| AP Source: Giants' Hill facing 3rd suspension Posted: 22 Apr 2014 01:07 PM PDT EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that New York Giants safety Will Hill is facing a possible third suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. |
| Kentucky freshman Julius Randle to enter NBA draft Posted: 22 Apr 2014 01:05 PM PDT  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky forward Julius Randle took a lot of time and talked to a lot of people before deciding to leave after one season for the NBA draft, where he is expected to be among the top five selections.
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| Four players banned for Pirates-Brewers brawl Posted: 22 Apr 2014 01:04 PM PDT  Major League Baseball issued suspensions Tuesday to two players each from the Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers after their benches-clearing brawl during the third innings of a game last Sunday. Brewers reserve catcher Martin Maldonado was handed the worst penalty, a five-game ban, after knocking Pittsburgh outfielder Travis Snider with a right cross to the face during the melee. Snider was banned for two games for his role in the scrap at the Pirates' home ballpark. Milwaukee outfielder Carlos Gomez, who flipped his bat and stood at home plate to admire the ball he had hit off Pirates starting pitcher Gerrit Cole to thereby spark the major fight, was suspended for three games.
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| U.S. to send 600 troops to Eastern Europe to reassure allies Posted: 22 Apr 2014 01:04 PM PDT  By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is sending about 600 soldiers to Poland and the three Baltic states for infantry exercises, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, one of its highest-profile steps yet to reassure NATO allies after Russia's seizure of Crimea. Groups of 150 soldiers will be sent to Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia in rounds of month-long exercises in each country in what the Pentagon calls a "persistent rotational presence" that stops short of permanently basing troops.
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| Sub records detailed images of WWII wreck Posted: 22 Apr 2014 01:03 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — An unmanned submarine has recorded some of the most detailed images of two American ships that sank off the coast of England during World War II, according to the Massachusetts company that surveyed the wreckage to mark the disaster's 70th anniversary.
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| Ukraine relaunches anti-rebel operation after Biden leaves Posted: 22 Apr 2014 01:01 PM PDT  Ukraine relaunched military operations against pro-Kremlin separatists late Tuesday, hours after US Vice President Joe Biden ended a two-day visit to Kiev in which he warned Russia over its actions in the former Soviet republic. Russia already has tens of thousands of its troops massed on Ukraine's eastern border. Ukraine's acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, late Tuesday said he was ordering the military to restart operations against the rebels after the discovery of two "brutally tortured" bodies in the eastern rebel-held town of Slavyansk. In a further slide back towards violence, which many fear could tip into civil war, a Ukrainian reconnaissance plane was hit by gunfire while flying above Slavyansk.
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| Indian film awards arrive in Tampa, Fla., but why? Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:59 PM PDT  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The so-called Bollywood Oscars have been held in Macau, Singapore, London and now . Tampa?
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| Ghanaian mining company used plane seen in Iran Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:57 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah bank confirmed Tuesday that an airplane registered to the bank was used by a Ghana mining company to take Ghanaian businessmen to Iran last week. |
| MLB suspends 4 after Brewers-Pirates brawl Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:56 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has suspended four players involved in last Sunday's brawl between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers.
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| Florida is 'Ground Zero' for sea level rise Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:54 PM PDT  Miami Beach (United States) (AFP) - Warm sunshine and sandy beaches make south Florida and its crown city, Miami, a haven for tourists, but the area is increasingly endangered by sea level rise, experts said Tuesday. During a special Senate hearing held in Miami Beach, Senator Bill Nelson described south Florida as "Ground Zero" for climate change and its threats to coastal communities.
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| States can ignore race in university admissions: US top court Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:52 PM PDT  The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states can disregard race as a factor in university admissions, in a fresh blow to a legacy of the 1960s civil rights movement. The 6-2 ruling upheld the constitutionality of a measure passed by referendum in Michigan that disallowed so-called affirmative action in college admissions. Effectively favoring voter initiatives over the courts, the decision was expected to have repercussions far beyond Michigan -- governors of Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma and West Virginia had supported Michigan's appeal. The ruling was the latest to chip away at a practice used to promote racial and ethnic diversity of university student bodies while countering the effects of racial discrimination.
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| Syria's chemical weapons wild card: chlorine gas Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:52 PM PDT  By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Chlorine gas attacks in Syria this month, if proven, expose a major loophole in an international deal to remove chemical weapons from the war-torn country and suggest chemical warfare could persist after the removal operation has finished. President Bashar al-Assad agreed with the United States and Russia to dispose of his chemical weapons - an arsenal that Damascus had never previously formally acknowledged - after hundreds of people were killed in a sarin gas attack on the outskirts of the capital last August. The government blamed the rebel side in Syria's civil war, which is now in its fourth year. Syria has vowed to hand over or destroy its entire arsenal by the end of this week, but still has roughly 14 percent of the chemicals it declared to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
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| Govt must turn over info on CIA prisons to defense Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:50 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors must turn over never-revealed details about the time a Guantanamo Bay detainee spent in secret CIA prisons after his arrest in connection with the deadly attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a military judge's order released Tuesday. |
| Michigan affirmative ban is OK, Supreme Court says Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:47 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A state's voters are free to outlaw the use of race as a factor in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a blow to affirmative action that also laid bare tensions among the justices about a continuing need for programs that address racial inequality in America.
