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Florida Highway Patrol: 10 to 12 injured when car crashes into Orlando-area day care center

Florida Highway Patrol: 10 to 12 injured when car crashes into Orlando-area day care center


Florida Highway Patrol: 10 to 12 injured when car crashes into Orlando-area day care center

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:34 PM PDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Highway Patrol: 10 to 12 injured when car crashes into Orlando-area day care center.

Ireland's wedding-singer priest an Internet hit

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:32 PM PDT

DUBLIN (AP) — Father's got talent.

Kids steal spotlight during Masters' Par 3 contest

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:28 PM PDT

Scott Stallings's son Finn throws off his cap on the fourth green during the par three competition at the Masters golf tournament Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Par 3 contest might as well be a cutest kid competition.


Obama offers solace to nation at Fort Hood

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive for a memorial ceremony, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at Fort Hood Texas, for those killed there in a shooting last week. President Barack Obama is reprising his role as chief comforter as he returns once again to a grief-stricken corner of America to mourn with the families of those killed last week at Fort Hood and offer solace to the nation.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — President Barack Obama returned to the grieving Army post Wednesday where he first took on the job as the nation's comforter five years ago, mourning at Fort Hood with families and uniformed comrades of those killed during last week's shooting spree. "We somehow bear what seems unbearable," he declared.


AP Interview: US troops may be sent to E Europe

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:25 PM PDT

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Paris, Wednesday April 9, 2014, as he talks about his mission to formulate a plan to help protect and reassure NATO members nearest Russia. NATO's top military commander in Europe, Breedlove is tasked with drafting countermoves to the Russian military threat against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)PARIS (AP) — NATO's top military commander in Europe, drafting countermoves to the Russian military threat against Ukraine, said Wednesday they could include deployment of American troops to alliance member states in Eastern Europe now feeling at risk.


Dovish Fed minutes send US stocks up more than 1%

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:23 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the afternoon of April 4, 2014 in New York CityWall Street stocks Wednesday bolted higher with tech stocks leading the way after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 180.46 (1.11 percent) to 16,436.60. Stocks were higher through early afternoon, but rose more after the Fed minutes were released at 1800 GMT. But they also showed there was not a groundswell of Fed powerbrokers who supported a speedy rise to benchmark interest rates.


House panel refers ex-IRS official to Justice Dept

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:21 PM PDT

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp , R-Mich., left, and the committee's ranking member, Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., exchange words on Capitol hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, during a disagreement over procedure as the panel debates whether IRS official Lois Lerner's refusal to testify to Congress deserves criminal prosecution. After Rep. Levin's insistence that he, the top Democrat, be heard, Chairman Camp told Levin to WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ways and Means Committee voted Wednesday to refer a former Internal Revenue Service official to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution in the agency's tea party controversy.


20 hurt in school stabbing spree in Pennsylvania

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:20 PM PDT

A woman walks onto the campus of the Franklin Regional School District where several people were stabbed at Franklin Regional High School on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Murrysville, Pa., near Pittsburgh. The suspect, a male student, was taken into custody and being questioned. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Flailing away with two knives, a 16-year-old boy with a "blank expression" stabbed and slashed 19 students and a police officer in the crowded halls of his suburban Pittsburgh high school Wednesday before an assistant principal tackled him.


Commuter's video shows rat terrifying NYC subway

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:19 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A commuter's cellphone video of a rat scaring New York City subway riders has gone viral.

BofA paying $772M over selling credit card extras

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bank of America Corp. is paying $772 million in fines and refunds to settle regulators' accusations that it misled customers who bought extra credit-card products and illegally charged others for credit monitoring and reporting services they didn't receive.

Judge slaps State Department over Blackwater

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is calling for an investigation of the State Department over years of delays in prosecuting Blackwater security guards in the shootings of dozens of Iraqi citizens in 2007.

For Obama, frustration in comparisons to LBJ

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:17 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Perhaps no historical analogy irks the White House more than the comparisons between Presidents Barack Obama and Lyndon B. Johnson, two Democrats who occupied the Oval Office a half-century apart.

