| Hundreds flock to 'weeping' Mary statue in Israel Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:31 PM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of people have flocked to a small town in northern Israel to view a statue of the Virgin Mary that residents say "weeps" oil.
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| Algeria: Plane crash kills 77 but 1 man survives Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:27 PM PST  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian military transport plane slammed into a mountain Tuesday in the country's rugged eastern region, killing 77 people and leaving just one survivor, the defense ministry said.
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| Yellen to investors: Expect continuity at the Fed Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:26 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen sought Tuesday to reassure investors that she will embrace the approach to interest-rate policy that her predecessor, Ben Bernanke, pursued before he stepped down as chairman last month.
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| Drone use highlights questions for journalists Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:26 PM PST  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As police responded to a deadly car crash, they noticed an increasingly familiar sight: a remote-controlled aircraft, equipped with a video camera, hovering over the wreckage.
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| Badgley Mischka's collection sparkles in gold Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:26 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Badgley Mischka sent sparkly gold gowns and floral blue brocades down the runway Tuesday with warm fur hats and cozy tweeds in a mix of red carpet dazzle and clothes for everyday wear.
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| NBC's Costas sitting out with eye infection Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:19 PM PST With both eyes reddened by an infection, NBC's Bob Costas said Tuesday he will sit out the network's prime-time Olympics coverage for at least one night. "Today" show anchor Matt Lauer will take his place in Sochi. |
| France's Hollande calls for quick EU-U.S. trade deal Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:18 PM PST  By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday speed is of the essence for a European Union-U.S. trade deal and that the accord would strengthen economic growth on both sides of the Atlantic. "As soon as principles have been set, as soon as mandates have been given, speed is not a problem, it's of the essence," Hollande told a joint news conference with President Barack Obama at the White House. Otherwise, we know there would be a pileup of fears, of threats, of anxiety," Hollande said. "So, if we are in good faith, if we are all respectful of the other party's position, if we are attached to growth, we can move quickly." However, quick movement on trade issues is in doubt in the United States amid resistance from members of the president's Democratic Party to a bill deemed crucial for getting Congress to pass trade deals.
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| Report: Authorities justified in Dorner shootout Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:19 PM PST SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — San Bernardino County prosecutors say dozens of law enforcement officers were justified in using deadly force in a shootout that ended in the suicide of cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner last year inside a burning mountain cabin. |
| Oil slips below $100; pump price up another penny Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:17 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil slipped back below $100 a barrel Tuesday as the new head of the U.S. Federal Reserve promised to maintain the central bank's approach to monetary policy. |
| Package explodes, killing Tenn. lawyer at home Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:14 PM PST LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say an explosion that killed a former Tennessee lawyer came from a package sent to his rural home. |
| 3 years after Mubarak, reports of abuses in Egypt Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:14 PM PST  CAIRO (AP) — On the third anniversary of the day Hosni Mubarak stepped down as Egypt's president after an 18-day uprising, the government blocked access to Tahrir Square on Tuesday and letters emerged from activists reporting that they have been beaten and subjected to other abuses by police after being arrested in a string of protests in late January.
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| Ivanovic advances to 2nd round in Qatar Open Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:13 PM PST  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Ninth-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday after Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova retired from their match with a right knee injury.
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| AP PHOTOS: 10 things to know about Shirley Temple Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:10 PM PST  She was the biggest of child stars. She was the top U.S. box-office draw from 1935 to 1938, bigger than Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper or Joan Crawford. She kept children singing "On the Good Ship Lollipop" for generations, retired from acting at age 21 and went on to a diplomatic career. Here's a look at the life of Shirley Temple, who died Monday at age 85:
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| Republicans set stage for raising debt limit Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:10 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Unwilling to risk spooking the markets, and leading a fractured GOP majority, House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday stepped back from a confrontation with Democrats to let Congress vote on increasing the government's borrowing cap without trying to extract any concessions from the White House.
