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Ex says LA ex-cop was disturbed, self-obsessed

Ex says LA ex-cop was disturbed, self-obsessed

Ex says LA ex-cop was disturbed, self-obsessed

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Court documents show an ex-girlfriend of a former Los Angeles police officer suspected of three murders called him "severely emotionally and mentally disturbed" after the two split in 2006.

Workers excavating site of Ala bunker standoff

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:06 PM PST

Authorities continue their investigation at the site in Midland City, Ala., on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 where a five year old boy was held hostage in an underground bunker before being rescued Monday. Authorities shot and killed Jimmy Dykes after a week long standoff. The boy who was freed from an underground bunker is acting like a typical 5-year-old by all accounts, playing with toys and running around, but psychology experts and a woman who suffered through a similar ordeal warn there could be long-term emotional scars. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities are digging around the site where a man held a little boy hostage after killing a school bus driver in southeast Alabama.

Suggestions for Disney on 'Star Wars' spinoffs

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:05 PM PST

FILE - This 1977 file image provided by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation ahows, from left, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill in a scene from "Star Wars" movie released by 20th Century-Fox in 1977. Having recently purchased the NEW YORK (AP) — Having recently purchased the "Star Wars" franchise from Lucasfilm for $4 billion, the Walt Disney Co. is shifting the films into hyperdrive.

A state-by-state look at the Northeast blizzard

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:03 PM PST

A warning sign flashes for motorists on the expressway into Boston as snow starts to fall on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A major winter storm is heading toward the U.S. Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow expected for a Boston-area region that has seen mostly bare ground this winter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)Snow began to fall throughout the Northeast on Friday in what's predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard. A look at each state in the storm's path:

NYC, New England brace for 1 to 3 feet of snow

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:03 PM PST

Mary Ann Bova walks along a slippery snow-covered sidewalk during a winter storm in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. In some upstate areas, snow fell early Friday morning and was expected to increase throughout the day, with the heaviest accumulations expected in eastern New York on Friday night.(AP Photo/David Duprey)BOSTON (AP) — A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books began battering the New York-to-Boston corridor Friday, grounding flights, closing workplaces and sending people rushing to get home ahead of a possible 1 to 3 feet of snow.

US growth in Q4 likely stronger on export gains

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:03 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, containers are unloaded from cargo ships at APM Terninals in the Port of Los Angeles. On Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, the government reports on the U.S. trade gap for December. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A jump in energy-related exports and a steep decline in oil imports lowered the U.S. trade deficit in December to nearly a three-year low.

Republicans scramble for the center on immigration

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — It was little surprise when freshman Republican Rep. Mike Coffman in 2010 voted against a bill to grant citizenship to some young illegal immigrants. After all, the Marine Corps veteran had just won the seat in Congress formerly held by firebrand Rep. Tom Tancredo, who had pushed the GOP to take a harsher stance against illegal immigration.

In a switch, GOP governors back expanding Medicaid

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:59 PM PST

FILE - This combination of undated file photos shows Republican Governors, from left: Jan Brewer, Ariz.; Jack Dalrymple, N.D.; John Kasich, Ohio; Susana Martinez, N.M., and Brian Sandoval, Nev. While far from voicing a consensus opinion in their party, the governors, along with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, are six GOP governors who in the past two months who have joined a growing number of Republican governors now buying into parts of the system as the financial realities of their states' medical costs begin to counterbalance the fierce election politics of the issue. (AP Photo/File)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Once largely united in resisting the Obama administration's new health care overhaul, a growing number of Republican governors are now buying into parts of the system as the financial realities of their states' medical costs begin to counterbalance the fierce election politics of the issue.

Ohio Amish beard-cutting ringleader gets 15 years

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:55 PM PST

Amish men walk to the U.S. Federal Courthouse Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Cleveland. A judge will sentence 16 Amish for hate-crimes convictions in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish Friday, a case that highlighted issues of dissent and rogue discipline amid an idyllic rural lifestyle of horse buggies and wood stoves. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)CLEVELAND (AP) — The ringleader in hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison and 15 family members received sentences of one year to seven years.

Rare Afghan fashion show seeks to empower women

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:55 PM PST

An Afghan model wears a dress creation by Shahar Banoo Zeerak, during a fashion show in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Afghan models parade down a candle-lined catwalk as men and women watch from the audiencThe rare fashion show in this war-weary capital was a small production but a big idea — part of an Afghan group's efforts to empower women by breaking down barriers in this highly conservative Muslim society. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan models paraded down a candle-lined catwalk Friday as men and women watched from the audience in a restaurant off a muddy street in Kabul.

