| Northwest Missouri tops Lenoir-Rhyne 43-28 Posted: 21 Dec 2013 01:01 PM PST  FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Trevor Adams passed for 277 yards and three touchdowns to lead Northwest Missouri State to a 43-28 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday in the Division II championship game.
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| Nets star Lopez faces season end with broken foot Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:59 PM PST  Brooklyn Nets star center Brook Lopez has been diagnosed with a broken bone in his right foot, the club announced Saturday, and could be lost for the remainder of the NBA season. Nets scoring leader Lopez suffered a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot in a 121-120 over-time loss at Philadelphia on Friday. The Nets said they will consult with doctors next week and update Lopez's condition, although the New York Daily News reported Lopez would miss the rest of the Nets' season.
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| AP source: Choo agrees to 7-year deal with Texas Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:53 PM PST A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that free agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo has agreed to a $130 million, seven-year contract with the Texas Rangers. |
| Raul Castro issues stern warning to entrepreneurs Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:51 PM PST  HAVANA (AP) — President Raul Castro issued a stern warning to entrepreneurs pushing the boundaries of Cuba's economic reform, telling parliament on Saturday that "those pressuring us to move faster are moving us toward failure."
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| Obama keeping with tense situation in South Sudan Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:50 PM PST  HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama says any effort in South Sudan to seize power through military force will lead the U.S. and others to cut off support.
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| Court docs: Rangers' Martin victim in ransom plot Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:40 PM PST  MIAMI (AP) — Like many Cuban baseball stars, outfielder Leonys Martin dreamed of leaving the communist island for the bright lights and big money of Major League Baseball. Martin accomplished his goal in 2011 when he signed with the Texas Rangers, but not before what court documents and the Justice Department describe as a harrowing ordeal in which he was held for ransom in Mexico while his family members were kept under surveillance in South Florida.
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| Illinois sheriff's investigator killed at party Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:34 PM PST BELLWOOD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois sheriff's investigator was fatally shot while trying to break up an armed robbery outside a family Christmas party, authorities said Saturday. |
| Online shopping popular, but won't save season Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:28 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — More Americans are deciding to shop online this holiday season instead of heading to crowded stores.
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| Pope Francis visits Rome children's hospital Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:22 PM PST  ROME (AP) — Young patients at Rome's main children's hospital have presented Pope Francis with a basket full of notes expressing their wishes, most of all to get well.
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| Randolph, Grizzlies beat Knicks 95-87, end skid Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:20 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Zach Randolph had 25 points and 15 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a five-game losing streak with a 95-87 victory over the New York Knicks on Saturday.
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| US aircraft attacked, fighting escalates in South Sudan Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:06 PM PST  US aircraft flown into South Sudan to help with evacuation efforts on Saturday came under fire, wounding four US servicemen, officials said, as fighting in the country escalated. Three US military Osprey aircraft were hit as they headed to Bor, a rebel-held city in Jonglei state, US officials said. "The damaged aircraft diverted to Entebbe, Uganda, where the wounded were transferred onboard a US Air Force C-17 and flown to Nairobi, Kenya for medical treatment," an updated Pentagon statement said. The US operation was part of a major regional effort to evacuate foreign nationals from South Sudan, officials said.
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| Putin foe Khodorkovsky meets family a free man in Berlin Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:04 PM PST  Russia's former richest man and ardent Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky was reunited Saturday with his family after his surprise early release from a Russian prison and lightning transfer to Germany. A day after he was whisked away from his prison camp in a remote corner of northern Russia, Khodorkovsky was ensconced in one of the most luxurious hotels in the German capital. The extraordinary operation was worked out behind the scenes with the German government and came about after negotiations between German former foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After meeting the 50-year-old ex-oil tycoon for more than an hour, Germany's Greens MP Marieluise Beck said his return to Russia was "not on the agenda" but added that she had no mandate to talk about his plans.
