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Islamist gunmen hold hostages in Kenya siege, 68 dead

Islamist gunmen hold hostages in Kenya siege, 68 dead

Islamist gunmen hold hostages in Kenya siege, 68 dead

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Policemen search a man for weapons as he walked out of Westgate Shopping Centre in NairobiBy Richard Lough and Edmund Blair (Reuters) - Islamist militants were holding hostages on Sunday at a shopping mall in Nairobi, where at least 68 people were killed in an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab group. The al Qaeda-affiliated movement demanded Kenya pull troops out of its northern neighbor, where they have pushed al Shabaab onto the defensive over the past two years. There was no word of other demands from the dozen or so gunmen - and possibly women - said to be barricaded in a supermarket with an unknown number of captives. ...

WikiLeaks leaks 'Fifth Estate' screenplay

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013 file photo, actor Benedict Cumberbatch participates in the news conference for "The Fifth Estate" on day two of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, in Toronto. WikiLeaks posted the script to "The Fifth Estate" on Sept. 18 and made its most forceful denunciation of the film about the site's creation and its colorful founder. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP File)NEW YORK (AP) — WikiLeaks has posted the script to "The Fifth Estate" and made its most forceful denunciation of the film about the site's creation and its colorful founder.

Murray, Romo lead Cowboys to 31-7 rout of Rams

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:58 PM PDT

Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray (29) pushes past St. Louis Rams defensive tackle Jermelle Cudjo (93) during the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — DeMarco Murray rushed for 175 yards and a touchdown, Tony Romo threw for three scores and the Dallas Cowboys beat the St. Louis Rams 31-7 Sunday.

Israeli soldier killed in Palestinian West Bank

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:56 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says a soldier was shot and killed in the biblical city of Hebron in the West Bank.

Merkel triumphs in German vote but allies crushed

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:54 PM PDT

Christian Democratic chairwoman, Chancellor Angela Merkel, reacts after after the first exit polls of the German elections have been published at the party's headquarters in Berlin on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives triumphed in Germany's election Sunday, and are hoping for the first single-party majority in more than 50 years. While Merkel was headed for a third term, her center-right coalition partners faced ejection from parliament for the first time in post-World War II history.

AP Source: Von Miller tried to manipulate testing

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2013, file photo, Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller looks on during a preseason NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams in Denver. A person familiar with the case says Miller, suspended for the first six games of the season under the NFL's substance-abuse policy, was caught trying to manipulate the league's drug-testing system. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, because the league has not announced the details of Miller's violation. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Von Miller was caught trying to manipulate the NFL's drug-testing system, which led to a six-game suspension that could have been longer

Yankees honor Rivera in pregame ceremony

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:41 PM PDT

New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera walks onto the field from the bullpen for a pregame ceremony at Yankees Stadium before a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, in New York. The 13-time All-Star closer is retiring at the end of this season. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, Pool)NEW YORK (AP) — Humble as ever, Mariano Rivera began his special day by paying tribute to a Hall of Famer.

Builders, soldiers hustle to reconnect Colo. towns

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:37 PM PDT

A rock slide partially blocks a closed canyon road, which links Boulder with the mountain town of Nederland, and which is damaged in places by recent flooding, up Boulder Canyon, west of Boulder, Colo., Friday Sept. 20, 2013. With snow already dusting Colorado's highest peaks, the state is scrambling to replace key mountain highways washed away by flooding. More than 200 miles of state highways and at least 50 bridges were damaged or destroyed, not counting many more county roads. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — Construction crews and National Guard troops are working furiously to repair highways to mountain towns cut off by unprecedented Colorado flooding.

Flight chaos as typhoon lashes southern China, killing three

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Dark clouds gather over Hong Kong as Typhoon Usagi approaches the territory on September 22, 2013Severe Typhoon Usagi killed at least three people as it smashed into southern China Sunday, shutting down one of the world's busiest sea ports in nearby Hong Kong and throwing flight schedules into disarray.

Michigan's 'nerdy' Snyder says he's GOP model

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 19, 2013, file photo, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder speaks during a news conference in Detroit. Snyder, the understated, self-described MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder — the understated, self-described "nerd" and former CEO — is making one thing clear as he prepares for a challenging re-election race next year: He intends to be part of the national conversation underway about the Republican Party's future.

Real win as warm-up injury halts Bale's home bow

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:25 PM PDT

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring on a penalty kick in Madrid on September 22, 2013Real Madrid shrugged off a warm-up injury suffered by Gareth Bale to move back to within two points of leaders Barcelona on Sunday thanks to a 4-1 win over Getafe.

