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Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 06:38 PM PST
NYC train derailment kills 4, hurts more than 60 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 06:38 PM PST
 First responders gather at the derailment of a Metro North passenger train in the Bronx borough of New York Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 The Fire Department of New York says there are "multiple injuries" in the train derailment, and 130 firefighters are on the scene. Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say the train derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)Questions raised about whether excessive speed or human error played a role.
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Amazon unveils futuristic mini-drone delivery plan 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 06:15 PM PST
 Amazon is looking to the future with plans to use "octocopter" mini-drones to fly small packages to consumers in just 30 minutesAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company is looking to the future with plans to use "octocopter" mini-drones to fly small packages to consumers in just 30 minutes. The US retail giant's ambitious project still requires additional safety testing and federal approval, but Bezos estimated that Amazon "Prime Air" would be up and running within four to five years. A demo video posted on the company's website showed the tiny robotic devices picking up packages in small yellow buckets from Amazon's fulfillment centers and then whizzing through the air to deliver the items to customers just 30 minutes after they made their purchase on Amazon.com. The mini-drones are powered by electric motors and could cover areas within a 10-mile (16-kilometer) radius of fulfillment centers, thus covering a significant portion of the population in urban areas.
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Officials: Speed a factor in actor's deadly crash 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 04:50 PM PST
 Sheriff's deputies work near the wreckage of a Porsche that crashed into a light pole on Hercules Street near Kelly Johnson Parkway in Valencia, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. A publicist for actor Paul Walker says the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series died in the crash north of Los Angeles. He was 40. Ame Van Iden says Walker died Saturday afternoon. No further details were released. (AP Photo/The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Dan Watson)The fiery crash in Southern California killed "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker.
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Officials: Worst tech bugs over for Healthcare.gov 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 11:17 AM PST
 This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, on Nov. 29, 2013. The beleaguered health insurance website has had periods of down times as as the government tries to fix the problems. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)WASHINGTON (AP) — The worst of the online glitches, crashes and delays may be over for the problem-plagued government health care website, the Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday.
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Record crowds over weekend, but spending declined 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 04:18 PM PST
 Shoppers rest on chairs in the Fashion Show mall in Las Vegas early in the morning of Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. Many of the stores in the mall opened at midnight for Black Friday. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)NEW YORK (AP) — Did stores shoot themselves in the foot?
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Anti-gov't mass rally in Ukraine turns violent 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 12:35 PM PST
 Protesters clash with police guarding the presidential administration building in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. More than 100,000 demonstrators chased away police to rally in the center of Ukraine's capital. Police allowed the rally to proceed peacefully, but when a few thousand protesters tried to storm the nearby presidential administration building with a front loader, riot police used tear gas, truncheons and flash grenades to drive them back. Dozens of people with what appeared to be head injuries were taken away by ambulance.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A protest by about 300,000 Ukrainians angered by their government's decision to freeze integration with the West turned violent Sunday, when a group of demonstrators besieged the president's office and police drove them back with truncheons, tear gas and flash grenades. Dozens of people were injured.
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Egypt police clear protesters; constitution agreed 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 01:39 PM PST
 Protesters gather near a burning police vehicle set afire during clashes with security forces, near Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Several hundred students and supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president joined to protest the death of Mohammed Reda, a student who was killed in clashes on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, near Cairo University. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)CAIRO (AP) — Police fired tear gas to drive hundreds of supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president from Cairo's famed Tahrir Square on Sunday, as a panel tasked with amending the constitution adopted during his time in office agreed on changes to the text.
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UN in Iraq worried about uptick in bodies found 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 01:48 PM PST
 FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, mourners chant slogans against sectarianism while carrying the coffin of Sunni Sheik Adnan Majeed al-Ghanem during his funeral in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The monthly death toll in Iraq dropped by nearly a third to 659 last month, the U.N. said Sunday, but a recent spike in the number of bullet-riddled bodies found on the street has raised fears the country is facing a return to all-out warfare between Sunni and Shiite factions. The Arabic on the coffin reads, "Al-Shati. There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is his messenger." (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — The number of Iraqis slain "execution-style" surged last month, the U.N. said Sunday, raising fears of a return of the death squads that killed thousands during the darkest days of sectarian violence that followed the U.S.-led invasion.
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NTSB officials examine Alaska crash wreckage 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 04:23 PM PST
 This image provided Saturday Nov. 30, 2013, courtesy of Alaska State Troopers shows the wreckage of a plane that crashed Friday near St. Marys, Alaska. Authorities said the pilot and three passengers died in this crash of the single-engine turboprop Cessna 208. Few other details, including the possible cause of the crash, are known. (AP Photo/Alaska State Troopers()ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal investigators on Sunday started documenting the wreckage of a plane crash in remote southwest Alaska that killed four people and injured six Friday night.
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Patriots rally for 34-31 win over Texans 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 04:17 PM PST
 Houston Texans' Ben Tate (44) runs for a touchdown past New England Patriots' Devin McCourty (32) during the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Brady was glad to escape Houston with a win.
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MTA identifies 4 people killed in NYC train crash 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 05:14 PM PST
 First responders gather at the derailment of a Metro North passenger train in the Bronx borough of New York Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 The Fire Department of New York says there are "multiple injuries" in the train derailment, and 130 firefighters are on the scene. Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say the train derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Transit Authority has identified the four people killed after a New York City commuter train derailed.
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Officials: speed factor in Walker's crash death 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 02:09 PM PST
 Sheriff's deputies work near the wreckage of a Porsche that crashed into a light pole on Hercules Street near Kelly Johnson Parkway in Valencia, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. A publicist for actor Paul Walker says the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series died in the crash north of Los Angeles. He was 40. Ame Van Iden says Walker died Saturday afternoon. No further details were released. (AP Photo/The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Dan Watson)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators sought to determine the cause of a fiery crash that killed "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker while the 40-year-old actor's fans erected a makeshift memorial Sunday near where the Porsche he was riding in smashed into a light pole and tree.
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NTSB officials trying to reach Alaska crash site 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 03:55 PM PST
 This image provided Saturday Nov. 30, 2013, courtesy of Alaska State Troopers shows the wreckage of a plane that crashed Friday near St. Marys, Alaska. Authorities said the pilot and three passengers died in this crash of the single-engine turboprop Cessna 208. Few other details, including the possible cause of the crash, are known. (AP Photo/Alaska State Troopers()ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal investigators on Sunday started documenting the wreckage of a plane crash in remote southwest Alaska that killed four people and injured six Friday night.
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Thai protest leader meets PM after street clashes 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 09:33 AM PST
 An anti-government protester throws back a tear gas canister fired by riot police in Bangkok, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas at anti-government mobs trying to force their way into the prime minister's office complex and Bangkok's police headquarters on Sunday, deepening Thailand's political crisis and raising fears of prolonged instability in one of Southeast Asia's biggest economies.(AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Thailand's anti-government protests said unexpectedly that he met the prime minister Sunday after daylong clashes between his supporters and police but defiantly told her he would accept nothing less than her resignation and a new government of an appointed council.
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NTSB to upright train, seek other possible victims 
Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 01:59 PM PST
 First responders gather at the derailment of a Metro North passenger train in the Bronx borough of New York Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 The Fire Department of New York says there are "multiple injuries" in the train derailment, and 130 firefighters are on the scene. Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say the train derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK (AP) — Federal investigators say the cars from a derailed New York City train will be turned upright to check for any other possible victims.
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