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Icahn ends battle for control of Dell; vote due on Thursday

Icahn ends battle for control of Dell; vote due on Thursday

Icahn ends battle for control of Dell; vote due on Thursday

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:11 PM PDT

Dell logos are seen at its headquarters in CyberjayaBy Nicola Leske NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Monday he would no longer pursue efforts to block founder Michael Dell's proposed $25 billion buyout of Dell Inc, determining "it would be almost impossible to win." Icahn's move effectively ended a battle that has raged since March, pitting Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners against Icahn and money manager Southeastern Asset Management. A shareholder vote on the offer is scheduled for Thursday. Icahn is Dell Inc's second-largest shareholder, with a stake of 8.9 percent. ...

Rodman wants to organize NKorea-US basketball games

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:08 PM PDT

Dennis Rodman holds a news conference in New York on September 9, 2013Just back from another visit with his new buddy North Korea leader Kim Jong-un, former NBA star Dennis Rodman announced Monday plans to organize friendship games between the two countries.

Iowa's Miss America hopeful advocates for disabled

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:06 PM PDT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Born without her left forearm, Nicole Kelly has been overcoming disability her entire life, be it playing baseball, dancing or diving.

Lovato signs multi-book deal, including memoir

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:06 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 5, 2013 file photo released by Fox shows Demi Lovato at "The X Factor" Season 3 premiere in Los Angeles. Lovato has agreed to a multibook deal with Feiwel and Friends, the publisher announced Monday, Sept. 9. The first book, which features tweets she had written about her life, is called NEW YORK (AP) — Demi Lovato's next stage will be on the page.

Mexico president gambles with left-leaning reform

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:05 PM PDT

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. Pena Nieto is proposing a plan to implement the country's first nationwide pensions, unemployment insurance and capital-gains taxes. The plan was originally billed as a reform of the tax system to close industry-specific loopholes, but Pena Nieto also proposed a carbon tax, and a levy on soft drinks.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto is gambling that a surprise plan to increase social spending through taxes on the wealthy can quiet much of the left-wing opposition to his most ambitious proposal, opening Mexico's state oil company to private investment, analysts and politicians said Monday.

NFL stadium falls leave 1 fan dead, 2 hurt

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:05 PM PDT

File- This Nov. 11, 2012 file photo shows Candlestick Park is shown during the first quarter of an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the St. Louis Rams in San Francisco. A football fan fell from an elevated pedestrian walkway and died at San Francisco's Candlestick Park Sunday Sept. 8, 2013, during the 49ers-Green Bay Packers game. San Francisco police spokesman Gordon Shyy says multiple people witnessed the man's fall onto a sidewalk from the Jamestown walkway, which goes around Candlestick. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — NFL opening day excitement this week was tarnished with the death of one fan walking over a pedestrian overpass outside the big game in San Francisco, and injuries to two others from falls inside the Indianapolis stadium.

Facebook, Yahoo want to disclose FISA orders data

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook and Yahoo asked a secret court Monday to allow them to disclose data on national security orders the companies have received under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

New season at daytime talk-alikes

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:02 PM PDT

This image released by ABC shows co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, left, and Jenny McCarthy during a broadcast of "The View," Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/ABC, Lou Rocco)NEW YORK (AP) — Balloons and fans chanting her name greeted Jenny McCarthy on her first day on "The View" on Monday, opening a transition season for Barbara Walters' daytime show at the same time a program modeled after it, "The Talk," is gaining momentum.

Scant success so far for Obama's Syria sales pitch

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 01:01 PM PDT

White House press secretary Jay Carney gestures during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept., 9, 2013. The White House is "highly skeptical" of the Russian proposal to allow international inspectors into Syria to examine that country's chemical weapons stockpile, Carney said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — With scant success to date, the Obama administration furiously lobbied dubious lawmakers and a war-weary public on Monday in a struggle to gain support for a retaliatory military strike against Syria, blamed for a deadly chemical weapons attack last month.

AP poll: Most Americans oppose strike on Syria

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in St. Petersburg, Russia. A new Associated Press poll shows a majority of Americans oppose a U.S. strike on Syria, despite a weeks-long Obama administration campaign to respond to chemical weapons attacks allegedly carried out by the regime of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Only 1 in 5 Americans believe that failing to respond to chemical weapons attacks in Syria would embolden other rogue governments, rejecting the heart of a weeks-long White House campaign for U.S. military strikes, an Associated Press poll concluded Monday.

