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Monday, June 10, 2013

Turkish leader Erdogan to meet Istanbul protesters

Turkish leader Erdogan to meet Istanbul protesters

Turkish leader Erdogan to meet Istanbul protesters

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:53 PM PDT

A woman wearing a traditional head-scarf is framed by Turkish flags depicting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Istanbul's Taksim squareBy Gulsen Solaker ANKARA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to meet on Wednesday with leaders of the movement whose peaceful protests in Istanbul spiraled into a wave of anti-government demonstrations across Turkey. Erdogan has repeatedly dismissed the protesters as "capulcular", or riff-raff. But Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said on Monday leaders of the Gezi Park Platform group had asked to meet him in an effort to end unrest in which police have blasted demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon. ...

Iraq hit by wave of bomb attacks, killing dozens

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:50 PM PDT

Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack at al-Ameen neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 8, 2013. Iraqi authorities say the car bomb explosion has killed and wounded people in a commercial street in the Shiite neighborhood of al-Ameen, southeastern Baghdad. Several shops were damaged in the attack. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings rocked central and northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 47 people and extending the deadliest eruption of violence to hit the country in years.

South Sudan urges Sudan to keep security pact

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:48 PM PDT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Sudan's threat to shut down South Sudan's oil exports over its alleged support for rebels in Sudan will not spark a return to armed hostility as long as Sudan respects a security agreement reached earlier this year, a South Sudanese military official said Monday.

Conn. lawmakers join fight over who was 1st to fly

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:48 PM PDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's leading role in aviation has never been disputed, but legislators have passed a bill insisting that a Connecticut aviator flew two years before the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:46 PM PDT

Crowds line up around the Moscone West Center for the opening of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 10, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green "felt" of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update since the iPhone's launch in 2007.

Egypt warns all options open for Ethiopia Nile dam

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:45 PM PDT

An Egyptian fishes with a net in the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River dam project by highlighting its CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president has warned that "all options are open" in dealing with Ethiopia's efforts to build a dam that threatens to leave Nile-dependent Egypt with a dangerous water shortage.

S&P boosts outlook for US gov't's long-term debt

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:44 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded its outlook Monday for the U.S. government's long-term debt. S&P cited the government's strengthened finances, a recovering U.S. economy and some easing of Washington's political gridlock.

Prince Philip spends 92nd birthday in hospital

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the London Clinic, Monday June 10, 2013, in central London, where her husband the Duke of Edinburgh is recuperating following an operation on his abdomen. The Duke of Edinburgh is "comfortable and in good spirits" following the exploratory operation, Buckingham Palace said early Monday evening. (AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVELONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II visited her husband, Prince Philip, at a London hospital on Monday, where he was spending his 92nd birthday recovering from abdominal surgery.

S&P revises U.S. credit outlook to 'stable' from negative

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:53 PM PDT

A full moon rises over the skyline of New York, as seen from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New JerseyBy David Gaffen and Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Monday removed the near-term threat of another credit rating downgrade for the United States by revising its outlook to stable from negative, citing an improved economic and fiscal outlook. The change effectively means there is less than a one-third chance of a downgrade in the next two years. S&P said a key factor to its revision in the U.S. rating outlook was the agreement reached by the U.S. Congress to avoid the 'fiscal cliff', which had threatened some $600 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts. ...

Turkey premier to meet with Istanbul protesters

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:33 PM PDT

A Turkish protester sleeps in Kugulu Park in Turkish capital, Ankara, Monday, June 10, 2013. In a series of increasingly belligerent speeches to cheering supporters Sunday, Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a verbal attack on the tens of thousands of anti-government protesters who flooded the streets for a 10th day, accusing them of creating an environment of terror. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister will meet with a group of protesters occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square this week, the deputy prime minister said Monday, as the government sought a way out of the impasse that has led to hundreds of protests in dozens of cities.

Brazil set for Confed Cup despite difficulties

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2013 file photo, fans arrive at the Maracana stadium before a friendly soccer game between Brazil and England in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, On the field, the Confederations Cup can give Brazil's national team a major boost in its quest to win a sixth World Cup title next year. Off the field, the eight-team tournament will offer the first hints about where the country stands in its preparations for FIFA's main event in 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File )SAO PAULO (AP) — Even if the Confederations Cup goes off without a hitch, the troubled preparations for the tournament have turned up the pressure on Brazil for the year ahead.

U.S. whistleblower drops out of sight, faces legal battle

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:31 PM PDT

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, is pictured during an interview with the Guardian in his hotel room in Hong KongBy John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs dropped out of sight in Hong Kong on Monday, ahead of a likely push by the U.S. government to have him sent back to the United States to face charges. Edward Snowden, 29, who provided the information for published reports last week that revealed the NSA's broad monitoring of phone call and Internet data from large companies such as Google and Facebook, checked out of his Hong Kong hotel hours after going public in a video released on Sunday. ...