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| Investigators: Package sent to Tenn. house exploded, killing former lawyer, injuring woman. Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:08 PM PST LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Investigators: Package sent to Tenn. house exploded, killing former lawyer, injuring woman. |
| Atlanta area braces for ice storm; 4 die in Texas Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:07 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — The city dodged the first punch of a dangerous winter storm Tuesday, but forecasters warned of a potentially "catastrophic" second blow in the form of a thick layer of ice that threatened to bring hundreds of thousands of power outages and leave people in their cold, dark homes for days.
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| Turkish editor hits out at media coercion under Erdogan Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:05 PM PST  By Nick Tattersall and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A prominent Turkish newspaper editor has openly decried government pressure on the media, saying journalists live in fear, in unusually blunt criticism of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's leadership months ahead of elections. Erdogan faces one of the greatest challenges of his 11-year rule as he battles a graft scandal he sees as orchestrated to unseat him, triggering an open feud with an influential U.S.-based cleric whose followers say they number in the millions. He has reacted by reassigning thousands of police officers and hundreds of prosecutors - 166 more of them on Tuesday - in an effort to cleanse the influence of the cleric, Fethullah Gulen, and by seeking tighter controls over the Internet, actions his critics say highlight his authoritarian instincts. Erdogan's AK Party remains by far Turkey's most popular, controlling most of the country, and he is widely expected to emerge either as president or prime minister for a fourth term from an election cycle starting with local voting in March.
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| Technology firms urge changes to US spying Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:04 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of the nation's leading technology firms joined an international protest Tuesday against the U.S. government's spying programs, urging more limits on collections of Americans' electronic data and greater oversight and transparency about the secret operations. |
| The Olsens offer warm clothes for a freezing city Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:04 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A frigid, brutal wind was whipping off the nearby Hudson River as one approached the unassuming building in Manhattan's West Village where Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen base their high-end fashion label, The Row.
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| Christie says bridge scandal won't impede work Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that the bridge scandal facing him is disappointing but not a distraction from his job as governor — or from his effort to raise money for Republican candidates for governor.
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| Nuke reform drive features ideas tried 5 years ago Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years ago the Air Force considered a series of proposals to boost morale and fix performance and security lapses in its nuclear missile corps, according to internal emails and documents obtained by The Associated Press. But many fell short or died on the vine, and now, with the force again in crisis, it's retracing those earlier steps.
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| Despite Homs truce, no evacuations, no food entry Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:58 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Aid workers failed to evacuate anyone from blockaded rebel-held neighborhoods in the central Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday or deliver any food, increasing pressure on them to complete the ambitious humanitarian operation before a fragile truce expires, activists and Syrian Red Crescent officials said.
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| IRS loses appeal on new rules for tax preparers Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:57 PM PST McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The IRS on Tuesday lost a federal appeal in a legal battle over its effort to institute competency exams and other new regulations for as many as 700,000 paid tax preparers. |
| Stag state dinner for Hollande has French twist Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:56 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Caviar and cotton candy are on the menu. Actor Bradley Cooper is on the guest list. Mary J. Blige is set to perform. Yet much of the focus for Tuesday's glitzy state dinner for French President Francois Hollande centers on the fact that he's flying solo following a very public breakup from his first lady after being caught in a tryst with another woman.
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| Court turns down Gitmo force-feeding challenge Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:56 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday turned away a challenge to force-feeding Guantanamo Bay detainees on a hunger strike, but left the door open to legal efforts aimed at ending the practice. |
| Thousands flock to 'weeping' Mary statue in Israel Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:54 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of people have flocked to a small town in northern Israel to view a statue of the Virgin Mary that residents say "weeps" oil. |
| House approves military pension bill Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:53 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to restore full cost of living increases to pension benefits for younger military retirees, responding eagerly to election-year pressure from veterans groups. |
| Republicans to offer condition-free US debt ceiling hike Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:52 PM PST  House Republicans introduced a measure Tuesday to extend US borrowing authority with no conditions attached, signalling they are stepping back from an election-year fiscal showdown. House Speaker John Boehner, unable to gain sufficient support from his fractured party for a plan he unveiled Monday that would have tied the debt limit to a revision of military pension benefits, said he will now seek to pass a clean debt ceiling hike with help from Democrats. The capitulation marks a clear victory for President Barack Obama in the wake of last October's crippling government shutdown that Americans blamed largely on Republicans. Boehner described it as "a lost opportunity," telling reporters after a private meeting with his caucus that the two parties could have "worked together" to find cuts and reforms equal to or greater than the increase in the debt limit.
