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'Frozen,' 'Croods' among Annie Awards nominees

'Frozen,' 'Croods' among Annie Awards nominees

'Frozen,' 'Croods' among Annie Awards nominees

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:58 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Frozen" could ice out the competition at the Annie Awards.

AP Source: Steve Sarkisian accepts USC job

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:58 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2013 file photo, Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian yells from the sidelines in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Washington State in Seattle. Sarkisian has accepted the Southern California coaching job, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke Monday Nov. 2, 2013 on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made by either school. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)Washington's Steve Sarkisian has accepted the Southern California coaching job, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.

Bob Dylan charged in France over Croat comments

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:57 PM PST

US legend Bob Dylan performs on stage during the 21st edition of the Vieilles Charrues music festival on July 22, 2012 in Carhaix-Plouguer, western FranceBob Dylan has been charged with insulting behaviour and incitement to hatred in France after a Croat group filed a complaint about an interview he gave to Rolling Stone magazine, a judicial source said Monday. The Council of Croats in France (CRICCF) had filed the complaint a year ago over an analogy he made in the 2012 interview while discussing race relations in the United States. "This country is just too fucked up about colour.... People at each other's throats just because they are of a different colour," Dylan told Rolling Stone. Last month, the 72-year-old music legend picked up France's Legion d'Honneur award, which can be granted to any foreigner seen as having served France's interests or upheld its values.

Jailed Bahrain activist fails to win early release

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, May 28, 2012 file photo, Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab gestures as he leaves a Manama, Bahrain, police station. Lawyers representing the jailed Bahraini human rights activist say a court in the Gulf kingdom has rejected their request for his early release on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Rajab received a three-year prison sentence in August 2012 on charges of encouraging "illegal gatherings" tied to anti-government unrest in the country, though a court later reduced the term by a year.(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A Bahrain court has rejected a request for the early release of jailed human rights activist human Nabeel Rajab, lawyers representing him said.

Steelers see "no intent" in Tomlin's wayward walk

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:51 PM PST

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, in Baltimore. Baltimore won 22-20. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)PITTSBURGH (AP) — New video shows Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin took a step toward the playing field even as Baltimore kickoff returner Jacoby Jones was streaking down the sideline during last Thursday's 22-20 win.

Facing protests, Ukraine leader again courts EU

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:50 PM PST

Protesters shout during a rally at the central Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Thousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday besieged government buildings in Kiev and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his Cabinet, as anger at the president's decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the European Union gripped other parts of the country and threatened his rule. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Facing huge anti-government demonstrations after spurning a deal with the European Union, Ukraine's embattled president sought Monday to quell public anger by moving to renew talks with Brussels.

Schiffrin, rebel of corporate publishing, dies

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:50 PM PST

In this undated and unlocated photo provided by The New Press publishing house, Andre Schiffrin is portrayed. Schiffrin, who was expelled from the corporate publishing world after fostering the likes of Art Spiegelman, Jean-Paul Sartre, Studs Terkel and Noam Chomsky, has died in Paris. The New Press, a nonprofit publisher that Schiffrin founded after he was forced out of Pantheon Books in 1990 over the high-brow imprint's slender bottom line, said he died Sunday Dec.1, 2013 of pancreatic cancer. He was 78. (AP Photo/Micheline Pelletier)PARIS (AP) — Andre Schiffrin, the literary editor who gave readers Art Spiegelman, Michel Foucault and Studs Terkel before he was forced out of commercial publishing in a defining battle between profits and literature, has died in Paris. He was 78.

French artist Laure Prouvost wins Britain's Turner prize

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:48 PM PST

In a file picture taken on October 29, 2013 a museum staff member watches a video part of the artwork installation by Turner Prize shortlisted French-born artist Laure Prouvost displayed in a former Army base in Ebrington Square in LondonderryLondonderry (United Kingdom) (AFP) - French artist Laure Prouvost on Monday won Britain's Turner prize for contemporary art for her video installation set among a mock-tea party setting, it was announced at a ceremony in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Young Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, who starred in 2007 film Atonement, presented Prouvost, 35, the £25,000 ($40,000, 30,000-euro) award for her work, entitled "Wantee". The prize is unique in Britain in the way it sparks a debate among people who are not normally interested in art, with notorious British artists Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin helping to raise its profile.

AP Source: Grobe is resigning at Wake Forest

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:42 PM PST

Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe, right, talks with head linesman John Busch, left, in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe is resigning after 13 seasons at the school, said a person familiar with the situation.

