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Friday, October 4, 2013

Spielberg honors Clooney for humanitarian work

Spielberg honors Clooney for humanitarian work

Spielberg honors Clooney for humanitarian work

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:52 PM PDT

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg poses at the Museum of Natural History before the Ambassadors For Humanity Gala honoring George Clooney on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)NEW YORK (AP) — It's been 20 years since Steven Spielberg made his Oscar-winning "Schindler's List," but the director has keen memories of Holocaust survivors coming up to him during filming, wanting to tell him about their lives.

ABC's 'Lucky 7' 1st show of new season to get axed

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:51 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The ABC drama "Lucky 7" has won a dubious derby as the first television show of the new season to be cancelled.

Storm stops Mickelson's hot start at Presidents Cup

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Phil Mickelson (L) and Keegan Bradley of the US Team celebrate after making eagle on the fifth hole at the Muirfield Village Golf Club on October 4, 2013 in Dublin, OhioColumbus (AFP) - Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain halted a sizzling start Friday by Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley in foursomes matches at the Presidents Cup with the United States atop the Internationals.

US set to be top oil, gas producer in 2013: EIA

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:50 PM PDT

An oil rig in Tioga, North Dakota on May 27, 2007Washington (AFP) - The United States could push past Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world's largest single producer of oil and of natural gas this year, a US government agency said Friday.

Caution urged on postpartum link to car chase

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:48 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lots of women suffer from postpartum depression, but violence in new mothers is incredibly rare, and when it happens, it typically is linked to a different condition. Experts caution against assuming that post-pregnancy mental health problems explain a Connecticut woman's bizarre Capitol Hill car chase that ended with her death in front of her toddler.

AP Source: Condi Rice expected on playoff panel

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 10, 2013, file photo, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, speaks with Graeme McDowell, of Northern Ireland, during the par-3 competition at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. A person with direct knowledge of the process tells The Associated Press on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, that Rice is expected to be part of the selection committee that will pick the teams for the College Football Playoff next year. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the selection process is still ongoing. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to be part of the selection committee that will pick the teams for the College Football Playoff next year, a person with direct knowledge of the process told The Associated Press.

FIFA decision on Qatar dates could come in 2015

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:47 PM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks to journalists following the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Blatter said a final decision on which months to play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar might be delayed until 2015. (AP Photo/Keystone, Ennio Leanza)ZURICH (AP) — After all the talk about changing the dates of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, it will be another year or more before any decision is made.

Lawyer complains about ex-Bell official's plea

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:45 PM PDT

FILE - This March 9, 2011 file image shows former Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo listens in court in Los Angeles. Rizzo, who masterminded a corruption scheme that paid exorbitant salaries to city officials, pleaded no contest, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, to all 69 charges brought against him. (AP Photo/Irfan Khan, Pool, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney in a municipal corruption case that nearly bankrupted a struggling Los Angeles suburb complained bitterly in court Friday about a judge's decision to allow the chief defendant to plead no contest in an unannounced hearing.

Republicans hang tough in standoff over U.S. government shutdown

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:43 PM PDT

Reid walks to his office as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonBy Thomas Ferraro and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republicans held their ground on Friday in a standoff with President Barack Obama over the U.S. government shutdown, accusing him of intransigence and not caring about the impact on the American people as the crisis dragged into a fourth day. As Republicans and Democrats remained deadlocked over the shutdown, which was triggered by a dispute over the president's healthcare reforms, the two sides also dug in over a measure to raise the nation's borrowing authority. ...

At least 4 killed in Egypt as Islamists mount bold protests

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:41 PM PDT

Supporters of deposed President Mursi and Muslim Brotherhood clash with anti-Mursi protesters during march in CairoBy Maggie Fick and Hadeel Al Shalchi CAIRO (Reuters) - At least four people died in clashes on Friday as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi mounted their boldest marches since troops crushed their protest camps demanding his reinstatement on August 14. An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters who had been pushed back by security forces when they tried to enter Cairo's Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Egypt's 2011 uprising. ...

Bokova set to win new term as UNESCO chief

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:39 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Irina Bokova has been nominated by UNESCO's executive board as the agency's director-general — all but ensuring her another four-year term.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:36 PM PDT

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

At least four killed in Egypt as Islamists mount bold protests

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:36 PM PDT

By Maggie Fick and Hadeel Al Shalchi CAIRO (Reuters) - At least four people died in clashes on Friday as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi mounted their boldest marches since troops crushed their protest camps demanding his reinstatement on August 14. An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters who had been pushed back by security forces when they tried to enter Cairo's Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Egypt's 2011 uprising. ...

Rodriguez sues MLB and Selig, citing 'witch hunt'

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:35 PM PDT

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez arrives at the offices of Major League Baseball, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. The grievance to overturn Rodriguez's 211-game suspension began Monday before arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. (AP Photo/David Karp)NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez sued Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig, accusing them of pursuing "vigilante justice" as part of a "witch hunt" designed to smear the character of the Yankees star and cost him tens of millions of dollars.

