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Rights group accuses Syrian rebels of war crimes

Rights group accuses Syrian rebels of war crimes

Rights group accuses Syrian rebels of war crimes

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this file image taken from Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a rebel fighter fires a gun in a valley in an unidentified location in Latakia province, Syria. Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, committing a war crime, an international human rights group said Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian villagers described watching rebels advance on their homes, as mortars thudded around them. By the end of the August attack, 190 civilians had been killed, including children, the elderly and the handicapped, a human rights group said Friday in its most detailed account of alleged war crimes committed by those fighting the Damascus regime.

Mom visits American detained in Nkorea

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Kenneth Bae, right, an American man detained in North Korea for the past 11 months, and his mother Myunghee Bae talk each other during their meeting at a hospital in Pyongyang Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. For the first time since he was sentenced eleven months ago to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea, the Korean-American Christian missionary and tour operator has had a visit today from his mother. She later told Japan's Kyodo News agency that Kenneth Bae's health has gotten better since he was transferred to a hospital from a prison where he was serving his sentence. But he told her that his condition is still not good. (AP Photo/The Choson Sinbo, Mun Kwang Son) NO SALES, NO ARCHIVING, ONE TIME USE ONLY, CREDIT MANDATORYSEATTLE (AP) — An ailing American who has been detained in North Korea for 11 months has had an emotional reunion with his mother for the first time since he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, the family said Friday.

Verlander back in form at the perfect time

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander celebrates after the Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 3-0 to win Game 5 of an American League baseball division series in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)DETROIT (AP) — A season's worth of tinkering finally paid off for Justin Verlander.

Dozens dead in new migrant tragedy off coast of Sicily

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:48 PM PDT

By Wladimir Pantaleone PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) - Dozens of people including women and children died on Friday when a boat carrying around 250 migrants capsized and spilled them into the sea between Sicily and Tunisia, the second such tragedy in a little over a week, the Italian coastguard said. The Italian news agency ANSA reported that around 50 corpses had so far been sighted, including around 10 children, following the accident about 60 miles south of the island of Lampedusa. ...

Peace Prize goes to chemical-weapons watchdog

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, citizen journalism file image provided by the United Media office of Arbeen, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, investigators take samples from sand near a part of a missile that was suspected of carrying chemical agents, according to activists, in the countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a watchdog group, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/United Media Office of Arbeen, File)BEIRUT (AP) — The watchdog agency working to eliminate the world's chemical weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a powerful endorsement of the inspectors now on the ground in Syria on a perilous mission to destroy the regime's stockpile of poison gas.

At least 50 dead as migrant boat sinks off Sicily: report

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:46 PM PDT

A boat believed to be carrying migrants sank Friday between Malta and Sicily, officials said, a week after a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa killed at least 312 refugeesValletta (AFP) - Around 50 migrants, including a dozen children, died on Friday when their boat sank between Malta and Sicily, the Italian news agency Ansa reported.

Bears' Williams to miss rest of season

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:46 PM PDT

Chicago Bears linebacker D.J. Williams (58) and safety Major Wright (21) tackle New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs (34) In the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears say middle linebacker D.J. Williams will miss the remainder of the season because of a chest injury.

Migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa, many rescued

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:45 PM PDT

ROME (AP) — Italy's navy says nine bodies have been recovered so far from the capsizing of a migrant boat off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa.

Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton reunite on new duet

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:45 PM PDT

This Sept. 4, 2013 photo shows country music artist Kenny Rogers at The Hot Seat in Nashville, Tenn. Rogers' latest album, "You Can't Make Old Friends," was released on Oct. 8. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three decades after their unforgettable team up on "Islands in the Stream," Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton have a new duet out on Rogers' latest album.

31 in Fla. infected by bacteria in salt water

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:42 PM PDT

This photo provided by Patty Konietzky shows her husband's foot of what they thought was a bug bite on Sept. 22, 2013, in Ormond Beach, Fla. Patty and her husband, Henry "Butch" Konietzky, went crabbing in the Halifax River near Ormond Beach in September. Butch developed a sore which was later confirmed to be vibrio vulnificus. The bacteria spread quickly in his body and he died 60 hours later. (AP Photo/Patty Konietsky)ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Patty Konietzky thought the small purple lesion on her husband's ankle was a spider bite. But when the lesion quickly spread across his body like a constellation, she knew something wasn't right.