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| In rural Wisconsin, nurses come to the farm Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:03 PM PST  SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin dairy farmer Kevin Ainsworth rushed to the emergency room in 1992, when he sliced off the tip of his finger. Other than a quick trip in 2010 when a test during a blood donation raised a false alarm about hepatitis C, that was his last visit to a doctor.
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| Ice pellets and snow frustrate holiday travel rush Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:47 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — A storm with a 2,000-mile footprint threatened to frustrate Christmas travelers from Texas to Nova Scotia with a little of everything Mother Nature has to offer, from freezing rain, ice and snow to flooding, thunderstorms and possibly some tornadoes in the South.
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| Body of British doctor who died in Syria returns to family Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:46 AM PST  Human Rights Watch also piled the pressure on Syrian authorities, accusing the government of "wreaking disaster" in deadly air raids on second city Aleppo. On the diplomatic front, peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held talks with the foreign minister of Syria's ally Iran, after negotiators failed to agree on a role for Tehran in a peace conference. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Doctor Abbas Khan's body was brought out of Syria and given to his family and British officials in Beirut. "The British embassy in Lebanon is expected to rapidly fly the body to London," a statement said.
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| Memorials mark Lockerbie attack anniversary Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:37 AM PST ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Families of some of the 270 people who died in the bombing of an airliner over Scotland 25 years ago gathered Saturday for memorial services in the U.S. and Britain. |
| 3 US military aircraft hit in S. Sudan, 4 wounded Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:33 AM PST  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunfire hit three U.S. military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became a battle ground between the country's military and renegade troops, officials said. Four U.S. service members were wounded in the attack in the same region where gunfire downed a U.N. helicopter the day before.
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| San Francisco transit, union leaders reach deal Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:30 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit officials and labor union leaders announced a new deal early Saturday, saying the final issue in their ongoing dispute has been resolved. |
| Bayern's rivals slump to shock defeats Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:27 AM PST  Bayern Munich's main rivals failed to dent the European champions' seven-point lead in the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund both suffering shock defeats on Saturday. On the final German league weekend of 2013 before the winter break, Bayern were absent in Morocco preparing to take on Raja Casablanca on Saturday night in Marrakech in the Club World Cup final. Leverkusen and Dortmund's defeats means Pep Guardiola's Bayern can go ten points clear if they beat VfB Stuttgart in their catch-up fixture on January 29.
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| 4 arrested on murder charges in NJ mall carjacking Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:23 AM PST  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Four men have been arrested on charges of murder, conspiracy and other counts in the carjacking death of a man shot in front of his wife outside an upscale mall in northern New Jersey last weekend, authorities said Saturday.
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| Russian oligarch Khodorkovsky reunited with family Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:21 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — The former oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky was reunited with his family in Berlin on Saturday, a day after being released from a decade-long imprisonment in Russia.
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| Even in willing states, health law's rollout rocky Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:08 AM PST  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A bug-ridden website. Endless wait times on a toll-free helpline. Error-laden data sent to insurance companies.
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| Czech Christian Democrats accept posts in center-left coalition Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:06 AM PST  By Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Christian Democratic Party leadership accepted posts in a potential center-left coalition on Saturday, clearing the way for the prospective prime minister to present a cabinet to the president by the end of the year. The smallest party in the emerging center-left majority coalition was granted its demand to run the Agriculture Ministry along with two other cabinet positions, the Culture Ministry and a ministry without portfolio. "We have given preference to stability, so we would have a chance to start a good period for the country in the next four years," the Christian Democrat's vice chairman, Marian Jurecka, said on television. The central European country is run now by a caretaker government lacking a mandate to push through major legislation while the economy recovers from a record-long recession.
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| Obama stresses economic issues in China envoy pick Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:03 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Making Sen. Max Baucus the next ambassador to China reflects the importance the U.S. places on advancing its economic relationship with Beijing despite recent strains on security issues.