Not all federal agencies taking a hit in shutdown

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Jamesa Euler, delivers mail in the rain in the Cabbagetown neighborhood, in Atlanta. As many high-profile agencies sit idle because of the federal government shutdown, others are humming along just fine. Many of them have escaped the fiscal ax because they pay much of their own way, or enjoy a revenue stream that's insulated from Congress. That means the cable bill and weekly grocery ads will still fill the mailbox, due to the stamps and other items the post office sells.(AP Photo/David Goldman, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — As many high-profile agencies sit idle because of the federal government shutdown, others are humming along just fine, thank you.

Pujols sues Jack Clark over steroid comments

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2013, file photo, Los Angeles Angels' Albert Pujols watches after batting against the Detroit Tigers in the third inning of a baseball game in Detroit. Pujols sued Jack Clark on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, over comments on a local radio show accusing the three-time NL MVP of using steroids. The lawsuit between former Cardinals stars was filed in Circuit Court in St. Louis County, where Clark lives. It seeks unspecified damages and asks for a determination and declaration that Clark's statements are false. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols sued Jack Clark on Friday over comments on a local radio show accusing the three-time NL MVP of using steroids.

Pope says Church should rid itself of 'worldliness'

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT

Pope Francis leads a mass outside the St Francis Basilica as part of his pastoral visit to Assisi, on October 4, 2013ASSISI (Italy) (AFP) - Pope Francis on Friday called for the Catholic Church and its faithful to rid themselves of earthly concerns like St Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage to the saint's Italian hometown.

Official: Woman killed in DC chase was delusional

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT

This 2011 photo provided by Dr. Barry Weiss, from the website of Advanced Periodontics in Hamden, Conn., shows former employee Miriam Carey. The 34-year-old Carey was shot to death by police after a car chase that began when she tried to breach a barrier at the White House. (AP Photo/Advanced Periodontics)STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut woman who was shot to death outside the U.S. Capitol after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier had been under the delusion the president was communicating with her, a federal law enforcement official said Friday.

Family: Injured biker in SUV assault a devoted dad

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:26 PM PDT

Christopher Cruz appears in criminal court in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Cruz was charged Wednesday with reckless driving after prosecutors said he touched off a tense encounter with the driver of an SUV and a throng of other bikers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime girlfriend of a biker who was struck by an SUV during a bloody weekend confrontation with a throng of motorcyclists says he is a devoted family man.

Twitter dishes tantalizing tidbits in IPO treatise

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2013, file photo, a smartphone display shows the Twitter logo in Berlin, Germany, Twitter unsealed the documents Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, for its planned initial public offering of stock and says it hopes to raise up to $1 billion. (AP Photo/dpa, Soeren Stache, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter, a privately held company built on blurbs, has finally laid itself bare in documents that read more like a treatise than a tweet.

Snow buries SD, Wyo., as storms threaten Midwest

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Trucks ascend Vail Pass along I-70 after overnight snow fell in the mountains of Colorado. Friday Oct. 4, 2013. Powerful storms moved into the Midwest on Friday due to a cold weather system gaining strength as it traveled east from Colorado and Wyoming. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Blizzards rolled into parts of Wyoming and South Dakota on Friday, bringing the snow-savvy states to an unseasonably early winter standstill and even forcing a tourist town to cancel its annual Octoberfest's polka-dancing bar crawl.

Lockheed Martin lays off 3,000 workers due to shutdown

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:20 PM PDT

Visitors look at the Lockheed Martin's stand at the Eurosatory 2012 defence and security exhibition in Villepinte near Paris on June 11, 2012New York City (AFP) - US defense contractor Lockheed Martin said Friday it would put 3,000 workers on unpaid leave Monday due to the government shutdown.

US Navy commander sacked in widening bribery scandal

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:18 PM PDT

This US Navy handout photo taken December 19, 2004, shows the amphibious assault ship USS BonHomme RichardWashington (AFP) - A US naval commander has been sacked over his alleged links to an elaborate bribery scandal that involved prostitutes, luxury travel and multimillion-dollar government contracts, officials said Friday.

Reds fire manager Dusty Baker after playoff loss

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:14 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 20, 2013 file photo, Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker (12) stands in the dugout before a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh. The Reds decided to replace Baker on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, ousting the manager who led them to their best stretch of winning since the Big Red Machine but couldn't get them past the first round of the postseason. The move came after the Reds lost the wild-card playoff in Pittsburgh 6-2 on Tuesday night, ending the season with their sixth straight loss. He had a year left on his two-year deal. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds fired Dusty Baker on Friday, parting ways with the manager who led them to their best stretch of success since the Big Red Machine but couldn't get them past the first round of the postseason.

NBA suspends Nets coach Kidd 2 games for DWI

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, file photo, Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd speaks with the media at NBA basketball training camp at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Kidd has been suspended for two games for pleading guilty to driving while ability impaired. The NBA announced on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, that Kidd will miss the first two games of the regular season starting on Oct. 29. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd was suspended Friday for two games after pleading guilty in a drunken driving case.

