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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Navy admiral relays concerns about NSA changes

Navy admiral relays concerns about NSA changes

Navy admiral relays concerns about NSA changes

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — If the U.S. government turns over the bulk collection of telephone data to an independent third party, higher costs and delays in identifying potential threats could result, the Navy admiral nominated to be the next head of the troubled National Security Agency said Tuesday.

Documents: Clinton aide sought 'street teams'

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal court documents say a campaign adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton was personally involved in an off-the-books operation to help the former first lady's 2008 presidential campaign in four states and Puerto Rico.

NHL GMs mull tweaks to rules at meeting

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:21 PM PDT

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — NHL general managers may be nearing recommendations on rule changes but believe there is little need for significant action.

Crimea's parliament pushes for independence

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:17 PM PDT

A woman holds a banner that reads: "Putin is Occupier" during a rally against the breakup of the country in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The Crimean parliament voted Tuesday that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum. Crimea's regional legislature on Tuesday adopted a "declaration of independence of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea." The document specified that Crimea will become an independent state if its residents vote on Sunday in favor of joining Russia in the referendum. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — As the campaign increased for tension-filled Crimea to split off from Ukraine in a weekend referendum and join Russia, the region's parliament said Tuesday that if voters approve the move it would first declare itself an independent state, a maneuver that could de-escalate the standoff between Moscow and the West.

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:16 PM PDT

App Store Official Charts for the week ending March 10, 2014:

Gene mapping study shows promise, challenges

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:14 PM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — These days, it's faster and cheaper than ever to decipher a person's entire DNA. But a small study suggests that looking for disease risks that way may not be ready for the masses.

Doris Day plans animal-friendly birthday bash

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 1989 file photo, actress and animal rights activist Doris Day poses for photos after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award she was presented with at the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Calif. Day is celebrating a landmark birthday with an auction to benefit her favorite cause: animals. A spokesman for Day said Tuesday, March 11, 2014, the nonprofit Doris Day Animal Foundation will mark her 90th birthday in April with a bash in Carmel, Calif. (AP Photo, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Screen legend Doris Day is celebrating a landmark birthday with an auction to benefit her favorite cause: animals.

Donations taken from safe at Osteen's megachurch

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:13 PM PDT

Joel Osteen: 'I'm Naturally Shy and More Reserved'HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston megachurch led by Pastor Joel Osteen (OH'-steen) has been targeted by thieves who stole cash, checks and credit card information from a safe.

Former Christie aides seek to quash subpoenas

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:13 PM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Kelly, and her attorney Michael Critchley, right, arrive at court for a hearing Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Trenton, N.J. Attorneys for Kelly and two-time campaign manager Bill Stepien are in court to try to persuade a judge not to force them to turn over text messages and other private communications to New Jersey legislators investigating the political payback scandal ensnaring Christie's administration. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — It's now up to a judge whether two key figures in a political payback scandal ensnaring Gov. Chris Christie's administration will have to turn over text messages and other private communications to New Jersey lawmakers investigating the case.

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:12 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 15, 2012 file photo released by Point Foundation shows Robin Thicke performing at "Voices On Point" Concert & Gala in Los Angeles. Thisck's iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending March 10, 2014:

US stocks edge lower; Teen retailers slide

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2014 file photo, Glenn Kessler, left, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets steadied Tuesday, March 11, 2014 after a sell-off the day before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Stocks are closing lower as a thin slate of economic news and corporate results left investors unwilling to drive up a market that hit three record highs last week.

Steady health care sign-ups may miss goal

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:10 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 30, 2013 file photo shows Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The administration says more than 900,000 people enrolled for coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law in February. But it's starting to look like the White House could miss its unofficial goal of signing up 6 million people by the end of open enrollment season Mar. 31. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Tuesday it's making steady progress on health care sign-ups, but the White House needs something close to a miracle to meet its goal of enrolling 6 million people by the end of this month.

FDA approves electric headband to prevent migraine

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:09 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a nerve-stimulating headband as the first medical device to prevent migraine headaches.

SoftBank chief woos US, with T-Mobile in view

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:09 PM PDT

Japan's SoftBank Corp. founder and President Masayoshi Son holds a press briefing in Tokyo on February 12, 2014SoftBank, eyeing a tie-up of its US wireless unit Sprint with T-Mobile, stepped up its campaign Thursday, claiming it could boost competition for Americans as it did in Japan. Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive of the Japanese tech giant, touted the benefits of such competition in what was billed as a major address to the US Chamber of Commerce. "Japan had the most expensive Internet before I started," he told the group. "As a result of our challenge, Japan became (the country with) the highest speed Internet and the lowest price."

