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Football games dominate network viewing

Football games dominate network viewing

Football games dominate network viewing

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:57 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — In the most recent week's television viewing, there were the NFL conference championship games and everything else.

Sickening fog settles over Salt Lake City area

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:55 PM PST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Michelle Francis keeps one eye on Utah's air quality index and the other on her 9-year-old daughter's chronic asthma these days. The air pollution is so awful in her Salt Lake City suburb that Francis keeps her daughter indoors on many days to prevent her cough from being aggravated.

Venezuela VP: plot against Chavez allies revealed

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:54 PM PST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's vice president said Wednesday that the government has uncovered a plot by unidentified groups to attack him and another senior leader.

McDonald's plans 'Fish McBites' to boost sales

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:53 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's used the Dollar Menu to help lift its profit in the latest quarter. Now the world's biggest hamburger chain is turning to a pipeline of new menu items to boost slumping sales, starting with "Fish McBites."

Coast Guardsman in custody after disappearance

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:51 PM PST

HONOLULU (AP) — A Coast Guardsman who disappeared more than three months ago and showed up at his home over the weekend was in military custody at Pearl Harbor on Wednesday after being released from the hospital.

Study: Digital information can be stored in DNA

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

In an undated photo provided by European Molecular Biology Laboratory via Nature magazine, Dr. Nick Goldman of EMBL-EBI examines synthesized DNA in an Eppendorf vial. The genetic material has long stored all the information needed to make plants and animals, and now some scientists are saying it could help handle the growing storage needs of today's information society. Researchers said Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 that as a demonstration project, they had stored in DNA all 154 Shakespeare sonnets, a photo, a scientific paper, and a 26-second sound clip from Martin Luther King Jr.'s ``I Have A Dream'' speech. That all fit in a barely visible bit of DNA in a test tube. (AP Photo/European Molecular Biology Laboratory via Nature)NEW YORK (AP) — It can store the information from a million CDs in a space no bigger than your little finger, and could keep it safe for centuries.

Mexican court orders release of French woman

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2005 file photo, French citizen Florence Cassez is shown to the press during a police reenactment for the media of her arrest, a day after her detainment, on the outskirts of Mexico City. A Mexican Supreme Court panel voted Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, to release Cassez, who was sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping. Cassez was arrested in 2005 and convicted of helping her Mexican then-boyfriend run a kidnap gang. The five-justice panel voted 3-2 to order Cassez released because of procedural and rights violations during her arrest. (AP Photo, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican Supreme Court panel voted Wednesday to release Florence Cassez, a Frenchwoman who says she was unjustly sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping.

Experts back NYC's link of gun laws, lower crime

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:44 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — In his nationwide effort for tighter gun control, Mayor Michael Bloomberg attributes historic crime lows in New York to strict gun laws that are strictly enforced. "If we are serious about protecting lives," he wrote in a recent newspaper editorial, "we have to get serious about enforcing our laws."

Bus driver to serve 6 years for deadly Va. Crash

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:36 PM PST

BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) — The driver of a bus that crashed on Interstate 95 in Virginia, killing four passengers and injuring dozens, was sentenced Wednesday to spend six years in prison.

No charges against 2nd person in college shooting

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:35 PM PST

In this frame grab provided by KPRC Houston, an unidentified person is attended to by emergency personnel at Lone Star College Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston, where law enforcement officials say the community college is on lockdown amid reports of a shooter on campus. (AP Photo/Courtesy KPRC TV) MANDATORY CREDITHOUSTON (AP) — Charges aren't expected to be filed against a 25-year-old man who was involved in an argument that escalated into gunfire at a Houston-area community college, officials said Wednesday.

