| Christie on bridge fiasco, having 'sharp elbows' Posted: 20 Jan 2014 05:00 AM PST  Exclusive: Yahoo News' Matt Bai has the NJ gov's first interview since 'Bridgegate' broke.
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| 2 deaths confirmed in Omaha plant explosion Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:51 PM PST  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An explosion Monday morning that brought down part of an animal feed processing plant in Omaha left two people dead and 10 others seriously hurt, authorities said.
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| Ban Ki-moon takes back Iran's invite to Syria peace talks Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:19 PM PST  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday withdrew an offer for Iran to attend Syria peace negotiations after Tehran declared it does not support the June 2012 political transition deal that is the basis for the talks. "He (Ban) continues to urge Iran to join the global consensus behind the Geneva communiqué," Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky said. "Given that it has chosen to remain outside that basic understanding, (Ban) has decided that the one-day Montreux gathering will proceed without Iran's participation." Ban said earlier that Iran's public statement that it did not support the 2012 Geneva deal calling for a transitional government for Syria was "not consistent" with assurances he had been given by Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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| Speeches, marches honor Martin Luther King Jr. Posted: 20 Jan 2014 11:04 AM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of people filled Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday to remember and reflect on the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., one of many events across the nation to honor the slain civil rights leader.
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| Amid clashes, unclear roadmap for peace in Ukraine Posted: 20 Jan 2014 10:38 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — After a night of vicious street battles, anti-government protesters and police clashed again Monday in Ukraine's capital. Hundreds of protesters, many wearing balaclavas, hurled rocks and stun grenades. Police responded with tear gas.
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| Comet-chasing probe sends signal to Earth Posted: 20 Jan 2014 10:27 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — A comet-chasing space probe that has been in hibernation for almost three years has woken up and sent its first signal back to Earth.
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| Russians study Islamic video threatening Olympics Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:03 PM PST  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's counter-terrorism agency says it's studying a video posted by an Islamic militant group that asserted responsibility for suicide bombings that killed 34 people last month and is threatening to strike the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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| Broncos-Seahawks Super Bowl pits top 'O,' top 'D' Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:30 AM PST  Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos and Richard Sherman's Seattle Seahawks were the NFL's best all season, so it's fitting that they'll meet in the Super Bowl.
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| A crumbling Sochi hides behind Olympic facades Posted: 20 Jan 2014 11:49 AM PST  SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A shining new $635 million highway on the outskirts of Sochi stands next to a crumbling apartment block with a red "SOS!" banner on its roof.
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| Pope's Vatican hotel kitchen goes kosher for a day Posted: 20 Jan 2014 10:20 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — For just one day, the kitchen of the Vatican hotel where Pope Francis lives went kosher.
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| In S. Sudan, rebel-held town of Bor destroyed Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:19 AM PST  BOR, South Sudan (AP) — Bor is a ghost town. Every shop is looted and empty. Bodies lay on the ground, and English-language graffiti curses the ethnic group of President Salva Kiir, a sign of the ethnic tensions here.
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| Iraq warns militants possess major firepower Posted: 20 Jan 2014 11:24 AM PST  BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic militants controlling a mainly Sunni area west of Baghdad are so well-armed that they could occupy the capital, a top Iraqi official warned Monday, a frank and bleak assessment of the challenge posed in routing the insurgents as a new wave of bombings killed at least 31 people.
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| US to begin easing economic sanctions on Iran Posted: 20 Jan 2014 09:10 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will begin easing economic sanctions on Iran after it began shutting down its most sensitive nuclear work on Monday, the White House said. |
| Parades, marches and service projects honor MLK Posted: 20 Jan 2014 09:44 AM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of people filled Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday to remember and reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
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| Amid clashes, unclear roadmap for peace in Kiev Posted: 20 Jan 2014 07:18 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — After a night of vicious streets battles, anti-government protesters and police clashed anew Monday in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Hundreds of protesters, many wearing balaclavas, hurled rocks and stun grenades and police responded with tear gas.
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| Scientists hope comet-chaser spacecraft wakes up Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:45 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — Europe's Rosetta probe is due to wake up from years of hibernation Monday, but scientists face an agonizing wait of several hours until the first signal reaches Earth and they can celebrate a new milestone in their unprecedented mission to land a spacecraft on a comet. |
| Europe's billion-dollar comet-chasing probe wakes up Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:07 PM PST  The European probe Rosetta woke up Monday after a 31-month hibernation in a nearly decade-old quest to explore a comet, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. Europe's most ambitious space mission, the craft was launched in 2004 on a trek of seven billion kilometres (4.3 billion miles) around the inner Solar System. Analysing this primeval stuff should unlock secrets of how the Solar System formed -- and possibly how life on Earth was kickstarted. "This was one alarm clock not to hit snooze on, and after a tense day we are absolutely delighted to have our spacecraft awake and back online," said Fred Jansen, ESA's Rosetta mission manager.
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| 'Black widow' bomber feared to be inside Olympic security ring Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:02 PM PST  Police Distribute Wanted Poster, US Olympic Committee Says Safety of Team USA 'Top Priority'
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