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| Podladtchikov dethrones halfpipe legend White Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:52 PM PST  Rosa Khutor (Russia) (AFP) - Swiss Iouri Podladtchikov produced one of the big upsets of the Olympics as he dethroned superstar Shaun White to win men's snowboard halfpipe gold on Tuesday. American White, the two-time defending champion, didn't even make it onto the podium, shunted off by a pair of Japanese teenagers. Podladtchikov scored a mammoth 94.75 points with 15-year-old Ayumu Hirano second on 93.50 and 18-year-old Taku Hiraoka third on 92.25. "I feel like I'm fainting, I haven't eaten much, I really can't believe it," said Podladtchikov, who is known on the snowboarding tour as "I-Pod".
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| Grenade attack kills 13 moviegoers in Pakistan Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:52 PM PST  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Assailants threw grenades into a crowded movie theater in northwestern Pakistan Tuesday, killing 13 people, officials said, in an attack that shows the challenges as negotiators face off in talks between the Taliban and the government.
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| Sprint chief touts telecom consolidation Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:52 PM PST  The head of US number three wireless carrier Sprint on Tuesday touted consolidation for the US mobile industry, but declined to comment on a potential tie-up with T-Mobile USA. Sprint chief executive Dan Hesse said he had argued for some time that industry consolidation -- excluding leaders AT&T and Verizon -- "would be better for the country and better for consumers." Hesse declined to comment on specific potential transactions, including reports that Sprint is considering a bid for number four T-Mobile. Sprint has received preliminary financing offers worth some $30 billion for a T-Mobile purchase.
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| US to crack down on ivory to protect elephants Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:50 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is cracking down on the sale and purchase of ivory in hopes of curbing a surge in illicit poaching that's threatening to wipe out elephants and other species in Africa.
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| Burch uses armor, medieval tapestry in fall show Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:50 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — How's this for an original fashion show theme? Tory Burch says both her parents and her grandparents collected suits of armor when she was a child.
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| Jan Karon writing new Mitford novel Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:49 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Jan Karon is going back to Mitford.
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| Afghan capital sees 1st polio case since 2001 Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:48 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A young girl from Kabul has been diagnosed with polio, the first case linked to Afghanistan's capital since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, according to officials. |
| Washington Gov. Jay Inslee suspends death penalty Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:47 PM PST  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday he was suspending the use of the death penalty in Washington state, announcing a move that he hopes will enable officials to "join a growing national conversation about capital punishment."
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| Takanashi, White flop in Sochi Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:44 PM PST  Sochi (Russia) (AFP) - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi and snowboarding pioneer Shaun White suffered embarrassing Winter Olympics flops Tuesday as both were left without medals after failing dismally to live up to the runaway hype. Takanashi, the 17-year-old World Cup champion and overwhelming favourite to triumph as women's ski jumping finally made its Olympic bow after a gruelling 10-year battle, could only finish fourth as the form which had seen her take 10 wins in 13 outings this season deserted her. "I couldn't jump the way I wanted to on both attempts," said Takanashi. Takanashi wasn't the only gold medal favourite finishing off the podium as America's Shaun White, the two-time defending halfpipe champion, was fourth behind Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland and Japanese teenagers Ayumu Hirano and Taku Hiraoka.
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| Winter storm wallops the South; 4 killed in Texas Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:43 PM PST ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal says the state has 65 shelters open and about 180 tons of additional salt and sand has been brought in as the Atlanta area prepares for an ice storm. |
| White falls to the I-Pod in Olympic stunner Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:41 PM PST  KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Shaun White lost to a kid they call the "I-Pod," and now, he may never hear the end of it.
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| Walsh sworn in as Montana senator, replaces Baucus Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:36 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — John Walsh became the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday and faces the challenge of making his appointment more permanent.
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