Syria positive about giving up chemical weapons

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomes his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem, left, prior to talks in Moscow on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)MOSCOW (AP) — Syria on Monday quickly welcomed a call from Russia, its close ally, to place Syrian chemical arsenals under international control, then destroy them to avert a U.S. strike, but did not offer a time frame or any other specifics.

Remains of 2 people found at S. Calif. fire scene

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:57 PM PDT

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Human remains have been found in the burned-out remains of a Southern California commercial and residential building where two people have been missing.

Oil falls from 2-year high; gasoline price steady

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:54 PM PDT

The price of oil fell retreated from a two-year high Monday as the prospects of a U.S. attack against Syria remained unclear.

Stocks rise on mergers, homebuilder outlook

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:53 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 photo, specialist Frank Masiello works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock futures are rising, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, on promising economic data out of Asia. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)The stock market got a boost on Monday from mergers, homes, and phones.

Partial count: Right bloc wins Norway election

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:53 PM PDT

Chairman of the Conservative Party in Norway, Erna Solberg, casts her vote in the general election Monday Sept. 9, 2013 at the polling station at Apeltun School in Bergen, western Norway. The Conservative party is expected to do well, and Solberg may well, according to opinion polls, be in a position to form a a new coalition government after the elections. (AP Photo/Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix) NORWAY OUTOSLO, Norway (AP) — A partial count of Monday's parliamentary election indicates a center-right coalition led by the Conservative Party will take power in Norway for the first time since 2005, ousting the current Labor-led government.

Judge denies request to toss McCourt divorce deal

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:53 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge denied a motion Monday by former Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt to throw out a $131 million divorce settlement that she argued was invalid because she believes she was misled about the value of the team that was later sold for $2 billion.

Conn. ride malfunction under investigation

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:52 PM PDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An amusement ride at that malfunctioned at a Connecticut fair, injuring 18 people, will be taken apart in an effort to determine what caused the accident, the ride's owner said Monday.

Navalny defuses anger over Moscow mayor's race

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:52 PM PDT

People hold banners reading "Navalny" during a rally in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny demanded a recount Monday in Moscow's mayoral election after official results showed that the Kremlin-backed incumbent barely escaped facing him in a runoff. Russia's most respected monitoring group also questioned the accuracy of the vote. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)MOSCOW (AP) — Opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday night defused anger over the Moscow mayoral election, telling a vast square of cheering supporters to celebrate his surprisingly strong second-place finish as a victory that gave rise to real political competition in Russia.

Van Gogh Museum: New Van Gogh identified

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:51 PM PDT

"Sunset at Montmajour" by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh is seen during a press conference at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday Sept. 9, 2013. The museum has identified the long-lost painting which was painted by the Dutch mater in 1888, the discovery is the first full size canvas that has been found since 1928 and will be on display from Sept. 24. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AMSTERDAM (AP) — A painting that sat for six decades in a Norwegian industrialist's attic after he was told it was a fake Van Gogh was pronounced the real thing Monday, making it the first full-size canvas by the tortured Dutch artist to be discovered since 1928.

Microsoft plans Sept. 23 tablet computer event

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:50 PM PDT

Customers get a look at products at Microsoft's pop-up store in Times Square, on October 26, 2012 in New YorkMicrosoft on Monday sent out invitations to a September 23 event at which it is expected to unveil new Surface tablets to challenge iPads and Android devices dominating the market.

US consumer borrowing rises $10.4 billion in July

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, July 12, 2013, file photo, customers shop at a Wal-Mart, in Bristol, Pa. The Federal Reserve reports how much consumers borrowed in July on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans cut back on using their credit cards in July for the second straight month, while taking on more debt to buy cars and attend school. The decline in credit card use suggests consumers remain cautious, a trend that could hold back economic growth.

