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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Police block area of reported St. Louis shooting

Police block area of reported St. Louis shooting

Police block area of reported St. Louis shooting

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:13 PM PDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police have cordoned off a section of a street south of downtown St. Louis amid reports of a shooting inside a business there.

Oil back above $96; gasoline steady at $3.63

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:13 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil rose above $96 a barrel Thursday on signs of steady hiring and resilient consumer spending in the U.S. and a rally in the stock market.

Reports: Shooting south of downtown St. Louis

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:11 PM PDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police have cordoned off a section of a street south of downtown St. Louis amid media reports of a shooting inside a business there.

US stocks surge, breaking a three-day slump

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:11 PM PDT

In this Monday, June 10, 2013 photo, traders Joel Lucchese, left, and Brandon Barb confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets endured sharp losses Thursday June 13, 2013 as gyrations on the Tokyo market, the Asian region's biggest, continued _ fueled by worries about a surging yen and monetary policies in the U.S. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are surging on Wall Street as investors focus on positive news about the U.S. economy.

Privacy _ the online generation wants it

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:10 PM PDT

Mandi Grandjean sits inside her home in Canton, Ohio Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Grandjean, a recent graduate of Miami University in Ohio, says she's fine with the government doing secret surveillance of phone call records and Internet exchanges, but believes it's different when it comes to an employer, or even a coach. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)CHICAGO (AP) — The generation that's grown up posting their lives online wants a little privacy. That's not what we might expect as we debate just how much access the government should have to our mobile and online lives.

Barber paid in hugs is kicked out of Conn. park

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2013 file photo, Michael Johnson, left, hugs friend Anthony Cymerys, known as Joe the Barber, in Bushnell Park in Hartford, Conn. For more than 20 years, Cymerys, 82, cut hair alfresco in Hartford for the fee of a hug. On Wednesday, June 13, 2013, Cymerys said as he was setting up, health officials and police told him and his friends, who hand out food to the needy, had to leave because they didn't have permits. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hartford officials say they ordered an 82-year-old good Samaritan out of a city park because residents were concerned about the safety and sanitation of his free haircuts to homeless people.

1 dead, 73 hurt in La. plant explosion

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:05 PM PDT

This photo provided by Ryan Meador shows an explosion at The Williams Companies Inc. plant in the Ascension Parish town of Geismar La., Thursday, June 13, 2013. The fire broke out Thursday morning at the plant, which the company's website says puts out about 1.3 billion pounds of ethylene and 90 million pounds of polymer grade propylene a year. (AP Photo/Ryan Meador)GEISMAR, La. (AP) — A ground-rattling explosion at a chemical plant in Louisiana ignited a blaze that killed at least one person and injured dozens of others. Louisiana's health department says 73 people were treated at hospitals for injuries ranging from minor to critical following the Thursday morning explosion.

Obama to meet relatives of shooting victims

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:04 PM PDT

Jillian Soto, center, with siblings Carlee Soto, left and Carlos Soto, the siblings of Victoria Soto, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2013, on the sixth month anniversary of the Newtown, Conn. shootings. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met Thursday with relatives of the victims of the Connecticut school shooting, who were visiting Washington on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the tragedy to push anew for gun control.

Lawmaker: Terrorists change tactics after leaks

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Thursday that terrorists are already changing their behavior after leaks about classified U.S. surveillance programs, but he offered no details.

Gaza suffers drop in foreign aid over Syrian war

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:01 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, June 11, 2013, photo, Bassel Shunar, right, co-owner of the new bakery "Damashki" or "The Guy From Damascus," works at the bakery in Gaza City. Shunar, a Palestinian born in Syria, fled the country and arrived in the Gaza Strip two months ago. The civil war in Syria is increasingly hurting Hamas-ruled Gaza financially, according to several officials in the Islamic militant group and in Islamic charities. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors of Damascus — a rare bright spot in the long shadow that the Syrian civil war is casting over the Gaza Strip.

New anti-demonstration rule at Supreme Court

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:00 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 11,2013 file photo shows demonstrators, dressed as detainees, protest against the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court might eventually need to decide how much free speech the Supreme Court can tolerate. A federal judge throws out a law barring protest banners and processions on the high court's grounds, rulings it's so broad it could criminalize preschool students parading on a field trip. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has come up with a new regulation banning demonstrations on its grounds, two days after a broader anti-demonstration law was declared unconstitutional.

