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Thursday, September 11, 2014

APNewsBreak: Court martial eyed in Iraq vanishing

APNewsBreak: Court martial eyed in Iraq vanishing

APNewsBreak: Court martial eyed in Iraq vanishing

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 19, 2004 file photo, Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun makes a statement to the press outside Quantico Marine Base in Quantico, Va. A hearing officer has recommended a court martial for Hassoun, a Marine accused of deserting his unit a decade ago in Iraq and later winding up in Lebanon for eight years, a defense lawyer said Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A hearing officer has recommended a court martial for a Marine accused of deserting his unit a decade ago in Iraq and later winding up in Lebanon for eight years, a defense lawyer said Thursday.

Incumbent's loss upends Massachusetts' House race

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:27 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — For months, state and national Republican groups have been criticizing Democratic Rep. John Tierney in Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District as an extreme partisan on the far left, hoping to leave him politically wounded and vulnerable to GOP challenger Richard Tisei in the November election.

Bush: I never wanted to be a war-time president

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:25 PM PDT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that he had a moment of clarity in a Florida elementary school classroom on Sept. 11, 2001, when his chief of staff told him the second World Trade Center tower had been struck by a jetliner and the U.S. was under attack.

Retired general to coordinate Iraq, Syria effort

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 22, 2012 file photo, Gen. John Allen gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. US officials say that Allen will serve as coordinator for the broad international effort to battle the Islamic State group, as nations begin to determine what part each will play. Several US officials say Allen will coordinate the contributions that various nations make, as nearly 40 countries around the world agree to join the fight. Allen comes to the job with vast experience coordinating international allies on the warfront. He served as deputy commander in Iraq's Anbar province in 2006-2008, working with Arab partners on organizing the Sunni uprising against al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Marine Gen. John Allen will coordinate the broad international effort to battle the Islamic State militants, as the campaign against the extremist group ramps up and nations begin to determine what role each will play, U.S. officials said Thursday.

Case worker: Dad overwhelmed before 5 kids killed

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:21 PM PDT

Timothy Ray Jones Jr., is escorted by lawmen out of the Smith County Jail to a vehicle for transport to Lexington County, S.C. on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 in Raleigh, Miss. Jones is expected to be charged with murder in the deaths of his five children after he led authorities to a secluded clearing in Alabama on Tuesday where their bodies were found wrapped in garbage bags. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina man accused of killing his five children and dumping their bodies in Alabama was an ex-convict whose homes were visited by social workers a dozen times in the last three years.

American battling Ebola steadily improving

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:17 PM PDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska doctors treating an American aid worker infected with Ebola say he has responded well to aggressive treatment in the past week.

Sheriff: Investigation of Stewart crash complete

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:17 PM PDT

Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart will find out no later than next week whether authorities will pursue charges in the death of a driver he struck during a sprint car race in upstate New York last month.

NFL owners explain Rice probe roles

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:16 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The two NFL team owners overseeing the investigation of the league's pursuit and handling of evidence in the Ray Rice case say the findings will be made public.

Russian accused of hacking wants out of isolation

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:16 PM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers for the Russian man charged with hacking into the computer systems of businesses throughout the U.S. have asked a federal judge in Seattle to hold a hearing as soon as possible so they can make their case for moving Roman Seleznev out of a Special Housing Unit.

US stocks flat amid Scotland, weak inflation worries

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:14 PM PDT

Pedestrians pass the bronze Charging Bull sculpture next to Wall Street in the Financial District on October 10, 2013New York (AFP) - US stocks finished little changed Thursday as concerns about the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence and weak global inflation data weighed on sentiment.

Lawmakers to high court: Protect pregnant workers

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 120 members of Congress urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to recognize that pregnant workers are entitled to reasonable accommodations such as light duty, saying it's needed to ensure that expecting mothers are not forced out of their jobs.

Networks say they're no longer showing Rice video

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2013, file photo, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice speaks during a news conference at the team's practice facility in Owings Mills, Md. At least four television networks say they plan to stop or minimize airings of video showing football player Rice striking his fiancee, footage that has called into question how the NFL disciplines players involved in domestic violence. The video from a casino elevator showing Janay Palmer crumbling to the floor after a punch has already been seen many times on TV since TMZ released it Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)NEW YORK (AP) — At least five television networks said Thursday they plan to stop or minimize airings of video showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice striking his then-fiancee and knocking her unconscious, footage that has called into question how the NFL disciplines players involved in domestic violence.

