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Monday, September 15, 2014

Judge: Lawsuit in Petraeus scandal can proceed

Judge: Lawsuit in Petraeus scandal can proceed

Judge: Lawsuit in Petraeus scandal can proceed

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012, file photo, Jill Kelley leaves her home in Tampa, Fla. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson says Jill Kelley can press her claim that the FBI and Defense Department violated her privacy when officials allegedly leaked information about her to the news media. Berman also tossed out more than a dozen other claims of government wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that a Florida woman can pursue her lawsuit alleging the government invaded her privacy in the scandal over former CIA director David Petraeus.

Hundreds flee 2 California wildfires; homes burn

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:47 PM PDT

Smoke and haze from a wildfire more than 50 miles away darkens the sky over a shopping center parking lot in Sparks, Nev., late Sunday afternoon, Sept. 14, 2014. The wildfire, about 60 miles east of Sacramento, forced the evacuation of 133 homes. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Crews attempted to get better access to two raging wildfires in California that have forced hundreds to evacuate their homes, including one near a lakeside resort that destroyed nearly two-dozen structures, officials said Monday.

Revamped 'View' begins its daytime run

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:46 PM PDT

In this image released by ABC, co-hosts, from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Nicolle Wallace, Rosie Perez and Rosie O'Donnell appear on the set of the daytime talk show "The View," on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/ABC, Lou Rocco)NEW YORK (AP) — Daytime's "The View" revealed its latest makeover Monday, opening the post-Barbara Walters era with a new set, new boss, mostly new team and a promise to be provocative again.

Vietnam soldiers to receive Medal of Honor

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:43 PM PDT

Donald Paul SloatWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday will bestow the Medal of Honor on a pair of soldiers for their acts of bravery in the Vietnam War.

Domestic violence experts added as NFL advisers

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:42 PM PDT

FILE - in this March 26, 2014, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions during a news conference in Orlando, Fla. Goodell says the league asked for, but was not given, a just-released video showing former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice hitting his then-fiancee on an elevator. Goodell says during an interview with CBS aired Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014: "We assumed that there was a video. We asked for video. But we were never granted that opportunity." (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Three experts in domestic violence will serve as consultants to the NFL.

Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood calls for Scottish independence

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:39 PM PDT

By Li-mei Hoang LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's grand dame of fashion Vivienne Westwood on Sunday urged Scotland to vote for independence ahead of a historic referendum next week that could see it break away from the United Kingdom. The designer, who is as famous for her political views as her bold fashions, said that she did not believe there was any democracy left in England and encouraged Scotland to end the 307-year union. "It would be absolutely great if there is a 'yes' vote ... ...

Chicago, NY, Hawaii on Obama library's short list

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:39 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chicago, New York and Honolulu are on the short list to host President Barack Obama's future presidential library.

U.S. sees Middle East help fighting IS, Britain cautious after beheading

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:35 PM PDT

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters check the direction before launching rockets towards Zummar, controlled by Islamic State (IS), near MosulBy Will Dunham and Andrew Osborn WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Washington said countries in the Middle East had offered to join air strikes against Islamic State militants and Australia said it would send troops, but Britain held back even after the group beheaded a British hostage and threatened to kill another. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been touring the Middle East to try to secure backing for U.S. efforts to build a coalition to fight the Islamic State militants who have grabbed territory in Syria and Iraq. ...

Wisconsin election officials scramble on voter ID

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:33 PM PDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials were scrambling Monday to deal with a federal appeals court's ruling reinstating the requirement that voters show photo identification when casting ballots.

Reinstated Peterson says 'I'm not a child abuser'

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:32 PM PDT

Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings looks on from the sideline on September 7, 2014 in St. Louis, MissouriMinneapolis (AFP) - Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, reinstated Monday by the NFL team, declared he was not a child abuser despite charges of injuring his four-year-old son with blows from a switch.