Malaysian military: Missing jet changed course

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:07 PM PDT

Over a dozen microphones are propped on a table as Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu Bakar answers questions from members of the media, raising their hands waiting their turn as seen in the shadows cast on stage during a press conference, Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Sepang, Malaysia. One of the two men traveling on a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner with a stolen passport was a 19-year-old Iranian man believed to be trying to migrate to Germany, and had no terror links, police said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The missing Boeing 777 jetliner changed course over the sea, crossed Malaysia and reached the Strait of Malacca — hundreds of miles from its last position recorded by civilian authorities, Malaysian military officials said Tuesday, citing military radar data.

A bid of $1.8 billion suits Jos A Bank just fine

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:04 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Looks like the best suitor won.

Friend: Pistorius fired guns in public

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:02 PM PDT

Oscar Pistorius hands a note to his defense team as he listens to cross questioning about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in court during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Kevin Sutherland, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius fired guns in public in the months before he killed his girlfriend — once out of a car sunroof on a road and once in a crowded restaurant, a onetime friend said at the athlete's murder trial Tuesday, drawing an aggressive effort from the chief defense lawyer to pick holes in his testimony.

Israel expresses regret over death of Jordanian

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:01 PM PDT

Jordanian protesters shout slogans across the street from the Israeli embassy and demand the deportation of the Israeli ambassador after the killing of Jordanian judge Raed Zueter, 38, at Allenby crossing between Jordan and the West Bank, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, March 10, 2014. Israeli guards shot and killed the Jordanian judge on Monday who the Israelis said tried to grab a rifle from a soldier at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.(AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Tuesday expressed sorrow over the fatal shooting of a Jordanian judge and announced a joint investigation into the incident, seeking to ease tensions with its key Arab ally.

Steady health care sign-ups may miss goal of 6M

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:01 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 30, 2013 file photo shows Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The administration says more than 900,000 people enrolled for coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law in February. But it's starting to look like the White House could miss its unofficial goal of signing up 6 million people by the end of open enrollment season Mar. 31. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The administration says President Barack Obama's health care law made steady progress in February, with more than 940,000 people signing up for coverage.

Spat erupts over claim CIA spied on US Senate panel

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PDT

Senator Dianne Feinstein speaks to reporters on November 15, 2012A public row erupted Tuesday between the CIA and the US lawmakers who oversee its intelligence work, with the agency's director angrily denying claims it spied on Senate staff. Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein launched an attack on the Central Intelligence Agency, accusing it of searching computers used by staffers investigating CIA interrogation methods. "I have grave concerns that the CIA's search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the United States Constitution," Feinstein declared on the Senate floor. She alleged that the CIA may have violated federal law as well as an executive order that bars it from domestic spying, but the agency's director John Brennan quickly denied the allegations.

ABC's 'Resurrection' strong, Fox's 'Idol' weak

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:59 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Those repeated ads about a dead boy returning to his father after 32 years struck a nerve with television viewers. They helped ABC's new drama "Resurrection" to a strong debut.

Crimea votes for independence as US and Russia clash

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:55 PM PDT

Officers from the Ukrainian navy ship Ternopil get on board of a boat in front of the Russian navy ship minesweeper "Turbinist" anchored at the harbor of Sevastopol on March 11, 2014The flashpoint Crimean peninsula's parliament voted on Tuesday for independence from Ukraine ahead of a referendum on joining Russia while Washington and Moscow locked horns in one of their fiercest clashes since the Cold War. The hold of Kiev's new Western-backed leaders on the separatist region loosened still further when pro-Kremlin gunmen seized the air traffic control tower at Crimea's main international airport and cancelled all flights except for those to and from Moscow. The latest escalation in the crisis also saw Moscow lash out at Washington for promising "illegal" financial assistance to Kiev leaders who rose to power on the back of three months of deadly protests that toppled a Russia-friendly regime.

