| Militant's death brings little joy in Pakistan Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:47 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban leader killed in a recent U.S. drone strike was behind hotel bombings, assaults on political rallies, beheadings of policemen and suicide attacks on soldiers. But his death elicited little joy in the country where he wreaked most of his havoc and instead stirred widespread anger and suspicion.
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| Saints' Sproles, Jets' Kerley leave with injuries Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:46 AM PST EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New Orleans Saints running back Darren Sproles left Sunday's game against the New York Jets with a concussion. |
| Mutai, Jeptoo of Kenya win titles at NYC Marathon Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:37 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Marathon returned after a one-year absence with big crowds, heightened security and a familiar champion. |
| Egypt changes venue for trial of ousted president Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:36 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Sunday moved the trial of the ousted Islamist president to a new location at another end of the capital, a move apparently aimed at thwarting mass rallies planned by the Muslim Brotherhood in his support when it opens on Monday.
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| White House, lawmakers: no clemency for Snowden Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:34 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and the leaders of the intelligence committee in Congress are rejecting National Security Agency-contractor Edward Snowden's plea for clemency.
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| No clemency for Snowden, top US lawmakers say Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:30 AM PST  Senior American lawmakers said Sunday that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden should not be given clemency by the United States following his disclosures of widespread government surveillance. The heads of the Senate and House intelligence committees spoke just days after a German lawmaker published a letter from the fugitive and said Snowden was ready to testify to Congress to shed light on "possibly serious offenses." But Senator Dianne Feinstein, in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" news show, said he had missed his chance to do so. "He had an opportunity, if what he was was a whistle blower to pick up the phone and call the House Intelligence Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee and say, 'Look, I have some information you ought to see,'" Feinstein said.
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| Djokovic beats Ferrer in Paris Masters final Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:29 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic beat defending champion David Ferrer 7-5, 7-5 Sunday to win the Paris Masters for his 17th straight match victory and sixth title of the season.
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| U.S. manufacturers refashion themselves as 'lifestyle brands' Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:25 AM PST  By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO (Reuters) - Call it concealed-carry chic: With all 50 U.S. states now permitting people to pack pistols in public, it was only a matter of time before some company came to market with an apparel line targeting the gun-toting crowd. Remington Arms Co, which has been making firearms for nearly 200 years, has just unveiled a collection of clothing and accessories, including the "Smoothbore Field Coat" ($1,295) and the "Double Derringer Leather Vest" ($300). In drawing a bead on the apparel market, Remington becomes the latest U.S. manufacturer to try reinventing itself as a "lifestyle brand" as a way to bolster its bottom line. Next up is Winnebago Industries Inc, the U.S. maker of motorhomes and trailers.
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| France: Journalists killed in Mali were shot Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:24 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — Two veteran French journalists kidnapped and killed in northern Mali were shot to death, French authorities said Sunday, as questions emerged about how the gunmen managed to carry out the attack near a town where both French troops and U.N. forces are based.
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| Toronto mayor urges police to release video, apologizes for 'mistakes' Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:20 AM PST  By Jeffrey Hodgson TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Sunday urged his police chief to release a video that media reports say show him smoking what appears to be crack cocaine and issued an apology for unspecified "mistakes" in his past. But Ford, who has previously said he does not use crack, and who did not discuss the content of the video, also said he would not step down and planned to run in the next election. "Chief, I'm asking you to release this video now," Ford said on his weekly radio show, referring to Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair. "Whatever this video shows ... Toronto residents deserve to see it, and people need to judge for themselves what they see on this video," Ford said.
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| Tropical Storm Sonia moving toward Mexican coast Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:15 AM PST  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials on Mexico's storm-struck Pacific coast braced on Sunday for the arrival of fast-moving Tropical Storm Sonia, which was projected to hit the mainland by early Monday.
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| Gunman told police he acted alone in LAX shooting Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:15 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 23-year-old charged as the gunman in the deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport told authorities at the scene that he acted alone and had been dropped off at the airport by a friend, a law enforcement official who has been briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press exclusively Sunday.
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| US, Egypt try to put brave face on strained ties Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:13 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Egypt tried Sunday to put a brave face on their badly frayed ties and committed to restoring a partnership undermined by the military ouster of Egypt's first democratically elected president.
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| Saints RB Sproles leaves, checked for concussion Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:08 AM PST EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New Orleans Saints running back Darren Sproles has left the team's game against the New York Jets to be evaluated for a possible concussion. |
| Cuccinelli, McAuliffe make closing pitch to voters Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:00 AM PST  WEYERS CAVE, Va. (AP) — In the closing days of an acrimonious race for governor, Republican Ken Cuccinelli said Sunday he would not surrender his health care fight and portrayed rival Terry McAuliffe, set to campaign with President Barack Obama, as a Washington insider.
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| American McFadden completes marathon 'Grand Slam' Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:49 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — American Tatyana McFadden has completed an unprecedented marathon "Grand Slam."