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| Syria chemical disarmament gathers pace as new claims emerge Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:46 PM PDT  The chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday that Syria has handed over 86.5 percent of its arsenal as new claims emerged of an attack on a rebel bastion this month using an industrial chemical. Under the terms of a US- and Russian-brokered deal which averted the threat of US military action last year, Syria faces a June 30 deadline to destroy its chemical stockpiles. The West blamed President Bashar al-Assad's regime but the government said rebels were behind it. The latest reports come as Syria, announced plans to hold a presidential election on June 3, despite the three-year war raging across the country.
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| UKIP launches European election campaign amid racism row Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:46 PM PDT  By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - UKIP launched its campaign for next month's European elections on Tuesday and fended off accusations that its posters were racist and its anti-immigration rhetoric hypocritical. With polls showing the UK Independence Party will come second in the May 22 election, ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives but behind the opposition Labour Party, UKIP hopes to attract enough extra votes to win the ballot outright. Party leader Nigel Farage has said such a victory would trigger a "political earthquake", putting UKIP in a position to win its first seats in the British parliament in 2015 and piling pressure on the three main parties to sever Britain's ties with the European Union. UKIP wants Britain to leave the EU and an end to "open door" immigration, particularly from inside the 28-nation bloc.
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| U.S. urges North Korea to refrain from new nuclear test Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:42 PM PDT  By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was closely monitoring the situation on the Korean peninsula after reports that North Korea may be planning another nuclear test and urged Pyongyang not to take any step that would threaten regional peace. "We have certainly seen the press reports ... regarding possible increased activity in North Korea's nuclear test site," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. "We are closely monitoring the situation on the Korean peninsula." "We continue to urge North Korea to refrain from actions that threaten regional peace and security and to comply with its international obligations and commitments," she told a regular news briefing. South Korean news reports earlier on Tuesday quoted the South Korean government as saying that heightened activity had been detected at North Korea's underground nuclear test site, indicating possible preparations for another atomic test.
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| Cries of anguish as SKorea ferry toll tops 100 Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:36 PM PDT  JINDO, South Korea (AP) — For a moment there is silence in the tent where bodies from the ferry disaster are brought for identification. Then the anguished cries begin.
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| Moyes axed by Man Utd after season of failure Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:33 PM PDT  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United's succession planning for life after Alex Ferguson was left in tatters on Tuesday when manager David Moyes was sacked after 10 troubled months of failure and frustration at a club used to seamless success. Moyes, appointed with a six-year contract on the direction of retiring fellow-Scot Ferguson last July after 11 years at Everton, did not even get to complete his first season as the club's American owners, the Glazer family, ran out of patience. Announcing his departure in a terse, two-line statement, United thanked Moyes for "the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role" at Old Trafford but his spell in charge will be remembered more for dire performances, humiliating defeats and a failure to qualify for the all-important Champions League for the first time since 1995/96. United have lost six home league games, won only one match in 12 against the Premier League's top six and will finish outside the top four for the first time since 1991.
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| Correction: Biofuels-Global Warming story Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story April 20 about new research showing biofuels made with corn leftovers are worse for global warming than gasoline in the short term, The Associated Press erroneously reported that cellulosic biofuels that failed to release 60 percent less carbon than gasoline wouldn't earn a $1 per gallon subsidy. That tax subsidy expired on Dec. 31, 2013. |
| Veteran Schwarzer replaces injured Cech Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:31 PM PDT  Madrid (AFP) - Chelsea suffered a huge blow just 17 minutes into their Champions League semi-final, first leg away to Atletico Madrid as goalkeeper Petr Cech was forced off with an injury.
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| UN envoy raises possibility of Somali withdrawal Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The top United Nations envoy to Somalia warned Tuesday that the U.N. and other foreign diplomats may have to withdraw from the war-ravaged nation if they continue to be attacked. |
| Japan, US struggle to bridge gap on freer trade Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:30 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and U.S. negotiators are struggling to reach a preliminary agreement on a free trade pact that might have served as a centerpiece for President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo this week.
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| Biden: Russia must 'stop talking and start acting' Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:30 PM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia on Tuesday that "it's time to stop talking and start acting" to reduce tension in Ukraine, offering a show of support for the besieged nation as an international agreement aimed at stemming its ongoing crisis appeared in doubt.
