Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:24 PM PDT
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Obama to tout Mass. health care example in speech 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:24 PM PDT
Did Obama mislead public about keeping their health plans?He'll stress the state's 8-year-old health care overhaul in Boston.
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Thousand protesters rally after boy killed by Calif. deputy 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 06:16 PM PDT
Protesters hold an image of Andy Lopez as they march on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, in Santa Rosa, Calif. Hundreds of people have gathered in Santa Rosa to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a California sheriff's deputy. Andy Lopez was shot by a Sonoma County deputy last week after authorities say the deputy mistook a pellet gun Lopez was carrying for an assault rifle. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators marched Tuesday to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Northern California sheriff's deputy in an encounter that sparked community outrage and an FBI investigation.
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David Beckham picks Miami for new MLS soccer team: source 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 04:25 PM PDT
Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham reacts during a news confrence in JakartaBy Kevin Gray MIAMI (Reuters) - Retired England football star David Beckham has chosen Miami for a new U.S. Major League Soccer expansion team, a source familiar with the negotiations said on Tuesday. The former England captain, who retired from football earlier this year, played in MLS with the L.A. Galaxy and his contract included an option to create a new team for $25 million. He had been considering several locations and toured Miami this summer, meeting with city and county leaders. Beckham was still putting together a team of investors, the source said. ...
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UN officials confirm polio outbreak in north Syria 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 02:11 PM PDT
In this photo released by UNICEF, a health worker administers polio vaccine to a child as part of a UNICEF-supported vaccination campaign at the Abou Dhar Al Ghifari Primary Health Care Center in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. The U.N.'s health agency said Tuesday it has confirmed 10 polio cases in northeast Syria, the first confirmed outbreak of the diseases in the country in 14 years, with a risk of spreading across the region. (AP Photo/UNICEF, Omar Sanadiki)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The U.N. confirmed an outbreak of polio in Syria for the first time in over a decade on Tuesday, warning the disease threatens to spread among an estimated half-million children who have never been immunized because of the civil war.
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Resilience, recovery, grief on Sandy anniversary 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 07:44 PM PDT
From left, Tahani St. Bernard, 9, Aalliyah Mosley 9, right, residents of the Coney Island community, and Chuck Reichenthal, center right, district manager of Community Board 13, stand together on the boardwalk Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, to mark the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and its landfall in New York at approximately this same time of day one year ago. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK (AP) — For some, it's something to mark — a year of recovery and rebuilding since Superstorm Sandy walloped the region — homes that have been restored, pride in the resiliency of people and neighborhoods.
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Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 07:06 PM PDT
A released Palestinian prisoner, Omar Masoud, 40, center, who was arrested in May, 1993 for killing an Israeli lawyer, smiles to his mother Tamam Masoud, 70, right, upon his arrival to his family house in Shati Refugee Camp, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday, the second of four batches to be released as part of a deal that set in motion the current Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday, the second of four batches to be released as part of a deal that set in motion the current Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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Chris Brown heading to rehab after assault charge 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 07:35 PM PDT
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 file photo, singer Chris Brown, center, departs the H. Carl Moultriel courthouse after he was released from jail following his arrest for allegedly punching another man, in Washington. A representative for the R&B star announced Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 that Brown has decided to go to rehab to "gain focus and insight into his past and recent behavior, enabling him to continue the pursuit of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Troubled singer Chris Brown is heading to rehab.
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'Boobies' bracelet fight heading to Supreme Court 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:22 PM PDT
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2013 file photo, Easton Area School District students Brianna Hawk, 15, left, and Kayla Martinez, 14, display their "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets for photographers outside the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia. The Easton Area School District says it will take its fight against "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets to the U.S. Supreme Court. The board voted 7-1 Tuesday night, Oct. 29, 2013 to appeal a decision rejecting its claim the bracelets are lewd and should be banned from school. The bracelets are designed to promote breast cancer awareness among young people. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)EASTON, Pa. (AP) — The court battle between two girls and their Pennsylvania school over "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets could be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Heat get rings, then hold off Bulls 107-95 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:00 PM PDT
Miami Heat's LeBron James gestures during an NBA championship ring ceremony, before the Heat's basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Miami, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)MIAMI (AP) — They got their rings before the game, then a challenge as it was winding down.
