmed, it would be one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history. It comes after a series of shooting rampages in the United States this year that have killed multiple victims. The principal and school psychologist were among the dead, CNN said. ...

Brother of suspected Connecticut school shooter found dead in New Jersey: CNN

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:53 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A brother of the suspected Connecticut school gunman was found dead on Friday in a home in Hoboken, New Jersey, CNN reported. Authorities searched the home following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut by a heavily armed gunman who opened fire on school children and staff. Among those shot and killed was the gunman's mother, a teacher at the school, authorities said. (Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst; Editing by Will Dunham)

Oil gains on positive US and China factory data

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:49 PM PST

The price of oil ended higher Friday on positive signs for manufacturing in the U.S. and China.

Obama calls for 'meaningful action' after shooting

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:45 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown during a press briefing at the White House in WashingtonA tearful President Barack Obama says the country's leaders must "take meaningful action" regardless of politics in response to the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

Gasoline prices soon to hit low point for 2012

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:44 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, traffic drives past a North Little Rock, Ark., gas station. Gas prices are dropping just in time for holiday travel. By Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, the national average should fall below $3.2775 a gallon, the low for the year set on Jan. 1. But American drivers will still spend a record amount on gas in 2012, with each gallon costing 10 cents more on average than a year ago. They can only hope that government forecasts for lower prices next year come true. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)Gas prices will soon drop to their lowest level of the year.

Oregon lawmakers meet, consider tax deal for Nike

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2006 file photo, the red Nike swoosh marks the entrance to the company's headquarters campus in Beaverton, Ore. Nike wants to expand its Oregon operations and hire as many as 12,000 new workers by 2020 but wants the government to promise it won't change the state tax code. Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber says he'll call the Legislature into session Friday to create a law to give Nike its promise. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)Instead of heading out on holiday vacations, Oregon's part-time lawmakers are back to work Friday. The reason: Nike, one of the state's largest employers, wants a tax deal in exchange for bringing hundreds of new jobs.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:42 PM PST

Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

Mixed verdicts in Arkansas drug-corruption case

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:40 PM PST

A federal jury convicted a former Arkansas police officer Friday on extortion and drug charges linked to a sweeping investigation into corruption and drug trafficking in east Arkansas.

Lieberman pre-election exit roils Israeli politics

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST

FILE - in this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 file photo, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks to the media during an event of his political party in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 Lieberman has announced he is resigning a day after an indictment for breach of trust was filed against him by the country's attorney general. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)The resignation of powerful Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu's top Cabinet partner, has shaken up Israeli politics a month before elections. Analysts say Netanyahu is likely to survive, but is losing a valued ally.

Court lets slaves' descendants sue Cherokee chief

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST

Descendants of slaves owned by members of the Cherokee Nation can sue the current chief in an attempt to restore their tribal memberships, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

AP source: Tigers and Sanchez agree to 5-year deal

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST

The Detroit Tigers have made another major move to help their quest to win a World Series for the first time since 1984.

Pot proponents hopeful, wary after Obama comments

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 5, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking at the Interior Department in Washington. The president says he won't go after Washington state and Colorado for legalizing marijuana. In a Barbara Walters interview airing Friday on ABC, Obama is asked whether he supports making pot legal. He says, "I wouldn't go that far." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)Backers of new laws that legalized marijuana in Washington and Colorado were cautiously optimistic after President Barack Obama said Uncle Sam wouldn't pursue pot users in those states.

Bill retaliating against US moves ahead in Russia

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:32 PM PST

Russian legislators have given initial approval to a bill that would impose sanctions on Americans accused of human rights violations.

Chile apologizes to lesbian denied custody of kids

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:28 PM PST

Chile's government has apologized to a lesbian judge who was denied custody of her three daughters because she is gay.

AP source: Suspect is 24; younger brother held

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:24 PM PST

A law enforcement official says the suspect in the Connecticut school shootings is 24-year-old Ryan Lanza and that his younger brother is being held for questioning as a possible second shooter. The law enforcement official says the boys' mother, Nancy Lanza, works at the school as a teacher.