Four dead in Cairo clashes: medical official

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Cairo (AFP) - Four people were killed in Cairo on Friday as Islamist supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi clashed with their opponents and security forces, a medical official told AFP.

Egyptian riot police fire tear gas at protesters

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:08 PM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where Morsi supporters had held a sit-in for weeks that was violently dispersed in August during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. The traffic sign on the bridge reads, "The allowable height 6.5 Meters." (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian riot police fired volleys of tear gas and locked down Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday as clashes broke out in a rare push by Islamist supporters of the ousted president to take control of the iconic square, leaving at least four dead.

Black Panther dies after being freed from 40 years' jail

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:06 PM PDT

Herman Wallace at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in AngolaWashington (AFP) - Herman Wallace, a former Black Panther who spent more than four decades in solitary confinement for murdering a prison guard, died Friday, three days after his release, lawyers said.

Shutdown impact: Tourists, homebuyers hit quickly

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown is having far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others.

CBS says Letterman signed into 2015

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:01 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS says David Letterman has signed a contract extension to remain host of the "Late Show" into 2015.

House hard-liners stand united in budget showdown

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012 file photo, then-Republican House candidate, now, Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks in Claremore, Okla. Hard-line House conservatives are demanding concessions from President Barack Obama on his health care law in exchange for re-opening the federal government. Arguments to relent have not persuaded these Republican newcomers _ 71 from the tea party class of 2010 and 37 who arrived in Washington earlier this year. Many are too young to remember the last shutdown in 1995 and the political woes it created for the GOP. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Freshman Rep. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma is one of the hard-line House conservatives demanding concessions from President Barack Obama on his health care law in exchange for ending the federal government shutdown.

Guinea opposition wants vote results invalidated

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:55 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 file photo, election workers count legislative ballots after the close of voting, at a polling station in Conakry, Guinea. Guinea's political opposition demanded Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 that the results from last weekend's legislative election be invalidated, vowing to take to the streets in protest if their concerns about fraud and irregularities are not addressed. (AP Photo/Idrissa Soumare, File)CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea's political opposition demanded Friday the results from last weekend's legislative election be invalidated, vowing to protest in the streets if their concerns about fraud and irregularities are not addressed.

EU envoys urge Ukraine to pardon Tymoshenko

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:54 AM PDT

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A lawyer for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says European envoys have urged the nation's president to pardon her so that she can undergo treatment in Germany.

Search for victims of Sicily migrant wreck postponed

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:53 AM PDT

By Steve Scherer and Wladimir Pantaleone LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - Choppy seas prevented divers on Friday from recovering more bodies of migrants who died in a shipwreck off Sicily that has killed an estimated 300, in one of the worst disasters of Europe's immigration crisis. Rescue teams have so far recovered 111 bodies and expect to find more than 100 others in and around the wreck, submerged in 47 metres of water less than a kilometre (0.6 miles) from the shore of the southern island of Lampedusa. ...

Attorney denies California man ran drug website

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:52 AM PDT

This frame grab from the Silk Road website shows thumbnails for a product allegedly available through the site. On Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, FBI agents arrested Ross William Ulbricht, who is accused of operating the secret website, which is believed to have brokered more than $1 billion in transactions for illegal drugs and services. (AP Photo/silkroaddrugs.org)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco man denies charges that he operated an encrypted website where users could anonymously shop for drugs such as heroin and LSD, his attorney said on Friday.

Lockheed Martin to furlough 3K workers

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:51 AM PDT

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Lockheed Martin says it will furlough 3,000 employees on Monday due to the government shutdown.

You say Twitter, I say Tweeter: Investor mix-up?

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2013, file photo, a smartphone display shows the Twitter logo in Berlin, Germany, Twitter unsealed the documents Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, for its planned initial public offering of stock and says it hopes to raise up to $1 billion. (AP Photo/dpa, Soeren Stache, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A bankrupt electronics retailer appears to have gotten caught up in the investor fervor for Twitter.

Syrian rebel groups battle each other in north

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:50 AM PDT

In this photo, which AP obtained from Syrian official news agency SANA, has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, President Bashar Assad gestures as he speaks during an interview with Italy's RAI News 24 TV, at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Assad says his government will abide by last week's U.N. resolution calling for the country's chemical weapons program to be dismantled and destroyed. (AP Photo/SANA)BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida militants battled fighters linked to the Western-backed opposition along with Kurdish gunmen in Syrian towns along the Turkish border on Friday, in clashes that killed at least 19 people, activists said.

Egypt: 4 killed in clashes during Islamist protest

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:48 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where Morsi supporters had held a sit-in for weeks that was violently dispersed in August during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. The traffic sign on the bridge reads, "The allowable height 6.5 Meters." (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian Health Ministry official says four people have been killed in clashes between Islamist supporters of the ousted president and security forces.
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