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Religion comes to Davos forum

Religion comes to Davos forum

Religion comes to Davos forum

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 01:02 PM PST

Founder and President of Heartfile, Pakistani Sania Nishtar, speaks during a debate on religion at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Who created Davos, and why does it exist? Questions about God and religion came up often at the World Economic Forum this year providing a break from the temporal concerns that tend to dominate Davos and showing that even the jet set is preoccupied with the meaning of life, at least in these turbulent times.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Who created Davos, and why does it exist?

Ohio judge weighs whether to keep rape trial open

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 01:01 PM PST

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An attorney for one of two Ohio high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl withdrew his motion to close the trial Friday, leaving the judge to hear arguments on the issue despite not having the motion before him and not planning an immediate ruling.

Five die in Egypt violence on anniversary of uprising

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:59 PM PST

CAIRO/ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Five people were shot dead in the Egyptian city of Suez during nationwide protests against President Mohamed Mursi on Friday, the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. One of the dead was a member of the security forces, medics said. Another 280 civilians and 55 security personnel were injured, officials said, in demonstrations fuelled by anger at the president and his Islamist allies in the Muslim Brotherhood. ...

Mistrial in ex-cheerleader's libel lawsuit

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:57 PM PST

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Jurors couldn't decide whether two lewd posts about a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader were substantially true or not, leading a federal judge to declare a mistrial Friday in her $11 million defamation lawsuit against a gossip website.

Wayward dolphin makes splash in polluted NYC canal

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:57 PM PST

A dolphin surfaces in the Gowanus Canal in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. The New York City Police Dept. said animal experts were waiting to see if the dolphin would leave on its own during the evening's high tide. If not, they plan to lend a hand on Saturday morning. According to authorities at the scene, the dolphin appeared to be adventurous, rather than stranded.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — A wayward dolphin has been making a splash in a polluted New York City canal.

Family of JFK aide sells presidential memorabilia

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:56 PM PST

BOSTON (AP) — The family of a former special assistant to President John F. Kennedy is auctioning hundreds of photographs, documents, gifts and other memorabilia that once belonged to the late president.

Injured Venus Williams out of Paris, Fed Cup

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:55 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — Venus Williams has pulled out of next week's Open GDF Suez tournament and the upcoming Fed Cup against Italy because of a back injury.

S&P lowers Illinois credit rating, blames pensions

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:55 PM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — Standard & Poor's has lowered Illinois' credit rating due to concern over the state's failure to address its $96 billion pension fund deficit, becoming the second ratings agency to do so.

Delonte West joins Dallas' D-League affiliate

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:53 PM PST

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Guard Delonte West was acquired by the Texas Legends on Friday, setting him up in the NBA Development League three months after Dallas released him following a pair of suspensions.

Stevie Wonder to perform Super Bowl weekend

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:52 PM PST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Stevie Wonder is the latest in a parade of entertainers that will perform in New Orleans Super Bowl weekend.

Cycling agrees to amnesty for doping confessions

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:51 PM PST

FILE - This is a Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 file photo of Pat McQuaid, President of the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI, as he informs about the position of the UCI regarding the decision from USADA in the case of Lance Armstrong, during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The head of cycling's governing body has been replaced on a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid said Wednesday he was too busy to attend all the meetings of the Olympic commission evaluating bids for the 2020 Summer lympics.(AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi, File)LONDON (AP) — Cyclists will be offered a chance to confess to past doping offenses without fear of retribution in an attempt to uncover the full scale of the Lance Armstrong scandal and drug use in the sport.

Smartphone 4Q sales rise 36 pct led by Samsung

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:51 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new research report says worldwide shipments of smartphones climbed 36 percent during the fourth quarter as they supplanted personal computers and other gadgets on holiday shopping lists.

Egypt's official news agency says death toll in clashes in Suez Canal city has risen to 4.

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

Egypt's official news agency says death toll in clashes in Suez Canal city has risen to 4.

Billionaire investors square off on live TV

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:46 PM PST

This photo combo of file photos shows Bill Ackman, left, of Pershing Square Capital Management, on Feb. 6, 2012, in Toronto, and financier Carl Icahn, on Feb. 7, 2006, in New York. A long-simmering spat between billionaire investors Icahn and Ackman boiled over publicly on Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. The two Wall Street titans, interviewed by phone simultaneously on CNBC, traded barbs about an old investment deal and on Ackman's investment position in nutritional supplements distributor Herbalife Inc. (AP Photo/Pawel Dwulit, Shiho Fukada)NEW YORK (AP) — A long-simmering spat between billionaire investors Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman boiled over into a shouting match on live television Friday.

