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APNewsBreak: Upper-income seniors' Medicare hike

APNewsBreak: Upper-income seniors' Medicare hike

APNewsBreak: Upper-income seniors' Medicare hike

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 12, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Barack Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2014, and the HHS. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed Friday.

Guan receives 1-stroke penalty for slow play

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT

Amateur Guan Tianlang, of China, watches his ball after hitting in the rain on the eighth fairway during the second round of the Masters golf tournament Friday, April 12, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese golfer who added some buzz to this year's Masters, was hit with a one-stroke penalty for slow play during Friday's second round, hurting his chances of making the cut.

NY district boss apologizes for Nazi assignment

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The superintendent of an upstate New York school district is apologizing for a high school English teacher who gave a writing assignment that asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany.

Verizon to extend phone-upgrade waiting period

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:04 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless, the country's largest cellphone carrier, on Friday said that it is extending the time it takes to earn a subsidized phone upgrade from 20 months on contract to 24 months.

Gold plunges to $1,500, lowest since 2011

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:04 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Gold futures have notched their biggest one-day fall in more than a year.

Obama earned less in 2012, pays $112k in taxes

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made less in 2012 than in any other year since taking office, with about 40 percent of the nearly $609,000 in income that he and first lady Michelle Obama reported coming from book sales.

Colo. teen pleads not guilty in girl's slaying

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - This undated booking photo released by the Westminster, Colo., Police Department shows Austin Reed Sigg, 18, who is charged with murder and other crimes in the abduction and slaying of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway. Sigg, is to enter a plea in the Oct. 5 disappearance and slaying of Jessica Ridgeway in the Denver suburb of Westminster and a May attack on a 22-year-old jogger at a lake in Jessica's neighborhood.(AP Photo/Westminster Police Department, file)GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado teen pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and kidnapping in the kidnap-slaying and dismemberment of a 10-year-old girl that panicked Denver-area residents last fall — despite police testimony that the suspect confessed to the crime.

Syrian troops widen offensive in border areas

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Syrian soldiers at a Syrian army post as seen from the Lebanese border village of al-Qasr, Lebanon, Friday, April 12, 2013. Syrian warplanes and troops battled rebels near the border with Lebanon as part of a widening government counteroffensive to recapture territory along strategic border areas and near the capital Damascus. Written on the army post are the words AL-QASR, LEBANON (AP) — Syrian troops backed by warplanes battled rebels for control of strategic hilltop villages near the Lebanese border on Friday, as government troops step up counterattacks against opposition forces threatening regime supply lines on the country's frontiers.

NASCAR could take closer look at sponsorships

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:02 PM PDT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — NASCAR might take a closer look at how it approves sponsors after the National Rifle Association became the title sponsor of this weekend's Sprint Cup race at Texas during a national debate over gun rights.

The well-greased vote machine Chavez left

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT

Children hold up posters of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez and one of ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro as a campaign convoy drives along in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Maduro, the hand-picked successor of the late President Hugo Chavez, is running for president against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. The presidential election is set for Sunday, April 14. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Socialist party activist Rodolfo Sanchez is all nervous energy as he mounts the impossibly steep streets of his impoverished hillside neighborhood. With days to go before Sunday's election to replace Hugo Chavez, it's his job to get out the maximum vote for the late president's hand-picked successor.

Kerry tamps down anxiety over NKorea missile power

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:59 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se during a joint press conference at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 12, 2013. Kerry is making his first-ever visit to Seoul amid strong suspicion that North Korea may soon test a mid-range missile. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while tamping down anxiety caused by a new U.S. intelligence report suggesting significant progress in the communist regime's nuclear weapons program.

J.C. Penney gets interim victory in Macy's dispute

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:59 PM PDT

A man with a Macy's bag walks past the J.C. Penney's store in New YorkBy Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge on Friday handed embattled J.C. Penney Co Inc an interim victory in its dispute with Macy's Inc over goods designed by Martha Stewart. But the judge said his ruling was only a "bye" in the wider war, and had harsh words for former J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson, calling him the "architect" of the dispute. The two retailers are battling over the rights to sell Martha Stewart products in what are challenging times for department stores, especially J.C. Penney. Friday's ruling capped a week in which J.C. ...

