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Suspect in Ga. attacks charged in Minn. killing

Suspect in Ga. attacks charged in Minn. killing

Suspect in Ga. attacks charged in Minn. killing

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:42 PM PST

This photo provided by the Anoka, Minn., County Sheriff shows Alberto Palmer who was charged Friday, March 8, 2013 in Anoka County with second-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Brittany Clardy. Authorities say Clardy met Palmer after he answered her online ad for massage services in February, the two fought after having sex and he beat her in the head with a hammer. (AP Photo/Anoka County Sheriff)ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — A man wanted in a string of attacks last year against women in Georgia was charged Friday with killing a young woman in Minnesota whose bloodied body was found hidden in blankets in her mother's towed car.

40 hikers rescued; were lost on Ky. mountain

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:41 PM PST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — More than three dozen Pennsylvania college students visiting Kentucky for a mission trip got lost after their hike unexpectedly stretched into the night, prompting an hours-long effort to rescue them from rough terrain and freezing temperatures, officials said Friday.

U.N. hopes to retrieve peacekeepers from Syrian rebels on Saturday

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:39 PM PST

A Filipino United Nations peacekeepers enters a car at the Kuneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli occupied Golan HeightsBEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations hopes to retrieve 21 peacekeepers from Syrian rebels on Saturday during a two-hour truce agreed to by Syrian troops and opposition groups after a release bid was abandoned on Friday, the United Nations and an opposition group said. U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said the Filipino peacekeepers were being held in the basements of four houses in the village of Jamla, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which was being subjected to intense shelling by Syrian troops. The peacekeepers - part of the U.N. ...

Correction: Climate-Temperature Spike story

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:38 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story March 7 about research showing how the world has warmed dramatically, The Associated Press erroneously reported what one scientist said. Jeff Severinghaus of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography said a bigger jump in temperatures may have occurred 12,000 years ago, not that temperatures were warmer at that time.

Jury done for day at NYC cannibal-plot trial

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:37 PM PST

This undated photo submitted into evidence by defense attorney Julia L. Gatto shows New York City police Officer Gilberto Valle with his daughter. A jury is beginning its first full day of deliberations, Friday, March 8, 2013, in the case against Valle, who is accused of conspiring to kidnap, kill and cannibalize as many as six women that he knew, including his wife. If convicted, he could face life in prison. (AP Photo/Provided by Attorney Julia L. Gatto)NEW YORK (AP) — A federal jury has ended deliberations for the day in the case of a New York City police officer accused of plotting to kill and cannibalize women.

NY widow convicted of charge servant was illegal

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:29 PM PST

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who had been charged with cheating an Indian household servant out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay and keeping her a virtual prisoner at a mansion was found guilty Friday of knowingly keeping the servant in the country illegally.

Obama dines with Hillary, Bill Clinton

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:26 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama is greeted by then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton for his ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the 57th Presidential Inauguration. The White House says President Barack Obama held a private dinner recently with the former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama held a private dinner recently with former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Stocks gain for sixth day on strong jobs growth

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:23 PM PST

Traders work in their booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, March 8, 2013. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street after the government reported a burst of hiring last month that sent the unemployment rate to a four-year low. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — A burst of hiring in February pushed stocks higher on Wall Street.

Job gains cut unemployment to 7.7 pct., 4-year low

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:23 PM PST

In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 photo, Sayed Mouawad, right, of Providence, R.I., gestures while speaking to a company representative during a job fair in Boston. U.S. employers ramped up hiring in February, adding 236,000 jobs and pushing the unemployment rate down to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January. Stronger hiring shows businesses are confident about the economy, despite higher taxes and government spending cuts. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)WASHINGTON (AP) — The American job market isn't just growing. It's accelerating.

NYC pension funds seeking ouster of 2 HP directors

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:21 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of New York City pension funds is opposing the re-election of the two longest-serving members of Hewlett-Packard's board of directors for their involvement in a series of costly decisions.

GOP chairman, lawmaker take heat on gay marriage

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:16 PM PST

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Two Illinois Republicans are finding out that for all the national talk of the GOP softening its stance on social issues, it's difficult to follow through.

Obama meets with faith leaders on immigration

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:14 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he wants the Senate to pass a comprehensive immigration bill in the next three months, though he is willing to be patient if that timeline slips slightly.

Family: Death of woman in lion cage was accident

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:13 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Paul Hanson shows his sister, Dianna Hanson. Dianna Hanson, a 24-year-old intern at the Cat Haven in Dunlap, Calif., was mauled to death by a lion at the exotic animal park on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Hanson)FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Family members of a 24-year-old intern killed by a lion at a California animal park said Friday they believe the facility followed safety protocols and the death was a tragic accident.

Danica Patrick hit in head by rock on dirt track

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:11 PM PST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Danica Patrick says she's fine after getting hit in the head by a rock on a dirt track.

