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No. 3 UConn women rally to beat St. John's 71-65

No. 3 UConn women rally to beat St. John's 71-65

No. 3 UConn women rally to beat St. John's 71-65

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 01:07 PM PST

Connecticut guard Brianna Banks (13) breaks away during the first half of a NCAA college basketball game against St. John's, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at St. John's University in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 19 points and Kelly Faris added 17 to help No. 3 Connecticut beat St. John's 71-65 on Saturday.

As Ala. standoff drags on, town grieves bus driver

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 01:01 PM PST

Police and emergency personnel remain on site at the property of Jimmy Lee Sykes, a suspect accused of holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker on Saturday Feb. 2, 2013 in Midland City, Ala. Negotiators were still trying to persuade Jimmy Lee Dykes to surrender. Police have said they believe the Lee Dykes, a Vietnam-era veteran, fatally shot a school bus driver Tuesday, and then abducted the boy from the bus and disappeared into the home-made bunker. (AP Photo/al.com, Joe Songer)MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — As the standoff with a man accused of holding a 5-year-old boy hostage continued Saturday, a nearby community prepared to bury the beloved bus driver who was shot to death when the episode started to unfold five days ago.

Hundreds watch as San Diego power plant imploded

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:55 PM PST

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — In a matter of minutes, a hulking power plant that loomed over San Diego Bay since the late 1950s was demolished Saturday, to make way for a city park.

Lil Wayne has yet to watch Nicki Minaj on 'Idol'

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:48 PM PST

Recording artist Lil Wayne meets fans and celebrates his contemporary street wear apparel brand TRUKFIT at his hometown Macy's on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 in New Orleans. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)METARIE, La. (AP) — "American Idol" picked Nicki Minaj as a judge to draw in viewers, but she's actually discouraged at least one person from watching it — her mentor, Lil Wayne.

Inventor of Etch A Sketch dies in France at 86

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:38 PM PST

FILE - This undated photo provided by Ohio Art shows a classic Etch A Sketch which was introduced in 1960. The Ohio Art Co., based in Bryan, Ohio, says 86-year-old Andre Cassagnes, the inventor of the Etch A Sketch, died Jan. 16, 2013, in a Paris suburb. The cause wasn't disclosed Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Ohio Art, File)BRYAN, Ohio (AP) — Andre Cassagnes, the inventor of the Etch A Sketch toy that generations of children drew on, shook up and started over, has died in France, the toy's maker said.

Halfpipe skier Simon d'Artois injured in fall

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:28 PM PST

Simon d'Artois, of Canada, is aided by emergency personnel after he crash during the halfpipe freestyle skiing competition at the U.S. Grand Park, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, in Park City, Utah (AP Photo/George Frey)PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Canadian halfpipe skier Simon d'Artois has been airlifted to a hospital after falling hard on his head and shoulder.

Egypt 'bodyguards' take stand against sex assault

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:24 PM PST

In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 photo, Egyptian volunteers of Tahrir Bodyguard, an anti-harassment group, work at a rally in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Patrolling on Friday, the men and women have joined Tahrir Bodyguard — one of several informal groups that have arisen to protect female demonstrators after women were stripped, groped and assaulted in a string of attacks this past year. Over the past week alone, while mass protests filled city squares around the country, over two dozen new sexual attacks have been reported — a wave activists call the worst in years. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Amid a growing number of brutal attacks on women protesters in Egypt, one stood out: A mob of men on Cairo's Tahrir Square raped a 19-year-old woman with a sharp object, cutting her genitals in an attack that forced her to undergo emergency surgery.

Turkey: Embassy bombers cling to Cold War ideology

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:21 PM PST

Satellite map locates Ankara, Turkey site of a U.S. embassy explosion.ISTANBUL (AP) — Long before al-Qaida, when the Cold War gripped the world, leftist terrorists staged spectacular attacks in a doomed campaign to overthrow governments and impose their vision of a socialist utopia. The bulk of these extremist groups eventually drifted into oblivion, gutted by police pressure, internal rifts and an ideology undercut by communism's fall.

Report: Missing NYC woman found dead in Turkey

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 01:12 PM PST

ISTANBUL (AP) — A New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found dead on Saturday, and police detained nine people for questioning in connection with the case, Turkey's state-run news agency said.

One dead, dozens hurt as police clash with Egypt protesters

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST

Protesters chant anti-Mursi slogans during a protest in front of the presidential palace in CairoCAIRO/PORT SAID, Egypt (Reuters) - At least one protester was shot dead and dozens wounded on Friday when riot police clashed with demonstrators demanding the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi. Youths threw petrol bombs and shot fireworks at the outer wall of Mursi's Cairo presidential compound as night fell. Police responded by firing water cannon and teargas leading to skirmishes in the surrounding streets. Two witnesses said they had seen a protester shot dead in Cairo with live ammunition in front of them. "It's verified. I am at the morgue. ...