Cincinnati freshman lineman dies in accident

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:24 PM PDT

These photos taken in 2013 and provided by the University of Cincinnati on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, show Cincinnati football players, from left, Ben Flick, Javon Harrison and Mark Barr. Flick was killed, and Barr and Harrison were injured in a one-vehicle accident following the Bearcats' 14-0 win over Miami of Ohio on Saturday night, Sept. 21, 2013, in Oxford, Ohio. (AP Photo/University of Cincinnati)CINCINNATI (AP) — A freshman offensive lineman for Cincinnati was killed and two freshman receivers were injured in a one-vehicle accident following the Bearcats' 14-0 win over Miami of Ohio on Saturday night in nearby Oxford.

A look at major terror attacks in East Africa

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 7, 1998 file photo, rescue workers carry Susan Francisca Murianki, a U.S. Embassy office worker, over the rubble of a collapsed building next to the embassy, in Nairobi, Kenya. Al-Qaida's bombings of American diplomatic missions in Kenya and Tanzania. The attacks killed 224 people in total, mostly Kenyans, but also a dozen Americans. About a dozen of those killed died in Tanzania. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi, File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A look at the major terror attacks in East Africa, outside of Somalia:

Suicide bomber hits Iraq Sunni funeral, killing 16

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:23 PM PDT

People evacuate a victim at the scene of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car on Sunday morning inside a residential area in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk killing and wounding scores of people, police said . (AP Photo/Emad Matti)BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt among Sunni mourners attending a funeral in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 16 people and wounding 35 others, officials said, in the latest episode of the country's near-daily violence.

Kidnap drama 'Prisoners' tops N. American box office

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:22 PM PDT

Hugh Jackman (L) and Jake Gyllenhaal attend the premiere of "Prisoners" on September 12, 2013 in Beverly HillsLOS ANGELES (AFP) - Crime thriller "Prisoners," about a father whose daughter is mysteriously kidnapped, took the top spot at the North American box office in its debut weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.The film, starring Hugh Jackman as a desperate parent in search of his child and Jake Gyllenhaal as the detective in charge of the investigation, pulled in more than $21.4 million over the weekend.The horror sequel "Insidious: Chapter 2" slid one spot to second place on its second weekend out, raking in $14.5 million, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations. ...

Messy Michigan slips 3 spots in AP Top 25

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:22 PM PDT

Michigan head coach Brady Hoke, right, talks with quarterbacks Devin Gardner, center, and Shane Morris (7) before an NCAA college football game against Connecticut, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, in East Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Breaking down The Associated Press college football poll after Week 4 of the regular season.

AP PHOTOS: Hundreds die in weekend attacks

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013: Peshawar, Pakistan_Pakistani women grieve over the coffins of their relatives, who were killed in a suicide attack on a church. The suicide bomb attack killed scores of people Sunday, in one of the worst assaults on the country's Christian minority in years. An assault by Islamic extremists at a Kenya mall, a suicide attack on a Pakistani church and assaults by suicide bombers targeting mourners at Shiite and Sunni funerals in Iraq have killed more than 250 people and injured at least 470 others since Saturday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)An assault by Islamic extremists at a shopping mall in Kenya, a suicide attack on a Pakistani church and assaults by suicide bombers targeting mourners at Shiite and Sunni funerals in Iraq have killed more than 250 people and injured at least 470 others since Saturday.

Merkel's conservatives shy of absolute majority: TV projections

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:13 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are just shy of winning an absolute majority of seats in parliament, according to television projections on Sunday night. Projections from public broadcaster ARD showed her Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), with 297 seats in the Bundestag lower house, against 301 for the combined opposition. A separate projection from ZDF showed the CDU/CSU dead even with the other three parties that have made it into parliament, the Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Left party. ...

Kenya forces battle to end deadly mall siege

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:12 PM PDT

Kenya mall attackKenyan troops launched an assault Sunday to end a terrifying siege by Somali militants holding hostages inside a shopping mall, with police warning the death toll of 68 people could rise "much higher".

Catholics cheer pope's remarks on gays, abortion

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:07 PM PDT

CORRECTS MONTH- Filipino Catholics pray during a mass at the Our Lady of Remedies Parish Church in Manila, Philippines Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Catholics around the globe are expressing mixed but mostly positive reactions to Pope Francis' recent remarks that the church has become too focused on "small minded rules" on hot-button issues like homosexuality and abortion. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)NEW YORK (AP) — Catholics attending Sunday services around the globe said they were heartened by Pope Francis' recent remarks that the church has become too focused on "small-minded rules" on hot-button issues like homosexuality, abortion and contraceptives.

