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Public tours of White House to resume Nov. 5

Public tours of White House to resume Nov. 5

Public tours of White House to resume Nov. 5

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public tours of the White House are back on the schedule, though on a limited basis, starting next month.

Train strike clogs San Francisco-area highways

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:56 PM PDT

Highway 880 is packed with commuters on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay area transit workers are on strike for the second time since July, scrambling the morning commute for hundreds of thousands of workers who were up before dawn to clog highways, swarm buses and shiver on ferry decks as they found alternative ways to the office.

Harper Lee sues hometown museum in Alabama

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:55 PM PDT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee is suing a museum in her hometown of Monroeville to stop it from selling souvenirs with her name and the title of her Pulitzer Prize-winning book.

Firefighter not charged in death after crash

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:52 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A firefighter who ran over and killed a survivor of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport will not be charged with a crime, prosecutors said Friday.

Fla. prisons agency changes policy after escapes

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:50 PM PDT

This undated combo of photos provided by the Florida Department. of Corrections shows Joseph Jenkins, left and Charles Walker. Walker and Joseph Jenkins were mistakenly released from prison in Franklin County, Fla., in late September and early October. According to authorities, the the two convicted murderers were released with forged documents. A manhunt is under way for the two men. (AP Photo/Florida Department. of Corrections)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Corrections Department in Florida is changing its early release policy after two killers escaped with bogus documents.

NJ court agrees to allow same-sex marriages Monday

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Cindy Meneghin, second from right, hugs her attorney Hayley Gorenberg during a rally at Garden State Equality in Montclair, N.J., hours after a Superior Court Judge ruled that New Jersey is unconstitutionally denying federal benefits to gay couples and must allow them to marry Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Meneghin has been with her partner, Maureen Kilian, left, for 39 years. Judge Mary Jacobson ruled it legal for gay couples to marry in the state beginning Oct. 21, 2013. The ruling comes after a group of gay marriage supporters sued the state in July, days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down key parts of a law that blocked the federal government from granting benefits to gay couples. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Same-sex marriages will begin within days in New Jersey after the state's highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold a lower-court order that gay weddings must start Monday and to deny a delay that was sought by Gov. Chris Christie's administration.

Ex-House Speaker Tom Foley dies at 84

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 1989 file photo, former Speaker of the U.S. of Representatives Tom Foley poses in his 5th Congressional District office in Spokane, Wash. Foley has died at the age of 84, according to House Democratic aides on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Foley was a Washington state lawmaker who became the first speaker since the Civil War who failed to win re-election in his home district. He was U.S. ambassador to Japan for four years during the Clinton administration. But he spent the most time in the House, serving 30 years including more than five as speaker. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green, file)WASHINGTON (AP) — Tall and courtly, Tom Foley served 30 years in the House when partisan confrontation was less rancorous than today and Democrats had dominated for decades. He crowned his long political career by becoming speaker, only to be toppled when Republicans seized control of Congress in 1994, turned out by angry voters with little taste for incumbents.

No charges over death of US plane crash survivor

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Heavy equipment sits next to the wreckage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport on July 11, 2013 in San Francisco, CaliforniaLos Angeles (AFP) - No charges will be filed against a firefighter who accidentally ran over and killed a Chinese teenager who had survived a plane crash at San Francisco airport in July, prosecutors said Friday.

Qatari FM says Qatar mediates release of 9 Lebanese held in Syria: Al Jazeera TV

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:47 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Nine Lebanese citizens held in Syria have been released after Qatari mediation, Al Jazeera television on Friday quoted Qatar's Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah as saying. The Doha-based broadcaster gave no further details. Eleven Lebanese Shi'ites were seized in Syria last year while on their way home from a pilgrimage to Shi'ite religious sites in Iran, their families said. Two were later released. (Reporting by Omar Fahmy in Cairo; writing by Sami Aboudi; editing by Andrew Roche)

Jets bomb Syrian city after intelligence general killed

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:47 PM PDT

An undated handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA shows top-ranking general in Syrian military intelligence, General Jama'a Jama'a who was killed in Deir al-Zor city in northeastern SyriaBy Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian air force jets bombarded the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Friday after heavy overnight clashes and the killing of one of President Bashar al-Assad's top military intelligence officers, activists said. General Jama'a Jama'a was shot dead on Thursday by snipers in the midst of a battle with rebels including forces linked to al Qaeda, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. ...