Logging threatens Monarch butterflies in Mexico

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2011, file photo a Monarch butterfly sits on a tree trunk at the Sierra Chincua Sanctuary in the mountains of Mexico's Michoacan state. A new study of the Monarch butterflies' winter nesting grounds in central Mexico shows that small-scale logging is more extensive than previously thought, and may be contributing to the threats facing the Monarch's singular migration pattern, according to a new study co-authored by Omar Vidal, the head of Mexico's chapter of the World Wildlife Fund. (AP Photo/ Marco Ugarte, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new study of the Monarch butterflies' winter nesting grounds in central Mexico shows that small-scale logging is more extensive than previously thought, and may be contributing to the threats facing the Monarch's singular migration pattern.

49ers' Harbaugh takes aim at Packers' Matthews

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:46 PM PDT

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) runs out of bounds as Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews dives for him during the second quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh offered a parting shot at Packers linebacker Clay Matthews: Slapping is not the tough-guy way.

Clinton endorses Obama effort to punish Syria

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:41 PM PDT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about Syria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House Complex in Washington, during a the White House Forum to Combat Wildlife Trafficking. Clinton said any move by Syria to surrender its chemical weapons to international control would be an "important step." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed President Barack Obama's attempt to win congressional approval of a military strike in Syria, saying Monday that any move by the Assad regime to surrender its weapons to international control would be an "important step." But Clinton cautioned that the removal of its chemical weapons stockpile should not be an "excuse for delay and obstruction" by Syria.

Thousands gather in Moscow as opposition leader demands vote recount

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:40 PM PDT

Alexei Navalny speaks during a rally in central Moscow on September 9, 2013Several thousand supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny rallied Monday in central Moscow as he disputed the results of mayoral polls in which he narrowly failed to push a Kremlin ally into a run-off, claiming fraud.

Harvey Fierstein plots a return to Broadway

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - This June 10, 2013 file photo shows award recipient Harvey Fierstein at the eighth annual Made in NY Awards in New York. Fresh off his success with NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off his success with "Kinky Boots," Harvey Fierstein will be offering his first play in almost 30 years — and there's plenty of kink.

Factbox: Congress debates Obama's plan for Syria strikes

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:37 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for military strikes against Syria is set to dominate the Congress this week and next, with the outcome in doubt. Obama is seeking backing for the strikes in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus on August 21. Washington blames the Syrian government for the attack, which it says kills more than 1,400 people. ...

Lawmakers grill BBC bosses over payoff row

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:37 PM PDT

In this image taken from TV former BBC director general Mark Thompson, speaks to the parliamentary Commons Public Accounts Committee at Portcullis House London. Monday Sept. 9, 2013. Thompson, who is now Chief Executive of the New York Times Co., gave evidence to the parliament's committee investigating alleged BBC severance payments that exceeded contractual obligations. (AP Photo/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTLONDON (AP) — The former director of the BBC on Monday defended his tenure in front of lawmakers looking into oversized executive payoffs at the public broadcaster, insisting he had the support of other bosses when he approved the payments.

Detroit manhunt for convict who attacked deputy

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:37 PM PDT

Wayne County Sheriff's Department personnel rush from the the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice to look for an escaped prisoner Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Detroit. Authorities say Derreck White, 25, who police said also used the name Abraham Pearson, sparked a manhunt and prompted a courthouse lockdown after stabbing a sheriff's deputy several times in the neck, stealing his uniform then carjacking a motorist in his escape. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUTDETROIT (AP) — Dozens of officers fanned out across Detroit on Monday to search for a convicted carjacker accused of using a plastic comb to stab a sheriff's deputy and escape from a downtown courthouse.

Rodman returning to North Korea, with others

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:37 PM PDT

Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman speaks to the media during a news conference in New York, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Rodman is going back to North Korea, and he says he will bring a team of former NBA players with him. Days after returning from his second trip to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Rodman announced plans to stage two exhibition games there in January. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis Rodman is going back to North Korea, and bringing a team of former NBA players with him.

Missouri senator opposes military strike on Syria

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:34 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri says he is opposed to President Barack Obama's request for military action against Syria, questioning whether the administration has realistic policy goals for the Mideast nation.

Egyptian tanks, helicopters push through Sinai

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:34 PM PDT

An Egyptian man walks by a graffiti in Arabic that reads, "Morsi my president", referring to the ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. An Egyptian military official says helicopter gunships have launched new strikes targeting militant hideouts in the northern Sinai peninsula, on a second day of a major offensive aiming at quelling an insurgency in the lawless region. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian troops and tanks backed by helicopter gunships swept through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula near the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Monday, the third day of a major offensive against Islamic extremists, a military official said. So far, some 20 suspected militants have been killed and 20 captured in the operation, he added.