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| US releases more documents on surveillance origins Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:03 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of national intelligence on Saturday declassified more documents that show how the National Security Agency was first authorized to start collecting bulk phone and Internet records in the hunt for al-Qaida terrorists.
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| U.S. aircraft hit by gunfire in South Sudan Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:59 AM PST  By Carl Odera JUBA (Reuters) - Three U.S. aircraft came under fire from unidentified forces on Saturday while trying to evacuate Americans from a spiraling conflict in South Sudan. Nearly a week of fighting in South Sudan threatens to drag the world's newest country into a Dinka-Nuer ethnic civil war just two years after it won independence from Sudan with strong support from successive U.S. administrations. The United Nations mission in South Sudan said one of four U.N. helicopters sent to Youai, in Jonglei state, had come under small-arms fire on Friday. Hundreds of people have been killed in the fighting between Dinka loyalists of President Salva Kiir and Nuer supporters of former Vice-President Riek Machar, who was sacked in July and is accused by the government of trying to seize power.
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| Bode Miller improving race by race ahead of Sochi Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:55 AM PST  VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — Bode Miller, improving race by race, appears right on schedule to peak for the Sochi Olympics in February.
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| UK, US, Libya call for justice over Lockerbie, 25 years on Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:54 AM PST  Britain, the United States and Libya issued a joint call Saturday for justice over the Lockerbie bombing as services were held to mark the 25th anniversary of the attack, which claimed 270 lives. The three governments gave their "deepest condolences" to relatives of those who died when Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, en route from London to New York. Scotland's leader Alex Salmond was among the mourners laying wreaths on Sunday at Lockerbie's Dryfesdale Cemetery, which houses a memorial to the victims.
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| Polish pranksters stop tram to film Tolkien scene Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:42 AM PST WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It's almost like in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of The Ring:" Gandalf stands in the way of Balrog and tells him to "go back to the shadow" to buy time for fleeing Frodo Baggins and his companions. |
| Syrian rebels seize strategic hospital in Aleppo Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:36 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels seized control a strategic hospital near Aleppo, giving a boost to beleaguered anti-government forces in the northern city after days of relentless airstrikes on opposition-held neighborhoods there, activists said Saturday.
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| Fragile Greek coalition's majority shrinks Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:34 AM PST  By Harry Papachristou and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek coalition government's majority in parliament shrank to just three seats on Saturday after a lawmaker rebelled over a controversial new law to extend property taxes to farmland. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's majority of 26 seats after last year's election has dwindled to the point where it raises the risk of political instability that could hamper recovery and Greece's ability to meet targets for its international bailout. Samaras expelled lawmaker Byron Polydoras from the conservatives' parliamentary group after he refused to back the new tax law demanded by Greece's lenders. His expulsion reduces the parliamentary group of Samaras's conservative-Socialist coalition government to 153 in the 300-seat parliament.
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| USA edge Europe in Duel in the Pool thriller Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:31 AM PST  The United States edged Europe by a single point as the Duel in the Pool came down to a thrilling tie-breaker in Glasgow on Saturday. After 30 events over two days at the Tollcross Swimming Centre, the venue for the swimming events at next year's Commonwealth Games, the two sides were locked on 131 points. Inspired by local favourite Michael Jamieson, who prevailed in the 200 metres breaststroke, the European side had built a 68-54 lead after Friday's first day. They carried their momentum into Saturday's early races, but the USA hit back with wins for Michael McBroom, Conor Dwyer, Olivia Smoliga, Eugene Godsoe, Jessica Hardy and Kevin Cordes.
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| Diageo to challenge India court ruling voiding United Spirits sale Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:26 AM PST  British drinks giant Diageo said Saturday it will challenge an Indian court decision annulling its purchase of some shares of United Spirits that threatens its control of India's biggest liquor firm. Friday's ruling came five months after Diageo announced it sealed a 52.4-billion rupee ($845 million) deal to aquire a quarter of United Spirits' shares which made it the Indian company's controlling shareholder. "We do not believe there are any grounds for declaring the sale of shares in United Spirits Ltd purchased by Diageo on July 4 from United Breweries Holdings Ltd (UBHL) as void," Diageo said in a statement.
