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Obama to Congress on Syria: Give it time and don’t undermine the process

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper Terrance Gainer, right, leaves a meeting with congressional Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, where they discussed Syria. On Tuesday night, the president will address the nation on Syria. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Congress will not vote on a Syria resolution this week.


Our voices: Lower Manhattan undoubtedly transformed since 9/11

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:02 AM PDT

Lower Manhattan skylineThe most physical evidence of Lower Manhattan's rebirth in the dozen years since the 9/11 attacks is One World Trade Center, often called the Freedom Tower, which rises 104 stories and 1,776 feet above a 16-acre site in the Financial District. It will be completed in early 2014.


NYPD's 'stop and frisk' program could decide mayoral race

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:07 AM PDT

New York mayoral candidate Blasio, standing between his daughter Chiara and district attorney candidate Thompson, speaks during a campaign rally in Brooklyn, New YorkThe controversy around the NYPD's practice of stopping and questioning black and Hispanic pedestrians may decide who becomes the next mayor of the country's largest city.


Poll: Public doubts rise on surveillance, privacy

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 12:29 PM PDT

Graphic shows AP-NORC opinion poll on government gathering of citizens’ electronic data; 2c x 4 inches; 96.3 mm x 101 mm;WASHINGTON (AP) — Following disclosures about the National Security Agency's massive surveillance programs, a majority of Americans believe the U.S. government is doing a poor job of protecting privacy rights, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.


iPad video becomes key in George Zimmerman case

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:39 PM PDT

George Zimmerman, right, is escorted to a home by a Lake Mary police officer, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Lake Mary, Fla., after a domestic incident in the neighborhood where Zimmerman and his wife Shellie had lived during his murder trial. Zimmerman's wife says on a 911 call that her estranged husband punched her father in the nose, grabbed an iPad out of her hand and smashed it and threatened them both with a gun. Zimmerman was recently found not guilty for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/John Raoux)LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — Police investigating a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife said Tuesday they were confident they would be able to get video from her broken iPad, and the evidence will help them determine if charges should be filed.


Voting problems plague NYC primary election

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:13 PM PDT

Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, arrive to cast their primary votes, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at the Park Slope Public Library in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday in a primary election that begins the process of replacing Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor who has defined their city for 12 years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)NEW YORK (AP) — As New York City's contentious primary campaign drew to a close Tuesday, some voters — including one leading mayoral candidate — encountered problems with the city's decades-old voting machines.


Docs: Officials misused US surveillance program

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:36 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Government officials for nearly three years accessed data on thousands of domestic phone numbers they shouldn't have and then misrepresented their actions to a secret spy court to reauthorize the government's surveillance program, documents released Tuesday show.

Apple introduces 2 new iPhone models

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:17 PM PDT

Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, speaks on stage during the introduction of the new iPhone 5c in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — For the first time since introducing the device that changed cellphones forever, Apple will offer two distinct versions of the latest iPhones — a cheaper one made of plastic and another that aims to be "the gold standard of smartphones" and reads your fingerprint.


Richest 1 percent earn biggest share since '20s

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 12:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this 1928 file photo, Actress Joan Crawford is seen dancing the Charleston in "Our Dancing Daughters" in Hollywood, Calif. A report released, September, 10, 2013, shows that the very wealthiest Americans earned more than 19 percent of the country's household income in 2012, their biggest share since 1928. And the top 10 percent captured a record 48.2 percent of total earnings last year. (AP Photo/File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The gulf between the richest 1 percent and the rest of America is the widest it's been since the Roaring '20s.


Bra tops, cutouts: Not everyone wants to be trendy

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:45 PM PDT

Fashion from the Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2014 collection is modeled on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)NEW YORK (AP) — Is it ever OK to — gasp! — step away from a trend? Absolutely, say some of the stylists, editors and designers gathered for New York Fashion Week.


Slain 107-year-old talked about shooting before

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:33 PM PDT

In this 2011 photo provided by the Pine Bluff Commercial, Monroe Isadore poses for photos on his 105th birthday in Pine Bluff, Ark. Authorities in Arkansas halted a standoff on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, when they shot and killed Isadore, 107, who opened fire at them. (AP Photo/Courtesy Pine Bluff Commercial)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A 107-year-old Arkansas man who died in a police standoff this weekend told officers months earlier that they would have to shoot him or throw him in jail before he went back home with his son-in-law, according to police reports obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.