Two wounded in shooting at Virginia community college: police

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:56 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Two women were wounded in a shooting on Friday at a campus of New River Community College in Christiansburg, in southwestern Virginia, and the suspected shooter is in custody, police said. The shooting took place at the school's satellite campus at the New River Valley Mall. One of the victims was airlifted and the second was taken by ambulance to a hospital, the Christiansburg Police Department said in a statement. "We have no information on their identities or present conditions. The suspected shooter was taken into custody," it said. The mall was cleared of shoppers. ...

Wambach, Morgan highlight new pro soccer league

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 25, 2012 file photo, United States' Alex Morgan, center, is challenged by France's Wendie Renard, left, during their women's group G soccer match before the start of the London 2012 Summer Olympics in Glasgow. Morgan and Abby Wambach are to headline the National Women's Soccer League, the third incarnation of a women's professional soccer league in the United States. The season kicks off Saturday, April 13, 2013, with FC Kansas City hosting Morgan and the Portland Thorns FC in Kansas. Wambach, who will play for the Western Flash in her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., will travel Sunday to face Sky Blue FC in Piscataway, N.J. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)NEW YORK (AP) — Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan headline the National Women's Soccer League, the third incarnation of a women's professional soccer league in the United States.

Canada police reopen investigation of alleged rape

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:54 PM PDT

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Police in Canada say they have received new information and are reopening the case of a teen girl who hanged herself after she was allegedly raped and bullied for months.

Judge denies $20M severance deal for AMR CEO

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:53 PM PDT

In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 photo, American Airlines CEO Tom Horton talks to a reporter in New York. A federal bankruptcy judge has denied a proposed $20 million severance payment for CEO Horton as part of the company's merger with US Airways. The judge ruled Thursday, April 11, 2013, that the proposed payment to Horton exceeded limits that Congress set for bankruptcy cases in 2005. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)DALLAS (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge has at least temporarily blocked a proposed $20 million severance payment for the CEO of American Airlines as part of the company's merger with US Airways.

2 injured, 1 in custody after shooting at Va mall

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — Officials say two women have been shot at a community college section of a Virginia mall and a suspect is in custody.

Congressman: Tweet calling Lauper 'hot' a prank

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2012 file photo, singer Cyndi Lauper poses for a portrait in Cannes, southern France. Sometimes, congressmen just want to have fun. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. says he wasn't flirting with singer Lauper earlier this week when he tweeted to her that he WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes, congressmen just want to have fun.

Oil falls 2 percent, gas prices to keep dropping

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:49 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Signs that the global economy isn't strong enough to quickly burn through the world's ample supplies of oil and gasoline sank crude oil prices for a second straight day.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:46 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

Biden lunches with 'Veep' star Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:45 PM PDT

This Oct. 4, 2011handout photo provided by HBO shows actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus star of the HBO series "Veep". Watch out, Joe Biden. The other vice president is in the house.The White House says Louis-Dreyfus, who plays Vice President Selina Meyer on the HBO comedy "Veep," is at the White House to have lunch with Biden. (AP Photo/HBO, Bill Gray)WASHINGTON (AP) — Watch out, Joe Biden. The other vice president is in the house.

Rick Ross apologizes for pro-rape lyrics

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:43 PM PDT

FILE - This July 7, 2012 file photo shows rapper Rick Ross performing during the OpenAir music festival in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Reebok has ended its relationship with Rick Ross following the heavy criticism surrounding the rapper's lyrics some have called pro-rape. The sneaker brand said in a statement Thursday, April 11, 2013, that NEW YORK (AP) — A day after Reebok ended its relationship with Rick Ross, the rapper acknowledged that his lyrics on Rocko's song "U.O.E.N.O." were "offensive."

Colorado teen pleads not guilty to murder in grisly slaying of 10-year-old girl

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:42 PM PDT

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Colorado teen pleads not guilty to murder in grisly slaying of 10-year-old girl.

