| Kerry: Assad's a 'super-magnet' for terror Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:36 PM PST  Talks at international peace conference on Syria crisis yield hard stances, slight hope.
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| Massive highway pileup kills at least 2 in Indiana Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:05 PM PST  MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A massive highway pileup being blamed on whiteout conditions killed at least two people and injured scores of others Thursday afternoon in northwestern Indiana, police and a coroner said.
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| FBI report to retailers reveals 20 hacking cases in past year Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:43 PM PST  By Jim Finkle and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has warned U.S. retailers to prepare for more cyber attacks after discovering about 20 hacking cases in the past year that involved the same kind of malicious software used against Target Corp in the holiday shopping season. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation distributed a confidential, three-page report to retail companies last week describing the risks posed by "memory-parsing" malware that infects point-of-sale (POS) systems, which include cash registers and credit-card swiping machines found in store checkout aisles. "We believe POS malware crime will continue to grow over the near term, despite law enforcement and security firms' actions to mitigate it," said the FBI report, seen by Reuters. "The accessibility of the malware on underground forums, the affordability of the software and the huge potential profits to be made from retail POS systems in the United States make this type of financially motivated cyber crime attractive to a wide range of actors," the FBI said.
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| Snowden: 'No way I can come home' Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:34 PM PST  In chat, NSA leaker says he likely won't enter U.S. until whistleblower laws are reformed.
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| Video of Ukraine cop abusing naked protester draws outrage Posted: 23 Jan 2014 11:49 AM PST  A member of Ukraine's elite Berkut riot police force assaulted and humiliated a naked protester after he was detained in freezing cold temperatures in Kiev, according to a video posted Thursday. The Ukrainian interior ministry swiftly apologised for the horrific incident, which recalled notorious prisoner abuse scandals like that at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The man had apparently been arrested during the clashes between police and protesters that have rocked Kiev over the last days. The video, which was posted on YouTube and was rapidly broadcast by Ukrainian opposition channels, shows the arrested protester completely naked except for his socks and being roughly pushed into a police bus.
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| Watch what happens when a top donor gets a diplomatic gig Posted: 23 Jan 2014 08:19 AM PST  A case for doing away with practice of nominating top political donors to diplomatic posts.
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| Feds subpoena Christie campaign, N.J. GOP Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:22 PM PST  Criminal probe into allegations governor's aides created traffic jams escalates.
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| NTSB warns oil trains carry risk of 'major loss of life' Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:21 PM PST  Citing possibility of 'major loss of life,' investigators push for new safety rules.
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| Deal signed to end South Sudan fighting that's killed thousands Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:11 PM PST  South Sudan's government and rebels on Thursday signed a ceasefire agreement, pledging to halt fighting within 24 hours and end five weeks of bitter conflict that has left thousands dead. The agreement was signed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa by representatives of South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel delegates loyal to ousted vice president Riek Machar, and was greeted by cheers from regional peace brokers and diplomats. South Sudan's government also agreed to free 11 officials close to Machar who were detained after fighting between rival army units broke out on December 15, although no timeline for their release was given. "These two agreements are the ingredients to create an environment for achieving a total peace in my country," said Taban Deng, head of the rebel delegation.
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| Murder charges filed in Purdue University shooting Posted: 23 Jan 2014 10:16 AM PST  LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Purdue University student in the shooting of a fellow student in a classroom.
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| Target CFO to testify before Senate on big data breach Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:39 AM PST  (Reuters) - Target Corp's chief financial officer will testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on February 4 about a massive data breach in what is likely to be the first time the retailer publicly answers questions about the unprecedented attack. The committee is chaired by Senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and author of one of the few data security bills under consideration. John Mulligan, who is executive vice president as well as chief financial officer, oversees Target's financial portfolio, including finance and retail services, company spokeswoman Molly Snyder said in an email confirming his appearance before the panel. Representatives of the Federal Trade Commission, the Secret Service and the Department of Justice are also slated to testify at the hearing, according to the committee's schedule.
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| Indictment in 1978 JFK Lufthansa heist Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:54 AM PST  The theft, featured in "Goodfellas," is one of America's largest cash thefts.
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| Police: Bieber admitted to smoking pot, drinking prior to arrest Posted:  The 19-year-old pop star is accused of a DUI and drag-racing.
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| Bone-chilling cold brings delight for bird watchers in D.C. Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:26 AM PST  The rare sighting of an arctic bird delighted passers-by in Washington on Wednesday.
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| Police: Teen singer Bieber admitted to smoking pot, drinking prior to DUI arrest Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:46 AM PST  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Pop star Justin Bieber was arrested on drag-racing, DUI and resisting arrest charges Thursday after allegedly speeding down a residential Miami Beach street in a yellow Lamborghini on an expired license. He is being held at a Miami-Dade County jail pending an initial appearance expected later Thursday.