Hate crime, murder alleged in Philly basement case

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:33 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Linda Weston. A grand jury in Philadelphia alleges that several disabled adults were confined in subhuman conditions in a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits, and that two people died as a result. The indictment unsealed Wednesday Jan. 23, 2013 charges 52-year-old Weston and four others with offenses including hate crimes, kidnapping, murder in aid of racketeering and forced human labor. Prosecutors say it's the first time the federal hate crimes statute has been used to protect the disabled. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A paroled killer targeted mentally disabled adults in a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits, confining them like "zoo animals," forcing some into prostitution and causing the deaths of two victims through abuse and neglect, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Oil drops 1.5 percent; gains could be tapering off

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:33 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil declined the most this year Wednesday on reports that the amount of oil moving through a key pipeline to the Gulf Coast had been cut in half.

Review: Mega sharing service lacks versatility

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:32 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2012 file photo, Kim Dotcom, the founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, comments after he was granted bail and released in Auckland, New Zealand. Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has launched a new file-sharing website in a defiant move against the U.S. prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy. The colorful entrepreneur unveiled the "Mega" site ahead of a lavish gala and press conference planned at his New Zealand mansion on Sunday night, Jan. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Brett Phibbs, File) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUTNEW YORK (AP) — New Zealand entrepreneur Kim Dotcom — still wanted by U.S. authorities on allegations of copyright infringement — launched a new online service this week for storing and sharing files.

AP sources: Panetta opens combat roles to women

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:30 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 19, 2013 file photo shows Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaking during a news conference in London. Panetta has removed US military ban on women in combat, opening thousands of front line positions. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.

Trader Joe's raises price of 'Two-Buck Chuck'

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:29 PM PST

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The popular wine known as "Two-Buck Chuck" will need a new name after the bargain beverage's price was raised.

Strong results from Google, IBM lift tech stocks

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:26 PM PST

A specialist checks a screen as his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. World stock markets fell Wednesday Jan. 23, 2013 ahead of a U.S. vote on raising the nation's borrowing limit. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Strong earnings from tech giants nudged the stock market higher Wednesday. Investors also drew encouragement from a vote by the House of Representatives to let the government keep paying all its bills for another four months.

Nielsen: 20.6 million watched inauguration

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:26 PM PST

Richard Smith watches President Barack Obama deliver his inaugural address during the ceremonial swearing-in, on a television at a Best Buy department store in Springfield, Ill., Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)NEW YORK (AP) — Nielsen says an estimated 20.6 million people watched President Barack Obama's second inauguration on TV, sharply down from his first.

Panetta opens combat roles to women

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:21 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.

Yemen: US drone strike kills 7 suspected militants

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:19 PM PST

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say a U.S. drone strike on a car outside the capital of Sanaa has killed at least seven suspected al-Qaida militants.

Jordanians vote for newly empowered parliament

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:17 PM PST

A Jordanian woman inks his finger after casting his vote inside a polling station in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Jordanians voted Wednesday in a first electoral test for their king's political reforms, while a boycott from his Islamist-led opponents cast doubt over whether the vote would quell two years of simmering dissent in the streets. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanians voted Wednesday for a parliament with wider authority, as the king cedes some of his powers to try to prevent simmering dissent from boiling over into a full blown Arab Spring uprising.

Air Force general calls sex assaults a 'cancer'

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:15 PM PST

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III, left, and Air Force Gen. Edward Rice, Jr., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on sexual misconduct by basic training instructors at Lackland Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Likening sexual assault in the Air Force's ranks to a cancer, the service's top officer resolved Wednesday to tackle the problem by screening personnel more carefully and putting an end to bad behaviors like binge drinking that can lead to misconduct.

Analysis: Israeli vote may strengthen Obama hand with Netanyahu

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:15 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White HouseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Get ready for The Barack and Bibi Show, Part Two. With crunch-time looming in the Iranian nuclear standoff and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict still smoldering, the fractious relationship between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be tested in coming months like never before, as both leaders move into new terms in office. ...

Congrats flood in for Shakira's new baby boy

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:15 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2012 file photo shows Colombian singer Shakira arriving at the Cannes festival palace, to take part in the NRJ Music awards ceremony, in Cannes, southeastern France. A spokesman for the 35-year-old Columbian singer says Shakira Mebarak and 25-year-old soccer star Gerard Pique of FC Barcelona welcomed son Milan Pique Mebarak on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at 9:36 p.m. in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, file)MADRID (AP) — Within hours of Shakira's baby boy being born, people are already asking about his future career.