Jury mulls whether woman is eligible for execution

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:16 PM PDT

Marissa Devault looks at the jury as they are polled after finding her guilty of first degree murder, in Maricopa County Superior Court, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Phoenix. Devault was convicted for bludgeoning her husband to death with a hammer in what prosecutors said was a failed bid to collect on a life insurance policy to repay about $300,000 in loans from her boyfriend. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle)PHOENIX (AP) — A prosecutor urged a jury on Wednesday to find that an Arizona woman convicted of killing her husband with a hammer is eligible for the death penalty, saying the 2009 crime was carried out in an especially cruel manner for the purpose of collecting on life insurance.


Judge: Governor's ex-aides not required to produce documents on New Jersey lane closures

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:13 PM PDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Judge: Governor's ex-aides not required to produce documents on New Jersey lane closures .

AP-GfK Poll: Most Americans say filing taxes easy

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling to figure out your federal tax return? You're not alone, but you're in the minority.

20 hurt in mass stabbing at US high school

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:09 PM PDT

A student stabbed or slashed around 20 others at the Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania about 20 miles east of PittsburghAt least four students were critically injured in the shocking assault at Franklin Regional High School, said Thomas Seefeld, chief of police in Murrysville, an outer suburb of Pittsburgh. The 16-year-old boy walked down a hallway flashing two knives, stabbing fellow pupils and the guard as they began arriving for what should have been a routine school day, Seefeld said. The school principal and another member of staff tried to overpower the suspect who was then arrested, Seefeld said. Doctor Mark Rubino at Forbes Regional Hospital, which is treating eight of the victims, said he expected everyone to survive despite what he called "deep penetrating" stab wounds.


Greece to end exile on bond markets as thousands protest

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:08 PM PDT

Teachers shout slogans in front of the Greek parliament protected by police in central Athens on April 9, 2014 during a 24-hours general strikeGreece announced Wednesday its return to the debt markets after a four-year absence on the same day as protestors launched the first anti-austerity strike of the year, crippling key services across the country. While up to 20,000 people demonstrated in the streets of the capital Athens and second city Thessaloniki, disrupting rail and ferry services and causing government offices to close, Greece's finance ministry said the country would return to the medium-term debt markets for the first time since 2010.


Stocks advance on Fed minutes, US earnings

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 8, 2014 file photo, specialist Jason Hardzewicz, left, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A solid start to the U.S. quarterly corporate reporting season helped shore up the mood across financial markets on Wednesday, ahead of the minutes to the last policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is sharply higher as investors got some encouraging news about interest rates and as U.S. corporate earnings got off to a good start.


Bombing in Pakistan fruit market kills 22

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:07 PM PDT

Pakistani security officials inspect the site of a bomb explosion at a fruit and vegetable market in Islamabad on April 9, 2014A bomb tore through a bustling fruit and vegetable market in the Pakistani capital Islamabad Wednesday, killing at least 22 people in the latest violence to hit government peace talks with the Taliban. The bombing -- the deadliest to hit Islamabad since a huge truck bomb at the Marriott Hotel in 2008 -- left a 1.5-metre (five-foot) diameter crater and littered the site with body parts and guava fruit drenched in blood, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Javaid Qazi, the vice-chancellor of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, said 22 people had been killed and 96 wounded in the blast. The attack comes as the government tries to negotiate an end to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) seven-year campaign of violence.


Heartbleed bug causes major security headache

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:05 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A confounding computer bug called "Heartbleed" is causing major security headaches across the Internet as websites scramble to fix the problem and Web surfers wonder whether they should change their passwords to prevent theft of their email accounts, credit card numbers and other sensitive information.

Panera CEO looks to fix 'mosh pit' ordering system

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this May, 2002 file photo Panera Bread Co. CEO Ron Shaich stands behind a counter at a location in St. Louis. The chain is planning to overhaul its "mosh pit" ordering system at its roughly 1,500 locations nationwide in a project called Panera 2.0. It's a push that entails letting customers order online or with their mobile devices to have their food ready to go at a certain time. In restaurants, they'll be able to place their orders at kiosks. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Panera CEO Ron Shaich realizes that ordering at his chain can be chaotic.