Bob Crewe, 'Walk Like A Man' writer, dead at 83

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:30 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Crewe, co-writer of "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," ''Big Girls Don't Cry" and many other pop hits, has died. He was 83.

Woods takes McIlroy age comments in stride

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:30 PM PDT

US golfer Tiger Woods fetches a golf ball during his practice at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda on June 24, 2014Washington (AFP) - Tiger Woods, his 39th birthday looming in December, laughed off 20-something Rory McIlroy's recent estimation that the 14-time major winner and compatriot Phil Mickelson are in the back nine of their careers.

Redskins optimistic RG3 will return this season

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:30 PM PDT

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) leaves the game on a cart after injuring his left ankle during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden is optimistic Robert Griffin III will return this season.

Hurricane Edouard strengthens in Atlantic

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:25 PM PDT

This September 15, 2014 NASA GOES satellite image shows Hurricane Edouard (R) in the Atlantic OceanMiami (AFP) - Hurricane Edouard gained strength in the Atlantic Monday but remained too far from land to pose a danger, US weather forecasters said.

Forging coalition, Sweden's new left leader angers ally

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:19 PM PDT

Outgoing Swedish PM Reinfeldt shakes hands with parliament speaker Westerberg at Sweden's parliament in StockholmBy Johan Ahlander and Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's center-left leader risked alienating a major ally on Monday as he tried to forge a minority government with his defeated center-right foes on Monday after an election that saw an anti-immigrant party surge. Stefan Lofven's Social Democrats and two other left-leaning parties garnered more votes than the outgoing center-right Alliance of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Sunday's election, but fell short of a parliamentary majority. ...

Tiny Qatar plays outsize role in US war strategy

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, photo, U.S. troops listen to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel as he speaks at the al Udeid air base in Qatar. Just miles from where former Guantanamo Bay terror suspects have resettled, American warplanes take off from a Qatar air base in the global war on extremism. Tiny but rich Qatar is an intriguing player in what President Barack Obama says will be a long battle to stop and eventually destroy the Islamic State group. The U.S. uses the air base as its main air operations center for the Middle East. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — Just miles from where former Guantanamo Bay terror suspects have resettled, American warplanes take off from Qatar's al-Udeid air base in the global war on extremism.

Sierra Leone: WHO too slow to help doc with Ebola

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, Valor Christian High School sophomore and volunteer Paige Kula loads a pallet with medical supplies bound for Sierra Leone to combat Ebola, inside the warehouse of Project C.U.R.E., in Centennial, Colo. The US strategy in fighting Ebola is two-pronged: Step up efforts to deliver desperately needed supplies and people to West Africa, while making sure hospitals at home know what to do if someone travels here with the infection. In addition to shipments of hospital beds and protective suits, the government is taking unusual steps to encourage a variety of health care workers to volunteer to go to the outbreak zone _ and is offering some training before they head out. Here are questions and answers on the U.S. response. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone accused the World Health Organization on Monday of being "sluggish" in facilitating an evacuation of a doctor who died from Ebola before she could be sent out of the country for medical care.

6 killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine city

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:15 PM PDT

A Pro-Russian rebels bike arranged with a communist flag, left and Russian motorcycle club "Night Wolves" flag is driven in a parade in the town of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. Some semblance of normality is returning to parts of eastern Ukraine after a cease-fire agreement sealed between Ukrainian government forces and separatist rebels earlier this month, although exchanges of rocket fire remain a constant in some areas. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Shelling killed six people and wounded 15 others in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, the city council said Monday — the worst reported violence since a cease-fire between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops took effect on Sept. 5.

Obama opens campaign against campus sexual assault

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:10 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to announce a campus sexual assault awareness campaign from the White House Friday, with a special focus on engaging men in the fight against a largely hidden problem.

Tanaka 5 scoreless innings in instructional league

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:05 PM PDT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka pitched five scoreless innings against minor leaguers in an instructional league simulated game Monday, perhaps the final step before the injured Japanese pitcher rejoins the New York Yankees.