Stocks close mixed; Health care companies sink

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:09 PM PDT

FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Worries over the timing of a U.S. rate hike, economic weakness in China and an impending referendum on Scottish independence kept a lid on global stock markets Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are ending mixed as traders consider the outlook for interest rates, the latest sanctions against Russia and volatile energy prices.

Pistorius not guilty of murder but was negligent

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:07 PM PDT

Oscar Pistorius reacts in the dock as Judge Thokozile Masipa delivers her verdict during his murder trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday Sept. 11, 2014. Masipa ruled out a murder conviction for the double-amputee Olympian in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but said he was negligent, raising the possibility he'll be convicted of culpable homicide. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — During his trial, Oscar Pistorius sometimes retched and sobbed. The double-amputee Olympian sobbed again on Thursday, this time in apparent relief as a judge said the evidence did not support a murder conviction for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Obama's counter-terror fight faces high risk

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to expand airstrikes in Iraq and extend them to Syria raises a host of questions about how an intensified military campaign can achieve his goal of destroying the Islamic State group.

US, Arab allies committed to fighting extremists

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:03 PM PDT

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Key Arab allies of the United States pledged Thursday to help in the battle against Islamic State militants, promising to stop the flow of fighters and funding to the insurgents and possibly to join military action.

APNewsBreak: U.S. sharply cutting deportations

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:02 PM PDT

Luis Lopez, 24, center, and his wife, Mayra Canales, 28, left, pray with Norm, right, and Beverly Phillips, second from right, Reverend Erin Tamayo, third from right, and other local members of the faith community at University Presbyterian Church in Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Lopez who is a Guatemalan native and has been living in Phoenix and Mesa since 2007 and is currently in deportation proceedings is receiving Sanctuary from University Presbyterian Church. Mayra is a legal resident of the U.S. and their two children are U.S. citizens.While debate continues on slowing deportations, the Obama administration already is on pace to deport the fewest number of immigrants since at least 2007. That's according to federal figures obtained by The Associated Press.

Reid predicts unity behind Obama's plan

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:00 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, talks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, as Congress honored victims of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, during a "Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Gold Medal Ceremony". (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Bending for once to the will of the White House, Republicans and Democrats coalesced Thursday behind President Barack Obama's call to train and arm Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State militants and pointed toward votes in the heat of a midterm election campaign.

Master planner of NY Fashion Week turns page on history

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:59 PM PDT

Ruth Finley, who for more than 60 years has been a major force in the fashion industry, during interveiw in her Manhattan apartment on August 29, 2014 in New YorkAged 90, the master planner of New York Fashion Week, Ruth Finley, is turning the page on 70 years of history. She remembers Zac Posen and Marc Jacobs starting out, and explains how talents are often spotted at the get-go. Printed on pink pages and bound in red -- to make it easier to find on cluttered desks -- the calendar has been an essential companion since 1945 to countless designers, journalists, retailers, PR agents and models at the twice annual New York Fashion Week.

European states struggle with Draghi's challenge

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:58 PM PDT

French President François Hollande, left, poses Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron following the presentation of the "34 plans for the new industrial France" Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP Photo/Patrick Kovarik, Pool)FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Mario Draghi made the first move in his grand plan to rescue the economic recovery. Now it's over to the governments of the 18 countries that use the euro.

Rights group accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2014, file photo, men inspect dead and wounded Palestinians outside a U.N. run school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said Wednesday, Sept. 10, it has opened criminal investigations into two high-profile cases involving Palestinian civilian casualties in this summer's Gaza war, in an apparent attempt to head off international investigations into its conduct. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading international rights group on Thursday alleged that Israel committed war crimes during this summer's Gaza war, saying it reached that conclusion after investigating three attacks on or near United Nations-run schools housing displaced Palestinians.