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| US appeals court: Warrants needed for GPS tracking Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:32 AM PST PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police must get a warrant before using GPS to track a suspect's vehicle, a federal appeals court has ruled, throwing out a cache of evidence against three brothers charged in a wave of pharmacy burglaries and going beyond a Supreme Court ruling that left open the question of whether judges have to approve of the high-tech surveillance. |
| Nigeria official: Gunmen kill 30 in wedding convoy Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:29 AM PST YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants attacked a wedding convoy in northeast Nigeria and killed more than 30 people including the groom, a state government spokesman said Sunday. |
| LA gunman charged, planned to kill 'multiple' agents Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:26 AM PST  The gunman who allegedly killed a security officer at Los Angeles airport carried a note saying he planned to murder "multiple" agents, prosecutors said as they announced charges against him. A prosecutor Saturday told how Paul Ciancia allegedly opened fire at "point-blank range" on Gerardo Hernandez, the first Transportation Security Agency (TSA) agent killed since the office was created after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Ciancia, who used a Smith and Wesson assault rifle and a large stock of ammunition in the attack, faces a possible death penalty on charges of murdering a federal officer and committing violence at an international airport. Describing how the shooting started, a prosecutor said Ciancia pulled a ".223-caliber M and P-15 assault rifle out of his bag and fired multiple rounds at point-blank range" at Hernandez, 39, shortly after 9:00 am in LAX's Terminal 3.
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| 'Ender's Game' blasts to top of weekend box office Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:21 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Ender's Game" scored the No. 1 slot at the weekend box office, earning $28 million in its opening weekend and sending "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" into second place, according to studio estimates Sunday. |
| France says its journalists "coldly assassinated" in Mali Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:21 AM PST  By John Irish and Adama Diarra PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) - France said on Sunday two French journalists found dead in the northern Mali region of Kidal had been "coldly assassinated" by militants and vowed to step up security measures in the area. Radio journalists Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont were abducted after interviewing a member of the MNLA Tuareg separatist group in northern Mali. Their bodies were found on Saturday by a French patrol 12 km (8 miles) outside Kidal, the birthplace of a Tuareg uprising last year that plunged Mali into chaos, leading to a coup in the capital Bamako and the occupation of the northern half of the country by militants linked to al Qaeda. Adama Kamissoko, the governor of Kidal region, said French and Malian security officials were jointly investigating the attack, but French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius put the blame firmly on militants operating in the region.
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| Djokovic wins Paris Masters, 40th career title Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:16 AM PST  Novak Djokovic defeated defending champion David Ferrer 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday to win the Paris Masters and claim his 40th career title after a thrilling final at the Bercy arena. Ferrer fell short of becoming the first player to successfully defend the Paris title while six-time major winner Djokovic took another step towards regaining the number one spot from Rafael Nadal at next week's World Tour Finals in London. Victory also meant that Djokovic became just the 15th player to reach the milestone of 40 titles.
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| Mutai, Jeptoo win New York Marathon titles Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:14 AM PST  Kenyans Geoffrey Mutai and Priscah Jeptoo won New York City Marathon titles Sunday as elite runners returned to the Big Apple a year after Hurricane Sandy forced the cancellation of the race and seven months after the Boston Marathon bombings. Mutai, who also won the 2011 New York crown, won the men's race in an official time of 2hrs 8mins, 24secs, 52 seconds ahead of runner-up Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia but well off the course record of 2:05:05 he set two years ago. "I feel good for this win," Mutai said. Jeptoo, the reigning London Marathon women's champion who finished second at last year's London Olympics, came from behind to win in 2:25.07.
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| Everton hold Spurs, Cardiff take derby spoils Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:09 AM PST  Tottenham Hotspur and Everton prevented each other from climbing to second place in the Premier League table after an open-ended 0-0 draw at Goodison Park on Sunday. Tottenham had the better of the first half, with Everton creating more clear-cut chances in the second, while each team had a penalty claim rejected either side of half-time. A head injury to Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who managed to complete the game, yielded nine minutes of stoppage time, but neither side was able to land a knockout punch. "The result is fair and with a bit more luck, we could have gone ahead in the first half," said Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas, who revealed that Lloris had momentarily lost consciousness on the pitch.
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| Syria opposition says no to peace talks without clear timeframe for Assad exit Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:08 AM PST Syrian National Coalition President Ahmad Jarba said on Sunday the opposition would not attend proposed peace talks in Geneva unless there was a clear timeframe for President Bashar al-Assad to leave power. "We have decided not to enter Geneva talks unless it is with dignity, and unless there is a successful transfer of power with a specific timeframe, and without the occupier Iran at the negotiating table," Jarba told an Arab League emergency meeting in Cairo. Jarba's latest comments throw the proposed talks into further confusion. The United Nations envoy to Syria has said there would be no pre-conditions for the long-delayed peace talks. |
| Italy beats Russia to win 4th Fed Cup title Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:07 AM PST  CAGLIARI, Sardinia (AP) — Italy won its fourth Fed Cup title Sunday, sweeping past a Russian team that was without any of its top players because of injuries and scheduling conflicts.
