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Friday, April 26, 2013

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT

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

French defense minister visits northern Mali

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:48 PM PDT

FILE - This March 8, 2013 photo provided by the French Army Communications Audiovisual Office (ECPAD) shows French soldiers patrolling the Mettatai region in northern Mali. The Security Council unanimously approved a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali on Thursday, April 25, 2013 to help restore democracy and stabilize the northern half of the country which was controlled by Islamist jihadists until a France-led military operation ousted them three months ago. (AP Photo/ECPAD, Arnaud Roine)GAO, Mali (AP) — France's defense minister reaffirmed Friday that his country will keep 1,000 troops in Mali to fight radical Islamic militants even after the arrival later this year of more than 12,000 U.N. peacekeepers.

Hospital roof collapses in India, injuring 8

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Part of a hospital building collapsed in central India on Friday after its roof came crashing down, injuring at least eight people, an official said.

Thunder's Westbrook out, needs knee surgery

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) looks back at forward Kevin Durant (35) as he celebrates a 3-point play by a teammate in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of their first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Houston Rockets in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Oklahoma City won 105-102. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook will have surgery to repair cartilage in his right knee and be out indefinitely, dealing a harsh blow to the Oklahoma City Thunder's championship chances.

Mom of 4 kids killed in SC fire faces more charges

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:41 PM PDT

Hope Hawkins is seen in a Thursday, April 25, 2013 photo provided by the Darlington County, S.C. Jail. Hawkins, the mother of four children killed in an accidental mobile home fire,was charged Friday, April 26, 2013 in their deaths, authorities said.Hawkins, 21, faces four counts each of homicide by child abuse and unlawful conduct toward a child, for leaving her children home alone when an accidental fire started in the kitchen on Wednesday, April 24. (AP Photo/Darlington County (SC) Jail)COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The mother of four South Carolina children killed in an accidental mobile home fire was charged Friday in their deaths, authorities said.

NBC gives full-season renewals to 5 of its dramas

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:41 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Television producer Dick Wolf will be busy next season.

Capote's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' sells for $306K

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:39 PM PDT

FILE - This 1966 file photo shows author Truman Capote in a studio recording the narration for his film adaptation of his short story, "A Christmas Memory," in New York. Capote's 1958 typed manuscript of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with the author's handwritten edits has sold for about $306,000 at auction to a Russian billionaire. The manuscript, expected to net at least $250,000, was offered for sale online by the Amherst-based auction house RR Auction. RR Auction says the winning bidder is Russian retail billionaire Igor Sosin, who plans to display it in Moscow and Monaco. (AP Photo, file)AMHERST, N.H. (AP) — Truman Capote's 1958 typed manuscript of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with the author's handwritten edits has sold for about $306,000 at auction to a Russian billionaire.

Obama: Chemical weapons use in Syria would be 'game changer'

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:38 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama waves to guests as he leaves the stage after speaking at the Planned Parenthood National Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in WashingtonBy Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama warned President Bashar al-Assad on Friday that any use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war would be a "game changer" but cautioned that intelligence assessments that such weapons had been deployed were still preliminary. Speaking a day after the White House said for the first time that Assad's government had likely used chemical weapons on a small scale, Obama talked tough while appealing for patience as he sought to fend off pressure at home and abroad for a swift U.S. response. ...

Cuba ends half-century ban on pro boxing

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 16, 2013 file photo, boxer Osain Gonzalez prepares to compete in a local boxing tournament at the Rafael Trejos boxing gym in Old Havana, Cuba. Cuba is breaking a five-decade ban on professional boxing by joining an international semi-pro league where fighters compete for sponsored teams, earn $1,000 to $3,000 a month and don't wear protective headgear, officials said Friday. Cuba will begin participating in the WSB in November. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)HAVANA (AP) — Cuba is breaking a five-decade ban on professional boxing and joining an international semipro league. Fighters will compete for sponsored teams, box without protective headgear and earn $1,000 to $3,000 a month.

