| Tom Skerritt to star in Broadway's 'Time to Kill' Posted: 14 Aug 2013 01:06 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Skerritt will make his Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of John Grisham's legal thriller "A Time to Kill."
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| British cat DNA database helps convict killer Posted: 14 Aug 2013 01:05 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Fingerprints are not the only thing that killers can leave behind — add cat hair to that list.
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| Jackson's ex-wife testifies about his fear of pain Posted: 14 Aug 2013 01:03 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's ex-wife broke into tears on Wednesday when she took the witness stand in a civil case and described the singer's fear of pain and trust of physicians.
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| Utah fire destroys 13 homes near resort town Posted: 14 Aug 2013 01:02 PM PDT  WANSHIP, Utah (AP) — A small, lightning-sparked wildfire outside the resort town of Park City destroyed more than a dozen homes and threatened hundreds of others, including multi-million dollar vacation homes tucked into the rugged Rocky Mountains.
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| Exclusive - West warned Egypt's Sisi to the end: don't do it Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT  By Paul Taylor PARIS (Reuters) - Western allies warned Egypt's military leaders right up to the last minute against using force to crush protest sit-ins by supporters of the ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, arguing they could ill afford the political and economic damage. A violent end to a six-week standoff between Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood and the armed forces that toppled Egypt's first freely elected president seemed likely once the new authorities declared last week that foreign mediation had failed. ...
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| 2 journalists killed in Egypt turmoil Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:56 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — A cameraman for British broadcaster Sky News and a Dubai-based newspaper reporter were killed during violence in Egypt on Wednesday, their employers said.
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| Police storm protest camps; 192 dead across Egypt Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:50 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, setting off running street battles in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least 192 people were killed nationwide, many of them in the crackdown on the protest sites.
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| 2 ex-JPMorgan employees charged in NY in $6B loss Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:44 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Two former JPMorgan Chase & Co. traders falsified bank records to try to cover up trading losses that were spiraling out of control, prosecutors said Wednesday in in a criminal case that raises fresh questions about whether Wall Street learned its lessons from the 2008 financial crisis.
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| 'Real Housewives of NJ' stars plead not guilty Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:40 PM PDT  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two stars of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a host of federal fraud charges.
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| Israelis, Palestinians kick off peace talks Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:38 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — With tensions high and expectations low, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators kicked off their first substantive round of peace talks in nearly five years, huddling together at an undisclosed location Wednesday in search of an end to decades of conflict.
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| UPS jet crashes near Birmingham airport, 2 dead Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:36 PM PDT  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane crashed into a field near the Birmingham airport Wednesday, killing two pilots and scattering wreckage over a rural area moments after witnesses heard the massive A300 jet coming in at treetop level.
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| Egypt says 43 policemen killed in clashes Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:33 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interior minister says 43 policemen have been killed in clashes with supporters of the ousted Islamist president. That raises the overall death toll for Wednesday to nearly 200.
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| Seigenthaler to host Al-Jazeera America's top news Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:30 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBC News anchor John Seigenthaler (SEE'-gehn-thaw-luhr) will host Al-Jazeera America's central nightly newscast when the network goes on the air next Tuesday.
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| Film producing new passion for 'Twilight' author Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:28 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — When Stephenie Meyer's name is mentioned, most people think of her "Twilight Saga" vampire books and films. But the author wants a new audience as a film producer.
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| Police fire teargas, birdshot at Bahrain demonstrators Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:24 PM PDT  MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini police fired teargas and birdshot to disperse scattered protests across the country on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Muslims responded to a call by online activists for pro-democracy demonstrations. The main opposition group said around 60 rallies were held in 40 locations, in an upsurge of a two-and-a-half-year-old campaign to push the Sunni Muslim ruling family for more democracy in the Shi'ite-majority nation of 1.25 million people. ...
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| Ex-U.S. congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. sentenced to 30 months in prison Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:15 PM PDT  By Lacey Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., once one of the most promising black politicians in the United States, was sentenced on Wednesday to 2-1/2 years in prison for misuse of campaign funds. Jackson, a former Democratic representative and the son of civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., apologized before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him on Wednesday. ...
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| Eurozone's longest-ever recession comes to an end Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:12 PM PDT  MADRID (AP) — Minube, a travel startup on the outskirts of Madrid, is doing something that many Spanish companies haven't thought about for years: It's hiring.
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| U.S. charges two men with fraud in 'London Whale' scandal Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:07 PM PDT  By Emily Flitter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former JPMorgan Chase & Co employees are facing criminal charges related to the trading scandal that cost the bank $6.2 billion last year, but the trader who earned the nickname "the London Whale" and was at first most closely tied to the scandal is not one of them. In fact, Bruno Iksil, who is cooperating with federal prosecutors, pushed back against the efforts of his former colleagues Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout to hide the mounting losses, according to court filings. ...
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| Police storm protest camps; 149 dead across Egypt Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:01 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking running street battles elsewhere in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least 149 people were killed nationwide, many of them in the crackdown on the protest sites. |
| La. hostage-taker wrote about anger over breakup Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:55 AM PDT  ST. JOSEPH, La. (AP) — The gunman in a fatal hostage standoff wrote that he was angry at his ex-girlfriend's family and believed they were responsible for a device in his head, the sheriff said.
