Tuesday, February 25, 2014

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Mexico affirms 'El Chapo' will stay put 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:38 PM PST
Cartel kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman arrested by US, Mexican authorities; Chicago's Public Enemy No. 1 back behind barsRulings will delay extradition of man widely considered world's most-powerful drug lord.
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House passes bill on 'unlocking' cell phones 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:51 PM PST
A visitor checks his phone at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Expected highlights include major product launches from Samsung and other phone makers, along with a keynote address by Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would give mobile-phone users the right to "unlock" their devices and use them on competitors' wireless networks, although Senate action was uncertain. Major carriers, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc, Sprint Corp, T-Mobile US and U.S. Cellular, in December made a voluntary pledge to make it easier for consumers to unlock their cellphones, under pressure from consumer groups and the Federal Communications Commission. The notion of undoing that law has had wide support from Republicans and Democrats since the bill's introduction in the House in 2013. But the bill's author, Representative Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican, added language after the bill had been approved by a partisan majority of the House Judiciary Committee, banning "bulk unlocking." Consumer advocates have argued that customers should be allowed to sell their old devices to third parties that could unlock phones in bulk, something the wireless industry opposes.
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Love bug: Man never stopped grieving for stolen 1965 Beetle 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 12:38 PM PST
In a handout photo provided by the Customs and Border Protection, a 1965 Volkswagen Beetle stolen 40 years ago in Tennessee is seen in Detroit. Federal agents making a routine check of the car's paperwork learned that the car was reported stolen in Knoxville in 1974. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Ken Hammond says agents made the discovery Jan. 30 as it was being shipped by rail to Canada from Detroit. Hammond says the Beetle was going to be restored in Finland. (AP Photo/Customs and Border Protection,)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man whose 1965 Volkswagen Beetle was stolen nearly 40 years ago and recently recovered in Detroit says he never stopped grieving for the red convertible that he had running "slick as a ribbon" before it was stolen.
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Watchdog: Fewer hate groups a political sign 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:23 PM PST
White KnightsSouthern Poverty Law Center says decline is seen as more radical ideas go mainstream.
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Teen invents flashlight that could change the world 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 10:21 AM PST
Teen Invents Flashlight That Could Change The WorldAnn Makosinski was just another teenager with another science project when she joined her local science fair in Victoria, Canada, last year. Her invention, a flashlight that is powered solely from hand heat, took second place at the competition. Ann, 16, and her parents, both of whom are HAM radio operators and like to fiddle [...]
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$10M stash of gold coins found while walking dog 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:09 PM PST
This image provided by the Saddle Ridge Hoard discoverers via Kagin's, Inc., shows one of the six decaying metal canisters filled with 1800s-era U.S. gold coins unearthed in California by two people who want to remain anonymous. The value of the "Saddle Ridge Hoard" treasure trove is estimated at $10 million or more. (AP Photo/Saddle Ridge Hoard discoverers via Kagin's, Inc.)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree.
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Hunt for Ukraine's ex-president reveals little hometown support 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 12:50 PM PST
Maidan supporters celebrate their victory in the industrial city of Donetsk on February 23, 2014Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - A thin wisp of smoke rises from a chimney in the barricaded residential complex of deposed president Viktor Yanukovych in the eastern city of Donetsk, but Ukraine's most famous fugitive is nowhere to be seen. The cluster of opulent villas, a few kilometres outside the industrial city of Donetsk appears thoroughly deserted apart from that small line of smoke. Donetsk, home to one million residents, sits deep in the heart of the Donbas mining region, where Yanukovych was born in 1950. It is impossible to penetrate the imposing perimeter of Yanukovych's residence here at 65 Rainissa Road, ringed by pine trees and a huge brick and cement wall topped with a metal barrier.
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Obama and Boehner have first one-on-one in over a year 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:00 PM PST
President Barack Obama meets with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. The Democratic president and Republican speaker met in the Oval Office, their first meeting alone at the White House since December 2012, when they failed to reach agreement on tax reform and spending cuts during deficit-reduction talks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Both parties describe first such meeting in more than a year as 'constructive.'
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Asiana Airlines docked $500,000 over crash 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:41 PM PST
FILE - In this July 6, 2013 aerial file photo, the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 lies on the ground after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Asiana Airlines has been penalized $500,000 for failing to assist family members of passengers on the flight that crashed last year at San Francisco airport, federal transportation officials said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)First time U.S. has levied fine for inadequate assistance to loved ones of crash victims.
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Oyster found off Denmark breaks Guinness record 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 09:09 AM PST
World's Largest Oyster Is One Big BivalveA Pacific Oyster found off the coast of Denmark has officially been named the world's largest, according to Guinness World Records. The oyster measures 13.97 inches in length and 4 inches in width, which is around a size 11 shoe. This large oyster also has...