Oil posts slight loss; gasoline up to $3.33

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:38 PM PST

The price of oil fell slightly Friday as a report showing a cooling off in new home sales offset the positive influence of ebullient U.S. stock markets.

No. 9 Butler reaps benefits of building process

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:36 PM PST

Fans celebrate after Butler defeated Gonzaga 64-63 in an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The banners hanging from Hinkle Fieldhouse's dusty rafters are a constant reminder of achievement at Butler.

Hasbro 4Q revenue misses, to cut jobs

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 file photo provided by Hasbro, toy demonstrator Marnye Young practices with the NEW YORK (AP) — Toy maker Hasbro said Friday that its fourth-quarter revenue failed to meet expectations because of weaker-than-expected demand over the holidays. It plans to cut about 10 percent of its workforce and consolidate facilities to reduce expenses.

Gatorade to remove controversial ingredient

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:33 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink in response to customer complaints.

Water utilities share $105M herbicide settlement

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:31 PM PST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — More than 1,000 communities that have spent millions of dollars over many years filtering a common agricultural herbicide out of their drinking water are welcoming their shares of a $105 million settlement with the weed-killer's maker.

Jury done for weekend in Philly priest-abuse case

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:31 PM PST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The jury in a Philadelphia church-abuse trial will return Monday for a second day of deliberations in a case involving a priest and ex-teacher.

Egypt: 1 protester killed in anniversary rallies

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:30 PM PST

Egyptian protesters throw stones during clashes with riot police, not seen, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Two years after Egypt's revolution began, the country's schism was on display Friday as the mainly liberal and secular opposition held rallies saying the goals of the pro-democracy uprising have not been met and denouncing Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. With the anniversary, Egypt is definitively in the new phase of its upheaval. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian health officials say a teenager has been killed in clashes between protesters and police in the city of Suez on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak's regime.

Abortion opponents to march in Washington

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:26 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators are marching through Washington to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to protest the landmark decision that legalized abortion.

AP Debate: Training needed to redesign job market

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:22 PM PST

Michael Oreskes, Vice-President and Senior Managing Editor at the Associated Press (AP) moderates the session 'Creating Economic Dynamism' at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Training the youth for the challenges of a fast-changing world has to be central to any strategy to rebuild the job market following a financial crisis that's wiped out millions of middle-class jobs over the past five years.

Court: Obama appointments are unconstitutional

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:18 PM PST

Richard Cordray stands left as President Barack Obama announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, that he will re-nominate Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a role that he has held for the last year under a recess appointment, and nominate Mary Joe White to lead the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — In a setback for President Barack Obama, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that he violated the Constitution in making recess appointments last year, a decision that could severely curtail the president's ability to bypass the Senate to fill administration vacancies.

Woman convicted of abuse, kidnap of missing girl

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:16 PM PST

MIAMI (AP) — A woman was convicted Friday of kidnapping and child abuse in the case of a 4-year-old foster child who disappeared more than a decade ago, but jurors were unable to agree on a murder charge, leading to a mistrial on that count.

From the start, Dreamliner jet program was rushed

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:11 PM PST

FILE - In this July 8, 2007, file photo, visitors reach out to touch the fuselage of the first production model of the new Boeing 787 airplane after it was unveiled to an audience of several thousand at Boeing's assembly plant in Everett, Wash. The Boeing 787 was a plane that promised to be lighter and more technologically advanced than any other, but once production started, the gap between vision and reality quickly widened. The jet that was eventually dubbed the Dreamliner became plagued with manufacturing delays, cost overruns and sinking worker morale. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The 787 Dreamliner was born in a moment of desperation.

Syrian troops and militia push to take Sunni Homs areas

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:10 PM PST

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his rifle during heavy fighting in Mleha suburb of DamascusAMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army has stepped up an offensive on opposition Sunni Muslim strongholds in the central city of Homs, bringing in ground forces and loyalist militia to try to secure a major road junction, opposition sources said on Friday. Around 15,000 Sunni civilians are trapped on the southern and western edge of the city near the intersection of Syria's main north-south and east-west arteries, crucial to let the army travel between Damascus and the Mediterranean coast, opposition campaigners in Homs said. ...

Family of doctor slain in Philly is 'devastated'

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:09 PM PST

A photograph of 36-year-old Jason Smith is displayed at a news conference Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in Philadelphia. Homicide unit Capt. James Clark says Smith, an exterminator, has been charged with strangling a young Philadelphia doctor found bound and burned in her city row home. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The parents of a young Philadelphia doctor allegedly killed by an exterminator say they're devastated by the death of their daughter.