Official: 27 dead in Conn. school shooting

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST

CONN SHOOTING: Map locates Newtown, Conn.A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official said.

Narrow 'fiscal cliff' bargain gains currency

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:19 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio accuses President Barack Obama of not being serious about cutting government spending, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner is insisting that Obama wants far more in tax increases than spending reductions and appears willing to walk the economy "right up to the fiscal cliff." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Hopes dimming for a wide-ranging bargain, the White House and many congressional Republicans are setting their sights on a more modest deal that would extend current tax rates for most Americans, raise rates for top earners and leave other, vexing issues for the new year.

$4 trillion no magical cure for debt problem

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:15 PM PST

President Barack Obama has proposed saving more than $4 trillion over the next decade in his "fiscal cliff" talks with Republicans. House Speaker John Boehner has offered a comparable figure, and two years ago an influential bipartisan commission headed by Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson suggested $4 trillion as well.

Transgender college hoops player keeps head high

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:15 PM PST

Gabrielle Ludwig, a 6-foot-6-inch transsexual player on Mission College's women's basketball squad, reflects on her return to college ball on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, in Santa Clara, Calif. Gabrielle Ludwig made sports history this month as a basketball player at a Northern California community college. The 50-year-old transsexual, Army veteran, father and Mission College freshman is believed to be the first hoopster to play college ball as both a man and a woman. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)The women's basketball team at Mission College expected the bleachers to be full and the hecklers ready when its newest player made her home court debut.

UN nuke agency: progress on Iran nuclear program

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:07 PM PST

Herman Nackaerts, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, waves as he arrives from Iran at Vienna's Schwechat airport, Austria, on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Nackaerts says his team made headway during talks in Tehran meant to restart an investigation of suspicions the Islamic Republic may have secretly worked on a nuclear arms program. He says that means the U.N. nuclear agency expects to resume its probe early next year. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)A senior U.N. official announced progress Friday in long-stalled efforts to resume a probe of suspicions that Iran may have worked to develop nuclear arms, saying the investigation could be restarted by early next year.

U.N. agency sees deal soon to check Iran nuclear work

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:07 PM PST

Herman Nackaerts, head of a delegation of the IAEA, reacts at the airport in Vienna after arriving with his team from IranVIENNA (Reuters) - The United Nations nuclear agency expects to reach a deal with Iran next month enabling it to investigate whether the Islamic state has carried out atomic bomb research, the chief U.N. inspector said after returning from Tehran on Friday. Even though the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) failed to gain requested access to the Parchin military complex during Thursday's visit to the Iranian capital, IAEA delegation head Herman Nackaerts said progress had been made. "We had good meetings," Nackaerts, deputy director general of the U.N. ...

U.N. agency expects deal soon on Iran nuclear probe

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:03 PM PST

IAEA Director General Amano attends a news conference in ViennaVIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear agency expects to reach a deal with Iran next month enabling it to resume a stalled probe into suspected nuclear weapon research in the Islamic state, the chief U.N. inspector said after returning from Tehran on Friday. Even though the International Atomic Energy Agency failed to gain access to the Parchin military complex during Thursday's visit to the Iranian capital as requested, IAEA delegation head Herman Nackaerts said progress had been made. "We had good meetings," Nackaerts, deputy director general of the U.N. ...

Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:02 PM PST

FILE - In this March 8, 2012 file photo, Mexican-American singer and reality TV star Jenni Rivera poses during an interview in Los Angeles. Las Vegas-based Starwood Management, the company that owns the luxury jet that crashed and killed Rivera on Dec. 9, is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the agency seized two of its planes earlier this year as part of the ongoing probe. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the agency seized two of its planes earlier this year as part of the ongoing probe.

