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| Knox's judge says he suffered over guilty verdict Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 08:13 AM PST  ROME (AP) — The judge who presided over Amanda Knox's second murder conviction says he suffered over the verdict, but that he and the jury reached agreement that she was guilty in the death of British student Meredith Kercher. Full Story | Top |
| Cruel, heartless Obama mocks his most loyal, unquestioning supporters Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 05:35 AM PST In a speech in Wisconsin on Thursday, President Barack Obama insulted perhaps the most fervent members of his political base: art history majors. After extolling his own economic policies at some length, Obama observed that "manufacturing jobs typically pay well" in the United States. "A lot of parents, unfortunately, maybe when they saw a lot of manufacturing being offshored, told their kids you don't want to go into the trades, you don't want to go into manufacturing because you'll lose your job," the president opined. "Well, the problem is that what happened — a lot of young people no longer see the trades and skilled manufacturing as a viable career." Full Story | Top |
| GOP ponders scandal's toll on Christie's future Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 03:07 PM PST  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Fellow Republicans on Saturday debated the fallout over new suggestions that Gov. Chris Christie knew about a traffic-blocking operation orchestrated by top aides as apparent political payback earlier than he has acknowledged. Full Story | Top |
| Christie critics seize on ex-loyalist's claims Friday, Jan 31, 2014 11:36 PM PST  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — As New Jersey lawmakers last year began investigating lane closures that caused four days of brutal traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge, Gov. Chris Christie was insistent about one thing: He did not know about the tie-ups until they were over. Full Story | Top |
| Christie issues denial as 'Bridgegate' scandal flares up anew Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 03:53 PM PST By Edith Honan and Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former New Jersey official on Friday claimed Governor Chris Christie knew about politically motivated traffic jams as they happened, re-igniting a political scandal that has taken a toll on the prominent Republican. The letter from a former official at the agency that oversees the busiest U.S. bridge sparked a quick response from Christie, who again denied wrongdoing, and prompted a top New Jersey newspaper to suggest the governor could face impeachment. David Wildstein, who resigned his Port Authority post late last year, said in a letter that he had proof of the "inaccuracy" of some of Christie's statements about the so-called "Bridgegate" scandal, which polls show has already started to weigh on Christie's potential 2016 White House bid. Since the scandal first came to light, Christie has denied knowing the cause of the George Washington Bridge lane closings, which occurred after the mayor of Fort Lee declined to endorse the governor in a re-election bid and caused four days of massive traffic jams in that city. Full Story | Top |
| Atlanta mayor defends using emergency lanes in jam Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 01:05 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's mayor is defending his use of emergency lanes at the height of Tuesday's icy traffic jam so he could do an interview at The Weather Channel's studios. Full Story | Top |
| Syria rejected US talks bid without Kerry apology: FM Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 08:48 AM PST  Syria's foreign minister said Saturday his delegation had rejected a US request for direct talks unless Secretary of State John Kerry apologised for his remarks at the Geneva II talks. "The Americans asked us to negotiate directly with them in Montreux," Walid Muallem told Syrian state media on the plane home from 10 days of peace talks in the Swiss cities of Montreux and Geneva. "But we refused to do so before Secretary of State John Kerry apologised for what he said at the conference," Muallem added, in remarks carried by state news agency SANA. In his opening remarks at the conference, Kerry said Syria's President Bashar al-Assad "will not be part" of any transitional government. Full Story | Top |
| UN slams Israel destruction of Jordan Valley homes Friday, Jan 31, 2014 10:14 PM PST  The UN humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories criticised Israel's demolition of 36 homes in the Jordan Valley and urged a halt to such actions in the West Bank. The moves came as fresh opinion poll evidence showed that faith in the Middle East peace process has largely evaporated among both Israelis and Palestinians. "I am deeply concerned about the ongoing displacement and dispossession of Palestinians... along the Jordan Valley where the number of structures demolished more than doubled in the last year," he said. His office said more than 1,000 people had been displaced last year in the West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem by demolitions on the grounds that homes had been built without Israeli permits, "which are virtually impossible to obtain". Full Story | Top |
| Christie going on offensive about accusation Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 04:37 PM PST TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is going on the offensive after a former loyalist said he has evidence the Republican governor knew more than he has admitted about an apparently politically motivated traffic jam ordered by one of his staffers last year. Full Story | Top |
| Obama: US can help more join the middle class Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 05:05 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the government can act to ensure that more people are able to join and stay in the middle class. Full Story | Top |