Jurors in Bulger trial shown collection of weapons

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:59 PM PDT

FILE - This June 23, 2011 booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James "Whitey" Bulger, one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives, captured in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run. Opening arguments in Bulger's trial begin Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in federal court in Boston. (AP Photo/ U.S. Marshals Service, File)BOSTON (AP) — Jurors in James "Whitey" Bulger's racketeering trial on Thursday were shown machine guns and other weapons from a massive arsenal that investigators say he and his gang owned.

Prosecutors push for anti-phone theft measures

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:59 PM PDT

Citizens Crime Commission of New York president Richard Aborn, far left, Annie Palazzolo, second from left, and her father Paul Boke, third from left, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, second from right and Nassau County, N.Y. Distrct Attorney Kathleen Rice, far right, listens as San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon speaks during a press conference on Thursday, June 13, 2013, in New York. The group announced the launch of what they call the "Secure Our Smartphones Initiative" aimed at encouraging the cell phone industry to adapt technology to deter cellphone theft. Palazzolo, 29, spoke about her sister who was killed for her cellphone. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials nationwide are demanding the creation of a "kill switch" that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, New York's top prosecutor said Thursday in a clear warning to the world's smartphone manufacturers.

State-by-state look at Iowa to Mid-Atlantic storm

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:58 PM PDT

A wall cloud in northern Allen County drops what appears to be a funnel cloud Wednesday, June 12, 2013 just north of Fort Wayne, Ind. A line of powerful thunderstorms that spawned several small tornadoes as it crossed Illinois has rumbled into northern Indiana. Wednesday night, National Weather Service radar showed the strongest part of the huge storm spanned northern Indiana from Gary to Plymouth, with an outrider over Fort Wayne. (AP Photo/The Journal Gazette, Chad Ryan) NEWS-SENTINEL OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; MAGS OUTMassive thunderstorms have swept across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, knocking out power to thousands of people and causing some flash flooding in certain areas. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state:

Survey: Many Americans say 'Big Brother' is here

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:56 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — There's little wonder why George Orwell's novel "1984" is seeing a resurgence in sales.

US stock market moves sharply higher

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:55 PM PDT

In this Monday, June 10, 2013 photo, traders Joel Lucchese, left, and Brandon Barb confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets endured sharp losses Thursday June 13, 2013 as gyrations on the Tokyo market, the Asian region's biggest, continued _ fueled by worries about a surging yen and monetary policies in the U.S. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Good news about hiring and retail sales helped send the U.S. stock market sharply higher Thursday.

Fans flee as threatening weather halts US Open

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:52 PM PDT

Spectators wait out a weather delay during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club, Thursday, June 13, 2013, in Ardmore, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — The horn that suspended play at the U.S. Open also turned out to be the official signal to shop.

Israel moving ahead with new settler housing

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:51 PM PDT

File - In this Sept. 20, 2011file photo, Israeli settler youths wave Israeli flags at the start of a protest march against Palestinian statehood, from the West Bank Jewish settlement of Itamar near the Palestinians town of Nablus. Palestinian Israel is going ahead with plans to build more than 1,000 settler homes in the West Bank, a spokesman said Thursday, a step that drew criticism from the Palestinians and may pose a challenge to peace efforts by Secretary of State John Kerry. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is moving forward with plans to build more than 1,000 homes in two small isolated Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank, a spokesman said Thursday, as Palestinian officials complained that Israel is undercutting U.S. peace efforts at a sensitive time.

Nicaragua approves massive canal project

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:50 PM PDT

In this June 7, 2013 photo, people push a boat into Lake Nicaragua, near Granada, Nicaragua. A multi-billion dollar Chinese plan to plow a massive rival to the Panama Canal across the middle of Nicaragua was headed for approval by the leftist-controlled National Assembly Thursday, June 13, 2013, capping a lightning-fast approval process that has provoked deep skepticism among shipping experts and intense concern among environmentalists. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A multi-billion dollar proposal to plow a massive rival to the Panama Canal across the middle of Nicaragua was approved by the leftist-controlled National Assembly Thursday, capping a lightning-fast approval process that has provoked deep skepticism among shipping experts and concern among environmentalists.

'Kinky Boots' kicks off national tour in Vegas

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:49 PM PDT

FILE - This June 9, 2013 file photo shows Billy Porter accepting his award for best actor in a musical for "Kinky Boots" at the 67th Annual Tony Awards, in New York. Six alumni from Carnegie Mellon University took home Tonys in five categories, a glittery haul that was both a school record and a huge source of pride for a theater department that turns 100 next year. Billy Porter, Patina Miller and Judith Light each took home acting Tonys, while Ann Roth got one for best costume design, and partners Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer won for best lighting design of a play. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off its Tony Award-winning night, "Kinky Boots" is planning a national tour that will kick off in Las Vegas in September.