UK police called over attacks on red-haired pupils

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:41 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — British police say they were called after a string of attacks on red-haired pupils at a school in northern England.

Shutdown showdown widened GOP-tea party rift

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:37 PM PDT

In this Oct. 16, 2013, photo, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, left, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walk to the Senate floor to vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government on Capitol Hill in Washington. The budget-debt brawl has widened the rift between the Grand Old Party and tea party lawmakers who are upset that House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell agreed to the plan to reopen government without extracting any limits on President Barack Obama's health care law.(AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans' clear defeat in the budget-debt brawl has widened the rift between the Grand Old Party and the blossoming tea party movement that helped revive it.

Boeing cuts 747 jumbo production again

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:36 PM PDT

A British Airways Boeing 747 "Jumbo Jet" takes off past a radar at London Heathrow Airport, on March 25, 2010Washington (AFP) - Boeing on Friday said it would cut production of its 747-8 jumbo aircraft for a second time this year, citing weaker demand for big aircraft.

Eastern Michigan football player found slain

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:34 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Eastern Michigan University athletics department shows college football player Demarius Reed. Reed was found shot to death early Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, and authorities have launched an off-campus homicide investigation. Ypsilanti Police Sgt. Thomas Eberts tells the Ann Arbor News that a man's body was found in the hallway of an apartment complex about 7:15 a.m. by his roommate. The victim appeared to have been shot to death. (AP Photo/Eastern Michigan University Athletics Department)YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — A 20-year-old Eastern Michigan football player was found shot to death Friday in an off-campus apartment building in what authorities said was a homicide.

New York court charges US man for trying to join Qaeda

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:32 PM PDT

A Long Island police officer sits at the entrance to a road on December 8, 2011 in Wantagh, New YorkNew York City (AFP) - A US man was arrested on Long Island Friday, accused of trying to join Al-Qaeda in Yemen to wage violent jihad and of conspiring to commit murder abroad.

Obama picks lawyer Johnson to head Homeland Security

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:31 PM PDT

Biden stands with Obama as he announces Johnson to be his nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Rose Garden of the White House in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday named former Pentagon attorney Jeh Johnson to run the Department of Homeland Security, where the task of securing the nation's borders will give Johnson a central role in the president's immigration reform efforts. Johnson, now a partner at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, served as general counsel at the Pentagon during Obama's first term. ...

In Libya, migrants face ordeals at sea and in jail

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:31 PM PDT

In this image made from Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 video, African migrants look through bars of a locked door at Sabratha migrant detention center for men in Sabratha, Libya. Libya's chaos in the two years following the overthrow of dictator Moammar Gadhafi has turned the country into a prime springboard for tens of thousands of migrants, mainly from Africa, trying to reach Europe in dangerous sea voyages. (AP Photo/AP Video)SABRATHA, Libya (AP) — The first time the young mother tried to flee to Europe on a rickety boat of fellow migrants from Africa, the overcrowded vessel quickly broke down and filled with water, forcing it to return to the Libyan coast. The second time, she was arrested and placed in a mosquito-infested Libyan detention center, where she has languished for months.

Obama, Dems are unified now but face tough tests

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT

In this Oct. 12, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama, left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., look to photographers as they meet Democratic leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, in Washington. For Obama and congressional Democrats, this month's budget battles brought about a remarkable period of party unity, a welcome change for the White House after a summer of disputes over possible military action in Syria, government spying programs and the president's pick to lead the Federal Reserve. But Democratic solidarity will face a tougher test during the broader budget talks following the reopening of the government and the increase of Treasury's borrowing authority. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, this month's budget battles brought about a remarkable period of party unity, a welcome change for the White House after a summer of disputes over possible military action in Syria, government spying programs and the president's pick to lead the Federal Reserve.

Tsonga struggles past home hope in Vienna

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT

France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrates his victory over to Austria's Dominic Thiem during their quarter finals match as part of the Vienna ATP tennis tournament held in Vienna on October 18, 2013Vienna (AFP) - French top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived against hyped-up local wildcard Dominic Thiem to reach the Austrian Open semi-finals with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/3) win Friday.

Air marshal accused of taking photos under skirts

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:27 PM PDT

This image provided by the Nashville Police Department shows Adam Bartsch after he was arrested Thursday Oct. 17, 2013. The federal air marshal has been arrested and accused of taking cell phone photographs underneath women's skirts as they boarded a plane at Nashville International Airport. Bartsch was on duty on Southwest Airline Flight 3132 on Thursday when a witness noticed he was taking the photos and grabbed his cell phone. (AP Photot/Nashville Police Department)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal air marshal has been arrested and accused of taking cellphone photographs underneath women's skirts as they boarded a plane at Nashville International Airport.

