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Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby wins giant slalom

Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby wins giant slalom

Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby wins giant slalom

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 01:08 PM PST

Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby bends a gate as she heads down course during the first run of the women's World Cup giant slalom skiing event, in Beaver Creek, Colo., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jessica Lindell-Vikarby of Sweden won a World Cup giant slalom Sunday, holding off 18-year-old American Mikaela Shiffrin with a fluid final run.

Record crowds over weekend, but spending declined

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 01:08 PM PST

President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, center, and Malia, pays for his purchase the the local bookstore Politics and Prose in northwest Washington, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Did retailers shoot themselves in the foot?

Patriots rally for 34-31 win over Texans

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 01:05 PM PST

Houston Texans' Ben Tate (44) runs for a touchdown past New England Patriots' Devin McCourty (32) during the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 371 yards and two scores, and Stephen Gostkowski made two long field goals in the fourth quarter as New England Patriots rallied for a 34-31 win over Houston.

State details case against ex-Penn State president

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 01:04 PM PST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state attorney general's office filed papers Friday that detail the lies it says former Penn State President Graham Spanier told during his grand jury testimony over the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case.

Panthers top Bucs 27-6 for 8th straight win

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 01:03 PM PST

Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Lavonte David (54) is tackled by Carolina Panthers' Edmund Kugbila (70) after an interception in the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone)CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, and the Carolina Panthers defeated Tampa Bay 27-6 Sunday for a franchise-record eighth straight regular-season victory.

No Beaver Creek treble for Gut

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 01:01 PM PST

Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby powers her way in the first run of the women's giant slalom at the FIS Ski World Cup in Beaver Creek, Colorado, December 1, 2013Beaver Creek (United States) (AFP) - Lara Gut's bid for a Beaver Creek treble ended Sunday when the Swiss racer failed to finish the first leg of the women's World Cup giant slalom. Gut had dominated the weekend, notching convincing victories in Friday's downhill and Saturday's super-G on the new Raptor course built for the 2015 World Championships. Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby emerged with the victory in the two-leg race ahead of American Mikaela Shiffrin. Despite that disappointment, Gut was delighted to come away from the weekend in the Colorado Rockies with 200 World Cup points.

Eight arrested as Colombia drug ring dismatled

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST

A Colombian drug dealer prepares cocaine for street sale in Bogota, on September 20, 2013Colombian police dismantled a cocaine and heroin network trafficking drugs to the United States, arresting eight people including its leader, authorities said Sunday. According to a report by the Colombian police narcotics division, the US Drug Enforcement Administration participated in the operation. Among those captured was Giovanni Molina, head of the network and a contact for the Los Urabenos gang. Los Urabenos is partially composed of former Colombian paramilitary members and is regarded by authorities as one of the most dangerous drug-trafficking organizations in the country.

New York train crash kills four

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:51 PM PST

Map locating Spuyten Duyvil rail station north of New York city, where a train derailed Sunday killing at least four people, the fire department saidA train hurtled off the tracks in a New York suburb Sunday, killing at least four people, injuring 67 and coming perilously close to plunging into a freezing river. New York emergency services launched a major rescue operation after the train careered off rails in the Bronx district as it headed for Grand Central station in Manhattan. New York fire department said four people were killed, 11 others seriously injured and another 56 had minor wounds. At least one passenger said the train was going faster than normal as it moved along a curve on a downward slope leading into Spuyten Duyvil station, just north of Manhattan.

Stay classy ND: Ron Burgundy co-anchors newscast

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:46 PM PST

Television viewers in Bismarck, N.D., were treated to some real class this weekend when none other than the great Ron Burgundy read them the news.

'Catching Fire,' 'Frozen' break box office records

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:41 PM PST

"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and 3-D animated musical "Frozen" dished up box office records over the Thanksgiving holiday.

PSG, Lyon buses attacked ahead of French league clash

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:41 PM PST

Paris Saint-Germain's Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrives on the field to take part in a warm up session prior to the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Lyon (OL) on December 1, 2013Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon have confirmed to AFP that their team buses were both stoned on their way to the Parc des Princes for Sunday's Ligue 1 clash. "The bus was stoned and the front right window was broken," a PSG staff member said, adding that the incident occurred near to Chaville, a town in the suburbs of the French capital. Lyon's press officer later added that their team bus was attacked too, saying: "Two minutes before we arrived at the stadium, a stone was thrown at one of the side windows." The confirmation came after Canal + television broadcast images of the PSG team bus after it had apparently been damaged.