Bach elected IOC president, gets call from Putin

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:42 PM PDT

Thomas Bach, of Germany, speaks after being elected the new IOC president during the 125th IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Hassenstein, Pool)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Within minutes of being elected to the top job in the Olympics, Thomas Bach got a phone call from a powerful leader he'll work with closely in the next few months: Russian President Vladimir Putin.


Google loses appeal in Street View snooping case

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2010 file photo, an employee drives a Google Maps Street View vehicle around Palo Alto, Calif. Internet giant Google's Street View project has raised privacy concerns in several countries. Attorneys suing Google for enabling its camera-carrying vehicles to collect emails and Internet passwords while photographing neighborhoods for the search giant's popular "Street View" maps look forward to resuming their case now that a U.S. appeals court has ruled in their favor. The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Tuesday that Google went far beyond listening to accessible radio communication when they drew information from inside people's homes. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court said Google wrongly collected people's personal correspondence and online activities through their Wi-Fi systems as it drove down their streets with car cameras shooting photos for its Street View mapping project.


iPad video could be key in George Zimmerman case

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:02 PM PDT

George Zimmerman, right, is escorted to a home by a Lake Mary police officer, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Lake Mary, Fla., after a domestic incident in the neighborhood where Zimmerman and his wife Shellie had lived during his murder trial. Zimmerman's wife says on a 911 call that her estranged husband punched her father in the nose, grabbed an iPad out of her hand and smashed it and threatened them both with a gun. Zimmerman was recently found not guilty for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/John Raoux)LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — Police investigating a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife said Tuesday that video from her broken iPad may be crucial evidence in determining whether any charges are filed.


Docs: Judge almost shut down surveillance program

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:29 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge who oversaw a secret U.S. spy court almost shut down the government's domestic surveillance program designed to fight terrorism after he "lost confidence" in officials' ability to operate it, documents released Tuesday show.

Report finds aging US faces crisis in cancer care

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:22 AM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center shows Dr. Patricia Ganz of the University of California, Los Angeles, who chaired an Institute of Medicine panel that found the U.S. is facing a crisis in how to deliver cancer care, as the population ages and treatment becomes increasingly complex. The U.S. is facing a crisis in cancer care even though scientists know more than ever about the best ways to battle it. The Institute of Medicine finds a trio of threats: The baby boomers are reaching their cancer-prone years as treatment becomes increasingly unaffordable and so complex their doctors have a hard time keeping up. (AP Photo/ UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is facing a crisis in how to deliver cancer care, as the baby boomers reach their tumor-prone years and doctors have a hard time keeping up with complex new treatments, government advisers reported Tuesday.


Syria: We will stop producing chemical arms

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:34 AM PDT

U.N. chemical weapons experts wearing gas masks carry samples collected from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack while escorted by Free Syrian Army fighters in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of DamascusThe foreign minister also said Syria will fully cooperate with Russia's proposal.


Obama's two-track strategy on Syria

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:58 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper Terrance Gainer, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, to meet with Senate Democrats and Republicans on Syria, a day after an unexpected Russian proposal for Syria to avert a U.S. military strike by relinquishing control of its chemical weapons. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The president is backing diplomacy, while pushing airstrikes as a fallback.


12 years later: 1,140 people have 9/11-related cancer

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:38 AM PDT

25 Most Powerful Photos1More than 1,000 people who have lived or worked near ground zero, including first responders, have been diagnosed with a cancer related to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, health officials say.


Senators recasting Syria legislation

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:44 AM PDT

Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, center, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., left, talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, during the committee's hearing to consider the authorization for use of military force in Syria. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. is at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)The U.N. will have a key role in the new amendment.


Syria plan lets Russia play the peacemaker

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 09:10 AM PDT

Obama Says Discussed With Putin Idea Of Diplomatic Solution On SyriaBy Timothy Heritage and Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - If it really was just an offhand remark by the U.S. Secretary of State that gave Russia the chance to play peacemaker in the Syrian conflict, Moscow is certainly not letting on. Instead it is presenting this week's proposal for Syria to put its chemical arms under international control as an approach worked out with the United States, a position that might help U.S. President Barack Obama endorse it. ...