Cheeks is Pistons' new coach, with work to do

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Maurice Cheeks listens to a reporters question during a news conference at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Mich., where he was introduced as the Detroit Pistons new head coach, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Cheeks joins the Pistons after serving four years as an assistant coach with Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Maurice Cheeks is ready for a new challenge, undaunted by the fact that the Detroit Pistons have been a revolving door for coaches lately.

Greeks strike over state TV closure, PM offers talks

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:49 PM PDT

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask stands in front of Greek state broadcaster ERT headquarters in AthensBy Lefteris Papadimas and Harry Papachristou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras moved to defuse a political crisis over the government's abrupt closure of state broadcaster ERT that prompted a nationwide strike on Thursday and brought thousands into the streets in protest. Samaras, who has branded defenders of ERT hypocrites, invited two left-wing junior coalition parties opposed to the shutdown to talks next Monday, his office said, seeking to avert political instability in the bailed-out euro zone country. ...

Debate over social issues emerges

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, greets attendees as he is followed by Ralph Reed, founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, left, after he spoke at the "Road to Majority" conference in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2013. The fight for the direction of the Republican Party will be on display Thursday at a Washington conference hosted by the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a group created by former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed. Designed to strengthen the evangelical influence in national politics, the conference gives many religious conservative activists their first look at potential 2016 presidential candidates. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — A fresh debate has erupted within the GOP over social issues.

Grocers allege potato group pumped up spud prices

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:47 PM PDT

A field of flowering Ranger russet potato plants is pictured near Wilder, Idaho, on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. In a lawsuit moved to Idaho federal court this week, a U.S. wholesale grocery cooperative has sued the United Potato Growers of America, alleging the group's members in 15 states are illegally fixing prices and driving up costs. (AP Photo/John Miller)BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. wholesale grocer says America's potato farmers have run an illegal price-fixing cartel for a decade, driving up spud prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow.

Coverage may be unaffordable for low-wage workers

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures as he talks about the Affordable Care Act in San Jose, Calif. President Barack Obama's health care law is called the Affordable Care Act, but a glitch could make it unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants, retail stores and hotels. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — It's called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama's health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants, retail stores and hotels.

South Africa president: Mandela is improving

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:46 PM PDT

A portrait representing former president Nelson Mandela is installed on the windows of a building in downtown Cape Town, South Africa Thursday, June 13, 2013. Mandela is spending a sixth day in the hospital and while there was no immediate update on his health Thursday, President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday reported that Mandela was responding better to treatment for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela's health is improving but the 94-year-old beloved anti-apartheid hero remains in serious condition, South Africa's president said Thursday.

Santa Monica gunman's weapon assembled in bedroom

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:44 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The assault-style rifle used by a Santa Monica gunman to kill five people last week appears to have been put together using component parts, according to two officials briefed on the investigation.

UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - This Wednesday, April 17, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a mass burial of people allegedly killed by Syrian Army snipers, in Aleppo, Syria. Syria's upwardly spiraling violence has resulted in the confirmed killings of almost 93,000 people, the United Nations' human rights office said Thursday but acknowledged the real number is likely to be far higher. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the brunt of the attacks.

U.S. top court bars patents on human genes unless synthetic

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT

A DNA double helix in an undated artist's illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday prohibited patents on naturally occurring human genes but allowed legal protections on synthetically produced genetic material in a compromise ruling hailed as a partial victory for patients and the biotechnology industry. The ruling by the nine justices, the first of its kind for the top U.S. court, buttressed important patent protections relied upon by biotechnology companies while making it clear that genes extracted from the human body cannot be patented. ...

Nicaragua approves massive canal proposal

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT

In this June 7, 2013 photo, people push a boat into Lake Nicaragua, near Granada, Nicaragua. A multi-billion dollar Chinese plan to plow a massive rival to the Panama Canal across the middle of Nicaragua was headed for approval by the leftist-controlled National Assembly Thursday, June 13, 2013, capping a lightning-fast approval process that has provoked deep skepticism among shipping experts and intense concern among environmentalists. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A multi-billion dollar dream to plow a massive rival to the Panama Canal across the middle of Nicaragua has been approved by the country's leftist-controlled National Assembly. It caps a lightning-fast approval process that has provoked deep skepticism among shipping experts and concern among environmentalists.