Croatians vote against same-sex marriage

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:39 PM PST

Residents vote at a polling station in Pula, western Croatia, Sunday Dec. 1, 2013. Croatians on Sunday are voting in a referendum that could ban gay marriages after conservative groups, backed by the Roman Catholic Church, demanded that the country's constitution defines the matrimony as a union of a man and a woman. The issue has divided the European Union's newest member nation. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A majority of Croatians voted in a referendum Sunday to ban gay marriages in what is a major victory for the Catholic Church-backed conservatives in the European Union's newest nation.

Anti-gov't mass rally in Ukraine turns violent

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:35 PM PST

Protesters clash with police guarding the presidential administration building in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. More than 100,000 demonstrators chased away police to rally in the center of Ukraine's capital. Police allowed the rally to proceed peacefully, but when a few thousand protesters tried to storm the nearby presidential administration building with a front loader, riot police used tear gas, truncheons and flash grenades to drive them back. Dozens of people with what appeared to be head injuries were taken away by ambulance.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A protest by about 300,000 Ukrainians angered by their government's decision to freeze integration with the West turned violent Sunday, when a group of demonstrators besieged the president's office and police drove them back with truncheons, tear gas and flash grenades. Dozens of people were injured.

Meyer won't suspend ejected Ohio State players

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:35 PM PST

Ohio State offensive linesman Marcus Hall (79) walks the sidelines after being ejected from the game during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. The third-ranked Buckeyes lost Hall and kick returner Dontre Wilson and the Wolverines lost backup linebacker Royce Jenkins-Stone to ejections. All three players were flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct and had to leave the field after a skirmish. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Ohio State coach Urban Meyer says the players ejected from the Michigan game for fighting will not be suspended for the Big Ten championship game.

Florida fires Pease, Davis after losing season

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:16 PM PST

Florida coach Will Muschamp, center, and staff signals to his players during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Florida Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 in Gainesville, Fla. Florida State won 37-7. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Will Muschamp didn't wait very long to start making changes.

Croatia rejects gay marriage in referendum: partial results

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:12 PM PST

Croatian gay rights supporters hold a giant rainbow flag outside the parliament building in Saint Marko Square in Zagreb during a protest on November 30, 2013 on the eve of a constitutional referendum that could outlaw same-sex marriageA strong majority in staunchly Catholic Croatia voted Sunday to outlaw same-sex marriage in a referendum sought by a Church-backed group but strongly opposed by rights groups, partial results showed. A total of 64.84 percent of voters said "yes" to the question of whether they wanted to amend the constitution to include a definition of marriage as a "union between a woman and a man", according to partial results from around one-third of polling stations released by the electoral commission. Croatia's current constitution does not define marriage. Passions ran high in Croatia ahead of the vote, with the Church-backed "yes" camp citing the defence of traditional family values, and their opponents accusing them of discrimination against gays.

Israel's former leader slams Netanyahu over US

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:03 PM PST

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says his successor has severely damaged the country's relations with the United States.

7 killed in Chinese-run factory in Italy

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:58 AM PST

MILAN (AP) — A fire early Sunday swept through an illegal, makeshift dormitory in a Chinese-run garment factory in Tuscany, killing seven, firefighters said.

Clashes rage as 100,000 Ukrainians demand EU pact

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:54 AM PST

Dozens of police and protesters were injured Sunday in clashes that broke out as more than 100,000 outraged Ukrainians swarmed Kiev in a call for early elections meant to punish authorities for rejecting a historic EU pact. Defying a protest ban, the energetic crowd chanted "Revolution!" and "Down with the gang" as it drove dozens of helmeted police off Kiev's iconic Independence Square. AFP reporters saw security forces outside President Viktor Yanukovych's seat of power fire dozens of stun grenades and smoke bombs at masked demonstrators who were pelting police with stones and Molotov cocktails. Kiev police spokeswoman Olga Bilyk said by telephone that around 100 officers were wounded in the clashes.

Officials: Speed a factor in Paul Walker crash

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:53 AM 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) — Fans of "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker created a makeshift memorial Sunday at the site where a car he was riding in crashed, killing the actor and a friend.

Police, Morsi supporters clash in Egypt's Tahrir

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:49 AM PST

Protesters gather near a burning police vehicle set afire during clashes with security forces, near Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Several hundred students and supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president joined to protest the death of Mohammed Reda, a student who was killed in clashes on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, near Cairo University. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)CAIRO (AP) — Police fired tear gas to drive hundreds of supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president from Cairo's famed Tahrir Square on Sunday, as a panel tasked with amending a constitution adopted during his time in office convened for a second day.

