Florida congressman nabbed in drug sting
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Stay of execution for Missouri serial killer
(Reuters)
- A federal appeals court on Tuesday reversed two stays of execution
for a convicted serial killer, possibly clearing the way for him to be
put to death in Missouri. Joseph Paul Franklin, an avowed white
supremacist, was convicted and sentenced to death for killing one man
and wounding two outside a St. Louis-area synagogue in 1977. He was
scheduled to be executed early on Wednesday at a Missouri prison.
Franklin, 63, has been linked to the deaths of at least 18 other people.Read More ...
Police probe if Virginia state senator was stabbed by son
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Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A Virginia state senator
was stabbed and seriously wounded at his home on Tuesday, and police
said they were investigating whether the senator's son may have carried
out the attack before committing suicide. Creigh Deeds, a 55-year-old
Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2009, was flown to the
University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville with stab
wounds to his head and upper body, Virginia State Police spokeswoman
Corinne Geller said. His 24-year-old son, Austin "Gus" Deeds, was alive
at the home in Millboro, about 100 miles west of Richmond, when police
arrived, Geller said, but died at the scene of a gunshot wound.Read More ...
Faulconer takes big lead in San Diego mayor's race
SAN
DIEGO (AP) — A Republican city councilman took a big lead Tuesday in an
election to replace the disgraced Bob Filner as San Diego mayor, but
early returns showed him falling short of the majority needed to avoid a
runoff.Read More ...
Carriers reject kill switch for stolen smartphones
SAN
FRANCISCO (AP) — Samsung Electronics, the world's largest mobile phone
manufacturer, has proposed installing a built-in anti-theft measure
known as a "kill switch" that would render stolen or lost phones
inoperable, but San Francisco's top prosecutor says the nation's biggest
carriers have rejected the idea.Read More ...
Pa. pastor who performed gay wedding suspended
SPRING
CITY, Pa. (AP) — A United Methodist minister convicted under church law
of officiating at his son's same-sex wedding was suspended for 30 days
on Tuesday but remained defiant, saying he refuses to change his views,
even if it means permanently losing his credentials.Read More ...
Study: Kids are less fit than their parents were
DALLAS
(AP) — Today's kids can't keep up with their parents. An analysis of
studies on millions of children around the world finds they don't run as
fast or as far as their parents did when they were young.Read More ...
MSNBC not saying whether Bashir apology is enough
NEW
YORK (AP) — MSNBC was not saying Tuesday whether disciplinary action is
planned against show host Martin Bashir, who has apologized for "deeply
offensive" comments he made about Sarah Palin.Read More ...
Vonn crashes while prepping for return to racing
DENVER
(AP) — Reigning Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn crashed Tuesday
while training in Copper Mountain, Colo., ahead of her planned return to
racing following major knee surgery.Read More ...
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON
(AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to
continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led
more than a third of the state's clinics to stop providing abortions.Read More ...
Toronto mayor says he smoked crack 'maybe once'
TORONTO
(AP) — Toronto's scandal-plagued mayor said he's smoked crack "maybe
once" and said the city council has no business stripping him of his
powers, implying in a television interview Tuesday that many councilors
are guilty of similar behavior.Read More ...
Scandal-weary San Diego to elect a mayor
SAN
DIEGO (AP) — Bob Filner's resignation as San Diego mayor amid
widespread allegations of sexual harassment has given Republicans a
chance Tuesday to recapture an office they held for much of the last
four decades — and an opportunity for a rare win leading a major
American city.Read More ...
Va. senator stabbed; son dies of apparent suicide
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Democrat who rose to be
gubernatorial nominee in 2009 despite his reserved demeanor and humble
farmland roots, was stabbed early Tuesday, apparently by his son, police
said.Read More ...
Gettysburg Address: A short speech long remembered
GETTYSBURG,
Pa. (AP) — In solemnity, thousands of people gathered at a central
Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years
ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be long
remembered.Read More ...
Signs of life amid misery reveal Filipinos' spirit
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — They found the hoop in the ruins of their obliterated neighborhood. They propped up the backboard with broken wood beams and rusty nails scavenged from vast mounds of storm-blasted homes.
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If Twitter was at #Gettysburg Address
On
Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg
Address, one of the most famous speeches in American history. Here, 150
years later, is how the iconic speech might've been tweeted had Lincoln
delivered it today.Read More ...
Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea, sources say
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Police believe Va. senator was stabbed by son
Authorities are investigating the attack on Creigh Deeds as an attempted murder-suicide.Read More ...
Second annual 'Hipster Games' are here
Everyone
loves making fun of hipsters. The seemingly pretentious, apathetic
denizens of trendiness would probably be making fun of themselves, but
that’s so mainstream.Read More ...
Zimmerman leaves jail, will wear ankle monitor and give up guns
George Zimmerman Paid $9,000 Bond to Get Out of JailRead More ...
Obama's next credibility issue: Afghanistan
The president made a campaign promise to remove all troops by 2014.Read More ...
Zimmerman must give up guns to get out of jail during assault case
George Zimmerman Was Arrested for an Alleged Aggravated AssaultRead More ...
Midwest storm damage may hit $1 billion
In Washington, Ill., 1,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in the storms that hit Sunday.Read More ...