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Conductor writes apology to commuters for train that never came 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 05:41 AM PST
Metro-North To Upgrade Transformers On New Haven LineMichael Shaw distributed 500 copies of a letter apologizing to commuters after telling them to wait for an express train he didn't realize had been canceled. But Metro North said it does not condone Shaw's letter.
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First Lady watching scoreboards for kids' health 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 11:25 AM PST
FILE - This Feb. 27, 2013 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama and Food Network chef Rachel Ray discussing lunches with students from the Eastside and Northside Elementary Schools in Clinton, Miss. Moving beyond the lunch line, new rules expected to be proposed by the White House and the Agriculture Department Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, would limit marketing of unhealthy foods in schools, phasing out the advertising of sugary drinks and junk foods around school campuses and ensuring that other promotions in schools are in line with health standards that apply to school foods. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)New rules take aim at marketing of unhealthy food at schools—and at their sporting facilities.
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Colo. Girl Scouts can't sell cookies outside pot shops 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 05:41 AM PST
Girl Scout sells cookies outside marijuana clinicIn response to a California Girl Scout's ingenious strategy to sell Girl Scout cookies outside of a marijuana dispensary, the Girl Scouts of Colorado issued a statement on its Facebook page effectively barring its members from doing the same.
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Obama tells Pentagon to plan Afghan pullout 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:37 PM PST
U.S. soldiers and Afghan security forces search the site where a suicide attacker rammed a car bomb into a NATO convoy killing two foreign civilian contractors, in the Afghan capital Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. The Islamic militant group Hizb-i-Islami claimed responsibility for the attack in eastern Kabul, saying it would drive all foreign forces from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has balked at signing a bilateral security agreement.
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Report: Few Army women want combat jobs 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:55 PM PST
FILE - This Sept. 18, 2012 file photo shows female soldiers training on a firing range while wearing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky. Only a small fraction of Army women say they'd like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do, say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service's nearly 170,000 women. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)FORT EUSTIS, Va. (AP) — Only a small fraction of Army women say they'd like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service's nearly 170,000 women.
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U.S. diplomats tell Obama nominees should know their destinations 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 05:50 AM PST
George Tsunis, ambassador-designate to NorwayPlease, presidents, stop picking big campaign donors to be ambassadors whether or not they know anything about the country where they'd be posted and are clueless about foreign affairs in general.
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Uganda tabloid outs 'top' homosexuals 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 09:49 AM PST
A Ugandan reads a copy of the "Red Pepper" tabloid newspaper in Kampala, Uganda Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. The Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's "200 top" homosexuals, outing some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay, one day after the president Yoweri Museveni enacted a harsh anti-gay law. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's "200 top" homosexuals, outing some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay one day after the president enacted a harsh anti-gay law.
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California 'lifers' leaving prison at record pace 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:25 PM PST
A guard tower is shown at Corcoran State Prison in California in this file photoUnder Gov. Jerry Brown, the state has released nearly 1,400 inmates with life sentences.
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43 killed in Nigeria in suspected Boko Haram school attack 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 07:04 PM PST
Residents, who were injured during an attack by Boko Haram militants, wait at the Bama General Hospital in BamaKano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed 43 people in an attack on secondary school students as they slept in the latest school massacre to hit Nigeria's troubled northeast. Nigeria meanwhile issued an appeal to France and Abuja's Francophone neighbours, especially Cameroon, to help it in the battle against Islamists, two days before a planned visit from French President Francois Hollande. The raid at 2:00 am (0100 GMT) targeted the Federal Government College in the town of Buni Yadi in Yobe state and bore the hallmarks of a similar attack last September in which 40 died.
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Website of major Bitcoin exchange vanishes 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:04 AM PST
A mock Bitcoin is displayed on a table in an illustration picture taken in BerlinBitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft.
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'Secrets of the Vatican' exposes church crises 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:53 AM PST
Pope Francis leaves after meeting cardinals and bishops to discuss family issues at the Vatican on February 21, 2014Pope Francis gave hope to many Catholics, but he also inherited a litany of problems.
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Ukraine: no new government before Thursday 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 06:28 AM PST
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A former presidential aide despised by protesters has been shot and wounded, his spokesman said Tuesday, raising fears of retaliation as Ukraine charts a new tumultuous political course.
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Pollution worsens in Beijing as statues don masks 
Monday, Feb 24, 2014 11:30 PM PST
Tourists put on their masks after they posed for souvenir photos as they visit Tiananmen Square on a severely polluted day in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Pollution across a large swath of northern China worsened on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)BEIJING (AP) — The smog is so bad even the statues wear masks. Or at least they do in pictures of a campus stunt that circulated online Tuesday as parts of northern China suffered a sixth straight day of severe pollution.