US says captured top Pakistani Taliban leader

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Armed militants of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, stand next to a graffiti which read as "Long Live Tehreek-e-Talban Pakistan" at a camp in a Pakistani tribal district of Mohmand Agency on July 21, 2008Washington (AFP) - American troops have captured a senior leader of the Pakistani Taliban, a US official said Friday, in what could prove a major blow to the Islamic militant group just as Kabul is trying to arrange peace talks.

States react to Obama offer to pay to reopen parks

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:41 PM PDT

Ten days after the partial shutdown of the federal government shuttered the Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon and other national parks, the Obama administration has offered to let states foot the bill to reopen parks within their borders. Here's how states are reacting to the offer:

Kidnapped PM slams 'coup' bid in lawless Libya

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:40 PM PDT

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a press conference with members of the government on October 11, 2013 in TripoliBenghazi (Libya) (AFP) - Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said Friday his hours-long kidnapping was a coup attempt, as a car bombing outside Sweden's consulate in second city Benghazi underlined Libya's increasing lawlessness.

Optimism but no deal in US fiscal showdown

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:39 PM PDT

US Senator Ted Cruz arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2013 for a meeting with US President Barack ObamaWashington (AFP) - President Barack Obama met Republican senators Friday to kick around ideas for ending Washington's fiscal showdown, but a deal to stave off default or reopen the US government remained elusive.

Judge rejects San Jose antitrust claims v MLB

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:38 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the city of San Jose's antitrust claims against Major League Baseball, but has allowed the city to pursue allegations of contract interference in connection with the Oakland Athletics' stalled relocation plans.

Obamacare a success so far? It's hard to say

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, clinical applications counselor Rachael Richardson, left, works with Louis Peters at the Henry J. Austin Health Center, in Trenton, N.J., as he and others fill out papers to sign up for new plans through a health insurance exchange. Despite anecdotal evidence of high interest and the political stakes attached to President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, a nation obsessed with keeping score of winners and losers lacks the data to pass early judgment on the success of a law that will in large part define the president's legacy. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — After more than a week in action, is a key feature of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul a success or a bust? Judging by the dearth of data, it's virtually impossible to say.

Al-Qaida leader urges Egypt's Islamists to unite

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:33 PM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida's leader has urged Islamists in Egypt to unite under the banner of religion to rid the country of the rule of the military, saying it is fighting a war against Islam.

Senior Pakistan Taliban captured in Afghanistan

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:32 PM PDT

In this Oct. 4, 2009 photo, Pakistani Taliban commander Latif Mehsud sits with fellows in Sararogha in south Waziristan in Pakistan. U.S. troops are holding the senior Pakistani Taliban commander they captured in Afghanistan a week ago, an Afghan provincial official said Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. confirmed on Friday that American troops are holding a senior Pakistani Taliban commander, a blow to the Pakistani Taliban who have waged a decadelong insurgency against Islamabad and were responsible for the failed 2010 attempt to detonate a bomb in New York's Times Square.

New York pays tribute to new 9/11 victims, 12 years on

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:31 PM PDT

NYPD officers bow their heads during an unveiling ceremony at the New York City Police Memorial Wall on October 11, 2012 in New York CityNew York (United States) (AFP) - New York City paid tribute Friday to five police officers who died as a result of illness contracted while responding to the 9/11 attacks 12 years ago.

Utah reopening national parks, others eye options

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 3, 2013 file photo shows a sign at the south entrance to Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz., indicates the park is closed. The Obama administration says it will allow states to use their own money to reopen some national parks that have been closed because of the government shutdown. Governors in at least four states have asked for authority to reopen national parks within their borders because of the economic impacts caused by the park closures. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Obama administration's willingness to reopen national parks shuttered by the government shutdown came with a big caveat: States must foot the bill with money they likely won't see again.

