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U.S.: Syria 'dragging its feet' on weapons

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:24 PM PST

A costal ranger from the Norwegian Naval Special Warfare Group conducts a protection mission of Norwegian cargo vessel Ark Futura that is transferring Syria's chemical agents out of the country for destruction, the harbour of Latakia, SyriaTop officials urge Damascus to immediately hand over chemical weapons cache as promised.

Experts: U.S. will likely extradite Amanda Knox if Italy asks

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 04:05 PM PST

Amanda Knox appears on NBC News' "Today" show in New York, in this image released by NBCThe United States will have little legal argument for turning down an extradition request should Italy seek the return of Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British housemate. In the latest dramatic twist in the high-profile case, a court in Florence on Thursday sentenced Knox to 28 years and six months in prison for killing Meredith Kercher in the university town of Perugia. Her lawyers now plan to appeal this latest conviction in turn to the Italian Supreme Court, but if they fail Knox could find herself flying back to a country where she has already spent four years in jail. "As popular as she is here and as pretty as she is here -- because that's what this is all about, if she was not an attractive woman we wouldn't have the group love-in -- she will be extradited if it's upheld," said Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz.

School district apologizes after taking school lunches

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 09:47 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 file photo, a select healthy chicken salad school lunch, prepared under federal guidelines, sits on display at the cafeteria at Draper Middle School in Rotterdam, N.Y. After just one year, some schools across the nation are dropping out of what was touted as a healthier federal lunch program, complaining that so many students refused the meals packed with whole grains, fruits and vegetables that their cafeterias were losing money. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)Maybe Ebenezer Scrooge wasn't such a bad guy after all. A group of up to 40 elementary school students in Utah had their lunches taken away due to outstanding balances on their accounts, according to a report from the Salt Lake Tribune.

House GOP leaders' immigration plan doesn't rule out citizenship

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 01:49 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2014 file photo shows House John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaking at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. House Republican leaders challenged President Barack Obama on Thursday to override the opposition of the Senate's top Democrat and help pass trade legislation the administration favors. "The president ought to stand up and lead on this issue," House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said at a news conference at a two-day retreat for members of the party's rank-and-file. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)House GOP leaders released a document of "standards" for immigration reform on Thursday.

Court upholds Amanda Knox murder conviction

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Italian judge sentences American to 28 years in prison for 2007 murder of British roommate.

Lawyers: Missouri moving too quickly on executions

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:21 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo released by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows death-row inmate Herbert Smulls. Missouri on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 executed Smulls, the state's third execution since November. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections, File)ST. LOUIS (AP) — By the time the U.S. Supreme Court refused a last-minute request to stay the execution of Herbert Smulls, the Missouri inmate was already dead. His attorneys said Thursday that it was the third straight case in which Missouri has moved ahead with an execution while the case was still in court.

Stories from the storm: Middle fingers, horns and motherly love

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 09:41 AM PST

First Person: Surviving an Atlanta Snowstorm and Escaping AccidentsTales from this week's storm that dumped three inches of snow on metro Atlanta, iced roads, forced the cancellation of almost 800 flights, caused roughly 1,200 accidents, injured at least 130 people, killed two, wrecked countless commutes and stranded thousands in local schools and business.

Obama's 'phone and a pen' problem

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:20 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama signs a Presidential Memorandum at General Electric's Waukesha Gas Engines facility in WisconsinWith three years left in his presidency, he still has time to be a generational leader.

Feds to seek death for Boston bombing suspect

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:09 PM PST

Attorney general makes final decision to seek death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

ACLU promotes ‘My Big Gay Illegal Wedding’ contest

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 06:35 AM PST

'Big Gay Legal Wedding'Brian Jensen and Jeromy Manke, a same-sex engaged couple in Nevada, are in the running to win a free trip to New York City, $5,000, and help from a wedding planner to fund their spring nuptials in California.

Italy appeals court upholds murder conviction against Amanda Knox, sets 28.6-year sentence

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:59 PM PST

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Italy appeals court upholds murder conviction against Amanda Knox, sets 28.6-year sentence.

Watch out Joe, Hillary's got the edge for 2016

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:00 AM PST

Hillary Clinton Addresses National Automobile Dealers Association ConventionThe former First Lady is the biggest Democratic frontrunner—ever.

Police: 9 bodies recovered in Ky. house fire

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 11:19 AM PST

Members of the Kentucky State Fire Marshall's office look over the remains of a house fire in Depoy, Ky. Thursday Jan. 30, 2014. As many as nine people were killed early Thursday in a house fire in rural western Kentucky and two people were taken to a hospital for treatment, officials said. Eleven people lived in the home in the Depoy community of Muhlenberg County, Greenville Assistant Fire Chief Roger Chandler said. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)Relative says a couple in their 30s lived in the house with their nine children.