Andretti to replace GoDaddy as sponsor on 27 car

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:26 PM PDT

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Andretti Autosport will announce a new primary sponsor Saturday to replace GoDaddy next season on the car currently driven by James Hinchcliffe.

More than 50 Republic of Congo soldiers released

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:24 PM PDT

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Authorities in Republic of Congo say more than 50 members of the military have been released by soldiers from neighboring Angola.

Season of uncertainty for stores

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2012 file photo, Shopper Roxanna Garcia, middle, waits in line to pay for her over a $1000.00 gifts at the Target store in Burbank, Calif. Now that the U.S. has averted a default on its debt that could have sent the economy into a tailspin, it seems retailers avoided a train wreck heading into the holiday shopping season. Retailers hope that shoppers forget about the fact that the plan offers only a short reprieve until early next year long enough to open their pocketbooks. But they're fearful that consumers, facing a bombardment of news about continued political bickering, could hunker down until there's a permanent resolution. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)NEW YORK (AP) — Will Washington be the Grinch who stole Christmas?

Agent: Rob Gronkowski cleared for 2013 debut

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:22 PM PDT

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, second from left, works out with teammates during NFL football practice in Foxborough, Mass., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The Patriots face the New York Jets on Sunday Oct. 20, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Rob Gronkowski's agent says the New England Patriots' star tight end has been cleared to make his season debut Sunday.

Murder trial of Utah doctor could turn on bathtub

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:20 PM PDT

Defense attorney Randy Spencer, left, and Prosecuter Chad Grunander check out bathtub put in place in Judge Derek Pullan's 4th Distirct Courtroom during the trial of Martin MacNeill on Friday Oct. 18, 2013. MacNeill, a former Utah doctor, is accused of killing his wife, Michele, after convincing her to get a face-lift, giving her a lethal combination of prescription drugs for recovery and then helping her into the bathtub. The trial is resuming for a second day, with testimony from a dispatcher, police, paramedics and neighbors, and prosecutors said they're showing the same model of bathtub the couple used at their home in 2007. Defense lawyers say they aren't objecting to the demonstration. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann, Pool)PROVO, Utah (AP) — Neighbors of a former Utah doctor charged with murder in his wife's death are demonstrating how they found the woman's body slumped inside a bathtub that prosecutors brought into court.

Boeing reduces 747 production rate as demand lags

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Boeing will slow down production of its double-decker 747 jumbo jet as demand continues to be weak.

Artist Christo faces opposition to Colo project

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:19 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2013 file photo shows artist Christo posing in front of his proposed "Over the River" project at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art in Denver. Christo says opposition to his planned "Over the River" project on the Arkansas River is part of the art. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)DENVER (AP) — Installation artist Christo (KRIS'-toh) has said opposition to his planned "Over the River" project on the Arkansas River in Colorado is part of the art, and he welcomes debate over what is appropriate for his displays.

Tangled Web: Internet-based opera to open at Met

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:17 PM PDT

This Oct. 9, 2013 photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera shows Nico Muhly at the Met in New York. Muhly's NEW YORK (AP) — Little did Nico Muhly know when he composed "Two Boys" that the type of Internet deception he based the opera on would keep repeating over and over.

S&P 500 pushes further into record territory

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:17 PM PDT

Traders Gregory Rowe, left, and Craig Spector work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. Stronger economic growth in China and a pickup in U.S. corporate earnings are sending the stock market mostly higher in early trading. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Investors shifted their focus from politics to profits on Friday, and they liked what they saw, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index further into record territory.

2 killers registered as felons after their escape

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT

This undated combo of photos provided by the Florida Department. of Corrections shows Joseph Jenkins, left and Charles Walker. Walker and Joseph Jenkins were mistakenly released from prison in Franklin County, Fla., in late September and early October. According to authorities, the the two convicted murderers were released with forged documents. A manhunt is under way for the two men. (AP Photo/Florida Department. of Corrections)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Within days of strolling out of prison without a hitch, two convicted killers freed using bogus paperwork went to a jail and registered in person as felons, records showed. They were even fingerprinted and filled out paperwork to apparently keep up the ruse.