Round 2 for Sloppy Joe's bar, a Havana original

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:09 PM PST

FILE - In this May 12, 1959, American novelist Ernest Hemingway, left, speaks with actors Alec Guinness, center, and Noel Coward in Sloppy Joe's Bar during the making of Sir Carol Reed's film version of "Our Man in Havana," based on Graham Greene's best seller, in Havana, Cuba. Sloppy Joe's will be reopened in February 2013 by the state-owned tourism company Habaguanex, part of an ambitious revitalization project by the Havana City Historian's Office, which since the 1990's has transformed block after block of crumbling ruins into rehabilitated buildings along vibrant cobblestone streets, giving residents and tourists from all over the chance to belly up to the same bar that served thirsty celebrities like Rock Hudson, Babe Ruth and Ernest Hemingway. (AP Photo, File)HAVANA (AP) — A half-century later, Jose Rafa Malem remembers the balmy breezes blowing through the bar's arching porticos, the grain of the tall wood stools, the whiff of Pedro Domecq brandy on his father's breath.

Pentagon: Budget crisis could hurt war effort

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:09 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Afghan war effort eventually would be harmed by across-the-board budget cuts, even as the Obama administration intends to shield the military's combat mission from the reductions, the Pentagon's No. 2 official said Friday.

Court says Obama recess appointments invalid

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:03 PM PST

U.S. President Obama speaks at the White House in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that President Barack Obama violated the U.S. Constitution when he used recess appointments to fill a labor board, a decision that could curtail the president's options in filling vacancies. Obama, frustrated by Republican opposition to his nominees, made the three "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in January 2012, while the Senate was on one of its many recesses but not formally adjourned for the year. ...

White House, senators starting push on immigration

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and a bipartisan group of senators will launch an effort next week to jump-start negotiations to overhaul the immigration system, an issue that has languished in Washington for years.

Wool is hot at huge Utah outdoor gear trade show

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:02 PM PST

Matt Law sets up the Black Diamond display at the Outdoor Retailer show Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Salt Lake City. The Outdoor Retailer show, which kicks off this Wednesday at the Salt Palace Convention Center, draws more than 25,000 people and pours more than $40 million into Utah's economy every year. One of the world's largest outdoor gear trade shows will remain in Salt Lake City at least through 2016. The shows were previously contracted to stay through 2014. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wool instead of synthetic fleece, carbon skis and a spoon-shaped sleeping bag are among the hottest products at the world's largest expo for outdoor equipment and apparel, where vendors are vying for a share of the $289 billion Americans spend every year on outdoor gear, travel and services.

Geithner sees US economy strengthening gradually

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:59 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner thinks the U.S. economy will strengthen this year — as long as Congress avoids cutting spending too deeply in a budget deal and Europe's economy gradually improves.

Fitch drives Cyprus deeper into junk status

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:59 AM PST

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — International credit rating agency Fitch has downgraded Cyprus a couple more notches into junk status amid concerns that the government's support for the country' troubled banks could cost more than previously thought.

Obama presses liberal agenda as he starts 2nd term

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:58 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures speaks during his final news conference of his first term in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama's fledgling second term agenda so far reads like a progressive wish list. In less than a week, he's vowed to tackle climate change, expand gay rights and protect government entitlements. His administration lifted a ban on women in combat and expanded opportunities for disabled students. Proposals for stricter gun laws have already been unveiled and plans for comprehensive immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants, are coming soon. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — From gun control to gay rights, President Barack Obama's second-term agenda is shaping up as an unabashedly liberal wish list.

'Not to be published' Diana photo sells for $18K

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:58 AM PST

This image provided by RR Auction shows a photograph marked "not to be published" of a teenage Diana Spencer before she became Princess of Wales, with a young friend seated beside her. RR Auction in Amherst, N.H., says the photo sold Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 to a real estate investor from San Diego for $18,306, well above early estimates. Stamped February 1981 on the back, the photo was taken around the time Charles, the Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer ended months of speculation and announced they were to be married. (AP Photo/RR Auction)AMHERST, N.H. (AP) — A photo marked "not to be published" that shows a teenage Diana Spencer before she became Princess of Wales has been sold by a New Hampshire auction house for more than $18,000.

Sundance heats up with a slew of sex-themed films

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:57 AM PST

Amanda Seyfried from the film "Lovelace" poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Fender Music Lodge, on Tuesday Jan. 22, 2013 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP Images)PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival has never been sexier.

Obama, Hillary Clinton to give joint interview

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:56 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will give their first joint interview to the television news show "60 Minutes," and it will air Sunday.

GOP senators will oppose VA electoral change

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The prospects appear doomed in Virginia this year for Republican-backed legislation that would replace the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning presidential electoral votes with one that awards one vote to the winner of each congressional district.
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