Israeli drone crashes in Gaza; airstrike kills 3

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:52 PM PDT

Hamas military wing members take part in a ceremony to inaugurate a monument marking the anniversary of the death of a senior Hamas official Ibrahim Maqadama, killed in an Israeli air strike in 2003, in Gaza City , Monday, March 10, 2014. The monument represents a model of the Hamas made longer-range M75 missile which has a range of about 80 kilometers and was used for the first time in 2012 against targets in Israel. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed three Gaza militants on Tuesday near an area where an unmanned Israeli surveillance aircraft crashed earlier in the day, an official in the Palestinian territory said. The Israeli military said it was responding to mortar fire.

Disney TV exec Sweeney leaving to direct TV shows

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:50 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Sweeney, one of Disney's top television executives who helped bring TV shows to Apple's iTunes digital store, is leaving the company at the end of the year.

Ways eyed to make planes easier to find in ocean

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:49 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly five years, government and industry officials have been exploring a variety ways to make it easier to find airliners and their critical "black boxes" when they end up in the ocean.

Couple attacked by cat say they'll get it help

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:49 PM PDT

This photo provided by Lee Palmer shows Lux, a 22-pound Himalayan cat that attacked a seven-month old baby. Portland police had to be called in to subdue the 22-pound house cat that trapped its owners inside their bedroom after attacking their baby. The baby was not injured in the Sunday, March 9, 2014, incident. (AP Photo/Lee Palmer)PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon owners of a 22-pound housecat who trapped them in their bedroom after attacking their baby say they're not giving up on their pet and are getting it medical attention and therapy.

British shoe-bomb plotter: Parents led him to quit

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:48 PM PDT

In this undated Photo provided by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, defendant Suliman Abu Ghayth, right, is seated with al-Qaida founder Osama Bin Laden, center, and Bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri, in Afghanistan. Suliman Abu Ghayth, is being tried in New York, charged with plotting to kill Americans by being a motivational speaker at al-Qaida training camps before the Sept. 11 attacks and as a spokesman for the terror group afterward when it sought to recruit more militants to its cause. (AP Photo/US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York)NEW YORK (AP) — A British man said Tuesday he backed out of an airplane shoe-bomb plot in 2001 after his parents said they wouldn't want a terrorist for a son, but not before successfully boarding and flying on planes over Europe with explosives.

U.S. company puts crowdsourcing to work in search for Malaysian jet

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:45 PM PDT

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado-based company has put crowdsourcing to work in the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner, inviting Internet users to comb through satellite images of over 1,200 square miles (3,200 square km) of seawater for any sign of wreckage, the company said on Tuesday. DigitalGlobe Inc used two of its satellites to collect imagery from an area between the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea where the Boeing 777-200ER with 239 passengers and crew on board was at first believed to have crashed after it went missing early on Saturday, the firm said on its website. The effort by DigitalGlobe was launched just before Malaysia's military indicated the flight might have gone way off course, which could place its last known location hundreds of miles from where DigitalGlobe collected satellite imagery for its crowdsourcing project.

US stocks edge lower in afternoon trading

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2014 file photo, Glenn Kessler, left, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets steadied Tuesday, March 11, 2014 after a sell-off the day before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Stocks eased back into the red Tuesday afternoon after briefly wandering higher earlier in the day as investors focused on companies such as General Motors, Men's Wearhouse and American Eagle Outfitters in the absence of major economic news.

SAC Capital takes new name after insider scandal

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:44 PM PDT

A poster explaining a federal indictment against SAC Capital, the hedge fund run by billionaire Steven A. Cohen is pictured in New York on July 25, 2013SAC Capital founder Steven A. Cohen Tuesday sought to turn a page following an insider-trading scandal, announcing plans to rename the firm that bears his initials. The once-mighty investment firm, which agreed in November to plead guilty to criminal charges of insider trading, will rename itself Point72 Asset Management, SAC president Tom Conheeney said in a memo to employees.

EU negotiators try again on bank resolution agency

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:38 PM PDT

Netherlands' Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, left, talks with his Luxembourg's counterpart Pierre Gramegna at the start of an EU finance ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The Council prepares the presidency's mandate to finalize negotiations with the European Parliament on the proposal for a single resolution mechanism for banks. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials say they have come up with a set of proposals to break a deadlock over a new agency to wind down busted banks.

