| Keystone oil pipeline bill advances in Senate Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST  Congress edged closer to approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Monday, with several Senate Democrats bucking President Barack Obama to vote for the contentious project's construction. It cleared its first major hurdle in the Republican-controlled Senate, advancing on a 63-32 vote, including 11 Democratic supporters. Monday's vote officially kicked off debate on the long-delayed project, which if constructed by builder TransCanada would transport crude from Alberta's oil sands south to refineries on the US Gulf Coast. Keystone supporters received a boost Friday when Nebraska's Supreme Court dismissed a suit challenging a proposed route of the pipeline, which had been one of the primary rationales for the Obama administration delaying its decision on the pipeline.
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| Ryan says he's not running for president in 2016: NBC News Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:04 PM PST  Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, the party's vice presidential nominee in 2012, told NBC News on Monday he will not run for president in 2016. "I have decided that I am not going to run for president in 2016," Ryan said in a phone interview, according to NBC News. "It is amazing the amount of encouragement I have gotten from people - from friends and supporters - but I feel like I am in a position to make a big difference where I am and I want to do that," he said, according to NBC. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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| Mohammed holds 'Je suis Charlie' sign in new Charlie Hebdo Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:55 PM PST  The cover of the first edition of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo since its staff were murderously attacked by Islamist gunmen last week shows a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed crying and holding up a "Je suis Charlie" sign under the words: "All is forgiven". Worldwide sympathy and "Je Suis Charlie" solidarity rose up around Charlie Hebdo in the wake of the attack against it last Wednesday, in which 12 people were killed including five of its top cartoonists. The two gunmen who attacked Charlie Hebdo's offices in Paris last Wednesday said as they left the scene that they had "avenged the Prophet Mohammed". The surviving employees of Charlie Hebdo have sworn to uphold its tradition of lampooning all religions, politicians, celebrities and news events.
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| Police: Up to 6 Paris terror suspects may still be at large Posted: 12 Jan 2015 01:35 PM PST  As many as six members of a terrorist cell involved in the Paris attacks may still be at large, including a man who was seen driving a car registered to the widow of one of the gunmen, police officials said Monday.
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| U.S. military command’s Twitter account hacked Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:17 AM PST CENTCOM's Twitter appears to have been hacked by someone claiming to be affiliated with ISIS. |
| US says it should have sent high official to Paris march Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:12 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare admission of error, the White House said Monday that President Barack Obama or another high-level representative should have joined dozens of world leaders at an anti-terror rally in Paris.
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| Arizona church poised to win high court fight over signs Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:14 PM PST  SCOTUS appears likely to side with a small church in its fight with a Phoenix suburb.
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| Kerry will go to Paris to show solidarity with French people Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:16 AM PST  The Secretary of State is taking a trip to a city still in distress.
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| Military command's Twitter site allegedly hacked by Islamic State Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST  U.S. Central Command's Twitter account was taken over by hackers.
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| Survivors of Nigeria attack describe killings Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:40 PM PST  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Survivors of an assault by Islamic militants that killed a large number of civilians in Nigeria have described days of relentless violence in which, one witness said, some people were slaughtered "like insects."
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| Suicide bombing kills 12 people in Iraq Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:11 AM PST  BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide car bomb killed 12 Shiite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers Monday in a town north of Baghdad, authorities said, sparking a battle between security forces and fighters with the extremist Islamic State group.
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| Check out the Pope's new ride Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:02 AM PST  Pope Francis will travel in a different kind of "popemobile" during his visit to the Philippines later this week -- an open "jeepney", organisers said Monday. The iconic jeepney -- originally made from converted US military jeeps left behind after World War II -- has become a symbol of the Philippines and still serves as a mode of transportation throughout the country. One of three vehicles to be used by Francis will be built like a jeepney, which is known in the country as the "king of the road" and transports anything from people to farm animals and produce. While jeepney's are often painted with colourful religious scenes, the pontiff's vehicle will be plain white, a photograph from the organising committee showed.
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| Divers find both AirAsia black boxes Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:26 AM PST  Crews retrieved one black box from the crashed jet and located the other underwater.
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| Police: Up to 6 Paris terror suspects may still be at large Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:25 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — Police believe as many as six terror-cell members may still be at large after the Paris attacks, one of whom has been spotted driving a car registered to the widow of one of the slain attackers.
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| George Clooney, Jared Leto pay tribute to Paris victims at Golden Globes Posted: 11 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST  The shootings at the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week were on the minds of many at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.
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| Apparent Islamic State backers hack U.S. military Twitter feed Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:57 PM PST  By David Alexander and Jim Finkle (Reuters) - The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the U.S. military command that oversees operations in the Middle East were hacked on Monday by people claiming to be sympathetic toward the Islamic State militant group being targeted in American bombing raids. "American soldiers, we are coming, watch your back, ISIS," the hackers posted on the U.S. Central Command Twitter feed, using an acronym for the hardline Islamist group, which has taken control of parts of Syria and Iraq. U.S. ...
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| New York City police slowdown shows signs of easing Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:13 PM PST  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A work slowdown by New York City police that began after the slaying of two officers may have started to ease last week, according to the police commissioner and the latest figures for arrests and summonses released on Monday. For a third week in a row, arrests and court summonses were still markedly lower than at this time a year ago, but the drop was not quite as dramatic as seen in the preceding two weeks. ...
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| Kerry announces Paris trip after French attacks Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:36 AM PST  US Secretary of State John Kerry announced Monday that he would travel to Paris later this week for talks with French officials after the deadly attacks by Islamist militants. "I will be travelling there on Thursday and be there on Friday, part of Friday," Kerry told reporters on a visit to India. Kerry said he wanted to be able "to show the connection between the United States and our oldest ally" in the wake of last week's killing of 17 people in attacks on a satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris.
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| 'Boyhood' prevails in Golden Globes that may alter Oscar race Posted: 11 Jan 2015 09:30 PM PST  Actors used the event to defend freedom of expression after the Charlie Hebdo attack.
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