Video of protester stripped and beaten fires Egypt fury

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - After eight days of protests that killed nearly 60 people, a video of one demonstrator stripped naked, dragged across the ground and beaten with truncheons by helmeted riot police has fired Egyptians to a new level of outrage. Hamada Saber, 48, lay in a police hospital on Saturday, the morning after he was shown on television naked, covered in soot and thrashed by half a dozen policemen who had pulled him to an armored vehicle near the presidential palace. ...

Solar development absorbing Calif. farmland

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:07 PM PST

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — There's a land rush of sorts going on across the nation's most productive farming region, but these buyers don't want to grow crops. They want to plant solar farms.

Netanyahu asked to form next Israeli government

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:07 PM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, receives a folder from Israeli President Simon Peres in a brief ceremony in the president's Jerusalem residence Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Israel's president has asked Netanyahu to form the next government, and Netanyahu says he wants to advance peace talks with the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday to form the next government, and Netanyahu pledged that his new administration will be committed to advancing peace talks with the Palestinians.

Mistakenly freed killer captured while watching TV

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:07 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Office in Chicago shows Steven L. Robbins from Gary, Ind. Police in Indiana and Illinois are hunting for Robbins, 44, a convicted murderer who was mistakenly released from custody Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Chicago, where he was sent Tuesday to face a drug charge while serving a 60-year prison sentence in Indiana. (AP Photo/Cook County Sheriff's Office, File)CHICAGO (AP) — Two days after a stunning series of errors allowed a convicted murderer to walk out of a Chicago jail where he did not need to be in the first place, police recaptured the man at a northern Illinois home where he was found watching TV.

Report: FAA lags on fulfilling airline safety law

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:06 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2009, file photo, the wreckage of Continental flight 3407 lies amid smoke at the scene after crashing into a suburban Buffalo home and erupting into flames, killing all 48 people aboard and at least one person on the ground, according to authorities. Faced with substantial industry opposition, federal regulators are struggling to implement a sweeping aviation safety law enacted in the wake of the last fatal U.S. airline crash nearly four years ago, according to a report by a government watchdog. The Federal Aviation Administration is experiencing lengthy delays in putting in place rules required by the law to increase the amount of experience necessary to be an airline pilot, provide more realistic pilot training and create a program where experienced captains mentor less experienced first officers, according to the report by the Department of Transportation's Inspector General. (AP Photo/Dave Sherman, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with substantial industry opposition, federal regulators are struggling to implement a sweeping aviation safety law enacted after the last fatal U.S. airline crash nearly four years ago, according to a report by a government watchdog.

Biden raises possibility of direct U.S.-Iran talks

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:01 PM PST

US Vice-President Biden gives a speech at the 49th Conference on Security Policy in MunichMUNICH (Reuters) - The United States is ready for direct talks with Iran if it is serious about negotiations, Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday, backing bilateral contact many see as crucial to easing a dispute over Tehran's nuclear program. Speaking at a security conference in Munich, Biden said Iran - which says it is enriching uranium for peaceful energy only - now faced "the most robust sanctions in history" meant to ensure it does not develop nuclear weapons. ...

Mali hails "savior" Hollande, he says fight not over

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:46 AM PST

France's President Hollande stands with Mali's interim president Traore before placing flowers in homage to deceased Malian soldiers at the Independence Plaza in Bamako, MaliTIMBUKTU, Mali/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Cheering, grateful Malians mobbed French President Francois Hollande on Saturday as he visited French troops fighting Islamist jihadist rebels, and he pledged France would finish the job of restoring government control in the Sahel state. In a one-day trip to Mali accompanied by his ministers for defense, foreign affairs and development, Hollande was hailed as a liberator in the ancient northern city of Timbuktu, which French and Malian forces retook from the rebels six days ago. ...

Video of police abuse stokes anger in Egypt

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:42 AM PST

Egyptian riot police beat a man, after stripping him, and before dragging him into a police van, during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security forces who fired tear gas and water cannons, as more than a week of political violence came to Mohammed Morsi's symbolic doorstep for the first time. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Interior Ministry offered a rare expression of regret Saturday after riot police were caught on camera a day earlier beating a protester who had been stripped of his clothes, and then dragging the naked man along the muddy pavement before bundling him into a police van.

Yemini military: Town seized from al-Qaida

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:41 AM PST

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Yemeni military says it has wrested control of a southern town from al-Qaida fighters after three days of clashes that killed 17 people.