Dallas police probe shooting of mentally ill man

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT

On Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, Joyce Jackson holds a drawing made by her son Bobby Gerald Bennett, in Dallas. Jackson says Bennett, who is a schizophrenic, wanted to take the drawing with him out of the house leading to an argument that caused her to call police Monday. Surveillance video from a neighbor's camera shows Bennett standing as two officers approach him. Seconds later, Officer Cardan Spencer fires at Bennet who now remains in a hospital intensive care unit. Dallas police have opened a criminal investigation and placed the officer on administrative leave indefinitely. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)DALLAS (AP) — Surveillance video showing a Dallas police officer shooting a mentally ill man standing still about 20 feet away contradicts the assertion of an officer that the man threatened his safety by lunging at him with a knife.

Nicollette Sheridan's case over firing dismissed

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2012 file photo, "Desperate Housewives" star, Nicollette Sheridan arrives at court in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles judge on Friday Oct. 18, 2013, dismissed Sheridan's long-running lawsuit against ABC over her release from LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Friday dismissed Nicollette Sheridan's long-running wrongful termination lawsuit against ABC over her ouster from the hit television series "Desperate Housewives."

Peralta gives Tigers a lift after suspension

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:08 PM PDT

DETROIT (AP) — Jhonny Peralta is trying to make the most of a second chance with the Detroit Tigers that was far from guaranteed.

Wheeldon's 'Cinderella': New twist on an old tale

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:00 PM PDT

This 2013 photo provided by the San Francisco Ballet shows, from left, Dores Andre, Sasha De Sola, Joan Boada and Wan Ting Zhao, in Wheeldon's "Cinderella." (AP Photo/San Francisco Ballet, Erik Tomasson)NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, "Cinderella" is a fairy tale. But still, wouldn't it feel just a tad more realistic if Cinderella and her Prince had a bit more time to get to know each other before falling madly in love? That meeting at the ball has always seemed a little, well, rushed.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 11:51 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

Memorial to slain MIT officer unveiled

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Tim Brignolo, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology facilities department, waters the flowers at a temporary memorial to slain MIT police Officer Sean Collier in Cambridge, Mass., Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. The granite memorial was unveiled on the MIT campus Friday morning. Authorities allege the Boston Marathon bombing suspects shot and killed Collier on April 18 to get his gun as they tried to make their escape. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Officer Sean Collier was dedicated to his work and loved life; to the 27-year-old bachelor, "every day was a good day," said Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Chief John DiFava at a ceremony Friday to unveil a temporary memorial to Collier.

Obama, Congress at odds over Iran sanctions relief

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 11:46 AM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif briefs the media after the two days of closed-door nuclear talks, during a press conference at the CICG, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct.16, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering helping Iran recoup billions of dollars in frozen overseas assets if Tehran scales back its nuclear program.

Holmes lawyers want his emails barred as evidence

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 11:42 AM PDT

FILE -This June 4, 2013 file photo shows Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes in court in Centennial, Colo. Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Colorado theater shooting case are battling over what evidence can be admitted during Holmes' murder trial, all in an attempt to build up or tear down the case that he was insane. On Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 they are scheduled to argue over statements Holmes made to police after he was arrested after the July 2012 shootings and taken to a police station. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Andy Cross, Pool, File)CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes on Friday added his emails to the list of evidence they say should not be allowed at his trial.

6 killed, officer hurt in crash near Ohio capital

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 11:40 AM PDT

Police investigate the scene of a collision between a car and a police cruiser in Upper Arlington, Ohio early Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. An officer from the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington was responding to a robbery report when the overnight crash occurred at an intersection, said Jason Pappas, head of the local police union. According to Pappas, six people in the other vehicle died, including a small child. The officer was being treated for a serious head injury at a hospital but was in stable condition. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch,Tom Dodge) MANDATORY CREDITUPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (AP) — A police cruiser responding to a robbery report with its lights flashing and siren blaring collided with a car at an intersection just northwest of Ohio's capital early Friday, killing six members of a family and injuring an officer, officials said.

Stosur hands Ivanovic repeat dose of Moscow misery

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 11:39 AM PDT

Austria's Samantha Stosur returns the ball to Serbia's Ana Ivanovic during the WTA Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow on October 18, 2013Moscow (AFP) - Australia's Samantha Stosur handed out another Moscow defeat to Ana Ivanovic on Friday as the seventh seed reached the Kremlin Cup semi-finals with a 7-5, 6-4 win.
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