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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Fish says he's mentally, physically set to return

Fish says he's mentally, physically set to return

Fish says he's mentally, physically set to return

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2012 file photo, Mardy Fish reacts after breaking the serve of Gilles Simon, of France, during a match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Fish, who has been sidelined by a heart problem, plans to play at the ATP Tour event in Washington this month. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)Mardy Fish watched from afar as one side of the Wimbledon draw opened up. He couldn't help but wonder if he would have taken advantage to make a deep run.

Roadside bomb kills 17 villagers in Afghanistan

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:02 PM PDT

An injured Afghan child is treated at a hospital after a roadside bomb in the Obi district of Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. A roadside bomb killed 17 civilians, including four children, in western Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a motorcycle-drawn cart carrying women and children between two villages Tuesday in western Afghanistan, killing all 17 people on board, a grim reminder of the dangers facing Afghan civilians ahead of the 2014 withdrawal of foreign combat troops.

Turkish protesters break Ramadan fast as police stand by

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:01 PM PDT

Protesters shout slogans as they block the main Istiklal street in central IstanbulBy Ece Toksabay and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police allowed thousands of protesters who have been trying to block the redevelopment of a park in Istanbul to break their Ramadan fast on Tuesday before resuming efforts to get them to leave the area. The previous night police fired teargas and water cannon at protesters as they tried to prevent them gathering in Gezi Park, which has become the focal point of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government. ...

More questions: UK lawmakers to recall Murdoch

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2011 file photo, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in San Francisco. British lawmakers asked Tuesday July 9, 2013 that Rupert Murdoch reappear before their committee to answer further questions about media wrongdoing at his U.K. newspapers in light of a secret recording that emerged earlier this month. The tape — obtained by the ExaroNews journalism website and broadcast on Channel 4 News — had Murdoch calling wrongdoing by his British newspapers "next to nothing" and apparently acknowledging that his reporters paid police officers for information. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers will recall Rupert Murdoch to London for further questions about a leaked recording in which he appeared to dismiss evidence of wrongdoing at his U.K. newspaper titles, a senior parliamentarian said Tuesday.

APNewsBreak: US diplomat to lead new Belfast talks

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:57 PM PDT

DUBLIN (AP) — An American diplomat with hands-on experience of the Northern Ireland conflict will oversee a new round of Belfast talks aimed at tackling the most entrenched issues still dividing Irish Catholics and British Protestants, the territory's unity government announced Tuesday.

Zimmerman attorneys say they may finish Wednesday

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:52 PM PDT

Defense counsel Mark O'Mara talks to George Zimmerman, with co-counsel Don West, center, in Seminole Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, in 2012. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's attorney says the defense will likely wrap up its case in the neighborhood watch volunteer's second-degree murder trial on Wednesday.

Meat groups sue USDA over meat labeling rule

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:51 PM PDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Eight meat and livestock groups have sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal court in Washington to block implementation of a new meat labeling rule.

French stimulus plan focuses on new technology

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:48 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — The French government has unveiled a modest stimulus plan focusing on new technology and ecology, in an attempt to boost an economy that's back in recession and is weighing on overall European prospects.

GOP-led House seeks to punish IRS with budget cuts

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:46 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-controlled House unveiled slashing cuts to the budget of the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday, punishing the beleaguered agency after it targeted tea party groups and other nonprofits seeking tax-exempt status.

Canada derailment puts tank car in spotlight

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:46 PM PDT

Cleanup continues at the scene of the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, runaway oil train derailment and explosion, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Investigators looking for the cause of the fiery oil train derailment are zeroing in on whether an earlier blaze on the same train may have set off a chain of events that led to the explosions that killed at least 13 people. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)The deadly derailment and explosion of an oil train in Quebec involved DOT-111 type tanker cars, which have come under scrutiny from transportation safety experts concerned with what they say is their tendency to split open during derailments and other major accidents.

Saudi Arabia promises $5 billion to Egypt

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:45 PM PDT

Supporters of the ousted Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi dance during a protest in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday July 9, 2013. After days of deadlock, Egypt's military-backed interim president named a veteran economist as prime minister on Tuesday and appointed pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a vice president, while the army showed its strong hand in shepherding the process, warning political factions against CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia pledged $5 billion in grants and loans to Egypt's new government on Tuesday, a second major promise of aid from the Gulf after the ouster of the country's Islamist president.