U.S., Afghanistan agree to security pact ahead of key meeting
The
United States said on Tuesday it was still working through details of a
security pact with Afghanistan, denying the two countries have agreed
on the final text of an agreement that will determine future U.S. troop
presence in the country beyond 2014. Afghan spokesman Aimal Faizi said
earlier the sides had agreed on a final version of the bilateral
security pact that will be submitted to Afghan tribal and political
leaders for approval this week. But State Department spokeswoman Jen
Psaki told reporters: "There are still some final issues that we are
working through. We are not there yet." U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry discussed the issue with Afghan President Hamid Karzai by
telephone earlier on Tuesday, Psaki added.Read More ...
Va. senator stabbed; son found dead in home
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, the Democrats'
gubernatorial nominee four years ago, was stabbed Tuesday in his head
and chest at his home, and his son died at the residence from a gunshot
wound, police said.Read More ...
One dead, dozens trapped in S. Africa mall collapse
Tongaat
(South Africa) (AFP) - Hundreds of rescuers worked into the night
searching for survivors in the rubble of a half-built mall that
collapsed near the South African city of Durban, killing one person and
injuring dozens. Police spokeswoman Mandy Govender said one person was
confirmed dead and 26 people had been pulled from the debris after the
roof of the mall collapsed. "An estimated 50 are underneath the rubble,"
said paramedic Neil Powell at the scene.Read More ...
Backlash grows over celebrity hunter Melissa Bachman's kill
More
than 250,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that South
Africa deny future entry to Melissa Bachman, a big game hunter whose
smiling photo with a dead lion has sparked considerable outrage.Read More ...
Va. senator's son dies in home after dad stabbed
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, who ran unsuccessfully for governor four years ago, was stabbed Tuesday in his head and chest at his home, and his son died at the residence from a gunshot wound, police said.
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Lincoln's most famous words remembered
People gather in Gettysburg to honor the speech delivered 150 years ago.Read More ...
Facing drug scandal, Ford says he has weight issue
The
embattled Toronto mayor told Matt Lauer he doesn't actually remember
smoking crack cocaine in his now infamous "drunken stupor," but that he
is nonetheless fit to lead.Read More ...
Obama job disapproval reaches a career high
President Obama has been hammered by the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act.Read More ...
Va. lawmaker hospitalized after assault; person found dead in his home
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
Va. (AP) — A state senator and former gubernatorial candidate was
critically injured Tuesday after being assaulted at his Virginia home,
and another person was found dead inside the home, police and hospital
officials said.Read More ...
Selfie tops twerk as Oxford's word of the year
Selfie is the 2013 word of the year, Oxford Dictionaries announced Tuesday, edging out some stiff competition from twerk. Usage of the word has increased 17,000 percent over the past 12 months, said Oxford Dictionaries, which publishes the mammoth Oxford English Dictionary (OED), styled as the definitive record of the English language. Selfie is defined as "a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website". In 2013 it evolved from a social media buzzword to mainstream shorthand for a self-portrait photo.
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Fla. judge sets Zimmerman bond on assault charge, forbids weapons
By
Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman, who was
acquitted last summer in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager
Trayvon Martin, was released from jail on Tuesday after his arrest for
an incident in which he is alleged to have pulled a shotgun on his
girlfriend. Zimmerman was released by sheriff's deputies from a jail in
Sanford, Florida, after a court hearing in which Seminole County Judge
Fred Schott said he found probable cause for Monday's arrest and set
bail at $9,000. The judge set January 7 as the date for Zimmerman's next
appearance in court on charges stemming from a domestic dispute on
Monday, when he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend in her
central Florida home. He also banned Zimmerman from any travel outside
Florida and ordered him to wear an electronic monitoring device for the
duration of his release on bond.Read More ...
Thousands of Afghan elders to decide if U.S. troops stay or go
By
Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Thousands of Afghan tribal and
political leaders will gather in the Afghan capital this week to decide
whether to allow U.S. troops to stay after the 2014 drawdown of foreign
forces. Without an accord on the Bilateral Security Agreement, the
United States says it could pull out all of its troops at the end of
2014, leaving Afghanistan's fledgling security forces on their own to
fight the Taliban-led insurgency. Security was tight in Kabul ahead of
the Loya Jirga, a traditional Afghan grand assembly convened to debate
matters of national importance, following a suicide bomb attack outside
the tent over the weekend. "The Loya Jirga is crucial for the future of
our country," said Farhad Sediqqi, a member of parliament who will
attend the assembly.Read More ...
Deadly blasts near Iran Embassy in Beirut
The Iranian cultural attaché is among 23 people killed in the twin explosions.Read More ...
Search for victims as Sardinia floods leave 18 dead
OLBIA (Italy) (AFP) - Italian emergency workers searched house by house on the island of Sardinia on Tuesday after a Mediterranean cyclone triggered flash floods, leaving 18 people dead and forcing thousands to seek emergency shelter. "We are looking inside homes, inside basements, particularly in outlying areas," Gianfranco Galaffu, local director of the civil protection agency for the worst affected northern part of the island, told AFP. For now we are taking care of the most acute emergencies," he said, adding that personnel and equipment were being sent in from other parts of Sardinia and mainland Italy. Thousands were displaced by the flooding, said Environment Minister Andrea Orlando.
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Toronto crack-smoking mayor off booze, and TV
Toronto
(Canada) (AFP) - Toronto's disgraced mayor Rob Ford, who admitted to
smoking crack cocaine and binge drinking, stepped up the battle to
reclaim his reputation Tuesday in a series of extraordinary television
interviews. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office had said
previously it does not condone drug abuse but would continue to work
with Ford.Read More ...
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