Americans using Internet to abandon children adopted overseas

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 08:29 AM PDT

Adopted child Quita Puchalla, 21, poses outside her apartment in MilwaukeePart 1: When a Liberian girl proves too much for her parents, they advertise her online and give her to a couple they've never met. Days later, she goes missing.


Live chat: Follow Apple's iPhone event as it happens

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:54 AM PDT

Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Apple Inc, talks about the new iPhone 5S at Apple Inc's media event in CupertinoApple's biggest event of the year is here. New iPhones are expected and perhaps new iPads and Apple TV.


Russia's 'hard to enact' chemical arms plan

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 06:19 AM PDT

Part of the chemical weapons stockpile at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Tooele, Utah, pictured in 2002It depends on cooperation from a secretive Syrian regime fighting for survival.


Pakistan to free former Taliban second-in-command

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:14 AM PDT

Sartaj Aziz, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's adviser on foreign affairs, speaks during an interview with Reuters in IslamabadBy Maria Golovnina ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan plans to free former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, this month to help advance peace efforts in neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan's foreign policy chief said on Tuesday. The United States and Afghanistan have long pressed Pakistan to free Baradar and other senior Taliban figures who could be used to tempt moderate Taliban leaders to the negotiating table and transform the insurgency into a political movement. "In principle, we have agreed to release him. The timing is being discussed. It should be very soon ... ...


Man who made confessional DUI video faces court

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 06:05 AM PDT

Matthew Cordle looks at reporters as he is booked into Franklin County Jail on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. Cordle was charged Monday with aggravated vehicular homicide after a fatal wrong-way crash and has pledged in an online video confession to plead guilty. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio driver who made an online video confessing to causing a fatal wrong-way crash after drinking heavily was scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday.


Amnesty decries 'extreme political violence' in Egypt

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:35 AM PDT

Egyptian soldiers stand guard on top of their armoured personnel carrier near Cairo's Tahrir square on July 26, 2013GENEVA (Reuters) - Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into killings by Egyptian security forces as well as torture and violations of the rights to free speech and assembly. The military's overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi in July after mass protests against him unleashed an "extreme level of political violence", the London-based group told the United Nations Human Rights Council. ...


Six tons of seized ivory to be crushed in Denver

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:34 AM PDT

Philippines destroys 5 tonnes of illegal ivoryFederal wildlife officials plan to crush more than 6 tons of ivory in Denver as part of a new push by the United States to combat illegal wildlife trafficking worldwide. The ivory that is being stored ...


NYC voters take first steps in choosing a new mayor

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:59 AM PDT

de bladio brooklynFor the first time in 12 years, New Yorkers are picking a new mayor to replace Michael Bloomberg.


Indian court convicts 4 in fatal gang rape case

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:14 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday in the deadly gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a brutal crime that galvanized public anger over the widespread — yet widely tolerated — sexual violence faced by Indian women.

Syria backs chemical weapons plan

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:10 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters take up positions behind piled sandbags as they aim their weapons in the eastern al-Ghouta, near DamascusMeantime, it bombs rebels for the first time since the West threatened military action.


Syria accepts Russian chemical arms proposal

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:28 AM PDT

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem addresses the media in MoscowThe nation makes the deal to avoid U.S. military strikes, Interfax reports.


New Yorkers to vote in uproarious mayoral primaries

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT

File photo of New York City mayoral candidate de Blasio, his wife McCray, daughter Chiara and son Dante posing for a picture at an event in Manhattan, New York,By Edith Honan and Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers were voting on Tuesday for a candidate to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a primary election that began with complaints that bulky 1960s-era mechanical voting machines had broken down, forcing people to use emergency ballots. In a campaign that featured a scandal over lewd pictures, a council leader trying to become the city's first female and openly gay mayor, and grave warnings about public safety, it was the voting machines that were the issue on election morning. ...


What Obama needs to say in Syria address

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:44 AM PDT

Obama: Strike 'Absolutely' on Hold if Syria Abandons Chemical WeaponsThe president has tricky ground to cover and concedes that Americans don't back his course.


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