NY woman convicted of charge servant was illegal

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:11 PM PST

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who had been charged with cheating an Indian household servant out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay and keeping her a virtual prisoner at a mansion was found guilty Friday of knowingly keeping the servant in the country illegally.

Federal workers owe $3.5 billion in back taxes

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:10 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of federal workers and retirees who owed delinquent income taxes jumped by nearly 12 percent in 2011, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday.

Woman found guilty of having illegal Indian maid who complained of mistreatment at NY mansion

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:07 PM PST

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Woman found guilty of having illegal Indian maid who complained of mistreatment at NY mansion.

Diggins, Notre Dame sweep major Big East awards

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:03 PM PST

Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins, left, receives the Big East Conference's women's basketball player of the year award from associate commissioner Danielle Donehew in Hartford, Conn., Friday, March 8, 2013.(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)Notre Dame guard Skylar Diggins was selected Big East player of the year for the second consecutive season on Friday, leading an Irish sweep of the conference's three major awards.

Mont. man kills Sportsman Channel host, then self

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:58 PM PST

This undated image provided by the Whitefish, Mont., Police Department shows TV personality, Gregory Rodriguez who was shot and killed by Wayne Bengston, while Rodriguez was visiting Bengston's wife. Bengston later committed suicide.(AP Photo/Whitefish Police Department)WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) — A northwestern Montana man shot and killed the host of the Sportsman Channel show "A Rifleman's Journal" while the TV personality was visiting the shooter's wife, police said Friday.

Philly coming to grips with mass school closings

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:58 PM PST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia school parents, students and staff are coming to grips with the impending closure of 23 public schools.

Big East completes football-basketball breakup

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2012, file photo, a Big East Conference logo is displayed on the court after Georgetown played Western Carolina in an NCAA college basketball game at the Verizon Center in Washington. Big East football schools will get almost all of a $110 million pot in a deal that will allow seven departing basketball schools to keep the name Big East and start playing in their own conference next season, a person familiar with the negotiations says. The basketball schools, which include Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Seton Hall, Providence, Marquette and DePaul, will receive $10 million, keep the conference name and the right to play their conference tournament at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The Big East made its split official Friday, with seven basketball schools breaking away from the football-playing members in a deal that takes effect on July 1.

Survey: Many conflicted on gov't spending cuts

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:57 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Barack Obama and lawmakers spar over huge federal deficits, they're confronted by a classic contradiction: Most Americans want government austerity, a survey shows, but they also want increased spending on a host of popular programs: education, crime fighting, health care, Social Security, the environment and more. Less for defense, space and foreign aid.

LA expresses interest in hosting 2024 Olympics

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:54 PM PST

Los Angeles wants to host its third Summer Olympics.

Remember to set clocks for daylight saving time

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:51 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the weekend to spring ahead for daylight saving time. Most Americans will get an hour less sleep but will gain an hour more of evening sunlight in the coming months.

Kenya presidential candidate hovers above 50 pct

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:51 PM PST

One of presidential candidate Raila Odinga's campaign team makes a phone call after another member of his team made allegations of electoral improprieties at a press conference held by the election commission chairman, at the National Election Center in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, March 8, 2013. Kenya faced a photo finish in its race for president on Friday as the last ballots were counted, with the leading candidate Uhuru Kenyatta seeing his percentage yo-yo around the crucial 50 percent mark. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leading candidate in Kenya's presidential election, Uhuru Kenyatta, saw his percentage of the vote yo-yo around the crucial 50 percent mark as results came in Friday. After nightfall, however, it appeared increasingly likely he would win a majority and avoid a run-off.

UN says arrangements made to free peacekeepers

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:45 PM PST

A U.N. peacekeeper from the UNDOF force stands guard on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, March 8, 2013. Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said Friday. The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in an area where the U.N. force had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Arrangements have been made with all parties for the release of 21 U.N. peacekeepers held captive by Syrian rebels, although the operation was delayed as darkness fell Friday, the United Nations said.

How much could college stars earn in endorsements?

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:42 PM PST

Money and Manziel are often mentioned together these days.

Parents seek US probe into son's Singapore death

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:41 PM PST

This undated photo released by Rick Todd shows Shane Todd while in Singapore. Months beforeTodd's girlfriend found his body hanging in his Singapore apartment last June, the engineer told his parents he thought his life was threatened and that he was being asked to do something that might hurt U.S. national security. (AP Photo/Courtesy Rick Todd)HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Months before Shane Todd's girlfriend found his body hanging in his Singapore apartment last June, the engineer told his parents he thought his life was threatened and that he was being asked to do something that might hurt U.S. national security.