Biden salutes 19 fallen Arizona firefighters

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:44 PM PDT

From left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Cindy McCain, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell and Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., attend a memorial service for the 19 fallen firefighters at Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Ariz. on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Prescott's Granite Mountain Hotshots were overrun by smoke and fire while battling a blaze on a ridge in Yarnell, about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix on June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow, Pool)PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the 19 Arizona firefighters killed in a wildfire were men of "uncommon valor" who rushed to save a town and gave their lives in the process.

Warrants: Hernandez 'argumentative' with cops

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2013, file photo, Aaron Hernandez, left, stands with his attorney, Michael Fee, right, during arraignment in Attleboro District Court in Attleboro, Mass. Since Hernandez was arrested last week in the shooting death of a friend whose body was found a mile away from his home, a portrait has emerged of a man whose life away from the field included frequent connections with police-related incidents that started as long ago as his freshman year at the University of Florida. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle, Mike George, Pool)ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was "argumentative" and slammed the door on police during their first encounter following his friend's death, according to court records.

Michigan kids get down and dirty at annual Mud Day

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:39 PM PDT

Zach Miller, 10, of Livonia, wipes his face with mud in Westland, Mich., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Hundreds of kids enjoyed the annual Mud Fest event in the 7-by-150-foot mud pit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)WESTLAND, Mich. (AP) — Here's mud in your eye. And your hair, back and legs.

Singer Randy Travis remains in critical condition

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Randy Travis performs on day 2 of the 2013 CMA Music festival at the LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Travis has been hospitalized in Texas with viral cardiomyopathy. A news release from the singer's publicist says Travis was admitted to the hospital Sunday, July 7, 2013, in Dallas. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Randy Travis remains in critical condition in a Texas hospital after doctors used a pump to stabilize his heart.

Chelios, Niedermayer top 2013 Hockey Hall class

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:36 PM PDT

TORONTO (AP) — Defensemen Scott Niedermayer and Chris Chelios, along with forward Brendan Shanahan have been picked for the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Taliban close Qatar office to protest flag fracas

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:36 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban have shuttered a newly opened office in the Gulf state of Qatar, vowing to fight on against President Hamid Karzai's government while abandoning a diplomatic approach seen as the best hope of finding a political end to the protracted 12-year war.

S&P downgrades Italy's credit on weak prospects

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:35 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered Italy's credit rating, saying the country's economic prospects are getting weaker.

Protesters in Istanbul break Ramadan fast

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:34 PM PDT

Thousands of people sit on Istiklal Avenue, the main shopping road of Istanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Thousands of people broke the fast on the first day of Ramadan in a kind of spontaneous form of protest sitting in a queue of some hundred meters from Galatasaray University to Taksim Square on the street chanting slogans while eating together. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of anti-government protesters have broken their fast for the holy month of Ramadan by sitting down for a meal along a main Istanbul pedestrian street.

Egypt: Veteran economist named prime minister

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:34 PM PDT

A supporter of the ousted Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi holds up a Quran during a protest in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday July 9, 2013. After days of deadlock, Egypt's military-backed interim president named a veteran economist as prime minister on Tuesday and appointed pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a vice president, while the army showed its strong hand in shepherding the process, warning political factions against CAIRO (AP) — After days of deadlock, Egypt's military-backed interim president named a veteran economist as prime minister on Tuesday and appointed pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a vice president, while the army showed its strong hand in shepherding the process, warning political factions against "maneuvering" that impedes the transition.

Greece gets 3-month extension for staff cuts

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:33 PM PDT

A municipal worker sits in front of the entrance of Greek Parliament during a protest in central Athens, on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, as a demonstrator holds a banner which reads "Greek Parliament thieves". Greek municipal workers went on strike for the second day Tuesday to protest their inclusion in a government plan to reduce the number of civil servants and meet criteria for the country to continue receiving vital funds from its international bailout. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Officials in Greece announced the first details of major staff cuts for its bloated public sector Tuesday, sparking anger among unions who pledged to extend strikes and occupy city halls across the country.