Iran liberals ask: Snub election or take chance?

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:33 PM PDT

Supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, chant slogans, as they hold a banner containing pictures of Rowhani, center, former Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, and Mohammad Khatami, during a street campaign, in Tehran, Iran,Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The presidential election will be held on June 14. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the end, Iran's presidential election may be defined by who doesn't vote.

Senate rejects Republican effort to gut immigration bill

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:32 PM PDT

Grassley listens to a question during the 2009 Reuters Washington Summit in WashingtonBy Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark immigration bill survived a major challenge in the Senate on Thursday when its bipartisan "Gang of Eight" sponsors beat back an amendment that would have delayed a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal residents. The proposal by Iowa Republican Charles Grassley would have prohibited a first step toward granting them legal status until the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "has maintained effective control" of the entire U.S.-Mexico border - 1,969 miles - for a period of six months. ...

Tunisia rapper gets 2 years prison for police song

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:31 PM PDT

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian court convicted on Thursday a rap artist for insulting police with a song calling them dogs and sentenced him to two years in prison, his lawyer said.

The Replacements to reunite for at least 3 shows

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:26 PM PDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twenty-two years after breaking up, The Replacements are reuniting for at least three shows.

Satellite boost for Greece's public TV holdouts

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:25 PM PDT

A protester, seen through a hole in a banner, takes part in a rally outside the Greek state television ERT headquarters during a 24-hour general strike in Athens, on Thursday, June 13, 2013. Greece's fragile governing coalition failed to reach a compromise Wednesday about the closure of the state-run ERT broadcaster. That left the government in a crisis that could lead to early elections, just a year after it was formed to save the country from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Journalists from axed Greek state broadcaster ERT returned to the airwaves Thursday amid an escalating crisis that saw the country rocked by a general strike, a sharp rebuke from Europe's top human rights official and widening divisions in the fragile coalition government.

Obama considers Syria moves, Assad turns guns on north

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:22 PM PDT

Barricades are seen on a street in Aleppo's countrysideBy Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is deciding whether to take new action to help Syria's rebels, the White House said on Thursday, while President Bashar al-Assad's surging forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies turned their guns on the north. Assad's forces fought near the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday and bombarded the central city of Homs, having seized the initiative by winning the open backing of Hezbollah last month and capturing the strategic town of Qusair last week. ...

7 years in prison for Argentine ex-leader Menem

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2005 file photo, Former Argentine President Carlos Menem attends his swearing-in ceremony as senator for La Rioja province at the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Menem was sentenced Thursday, June 13, 2013, to 7 years in prison for smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in violation of international embargoes in the 1990s. The court also banned Menem from holding elective office, and asked the Senate to vote to remove the immunity he has enjoyed for years as senator. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in violation of international embargoes in the 1990s.

Clinton to focus on children's, economic issues

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:17 PM PDT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Meeting in Chicago, Thursday, June 13, 2013. The former first lady offered her most extensive description of her post-Obama administration agenda since leaving her role as the nation's top diplomat. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)CHICAGO (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday she will focus much of her attention on issues promoting early childhood development, women and children and economic issues as part of the foundation created by her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Failed Cuba-to-Florida swimmer won't try again

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel waves to spectators as she begins her swim to Florida from the waters off Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. McCardel, 29, is bidding to become the first person to make the Straits of Florida crossing without the protection of a shark cage. American Diana Nyad and Australian Penny Palfrey have attempted the crossing four times between them since 2011, but each time threw in the towel part way through due to injury, jellyfish stings or strong currents. Australian Susie Maroney did it in 1997, but with a shark cage. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — The Australian who gave up her quest to swim from Cuba to Florida because of painful jellyfish stings said Thursday that she will not make another attempt.

Court ruling may open up breast cancer gene tests

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT

FILE - A technician loads patient samples into a machine for testing at Myriad Genetics Friday, May 31, 2002, in Salt Lake City. DNA samples are moved from one tray to another by the eight-needle apparatus at left. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 13, 2013 that Myriad Genetics Inc. cannot patent the BRCA genes, which are tested to check a woman's risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Mutations in these genes are what led Angelina Jolie to have both her breasts removed because she had such a high cancer risk. Some experts think the court ruling may lead to lower cost testing because there could be more competition. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)A ruling by the Supreme Court that human genes can't be patented is expected to increase access and drop the cost for tests for gene mutations that greatly raise the risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer.
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