Swiss voters reject move to end conscription army

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:03 PM PDT

BERN, Switzerland (AP) — For the third time in almost a quarter-century, neutral Switzerland has overwhelmingly voted to maintain its conscription army.

German Election: Live Report

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Angela Merkel holds flowers after the first exit polls results were released at CDU HQ in Berlin, on September 22, 2013WE ARE NOW CLOSING this Live Report after Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged victorious from Germany's elections.

10 things to know about Somali militants al-Shabab

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Kenya security personnel walk to their positions outside a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Kenya authorities said Islamic extremist attackers remain inside the upscale Kenyan shopping mall, holding an unknown number of hostages, after killing at least 39 and injuring 150 during the Saturday's attack. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Here are 10 things to know about al-Shabab, the Somali Islamic extremist group that has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kenya's premier shopping mall that killed dozens of civilians.

Suicide bombers kill 78 at Pakistan church

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Pakistani Christian mourners gather around the coffins of relatives that were killed in Peshawar, on September 22, 2013A twin suicide bombing killed at least 78 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan on Sunday in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Christians in the country.

Suicide bombers kill 78 Christians outside Pakistani church

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:34 AM PDT

A Pakistani Christian woman mourns over the death of her relatives at the site of a suicide attack on a church in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed scores of people Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on the country's Christian minority in years. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)By Fayaz Aziz PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a 130-year-old Anglican church in Pakistan after Sunday Mass, killing at least 78 people in the deadliest attack on Christians in the predominantly Muslim country. Islamist violence has been on the rise in Pakistan in past months, undermining Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's efforts to tame the insurgency by launching peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban. ...

Obama to lead mourning for Navy Yard victims

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:29 AM PDT

Mourners leave a funeral service for Navy Yard shooting victim Martin Bodrog, of Annandale, Va., at the Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Va., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to mourn the men and women killed in the Washington Navy Yard shooting at a memorial service in their honor.

Close ties between White House, NSA spying review

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 6, 2013, file photo, a woman talks on the phone outside the U.S. Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, June 6, 2013, where the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court resides. Stung by public unease about new details of spying by the National Security Agency, President Barack Obama selected a panel of advisers he described as independent experts to scrutinize the NSA's surveillance programs to be sure they weren't violating civil liberties and to restore Americans' trust. But with just weeks remaining before its first deadline to report back to the White House, the review panel has effectively been operating as an arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which oversees the NSA and all other U.S. spy efforts.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Stung by public unease about new details of spying by the National Security Agency, President Barack Obama selected a panel of advisers he described as independent experts to scrutinize the NSA's surveillance programs to be sure they weren't violating civil liberties and to restore Americans' trust.

Rutgers RB Paul James out a couple of week

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:23 AM PDT

Rutgers running back Paul James, left, tries to break away from Arkansas safety Eric Bennett during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Piscataway, N.J., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers running back Paul James is going to be sidelined a couple of weeks with a lower leg injury.

Kenya Red Cross says death toll rises to 68

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:14 AM PDT

Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Islamic extremist gunmen lobbed grenades and fired assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall Saturday, killing dozens and wounding over a hundred in the attack. Early Sunday morning, 12 hours after the attack began, gunmen remained holed up inside the mall with an unknown number of hostages. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's Red Cross says the death toll from the militant attack on an upscale mall in the country's capital has risen to 68.

NRA: Get 'homicidal maniacs' off streets

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:13 AM PDT

This photo provided by CBS News shows Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaking with Bob Schieffer as he appeared on "Face the Nation" Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Washington. Manchin, the co-author of a bill to expand background checks to more gun purchasers, acknowledged bill remains stalled in the Senate. Manchin told CBS he has no intention of renewing his effort to pass the measure in light of the Navy Yard shootings unless he sees movement on the part of the opponents of the bill. (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)WASHINGTON (AP) — Greater efforts are needed to identify and lock up mentally ill people who are dangerous, a top National Rifle Association official responding to the recent Washington Navy Yard shootings said Sunday.

Libyan leader warns of Benghazi probe obstacles

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:13 AM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's prime minister says that conditions on the ground are not favorable for a successful probe into attacks that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans last year.