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| Kosovo vote, key to Serb integration, marred by violence, boycott Posted: 03 Nov 2013 09:55 AM PST  By Aleksandar Vasovic MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - An election in Kosovo designed to help end years of de facto ethnic partition was marred by violence and intimidation by Serb hardliners on Sunday, undermining a fragile EU-brokered pact between the Balkan country and former master Serbia. Two hours before polls closed in the ethnically-divided town of Mitrovica, a volatile Serb pocket of northern Kosovo, masked men burst into three schools housing polling stations on the Serb side, lobbing tear gas and smashing ballot boxes. Participation of the north Kosovo Serbs in the Kosovo-wide council and mayoral elections is central to an agreement reached in April to integrate the 40,000-50,000 Serbs living there with the rest of Kosovo, which is majority Albanian and declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Serbia had called on Serbs in northern Kosovo to take part for the first time, with the EU holding out the prospect of membership talks - slated to begin in January - as a reward for Belgrade's support for the process.
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| Kerry vows US backing for Egypt interim rulers Posted: 03 Nov 2013 09:40 AM PST  Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday said Washington is committed to working with Egypt's interim rulers, as he paid his first visit to Cairo since the army ousted president Mohamed Morsi. On the eve of the opening of Morsi's trial, Kerry was in Cairo to shore up ties with a key ally and ensure it moves ahead on plans to restore democracy, just weeks after Washington partly suspended aid to Egypt.
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| Suspected L.A. airport gunman planned 'suicide' mission: Congressman Posted: 03 Nov 2013 09:38 AM PST  (Reuters) - The suspected gunman in last week's deadly attack at Los Angeles International Airport wrote a note saying he intended to die after killing at least one security officer, the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security said on Sunday. Twenty-three-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia also discussed weaknesses in airport security in the "suicide" note before Friday's attack, Michael McCaul, the Republican congressman from Texas who chairs the committee, told CNN. Ciancia is accused of fatally shooting a Transportation Security Administration officer, the first employee from the agency to die in the line of duty since it was created 12 years ago. Airport police shot and wounded the gunman, ending the rampage.
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| Police seek motive in deadly LA airport shooting Posted: 03 Nov 2013 09:31 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 23-year-old man who authorities say opened fire at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport left behind few clues as to why he hated the Transportation Security Administration so much that he killed one officer and tried to kill several others. Police on Sunday worked to piece together details from his nomadic existence while he lies unresponsive in an LA hospital. |
| Kerry sees signs of Egypt moving back towards democracy Posted: 03 Nov 2013 09:31 AM PST  By Lesley Wroughton and Shaimaa Fayed CAIRO (Reuters) - A day before Egypt's deposed Islamist president goes on trial, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed guarded optimism on Sunday about a return to democracy in the country, as he began a tour partly aimed at easing tensions with Arab powers. On his first visit to Egypt since the army removed president Mohamed Mursi in July, Kerry called for fair, transparent trials for all citizens. Kerry said the relationship between the United States and Egypt should not be defined by aid but by a political and economic partnership. When Egypt's first democratically elected president stands trial on Monday, Kerry will already be on the next stage of his trip in Riyadh - where he must also try to soothe Saudi worries about Washington's positive response to overtures from Iran, and its stand on the war in Syria.
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| Ohio trial set for man in wife's hospital killing Posted: 03 Nov 2013 09:19 AM PST  CLEVELAND (AP) — A man charged with fatally shooting his wife in her hospital bed killed her out of love and will tell jurors about the heartbreak he felt over her debilitated condition, his attorney said.
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| Kosovo: Elections to test EU-brokered Serbia deal Posted: 03 Nov 2013 09:06 AM PST  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovars choose mayors and local councilors in an election Sunday that will test the country's fragile relations with Serbia as both countries seek to move closer to the European Union.
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| White House, lawmakers reject clemency for Snowden Posted: 03 Nov 2013 08:56 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and the heads of the intelligence committees in Congress are rejecting a plea for clemency by National Security Agency-contractor-turned-fugitive Edward Snowden. |
| Masked men attack Kosovo polling station, throw tear gas Posted: 03 Nov 2013 08:51 AM PST MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Masked men burst into the main polling center in the Kosovo town of Mitrovica on Sunday, throwing tear gas and smashing ballot boxes during an election that the West hopes will help integrate Serbs and Albanians, witnesses said. The Sveti Sava school where the attack took place houses around half the polling stations on the Serb side of the ethnically-divided town. ... |
| Alligator found under escalator at Chicago airport Posted: 03 Nov 2013 08:50 AM PST CHICAGO (AP) — A small alligator found under an escalator at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has left authorities puzzled. |
| No. 3 Florida State gains ground on new AP poll Posted: 03 Nov 2013 08:49 AM PST  No. 3 Florida State gains ground on No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Oregon in The Associated Press college football poll, earning four more first-place votes than it did last week.
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| What's ahead for NJ Gov. Christie if re-elected? Posted: 03 Nov 2013 08:46 AM PST  HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — A second term all but assured, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is casting himself as an inclusive Republican who transcends political lines and a pragmatic leader whose results-oriented approach offers valuable lessons for dysfunctional party leaders in Washington.
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