Backpack policies at sporting events

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:34 PM PDT

A glance at backpack policies in place for various sports leagues across the globe:

Oil has biggest weekly gain this year

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:33 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil rose more than 5 percent this week, even with a decline on Friday, as traders concluded last week's dive to a low for the year was overdone.

Dutch cyberattack suspect arrested in Spain

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:33 PM PDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch citizen has been arrested in Spain in connection with what experts described as the biggest cyberattack in the history of the Internet, one launched against an anti-spam watchdog group last month, prosecutors announced Friday.

Smartphones overtake 'dumb' phones worldwide

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:29 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A research firm says that more smartphones than 'dumb' phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that's putting computing power and Internet access in millions of hands worldwide.

Marathon deaths prompt review of security policy

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 24, 2013, a security guard checks the backpack of a fan entering AT&T Park before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco. Major League Baseball's previously scheduled security meeting in New York took on added importance in the aftermath of the marathon bombs. Each team sets its own security standards, although clubs might consider cutting the size of the general major league limitation on bags from 16x16x8 inches to something less.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Left unattended, no accessory looks as menacing these days as a backpack.

Country superstar George Jones dead at 81

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2007 file photo, George Jones is shown in Nashville, Tenn. Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has died. He was 81. Jones died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after being hospitalized with fever and irregular blood pressure, according to his publicist Kirt Webster. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice.

Column: Closed-end funds provide yield, but at a price

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:24 PM PDT

(The author is a Reuters columnist and the opinions expressed are his own. For more from John Wasik see http://link.reuters.com/syk97s) By John Wasik CHICAGO (Reuters) - Investors chasing yield in this low-rate environment are jumping into alternative vehicles. That's helping closed-end income funds stage a comeback. Such funds, which offer a fixed number of shares and are closed to new capital once they start operating, have their attractions, but investors should exercise caution. ...

4 girls who play 'Matilda' snubbed by Tonys

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:20 PM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 15, 2012 file photo shows, from left, Milly Shapiro, Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence and Bailey Ryon, the four actresses who share the starring role in "Matilda the Musical" on Broadway, outside the Shubert Theatre in New York. The administration committee for the awards met Friday for the fourth and final time to determine the eligibility of certain shows and ruled that the qurtet of actresses who rotate as the lead in NEW YORK (AP) — The members of the Tony Award nominations committee better look out: They've snubbed four girls who play a tough little telekinetic heroine on Broadway.

Bethenny Frankel to expand Skinnygirl product line

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:18 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 12, 2012 file photo originally released by Skinnygirl Cocktails shows TV personality Bethenny Frankel at the Skinnygirl Cocktails event during the New York City Wine & Food Festival in New York. Frankel plans to expand her Skinnygirl line of wine and spirits and power bars to include more food products. Frankel, whose entrepreneurial reach also includes diet books and videos, and a novel, had a six-city run of "bethenny" on Fox-owned stations last year. The show will air in cities across the country this fall. (AP Photo/Skinnygirl Cocktails, Scott Gries)NEW YORK (AP) — Bethenny Frankel plans to expand her Skinnygirl line of wine and spirits and power bars to include more food products.

Israel wary quiet on Syrian front about to end

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Gal Hirsch, a reserve Israeli General, stands at an army outpost overlooking Syria and Jordan in the Golan Heights. Against a breathtaking vista of green fields and a snowcapped mountain range, all is silent but for a strong gust of wind whipping across the landscape. The tranquility is suddenly interrupted by a burst of gunfire from beyond a newly built fortified fence: Jihadi rebels are battling with Bashar Assad's battered troops in a nearby Syrian village. Watching it all unfold are Israeli soldiers atop tanks - a sight unseen here in a generation - and the sounds of explosions from a large-scale Israeli drill are distinctly heard in the background. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)ALONEI HABASHAN, Golan Heights (AP) — Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil war raging next door, where jihadist rebels are battling Bashar Assad's troops in a village.

Boston suspect is moved; FBI searches landfill

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:14 PM PDT

FILE - This April 25, 2013 file photo shows the mother of the two Boston bombing suspects, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, left, speaking at a news conference in Makhachkala, the southern Russian province of Dagestan. Two government officials tell The Associated Press that U.S. intelligence agencies added the Boston bombing suspects' mother to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the attack. At right is her sister-in-law Maryam. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev, File)BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was moved from a hospital to a federal prison medical center, while FBI agents searched for evidence Friday in a landfill near the college he was attending.