Merkel wins absolute majority in Germany: estimates

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:06 AM PDT

German voters cast their ballot at a polling station in Bad Hindelang, on September 22, 2013BERLIN (AFP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a surprise absolute majority in her winning bid for a third term in German elections Sunday, estimates on public television indicated.Voters turned out in droves to reward Merkel, often called the world's most powerful woman, with another four years at the helm for steering them unscathed through the debt turmoil that engulfed the eurozone's southern flank. ...

Egypt set for total rewrite of Mursi constitution

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:03 AM PDT

Amr Moussa, chairman of the committee to amend Egypt's constitution speaks at a news conference at the Shura Council in CairoBy Shadia Nasralla CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is likely to completely rewrite the constitution adopted under Mohamed Mursi, a spokesman for the committee amending it said on Sunday, in a further push to reverse changes introduced under the deposed Islamist president. The 50-member committee, which includes two Islamists but no representative of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, was appointed by the interim government installed after the army overthrew Mursi in July following protests against his rule. ...

Rescuers dig in mud, rain for dead in Mexico slide

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:03 AM PDT

The body of a victim sits on a wheelbarrel after being recovered from the site of a landslide in La Pintada, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. The village was the scene of the single greatest tragedy in destruction wreaked by the twin st orms, Manuel and Ingrid, which simultaneously pounded both of Mexico's coasts. Using picks and shovels, soldiers and farmers removed dirt and rock from atop the cement or corrugated-metal roofs of houses looking for bodies in this town north of Acapulco, where 68 people were reported missing following Monday's slide. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)LA PINTADA, Mexico (AP) — Fourteen hours per body.

Computer mishap delays space station supply ship

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:01 AM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A brand new commercial cargo ship making its orbital debut experienced navigation system trouble Sunday, and its arrival at the International Space Station was delayed at least two days.

Delays reported in upgrading Brazil World Cup airports

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 10:50 AM PDT

Delays are plaguing work at airports in seven of the 12 Brazilian cities that will host the World CupSAO PAULO (AFP) - Delays are plaguing work at airports in seven of the 12 Brazilian cities that will host the World Cup nine months from now, the daily O Globo reported Sunday.Citing a survey by Infraero, the federal airports agency, the paper said the worst delay was in the southern city of Porto Alegre, where work on expanding terminal at a cost of $69 million has not even begun.Work on the two terminals at Rio's Galeao airport, at a cost estimated at $137 million, is supposed to be completed by next April but is running behind schedule, it added.In the southern city of Curitiba, only 6. ...

Blame already being cast over budget fight

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 10:49 AM PDT

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, during a news conference with conservative Congressional Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Cruz and Lee stand as the Senate's dynamic duo for conservatives, crusading against President Barack Obama's health care law while infuriating many congressional Republicans with a tactic they consider futile, self-serving and detrimental to the party's political hopes in 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before a budget deadline arrives, leaders from both parties are blaming each other — and some Republicans are criticizing their own — for a government shutdown many are treating as inevitable.

Yemen tribes fight al-Qaida, 7 killed

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 10:45 AM PDT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say clashes between tribes and al-Qaida militants have killed seven people and wounded another eight from both sides.

Catholics react to pope remarks on gays, abortion

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 10:29 AM PDT

CORRECTS MONTH- Filipino Catholics pray during a mass at the Our Lady of Remedies Parish Church in Manila, Philippines Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Catholics around the globe are expressing mixed but mostly positive reactions to Pope Francis' recent remarks that the church has become too focused on "small minded rules" on hot-button issues like homosexuality and abortion. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)NEW YORK (AP) — Catholics around the globe are reacting mostly positively to Pope Francis' recent remarks that the church has become too focused on "small-minded rules" on hot-button issues like homosexuality, abortion and contraceptives.

Bruce Springsteen sends Rock in Rio crowd into frenzy

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 10:27 AM PDT

Bruce Springsteen (R) performs during the Rock in Rio music festival on September 22, 2013RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - US rock superstar Bruce Springsteen mesmerized tens of thousands of fans with an electrifying performance at the Rock in Rio festival overnight Saturday.Playing with the E Street Band, the New Jersey rocker, who turns 64 Monday, kicked off his concert by singing in Portuguese "Sociedade Alternativa," a hit by Brazilian rock king Raul Seixas.Back in Brazil after a 25-year absence, "The Boss," as Springsteen is known, followed up by belting out his own hits, including the iconic "Born in the USA. ...
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