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A look at opening night in the NBA 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 08:08 PM PDT
Miami Heat's LeBron James watches a replay during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Miami, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)The NBA begins another season with three matchups on opening night. Some highlights from around the courts:
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AP PHOTOS: Syrians flee besieged Damascus suburb 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 12:50 PM PDT
Men wait to be searched by the Syrian military after they have crossed from the rebel held suburb of Moadamiyeh to the government held territory Tuesday Oct. 29, 2013 in Damascus, Syria. Nearly 2,000 residents of the besieged western Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh have fled their homes and have surrendered to the Syrian authorities after reports of starvation and disease triggered an international outcry for their help. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Nearly 2,000 Syrians fled the war-ravaged Damascus district of Moadamiyeh Tuesday with the help of aid workers during a temporary cease-fire, a result of a rare agreement between government forces and rebels to avert a humanitarian crisis.
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Home at last: Red Sox hope to win title at Fenway 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:02 PM PDT
Grounds crew members dismantle the batting cage after the Boston Red Sox's workout at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. The Red Sox host the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 of baseball's World Series on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — Generations of New Englanders are preparing. Practically no one alive can remember seeing such an event unfold: The Boston Red Sox could win a World Series title on the celebrated green grass at Fenway Park.
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Russia breaks 'Zero Waste' Olympic pledge 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 03:50 PM PDT
A truck unloads construction waste material in a quarry near Akhshtyr village in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other trucks pile clay on top and a bulldozer mixes everything together in a rudimentary effort to hide the mess. This landfill outside Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics in 100 days, is smack in the middle of a water protection zone where dumping industrial waste is banned. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AKHSHTYR, Russia (AP) — Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other trucks pile clay on top and a bulldozer mixes everything together in a rudimentary effort to hide the mess. This landfill outside Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics in 100 days, is smack in the middle of a water protection zone where dumping industrial waste is banned.
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Istanbul's new rail tunnel links Europe and Asia 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 05:14 PM PDT
Two Japanese technicians walk inside a train for the inauguration of the tunnel called Marmaray in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. Turkey is for the first time connecting its European and Asian sides with a railway tunnel set to open Tuesday, completing a plan initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan about 150 years ago. The Marmaray, is among a number of large infrastructure projects under the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that have helped boost the economy but also have provoked a backlash of public protest.(AP Photo)ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has opened an underwater railway tunnel linking Europe and Asia, and the two sides of Istanbul, realizing a plan initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan about 150 years ago.
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No immediate decision on Texas abortion law appeal 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 04:28 PM PDT
Employees were the only people at Planned Parenthood Women's Health Center in Lubbock, Texas on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. New abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional and will not take effect as scheduled on Tuesday, a federal judge has ruled. (AP Photo/Betsy Blaney)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court didn't act on an emergency motion Tuesday that would've allowed some new abortion restrictions to take effect in Texas, the latest step in a lengthy battle activists on both sides predicted would end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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US spying prompts reversal by anti-terror lawmaker 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 01:34 PM PDT
Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis, right, speaks at a town hall meeting Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in West Bend, Wis. Sensenbrenner gave more surveillance power to U.S. government spies, railed against civil liberties advocates who warned about privacy abuses and even shut down a 2005 hearing to silence critics. Now he wants to scale back some of the counterterror laws he once championed, citing an overreach by the National Security Agency. The Wisconsin Republican plans to offer legislation as early as Oct. 29 to overhaul the NSA. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)WASHINGTON (AP) — He gave more surveillance power to U.S. government spies, railed against civil liberties advocates who warned about privacy abuses, and famously shut down a 2005 hearing to silence critics. Now Rep. James Sensenbrenner wants to scale back some of the counterterror laws he once championed, citing an overreach by the National Security Agency that has proven him wrong.
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