Deep freeze to continue into weekend in East

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:14 PM PST

Jon Gilbert, of the Portsmouth, N.H. water department, steams a frozen hydrant in Portsmouth, N.H., Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Temperatures in New Hampshire hovered close to single digits, with wind chill temperatures going below zero for most of the day. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A teeth-chattering cold wave with sub-zero temperatures was expected to keep its icy grip on much of the eastern U.S. into the weekend before seasonable temperatures bring relief.

'What would you do' Te'o tells Couric

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:12 PM PST

This Jan. 22, 2013 photo released by ABC Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, right, speaking with host Katie Couric during an interview for "Katie," in New York. Te'o has told Katie Couric that he briefly lied about his online girlfriend after discovering she didn't exist, while maintaining that he had no part in creating the hoax. Pressed by Couric to admit that he was in on the deception, Te'o said he believed that his girlfriend Lennay Kekua had died of cancer and didn't lie about it until December. The interview will air on Thursday, Jan. 24. (AP Photo/Disney-ABC, Lorenzo Bevilaqua)NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o admitted to Katie Couric he answered questions about his "dead," online girlfriend even after he received a call Dec. 6 from a woman posing as the fake person.

Key parties in incoming Israeli parliament

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:12 PM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman greet their supporters in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. According to exit polls Netanyahu's Likud Party emerged as the largest faction in a hotly contested parliamentary election on Tuesday, positioning the hard-liner to serve a new term as prime minister. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Israel's parliamentary election left the two main blocs deadlocked with 60 seats each, based on nearly complete official vote counts. There could still be some minor changes:

Cameron promises Britons vote on EU exit

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:10 PM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Cameron delivers a speech in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron promised Britons a vote on quitting the European Union, rattling London's biggest allies and some investors by raising the prospect of uncertainty and upheaval. Cameron announced on Wednesday that the referendum would be held by the end of 2017 - provided he wins a second term - and said that while Britain did not want to retreat from the world, public disillusionment with the bloc was at "an all-time high". "It is time for the British people to have their say. ...

In Mass. law, states get a health overhaul model

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:09 PM PST

Valerie Spain poses with her pet cat at the kitchen table of her Cambridge, Mass., home, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The 57-year-old former operations manager was able to find insurance through the subsidized Commonwealth Care program created under the a Massachusetts healthcare law. She pays no premiums, but is charged a $20 co-pay for visits to her doctor's office. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)BOSTON (AP) — When Massachusetts adopted its landmark health care law in 2006, the goals were ambitious and the potential solutions complex.

Israeli election casts ex-TV anchor as kingmaker

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:08 PM PST

Yair Lapid gestures as he delivers a speech at his "Yesh Atid" party in Tel-Aviv Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. The party, formed just over a year ago, out did forecasts by far and are predicted to capture as many as 19 seats, becoming parliament's second-largest party, after Netanyahu's Likud-Beiteinu bloc, which won 31, according to the exit polls. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's election has put a suave former TV news anchor and political novice in the role of kingmaker, and he has signaled he will use his power to try to move the next government to more centrist positions on Mideast peacemaking.

Portugal gets $3 BN in 1st bond sale since rescue

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:08 PM PST

A broker talks on the phone while working in a trading room of a Portuguese bank in Lisbon, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Portugal sold its debt on financial markets Wednesday for the first time since it needed a bailout, collecting euro 2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) in an auction of five-year bonds that was a milestone for economic recovery efforts in Portugal and the wider eurozone. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal sold its debt on financial markets Wednesday for the first time since it needed a bailout, collecting €2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) in an auction of five-year bonds that was a milestone for economic recovery efforts in Portugal and the wider eurozone.