Gay, Latino groups forge immigration alliance

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:38 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2011 file photo, Frances Herbert, right, and her wife, Takako Ueda, of Japan, pose for photos with their dog, Little Bear, at their home in Dummerston, Vt. Latino and gay rights groups that have spent the last several years working to forge a mutually beneficial alliance face a crucial test in the months ahead as immigration reform returns to the top of Washington's agenda. Gay rights advocates are fighting to ensure that the comprehensive immigration legislation high-ranking U.S. senators and President Barack Obama have pledged to pursue includes legal residency options for foreigners in same-sex marriages. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As a gay Mexican immigrant living in the United States illegally, Alex Aldana acutely understands his double-minority status. Not only does he fear deportation, he can't seek citizenship by marrying a partner because the federal government doesn't recognize same-sex marriages.

Syrian rebels advance near Aleppo airport

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:36 AM PST

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters carrying banners during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. The Arabic banner, foreground, reads: "we will teach you the meaning of the steadfastness, we will teach that the stone is eaten, and the cold is beautiful, and the death is better, so don't dialogue with him (Bashar Assad)." (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a strategic neighborhood near Aleppo's international airport on Saturday, putting opposition fighters in control of a key road that the regime has used to ferry supplies and reinforcements to soldiers fighting in the embattled northern city, activists said.

Biden: US would hold direct talks if Iran serious

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:21 AM PST

United States' Vice President Joe Biden speaks to media prior to a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, unseen, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)MUNICH (AP) — The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions, Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday — but he insisted that Tehran must show it is serious and Washington won't engage in such talks merely "for the exercise."

Ohio Art says Etch A Sketch creator dies in France

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:20 AM PST

BRYAN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio toy maker says the inventor of the Etch A Sketch, the famous red toy that generations of children drew on, shook up and started over, has died in France.

Gay marriage bill wins support of French lawmakers

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:12 AM PST

PARIS (AP) — France's National Assembly has approved a key article of a controversial bill that would legalize gay marriage.

Obama a skeet shooter? See new White House photo

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:11 AM PST

In this photo released by the White House, President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. The White House released a photo of Obama firing a gun, two days before he heads to Minnesota to discuss gun control. In a recent interview with The New Republic magazine, Obama said yes when asked if he has ever fired a gun. He said "we do skeet shooting all the time," except for his daughters, at Camp David. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)WASHINGTON (AP) — Two days before President Barack Obama's first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried to settle a brewing mystery when it released a photo to back his claim to be a skeet shooter.

Turkey's state news agency: police have arrested 9 people in connection with NYC woman's death

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:58 AM PST

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state news agency: police have arrested 9 people in connection with NYC woman's death.

Turkey: US Embassy bomber had terror conviction

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:46 AM PST

Satellite map locates Ankara, Turkey site of a U.S. embassy explosion.ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The suicide bomber who struck the U.S. Embassy in Ankara spent several years in prison on terrorism charges but was released on probation after being diagnosed with a hunger strike-related brain disorder, officials said Saturday.

Culliver to have sensitivity training, help youth

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:44 AM PST

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver (29) takes a seat to answer questions Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in New Orleans, regarding anti-gay remarks he made during Super Bowl media day Tuesday. Culliver apologized for the comments he made to a comedian during an interview, saying "that's not what I feel in my heart." The 49ers are scheduled to play the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game on Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver will begin sensitivity training and education immediately after the Super Bowl following his anti-gay remarks this week, then start volunteer work with at-risk homosexual youth nationwide.

Turkey says tests confirm leftist bombed U.S. embassy

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:24 AM PST

A security officer runs after an explosion at the entrance of the U.S. embassy in AnkaraISTANBUL (Reuters) - A member of a Turkish leftist group that accuses Washington of using Turkey as its "slave" carried out a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. embassy, the Ankara governor's office cited DNA tests as showing on Saturday. Ecevit Sanli, a member of the leftist Revolutionary People's Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C), blew himself up in a perimeter gatehouse on Friday as he tried to enter the embassy, also killing a Turkish security guard. ...

Immigration bill splits GOP on national-local line

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:21 AM PST

In this Jan. 29, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. The immigration debate is threatening to split the Republican Party, pitting those who focus mainly on presidential elections against those who care mostly about congressional races. Granting illegal residents a path to citizenship, which critics call "amnesty," is deeply unpopular in many House Republicans' districts. However, Obama wants such a pathway. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The immigration debate is threatening to split the Republican Party, pitting those who focus mainly on presidential elections against those who care mostly about congressional races.

