Oil lease sale: 21M acres in western Gulf

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• Oil lease sale: 21M acres in western Gulf
• Taliban attack Polish base in Afghanistan, seven killed
• US court awards $40 mn to man whose ex kidnapped sons
• Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting
• Li, Radwanska win early, avoid rain at US Open
• Mont. judge apologizes for comments in teen's rape
• Stocks edge higher as Syria, oil worries linger
• GM says almost-driverless cars coming by 2020
• Fort Hood shooter sentenced to death for 2009 killings
• More than 300 sites ring bells for MLK speech
• Sting's wife Trudie Styler to star off-Broadway
• US court martial sentences Fort Hood shooter to death
• Son by his side, father remembers 'I have a dream'
• UN atomic agency: Iran ups nuke activity
• Physician who told of handling Roswell debris dies
• Terra Cotta Warriors to get a show and a theater
• Fighting discrimination, as inequality grows
• Bombs kill 86 in Baghdad as sectarian violence spreads
• Obama: King's dream partly met, still unfulfilled
• US: 'No avenue forward' on UN Syria resolution
• Iraq bombings, house raid kill at least 80 people
• New York Times website still down after hack attack
• Clooney, Bullock space thriller opens Venice film fest
• 3rd Fla. mayor arrested within the past month
• Obama taps Ethiopia ambassador for Sudan post
• Brokerage giant settles discrimination lawsuit
• Court sides with Ohio hospital on Amish girl care
• Carter remembers King on 50th 'Dream' anniversary
• Merrill Lynch to pay $160 mn for racial bias: lawyers
• More than 300 sites to ring bells for MLK speech
• NYPD designates mosques as terrorism organizations
• Rocket carrying spy satellite launches from Calif.
• Italy reaches deal on housing tax, easing pressure on Letta
• Acupuncture helps ailing alligator in Brazil
• Radwanska hails inspirational grandfather
• Clinton: Stop complaining and get to work
• U.S. readies strikes, Syrians prepare for attack
• Another march on Washington remembers MLK's dream
• Landon Donovan re-signs with Los Angeles Galaxy
• US envoy says no guarantee NKorea will free Bae

Oil lease sale: 21M acres in western Gulf Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:14 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — ConocoPhillips Co. made $50.3 million in high bids, including the day's highest single bid of $30.5 million, in the second-smallest federal oil lease sale for tracts off the Texas coast since area-wide sales began in 1983.

Taliban attack Polish base in Afghanistan, seven killed Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:13 PM PDT By Mustafa Andalib GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Seven people were killed in an attack claimed by the Taliban on a base operated by Polish and Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials and a Reuters witness said. Ghanzi province's deputy governor said the attackers detonated an explosive-laden truck at the rear of the base and a car bomb at the main gate, before a six hour gunbattle inside involving up to 10 of the 15 assailants. ...

US court awards $40 mn to man whose ex kidnapped sons Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:13 PM PDT A United States court awarded over $40 million in damages Wednesday to a Boston father whose ex-wife kidnapped their two children and fled to Egypt with them in 2009.

Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:11 PM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, delivering the only punishment the Army believed fit for an attack on fellow unarmed soldiers. The sentence also was one that Hasan appeared to seek in a self-proclaimed effort to become a martyr.

Li, Radwanska win early, avoid rain at US Open Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:10 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Li Na got her work done quickly Wednesday at the U.S. Open, so when the rain started falling, she had little to worry about.

Mont. judge apologizes for comments in teen's rape Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:10 PM PDT BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge apologized Wednesday for saying a 14-year-old rape victim was "older than her chronological age" and had as much control of the situation as the teacher who raped her — remarks that prompted protests and a petition for his resignation.

Stocks edge higher as Syria, oil worries linger Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:08 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is closing slightly higher as investors wait for news on the standoff with Syria.

GM says almost-driverless cars coming by 2020 Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:06 PM PDT MILFORD, Mich. (AP) — Sometime before the end of this decade, General Motors will put a car on the road that can almost drive itself.