Europe's Barroso seeks "living" trade agreement with U.S.

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:41 PM PDT

By Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday that he seeks to negotiate a "living agreement" to help deepen economic and trade ties with the United States. "If we manage to come to a comprehensive agreement, the overall gains could add up to a 0.5 percent rise in GDP for Europe and 0.4 percent for the United States by 2027," Barroso said in prepared remarks at a business event co-sponsored by the European American Chamber of Commerce New York and Bloomberg LLP. ...

3 Rodin sculptures head to NYC auction

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Sotheby's, Friday, April 12, 2013, is the Auguste Rodin sculpture, "The Thinker." The full-scale bronze was commissioned by publishing magnate Ralph Pulitzer in 1906. It is part of an Impressionist and Modern Art auction scheduled for May 7, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Sotheby's)NEW YORK (AP) — Three early casts from Auguste Rodin's masterpiece "The Gates of Hell" will be featured at a New York City auction.

Indians' Carrasco suspended 8 games

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)CLEVELAND (AP) — Another dangerous pitch has Carlos Carrasco in trouble again.

Obama pays $112k in 2012 taxes on $609k of income

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made less in 2012 than in any other year since taking office, with about 40 percent of the nearly $609,000 in income that he and first lady Michelle Obama reported coming from book sales.

No settlement in Kim Kardashian divorce case

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 01:15 PM PDT

TV personality Kim Kardashian leaves Los Angeles County Superior Court after a hearing in her divorce from Kris Humphries, Friday, April 12, 2013. Humphries, a power forward for the Brooklyn Nets, did not attend the hearing. The reality star wants a divorce to end her 72-day marriage to Humphries, but the NBA player wants it annulled. He claims the marriage was based on fraud, but he would have to approve the allegation at trial. Humphries' attorneys declined to comment on settlement discussions Friday but say a May 6 trial date remains. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys did not reach a settlement in Kim Kardashian's divorce case after settlement negotiations that were attended by the reality star but not her estranged husband Kris Humphries.

Change in Justice's naming practice in some cases

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is changing its practice of publicly naming some business executives who haven't been charged criminally in price-fixing and bid-rigging cases that harm consumers.

As protesters jeer, Hopi masks sell in Paris

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT

A French supporter of the Indian cause, who refused to give his name, left, holds a flag of the American Indian Movement and an American exchange student, member of the Arizona's Hopi tribe, Bo Lomahquahu, right, stand outside of the Druout's auction house to protest the auction of Native American Hopi tribe masks in Paris, Friday, April 12, 2013. A contested auction of dozens of Native American tribal masks went ahead Friday afternoon following a Paris court ruling, in spite of appeals for a delay by the Hopi tribe, its supporters including actor Robert Redford, and the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)PARIS (AP) — In a chaotic auction repeatedly interrupted by protests, dozens of Native American tribal masks were sold Friday after a French court ignored the objections of the Hopi tribe and the U.S. government.

Driver in Texas bus wreck also drove in '98 crash

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:13 PM PDT

A fatality is rolled away as emergency responders works the scene of bush crash on the George Bush Turnpike Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Irving, Texas. The chartered bus overturned on the busy highway near Dallas on killing at least two people and injuring several others, authorities said. (AP Photo/LM Otero)DALLAS (AP) — The driver of the bus that swerved off a North Texas highway, leaving two passengers dead and dozens injured, was at the wheel in another fatal accident 15 years ago, records show.

Obama presents service trophy to Navy football

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:13 PM PDT

President Barack Obama holds a Navy football team helmet in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 12, 2013, after presenting the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to the United States Naval Academy football team. The helmet bears a "44" sticker for President Obama being the 44th president and a "Rafi" sticker as a salute to injured third-string quarterback Ralph Montalvo. On stage behind Obama are player, Brye French, left, and headcoach Ken Niumatalolo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Navy's triumph in its annual football battle with Army and Air Force is getting to be a habit.