UN takes over C. African Republic peacekeeping

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:05 PM PDT

FILE-In this file photo taken on Thursday, May 29, 2014, African Union MISCA troops from Cameroon patrol in Bangui, Central African Republic. The United Nations took over a regional African peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic on Monday, Sept. 15, nine months after sectarian violence erupted that has left at least 5,000 people dead and has forced tens of thousands of Muslims to flee into exile in neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay,File)BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The United Nations took over a regional African peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic on Monday, nine months after sectarian violence erupted that has left at least 5,000 people dead and has forced tens of thousands of Muslims to flee into exile in neighboring countries.

1965 'Cinderella' star to attend Broadway version

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 31, 2013 file photo, actress Lesley Ann Warren arrives at the 10th Annual Inspiration Awards in Los Angeles. Warren, who starred in the 1965 television version of NEW YORK (AP) — The Cinderella onstage on Broadway next Wednesday will have another Cinderella in the audience — Lesley Ann Warren.

4 students hurt, 1 seriously, in Denver lab fire

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:04 PM PDT

DENVER (AP) — Authorities say four students have been burned and one suffered serious injuries after a fire erupted in a Denver high school chemistry lab during a demonstration involving methanol.

Governor vows capture of trooper's killer

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:04 PM PDT

This photo provided by the Pennsylvania State Police shows Cpl. Byron Dickson. Dickson was killed by a gunman as he left the police barracks in Blooming Grove, Pa. State police spokesman Trooper Tom Kelly said investigators hope to soon interview Trooper Alex Douglass, who was injured in the attack, to get additional information on the ambush. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania State Police)Investigators won't rest until they capture the gunman who ambushed two Pennsylvania State Police troopers outside their barracks, killing one, Gov. Tom Corbett said Monday.

$13K restitution ordered in Banksy defacement case

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:03 PM PDT

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A California man pleaded guilty Monday to defacing two Park City murals believed to have been done by the mysterious British graffiti artist Banksy.

Woods says strength is back, but not swing

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:03 PM PDT

WINDEMERE, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is too busy in the gym to find a new swing coach, or even swing a golf club.

NASA inspector blasts asteroid protection program

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:03 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's effort to identify potentially dangerous space rocks has taken a hit.

Vikings reinstate Peterson despite abuse charge

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:55 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2014, file photo, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson warms up for an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams in St. Louis. The Vikings benched Peterson for Sunday's game after his attorney said he had been indicted by a Texas grand jury on a charge of child abuse. Attorney Rusty Hardin says the charge accuses Peterson of using a branch, or switch, to spank his son. He says Peterson has cooperated with authorities and "used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son." Hardin says Peterson regrets the incident but never intended to harm the boy. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam, File)EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Adrian Peterson is coming back to the Minnesota Vikings two days after he was charged with child abuse for using a wooden switch to spank his 4-year-old son, and the star running back said Monday he is not a child abuser and wants "everyone to understand how sorry I feel about the hurt I have brought to my child."

'Breakthrough' in Afghan election dispute: president spokesman

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:52 AM PDT

Afghan election officials have checked eight million ballot papers during an audit of the presidential run-off voteAfghanistan's disputed presidential election inched towards a possible conclusion Monday with a senior government official hailing a "breakthrough" in talks between the two candidates, who both claim to have won the vote. Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah have been wrangling over a power-sharing deal after the June 14 election was engulfed in allegations of massive fraud that have threatened to spark instability as NATO troops pull out of the country. "This is a breakthrough, there has been progress luckily," Aimal Faizi, spokesman for outgoing President Hamid Karzai, told AFP after negotiations between the rivals on Monday.

Mystery airstrikes target Libyan Islamist militias

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:48 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Unidentified warplanes conducted four airstrikes on Monday near the Libyan capital of Tripoli, leaving one dead and five wounded, a spokesman for Libya's Islamist-allied militias and a militia commander said.