Afghan probe begins in attack on AP journalists

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, April 5, 2014 file photo, roses lay in front of a picture of the Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, 48, who was killed April 4, 2014 in Afghanistan, in Paris. Fellow officers say the Afghan police commander who killed Niedringhaus and wounded reporter Kathy Gannon seemed a calm, pious man who may have come under the influence of Islamic fundamentalists calling for vengeance against foreigners over drone strikes. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan central government authorities on Wednesday began questioning the police commander who killed an Associated Press photographer and wounded an AP reporter, a day after he was transferred by helicopter to the capital — a rare case in which an Afghan officer or soldier who shot a foreigner was captured alive.


Putin turns up economic heat before Ukraine talks

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:57 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a Cabinet meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. President Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia's state-owned gas company could ask Ukraine to pay for gas in advance, according to Russian state news agencies. In a meeting Wednesday with government ministers, Putin said that asking for advance payments "corresponded with the contract" between Ukraine and Russia, but asked that state energy giant Gazprom refrain from such drastic measures until "additional consultations" between both sides. From right, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin turned up the heat on Ukraine on Wednesday by threatening to demand advance payment for gas supplies, a move designed to exert economic pressure as Ukraine confronts possible bankruptcy, a mutiny by pro-Russian separatists in the east and a Russian military buildup across the border.


Iowa State halts celebration after student hurt

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:57 PM PDT

AMES, Iowa (AP) — A popular Iowa State University celebration was called off Wednesday after a student was seriously injured after a rowdy, late-night crowd overturned cars and toppled light poles near the campus, the school's president announced Wednesday.

Sailing family back in US with ailing baby

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:56 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file image provided by Sariah English shows Eric and Charlotte Kaufman with their daughters, Lyra, 1, and Cora, 3. None of the three federal agencies that helped rescue the ill 1-year-old and her family from their broken down sailboat about 900 miles off Mexico's Pacific coast plan to seek reimbursement for the cost of the operation. Officials from the Navy, Coast Guard and California Air National Guard said Tuesday, April 8, 2014, they don't charge for search-and-rescue missions. "We don't want people in trouble at sea to hesitate to call for help for fear they'll be charged for assistance," said Lt. Anna Dixon of the 11th Coast Guard District, which oversaw the operation but did not send vessels or aircraft to the stranded sailboat. She said that helping at sea is a time-honored tradition and a requirement of international maritime convention. The Navy warship that picked up the family on Sunday is expected to reach San Diego on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sariah English. File)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Six days after a family of four found themselves helpless and adrift in a sailboat far into the Pacific with a vomiting and feverish 1-year-old aboard, a Navy warship delivered them safely to San Diego, where they had begun their attempted around-the world voyage before the child was born.


Death of Ga. film worker 'senseless,' father says

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:56 PM PDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The parents of a Georgia camera assistant killed by a freight train while filming a movie say they're grieving, angry and want someone held accountable for their daughter's death.

Pakistan toddler swept up in attempted murder case

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:55 PM PDT

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A 9-month-old Pakistani boy has been swept up in an attempted murder investigation that highlights the country's dysfunctional criminal justice system where even children are not immune from questionable legal decisions.

McAllister not asking for video leak investigation

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:53 PM PDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister says he won't seek an FBI investigation of who leaked a video from his congressional district office that showed him kissing a married woman who isn't his wife.

Russia says four-way talks on Ukraine must foster internal dialogue

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:50 PM PDT

By Steve Gutterman and Adrian Croft MOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia told the West on Wednesday that four-way talks between representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the United States and European Union must focus on fostering dialogue among Ukrainians and not on bilateral relations among the participants. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivered the message in a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the Foreign Ministry said. It said Lavrov and Kerry urged all sides to refrain from violence in eastern and southern Ukraine. The European Union said on Tuesday that top diplomats from the EU, Russia, Ukraine and the United States would meet next week to discuss the crisis, but Russia says it wants to know more about the agenda for such a meeting.

