Sunday, February 24, 2013

Daily News: Most Popular News Headlines - Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province

Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:38 PM PST
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Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:38 PM PST
A U.S. soldier, right, photographs the scene where an insurgent was shot to death near an Afghan intelligence office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. A series of early morning attacks hit eastern Afghanistan Sunday, with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security forces and a would-be attacker in the capital city of Kabul. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â€" Afghanistan's president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans.
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Prime suspect sought in Las Vegas shooting, crash 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 02:21 AM PST
This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Police have identified Harris as a suspect in a shooting that sent a Maserati into a taxi that exploded, killing three people on Feb. 21, 2013 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)LAS VEGAS (AP) â€" Police are seeking a 26-year-old man as the prime suspect in last week's pre-dawn shooting and crash on the Las Vegas Strip that killed three people and injured several others
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Cruz's tactics boil Washington, but impress Texas 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:02 AM PST
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo Armed Services committee member, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, questions former Sen. Chuck Hagel (not shown), President Obama's choice for defense secretary, during Hagel's confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Weeks into his job, Texas Republicans are cheering Cruz's indelicate debut and embracing him as one of their own. The insurgent Republican elected with the tea party's blessing and bankroll, has run afoul of GOP mainstays, and prompted Democrats to compare his style to McCarthyism. Also seen from left are Sen.s Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Mike Lee, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)HOUSTON (AP) â€" Ted Cruz glanced at his black cowboy boots, beneath a silver Texas belt buckle, waiting for the admirers to stop clapping.
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Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:40 AM PST
Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's former press secretary, says that he was once instructed by the White House not to acknowledge the administration's use of drones. "When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was, you're not even to acknowledge the drone program," Gibbs said [...]
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Pistorius' brother facing culpable homicide charge 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 07:29 AM PST
Carl Pistorius, brother of Olympian athlete, Oscar Pistorius, arrives at home, Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, where his brother has been staying in Pretoria, South Africa, since being granted bail Friday for the Valentine's Day shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Reports emerged Sunday that Carl Pistorius is facing charges of culpable homicide for the death of a woman biker who was knocked down in 2010. (AP Photo)JOHANNESBURG (AP) â€" The brother of Olympic star Oscar Pistorius is facing a culpable homicide charge for a 2008 road death, compounding problems for the family after the double-amputee runner was charged with premeditated murder in the Feb. 14 shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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Republican Senator McCain says Hagel "not qualified" as defense secretary 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 08:37 AM PST
U.S. Senator McCain questions former Sen. Hagel at Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Hagel's nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain on Sunday said his former colleague Chuck Hagel was not qualified to be U.S. defense secretary but the Senate would likely vote on his nomination rather than hold it up with procedural hurdles. Before going on a weeklong recess, Republican lawmakers succeeded in delaying a Senate vote on Hagel's nomination earlier this month. Hagel is expected to win confirmation if a vote is held because Democrats control 55 votes in the 100-seat Senate. ...
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Why can't Washington compromise? They're too human 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 07:49 AM PST
FILE â€WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Turns out politicians are people, too, only worse.
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Palestinians call for probe of Israeli prisons 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 11:11 AM PST
Palestinians throw stones during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, following the death of Arafat Jaradat, a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. The death of a 30-year-old Palestinian after interrogation by Israel's Shin Bet security service stokes new West Bank clashes, along with Israeli fears of a third Palestinian uprising. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) â€" Palestinians on Sunday called for an international investigation of Israel's treatment of Palestinian detainees after a 30-year-old prisoner died in custody and a hunger strike by four other inmates sparked a week of West Bank protests.
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Ronda Rousey wins historic women's UFC debut 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 12:26 AM PST
Ronda Rousey celebrates defeating Liz Carmouche after their UFC 157 women's bantamweight championship mixed martial arts match in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Rousey won the first women’s bout in UFC history, forcing Carmouche to tap out in the first round. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) â€" Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche made history just by stepping into the UFC cage. When Rousey recorded another savage victory with her signature move, she demonstrated why she could be a trailblazer in women's sports for years to come.
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19 arrested after disturbance at Chicago mall 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:14 PM PST
CHICAGO (AP) â€" Nineteen teenagers have been arrested following a disturbance that shut down a Chicago shopping mall and left two people with minor injuries.