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| McDonald's sees fewer customers, disappointing sales Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:33 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's reported disappointing quarterly sales Thursday as fewer customers visited the world's biggest hamburger chain.
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| Twitter suspends account of Hamas armed wing Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:14 AM PST  Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A Twitter account of Hamas's armed wing has been suspended by administrators, the Palestinian Islamist movement said Thursday, accusing the social media site of censorship. The account of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, @AlqassamBrigade, appeared to have been suspended several times over the past week, and was still inaccessible with a "suspended" notice on Thursday. A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, accused Twitter of suppressing freedom of speech and of pandering to the political agenda of Hamas's sworn enemy Israel. "Twitter's administration are exercising double standards.
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| Rouhani: Iran's ready for business Posted: 23 Jan 2014 05:52 AM PST  The nation will curb its nuclear program and wants to engage the global community.
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| Police: Bieber caught drag racing in yellow Lamborghini Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:08 AM PST  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police have identified the person who was arrested with pop singer Justin Bieber for alleged drag-racing on a Miami Beach street as an R&B singer known as Khalil.
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| Poll: Obama seen as nice guy, so-so prez Posted: 23 Jan 2014 12:07 AM PST  Less than a third of people in an AP poll rate him as an above-average leader.
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| Government panel urges end to phone data spying Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:20 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — A government review panel warned Thursday that the National Security Agency's daily collection of Americans' phone records is illegal and recommended that President Barack Obama abandon the program and destroy the hundreds of millions of phone records it has already collected.
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| Va. AG's office: Gay marriage ban unconstitutional Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:16 AM PST  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Following a seismic political shift in Virginia's top elected offices, the new attorney general has concluded that the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and he will no longer defend it in federal lawsuits, his office said Thursday.
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| Ukraine faces more violence as ultimatum nears end Posted: 23 Jan 2014 05:08 AM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Protesters in Ukraine's capital extinguished burning barricades shielding them from the police on Thursday, enforcing a tenuous peace as an ultimatum issued by the opposition to the president was set to expire with no sign of compromise. |
| Huckabee: Democrats pitch women on birth control Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:37 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told fellow Republicans on Thursday that rival Democrats were trying to win over female voters by promising them free birth control and telling them "they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government." Huckabee made the comment as he was making a pitch that the GOP needs to broaden its appeal and end its internal divisiveness.
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| 2 women accuse former teacher of sexual abuse Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:54 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A second woman has come forward to claim that a California educator sexually abused her, saying she decided to speak out after watching a YouTube video by a woman who made similar accusations.
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| Opportunity still roving on Mars after a decade Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:31 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A decade after landing on Mars, the rover Opportunity is still chugging along.
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| Justin Bieber's arrest latest sign of trouble Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:04 PM PST MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When he debuted five years ago, Justin Bieber was a mop-haired heartthrob, clean cut and charming. But a series of troubling incidents have put his innocent image at risk, and none more so than his arrest on DUI charges Thursday. |
| Apple's Mac still influences, 30 years after debut Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:33 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Look around. Many of the gadgets you see drew inspiration from the original Mac computer.
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| US eyes difficulties in next round of Iran talks Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:23 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the United States and its negotiating partners, the next round of nuclear talks with Iran could present a difficult decision: to sign another temporary agreement or accept nothing less than an ambitious, multiyear accord to dismantle the Islamic republic's nuclear program.
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| Virginia AG to fight state's gay marriage ban Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:22 PM PST RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gay marriage moved closer to gaining its first foothold in the South when Virginia's attorney general said Thursday that the state's ban on same-sex matrimony is unconstitutional and he will join the fight to get it struck down. |
| Reputed mobster pleads not guilty in 1978 heist Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:13 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — More than 30 years after hooded gunmen pulled a $6 million airport heist dramatized in the hit Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas," an elderly reputed mobster was arrested at his New York City home on Thursday and charged in the robbery and a 1969 murder.
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| Michigan seeks visas to lure immigrants to Detroit Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:38 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked the federal government Thursday to set aside thousands of work visas for bankrupt Detroit, a bid to revive the decaying city by attracting talented immigrants who are willing to move there and stay for five years.
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| Opposition optimistic after meeting Yanukovych Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:47 PM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The chances of ending the violence that has convulsed the Ukrainian capital are high, a spokeswoman for a top opposition leader said late Thursday after a meeting with the president.
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| Palestinians dismiss Israeli al-Qaida plot claim Posted: 23 Jan 2014 12:37 PM PST  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian security officials on Thursday cast doubt on Israel's claim that it broke up an al-Qaida plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, alleging Israel concocted the story to bolster its position in peace talks.
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| South Sudan, rebels sign cease-fire Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:30 PM PST  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — South Sudan's government and rebels signed a cease-fire deal Thursday that leaders hope will put a pause to five weeks of warfare that has killed thousands of soldiers and civilians.
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