| Charity: $70,000 in Newtown donations missing Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:19 PM PST  Co-founder says her partner cut off contact when she confronted him with suspicions.
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| W.Va. residents: How long will this go on? Posted: 10 Jan 2014 01:31 PM PST  People surrounding state capital warned to avoid water for drinking, bathing and cooking.
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| Recreational drug probe expands to 10 Air Force officers Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:27 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — An Air Force investigation into alleged drug use in the ranks has expanded to include 10 officers at six bases in the U.S. and Britain.
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| US withdraws diplomat after India expulsion demand Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:49 PM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) — The United States said Friday it was withdrawing a diplomat from India in hopes it would end a bitter dispute that started with the arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York.
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| Emails: Police partly in dark on NJ lane closings Posted: 10 Jan 2014 01:35 PM PST  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Emails released Friday show a police captain had a difficult time getting details about lane closings near the George Washington Bridge that appeared to have been politically orchestrated by officials in Gov. Chris Christie's administration.
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| State Department issues Olympics warning Posted: 10 Jan 2014 12:02 PM PST  Caution includes special warning for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender travelers.
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| Hubble telescope captures another amazing photo Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:48 AM PST  Where to begin? The Hubble Space Telescope captured another amazing photograph, this time of the Tarantula Nebula, a region of space full of "star clusters, glowing gas, and thick dark dust," according to SpaceTelescope.org.
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| New documents released in NJ bridge scandal Posted: 10 Jan 2014 12:26 PM PST  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey legislative committee investigating the traffic-jam scandal that has rocked Gov. Chris Christie's administration released hundreds of documents Friday that could shed more light on the politically motivated lane closings that created gridlock at the George Washington Bridge.
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| Trove of documents released in NJ bridge scandal Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:38 PM PST  By Dave Warner TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - In the latest twist in a scandal engulfing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, documents related to the closure of the George Washington Bridge showed on Friday that authorities were deeply divided about the shutdown, with one warning it was illegal. More than 1,000 pages of documents subpoenaed by New Jersey lawmakers investigating the massive, four-day traffic jam in Fort Lee were made public after days of damaging disclosures about the role Christie's staff played in the September shutdown, which appeared to be political payback. Christie, a star of his party seen as a likely contender for the White House in 2016, on Thursday went to Fort Lee to apologize for the fiasco and said he knew nothing about it until damaging emails from his staff were revealed on Wednesday. Christie cut ties with a senior adviser and fired his then deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly, who wrote to Port Authority executive David Wildstein in August: "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee." Wildstein, a Christie appointee, replied: "Got it." The documents, many subpoenaed from Wildstein, cast new light on the turmoil within the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency overseeing the nation's busiest bridge.
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| Obama to lay out NSA reforms next week Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:48 AM PST  May call for curb on spying on friendly leaders, changes to phone data storage.
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| Iran: Nukes roadmap ready for sign-offs Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:01 AM PST  Official tied to UN nuclear agency confirms report on secret Geneva negotiations.
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| Google apologizes for Berlin map with Third Reich gaffe Posted: 10 Jan 2014 07:57 AM PST  Google issued an apology after it was discovered a popular spot in Berlin had been temporarily and inexplicably renamed after Adolf Hitler on the company's online map service.
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| 'I don't know if the water is not safe' Posted: 10 Jan 2014 12:16 PM PST  Thousands of gallons of a hazardous chemical leaked into a W. Va. river.
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| Federal government to recognize same-sex couples in Utah Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:38 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday extended federal recognition to the marriages of more than 1,000 same-sex couples in Utah that took place before the Supreme Court put those unions in the state on hold.
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| N.J. town caught in scandal loves, hates that bridge Posted: 10 Jan 2014 07:19 AM PST  FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — When Mayor Mark Sokolich's annual Christmas card showed up in mailboxes a few weeks ago, some residents took careful note of the photo selected for the front: the steely silhouette of this borough's treasured, and sometimes detested, George Washington Bridge — and a Revolutionary War cannon firing off a shot, as if to warn off unseen enemies who might try to threaten it.
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| U.S. considering sanctions against South Sudan Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:49 PM PST  By Louis Charbonneau and Warren Strobel UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is weighing targeted sanctions against South Sudan due to the failure of leaders in the world's youngest nation to take steps to end a crisis that has brought the country to the brink of civil war, sources briefed on U.S. discussions told Reuters. "It's a tool that has been discussed," a source told Reuters on condition of anonymity about the possibility of U.S. sanctions against those blocking peace efforts or fueling violence in South Sudan. The U.S. government was unlikely to consider steps intended to economically harm impoverished South Sudan but would likely focus on any measures on those individuals or groups it sees as blocking efforts at brokering peace or committing atrocities. Three weeks of fighting, often along ethnic lines, is ringing alarm bells in Washington over the prospect that the conflict could spiral into full-blown civil war, spawning atrocities or making South Sudan the world's next failed state.