New York train derailment kills four, injures 63

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:34 AM PST

By Noreen O'Donnell NEW YORK (Reuters) - A suburban New York train derailed on Sunday, killing four people and injuring 63, including 11 critically, when all seven cars of a Metro-North train ran off the tracks on a sharp curve, officials said. The crash happened at 7:20 a.m. about 100 yards (meters) north of Metro North's Spuyten Duyvil station in the city's Bronx borough, said Metro North spokesman Aaron Donovan. The train, headed south toward Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, was about half full at the time of the crash with about 150 passengers and was not scheduled to stop at the Spuyten Duyvil station, said the state's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), parent company of Metro North. "That is a dangerous area on the track just by design," Governor Andrew Cuomo told CNN after touring the site.

Obamacare website vastly improved, bugs fixed

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:32 AM PST

Cathey Park shows her bandaged hand written "I love Obamacare" as she waits to hear Barack Obama speak on healtcare at the Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 30, 2013The troubleshooter appointed by President Barack Obama to overhaul a bungled health care website rollout said Sunday that improvements had made a "night and day" difference in handling online traffic. The White House has admitted previously that the launch of Healthcare.gov, where people can sign up for health insurance, was a debacle and the Obama administration pledged that the vast majority of potential customers would be able to enroll online by the end of November. Jeffrey Zients, an Obama advisor recently given the job of finding fixes to end the website woes and get the president's signature policy achievement back on track, said technical problems were being overcome.

New Rubik's Cube models include puzzle for blind

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:24 AM PST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Company executives say new models of Rubik's Cube are being launched in an effort to battle counterfeit models, many of which are made in China.

White House meets goals for HealthCare.gov, but more work ahead

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:23 AM PST

A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationTwo months after the disastrous launch of a website that is a key component of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, administration officials said on Sunday they had met their goal of getting the HealthCare.gov site running smoothly but warned that it needs more fixes. Obama adviser Jeffrey Zients said a five-week emergency "tech surge" had doubled the capacity of the online health insurance portal that is crucial to helping millions of people shop for insurance plans, while making it more responsive and less prone to errors. The administration said the effort's key improvement was to increase HealthCare.gov's capacity to 50,000 simultaneous users, which would allow the site to handle a minimum of 800,000 users per day.

Iraq cafes advised how to stop a suicide bomber

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:19 AM PST

Iraqi police officers and cafe owners attend a seminar suggesting measures to stop a suicide bomber for owners of coffee shops, November 30, 2013, in BaghdadAs violence in Iraq has worsened with attacks hitting a wider array of targets, security officials have held an unusual seminar for cafe owners -- how to stop a suicide bomber. From employing private security guards to reducing the number of open entrances, officials gave tips on spotting and deterring militants, hoping to curb the country's worst wave of violence since 2008. Shootings and bombings have struck all manner of targets in Baghdad and elsewhere, but cafes -- where football-mad Iraqis often gather to watch the latest European games -- have been badly hit. Nearly 50 cafes have been bombed nationwide since unrest surged in April -- 25 in Baghdad alone.

Qaeda offshoot claims West Bank foothold after killings

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:19 AM PST

An Islamist group linked to al Qaeda has claimed three militants killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces last week as its members, and said this shows it has taken root in the occupied Palestinian territory. Al Qaeda has struggled to build up significant support in the West Bank, analysts say, and the Palestinian Authority, which administers the area, last week denied an Israeli report that the three men were linked to the organization. "By the will of God Almighty, the global jihadi doctrine has reached the bank of pride, the West Bank, planting its foothold after all attempts to thwart its presence," said Majles Shura al-Mujahideen, or Holy Warriors' Assembly, in a statement posted on an Islamist web forum. Such groups have some grassroots support in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, which is ruled by the Islamist faction Hamas.

NYC train derailment kills 4, hurts more than 60

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:10 AM PST

Cars from a Metro-North passenger train are scattered after the train derailed in the Bronx neighborhood of New York, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. The Fire Department of New York says there are "multiple injuries" in the train derailment, and 130 firefighters are on the scene. Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say the train derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station. (AP Photo/Edwin Valero)NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve derailed Sunday, killing four people, injuring more than 60 and sending a chain of toppled cars trailing off the track just inches from the water, authorities said.