AP PHOTOS: A look at US presidents holding guns

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:19 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 1928 file photo, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge shoots at clay pigeons at his vacation home on the Brule at Superior, Wis, He scored twenty nine out of thirty seven. (AP Photo/file)The White House has released a photo of President Barack Obama firing a gun, two days before he is set to travel to Minnesota to discuss gun control. It shows Obama shooting at clay targets on the range at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, where he says he engages in the sport "all the time."

Washington wins 3 trophies at NAACP Image Awards

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:12 AM PST

Kerry Washington poses backstage with the award for outstanding actress in a drama series for "Scandal" at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kerry Washington was a triple threat at the NAACP Image Awards.

Goodbye Barney: Thousands mourn Bush's terrier

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:08 AM PST

FILE - In this June 25, 2001 file photo, President Bush does his best to salute while holding his dog Barney as they get off of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Barney, former White House Scottish Terrier and star of holiday videos shot during President George W. Bush's administration, has died after suffering from cancer, the former president announced in a statement Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. He was 12. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)DALLAS (AP) — Thousands have offered their condolences via Facebook over the death of Barney, President George W. Bush's beloved black Scottish terrier.

Sheriff thanks suspect for taking care of boy

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:08 AM PST

Police and emergency personnel remain on site at the property of Jimmy Lee Sykes, a suspect accused of holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker on Saturday Feb. 2, 2013 in Midland City, Ala. Negotiators were still trying to persuade Jimmy Lee Dykes to surrender. Police have said they believe the Lee Dykes, a Vietnam-era veteran, fatally shot a school bus driver Tuesday, and then abducted the boy from the bus and disappeared into the home-made bunker. (AP Photo/al.com, Joe Songer)MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities said Saturday that they still have an open line of communication with an Alabama man accused of abducting a 5-year-old boy and holding him hostage in a bunker, and they thanked the suspect for taking care of the child as the standoff marked its fifth day.

NATO chief dismisses Russian missile defense worry

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:05 AM PST

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomes NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen as he arrives for the Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. The 49th Munich Security Conference started Friday afternoon with experts from 90 delegations. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)MUNICH (AP) — NATO's secretary general said Saturday the alliance has no intention of backing down on its plans for a European missile defense system, despite ongoing criticism from Russia.

23 killed in Taliban attack on Pakistan army post

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:04 AM PST

Pakistan's army troops gather at the site following a militant attack on an army post in Serai Naurang town, near Lakki Marwat, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Militants attacked an army post in northwestern Pakistan with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and suicide vests before dawn on Saturday, killing several people including civilians, officials said. Several attackers were also reported killed in the assault. (AP Photo/Jibran Yousufsai)PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban militants wearing suicide vests fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at an army post in northwestern Pakistan in a pre-dawn raid Saturday, killing 23 people, including 10 civilians, officials said.

Leftist militants claim US Embassy attack

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:44 AM PST

Satellite map locates Ankara, Turkey site of a U.S. embassy explosion.ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A leftist militant group in Turkey has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara.

Twitter, Washington Post targeted by hackers

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:38 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2010 file photo, Twitter CEO Evan Williams makes a presentation about changes to the social network at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, In the latest online attack, Twitter says hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Social media giant Twitter is among the latest U.S. companies to acknowledge that it is among a growing list of victims of Internet security attacks, saying that hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users. And now, The Washington Post is joining the chorus, saying that it discovered that it was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack in 2011.

AP Exclusive: New HQ bids to end agency rivalry

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, Jack Riley, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Chicago, shows off a first-of-its-kind drug enforcement headquarters that has opened in Chicago where 70 federal agents, local police and prosecutors work side-by-side, all year round to fight drug trafficking - a set-up meant to end inter-agency rivalry and miscommunication that can plague investigations. The opening of the Chicago Strike Force office comes as Mexican traffickers have taken control of more than 90 percent of the drugs market in Chicago, which the syndicates also use as a hub for distribution across the Midwest, the DEA says. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — A first-of-its-kind headquarters has opened in Chicago for 70 federal agents, police and prosecutors to work side-by-side, year-round to fight drug traffickers — a set-up meant to end inter-agency rivalry and miscommunication that can hamper investigations.

Stories of Holocaust survivors retold by holograms

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:27 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies, computer scientist David Traum, left, interacts with Holocaust survivor, Pinchas Gutter, seen on a "Virtual Survivor Visualization," at the USC campus in Los Angeles. A collaboration with the Shoah Foundation is digitizing aging Holocaust survivors to create three-dimensional holograms that would not only be able to tell their stories to future generations but to engage in dialogue with them. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — For years, Holocaust survivor Pinchus Gutter has told the tragic story of watching his parents and 10-year-old twin sister herded into a Nazi death camp's gas chambers so quickly that he had no time to even say goodbye.
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