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| Senator Blumenthal wants to quiz former GM CEOs on recalls Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:28 PM PDT Former General Motors CEOs and other executives should be called to testify to the U.S. Congress about the company's slow response to defective ignition switches in cars that have been linked to at least 13 deaths, a Democratic senator said on Tuesday. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, an outspoken member of the Senate Commerce Committee that is investigating GM, said there are "a whole set of questions on why there were so many delays in taking action to remedy this situation" that are still unanswered by the Detroit automaker. "Of course we have to go back to the prior CEOs" who headed GM before this year's recall of 2.6 million automobiles, he said. The recalled vehicles have ignition switches that can unexpectedly slip out of the "run" position, shutting off engines, disabling air bags, power steering and power brakes. |
| Ukraine president calls for new anti-rebel offensive as crisis deal falters Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:28 PM PDT  By Alastair Macdonald and Darya Korsunskaya KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine's acting president Oleksander Turchinov called on Tuesday for government forces to relaunch an offensive against pro-Russian rebels after a local politician from his own party was found dead with signs of torture. Kiev's first push failed last week to retake one of the towns in the mainly Russian-speaking east occupied by the separatists, and its military has largely suspended operations since the United States, Russia, Ukraine and European Union signed a deal in Geneva last week intended to calm the crisis. But the agreement is already in trouble, with Washington and Moscow putting the onus on each other on Tuesday to ensure that it is implemented, including a stipulation that the rebels must disarm and leave the government buildings they have occupied. One was that of Volodymyr Rybak, a member of Turchinov's Batkivshchyna party, who had recently been abducted by "terrorists", he said in a statement.
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| Powdered alcohol for US market hits label snag Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:27 PM PDT  Palcohol -- a powdered alcohol product -- is made by an Arizona company called Lipsmark and will come in six varieties of single-drink pouches, the company website says. It would be the first such product available for sale in the United States, though powdered alcohol has already been approved in Japan and some European countries. However, after Lipsmark reported Monday it was on track for release in the fall, it later said that it learned of a "discrepancy" from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the nature of the discrepancy but referred AFP to a statement online which said it related to "how much powder is in the bag."
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| Activity at NKorea site hints at nuke test preps Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:25 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Commercial satellite imagery shows increased activity at North Korea's nuclear test site but not enough to indicate an underground atomic explosion is imminent, a U.S. research institute said Tuesday.
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| Stay cancels Oklahoma death row inmate's execution Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:18 PM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma inmate's execution set for Tuesday was canceled following a stay order that the state Supreme Court handed down a day earlier, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections said.
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| Discovery to chronicle Everest avalanche Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:17 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — With its dreams of televising a daredevil's attempt to jump off Mount Everest over, the Discovery network said Tuesday it will instead make a documentary on last week's avalanche that killed more than a dozen mountain guides.
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| Palestinians' Abbas warns against failure of talks Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:12 PM PDT  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Tuesday that if peace talks with Israel fail he may dismantle the Palestinian Authority and hand over responsibility for 2.5 million of his people to Israel.
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| Russia says Ukraine must urgently implement Geneva deal Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:07 PM PDT Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a telephone call with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday that Ukraine must take urgent steps to implement a deal aimed at defusing the Ukraine crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Lavrov said orders for the army to be deployed in the crisis should be reversed, the Right Sector Ukrainian nationalist group should be disarmed, arrested activists in southeast Ukraine freed and constitutional reforms started, the ministry said. |
| Harley-Davidson 1Q earnings roar ahead Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:06 PM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Harley-Davidson reported an 18.7 percent rise in first-quarter earnings, saying motorcycle sales grew 5.8 percent worldwide and efficiency efforts took hold during the quarter.
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| Earnings and corporate deals lift US stocks Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:04 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose Tuesday as more companies reported solid first-quarter earnings. The market also got a lift from deal news. Netflix rose after announcing a big jump in its profit and Botox maker Allergan rose sharply on a takeover bid.
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| Nadal to face fellow Spaniard at Barcelona Open Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:59 AM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Top-ranked Rafael Nadal will look to get his clay court season back on track against Albert Ramos at the Barcelona Open after his fellow Spaniard won on Tuesday in the first round. |
| Man United fire Moyes over season of disaster Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:56 AM PDT  Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Manchester United on Tuesday sacked manager David Moyes after a disastrous 10-month spell that left the world-famous Premier League club in turmoil. The English giants followed the stunning announcement by naming veteran midfielder Ryan Giggs as interim manager. Moyes, 50, succeeded Alex Ferguson at the Old Trafford helm last July, but the season quickly became a nightmare as the team slumped to a series of embarrassing defeats. After feverish speculation, United confirmed the sacking in a brief statement.
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| Globe had 4th hottest March; US cooler than normal Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:53 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government forecasters calculated that for most of the Earth, last month was one of the hottest Marchs on record — except in the United States.
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| Musical based on 'Found' aims for Atlantic Theater Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:52 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Most theater musicals are based on prized, cherished things. Now comes one that uses the trash we toss away.
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| Seppi and Mahut make early exits in Bucharest Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:49 AM PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Sixth-seeded Andreas Seppi was knocked out of the first round of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Tuesday, along with seventh-seeded Nicolas Mahut. |
| Woman glad suspect captured in brother's '81 death Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:47 AM PDT  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The sister of a man whose suspected killer was arrested 33 years after her brother's death never gave up on the case and cried tears of happiness upon hearing that the long-sought fugitive was caught this week, she said Tuesday.
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