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National drop in obese toddlers, study suggests 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:45 PM PST
FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 file photo, Oumou Balde, 4, left, plays with her teacher Jacqualine Sanchez, right, and pretend food in a pre-kindergarten class at the Sheltering Arms Learning Center in New York in a program to educate children about nutrition and health. According to a study published Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2014 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found that obesity among children ages 2 to 5 dropped - to 8 percent, from 14 percent a decade ago. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)ATLANTA (AP) — Toddler obesity shrank sharply in the past decade, a new study suggests. While promising, it's not proof that the nation has turned a corner in the battle against childhood obesity, some experts say.
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Pro-Russian rally in Crimea decries Kiev 'bandits' 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:59 PM PST
A Russian armored personnel carrier is driven on a street in Sevastopol, Ukraine's Black Sea Port that hosts a major Russian navy base Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Tensions were building up in the Crimea, where ethnic Russians who make the majority of the local population are deeply suspicious of the new Ukrainian authorities who replaced fugitive Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of pro-Russian protesters rallied Tuesday in this Crimean Peninsula city, bitterly denouncing politicians in Kiev who are trying to form a new government, with some even calling for secession from Ukraine. A Russian lawmaker stoked their passions by promising that Moscow will protect them.
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Arizona governor returns home amid furor over bill 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:48 PM PST
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks during her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The Republican governor faced intensifying pressure Tuesday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer returned to Arizona on Tuesday and faced a pressing decision about a bill on her desk that has prompted a national debate over religious and gay rights.
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Collapse of exchange spells trouble for bitcoin 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 07:36 PM PST
Bitcoin trader Kolin Burges, right, of London and American Aaron (only his first name was given) hold protest signs as they conduct a sit-in in front of the office tower housing Mt. Gox in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. The website of major Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline Tuesday amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft, a new setback for efforts to gain legitimacy for the virtual currency. The URL of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox was returning a blank page. The disappearance of the site follows the resignation Sunday of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles from the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group seeking legitimacy for the currency. Burgess said he had picketed the building since Feb. 14 after flying in from London, hoping to get back $320,000 he has tied up with Mt Gox. (AP Photo/Kaori Hitomi)TOKYO (AP) — The sudden disappearance of one of the largest bitcoin exchanges only adds to the mystery and mistrust surrounding the virtual currency, which was just beginning to gain legitimacy beyond the technology enthusiasts and adventurous investors who created it.
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Couple stumbles upon $10 million in rare coins 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:40 PM PST
David Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service, poses with some of 1,427 Gold-Rush era U.S. gold coins, at his office in Santa Ana, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. A California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across the modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree. Nearly all of the 1,427 coins, dating from 1847 to 1894, are in uncirculated, mint condition, said Hall, who recently authenticated them. Although the face value of the gold pieces only adds up to about $27,000, some of them are so rare that coin experts say they could fetch nearly $1 million apiece. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree.
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PBS reporter Miles O'Brien recounts amputation 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 05:40 PM PST
This 2010 photo released by PBS shows NOVA correspondent Miles O'Brien. O'Brien says his left arm was amputated above the elbow following after an apparently minor injury turned serious. In a blog post posted Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, and verified by PBS, O'Brien recounted the Feb. 12 injury that occurred while he was on assignment on Asia and how it progressed to a life-threatening stage. (AP Photo/PBS, Courtesy Robert Severi)LOS ANGELES (AP) — PBS science correspondent Miles O'Brien said Tuesday his left arm was amputated above the elbow after an apparently minor injury put his life in jeopardy.
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Rick Warren acts on mental health in son's death 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 01:43 PM PST
This Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 photo, Saddleback Church founder and senior pastor, Rick Warren, left, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, Kevin William Vann, right, pose for a photo at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. Warren will partner with the Roman Catholic Church and the National Alliance for Mental Illness next month for the first event of what they hope will be a sustained project to get faith leaders more involved with mental health issues and advocacy. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — A year after his son's suicide, popular evangelical pastor Rick Warren is taking on a new mental health ministry inspired by his personal tragedy.
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FDA weighs unknowns of 3-person embryo technique 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 01:57 PM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Genetic experts cautioned that it could take decades to confirm the safety of an experimental technique, meant to prevent children from inheriting debilitating diseases, that would create babies from the DNA of three people.
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Child dies from infected rat; family sues Petco 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 08:06 PM PST
This undated photo released by Gomez Trial Attorneys courtesy the Pankey family, shows Aidan Pankey and one of his pet rats. Lawyers representing the Pankey family have filed a lawsuit against Petco Animal Supplies Inc., saying Aidan died from rat-bite fever contracted from a male rat purchased at one of the national chain's stores. (AP Photo/Courtesy Pankey Family)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego family is suing Petco after the death of their 10-year-old son from a bacterial infection they say he contracted from his pet rat.
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Arizona governor heads home amid furor over bill 
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:04 PM PST
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks during her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The Republican governor faced intensifying pressure Tuesday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer returned to Arizona on Tuesday and faced a pressing decision about a bill on her desk that has prompted a national debate over religious and gay rights.
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