| Hermione should have married Harry Potter, Rowling admits Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 05:38 PM PST  After years of squabbling, Harry Potter's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Grainger finally became an item -- but now their creator JK Rowling has admitted she made a mistake by marrying them off. Hermione -- whose quick wits get the teen wizards out of many a scrape in Rowling's hit novels -- would have been better off with hero Harry, the British author said in comments published by the Sunday Times newspaper. In fact, Ron and Hermione would likely have ended up in marriage counselling, Rowling suggested. "For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione ended up with Ron," Rowling says in an interview with Wonderland magazine, previewed by the Sunday Times and due out next Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Mass mobs fill pews, lift prayers at NY churches Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 01:50 PM PST  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — You've heard of flash mobs? Behold the Mass mob. Full Story | Top |
| Judge OKs class action status in Virginia for gay marriage lawsuit Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 08:23 AM PST By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A federal judge in western Virginia has certified as a class action a lawsuit filed by two Shenandoah Valley couples challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriages. Friday's order adds to growing momentum to end the state's prohibition of same-sex marriage, with Virginia's new attorney general saying his office will no longer defend the ban. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Urbanski said in the order that same-sex couples seeking to marry in the state as well as those married in states where gay marriage is legal could challenge Virginia's ban as a group. Lawyers for the couples who filed the lawsuit estimate that there are about 15,000 same-sex households in Virginia, based on U.S. Census data. Full Story | Top |
| Protests over Russian anti-gay law focus on Sochi Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 07:45 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Despite seven months of international outcry, Russia's law restricting gay-rights activity remains in place. Yet the eclectic protest campaign has heartened activists in Russia and caught the attention of its targets — including organizers and sponsors of the Sochi Olympics that open on Feb. 7. Full Story | Top |
| Man Stands Up For Groom's Role In Wedding Planning Friday, Jan 31, 2014 09:00 PM PST DEAR ABBY: Why is a wedding always about the bride? Why is the groom often ignored and the occasion not about both of them? I find this offensive as a man who, by tradition, is supposed to "take care of her," but is ignored as a partner in the relationship. The whole deal about the day being about the bride is sexist, as far as I'm concerned. Television shows like "Bridezillas" make men look like idiots who have no value in a marriage. ... Full Story | Top |
| Search begins for Obama presidential library site Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 12:58 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The search for a home for President Barack Obama's presidential library is officially underway. Full Story | Top |
| Manslaughter verdict in buttocks-injection trial Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 07:40 AM PST  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — To hear Natasha Stewart tell it, she was just trying to help an insecure woman when she helped arrange for her to get silicone injections in her buttocks, shots that prosecutors say were deadly. A jury disagreed, convicting Stewart on Friday of culpable negligence manslaughter. Full Story | Top |
| Tour operators fume over Great Barrier Reef dumping plan Friday, Jan 31, 2014 11:43 PM PST  Furious tourism operators on the Great Barrier Reef on Saturday threatened legal action after approval was given to dump of up to three million cubic metres of dredge waste in park waters. Association of Marine Park Tour Operators president Colin McKenzie, the peak industry lobby group covering tourism in the World Heritage-listed reef region, accused the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority of pandering to politicians. "Leadership of the Authority needs to be replaced. The GBRMPA should do what it is actually being paid to do -- which is provide for the protection and conservation of the reef." Full Story | Top |
| Chris Christie's very bad, really awful, truly terrible week Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 08:37 AM PST This was the weekend when New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was meant to revel in the Super Bowl, being played Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. David Wildstein, the former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official who personally ordered the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge, says Christie knew about the closure at the time – which contradicts Christie's statement that he knew nothing about the order to close the lanes as political retribution aimed at the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, only learning about it in the press. "I first found out about it after it was over," Christie said at his Dec. 13 press conference. Further suggesting more to the story than official pronouncements, Bill Stepien, Christie's former campaign manager, is invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid producing documents and other items of interest under a subpoena by the New Jersey State Legislature committee investigating the incident. Full Story | Top |
| Differing perspectives fuel debate over Knox case Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 12:49 AM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — To some Americans, especially those in her hometown of Seattle, Amanda Knox seems a victim, unfairly hounded by a capricious legal system in Italy that convicted her this week in the death of a 21-year-old British woman. Full Story | Top |
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