Brewer praises response to firefighters' deaths

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT

From left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Cindy McCain, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell and Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., attend a memorial service for the 19 fallen firefighters at Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Ariz. on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Prescott's Granite Mountain Hotshots were overrun by smoke and fire while battling a blaze on a ridge in Yarnell, about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix on June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow, Pool)PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer highlighted the sacrifice of 19 firefighters who died battling a wildfire, and called each one a son of the state.

Vehicle with mounted 'gun' panics Detroit suburb

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A man driving an armor-plated military-type vehicle and firing what appeared to be a machine gun mounted on top caused a ripple of panic in suburban Detroit on the Fourth of July.

Air Force pulls sexual assault prevention brochure

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 20, 2010 file photo, Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Air Force has pulled a brochure circulated at a South Carolina base after a lawmaker complained about some objectionable advice to sexual assault victims such as submitting to an attack rather than resisting. Slaughter on Tuesday released a copy of a letter she received from the Pentagon informing her of the Air Force's decision to withdraw the brochure from Shaw Air Force Base. The Pentagon said in the letter that it shared some of the lawmaker's concerns about some of the brochure's material. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has pulled a brochure circulated at a South Carolina base after a lawmaker complained about some objectionable advice to sexual assault victims — such as submitting to an attack rather than resisting.

US finds Miami police excessive force in shootings

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:27 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has found for the second time in a decade that the Miami Police Department engaged in a pattern of excessive use of force in shootings of suspects, including seven black men fatally shot by officers over an eight-month period ending in 2011.

Former judge admits flaws in secret court

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:25 PM PDT

Former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Judge James Robertson, testifies in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, before the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board's workshop regarding Surveillance Programs. The federal oversight board directed by President Barack Obama to scrutinize the U.S. government's secret surveillance system is hearing from civil liberties activists, a retired federal judge and a former Bush administration lawyer in the board's first public event since the spying operations were revealed in news reports. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — A former federal judge who served on a secret court overseeing the National Security Agency's secret surveillance programs said Tuesday the panel is independent but flawed because only the government's side is represented effectively in its deliberations.

Expert says evidence jibes with Zimmerman's story

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:25 PM PDT

Defense counsel Mark O'Mara talks to George Zimmerman, with co-counsel Don West, center, in Seminole Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, in 2012. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — An expert on gunshot wounds hired by the defense testified Tuesday that George Zimmerman's account of how he fatally shot Trayvon Martin is consistent with the forensic evidence.

Confusion on Snowden acceptance of Venezuela offer

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:24 PM PDT

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. NSA leaker Edward Snowden claims the spy agency gathers all communications into and out of the U.S. for analysis, despite government claims that it only targets foreign traffic. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras)MOSCOW (AP) — The WikiLeaks secret-spilling site on Tuesday said NSA leaker Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela, trying to put to rest growing confusion over whether he had taken up the country's offer.

Russia: Syrian rebels made, used sarin nerve gas

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 19, 2013 file photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian victim who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village according to SANA, receives treatment by doctors at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. Russian experts took samples from the deadly March 19 attack in Syria, which international analysts have determined contained sarin nerve gas, Russia's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday, July 9, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA, File)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that Russian experts determined that Syrian rebels made sarin nerve gas and used it in a deadly chemical weapon attack outside Aleppo in March.

Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 2, 2013 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during a news conference in Chicago after he used his amendatory veto power to tweak the concealed carry legislation sent to him after months of debate and negotiation over the measure. Quinn predicted a "showdown" in Springfield over his proposed changes to the legislation, but there was little indication from lawmakers and legislative leaders a day ahead of a Tuesday, July 9 vote that they'd do much more than reject his demands. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen, File)SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow public possession of concealed guns as lawmakers rushed Tuesday to finalize a proposal ahead of a federal court's deadline.

GOP wants delay in health law's individual mandate

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:22 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, and GOP leaders, pauses while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, following a Republican strategy session. Boehner said President Barack Obama should grant individuals a reprieve from the Affordable Care Act's coverage requirement — just like the White House did last week for larger employers. Last week, the Obama Administration unexpectedly announced a one-year delay in the employer requirement, saying more time was needed to work out technical issues. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama's health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law's requirement that individual Americans carry health insurance.