Adele to perform Bond theme 'Skyfall' at Oscars

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:06 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2012 file photo, performer Adele arrives for the Brit Awards 2012 at the O2 Arena in London. Adele will perform the James Bond theme NEW YORK (AP) — Adele will perform the James Bond theme "Skyfall" at the Oscars, her first U.S. performance since last year's Grammy Awards.

Algeria militants played shrewd media game

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:06 PM PST

In this Jan. 16, 2013 photo secretly taken by a hostage, three Islamic militants, rear right, stand in front of foreigners that were taken hostage, in front of the building in the background, as Algerians, left, who are allowed to move, stand outside the living quarters of the Ain Amenas natural gas complex in Ain Amenas, Algeria. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCERABAT, Morocco (AP) — As wildly contradictory accounts trickled out about a terror attack at an Algerian gas plant, one source of information proved to be the most reliable: announcements by the al-Qaida-linked militants themselves.

New events center coming to Las Vegas Strip

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:03 PM PST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Strip is already home to casinos that mimic the canals of Venice and the skyscrapers of Manhattan. Now Sin City is getting an events center modeled on an eastern European glass factory.

US officials defend handling of Boeing 787 mishaps

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama administration officials are struggling to defend their initial statements that the Boeing 787 is safe. They are promising a transparent probe of mishaps involving the aircraft's batteries.

Gaza's Hamas rulers arrest 6 local reporters

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 12:02 PM PST

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian rights group says Gaza's Hamas rulers have detained six journalists suspected of affiliation to a rival group, Fatah.

Gilda's Club chapter in Wis. sticks with name

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:58 AM PST

FILE - In this May 4, 2012 file photo Bonnie Hanson polishes furniture in the "Baba Wawa" room at Gilda's Club in Middleton, Wis. The cancer support group said Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 it is sticking with its name honoring comedian Gilda Radner following public outcry after the group announced a change in November. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King, File)MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Stung by the overwhelmingly negative reaction to removing the name of original "Saturday Night Live" cast member Gilda Radner from a cancer support group's title, a Wisconsin chapter is borrowing one of the comedian's catch phrases for its next announcement: Never mind.

Thousands strike amid gov't crisis in Slovenia

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:58 AM PST

Public workers take part in a protest in downtown Ljubljana, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Tens of thousands of teachers, university professors, doctors, customs officials and others have joined the strike protesting the salary cuts that have been introduced by the government of Prime Minister Janza Jansa as part of a cost-cutting package designed to avoid an EU bailout amid deep recession. Text on the banner reads: "We don't ask for cakes, we want bread". (AP Photo/Matej Leskovsek)LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Schools closed down, theaters cancelled shows, hospitals switched to weekend schedules and long lines formed at Slovenia's borders on Wednesday in a massive anti-austerity strike, as the main coalition partner walked out of the government over corruption allegations against the prime minister, bringing it to the brink of collapse.

Unions suffer sharp decline in membership

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:57 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2012 file photo shows AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington. The nation's labor unions suffered sharp declines in membership last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday, led by losses in the public sector as cash-strapped state and local governments laid off workers and _ in some cases _ limited collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving economy.

World economy set for slightly brighter year: Reuters polls

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:53 AM PST

A labourer works at a residential construction site in ShanghaiLONDON (Reuters) - The world economy should perform slightly better this year because recovering growth in Asia will gradually overpower the political and economic malaise in the West, according to Reuters polls. The latest surveys of more than 600 economists worldwide, released on Wednesday, showed global economic growth is likely to hit 3.3 percent this year following an expected 3.1 percent growth in 2012 - a slight cut to forecasts from a poll three months ago. ...

Still no timetable for returning Boeing 787 to flight

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

Goto, Japan Transport Safety Board chairman, attends a news conference at the transport ministry in TokyoTOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese regulators have joined their U.S. counterparts in all but ruling out overcharged batteries as the cause of recent fires on the Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner, which has been grounded for a week with no end in sight. Solving the battery issue has become the primary focus of the investigation, though the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday there are still no firm answers as to the cause and no clear timetable yet for returning the plane to flight. ...
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