Title favorites tough to find in men's basketball

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:53 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 file photo, Indiana's Cody Zeller (40) and Yogi Ferrell (11) celebrate after defeating Michigan State 75-70 in an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind. There are a wide range of title contenders in this college basketball season, including Indiana. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)Indiana climbed its way to No. 1 this week, back where it started the season.

Power company takes blame for Super Bowl outage

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:51 PM PST

FILE - Fans and members of the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers wait for power to return in the Superdome in a Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, file photo, during an outage in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game, in New Orleans. Officials of Entergy New Orleans say the cause of the Super Bowl blackout was a faulty device called a relay that had been installed to prevent a failure of electric cables leading to the Superdome. They said the device has been removed and replacement equipment will be installed. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The company that supplied electricity to the Super Bowl took the blame Friday for the power outage that brought the big game to a halt, explaining that a device designed specifically to prevent a blackout failed and plunged the game into darkness for more than half an hour.

Thousands rally for, and against, Slovenia's gov't

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:50 PM PST

Protesters fire flares during an anti government protest in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Thousands gathered to protest against the Janez Jansa led government and their policies. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Thousands of people rallied for and against Slovenia's center-right government Friday, adding to the tensions in the small European Union country where authorities have turned to austerity measures to revive the economy.

Horsemeat scandal reaches Sweden

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:47 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — Sweden on Friday became the newest European country to be hit by a widening meat products scandal, as frozen-food company Findus said it was recalling beef lasagna meals there after tests confirmed the products contained horsemeat.

US airlines to halt Northeast flights

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:47 PM PST

Two flights to Boston are listed as canceled at Philadelphia International Airport, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Philadelphia. Airlines have already canceled more than 2,700 Friday flights as they get ready for a storm that threatens to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston. Flight-tracking website FlightAware shows 728 cancellations at the three big airports in the New York area. Another 191 flights to or from Boston have been scrubbed, and 137 in Toronto. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Most airlines were giving up on flying in and out of New York, Boston and other cities in the Northeast Friday as a massive storm threatened to dump snow by the foot on the region.

Venezuela announces currency devaluation

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:47 PM PST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government announced Friday that is devaluing the country's currency, a change expected to push up prices in the heavily import-reliant economy.

AP source: LSU in talks to bring in Cameron as OC

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:11 PM PST

A person familiar with the situation says former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron is in talks with LSU coach Les Miles to run the Tigers' offense.

'Lincoln' screenwriter concedes inaccuracy

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:45 PM PST

FILE - This undated publicity photo released by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox, shows Daniel Day-Lewis, center rear, as Abraham Lincoln, in a scene from the film, "Lincoln." A Congressman who saw a flaw in the movie HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The screenwriter for the movie "Lincoln" has conceded taking some liberties in its portrayal of a 19th century vote on slavery, but he said his changes adhered to widely accepted standards for the creation of historical drama.

White House warns of damaging "sequestration" spending cuts

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:45 PM PST

The White House is seen with the Washington Monument behind it and the Jefferson Memorial in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday that government spending cuts due to take effect March 1 would have harsh consequences on ordinary Americans and the economy, seeking to turn up pressure on Congress to come up with a plan to avoid what Washington calls "sequestration." In its strongest warnings yet, the White House gave examples of that it said program cuts would mean: - 1,000 fewer FBI officers, mass layoffs of government meat and food inspectors, and aid benefits slashed for hundreds of thousands of low-income women and children. ...

Hunt for ex-cop goes on amid Calif. snowstorm

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:44 PM PST

This undated photo released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows suspect Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles officer. Dorner, who was fired from the LAPD in 2008 for making false statements, is linked to a weekend killing in which one of the victims was the daughter of a former police captain who had represented him during the disciplinary hearing. Authorities believe Dorner opened fire early Thursday on police in cities east of Los Angeles, killing an officer and wounding another. Police issued a statewide "officer safety warning" and police were sent to protect people named in the posting that was believed to be written by Dorner. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department)BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Law enforcement officers working in falling snow searched a Southern California mountain Friday for the former Los Angeles police officer accused of carrying out a killing spree because he felt he was unfairly fired from his job.