Russia faces new U.S., EU sanctions over Ukraine crisis

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:55 PM PDT

Russia's President Putin leaves the Life-giving Trinity church in MoscowBy Adrian Croft and Arshad Mohammed BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European Union governments agreed on Thursday to begin their new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis on Friday but could lift them next month if Moscow abides by a fragile truce, while the United States prepared its own fresh sanctions. The steps are the latest by the United States and the EU following Russia's annexation of Crimea in March and what the West sees as an effort since then to further destabilize Ukraine by backing pro-Russian separatists with troops and arms. President Barack Obama said he will provide details on the new U.S. The United States plans to sanction Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, and to further limit other Russian banks' access to U.S.

US oil prices rise despite gloomy demand report

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:54 PM PDT

The International Energy Agency expects the 2014 global demand for oil will peak at 92.6 million barrels per dayUS oil prices rallied Thursday despite an International Energy Agency report that said the outlook for global crude demand growth has weakened considerably. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery gained $1.16 to close at $92.43 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. European benchmark Brent oil for October delivery finished four cents higher at $98.08 a barrel in London, after earlier dropping to $96.72 a barrel, the lowest point since July 2012. Gene McGillian, a broker and analyst at Tradition Energy, said some traders decided to take profits after the gap between WTI and Brent closed to less than $5 from $9 a week ago.

Scotland ready to make history: independence leader

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:52 PM PDT

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond addresses a press conference in Edinburgh on September 11, 2014, one week ahead of the referendum on independenceScotland's pro-independence leader Alex Salmond said the "eyes of the world" were on a momentous referendum next week that could break a 307-year-old union with England. Salmond said the September 18 vote would be "a process of national empowerment", as new figures came out showing a record 4.3 million people had registered to vote -- higher than for any previous elections in Scotland. "Scotland is on the cusp of making history. The eyes of the world are upon Scotland," Salmond said in Edinburgh, a day after British Prime Minister David Cameron also visited the Scottish capital to plead for the preservation of "a family of nations".

House, Senate weigh bills that are going nowhere

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:51 PM PDT

In this Sept. 10, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, sits with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Congress honored victims of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, during a "Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Gold Medal Ceremony." The House and Senate are controlled by different political parties, but both are spending time these days on similar paths: debating measures that everyone knows are going nowhere. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate leaders, usually proud sorts, staged showdown votes in their chambers Thursday on measures that are going nowhere. And in the logic that prevails during the weeks before crucial congressional elections, they want everyone to know about that futility.

Obama chief of staff pledges action on immigration

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:50 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House chief of staff is assuring frustrated Latino lawmakers that President Barack Obama will take executive action by the end of the year to address the nation's flawed immigration system, and do as much as he can under the law.

Arabs back anti-IS move as Syria warns on 'attacks'

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:49 PM PDT

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Arab nations rallied Thursday behind US President Barack Obama's call to expand operations against jihadists in Iraq and Syria, as Damascus warned it would consider any action on its territory as an attack.

Cameron's office overrules UK minister on Syria

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:45 PM PDT

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and his counterpart from Britain, Philip Hammond, left, address the media during a joint press conference after a meeting in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)BERLIN (AP) — Hours after Britain's foreign minister said the country wouldn't participate in any airstrikes on Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron's office overruled the comment Thursday and stressed that the government hadn't discarded the use of air power.

Alien-like giant water-living dinosaur unveiled

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:42 PM PDT

University of Chicago Paleontologist Paul C. Sereno looks inside the jaws of a 50-foot life-size model of a Spinosaurus dinosaur at the National Geographic Society exhibit in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. National Geographic has put together a life-size model of the first non-bird dinosaur that could live much of the time in water. Picture the fearsome creatures of WASHINGTON (AP) — Picture the fearsome creatures of "Jurassic Park" crossed with the shark from "Jaws." Then super-size to the biggest predator ever to roam Earth. Now add a crocodile snout as big as a person and feet like a duck's.

First 2 bills in Tesla deal sail through Assembly

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:34 PM PDT

Protesters march in front of the Capitol in Carson City, Nev., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, as state lawmakers work in a special session to consider a complex package of up to $1.3 billion in tax breaks and other incentives in an effort to bring Tesla Motors to Nevada. The protesters are opposed to a proposal to gut the state film tax credit program to help pay for the Tesla deal. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The first two bills designed to seal a deal to bring Tesla Motors' $5 billion battery factory to Nevada sailed through the Assembly unanimously Thursday as one lawmaker called the project the biggest thing to hit the state since the Hoover Dam.