US: NKorea uses detainees as political pawns

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:45 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. says North Korea is using detained American citizens as political pawns, after a 24-year-old Californian man was sentenced to six years of hard labor there.

Judge sees confession tape in '79 missing boy case

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2012 file photo, Pedro Hernandez, right, appears in Manhattan criminal court with his attorney Harvey Fishbein, in New York. Circumstances of Hernandez' confession are set to be scrutinized at a hearing to determine whether his statements are fair game for trial -- a question that rests partly on whether he was mentally capable of waiving his rights. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, Pool, File)NEW YORK (AP) — After the videotape clicks on, the 53-year-old calmly tells investigators how he choked 6-year-old Etan Patz in the basement of a Manhattan convenience store on May 25, 1979. He describes putting the boy, who was still alive, into a plastic bag, then putting the bag inside a box and dumping it nearby.

Kerry to chair UN Security Council meeting on Iraq

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:43 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to New York this week to chair a meeting of the United National Security Council on Iraq.

Gazans rush to enjoy life after ruinous war

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:42 AM PDT

In this Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 photo, Palestinians wait for fishermen to unload their catch so they can buy fish at the sea port of Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Gazans who endured more than 50 days of devastating Israeli bombardment are now eager to enjoy some life. Street cafes and beaches are packed with people until late at night. Wedding halls are booked solid. Far from a celebration, however, Gazans themselves acknowledge the revelry is only to thinly mask trauma and widespread despair. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — After a ruinous war, Gaza is rushing back to a veneer of normalcy at astonishing speed. Street cafes and beaches are packed with people until late at night. Families crowd the few public parks. Wedding halls are booked solid.

House GOP moves ahead on Syrian rebel training

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:55 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers raced Monday to authorize an expanded mission to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels before heading back to the campaign trail, with House Republicans preparing legislation backing a central plank of President Barack Obama's strategy against the Islamic State group.

700 feared dead in 2 Mediterranean boat wrecks

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:38 AM PDT

In this image made available from the UNHCR on Monday Sept. 15, 2014 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie, visits Dr. Ayman Mustafa, a Syrian refugee, at his apartment in Valetta, Malta on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. On October 11, 2013 a boat on which he, his wife and daughter boarded to seek refuge, capsized. His wife and daughter drowned. Since the start of 2014, more than 2,500 asylum seekers have perished trying to cross the Mediterranean.. (AP Photo/Pete Muller/Prime for UNHCR)GENEVA (AP) — This year is on track to become the deadliest ever for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea after two heavily loaded boats were wrecked in the past week, possibly killing 700 people fleeing Africa for Europe — the same number as died during all of last year.

US won't rule out working with Iran against IS

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:34 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande, second right, discusses with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Massoum, second left, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Monday, Sept. 15 2014. Reconnaissance planes at the ready, Hollande said there was "no time to lose" in the global push to combat extremists from the Islamic State group, minus the two countries who share most of Iraq's borders. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, Pool)PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he won't shut the door on the possibility of working with Iran against a common enemy in the Islamic State militant group, but the two nations won't coordinate on military action.

Ukraine rivals trade blame after bloodiest day since truce

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:30 AM PDT

Nearly 2,600 people have been killed since the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, according to the United NationsDonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's shaky truce was rattled further on Monday as warring rivals traded blame over the bloodiest day in the restive east since a ceasefire was signed on September 5.

Miss America: More to worry about than red cup

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:29 AM PDT

Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev of New York, poses for photographers during the traditional toe dip in the Atlantic Ocean the morning after she was crowned, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The new Miss America says there are more important things for people to worry about than her little red cup.

Powerful Washington lobbyist Boggs dies at 73

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:23 AM PDT

CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) — Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., a son of congressional royalty who evolved into a top-tier lobbyist and prolific Democratic fundraiser and embodied what it meant to have Washington clout, died Monday at his home outside Washington, D.C. He was 73.
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