French charge north in Mali, Bamako shooting kills two

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:42 PM PST

A soldier points his finger at the wreckage of a motorbike used by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a checkpoint north of GaoBAMAKO/GAO, Mali (Reuters) - French forces hunting Islamist rebels in northern Mali parachuted into a strategic town and took control on Friday, but a suicide bombing further south and the killing of two civilians by soldiers in the capital Bamako raised fresh security fears. In their hot pursuit of al Qaeda-allied militants in Mali's remote Saharan northeast, French special forces seized the town and airfield of Tessalit, about 50 km (30 miles) from the Algerian border. ...

Ex-DA denies misconduct in wrongful conviction

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:40 PM PST

Former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson enters the courtroom for his court of inquiry at the Williamson County Courthouse in Georgetown, Texas on Thursday Feb. 7, 2013. Michael Morton, who served nearly 25 years in prison for killing his wife Christine, alleges Anderson withheld evidence indicating his innocence. Anderson is facing a court of inquiry on the matter. Morton was freed on DNA evidence in 2011. (AP Photo/Statesman.com. Jay Janner, Pool)GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — A former Texas district attorney whose prosecution led to an innocent man spending 25 years in prison for his wife's beating death looked the man in the eye Friday and said "the system obviously screwed up" but offered no apology.

Hal Steinbrenner concerned about A-Rod situation

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:39 PM PST

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner says he's concerned about the latest drug allegations swirling around third baseman Alex Rodriguez, but that the matter is being looked at by Major League Baseball.

Boeing warns that 787 deliveries could slip

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:38 PM PST

Boeing is acknowledging that it may not be able to deliver its 787 as fast as hoped.

Health officials: Worst of flu season may be over

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 28 , 2013 file photo, Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, reacts as he receives a flu shot from Tyler Poncy, a licensed vocational nurse during a free flu vaccine clinic at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Health officials say the worst of the flu season appears to be over. The number of states reporting intense or widespread flu dropped again in late January 2013. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the latest flu numbers on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)NEW YORK (AP) — The worst of the flu season appears to be over.

Tyler, Fleetwood go to celeb privacy hearing in HI

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:33 PM PST

FILE- In this June 10, 2009 file photo, vocalist Steven Tyler, of the rock band Aerosmith, performs at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Mo. Tyler plans to attend a legislative hearing in Hawaii on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, on a bill that bears his name and would limit people's freedom to take photos and video of celebrities. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)HONOLULU (AP) — Rock stars Steven Tyler and Mick Fleetwood are at a Hawaii legislative hearing to push a bill aimed at protecting celebrities' privacy.

In letter, Sue Paterno defends late husband

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:31 PM PST

This Feb. 6, 2013 photo released by ABC shows Sue Paterno, widow of legendary football coach Joe Paterno, right, with Katie Couric for an exclusive interview for the "Katie" show in New York. Paterno is fighting back against the accusations against her husband that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Her campaign started with a letter sent Friday to former Penn State players. She wrote that the family's exhaustive response to former FBI director Louis Freeh's report for the university on the Sandusky child sex abuse case will officially be released to the public at 9 a.m. Sunday on paterno.com. The interview with Couric will air on Monday, Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Disney-ABC, Lou Rocco)STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Breaking more than a year of silence, Sue Paterno is defending her late husband as a "moral, disciplined" man who never twisted the truth to avoid bad publicity.

Senate Dem: GOP request to Hagel extraordinary

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:28 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., right, talks with committee member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., during the the committee's confirmation hearing for former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Levin said Friday he will press ahead with a vote on Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary, rejecting Republicans demands for more financial information from President Barack Obama's choice as setting an unprecedented new standard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday he will press ahead with a vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary, rejecting Republicans demands for more financial information from President Barack Obama's choice as setting an unprecedented standard.

Government condemns "criminal" horsemeat scandal

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:28 PM PST

A 320g size box of Findus brand beef lasagne is seen after its purchase from an independent food store in NunheadLONDON (Reuters) - The government accused unknown criminals for a growing scandal of horsemeat being sold in imported beef products that has generated shock headlines in a country where many recoil in horror at the very idea of eating horses. Prime Minister David Cameron assured consumers on Friday there was no health risk from a product considered a delicacy in France and Italy. But, as the furore saps public confidence in food labelling and hygiene supervision, he called it "completely unacceptable", and his office condemned "acts of criminality". ...

Syrian rebels preparing for advance on capital

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:28 PM PST

This image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, show smoke rising from fighting near a main highway in Damascus, Syria. Rebels pushed forward in their battle with the Syrian army in northeastern Damascus on Friday, shutting down a main highway with a row of burning tires, activists said. A number of rebel brigades launched a campaign Wednesday to attack regime checkpoints along the highway and have been clashing in the area since. The government has responded by shelling number of rebel areas nearby. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels brought their fight within a mile of the heart of Damascus on Friday, seizing army checkpoints and cutting a key highway with a row of burning tires as they pressed their campaign for the heavily guarded capital, considered the likely endgame in the nearly 2-year-old civil war.