UK charges famed publicist with indecent assault

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:11 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 file photo of celebrity publicist Max Clifford, as he arrives to testify at the final day of the first phase of the Leveson Inquiry, in central London. British prosecutors say they are charging prominent celebrity publicist Max Clifford with 11 counts of indecent assault. The charges come as part of a broad investigation into child sex abuse spurred by the scandal involving the late BBC personality Jimmy Savile. Prosecutors said Friday, April 26, 2013, the charges against Clifford relate to assaults allegedly committed between 1966 and 1985 and involve seven complainants who were between the ages of 14 and 19 at the times of the alleged assaults. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)LONDON (AP) — Prominent celebrity publicist Max Clifford has been charged with 11 counts of indecent assault, British officials said Friday. He's the second person to be charged as part of a broad investigation into child sex abuse spurred by the scandal involving the late BBC personality Jimmy Savile.

Max Clifford charged with 11 sex assaults

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Publicist Clifford arrives at his home in Surrey after his arrest at Belgravia police station in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Celebrity publicist Max Clifford on Friday became the first high profile figure to be charged in a wide-ranging investigation into a sex scandal that has grabbed front page headlines in Britain in recent months. Clifford, 70, was charged with 11 counts of indecent assault, prosecutors said, including on two underage girls, after being arrested in December as part of an investigation into sex crime allegations against the late Jimmy Savile. ...

4 girls who play lead in 'Matilda' snubbed

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:10 PM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 15, 2012 file photo shows, from left, Milly Shapiro, Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence and Bailey Ryon, the four actresses who share the starring role in "Matilda the Musical" on Broadway, outside the Shubert Theatre in New York. The administration committee for the awards met Friday for the fourth and final time to determine the eligibility of certain shows and ruled that the qurtet of actresses who rotate as the lead in NEW YORK (AP) — The members of the Tony Award nominations committee better look out: They've snubbed four girls who play a tough little telekinetic heroine on Broadway.

Tax cheats pony up $5.5 billion in amnesty program

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:07 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government investigators say more than 39,000 tax cheats have come clean under a series of programs that offered reduced penalties and no jail time to people who voluntarily disclosed assets they were hiding overseas.

Obama's Syria caution shows Washington uncertainty

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:07 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would be a "game changer," but he cautioned that the United States needs more evidence that President Bashar Assad has used the deadly agents against his people.

Nets sign GM Billy King to contract extension

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:06 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Coming off their first season in Brooklyn in which the franchise ended a six-year playoff drought, the Nets have signed general manager Billy King to a contract extension.

St. Lucia police detail rescue after boat sinking

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:00 PM PDT

This Nov. 2009 photo courtesy of Dan Suski shows Kate Suski, right, and her brother Dan while on vacation in San Diego, Ca. The brother and sister are recovering in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia after their ship sank on April 21 during a fishing trip, forcing them to swim almost 14 hours to reach land, according to the siblings. The Suskis said they are recovering after being hospitalized with severe dehydration and tendinitis. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Dan Suski)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A boat captain and his first mate swam through dangerous waters for nearly a day before they were rescued after a sinking that was also survived by their two U.S. passengers, authorities in St. Lucia said on Friday.

Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at the 2013 Planned Parenthood National Conference in Washington, Friday, April 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama vowed Friday to join Planned Parenthood in fighting against what he said are efforts by states to turn women's health back to the 1950s, before the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide, and singled out the GOP-governed states of North Dakota and Mississippi for criticism.

Will.i.am rebuts accusations of song theft

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:56 AM PDT

In this April 24, 2013 photo, will.i.am poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Will.i.am says he's been unfairly accused of stealing a song from a Russian dance producer. The producer-rapper-singer has acknowledged reaching out to trance producer Arty after hearing his 2011 song with London's Mat Zo, "Rebound." Will.i.am recorded a new version with Chris Brown titled "Let's Go." Will.i.am credits Arty as a writer on the song in the liner notes for his album, "#willpower," released this week. He blamed the slow legal clearance process his legal team was also at work on the issue. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Will.i.am says he's been unfairly accused of stealing a song from a Russian dance producer for use on his new album.