What you need to know about the Heartbleed bug

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:50 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of passwords, credit card numbers and other personal information may be at risk as a result of a major breakdown in Internet security revealed earlier this week.

Pistorius refuses to look at photo of dead lover

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:48 PM PDT

Oscar Pistorius arrives at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A shaken Oscar Pistorius refused to look at a gruesome photo of his girlfriend's bloodied head on Wednesday, telling a prosecutor through tears, "I don't have to look at a picture. I was there."


Data brokers disciplined over consumer protections

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's tough enough landing a job these days.

Former pro wrestler Ultimate Warrior dies at 54

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 5, 2014 file photo provided by the WWE, James Hellwig, aka The Ultimate Warrior, speaks during the WWE Hall of Fame Induction at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. The WWE said Hellwig, one of pro wrestling's biggest stars in the late 1980s, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014. He was 54. (Jonathan Bachman/AP Images for WWE, File)The Ultimate Warrior put on his signature airbrushed trench coat, shook the white ring ropes, and, for a few fleeting minutes, the wrestler billed as hailing from Parts Unknown was back home in the wrestling ring.


Northwestern QB says union push was rushed, wrong

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:40 PM PDT

Northwestern's Trevor Siemian said Wednesday it was wrong for former quarterback Kain Colter and other players to explore unionization without first taking their concerns to their coach and administrators.

Detroit reaches bankruptcy deal over some bonds

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:38 PM PDT

FILE- In this July 17, 2013, file aerial photo the city of Detroit is seen. Mediators announced Wednesday, April 9, 2014, that the city of Detorit reached a deal in bankruptcy over $388 million in bonds. It is a significant agreement that could influence other creditors to try to get a settlement. The deal still needs the blessing of Judge Steven Rhodes and is only a small part of the $18 billion bankruptcy case, the largest by a local government in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)DETROIT (AP) — The city of Detroit reached a deal in bankruptcy over $388 million in bonds, mediators announced Wednesday, a significant agreement that could influence other creditors to try to get a settlement.


UConn hoping to capitalize on championships

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:38 PM PDT

Husein Becirovic of New Britain, Conn., left, Laura Purcell of Stoughton, Mass., center, and Yvonne Ambenge of Mansfield, Conn., right, cheer as they watch the broadcast of the UConn and Notre Dame women's basketball game for the NCAA title, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Campus celebrations are winding down after two nights of championship parties, yet the off-court excitement could be just beginning at the University of Connecticut.


Iran: '50 to 60 percent agreement' on nuke deal

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:35 PM PDT

VIENNA (AP) — Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday his country and six world powers are in "50 to 60 percent agreement" on the shape of a deal meant to crimp any potential Iranian attempt to build nuclear arms in exchange for an end to crippling economic sanctions.

Woman convicted of shoe killing had other arrests

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:35 PM PDT

Ana Trujillo reacts after being found guilty of killing her boyfriend, after the jury deliberated less than two hours, on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Houston. Trujillo, 45, was found guilty of fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the stiletto heel of her shoe, hitting him at least 25 times in the face. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)HOUSTON (AP) — Jurors set to decide the sentence for a Houston woman convicted of stabbing her boyfriend to death with the 5½-inch stiletto heel of her shoe heard Wednesday about her criminal history and violent behavior, including arrests for drunk driving and testimony she assaulted a former friend with a candle stick.


Swiss unveil new solar plane for global flight

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:33 PM PDT

Solar Impulse's CEO and pilot Andre Borschberg, right, and Solar Impulse's founder, chairman and pilot Bertrand Piccard, left, shake hands in front of the new experimental aircraft "Solar Impulse 2", during the official presentation at the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The aircraft is the second solar plane of the Solar Impulse project. The Swiss team is planning to complete the first round-the-world solar flight next year with this plane, which they say could remain in the air indefinitely. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)PAYERNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Swiss-made airplane built for the first round-the-world solar flight has wings longer than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet yet weighs only about as much as a large car.


US officials reject Rubio claim about CIA report

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:33 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is seeking the declassification of a 10-month-old letter expressing its concerns about a controversial Senate torture review, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

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