Shutdown keeps planes grounded, crab fleet at dock

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — New airplanes are grounded, investigations of fatal air and car crashes are going undone and scientific studies dependent on government funding have ground to a halt because of the partial government shutdown now in its second week, the Senate Commerce Committee was told Friday.

Peterson's toddler son critical after beating

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings runs the ball at Ford Field on September 8, 2013 in Detroit, MichiganChicago (AFP) - The two-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson was hospitalized with critical injuries after an alleged assault, US media reported Friday.

G20 seeks 'urgent action' from US on budget impasse

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:25 PM PDT

The US Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington, October 8, 2013Washington (AFP) - Finance chiefs of the G20 on Friday called for Washington to quickly resolve the political paralysis over its budget and debt ceiling.

Libyan PM says kidnapping was bid to topple government

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:25 PM PDT

By Ulf Laessing and Ayman al-Warhalli TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Friday gunmen who abducted him briefly were part of a coup attempt by opponents in the country's legislature. The militia snatched Zeidan from the Tripoli hotel where he lives during a dawn raid on Thursday only to release him hours later in an incident that showed how far Libya has descended into chaos two years after Muammar Gaddafi's fall. ...

General in charge of nuclear missiles is fired

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:24 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Maj. Gen. Michael J. Carey. The Air Force is firing Carey, the two-star general in charge of all of its nuclear missiles, in response to an investigation into alleged personal misbehavior, officials told The Associated Press on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Carey is being removed from command of the 20th Air Force, which is responsible for three wings of intercontinental ballistic missiles — a total of 450 missiles at three bases across the country, the officials said. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force fired the general in charge of its nuclear missiles on Friday, just two days after a Navy admiral with top nuclear weapons responsibilities was sacked. Both men are caught up in investigations of alleged personal misconduct, adding to a cascade of turmoil inside the nation's nuclear weapons force.

Stocks rise as debt talks continue in Washington

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:23 PM PDT

Trader William Lawrence works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. The stock market is getting off to a mixed start as talks continue in Washington over ending a budget impasse that has shut down the government and threatened the U.S. with default. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)The closer Washington gets to a deal over the debt ceiling, the higher stocks go.

ND farmer finds oil spill while harvesting wheat

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:22 PM PDT

In this Oct. 8, 2013 photo provided by the North Dakota Health Department, a vacuum trucks cleans up oil in near Tioga, N.D. The North Dakota Health Department says more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil have spewed out of a Tesoro Corp. oil pipeline in a wheat field in northwestern North Dakota. Officials say the 20,600-barrel spill, among the largest recorded in the state, was discovered on Sept. 29 by a farmer harvesting wheat about nine miles south of Tioga. (AP Photo/North Dakota Health Department)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota farmer who discovered an oil spill the size of seven football fields while out harvesting wheat says that when he found it, crude was bubbling up out of the ground.

Ex-F1 test driver Maria de Villota dies at 33

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 11, 2013 file photo, Spanish former F1 driver Maria De Villota smiles in the paddock at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain. Spanish police have confirmed that racing driver Maria de Villota has been found dead in a hotel room in Seville, and say it appears she died of natural causes. She was 33. In July 2012, De Villota crashed while test driving a car for F-1 team Marussia. She lost her right eye in the accident. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)Maria de Villota, a pioneering Formula One test driver who lost an eye and nearly died in a crash last year, was found dead Friday in a hotel room in Seville, Spain. She was 33.

As expected, Vikings pick Cassel as QB this week

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:20 PM PDT

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Matt Cassel will start at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings against Carolina on Sunday.

G-20 finance officials focus on US budget talks

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:16 PM PDT

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso, right, rubs the cheeks of Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew before they gathered for a photo with the Group of 20, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington. Finance ministers and central bank officials from the Group of 20 nations are in Washington ahead of weekend meetings of the 188-nation International Monetary Fund and its sister lending organization, the World Bank. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — World finance officials said Friday the United States needs to take urgent action to address its budget problems that are creating economic uncertainties for the global economy.

Larry Benoit, hunter of big bucks, dies in Vt.