AP source: Florida fires Pease after losing season

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:06 AM PST

Florida coach Will Muschamp, center, and staff signals to his players during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Florida Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 in Gainesville, Fla. Florida State won 37-7. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says Florida has fired offensive coordinator Brent Pease after the program's first losing season since 1979.

UN in Iraq worried about uptick in bodies found

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:03 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, mourners chant slogans against sectarianism while carrying the coffin of Sunni Sheik Adnan Majeed al-Ghanem during his funeral in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The monthly death toll in Iraq dropped by nearly a third to 659 last month, the U.N. said Sunday, but a recent spike in the number of bullet-riddled bodies found on the street has raised fears the country is facing a return to all-out warfare between Sunni and Shiite factions. The Arabic on the coffin reads, "Al-Shati. There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is his messenger." (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — An alarming number of Iraqis killed "execution-style" last month signaled an increase in targeted killings as the overall death toll in Iraq so far this year rose above 8,000, the U.N. said Sunday. The bodies, usually dumped on the street and mutilated, have heightened fears that the country is sliding back toward all-out warfare between Sunni and Shiite factions.

Terry seals Chelsea landmark in style

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:55 AM PST

Chelsea's English defender John Terry celebrates after scoring Chelsea's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Southampton at Stamford Bridge in London on December 1, 2013John Terry marked his 400th Premier League appearance with a second-half goal that helped Chelsea recover from the shock of falling behind after just 15 seconds to beat Southampton 3-1 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The win saw Jose Mourinho's second-placed side move to within four points of Premier League leaders Arsenal. But it took a stirring second half comeback to clinch three points after Jay Rodriguez had given Mauricio Pochettino's visiting side a stunningly quick lead. Gary Cahill headed Chelsea level ten minutes after the restart before Terry celebrated his landmark appearance with the Blues' second goal seven minutes later.

Officials: Worst tech bugs over for Healthcare.gov

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:54 AM PST

This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, on Nov. 29, 2013. The beleaguered health insurance website has had periods of down times as as the government tries to fix the problems. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)WASHINGTON (AP) — The worst of the online glitches, crashes and delays may be over for the problem-plagued government health care website, the Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday.

AP source: Twins, Phil Hughes agree to 3-year deal

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:47 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Yankees' Phil Hughes delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers Saturday in New York. The Minnesota Twins and Hughes agreed to a $24 million, three-year deal, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press. The person requested anonymity because Hughes still has to pass a physical before the contract can become official. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Phil Hughes probably needed to leave hitter-friendly Yankee Stadium, and the Minnesota Twins were desperate for proven arms to strengthen a woeful rotation. The two parties have come together, hoping to help each other out.

Lindell-Vikarby takes lead after 1st GS run

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:41 AM PST

Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby bends a gate as she heads down course during the first run of the women's World Cup giant slalom skiing event, in Beaver Creek, Colo., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jessica Lindell-Vikarby of Sweden had the fastest time in the first run of a World Cup giant slalom Sunday, taking a slight lead over 18-year-old American Mikaela Shiffrin.

Sectarian clashes in northern Lebanese city kill 9

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:31 AM PST

BEIRUT (AP) — Gun battles and rocket fire in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli killed at least nine people and wounded dozens more over the weekend, the latest clash between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

'Catching Fire,' 'Frozen' holiday record breakers

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:27 AM PST

"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" earned a prodigious $75 million, while 3-D animated musical "Frozen" opened with $67 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Bethlehem's Christmas season gets earlier start

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:27 AM PST

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Christmas season begins a little earlier this year.

AP source: Florida fires OC Pease after tough year

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:20 AM PST

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says Florida has fired offensive coordinator Brent Pease after the program's first losing season since 1979.

Clowns help Syrian camp children smile for moment

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:07 AM PST

Moises Queralt, a clown from Mabsutins, a group of clowns from Spain, acts weak as a Syrian refugee child in a karate uniform pulls his arm during their show at Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. It was an unusual day for Syrian refugee children: Pinocchio and other show gigs live Sunday under a wind-swept tent in a sprawling desert camp straddling the Syrian border. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)ZAATARI CAMP, Jordan (AP) — At this sprawling desert camp in Jordan, home to thousands of children who fled Syria's civil war, a few found a moment to smile Sunday watching a troop of clowns.

China launches its first moon rover

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 09:55 AM PST

This file photo shows a model of a lunar rover 'Jade Rabbit', seen on display at the China International Industry Fair in Shanghai, on November 5, 2013Beijing (AFP) - China launched its first moon rover mission early Monday, state TV showed, the latest step in an ambitious space programme seen as a symbol of its rising global stature.
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