NYC's de Blasio dropping stop-and-frisk fight

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 08:54 AM PST

FILE - In this June 17, 2012 file photo, demonstrators hold signs during a silent march in New York to end the New York City Police Department's "stop-and-frisk" program. A federal trial is scheduled to begin in New York on Monday, March 18, 2013, where the NYPD's practice of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street will face a sweeping legal challenge. The outcome could bring major changes to the nation's largest police force and could affect how other departments use the stop and frisk tactic. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)City had appealed ruling that police discriminated against blacks and Hispanics.

20-term Democratic Rep. Waxman to retire

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 01:10 PM PST

FILE - In this June 18, 2012 file photo, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Sources say the 20-term California Democratic will retire. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Henry Waxman, one of Congress' fiercest negotiators and a policy expert on everything from clean air to health care, will retire at the end of the year after four decades in the House.

Justice Dept. offers to help some drug offenders get out of prison

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:09 PM PST

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing oversight hearing on the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday asked lawyers around the country to help some drug prisoners prepare petitions for clemency, a dramatic expansion of President Barack Obama's action last month commuting the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh drug sentences.

Di Blasio drops stop-and-frisk appeal

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 08:32 AM PST

People attend a news conference against the Stop-and-Frisk program, outside the Federal Court in New YorkBut NYPD unions seek to intervene and push the appeal forward.

U.S. cancels opinion poll funding ahead of Afghan election

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:11 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during news conference in KabulBy Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - The United States has cancelled funding for opinion polls in the run-up to Afghanistan's presidential election, a U.S.-funded group said, after a first poll in December triggered accusations of U.S. attempts to manipulate the outcome. The cut in funding comes as relations between the United States and Afghanistan have been severely strained over President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a bilateral security pact that would enable U.S. troops to stay beyond this year. An official at a U.S.-funded group that promotes democracy said it and other such organisations had planned to carry out opinion polls as Afghanistan prepares for the April 5 election.

Report: Syria government leveled civilian neighborhoods

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 05:10 AM PST

A boy reacts at a site hit by what activists said was an air raid by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in the Kadi Askar neighbourhood of AleppoBEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government used controlled explosives and bulldozers to raze thousands of residential buildings, in some cases entire neighborhoods, in a campaign that appeared designed to punish civilians sympathetic to the opposition or to cause disproportionate harm to them, an international human rights group said Thursday.

Verdict day for Amanda Knox in murder appeal

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 11:34 AM PST

Italian judges will decide Thursday whether to uphold or overturn American Amanda Knox's conviction for the savage murder of her British housemate, in the case's fourth verdict in six yearsThe American won't be in court to hear Italian judges give their verdict in her retrial.

Snow, ice send South's flagship city reeling

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 04:40 AM PST

ATLANTA (AP) — The snow and sleet have stopped falling and traffic was moving again around Atlanta following a crippling storm — but transportation and rescue officials said that didn't mean it was safe yet to drive, especially after the sun goes down.

Police: Md. mall gunman wrote of killing people

Posted: 29 Jan 2014 04:52 PM PST

FILE - This file photo released by the Howard County Police shows Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, of College Park, Md., who killed two people before killing himself in the Jan. 25, 2014 shooting at the Mall in Columbia, Md. Aguilar wrote in general terms about killing people in his journal and said that he was ready to die, police said Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in releasing new details about writings the shooter left behind. (AP Photo/ Howard County Police, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in a deadly attack at a Maryland shopping mall wrote in general terms about killing people in his journal and said that he was ready to die, police said Wednesday in releasing new details about writings the shooter left behind.

Family fight: GOP debates next move on immigration

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:38 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2014 file photo shows House John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaking at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. House Republican leaders challenged President Barack Obama on Thursday to override the opposition of the Senate's top Democrat and help pass trade legislation the administration favors. "The president ought to stand up and lead on this issue," House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said at a news conference at a two-day retreat for members of the party's rank-and-file. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — House Republicans wrestled with the outlines of immigration legislation on Thursday, sharply divided over both the contentious issue and the political wisdom of acting on it in an election year.

Solid growth brightens economic outlook for 2014

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 01:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, employees at Sheffield Platers Inc. work on the factory floor in San Diego. The Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter gross domestic product on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers will spend more. Government will cut less. Businesses will invest more. And more companies will hire.