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| Turkey's Erdogan alleges international plot Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:24 AM PST  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed a huge graft probe in which the sons of two ministers were charged Saturday was an international conspiracy. The case that erupted on Tuesday and targeted 89 people, including some of Erdogan's closest allies, has triggered a crescendo of reactions from Turkey's strongman. Rattled by the worst scandal of his 11-year rule and with crucial polls three months away, Erdogan has already purged the police command for cooperating with the investigation and on Saturday took it out on foreign ambassadors.
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| Iraq general among 15 soldiers killed in raid on Qaeda Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:20 AM PST  Ramadi (Iraq) (AFP) - Five senior Iraqi officers, including a divisional commander, and 10 soldiers were killed Saturday in a raid on an Al-Qaeda hideout in the west of the country, military officers said. Violence elsewhere killed 10 people, including a police chief, four other police and a soldier, security officials and doctors said. Mohammed al-Karoui, the commander of the army's 7th Division, was leading an operation to attack "hideouts of militants belonging to the Al-Qaeda organisation" in Sunni-majority Anbar province, which borders Syria. He was killed along with four other senior army officers and 10 soldiers when they attacked a camp near Rutba, 380 kilometres (235 miles) west of Baghdad, the military officers said.
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| Spacewalking astronauts make speedy station repairs Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:14 AM PST  Two American astronauts made quick progress during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Saturday to replace a broken equipment cooling system, NASA said. The risky outing was called for earlier this week after a cooling valve failed on December 11, leaving NASA no other option but to replace an ammonia pump at the orbiting lab. The problem caused a partial shutdown in the system that regulates equipment temperature at the space station, but did not pose any danger to the six-man crew, NASA said. "They will be replanning that spacewalk," a NASA commentator said, in light of the extra progress made on Saturday.
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| Liverpool go top, City rally, United roll on in Premier League Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:12 AM PST  Liverpool took over at the top of the Premier League table on Saturday, while Manchester City climbed to second place and Manchester United continued their recent revival. With previous leaders Arsenal and Chelsea facing off at the Emirates Stadium on Monday, Liverpool took advantage with a 3-1 win over Cardiff City that took them a point above Arsene Wenger's side. Manchester City followed their lead by winning 4-2 at Fulham to move above Arsenal on goal difference.
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| Freed Khodorkovsky likely to steer clear of politics Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:05 AM PST  Russia's former richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky is likely to stay out of the nitty-gritty of Russian politics following his decade-long prison ordeal but could still exercise a degree of moral authority. With the extraordinary military-style transfer from prison in a remote region of northern Russia to Berlin shrouded in secrecy, it is still unclear when Khodorkovsky will return to his homeland or even if he ever plans to go back. While chief executive of the Yukos oil giant that he built up through the shady privatisation deals of the 1990s, Khodorkovsky began to finance opposition to President Vladimir Putin and to boldly criticise his rule. Yet it is highly improbable that Khodorkovsky, in the short term at least, could become a political leader for the Russian opposition which has lost momentum since rocking Putin with mass protests in the winter of 2011-2012.
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| Syrian photographer killed in Aleppo Posted: 21 Dec 2013 09:49 AM PST  A Syrian photographer who took pictures for Reuters on a freelance basis has been killed while covering fighting in Aleppo, activists said. Molhem Barakat died on Friday as he took photographs of a battle over a hospital between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. As well as covering the conflict, Barakat took pictures showing the life of ordinary Syrians in the divided city, which used to be Syria's commercial hub.
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| NASA astronauts tackle urgent spacewalking repairs Posted: 21 Dec 2013 09:46 AM PST  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts removed an old space station pump Saturday, sailing through the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks to revive a crippled cooling line.
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