Saturday, August 31, 2013

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Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 07:49 PM PDT

Lawmakers begin to grapple with Syria question 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 07:49 PM PDT
President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office with Vice President Joe Biden, right, after making a statement about the crisis in Syria in the White House Rose Garden in Washington Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Obama said he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack. But he said he will seek congressional authorization for the use of force. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Members of Congress were abruptly handed exactly the war powers many had demanded.
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Obama gambles on getting Congress to back Syria strike 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 11:20 AM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks next to Vice President Joe Biden at the Rose Garden of the White HouseHe says military action is needed, but wants congressional approval.
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Smoke from Sierra fire reaches Yosemite Valley 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 05:52 PM PDT
In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, a member of the BLM Silver State Hotshot crew using a drip torch to set back fires on the southern flank of the Rim Fire on Pilot Peak, Calif., Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 The blaze has scorched 343 square miles of brush, oaks and pines and 11 homes, as of Saturday Aug. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Dense smoke from a wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park on Saturday hampered both suppression efforts and the prized views sought by holiday weekend tourists.
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Measles cases put Texas megachurch under scrutiny 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 03:45 PM PDT
This Aug. 27, 2013, photo shows a sign at the entrance of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries Eagle Mountain Church, in Newark, Texas. The Texas megachurch is linked to at least 21 cases of measles and has been trying to contain the outbreak by hosting vaccination clinics, officials said. (AP Photo/LM Otero)NEWARK, Texas (AP) — The teachings of televangelist Kenneth Copeland and his family focusing on the virtues of trusting God to keep healthy are under scrutiny after a cluster of measles cases linked to his family's North Texas megachurch revealed many congregants hadn't been vaccinated against the highly contagious disease.
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Dozens of aftershocks expected on Alaskan island 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 05:59 PM PDT
This 2010 photo released by the State of Alaska Division of Community & Regional Affairs shows neighborhood housing in Adak, Alaska. Officials say a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has rocked Alaska's Aleutian Islands, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, with a jet-like rumble that shook homes and sent residents scrambling for cover. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the major temblor at 8:25 a.m. Friday, local time. It was followed by multiple aftershocks, including one measuring magnitude 4.5. (AP Photo/State of Alaska Division of Community & Regional Affairs)ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Dozens of noticeable aftershocks above magnitude 4.0 are expected in the remote Aleutian Island region off Alaska in the days and weeks following a major 7.0 earthquake, the Alaska state seismologist said Saturday.
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Okla. woman, pet kangaroo find new home at zoo 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 12:46 PM PDT
Christie Carr, center, attempts to hold Irwin the kangaroo, right, and Larsen, a baby tiger, at their new home at the Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Park in Wynnewood, Okla. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) — Christie Carr wants her young ones to cooperate when they sit down for a family portrait, but at times it's so difficult that she has to tell young Irwin to go to his bedroom. He obeys and hops to it.
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Jury hears of Jackson's requests for anesthetic 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 08:50 PM PDT
FILE- In this March 5, 2009, file photo, Michael Jackson makes an announcement about upcoming performances at the London O2 Arena. A Los Angeles jury heard from two medical professionals that Jackson requested the powerful anesthetic propofol for sleep during testimony on Aug. 28, 2013. Dr. Christine Quinn and nurse practitioner Cherilyn Lee detailed the singer's requests, separated by a decade, after being called to testify in a negligent hiring lawsuit filed by Jackson's mother against concert promoter AEG Live LLC. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:
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Christion Jones leads No. 1 Bama past VaTech 35-10 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 07:31 PM PDT
Alabama wide receiver Christion Jones (22) reacts after scoring on a punt return against Virginia Tech in the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)ATLANTA (AP) — With everyone focused on a three-peat, Nick Saban reminded his Alabama players of someone who did it twice — Michael Jordan.
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Tebow cut by Patriots, plans to keep playing 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 03:54 PM PDT
New England Patriots quarterback Tim Tebow (5) looks for a receiver as New York Giants defensive end Justin Trattou (69) closes in during the third quarter of an NFL preseason football game Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A Heisman Trophy, a riveting playoff game, an international following.
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Twins trade Morneau to Pirates 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 08:32 PM PDT
In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, file photo Minnesota Twins' Justin Morneau (33) follows through on a fly out to center in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. The Twins have traded Morneau to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013,, sending the veteran first baseman to a playoff-contending team for the final month of the season. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are all-in as they chase the franchise's first playoff appearance in 21 years.
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Grave excavation begins at Fla. reform school site 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 12:42 PM PDT
A team of anthropologists from the University of South Florida began exhuming suspected graves on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at the now-closed Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Fla. The researchers are sifting through topsoil to find remains at the former reform school in hopes of identifying the boys buried there and learning how they died. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Edmund D. Fountain, Pool)MARIANNA, Fla. (AP) — University of South Florida researchers began exhuming dozens of graves Saturday at a former Panhandle reform school where horrific beatings have been reported in hopes of identifying the boys and learning how they died.
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India convicts youngest Delhi gang rape defendant 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 05:37 AM PDT
Delhi police officers escort a juvenile accused of rape, outside the Juvenile justice board in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. An Indian juvenile court on Saturday handed down the first conviction in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, convicting the teenager of rape and murder and sentencing him to three years in a reform home, lawyers said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian juvenile court on Saturday handed down the first conviction in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, convicting a teenager of rape and murder and sentencing him to three years in a reform home, lawyers said.
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4 kids dead after fire in NY home near Pa. border 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 02:44 PM PDT
ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) — A fire tore through a home, spewing flames from the windows and killing four children, neighbors said.
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Obama seeking congressional OK for Syria action 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 01:22 PM PDT
President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 in Washington. Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack. But he says he will seek congressional authorization for the use of force. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Delaying what had loomed as an imminent strike, President Barack Obama abruptly announced Saturday he will seek congressional approval before launching any military action meant to punish Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons in an attack that killed hundreds.
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Tim Tebow cut by Patriots, plans to keep playing 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 01:21 PM PDT
New England Patriots quarterback Tim Tebow (5) looks for a receiver as New York Giants defensive end Justin Trattou (69) closes in during the third quarter of an NFL preseason football game Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tim Tebow hasn't given up hope of playing in the NFL after being cut by the New England Patriots.
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