Police: 9 family members killed in Ky. house fire

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:03 PM PST

GREENVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Eight children and their mother were killed in an early morning house fire in western Kentucky on Thursday, with only the injured father and an 11-year-old girl escaping, Kentucky State Police said.

Ukraine leader's sick leave prompts guessing game

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:51 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 file photo Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych speaks during a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine's embattled president Viktor Yanukovych is taking sick leave on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, as the country's political crisis continues without signs of resolution. A statement on the presidential website Thursday said Yanukovych has an acute respiratory illness and high fever. There was no indication of how long he might be on leave or whether he would be able to do any work. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Amid the deepest turmoil since the Orange Revolution, President Viktor Yanukovych's announcement Thursday that he was taking indefinite sick leave prompted a guessing game among Ukrainians about what was happening to their country.

Doctors trying to bring Schumacher out of coma

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2012 file photo, Grand Prix driver Michael Schumacher, of Germany, sits in his car during a free practice at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Michael Schumacher's doctors have started the process of bringing the former Formula One champion out of the coma he has been in since a skiing accident a month ago, his manager said Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. The 45-year-old Schumacher suffered serious head injuries when he fell and hit the right side of his head on a rock in the French resort of Meribel on Dec. 29. (AP Photo/Victor Caivano, File)LONDON (AP) — Michael Schumacher's doctors have started trying to wake up the Formula One great from the medically induced coma he's been in since a skiing accident last month, his manager said Thursday.

Scarlett Johansson, Oxfam part ways over politics

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:27 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2013 file photo, actress Scarlett Johansson arrives for the screening of the film 'Her' at the 8th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome. Oxfam International said Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, that American actress Scarlett Johansson's support of an Israeli company operating in a West Bank settlement was incompatible with her role as an Oxfam Global Ambassador. Johansson parts ways with Oxfam because of a dispute over her work for SodaStream, an Israeli company operating in a West Bank settlement that is featuring the Hollywood star in an ad during the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Scarlett Johansson has parted ways with the international charity Oxfam because of a dispute over her work for SodaStream, a company operating in a West Bank settlement that features the Hollywood star in an ad that will air during the Super Bowl.

Knox: Frightened, saddened by murder conviction

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 01:46 PM PST

FILE PHOTOS COMBO - File photos combo shows, from left; Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain 21-year-old British woman Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox. Few international criminal cases have cleaved along national biases as that of American student Amanda Knox, awaiting half world away her third Italian court verdict in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher. Whatever is decided this week, the protracted legal battle that has grabbed global headlines and polarized trial-watchers in three nations probably won't end in Florence. With the first two trials producing flip-flop guilty-then-innocent verdicts against Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, the case has produced harshly clashing versions of events. A Florence appeals panel designated by Italy's supreme court to address errors in the appeals acquittal is set to deliberate Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, with a verdict expected later in the day. (AP Photo/files)FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox says she is frightened and saddened by her "unjust" murder conviction in the death of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.

Fatal Ky. fire began with material against heater

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 01:53 PM PST

Members of the Kentucky State Fire Marshall's office look over the remains of a house fire in Depoy, Ky. Thursday Jan. 30, 2014. As many as nine people were killed early Thursday in a house fire in rural western Kentucky and two people were taken to a hospital for treatment, officials said. Eleven people lived in the home in the Depoy community of Muhlenberg County, Greenville Assistant Fire Chief Roger Chandler said. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)GREENVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say a fire that killed 9 people started accidentally with combustible material against an electric baseboard heater in a bedroom.

Chemical weapons watchdog discusses Syria mission

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:05 PM PST

FILE - This Thursday Jan. 2, 2014 file photo shows a barge is anchored alongside the the M/V Cape Ray in Portsmouth, Va., Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The M/V Cape Ray departed Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 on a mission to destroy dozens of containers of deadly chemical weapons being removed from Syria as part of international efforts to dismantle that country's poison gas and nerve agent program. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States on Thursday criticized Syria for its slow pace in moving chemical weapons out of the country for destruction, ratcheting up pressure on President Bashar Assad to cooperate with an unprecedented international chemical disarmament mission.

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 09:35 AM PST

AP10thingsToSee - A protester walks past burning tires following clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

US economy grew at 3.2 percent rate in Q4

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 05:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, employees at Sheffield Platers Inc. work on the factory floor in San Diego. The Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter gross domestic product on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the October-December quarter on the strength of the strongest consumer spending in three years, an encouraging sign for 2014.

Ga. governor takes blame for storm preparations

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 10:56 AM PST

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is taking responsibility for the storm preparation failures that led to an epic traffic jam in Atlanta.

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