Fla. police called on George Zimmerman

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:34 PM PDT

In this June 24, 2013 file photo, George Zimmerman, left, arrives in Seminole circuit court, with his wife Shellie, in Sanford, Fla. Shellie Zimmerman called police on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, saying her husband threatened her and her dad with a gun. Zimmerman was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool, File)LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's estranged wife called police officers to her father's house in Florida Monday, saying the former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of murder threatened her with a gun.

Judge dismisses AEG execs from Jackson lawsuit

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:32 PM PDT

FILE- In this March 5, 2009, file photo, Michael Jackson makes an announcement about upcoming performances at the London O2 Arena. A judge has dismissed two executives from a lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson's mother against the promoters of his planned comeback concerts. Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos ruled Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, that lawyers for Katherine Jackson hadn't proved claims that AEG Live LLC CEO Randy Phillips and promoter Paul Gongaware were liable for her son's death. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed two executives from a negligence lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson's mother and allowed the case to proceed against AEG Live LLC, the promoter of his planned comeback concerts.

Flames G Miikka Kiprusoff retires from NHL

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2013 file photo, Calgary Flames' goalie Miikka Kiprusoff, of Finland, makes a save against the Vancouver Canucks during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver. Kiprusoff is retiring from the NHL after 12 seasons. Kiprusoff says he made the decision to retire at the end of last season, but wanted to think about it over the summer before making an official announcement on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Miikka Kiprusoff is leaving the NHL and the Calgary Flames on his terms.

Guatemalan bus plunges off cliff, killing at least 38

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:22 PM PDT

Rescuers stand near bodies recovered from a bus crash site in San Martin Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango regionGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - At least 38 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when a bus went off a cliff on a hairpin bend in rural Guatemala, tumbling some 200 meters (660 feet) into a river at the bottom of a ravine, officials said. Rescue workers said that the bus, which plunged off of a paved highway roughly 60 km (37 miles) northwest of Guatemala City, was completely destroyed and that 46 people had been taken to nearby hospitals to be treated for injuries. ...

Russia proposes Syria chemical weapons deal to avert war

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters take up positions with their weapons behind a wall in Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed neighbourhoodBy Stephen Kalin and Arshad Mohammed BEIRUT/LONDON (Reuters) - As Barack Obama struggled to rally Congress behind U.S. military action in Syria, Russia seized on a remark by his secretary of state on Monday to say Damascus should save itself by handing over chemical weapons. John Kerry was quick to dismiss as hypothetical his own comment that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could avert U.S. strikes by surrendering his chemical arsenal - but not before Assad's ally Russia had turned it into a firm proposal that was "welcomed" by Damascus and echoed by U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon. ...

Early returns: right bloc win Norway election

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:17 PM PDT

Chairman of the Conservative Party in Norway, Erna Solberg, casts her vote in the general election Monday Sept. 9, 2013 at the polling station at Apeltun School in Bergen, western Norway. The Conservative party is expected to do well, and Solberg may well, according to opinion polls, be in a position to form a a new coalition government after the elections. (AP Photo/Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix) NORWAY OUTOSLO, Norway (AP) — A partial count indicates a center-right coalition led by the Conservative Party will take power in Norway for the first time since 2005.

Cal Worthington, car dealer famed for TV ads, dies

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:16 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cal Worthington, who built a fortune from a series of West Coast car dealerships and became a TV fixture thanks to commercials urging customers to "go see Cal," has died. He was 92.

Syria's Assad: An accidental heir proves resilient

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 12:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 13, 2010 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and his wife Asma Assad, listen to explanations as they visit a technology plant in Tunis. In the eyes of many, Assad is a murderous autocrat who would do anything to cling to power. But for his supporters, he is a nationalist hero fighting Western imperialism, a stabilizing presence who ensures a secular rule in a turbulent region wracked by sectarian wars. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)BEIRUT (AP) — He doesn't quite fit the image painted by his opponents of a brutal dictator who kills with chemical weapons: He is a soft-spoken, lisping doctor who enjoys Western rock music and electronic gadgets, an accidental heir to power who seems somewhat out of place.
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