Broadway gobbles up Thanksgiving records

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:39 PM PST

FILE - This file publicity image released by The O+M Company shows Billy Porter during a performance of "Kinky Boots." The current Tony Award winning musical grossed $1,912,568 over eight performances during the week ending Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, smashing the all-time house record at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. It beat out the crown there held by the recent revival of NEW YORK (AP) — Thanksgiving was rough on turkeys but pretty good for Broadway theaters — several shows broke records over the holiday weekend, from new kid on the block "Kinky Boots" to the old ruler "The Lion King."

Investigators look for clues in NYC train wreck

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:39 PM PST

Cranes salvage the last car from from a train derailment in the Bronx section of New York, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Federal authorities began righting the cars Monday morning as they started an exhaustive investigation into what caused a Metro-North commuter train rounding a riverside curve to derail, killing four people and injuring more than 60 others. A second "event recorder" retrieved from the train may provide information on the speed of the train, how the brakes were applied, and the throttle setting, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators mined the data recorders Monday and sought to question the engineer and conductor for clues to why a commuter train jumped the tracks along a sharp curve, killing four passengers.

Pele to make appearance at World Cup draw

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:37 PM PST

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP) — Organizers of the 2014 World Cup say soccer great Pele will make an appearance at Friday's draw in Brazil.

Area of Walker car crash known for street racing

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:34 PM PST

Sheriff's deputies work near the wreckage of a Porsche that crashed into a light pole on Hercules Street near Kelly Johnson Parkway in Valencia, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. A publicist for actor Paul Walker says the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series died in the crash north of Los Angeles. He was 40. Ame Van Iden says Walker died Saturday afternoon. No further details were released. (AP Photo/The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Dan Watson)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say the area where "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker died in a car crash is known to attract street racers.

The Rascals abandon 2nd Broadway concert series

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:32 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Two concert series in a year on Broadway is apparently too much for The Rascals: The '60s-era blue-eyed soul quartet has abandoned plans to play the Marquis Theatre this month.

Pierce sidelined up to four weeks with broken finger

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:31 PM PST

Paul Pierce of the Brooklyn Nets carries the ball downcourt during the second half against the Los Angeles Lakers at Barclays Center on November 27, 2013 in BrooklynBrooklyn Nets forward Paul Pierce is expected to miss the next two to four weeks of the NBA season with a fractured finger on his right hand, the team announced Monday. Pierce was injured in the first half of Friday's 114-95 loss at Houston and missed Brooklyn's 97-88 victory Saturday at Memphis. Medical tests showed Pierce had suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right middle finger, another setback for a club already without Deron Williams due to an ankle injury, Jason Terry with a knee problem and Andrei Kirilenko with a back issue.

Hubble Telescope best shot at learning comet fate

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:28 PM PST

In this combination of three images provided by NASA, comet ISON appears as a white smear heading up and away from the sun on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28-29, 2013. ISON was not visible during its closest approach to the sun, so many scientists thought it had disintegrated, but images like this one from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory suggest that a small nucleus may still be intact. (AP Photo/NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It's all up to Hubble.

For critics of Common Core, educational folly

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:27 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, speaks to reporters at Malcolm X Elementary School in Washington. Critics are relentless in warning about what they see as the folly of the new Common Core academic standards. The standards were written in private and never tested in real classrooms, they say. Educators aren't familiar enough with the standards to use them. They'll cost billions to put into place. Washington Mayor Vincent Gray is at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Critics are relentless in warning about what they see as the folly of the new Common Core academic standards, designed to prepare students for college or a job by the time they graduate from high school.

French artist Laure Prouvost wins Turner Prize

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:26 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — French artist Laure Prouvost has won this year's Turner Prize, the prestigious British award for contemporary art.

Brazil decides against opening to foreign carriers

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:23 PM PST

In this Sept. 11, 2013 photo released by Portal da Copa 2014, aerial view of the Galeao international airport, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil has decided against opening more routes for foreign air carriers for next year's World Cup. According to Civil Aviation Secretary Wellington Moreira Franco, Brazilian carriers can handle the more than 3.6 million expected soccer fans traveling to the 12 host cities. (AP Photo/Portal da Copa 2014, Daniel Basil)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has decided against opening more routes for foreign air carriers for next year's World Cup, certain it can handle the millions of sports fans who will use airplanes to get around South America's biggest country.