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT

This 2007 family photo provided by Shane Benoit from the family hunting website shows his father Lanyard "Larry" Benoit, a deer hunter who helped spawn a revival of the art of tracking, and created an empire of books, videos and seminars. Larry Benoit died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at his home in Duxbury, Vt. He was 89. (AP Photo/Benoit family)MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Larry Benoit, a deer hunter who helped spawn a revival of the art of tracking and created an empire of books, videos and seminars, has died. He was 89.

SF Bay Area transit agency, unions resume talks

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Jim Allison, center, BART, Deputy Chief Communications Officer talks with members of the media outside Caltrans offices during negotiations with BART management and union members on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. Hoping to avoid a second strike in less than three months, a San Francisco Bay Area transit agency and two of its unions negotiated late into the night to work out a new contract as a 60-day cooling off period was coming to an end. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Aric Crabb)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area transit agency and two of its largest unions were back at the bargaining table Friday with the potential for a crippling train strike just days away.

Wells Fargo's profit up 13 percent; revenue slips

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:11 PM PDT

FILE- In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, an ATM is displayed at a Wells Fargo bank, in Atlanta. Third-quarter profit for Wells Fargo & Co., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, jumped 13 percent as a decline in revenue from mortgage lending was offset by reduced expenses and fewer soured loans, the company reported Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)Third-quarter profit for Wells Fargo & Co., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, jumped 13 percent as a decline in revenue from mortgage lending was offset by reduced expenses and fewer soured loans.

F1 driver Maria de Villota died of natural causes

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Former Spanish Formula One driver Maria de Villota is pictured ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, on March 15, 2012Madrid (AFP) - Former Formula 1 test driver Maria de Villota died from natural causes, forensic services in Seville confirmed after an autopsy was carried out on her body on Friday afternoon.

'Bionic man' walks, breathes with artificial parts

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:04 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 photo provided by Showtime, Bertolt Meyer, a social psychologist for the University of Zurich, poses for a photo in New York. Meyer is the face of the the Bionic Man and is featured in the Smithsonian Channel original documentary, "The Incredible Bionic Man." (AP Photo/Showtime, Joe Schram)NEW YORK (AP) — Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, after all. We have the technology.

Venezuelan beauty contest bridges political divide

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:02 PM PDT

Miss Costa Oriente, Migbelis Castellanos smiles after being crowned as Miss Venezuela 2013 during the beauty pageant in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans have trouble agreeing on anything these days, whether it's who really won the election to replace Hugo Chavez or who to blame for this South American nation's mounting economic woes.

Lukaku double sends Belgium to World Cup

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:02 PM PDT

Belgium's Romelu Lukaku (R) celebrates with his teammates after scoring during their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying football match against Croatia at the Maksimir stadium in Zagreb, on October 11, 2013Paris (AFP) - On-loan Everton striker Romelu Lukaku scored two first-half goals as Belgium beat Croatia 2-1 to became the third European team to reach the World Cup finals on Friday.

Dozens dead in new migrant tragedy off Sicily: Coastguard

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 11:55 AM PDT

PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) - Dozens of people were killed on Friday when a boat carrying migrants capsized south of Sicily, the Italian coastguard said. It said an Italian navy ship in the area reported seeing dozens of dead, including women and children. Separately, the Italian news agency Ansa, citing unnamed sources, put the number of dead at least 50. About 250 people were believed to be on board the ship. Many of the survivors were taken on board Italian and Maltese ships. (Reporting by Wladimir Pantalone; Writing by Philip Pullella; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

Correction: Edible Roadkill story

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 11:52 AM PDT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — In a story Oct. 10 about Montana approving rules for motorists to salvage roadkill for consumption, The Associated Press, relying on the comments of a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks official, reported erroneously that a smartphone application will be developed for drivers to apply for roadkill salvage permits using their smartphones. The online permits will only available through the state agency's website, and a separate smartphone app is not planned.

As Bakken booms, drug arrests spike

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 11:51 AM PDT

This image provided by Washington State Department of Corrections shows Robert Farrell Johnson Armstrong, who was arrested on drug charges. Armstrong, also known as BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The booming Bakken oil patch that's given a major boost to U.S. energy production has emerged as a new front in the fight against drug trafficking.
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