Fort Hood shooter sentenced to death for 2009 killings Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:04 PM PDT By Ellen Wulfhorst FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A military jury on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. Army psychiatrist to death for the 2009 mass murder of 13 people, mostly unarmed soldiers, at Fort Hood, Texas, which the convicted gunman said he committed in retaliation for U.S. wars in the Muslim world. Major Nidal Hasan, who shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest" in Arabic) during the attack and later said he wanted to be a martyr, faces death by lethal injection for the rampage that also wounded 31 people. ...

More than 300 sites ring bells for MLK speech Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Church bells were ringing out Wednesday at the National Cathedral and nationwide to answer a call from one of the most important civil rights speeches in history to "let freedom ring."

Sting's wife Trudie Styler to star off-Broadway Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:04 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Actress and producer Trudie Styler, the better half of pop singer Sting, will star this fall in a new off-Broadway adaptation of Anton Checkov's "The Seagull."

US court martial sentences Fort Hood shooter to death Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT A court martial sentenced a US Army officer to death on Wednesday for carrying out an Al-Qaeda inspired mass shooting on the Fort Hood base that left 13 people dead.

Son by his side, father remembers 'I have a dream' Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT Fifty years to the day after he heard Martin Luther King Jr declare "I have a dream," Carter McLaughlin has a dream of his own -- to see his son succeed.

UN atomic agency: Iran ups nuke activity Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT VIENNA (AP) — Iran has prepared more than 1,000 advanced uranium enriching machines for startup the U.N.'s nuclear agency said Wednesday, a move that is likely to raise concerns among countries who accuse Tehran of wanting to harness enrichment for the production of atomic arms.

Physician who told of handling Roswell debris dies Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:55 PM PDT HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr., who said he handled debris from the 1947 crash of an unidentified flying object near Roswell, N.M., has died at the age of 76.

Terra Cotta Warriors to get a show and a theater Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:54 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Nederlander Organization on Wednesday agreed to manage and produce a live show in a specially built $65 million theater in central China that will celebrate the world famous Terra Cotta Warriors, a high-profile step for America's live theater giant into the world's most promising consumer market.

Fighting discrimination, as inequality grows Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:50 PM PDT By Bill Schneider I grew up in the segregated South. I tell students the story of how, as a young boy, I went with my mother to Bloomberg's Department Store on High Street in Portsmouth, Virginia. There was a stack of doilies on the ladies' hat counter and I asked my mother what they were for. She explained that a black woman had to put a doily on her head before trying on a hat, because a white woman would not purchase a hat that had been on a black woman's head. My students think I am making all this up. They refuse to believe such things were true. It is too absurd, they insist. ...

Bombs kill 86 in Baghdad as sectarian violence spreads Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:44 PM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of car bombings and other attacks across Baghdad on Wednesday killed 86 people and wounded 263, police and medical sources said, extending the worst wave of sectarian bloodshed in Iraq for at least five years. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks, which appeared coordinated, but Sunni Muslim insurgents including the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq have significantly stepped up bombings this year. ...

Obama: King's dream partly met, still unfulfilled Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is claiming his place in Martin Luther King's 50-year-old dream, holding himself up as a symbol of the change King envisioned. But he also pointed to the nation's lingering economic disparities as evidence that King's hopes remain unfulfilled.

US: 'No avenue forward' on UN Syria resolution Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:43 PM PDT A resolution condemning Syria's alleged poison gas use has stalled in the UN Security Council due to Russian "intransigence," the United States said Wednesday.

Iraq bombings, house raid kill at least 80 people Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:40 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bomb blasts and other explosions tore through mainly Shiite districts around Baghdad during morning rush hour Wednesday in a day of violence that killed at least 80, intensifying worries about Iraq's ability to tame the spiraling mayhem gripping the country.

New York Times website still down after hack attack Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:40 PM PDT The popular New York Times website remained shut down Wednesday 24 hours after hackers allied with Syria's embattled Assad regime took claim for interrupting the service.

Clooney, Bullock space thriller opens Venice film fest Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:39 PM PDT Hollywood high-rollers George Clooney and Sandra Bullock kicked off the Venice film festival on Wednesday with a harrowing space drama that opens a line-up flush with gloomy tales.