Draft rule ends protections for gray wolves

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:54 AM PDT

FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a gray wolf. Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, which would end a decades-long effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, File)BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range.

Court rejects Pussy Riot member's early release

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:51 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sits in a glass enclosure at a court in Moscow, Russia. A court in Zubova Polyana opened the hearings on Tolokonnikova appeal for early release Friday morning, April 26, 2013, as dozens of journalists descended on this small town in the central province of Mordovia, home to a sprawling web of Soviet-era prison camps.(AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)ZUBOVA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — A Russian court on Friday rejected a plea for early release from prison by a member of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, whose provocative songs and prosecution have made them a symbol of the country's opposition movement.

Congress approves bill to end delays in flights

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:51 AM PDT

FILE - This April 23, 2013 file photo shows a United Airlines jet departing in view of the air traffic control tower at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers and causing political headaches for lawmakers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress hurried to approve legislation Friday that will end the furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers and causing political headaches for lawmakers.

In Caribbean, gridlocked courts stall lives

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:49 AM PDT

In this April 13, 2013 photo, Claudette Johnson shows a photo of her slain son Tyrone Johnson, who was 21 when he was killed, as she poses for a photo at the market in West Kingston, Jamaica. Johnson still has a hard time sleeping at night a decade after her son was fatally shot in a confrontation with Jamaican police and 15 years after her taxi driver husband was murdered by gunmen. Year after year, both cases have collected dust in the island's gridlocked court system, leaving her in limbo. (AP Photo/David McFadden)KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Claudette Johnson still has a hard time sleeping at night a decade after her son was fatally shot in a confrontation with Jamaican police and 15 years after her taxi driver husband was murdered by gunmen.

4 girls who play 'Matilda' lead snubbed by Tonys

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:48 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The members of the Tony Award nominations committee better look out: They've snubbed four girls who play a tough telekinetic heroine on Broadway.

Taliban bomb kills 9 in southern Pakistan

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:47 AM PDT

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a bomb has exploded near the office of a political party, which has received threats from the Taliban, killing nine people in southern Pakistan.

Death toll in Bangladesh collapse passes 300

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:45 AM PDT

A Bangladeshi rescuer works to break through metal and concrete with a drill at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26, 2013. More than two days after their factory collapsed on them, at least some garment workers were still alive in the corpse-littered debris Friday, pinned beneath tons of mangled metal and concrete. The death toll topped 300 on Friday and it remained unclear what the final grim number would be, as some victims are being pulled from the rubble alive. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — With time running out to save workers still trapped in a collapsed garment factory building, rescuers dug through mangled metal and concrete Friday and found more survivors — but also more corpses that pushed the death toll past 300.

Air Force secretary stepping down after 5 years

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:45 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force Secretary Michael Donley is stepping down after five years in the job marked by scandals surrounding its aircraft contracts, sexual assaults and the mishandling of war dead. He is credited for improving the service's handling of nuclear materials.

First confirmed Japanese tsunami debris in Calif.

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:44 AM PDT

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) — A barnacle-covered fishing boat that washed ashore this month in Crescent City, Calif., has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan to reach California's shores.

City: No 'Don't Tread on Me' flag on public land

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:42 AM PDT

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — A "Don't Tread on Me" flag hoisted by veterans outside a city-owned armory has been ordered down because of complaints that the defiant symbol of the American Revolution is now associated with the tea party and makes an unwelcome political statement.

Stocks sputter on tepid US economic growth

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:41 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, April 16, 2013, photo, Specialist Michael O'Mara, left, and trader Fred Demarco work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets fell Friday April 26, 2013 after Japan faced an unwelcome drop in consumer prices. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market sputtered Friday after the U.S. economy didn't grow as much as hoped. Neither did earnings from a handful of big companies.
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