GOP redistricting skills may hurt immigration push

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 16, 2013 file photo, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif. speaks during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans' knack for congressional redistricting helps them control the U.S. House. But it may be working against them on immigration and other issues important to presidential elections. House Republicans generally represent far fewer Hispanics than do Democrats, thanks in part to a politicized redistricting process that packs minorities into Democratic-leaning districts. That leaves GOP representatives with lots of white conservatives, many of whom oppose WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans' knack for congressional redistricting helps them control the U.S. House, but it may be working against them on immigration changes that national GOP leaders see as critical to the next presidential election.

Spain says U.S. tipoff led it to query Bolivian flight

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Bolivia's President Evo Morales prepares to board the presidential plane at Fortaleza airportBy Raquel Castillo MADRID (Reuters) - Spain acknowledged on Tuesday that a U.S. request had led it to delay approving an overflight by Bolivia's president, but said it had given the go-ahead after receiving an assurance from Bolivia that U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden was not on the plane. Bolivia has accused Spain, France, Portugal and Italy of closing their skies to President Evo Morales' plane last week after being told it was carrying the former U.S. spy agency contractor from Moscow to Bolivia, and demanded to know who gave them that information. ...

911 call discussed again at Zimmerman trial

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:18 PM PDT

Defense counsel Mark O'Mara talks to George Zimmerman, with co-counsel Don West, center, in Seminole Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, in 2012. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The 911 calls that captured screams from a fatal fight between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin are once again at the center of testimony in Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial.

Largest Nev. fires still growing near Vegas, Reno

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:17 PM PDT

The Las Vegas Strip skyline is seen as smoke continues to billow from the Carpenter 1 fire on Mount Charleston on Monday, July 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. Homes were threatened, but more than 750 firefighters, including 18 elite Hotshot crews, were battling the Carpenter 1 Fire some 25 miles northwest of Las Vegas, said Jay Nichols, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, David Becker)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fire crews worked Tuesday to stop two large Nevada wildfires advancing through rugged mountain areas, including one that billowed smoke visible from downtown Las Vegas and another southwest of Reno, while administrators added resources and began looking to the weather to help contain flames.

Stocks head higher for fourth day

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:17 PM PDT

In this Monday, July 8, 2013 photo, traders Joel Lucchese, left, and Michael Urkonis confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Asian stock markets rebounded and European shares continued a global rally Tuesday July 9, 2013 following positive U.S. economic news as nervousness about an imminent scaling back of the Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus eased. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market nudged higher Tuesday, putting it on track for a fourth day of gains, as investors waited for more quarterly results from companies.

Kittel wins Tour stage; Froome keeps lead

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:13 PM PDT

A podium hostess adjusts the overall leader's jersey of Christopher Froome of Britain on the podium of the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 197 kilometers (123.1 miles) with start in in Saint-Gildas-des-Bois and finish in Saint-Malo, Brittany region, western France, Tuesday July 9 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Germany's Marcel Kittel won Tuesday's 10th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish and Chris Froome stayed out of trouble to keep the leader's yellow jersey.

Oil up slightly as Fed, OPEC, supply data awaited

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:12 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil rose slightly Tuesday as traders awaited news on U.S. crude supplies, OPEC production and the Federal Reserve's monetary policy stance.

Panel: Next Mars rover should gather rocks, soil

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:11 PM PDT

This photo released by NASA shows a view of Mars that was stitched together by images taken by NASA's Viking Orbiter spacecraft. The space agency is planning to send a spacecraft similar to the Curiosity rover to the red planet in 2020. A NASA-appointed team released a report on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 that described the mission's science goals. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The next rover to Mars should search for signs of past microbial life and collect a cache of rocks that a later mission could bring back to Earth, a NASA-appointed panel said Tuesday.

Dozens feared dead in Quebec oil-train derailment

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:11 PM PDT

In a Monday, July 8, 2013 photo provided by Surete du Quebec via The Canadian Press, the downtown core lies in ruins in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, in a Surete du Quebec. Thirteen people are confirmed dead and forty more are listed as missing after a train derailed ignited tanker cars carrying crude oil. (AP Photo/Surete du Quebec via The Canadian Press)LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Blackened debris, twisted metal and gas leaks hampered rescue workers' search for perhaps dozens of bodies Tuesday, three days after a runaway oil train smashed into this small lakeside town and incinerated homes, a library and a crowded bar.
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