3rd Fla. mayor arrested within the past month Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:38 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — The mayor of Homestead was hauled away from his home Wednesday in handcuffs on corruption charges, including accepting illegal compensation, becoming the third mayor of a Miami-Dade County city to be arrested in the past month.

Obama taps Ethiopia ambassador for Sudan post Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's selected his outgoing ambassador to Ethiopia to be the U.S. special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan.

Brokerage giant settles discrimination lawsuit Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers for hundreds of black financial advisers have reached a $160 million settlement in a lawsuit accusing Wall Street brokerage giant Merrill Lynch of racial discrimination, a plaintiffs' attorney said Wednesday.

Court sides with Ohio hospital on Amish girl care Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:35 PM PDT An appeals court has sided with a hospital that wants to force a 10-year-old Amish girl to resume chemotherapy after her parents decided to stop the treatments.

Carter remembers King on 50th 'Dream' anniversary Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter is paying tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on this historic anniversary, even as he extols the nation to continue to work for a better America.

Merrill Lynch to pay $160 mn for racial bias: lawyers Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:32 PM PDT Brokerage Merrill Lynch and its parent Bank of America will pay $160 million to settle charges it discriminated against African-American employees, lawyers for the employees said Wednesday.

More than 300 sites to ring bells for MLK speech Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Church bells are ringing out at the National Cathedral and nationwide to answer a call from one of the most important civil rights speeches in history to "let freedom ring."

NYPD designates mosques as terrorism organizations Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:28 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorist organizations, a designation that allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

Rocket carrying spy satellite launches from Calif. Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:26 PM PDT VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A massive rocket carrying a spy satellite for the U.S. government launched from the central California coast Wednesday.

Italy reaches deal on housing tax, easing pressure on Letta Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:25 PM PDT By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government reached a deal on Wednesday to reform an unpopular property tax, easing a source of persistent tension which had threatened to split the fragile coalition of traditional rivals from the left and right. The cabinet agreed to abolish the housing tax IMU from the start of 2014, Prime Minister Enrico Letta told reporters, replacing it with a new levy known as the "Service Tax". The two installments of IMU on principal residences which were due in September and December 2013 will be scrapped, Letta said after the cabinet meeting. ...

Acupuncture helps ailing alligator in Brazil Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:24 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Bino's back was killing him. He was suffering from scoliosis. He couldn't move his legs, two of them anyway, and his tail just wouldn't swish.

Radwanska hails inspirational grandfather Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:23 PM PDT US Open third seed Agnieszka Radwanska paid an emotional tribute to her grandfather Wladyslaw, who passed away this month, hailing the man who once sold off his art collection to fund her tennis dream.

Clinton: Stop complaining and get to work Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:23 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Bill Clinton, this day 50 years ago in the shadows of the Lincoln Memorial, marks "one of the most important days in American history."

U.S. readies strikes, Syrians prepare for attack Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:15 PM PDT By Oliver Holmes and Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - People in Damascus stocked up on supplies on Wednesday and some left homes close to potential targets as U.S. officials sketched out plans for multi-national air strikes on Syria that could last for days. United Nations chemical weapons experts completed a second field trip to rebel-held suburbs, looking for evidence of what - and who - caused an apparent poison gas attack that residents say killed hundreds of people a week ago. But as U.N. ...

Another march on Washington remembers MLK's dream Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking stock of progress made and still to come, Americans of all backgrounds and colors massed on the National Mall on Wednesday to hear President Barack Obama and civil rights pioneers commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech on the same spot where he gave unforgettable voice to the struggle for racial equality 50 years earlier.

Landon Donovan re-signs with Los Angeles Galaxy Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:12 PM PDT CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Landon Donovan has signed a multiyear contract extension with the Los Angeles Galaxy, keeping the high-scoring U.S. national team star with his MLS club.

US envoy says no guarantee NKorea will free Bae Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:06 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — A senior U.S. envoy who will travel to North Korea later this week said Wednesday that he plans to strongly appeal for the release of an American sentenced to 15 years of hard labor by the authoritarian state but added that Washington has received no guarantees from Pyongyang the ailing man will be freed.

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