Calif regulators reject Navy offshore training

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:39 PM PST

Mark Delaplaine, manager of the California Costal Commission, delivers staff recommendations to the Coastal Commission meeting regarding the effects of US Navy training on marine life in coastal California waters, Friday, March 8, 2013 in San Diego. The U.S. Navy opposes state restrictions on an explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics fear will threaten whales and other sea mammals, state regulators were told Friday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)SAN DIEGO (AP) — The California Coastal Commission on Friday rejected a Navy explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics said could harm endangered blue whales and other sea life.

Fiery funeral for Venezuela's Chavez

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:37 PM PST

A screen showing a video image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez plays in front of the site where Chavez's funeral ceremony will take place as people gather outside the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Friday's funeral promises to be a final turn on the world stage for Chavez after 14 years in power, though in some ways the former paratrooper is not going anywhere: Venezuela announced Thursday that it would embalm his body and put it on permanent display. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez was lauded as a modern-day reincarnation of Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar and a disciple of Cuba's Fidel Castro at a fiery, foot-stomping state funeral on Friday that at times smacked of a political rally as presidents, princes and left-wing glitterati looked on.

Damages awarded in J&J's DePuy hip implant case

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:35 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Friday awarded $8.3 million to a former prison guard who accused Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary of knowingly marketing a faulty hip implant that was later recalled.

Vatican brings flowers amid debate on women's role

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PST

This photo provide by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano shows restorers touching up an area on the wall which normally is behind a glass as the stoves where the ballots will be burned during the conclave are seen in the foreground, inside the Sistine Chapel, at the Vatican, Friday, March 8, 2013. Cardinals have set Tuesday March 12 as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope, signaling that they were wrapping up a week of discussions about the problems of the church and who best among them might lead it. The conclave date was set on Friday afternoon during a vote by the College of Cardinals. Tuesday will begin with a Mass in the morning in St. Peter's Basilica, followed by the first balloting in the Sistine Chapel in the afternoon. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho) (VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's spokesman came to his press briefing Friday bearing flowers for female journalists to mark International Women's Day. "On behalf of all of us men, congratulations and happy Women's Day!" said a beaming Rev. Federico Lombardi.

In court, bin Laden relative denies plot charge

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PST

An artist sketch shows Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a militant who appeared in videos as a spokesman for al Qaeda after the September 11, 2001 attacks, appearing at the U.S. District Court in ManhattanNEW YORK (Reuters) - A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty in a New York court on Friday to conspiring to kill Americans, becoming one of the highest-ranking al Qaeda figures to face trial in the United States for crimes connected to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a militant who has acted in videos as an al Qaeda spokesman, made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, only blocks from the site of the hijacked plane strikes on the World Trade Center. The son-in-law of bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11 attacks who was killed by U.S. ...

Simmons, No. 9 Lady Vols top Florida 82-73 in SEC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:28 PM PST

Tennessee forward Cierra Burdick tries to keep the ball from Florida guard Carlie Needles (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Friday, March 8, 2013, in Duluth, Ga. AP Photo/John Amis)DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — A late rally from Florida left Tennessee coach Holly Warlick thinking the Lady Vols haven't learned how to put a team away.

Oil up on jobs data

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:25 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil was up slightly Friday, as a strong U.S. jobs report was tempered by gains in the dollar.

First lady pushes food industry

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:25 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Partnership for a Healthier America's second Building a Healthier Future Summit on childhood obesity, Friday, March 8, 2013, at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama praised the food industry on Friday for its efforts to market healthier foods but said more needs to be done.

Police strikes in Egypt accelerate, adding turmoil

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:23 PM PST

CAIRO (AP) — Strikes by Egyptian security forces spread swiftly around the country Friday, as police walked off the job or took to the streets, angry at being blamed for crackdowns on protests against the Islamist president and accusing his Muslim Brotherhood of trying to control them.

Russia says Assad 'not bluffing' about staying put

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:22 PM PST

A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sits on a table before a press conference by Buthaina Shaaban, special envoy of the President, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 8, 2013. Shaaban Friday criticized Britain's decision to provide non-lethal military equipment to Syrian rebels, saying it will hinder efforts for peace in the strife-torn country. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad "is not bluffing" about his determination to stay in power, Russia's foreign minister said in comments broadcast Friday, as the United Nations said arrangements had been made for the release of 21 U.N. peacekeepers held by Syrian rebels.

Global leaders, celebrities honor Chavez at funeral

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:22 PM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pays tribute to late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Mourners from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to U.S. Oscar-winner Sean Penn paid an emotional farewell to Hugo Chavez at Friday's funeral for the charismatic but divisive Venezuelan leader who changed the face of politics in South America. Chavez died this week at age 58 after a two-year battle with cancer, devastating millions of mostly poor supporters who loved him for putting the country's vast oil wealth at their service, but giving hope to foes who saw him as a dictator. ...

First lady: More to do to push healthier eating

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:20 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Partnership for a Healthier America's second Building a Healthier Future Summit on childhood obesity, Friday, March 8, 2013, at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is praising the food industry for efforts to market healthier foods while saying that more must be done.
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