Jury selection begins in Zimmerman's trial

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:31 PM PDT

George Zimmerman arrives in Seminole circuit court, with co-counsel Don West, on the first day of his trial, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 10, 2013. Zimmerman is accused in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel,Joe Burbank, Pool )SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — On the first day of his trial Monday, George Zimmerman got a look at the people who might decide whether he committed second-degree murder when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

McDonald's says cheap eats helped lift sales

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Cheap eats and new menu items helped McDonald's boost a key sales figure in May, bouncing back from a decline the previous month.

Hillary Clinton joins Twitter

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:29 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter, meet (at)HillaryClinton.

APPLE EVENT: New software, MacBooks, music

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:53 PM PDT

Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, talks with former Vice President Al Gore before giving the keynote address of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 10, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple announced a digital radio service, new MacBook Air laptops and updates to its operating systems for Mac and mobile devices Monday.

Rapper 2 Chainz robbed at gunpoint in San Fran

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:24 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say platinum-selling rapper 2 Chainz was robbed in San Francisco just hours before he was scheduled to perform at a concert.

Oil down slightly, market awaits demand outlook

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:23 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil stalled Monday, after last week's 4 percent gain, as traders await the latest readings on oil supplies and updated forecasts for demand.

Iran's reformists find spark in presidential race

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:21 PM PDT

A supporter of the Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator, flashes a victory sign, as he holds his poster, in a street campaign, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 9, 2013. The presidential election will be held on June 14. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — He talks about easing the political restrictions imposed by Iranian authorities. He tells crowds that rebuilding ties with Western governments is better than denouncing them as irreconcilable enemies.

Apple unveils music streaming service

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:20 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple says its long-expected music streaming service will be called iTunes Radio and come free with advertisements included.

Al-Qaida leader scraps Syria, Iraq branch merger

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 27, 2011 file photo provided by IntelCenter, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, purports to show Al-Qaida's new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a still image from a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab. Al-Qaida's leader has tried to end squabbling between the terror network's Syrian and Iraqi branches, ordering the two groups to remain separate after an attempted merger prompted a leadership dispute between them. The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV said al-Zawahri's call came in a letter sent to the station and posted on its website late Sunday. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS PICTURE. NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT, INTELCENTERBEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida's leader has tried to end squabbling between the terror network's Syrian and Iraqi branches, ordering the two groups to remain separate after an attempted merger prompted a leadership dispute between them.

Elan rejects Royalty bid, to evaluate other offers

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:16 PM PDT

The board of directors of the Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. PLC on Monday rejected an increased offer from Royalty Pharma and says it has received unsolicited interest from other parties it didn't name.

'Multi-talented' Neil Patrick Harris rocks Tonys

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:14 PM PDT

Actor Neil Patrick Harris performs on stage at the 67th Annual Tony Awards, on Sunday, June 9, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)NEW YORK (AP) — The reviews are in: It was a great Tony Awards. The dancing was inspired, the singing top-notch and the humor sly — and that's just for the host.

Italy premier: mayor election wins boost coalition

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:14 PM PDT

Mayor-elect Ignazio Marino celebrates as he meets his supporters in Rome, Monday, June 10, 2013. Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's conservative party suffered stinging losses Monday to center-left rivals in all the main mayoral runoff elections across Italy, including a particularly lopsided defeat in Rome, the nation's capital, where the ex-premier had personally campaigned for the unsuccessful incumbent. Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno quickly conceded defeat in his bid for a second term, glumly acknowledging a landslide victory by center-left challenger Ignazio Marino. The billboard foreground reads "Rome is life" (AP Photo/Roberto Monaldo, Lapresse)ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Enrico Letta savored a sorely-needed boost Monday for his fragile coalition, vowing to press ahead with his efforts to revive the stagnant economy after his center-left party trounced rivals backed by media mogul Silvio Berlusconi in Rome's mayoral races and other local contests across the country.

Egypt lawmakers lambast premier over Ethiopia dam

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:11 PM PDT

An Egyptian fishes with a net in the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River dam project by highlighting its CAIRO (AP) — Angry Egyptian lawmakers accused the country's prime minister and government on Monday of doing nothing to prevent Ethiopia from building a dam that threatens to leave Nile-dependent Egypt with a dangerous water shortage.

Austrian UN troops to begin Golan pullout soon

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:08 PM PDT

VIENNA (AP) — An official says Austria will begin withdrawing its 377 U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights on Wednesday.

Philadelphia DA: Grand jury to look into collapse

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:04 PM PDT

People hug before attending a memorial service at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. The service was for Anne Bryan, who was among the victims of a fatal building collapse in Philadelphia last Tuesday. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city's top prosecutor announced Monday he would convene an investigating grand jury to look into a building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 others last week.

German WWII bomber raised from English Channel

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:54 PM PDT

Lifting equipment raises a World War II Dornier bomber, the only surviving German Second World War Dornier Do 17 bomber, from the English Channel off Deal, southern England, Monday June 10, 2013. The aircraft was shot down off the Kent coast more than 70 years ago during the Battle of Britain and the project is believed to be the biggest recovery of its kind in British waters. Attempts by the RAF Museum to raise the relic over the last few weeks have been hit by strong winds but the operation was finally successful. (AP Photo/PA, Gareth Fuller) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVELONDON (AP) — A British museum on Monday successfully recovered what could be the last intact model of a famous German World War II bomber from beneath the English Channel.