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Governors join White House to fight automatic cuts 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:12 AM PST
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, left, speaks to reporters during a break at the opening session of the National Governors Association 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Exasperated governors who are trying to gauge the fallout from impending federal spending cuts say Washington's protracted budget stalemate could seriously undermine the economy and stall gains made since the recession. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Governors from both parties are warning of the damaging economic impact if the White House and Congress fail to reach a deal to stave off across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect Friday.
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2nd blizzard bearing down on Plains region 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:43 PM PST
A winter storm moves across the center of the nation, bringing more snow to the Plains, Midwest, and Mid-Mississippi River Valley. The southern side of this system allows for showers and thunderstorms to persist for the Southeast.DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) â€" A second major winter storm was bearing down on the central Plains Sunday, forcing cancellations and sending public works crews scrambling for salt and sand supplies less than a week after another system dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the region.
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House Republicans hit back on sequestration with Academy Award-themed video 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:59 PM PST
In the final week before "the sequester" takes effectâ€"automatic, across-the-board spending reductions triggered if the White House and Congress fail to reach a budget deal by March 1 â€"Republicans and Democrats are doing what they can to ensure the other side takes the blame when the hammer falls. The National Republican Congressional Committee will release [...]
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House Intel Chair Mike Rogers Calls Chinese Cyber Attacks 'Unprecedented' 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 10:00 AM PST
House Intel Chair Mike Rogers Calls Chinese Cyber Attacks 'Unprecedented'House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said it was “beyond a shadow of a doubt” that the Chinese government and military is behind growing cyber attacks against the United States, saying “we are losing” the war to prevent the attacks. “They use their military...
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Kerry makes first foreign trip as top U.S. diplomat 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 02:04 PM PST
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry smiles following his meeting with Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird at the State Department in WashingtonLONDON (Reuters) - John Kerry views his first trip as U.S. secretary of state as a listening tour, but the leaders he meets will want to hear whether he has any new ideas on Syria, Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kerry arrived on Sunday in London, the first stop on a nine-nation, 11-day trip that will also take him to Berlin, Paris, Rome, Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha before he returns home on March 6. ...
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Justices poised to query voting rights focus on South 
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 11:08 PM PST
Security guards walk the steps of the Supreme Court before Justice Elena Kagan's investiture ceremony in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Supreme Court last scrutinized the 1965 Voting Rights Act in 2009, Justice Anthony Kennedy peered down from the bench and asked why federal rules were tougher for Alabama and Georgia than for Michigan and Ohio. Chief Justice John Roberts pointedly added that it seemed lawyers defending the rules, which were created to protect black voters, believed that even in modern times "southerners are more likely to discriminate than northerners. ...
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Pope, on last Sunday, says following God's wishes 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 07:53 AM PST
Pope Benedict XVI gestures as he leads his last Sunday Angelus prayer before stepping down in Saint Peter's Square at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict spoke from his window for the last time on Sunday, telling the faithful packed into St. Peter's Square that the first papal abdication in centuries was God's will and insisting he was not "abandoning" the Church. Four days before the 85-year-old's often troubled eight-year rule ends, new talk of scandal hit the cardinals who will choose his successor; one of them, a Scottish archbishop, had to deny a media allegation of misconduct with young priests in the 1980s. ...
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Former US envoy Pickering on problems at Benghazi mission 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:32 AM PST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former American diplomat Thomas Pickering said what struck him most during a review of last year's attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, were the frequent personnel changes, second-guessing on security upgrades, and dismissive attitude toward dozens of security incidents. The temporary status of the mission also led to uncertainty about providing additional funding, including for security, he said in an interview. The United States established a diplomatic presence in the eastern Libyan city after the 2011 revolt against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. ...