Groups sue over oil shipments in older tank cars

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:33 PM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Department of Transportation over the shipment of volatile crude oil in older railroad tank cars.

US Senate rivals survive TV reality show

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:28 PM PDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two freshmen U.S. senators from opposite sides of the political aisle said Thursday they survived and even cooperated while spending a week marooned together on a remote island for a new reality show "Rival Survival."

9/11 commemoration held in open plaza

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:26 PM PDT

With the solemn toll of a bell and a moment of silence, the nation paused Thursday to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attack at the hallowed site that has been transformed into a bustling plaza.

Eying Scotland, Spain Catalans seek secession vote

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:25 PM PDT

Girls wearing BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Catalans energized by Scotland's upcoming independence referendum protested Thursday for a secession vote aimed at carving out a new Mediterranean nation in what is now northeastern Spain, illustrating how the Scottish vote in just one week is captivating breakaway minded Europeans from Barcelona to Spain's Basque country, Belgium and Italy.

Phoenix hopes to close out Chicago in WNBA Final

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:23 PM PDT

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) walks to the bench after getting a cut above her eye during the first half of Game 2 of the WNBA basketball finals against the Chicago Sky, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)After dominating the Chicago Sky in the first two games of the WNBA Finals, Diana Taurasi and her Phoenix Mercury know closing out the series won't be easy.

Wheeldon's colorful 'Alice' _ a really big show

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:23 PM PDT

In this June 4, 2011 photo made available by Richard Kornberg & Associates, Sonia Rodriguez performs during a dress rehearsal of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in London, Ontario, Canada. The show is scheduled to run from Sept. 9 - 14, 2014 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York, presented by the The Joyce Theater. (AP Photo/Aleksandar Antonijevic)NEW YORK (AP) — It takes nine — yes, nine — tractor-trailers to move all the sets and props for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," a $2 million extravaganza that arrived in New York this week. No wonder its choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, calls the production "my big girl."

Attacking Syria may entangle US in rebel rivalries

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo posted on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014 by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a militant extremist group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters of the Islamic State wave the group's flag from a damaged display of a government fighter jet following the battle for the Tabqa air base, in Raqqa, Syria. In staging airstrikes against Islamic State extremists in Syria, the U.S. may find itself in a confounding morass teeming with jihadis, rebel rivalries and sectarian hatred. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, File)BEIRUT (AP) — In expanding its airstrikes into Syria against Islamic State extremists, the U.S. could find itself entangled in a morass of jihadis, rebel rivalries and religious hatred.

U.S. wins Arab support for Syria/Iraq military campaign

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:20 PM PDT

By Jason Szep JEDDAH (Reuters) - The United States signed up Arab allies on Thursday to a "coordinated military campaign" against Islamic State fighters, a major step in building regional support for President Barack Obama's plan to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier. After talks in Saudi Arabia's summer capital Jeddah, Secretary of State John Kerry won backing from 10 Arab countries - Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and six Gulf states including rich rivals Saudi Arabia and Qatar - for a coalition to fight the Sunni militants that have seized swathes of Iraq and Syria. Non-Arab Sunni power Turkey also attended the Jeddah talks but two other major regional players - Shi'ite Iran and Syria itself - were excluded, a sign of the difficulty of building a coalition across the Middle East's sectarian battle lines.

British banks warn they'll head south if Scotland quits

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 12:19 PM PDT

The head office of the RBS is seen in St Andrew Square in EdinburghBy Angus MacSwan and Alistair Smout EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The battle for the hearts and heads of the Scottish people intensified on Thursday as two banks said they would shift their registered head offices to London if Scotland voted to break away from the United Kingdom in a referendum next week. The warning from Edinburgh-based Lloyds and RBS put the independence campaign on the defensive and followed a new poll which showed a slender lead for those wishing to keep the 307-year long union with England. In the past week, polls had shown a surge in support for the independence campaign led by Alex Salmond's Scottish National Party, and it appeared they were on a march to victory in next Thursday's vote. The pro-independence camp says it is time for Scots to rule their own country and build a fairer society without being told what to do by a political elite in London.
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