Taliban attack kills 13 Afghan soldiers

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:08 PM PDT

FILE- This March 7, 2012 file photo shows Afghan National Army soldiers during a training session at their camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban militants stormed an army outpost near the eastern border with Pakistan on Friday, killing more than a dozen soldiers in an area that serves as a major infiltration route for insurgents crossing the mountainous border. It was the latest in a series of attacks that have already made April the deadliest month of the year for Afghan forces and civilians.(AP Photo, Anja Niedringhaus, File)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants stormed an Afghan army outpost on Friday, killing more than a dozen soldiers in an area that is a major infiltration route for insurgents crossing the mountainous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Ballet legend Maria Tallchief dies at 88

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:08 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 14, 1953 file photo shows Maria Tallchief, prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet, in Tschaikowsky's "Swan Lake" during the opening performance of the company's engagement at the Scala Theater in Milan, Italy. Tallchief died died Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Chicago at the age of 88. Tallchief joined the company that would become the New York City Ballet in 1948. She was married for a time to George Balanchine, who founded the School of American Ballet in New York. Tallchief worked with Balanchine on such masterpieces as 1949's "Firebird" and his now-historic version of "The Nutcracker." (AP Photo, file)CHICAGO (AP) — Maria Tallchief, one of America's first great prima ballerinas who gave life to such works as "The Nutcracker," ''Firebird," and other masterpieces from legendary choreographer George Balanchine, has died. She was 88.

After Chavez, Venezuela votes

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:07 PM PDT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — THE CHOICE

Family of suicide victim seeks info from students

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:04 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by her family via attorney Robert Allard shows Audrie Pott. A Northern California sheriff's office has arrested three 16-year-old boys on accusations that they sexually battered the 15-year-old girl who hanged herself eight days after the attack last fall. Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Jose Cardoza says the teens were arrested Thursday, April 11, 2013, two at Saratoga High School and a third at Christopher High School in Gilroy. (AP Photo/Family photo provided by attorney Robert Allard) NO SALES MAGS OUT FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLYSARATOGA, Calif. (AP) — Family members of a 15-year-old California girl who killed herself after photos of a sexual assault surfaced online said on Friday they suspect the attackers tried to destroy evidence.

Sudan, South Sudan to open border, resume oil

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:59 AM PDT

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, left, and South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir, right, shake hands at a joint press conference in Juba, South Sudan Friday, April 12, 2013. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir traveled to South Sudan on Friday for the first time since the south peacefully broke away from Sudan in 2011, and South Sudan's president says he and al-Bashir have agreed to a resumption of oil exports and border trade. (AP Photo/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin)JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's president says he and Sudan's president have agreed to a resumption of oil exports and border trade.

Japan, U.S. agree on Tokyo joining Trans-Pacific trade talks

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:59 AM PDT

Japan's PM Abe delivers a speech during the ruling LDP annual convention in TokyoBy Kaori Kaneko and Doug Palmer TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan and the United States on Friday agreed on a deal paving the way for Tokyo to join talks on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, increasing the economic weight of the proposed pact and triggering a loud protest from U.S. automakers. The deal brings Japan closer to entering talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Australia and New Zealand hope to finish this year. "I think Japan's national interests are protected under this U.S. ...

US retail sales fall 0.4 percent in March

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:55 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, April 9, 2013 photo, a shopper looks over the clothes at the Vermont Trading Company in Montpelier, Vt. U.S. retail sales fell in March from February by the most in nine months, indicating higher taxes and weak hiring have made consumers more cautious about spending, according to the Commerce Department, on Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales at U.S. retailers fell in March from February, indicating that higher taxes and weak hiring likely made some consumers more cautious about spending.

BlackBerry to ask regulators to probe report on returns

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:54 AM PDT

A new Blackberry Z10 smartphone is displayed at a store in New YorkTORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry plans to ask securities regulators in Canada and the United States to probe what it said is a "false and misleading" report that consumer return rates for its new Z10 smartphone have been high. The Canadian company, which has pinned its turnaround hopes on its new BlackBerry 10 line of smartphones, went on the offensive on Friday after the report from little known Boston-based research and investment firm Detwiler Fenton sent its stock tumbling on Thursday. ...
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