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| Target data breach grows to 70M customers Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:28 AM PST  Phone numbers, addresses and other personal information was stolen.
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| U.S. job growth falters as cold weather grips nation Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:05 PM PST  By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired the fewest workers in nearly three years in December, but the setback was likely to be temporary amid signs that unusually cold weather may have had an impact. The surprisingly weak job growth figures reported by the Labor Department on Friday, however, could cause some discomfort at the Federal Reserve, which last month announced plans to scale back its massive monetary stimulus program. Nonfarm payrolls rose only 74,000 in December, the smallest increase since January 2011 and well short of the 200,000 jobs or so that most economists had expected. Michael Feroli, an economist with JPMorgan Chase in New York, called the report "an ugly mix" but said: "We'd guess the underlying trend in job growth hasn't materially shifted." U.S. stock prices were little changed, but yields on benchmark Treasury debt fell by the most since October.
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| Will bridge scandal hurt a Christie 2016 bid? Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:15 PM PST  The road to the White House just got bumpier for the N.J. governor - but it's not closed.
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| U.S. to withdraw diplomat at India's request as dispute festers Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:30 PM PST By David Brunnstrom and Frank Jack Daniel WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would withdraw one of its diplomats from New Delhi at India's request after Washington effectively expelled an Indian envoy at the center of a dispute between the allies. Devyani Khobragade, 39, who was India's deputy consul-general in New York, was arrested in December on charges of visa fraud and lying to U.S. authorities about what she paid her housekeeper. Khobragade's arrest and strip-search provoked protests in India and dealt a serious blow to U.S. efforts to strengthen ties. An indictment announced by U.S. prosecutors on Thursday accused Khobragade of making her Indian housekeeper and nanny, Sangeeta Richard, work 100-hour, seven-day weeks for a salary of little more than $1 an hour and refusing her sick days and holidays. |
| Surprisingly weak jobs report puzzles economists Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:13 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — It came as a shock: U.S. employers added just 74,000 jobs in December, far fewer than anyone expected. This from an economy that had been adding nearly three times as many for four straight months — a key reason the Federal Reserve decided last month to slow its economic stimulus.
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| Damage-control worries followed NJ lane closings Posted: 10 Jan 2014 04:51 PM PST  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Officials squabbled over media leaks and worried about bad publicity in the days after lane closings near the George Washington Bridge caused huge traffic jams that now appear to have been politically orchestrated by members of Gov. Chris Christie's administration, documents released Friday show.
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| 500 reported killed in rebel infighting in Syria Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:23 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — With nearly 500 people reported killed in a week of rebel infighting, many Syrians barricaded themselves in their homes Friday, while others emerged from mosques angrily accusing an al-Qaida-linked group of hijacking their revolution.
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| GOP House targets health care law; 67 Dems join in Posted: 10 Jan 2014 01:56 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House voted overwhelmingly Friday to bolt new security requirements onto President Barack Obama's health care law, with 67 Democrats breaking ranks to join with the GOP. It was the first skirmish of what is certain to be a long and contentious election-year fight.
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| UNC still dealing with 3 years of academic scandal Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:55 PM PST  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has been in an academic crisis mode for more than three years.
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| Damage-control scramble followed NJ lane closings Posted: 10 Jan 2014 04:40 PM PST TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Officials squabbled over media leaks and worried about bad publicity in the days after lane closings near the George Washington Bridge caused huge traffic jams that now appear to have been politically orchestrated by members of Gov. Chris Christie's administration, documents released Friday show. |
| Chemical in W.Va. spill taken to another site Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:40 PM PST  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The company at the center of a chemical spill in West Virginia says it has removed the rest of the foaming agent to prevent any more from escaping.
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| Gadget Watch: iPhone case lets you see heat Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:01 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Remember the alien with heat vision in the movie "Predator"? You, too, can now stalk people in the jungle by their heat signatures — or check your home's insulation for leaks, whichever is most useful to you.
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| AP WAS THERE: '64 US report ties smoking to cancer Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:08 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — On Jan. 11, 1964, AP Science Writer Frank Carey covered the release of U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry's historic report linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer. The report has been called one of the most important documents in U.S. public health history. While not the first to raise the alarm about smoking, it gave momentum to the push for tobacco controls. The surgeon general has periodically issued more smoking reports, and a new one is due out next week. Fifty years after its original publication, the AP is making this story available to its subscribers.
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| GOP-led House again targets Obama health care law Posted: 10 Jan 2014 07:26 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans targeted President Barack Obama's health care law on Friday, pushing legislation to impose new rules on the administration that Democrats argued was designed to scare Americans from enrolling for coverage.
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