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Pope gives final Sunday blessing before resigning 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 07:42 AM PST
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his last Angelus noon prayer, from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Benedict XVI gave his pontificate's final Sunday blessing from his studio window to the cheers of tens of thousands of people packing St. Peter's Square, but sought to reassure the faithful that he wasn't abandoning the church by retiring to spend his final years in prayer. The 85-year-old Benedict is stepping down on Thursday evening, the first pope to do so in 600 years, after saying he no longer has the mental or physical strength to vigorously lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)VATICAN CITY (AP) â€" Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his pontificate on a cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square, explaining that his waning years and energy made him better suited to the life of private prayer he soon will spend in a secluded monastery than as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Palestinians say detainee tortured before death 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 12:14 PM PST
A Palestinian protester uses a sling shot to throw a stone at Israeli soldiers and border policemen during clashes near NablusJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian officials said on Sunday a Palestinian detainee who died in an Israeli prison was tortured before his death, but Israel said autopsy findings were preliminary and inconclusive. The death of 30-year-old Arafat Jaradat in an Israeli jail on Saturday and a hunger strike by four inmates have flared tension across the occupied West Bank, where stone-throwing protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers on Sunday. The Palestinian autopsy findings could further fuel unrest that has surged in the Palestinian Territories weeks before U.S. ...
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Distance Doesn't Diminish Man's Misplaced Anger 
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 09:00 PM PST
DEAR ABBY: I have been in love with "Richard" for 14 years. We broke up after we dated for a while because my alcoholic mother kept interfering. She kept telling me how "bad" he was for me -- and I, thinking my mother had my best interests at heart, believed her.After a divorce on my part and a breakup on his, we are now in a long-distance relationship. We hope to make our relationship permanent after getting to know each other again. My problem is, when Richard is unhappy or upset with someone else, he takes it out on me. ...
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Governors coming to terms with sequester, but demand more flexibility from Washington 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 03:38 PM PST
WASHINGTON -- Governors frustrated by the prospect of $85 billion in across-the-board federal spending cuts set to kick in next week have made the "F-word" their term of choice at the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association. That word, of course, is "Flexibility." "We believe in what we call flexible federalism," said Delaware Gov. [...]
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Fidel Castro surprises with parliament appearance amid leadership speculation 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 03:33 PM PST
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro attends the opening session of the National Assembly of the People's Power with brother Raul in HavanaHAVANA (Reuters) - Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance Sunday by joining the opening session of the National Assembly, state media reported amid speculation the gathering could give clues on planning for a future leadership succession. Since falling ill in 2006 and ceding the presidency to his brother, Fidel Castro has given up all official positions except as a deputy in the National Assembly. ...
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy Not Returning For 'Dancing With The Stars' Season 16 
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 09:53 PM PST
Maksim Chmerkvskiy attends AOL's New National Commercial open call at AOL Studios on November 29, 2012 in New York City -- Getty ImagesMaksim Chmerkovskiy's "Dancing with the Stars" days are officially over -- or at least, for now. The ballroom bad boy will not be a part of the ABC reality hit's upcoming sixteenth season, as he was not asked to return, a source revealed to Access Hollywood.
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Topless women protest against Berlusconi as he votes in election 
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 05:24 AM PST
MILAN (Reuters) - A group of topless women were dragged away by police on Sunday when they protested against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he voted in Italy's election. The protesters, from the Ukrainian women's rights group Femen, shouted "Basta (Enough) Berlusconi", as the media tycoon was voting in a polling station in a Milan school. The same words were painted on their bodies. Police quickly grabbed the women and roughly bundled them away. ...
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SKorea's new leader faces NKorea nuke crisis 
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 10:57 PM PST
FILE - In this Feb. 12 2013 file photo, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, talks with President-elect Park Geun-hye during their meeting about North Korea's nuclear test at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Even before she takes office Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, as South Korea's first female president, Park's campaign vow to soften Seoul's current hard-line approach to rival North Korea is being tested by Pyongyang's recent underground nuclear detonation. Pyongyang, Washington, Beijing and Tokyo are all watching to see if Park, the daughter of a staunchly anti-communist dictator, pursues an ambitious engagement policy meant to ease five years of animosity on the divided peninsula or if she sticks with the tough stance of her fellow conservative predecessor, Lee Myung-bak. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Do Kwang-hwan) KOREA OUTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) â€" Even before she takes office Monday as South Korea's first female president, Park Geun-hye's campaign vow to soften Seoul's current hard-line approach to rival North Korea is being tested by Pyongyang's recent underground nuclear detonation.
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