Porter named MLS coach of the year

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:22 PM PST

Head coach Caleb Porter of Portland Timbers looks out onto the field before the start of the game against the Seattle Sounders FC at Jeld-Wen Field on November 7, 2013 in Portland, OregonNew York (AFP) - Caleb Porter, who guided the Portland Timbers to a Major League Soccer conference title in his first professional coaching season, was named the league's Coach of the Year on Monday.

'Singin' in the Rain' suit goes up for auction

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:16 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo, Gene Kelly performs in the 1952 film "Singin' in the Rain." The grey wool suit Kelly wore in the movie is going up for auction after being kept in a closet by a memorabilia collector for more than four decades. (AP Photo/File)DALLAS (AP) — A memorabilia collector is selling the gray wool suit Gene Kelly wore as he joyously danced in a downpour in the Hollywood musical "Singin' in the Rain."

White House: violence against Ukraine protests unacceptable

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:15 PM PST

The White House said on Monday violence by the Ukrainian government against protesters was unacceptable and urged authorities to respect Ukrainians' rights to freedom of expression and assembly. "The violence by government authorities against peaceful demonstrators in Kiev on Saturday morning was unacceptable," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at a briefing.

Ryan O'Neal testifies about disputed Warhol art

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:14 PM PST

In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, actor Ryan O'Neal speaks at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, during a ceremony where objects from the private collection of Farrah Fawcett's estate were donated, in Washington. O'Neal testified in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, about his relationship with Fawcett and his claimed ownership of an Andy Warhol portrait of the actress. The Oscar-nominated actor is being sued by the University of Texas at Austin, which is seeking to gain possession of the portrait which it claims the actress bequeathed to the university. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan O'Neal says he wasn't trying to keep it a secret that he removed an Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett from the actress' home after her death.

VP Biden opens weeklong Asia trip with Tokyo stop

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:14 PM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden waves upon arriving at Tokyo International Airport, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Biden is in Tokyo to meet with Japan's prime minister and lawmakers for the first leg of his Asia tour that includes China and South Korea. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has opened a weeklong trip to Asia aimed at showing the U.S. is still committed to increasing its engagement and influence in the region.

'Fast and Furious' actor Paul Walker dies in fiery car crash

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:11 PM PST

(L-R) Actors Jordana Brewster, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel speak onstage during the 2013 MTV Movie Awards at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California on April 14, 2013Fans and fellow actors on Sunday mourned the death of Paul Walker, best known as undercover agent Brian O'Connor in the "Fast and Furious" action movies, in a fiery car crash in California. Walker, 40, appeared in all but one of the six movies in the popular franchise, and was a leading protagonist along with Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez. "It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide," the late actor's publicists wrote on his Facebook account on Saturday. The publicists wrote that they were "stunned and saddened beyond belief by this news." The message was also linked to Walker's Twitter account.

Syria war crimes evidence implicates Assad

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:07 PM PST

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay gives a press conference in Geneva, on December 2, 2013Evidence has been uncovered in Syria that implicates President Bashar al-Assad and members of his inner circle in war crimes and crimes against humanity, a top UN official said Monday. A UN probe into rights violations committed during 33 months of brutal conflict "has produced massive evidence ... (of) very serious crimes, war crimes, crimes against humanity," United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said. It is the first time evidence by a UN-mandated commission has directly implicated Assad in crimes committed during Syria's civil war, which has killed an estimated 126,000 people, according to new figures released by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group. The four-member UN investigative team, which has been probing rights violations since shortly after fighting broke out, has accused both the regime and the rebels of war crimes.

Steelers RB Bell feels "lucky" after big hit

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:07 PM PST

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers rookie running back Le'Veon Bell says he's "lucky" to have only sustained a concussion following a big hit at the goal line late in last Thursday's 22-20 loss to Baltimore.

Home searched in probe of Chiefs parking lot death

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:02 PM PST

Kansas City, Mo. police work a crime scene in parking lot A outside Arrowhead Stadium, in Kansas City, Mo., after a person was killed Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Police Chief Darryl Forte said the death is being investigated as a homicide and that two suspects are in custody. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officers searched a suburban Kansas City home Monday as part of an investigation into the death of a man following a parking lot scuffle during the Sunday's game between the Chiefs and Denver Broncos.