Cher to perform live on NBC's 'The Voice'

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT

FILE - This April 24, 2013 file photo shows performer Cher at the AFI Night at the Movies at the ArcLight in Los Angeles. Cher will be performing on the singing competition series "The Voice" during the season finale on Tuesday, June 18. She will perform LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cher has a date with NBC's "The Voice."

Musical of 'A Christmas Story' Northeast-bound

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT

FILE - This theater image released by Keith Sherman & Associates shows Johnny Rabe during a performance of "A Christmas Story, The Musical" in New York. Producers said Monday, June 10, 2013, that the show will play The Bushnell in Hartford, Conn. from Nov. 12-17, The Wang Theatre in Boston from Nov. 20-Dec. 8 and then landing at The Theater at Madison Square Garden from Dec. 11–29. (AP Photo/Keith Sherman & Associates, Carol Rosegg, file)NEW YORK (AP) — It may not have won any Tony Awards, but the charming musical based on the cult holiday film "A Christmas Story" will be hitting the Northeast this winter.

Microsoft hypes next-gen Xbox One games at E3

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:53 AM PDT

FILE - In a June 5, 2012 file photo attendees walk past Microsoft XBox booth at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012 in Los Angeles. At E3 this year about 46,000 attendees are expected to play, poke and prod new video games and gizmos from more than 200 exhibitors. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft has its head in the cloud with Xbox One.

APPLE EVENT: Apple updates software, MacBooks

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:53 AM PDT

Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, talks with former Vice President Al Gore before giving the keynote address of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 10, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple announced new MacBooks and changes to its operating systems at the company's annual conference for software developers in San Francisco. It is also expected to reveal a digital radio service.

S&P upgrades US outlook, but investors yawn

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Trader John Song, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 10, 2013. The stock market is getting off to a mixed start as traders show only mild enthusiasm for an improving outlook for the U.S. government's credit rating. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard & Poor's ratings agency said Monday it's getting more optimistic about the U.S. economy. But investors just yawned.

NJ auctioneer: Pact struck, 6 Bryant items on sale

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:51 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2013 file photo, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant gestures during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Los Angeles. A New Jersey auction house says it has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over memorabilia from NBA star Kobe Bryant's high school and early pro career. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kobe Bryant settled a legal dispute with a New Jersey auction house over whether his mother was authorized to sell memorabilia, allowing six items from his high school days and early NBA career to be offered for sale beginning next week.

AP Interview: Wieseltier fears for Israel's future

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:49 AM PDT

In this Sunday, June 9, 2013 photo, Leon Wieseltier,.intellectual and philosopher who has been the literary editor of The New Republic for more than three decades, poses for a photograph in Tel Aviv, Israel. Wieseltier has been a leading supporter of Israel in Jewish American intellectual circles. But the U.S.-based author now fears the country's survival may be in jeopardy and says much of the blame lies with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Leon Wieseltier has long maintained a close relationship with the state of Israel. But the Jewish-American author now fears the country's survival may be in jeopardy — and says much of the blame lies with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Zimbabwe top rights lawyer's trial begins

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:43 AM PDT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The trial began Monday for a human rights lawyer who has defended political opponents of longtime President Robert Mugabe, as state prosecutors alleged she had obstructed justice and been unruly toward police officers.

Iraqi Shiite fighters' Syria role raises tensions

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013 file photo, Iraqi mourners carry a coffin containing a Shiite fighter killed in Syria, with the Arabic that reads, "O, Zeinab," during a funeral in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Shiite fighters are playing an increasingly prominent role in neighboring Syria's civil war, exacerbating Iraq's own fraught sectarian tensions even as violence in the country spikes to its highest level in years. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi Shiite fighter's family is urging him to stop risking his life by traveling to Syria, saying he's done his part defending the holy shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside Damascus. Abu Mohammed al-Moussawi isn't listening.

APPLE EVENT: Apple Mac, mobile software update

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:36 AM PDT

People wait in line outside the Moscone West Center for the start of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 10, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple announced new MacBooks and changes to its operating systems at the company's annual conference for software developers in San Francisco. It is also expected to reveal a digital radio service.

US officials start talks on arming Syria's rebels

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:32 AM PDT

White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 10, 2013. Carney discussed the National Security Agency, Patriot Act, and Syria among other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration began discussing Monday whether the Assad regime's rapid military advance across the heart of Syria necessitates a drastic U.S. response, with officials saying a decision on arming beleaguered rebels could happen later this week.

American, US Airways name post-merger leadership

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 file photo, U.S. Airways and American Airlines planes are shown at gates at DFW International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. The new American Airlines will have more top executives from smaller US Airways than from the current American. The companies named eight senior executives on Monday, June 10, 2013, including five from US Airways and three from American parent AMR Corp. AMR and US Airways Group Inc. hope to complete their proposed merger this summer. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)DALLAS (AP) — The new American Airlines will have more top executives from smaller but more successful US Airways than from the current American.
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