Senators seek pact on gun-buy background checks

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:27 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2013 file photo, Ken Haiterman, of Pioneer Market, holds a CMMG 5.56mm AR 15 during the 2013 Rocky Mountain Gun Show in Sandy, Utah. A bipartisan quartet of senators, including two National Rifle Association members and two with WASHINGTON (AP) — A cornerstone of President Barack Obama's drive to check gun violence is gathering bipartisan steam as four senators, including two of the National Rifle Association's congressional champions, privately seek compromise on requiring far more firearms purchasers to undergo background checks.

White House outlines deep cuts it may have to make

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:27 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 3, 2012 file photo shows the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington. Trying to ratchet up pressure on Congress, the White House on Friday detailed what it said would be the painful impact on the federal work force and certain government assistance programs if WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to ratchet up pressure on Congress, the White House on Friday detailed what it said would be the painful impact on the federal work force and certain government assistance programs if "large and arbitrary" scheduled government spending cuts are allowed to take place beginning March 1.

Protests turn to street clashes across Egypt

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:25 PM PST

Egyptian protesters throw stones while security police open water canons on them from inside the grounds of the presidential palace during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Egypt has witnessed a fresh cycle of violence over the past two weeks since the second anniversary of the 2011 uprising that deposed longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, with clashes across the country having left scores dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces backed by water cannons fired tear gas at rock-throwing protesters outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday while demonstrators clashed with riot police in cities across the country in marches against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Fla. woman apologizes for flipping off judge

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:24 PM PST

In this image taken from video from the Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Penelope Soto, who is charged with drug possession, right, reacts after Circuit Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat, left, reset her bond from $5,000 to $10,000, in Miami. Immediately afterward, Soto flipped him off and blurted an expletive as she walked away. Rodriguez-Chomat summoned her back and sentenced her to 30 days in jail on contempt charges. (AP Photo/Miami Dade Circuit Court)MIAMI (AP) — A Miami woman has apologized for flipping off a judge, who then dropped contempt charges and vacated her 30-day jail term.

Almost 50,000 lose power in Northeast, Washington as storm hits

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:21 PM PST

(Reuters) - Almost 50,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region as of mid-afternoon on Friday, with most outages in the Washington, D.C. area, during a blizzard that could drop up to three feet (nearly one meter) of snow in parts of New England. A spokesman for Washington power company Pepco said a tree had fallen on a major transmission line, affecting four substations and knocking out power to some 50,000 customers at one point, though that number later declined. "It's not clear if it was related to the storm," the Pepco spokesman, Bob Hainey, said. ...

Oil falls below $96 after early rise

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:21 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices slipped back below $96 a barrel Friday afternoon, reversing course after rising earlier in the day.

No hype with storm; experts call it the real thing

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:20 PM PST

A warning sign flashes for motorists on the expressway into Boston as snow starts to fall on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A major winter storm is heading toward the U.S. Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow expected for a Boston-area region that has seen mostly bare ground this winter. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)WASHINGTON (AP) — You can call it a snowstorm of historic proportions. You can call it the return of New England's blizzard of 1978. You can call it simply dangerous. And you can even call it Nemo.

Coal sales investigated by feds; no violations yet

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:19 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 22, 2006 file photo shows a coal mine seen from the air in northeast Wyoming near Gillette, Wyo. A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 that federal review has so far found no evidence mining companies knowingly skirted royalty rules as they've increased coal exports to Asia. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Interior is investigating whether mining companies are skirting royalty rules as they increase exports of coal to Asia, but no violations have yet been issued, federal officials disclosed Friday.

Former Montana QB's rape trial begins

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:17 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2011 file photo, Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson (10) scrambles against Cal Poly during an NCAA college football game in Missoula, Mont. Jury selection in the trial for Johnson, charged in the rape of a friend while the two were watching a movie at her apartment, is scheduled to begin Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Albans, File)MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — More than 150 potential jurors packed a hotel ballroom Friday for the rape trial of a former University of Montana quarterback, as attorneys attempted to seat an impartial panel in a town where Griz football is king.

Kerry says US weighing Syria options; mum on arms

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:16 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. is evaluating new options to halt Syria's civil war. But he isn't saying anything at this point about giving weapons to rebels fighting President Bashar Assad's regime.
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