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Obama's testy exchange with Fox News host

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 01:18 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses employees of General Electric's Waukesha Gas Engines facility in WisconsinWhen pressed by Bill O'Reilly, the president defended the handling of White House scandals.


Woody Allen: Farrow claims 'untrue,' 'disgraceful'

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 03:49 PM PST

File- This Jan. 12, 1993 file photo shows director Woody Allen trading grins with a pursuing television reporter as he arrives at State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York, for a hearing in which he requested more liberal visitation rights with his children during his ongoing dispute with ex-lover actress Mia Farrow. Dylan Farrow renewed molestation allegations against Allen, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, claiming the movie director sexually assaulted her when she was 7 after he and actress Mia Farrow adopted her. (AP Photo/Mario Cabrera, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Woody Allen called Dylan Farrow's allegations of child molestation "untrue and disgraceful," signaling that he would fight renewed claims dating back to Allen's tempestuous relationship with actress Mia Farrow in the early 1990s.


Super Bowl blog: All Seattle all game

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In the early going, it's been all Seattle.


Top Republicans say they stand by NJ Gov. Christie

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 03:39 PM PST

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, center, stands between Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, left, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, showoff souvenir football helmets after a ceremony to pass official hosting duties of next year's Super Bowl to Arizona, Saturday Feb. 1, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — High-profile Republicans were adamant Sunday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie should not resign from his post as chairman of the Republican Governors Association following a former ally's claim that there is evidence Christie knew about an apparently politically motivated traffic jam earlier than he has said.


Obama defends himself from array of GOP criticism

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 02:28 PM PST

President Barack Obama arrives with PG&E apprentice electrician Erick Varela, a U.S. Army combat infantryman in Iraq, left, and Vice President Joe Biden, right, to the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington, to speak about helping the long-term unemployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended himself against an array of Republican criticism in an interview during Fox's Super Bowl pregame show.


Immigrant reform might raise price of citizenship

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 09:59 AM PST

Manuel Enrique Angel, 28, of El Salvador, poses in Houston Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Angel made learning English his first priority upon arriving in Houston from his native El Salvador two years ago. He now speaks English clearly and deliberately and plans to apply for citizenship as soon as he becomes eligible later this year. He estimates it will take him up to eight months to save the money for the citizenship application. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Hilda Vasquez squirreled away the money for her U.S. citizenship application by selling batches of homemade tamales at South Texas offices. Carmen Zalazar picked up extra babysitting jobs at night after caring for kids all day in Houston.


Palestinian bombers' bodies returned after decade

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 10:04 AM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, Palestinian Khadra al-Akhras poses with a photo of her late daughter Ayat al-Akhras who blew herself up in a suicide bombing outside a Jerusalem supermarket in 2002, at the family house in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. More than a decade later, after appeals from human rights groups, Israel is handing over some 30 bodies of Palestinian assailants, including that of Ayat. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — When 18-year-old Ayat al-Akhras blew herself up outside a busy Jerusalem supermarket in 2002, killing two Israelis, her grieving parents were unable to bury her and say their final goodbyes because Israel refused to send her remains home.


Radicals a wild card in Ukraine's protests

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 08:46 AM PST

Riot police line up as seen through protesters' barricades in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. Ukraine's embattled president Viktor Yanukovych is taking sick leave as the country's political crisis continues without signs of resolution. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Wearing masks, helmets and protective gear on the arms and legs, radical activists are the wild card of the Ukraine protests now starting their third month, declaring they're ready to resume violence if the stalemate persists.


Queen Latifah, Renee Fleming nail it at Super Bowl

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 04:47 PM PST

Opera singer Renée Fleming sings the national anthem before the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)Anyone tuning in early to the Super Bowl with thumbs at the ready to tweet about musical hijinks in the run up to the game was shut down by Queen Latifah, Renee Fleming and scores of choral singers.


Paul Ryan: Immigration legislation unlikely in '14

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 10:51 AM PST

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2014 file photo shows House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. in San Antonio. Ryan won't say if he'll run for president in 2016 but there's one job he's sure he doesn't want: Speaker of the House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after House Republicans unveiled a roadmap for an overhaul of the nation's broken immigration system, one of its backers said legislation is unlikely to pass during this election year.


SUPER BOWL WATCH: Seattle Super Bowl safety dance

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 04:11 PM PST

Seattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman, left, and Clinton McDonald, right, react in front of Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning (18) after a safety during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A look at the Super Bowl on Sunday night between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium.


SUPER BOWL WATCH: Welcome to New Jersey

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 04:03 PM PST

Seattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman, left, and Clinton McDonald, right, react in front of Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning (18) after a safety during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A look at the Super Bowl on Sunday night between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium.


Jubilant fans fill MetLife stadium for Super Bowl

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 04:07 PM PST

A Seattle Seahawks fan holds his gloved hands up at MetLife Stadium before the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game between the Seahawks and the Denver Broncos Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Jubilant fans sporting the team colors of Denver and Seattle streamed into MetLife Stadium for the Super Bowl on a mild winter evening Sunday, the mood upbeat despite long lines and intense security procedures.


Security on land, water protecting Super Bowl fans

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 02:44 PM PST

Football fans wait to go through security at the Secaucus Junction, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in Secaucus, N.J. The Seattle Seahawks are scheduled to play the Denver Broncos in the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game on Sunday, evening at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — An array of security features is greeting fans heading to the Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium.


As Super Bowl shows, nothing slows powerful NFL

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 02:13 PM PST

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll tosses a football before the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game against the Denver Broncos Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Even Commissioner Roger Goodell joked before the Super Bowl about making it known that, no, actually, the NFL "cannot control the weather."


Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in apartment

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 03:05 PM PST

U.S. actor Hoffman poses on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "The master" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in VeniceAward-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his apartment in New York City on Sunday, died of an apparent drug overdose, a New York city police source said. The source said Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment after a 911 emergency call from a friend of his. The source gave no further details. (Reporting by Chris Francescani; Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Leslie Adler)


Handlers: Punxsutawney Phil predicts longer winter

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 07:43 AM PST

FILE - In a Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 file photo, Groundhog Club co-handler Ron Ploucha holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, after the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there will be an early spring, on Groundhog Day, in Punxsutawney, Pa. Groundhog Day coincides with the Super Bowl for the first time on Sunday, Feb. 2, , but Punxsutawney Phil's people say they don't expect the big game to steal his early morning spotlight. the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club expects about 20,000 revelers to gather around Gobbler's Knob when western Pennsylvania's world-famous rodent emerges from his lair just after dawn Sunday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)Handlers for groundhog Punxsutawney Phil say he's forecasting six more weeks of what already has felt like a brutally long and cold winter.


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