Death of Turkish boy hurt in protests triggers further unrest

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:37 PM PDT

Riot police's water cannon trucks are seen on the streets during clashes with anti-government protesters in AnkaraBy Mehmet Emin Caliskan and Parisa Hafezi ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Protesters clashed with police in cities across Turkey on Tuesday after the death of a 15-year-old boy who was hit in the head by a tear-gas canister during anti-government demonstrations last summer. Police fired water cannon and tear gas at thousands of demonstrators, another pre-election headache for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, already battling a graft scandal which has become one of the biggest challenges of his decade in power. Berkin Elvan, then 14, got caught up in street battles in Istanbul between police and protesters on June 16 while going to buy bread for his family. On Tuesday evening, police fired water cannon and tear gas in Ankara's central Kizilay square to scatter several thousand protesters who chanted: "Government of Erdogan, government of corruption, resign resign".

Obama, Clinton circles overlap in Dem fundraising

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:36 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, before boarding the Marine One helicopter for a short flight to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., where he will travel to New York City for Democratic National Committee events. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)NEW YORK (AP) — Melding 2014 needs with 2016 hopes, President Barack Obama is teaming up with an ally and fundraiser of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to help the Democratic Party erase a worrisome debt.

Malaysia Airlines mystery revives black-box debate

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:36 PM PDT

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has rekindled a debate over the iconic "black box" flight recorder and whether it's time for aircraft to start live-streaming in-flight data in real timeThe search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has rekindled a debate over the iconic "black box" flight recorder and whether it's time for aircraft to start live-streaming in-flight data in real time. Civil aviation industry sources agree the technology exists for commercial airliners to immediately relay via satellite vital technical information otherwise compiled by a flight data recorder in the course of a flight. "There are no technical barriers ... and the cost barriers can be addressed," said Peter Goelz, a former managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the US government agency that investigates major aviation accidents. Commercial airliners typically carry two black boxes, which in fact are bright orange in color.

Teen hit by Turkish police dies after 9-month coma

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:36 PM PDT

Family members cry as people carry the coffin of Berkin Elvan, a Turkish teenager who was in a coma since being hit in the head by a tear gas canister fired by police during the summer's anti-government protests, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The 15-year old Berkin Elvan's death in an Istanbul hospital _ nine months after he fell into a coma _ looked likely to spark new protests in Turkey. Elvan, who turned 15 in January was caught up in the protests on his way to a shop to buy bread.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police clashed with hundreds of protesters Tuesday following the death of a Turkish teenager, who had been in a coma since being hit by a police tear-gas canister during anti-government protests last year.

Arsenal's Wenger rings changes for Bayern clash

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:32 PM PDT

Arsenal's striker Lukas Podolski warms-up prior to a UEFA Champions League last 16 second-leg football match against Bayern Munich in Munich, southern Germany, on March 11, 2014Munich (Germany) (AFP) - Arsene Wenger made six changes from the first leg for Arsenal's Champions League last 16 return clash at Bayern Munich on Tuesday with the Gunners facing a two-goal deficit.

Brutal Big 12 tournament promises to be wide open

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:25 PM PDT

Kansas' Andrew Wiggins (22) drives to the basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against West Virginia, Saturday, March 8, 2014, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Ferguson)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self was chatting this week with someone who brought up the possibility that some unfortunate team with a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament might have to play its second game against Oklahoma State, which was once considered a Final Four contender.

Senate sends Obama childhood cancer research bill

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Tuesday passed Republican-backed legislation to repeal taxpayer funding for political conventions and to go on record in support of devoting $126 million over the coming decade for additional research into pediatric cancer and other childhood disorders like autism and Down syndrome.

Holly Bobo suspect pleads not guilty in court

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:23 PM PDT

In this March 5, 2014 photo provided by the Chester County Sheriff Department in Henderson, Tenn., Zachary Adams is shown. Adams, accused of kidnapping and murdering 20-year-old nursing student Holly Bobo three years ago, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Decaturville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Chester County Sheriff Department)DECATURVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of kidnapping and killing 20-year-old nursing student Holly Bobo, whose highly publicized disappearance happened almost three years ago.

EU finance ministers tweak bank closure plans

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:21 PM PDT

German Finance Minister Wolfgan Schaeuble waits for the start of an Economic and Financial Affairs meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 11, 2014EU finance ministers agreed changes Tuesday to their scheme for closing down failing banks, aiming to strike a compromise deal with the European Parliament which bluntly opposed their original plans. However, they gave few details of the new proposals, which the current Greek EU presidency will take into more talks Wednesday with Parliament and the European Commission, the EU's executive arm. "We defined, in an intensive debate, on which points the presidency can move towards the Parliament," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said. First is who will decide and how to close a failing bank.
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