Kerry, Hagel front-runners to lead State, Defense

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:02 PM PST

FILE - This Nov. 28, 2012 file photo shows UN Ambassador Susan Rice leaving a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rice has withdrawn from consideration for secretary of state. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who unsuccessfully sought the presidency in 2004 and has pined for the job of top diplomat, vaulted to the head of President Barack Obama's short list of secretary of state candidates after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice suddenly withdrew from consideration to avoid a contentious confirmation fight with emboldened Republicans.

Suspected Connecticut gunman killed mother, a teacher, at school: New York Times

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:01 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The alleged gunman in the deadly Connecticut school shooting on Friday shot and killed his mother, a teacher at the school, before gunning down students in her classroom and other adults in a rampage, the New York Times reported. The alleged gunman opened fire in the classroom where his mother taught at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing her and then shooting 18 students in the room, the Times said. He also shot seven other adults before killing himself, the Times said. (Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Will Dunham)

As Syrian rebels close in, Assad has cards to play

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:00 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 file photo Vladimir Putin, then Russian President, right, and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad smile as they shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin. With even his most powerful ally, Russia, losing faith in him, President Bashar Assad may appear to be heading for a last stand against rebel forces who have been waging a ferocious battle to overthrow him for nearly two years. But Assad still has thousands of elite and loyal troops behind him, and analysts say that even if he wanted to give up the fight, it's unclear those around him would let him abandon ship and leave them to an uncertain fate.(AP photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, File)With rebels trying to penetrate Syria's capital, Damascus, President Bashar Assad may appear to be heading for a last stand as his weakened regime crumbles around him.

Obama to speak on Connecticut shooting at 3:15 p.m. EST

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will deliver a statement at 3:15 p.m. EST on Friday about the deadly shooting rampage at an elementary school in Connecticut, the White House said. Obama will speak to reporters in the White House briefing room. (Reporting By Matt Spetalnick)

27 dead, including gunman, at Conn. school

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:51 AM PST

In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following a reported shooting there Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks) MANDATORY CREDITA man opened fire inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing 26 people, including 18 children, and forcing students to cower in classrooms and then flee with the help of teachers and police.

Appeals court upholds Afghan's detention in Gitmo

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:47 AM PST

An appeals court has upheld a lower judge's decision not to release a former high-ranking Taliban government official from Guantanamo Bay.

Some of the deadliest school shootings in the US

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:44 AM PST

A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. Here is a look at some other recent school shootings:

THE RESET: Obama also facing a personnel 'cliff'

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:40 AM PST

FILE - This June 7, 2012 file photo shows U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice listening during a news conference at the UN. Rice has withdrawn from consideration for secretary of state. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)The beginnings of presidential second terms usually bring major personnel changes. For President Barack Obama, the shuffling in top positions comes as his administration grapples with averting a major year-end financial crisis.

Convicted Calif. killer admits to 2 NYC killings

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:38 AM PST

A serial killer already sentenced to death in California admitted Friday to murdering two other young women in New York City in the 1970s.

Jenni Rivera's remains returned to So. California

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:37 AM PST

FILE - In this March 8, 2012, file photo, Mexican-American singer and reality TV star Jenni Rivera speaks during an interview in Los Angeles. The remains of Mexican-American music star Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash in Mexico on Sunday, were headed back to the United States after being identified by her family, state officials of the Mexican State of Nueva Leon said Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)Jenni Rivera, the Latin music star killed in a weekend plane crash, has made her final journey home.

AP-GfK Poll: Science doubters say world is warming

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:37 AM PST

FILE - In this July 26, 2011 file photo, a Greenlandic Inuit hunter and fisherman steers his boat past a melting iceberg, along a fjord leading away from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, near Nuuk, Greenland. Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is done about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. Belief and worry about climate change are inching up among Americans in general, but concern is growing faster among people who don't often trust scientists on the environment. In follow-up interviews, some of those doubters said they believe their own eyes as they've watched thermometers rise, New York City subway tunnels flood, polar ice melt and Midwestern farm fields dry up. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is done about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.
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