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| A difference this Obama vacation: No daughters yet Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:39 AM PDT  EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama's fourth summer vacation on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard is humming along with the usual golf games and basketball. But the family vibe is different. For the first time, daughters Malia and Sasha are missing, away at summer camp.
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| Egypt forces assault protest camp, many scores shot dead Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:36 AM PDT  By Yasmine Saleh and Tom Finn CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces crushed a protest camp of thousands of supporters of the deposed president on Wednesday, shooting dead scores of people in the bloodiest day in decades in the Arab world's most populous country. The health ministry said 149 people were killed, both in Cairo and in clashes that broke out elsewhere in the country. Deposed President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood said the death toll was far higher in what it described as a "massacre". ...
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| US: Egypt violence 'serious blow' to peace efforts Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:33 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the violence in Egypt is deplorable and is a serious blow to reconciliation efforts. He says it runs counter to Egyptians' aspirations for peace.
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| Eurozone recession end is cold comfort for Greece Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:28 AM PDT  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's recession is over, thanks to second-quarter growth in big countries Germany and France and an improvement in some of the smaller ones that have been hit hard by the financial crisis. But the pain is not over, because many still have mountains of public debt to pay off and record unemployment. It's also uncertain how long a recovery can be sustained.
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| Jury hearing from Michael Jackson's ex-wife Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:26 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe began testifying on Wednesday in a negligence lawsuit filed by the singer's mother against the promoter of his planned comeback concerts. |
| In pages of Marvel's 'Infinity,' Thanos a threat Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:17 AM PDT  His grim visage has caused havoc in the Marvel universe before.
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| Special Report: Inside Greece's violent new anarchist groups Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:15 AM PDT  By Renee Maltezou and Deepa Babington ATHENS (Reuters) - Not far from the Athenian ruins where democracy was born more than 2,500 years ago, young anarchists intent on toppling Greece's political system run a cafe where the beer is cheap and the artwork features police cars set on fire. At first glance K*Vox, started a year ago by anarchists who occupied a shuttered building, looks like any other cafe in the bohemian Athens neighborhood of Exarchia. But inside posters show gun-toting guerrilla fighters and the symbol of anarchy - a circle with an A. ...
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| A brief history of modern European anarchism Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:15 AM PDT (Reuters) - 1839: Frenchman Pierre-Joseph Proudhon writes De la Celebration du Dimanche, exploring social and political concepts surrounding poverty. Proudhon later described himself as an "anarchist" and became known as the "father of anarchism." 1864: The International Workingman's Association is founded as an umbrella organization of revolutionary political movements including anarchists. Although the movement becomes dominated by Marxists, its Spanish associates are mostly anarchists. 1873: Spanish anarchists organize strikes demanding an eight hour day. ... |
| Obama sees sun, hits links for another golf game Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:14 AM PDT EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — As soon as the skies turned blue and the sun illuminated Martha's Vineyard, the vacationing President Barack Obama hit the links again. |
| 30 months prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:10 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on TV's, restaurant dinners, an expensive watch and other costly personal items. His wife received a sentence of one year. |
| Talks resume as Israel frees Palestinians, pursues settlements Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:01 AM PDT  By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators reconvened U.S.-brokered peace talks in Jerusalem on Wednesday amid little fanfare and low expectations, dogged by plans for more Jewish settler homes on occupied land. The resumption of negotiations, after a first round in Washington last month that ended a three-year stand-off over Jewish settlement building, followed Palestinian celebrations overnight as Israel released 26 of their jailed brethren. ...
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| Jury to hear from Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:58 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has arrived to testify in a negligence lawsuit filed by the singer's mother against the promoter of his planned comeback concerts. |
| NYC officials cool to idea of police body cameras Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:58 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers around the country have been able to protect themselves against citizen complaints by wearing tiny body cameras, but a federal judge's plan to force some New York officers to start wearing the devices has angered the city's mayor and police unions.
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| Likely Labor regs would aid vets, disabled, unions Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:50 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — With Thomas Perez now confirmed as head of the Labor Department, the agency is expected to unleash a flurry of new regulations that have been bottled up for months — a prospect that has business leaders worried and labor advocates cheering.
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| Terrorists turn to online chat rooms to evade US Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:48 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida fighters have been using secretive chat rooms and encrypted Internet message boards for planning and coordinating attacks — including the threatened if vague plot that U.S. officials say closed 19 diplomatic posts across Africa and the Middle East for more than a week.
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| SC family seeks deal in Cherokee custody case Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:46 AM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A South Carolina couple whose attempt to adopt a Cherokee girl already has reached the U.S. Supreme Court suggested Wednesday that a compromise between them and the 3-year-old's biological family would make her the "most-loved" child in the world.
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| Postal Service revamps priority mail program Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:42 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping its priority mail program to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business.
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| ABC: Sandra Oh leaving 'Grey's Anatomy' Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:32 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC says "Grey's Anatomy" star Sandra Oh is leaving the medical drama after the coming season.
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| Macy's sales slip, says shoppers wary of spending Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:28 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's Inc. reported a disappointing profit for its second quarter and cut its outlook for the year on Wednesday. The department store chain blamed shoppers' reluctance to spend for a rare slip in sales.
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| Pentagon to permit benefits for same-sex spouses Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:26 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Same-sex spouses of military members will be eligible for the same health care, housing and other benefits enjoyed by opposite-sex spouses starting Sept. 3, the Pentagon said Wednesday. |
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