'Cyber Monday' highlights online holiday shopping rise

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:01 PM PST

A general view of Amazon's Fulfilment Centre is pictured in Peterborough, central England, on November 28, 2013The early buzz is that "Black Friday" shopping weekend was a bit of a disappointment for retailers, but hopes remained high that "Cyber Monday" would score big gains. This year's installment of Cyber Monday, which offers up its own plethora of online promotions on the heels of the aggressive "Black Friday" price-cutting, comes amid greater-than-ever signs of the increased importance of online shopping to the entire retail industry. Forecasters project just three to four percent growth in the entire retail sector this holiday season, while online shopping is expected to soar 13 to 14 percent in the 2013 season. Christopher estimates that online shopping will account for 13.5 percent of the total retail shopping sales this holiday season, up from 12.3 percent last year.

Fertility doctors aim to lower rate of twin births

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:58 AM PST

In this photograph taken Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, Ken Ernst, left, and his wife Abigail Ernst, right, pose for The Associated Press with their 2-month-old daughter, Lucy, in their Oldwick, N.J. home. The couple conceived Lucy by using only one embryo through in vitro fertilization. With nearly half of all babies born using advanced fertility help being multiple births, doctors are now urging more couples to attempt pregnancy with just a single embryo. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)BOSTON (AP) — Doctors are reporting an epidemic — of twins. Nearly half of all babies born with advanced fertility help are multiple births, new federal numbers show.

Stocks slip on disappointing Thanksgiving sales

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:56 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers spent less over the Thanksgiving weekend and that is weighing on stocks Monday.

NH hospital worker gets 39 years in hepatitis case

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:52 AM PST

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Hampshire shows David Kwiatkowski, a former lab technician at Exeter, N.H. The traveling hospital technician was accused of infecting patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes is being sentenced Monday Dec. 2, 2013 in Concord, N.H. Kwiatkowski, who has admitted stealing painkillers and replacing them with saline-filled syringes tainted with his blood, pleaded guilty in August to 16 federal drug charges and is being sentenced Monday, Dec. 2, 2013(. AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office, File)CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling medical technician was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and infecting dozens of patients in four states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes.

Some Dems keep distance as Obama popularity drops

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:52 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack Obama's popularity swooned in November. Now they are awkwardly distancing themselves from him a year before the election, seeking the right balance between independence and betrayal. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack Obama's popularity swooned in November. Now they are awkwardly distancing themselves from him a year before the election, seeking the right balance between independence and betrayal.

Trial delayed in Ala suit over 2009 piracy case

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:51 AM PST

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge delayed the trial set for Monday in a lawsuit crew members filed against two shipping companies after pirates seized a U.S. cargo ship off the coast of Somalia in 2009, an attack portrayed in the recent movie "Captain Phillips."

NATO chief: US deal with Afghanistan crucial

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:47 AM PST

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, right, and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg address the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday Dec. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO won't be able to deploy its noncombat training and advisory mission in Afghanistan after next year unless President Hamid Karzai agrees to a bilateral security agreement with the U.S., the alliance's secretary-general said Monday.

Amazon.com sees delivery drones as future

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:47 AM PST

This undated image provided by Amazon.com shows the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project that Amazon is working on in its research and development labs. Amazon says it will take years to advance the technology and for the Federal Aviation Administration to create the necessary rules and regulations, but CEO Jeff Bezos said Sunday Dec. 1, 2013, there's no reason Drones can't help get goods to customers in 30 minutes or less. (AP Photo/Amazon)NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com is working on a way to get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less — via self-guided drone.

White House: 375,000 visits to health care website

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:37 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the government's health care website received 375,000 visitors on Monday by noon. That's a surge in use on the first business day since Obama administration officials declared that the government's beleaguered online insurance service was now able to accommodate a vast majority of users.

Trial opens for officers in death of homeless man

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:35 AM PST

This undated photo provided by Ron Thomas shows his son, Kelly Thomas. It's been more than two years since Thomas died in a violent confrontation with police. One of the officers, Manuel Ramos, has been charged with second-degree murder, marking the first murder trial of a uniformed police officer in conservative Orange County's history. Jay Cicinelli, 42, has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and use of excessive force. Both are free on bail. (AP Photo/Courtesy Ron Thomas)SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Two California police officers escalated a routine encounter with a homeless man into a beating that left him lying unconscious in a pool of blood and caused his death days later, a prosecutor said on Monday.

Obama reveals $100 million HIV research initiative

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:34 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks during a World AIDS Day event, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative at the National Institutes of Health in pursuit of a cure for HIV.
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