AP PHOTOS: Halftime in Sochi
Four
shootout goals lead the U.S. men's hockey team past Russia 3-2.
Poland's Zbigniew Brodka of nabs gold in men's 1,500-meter speedskating.
And Sweden wins Olympic gold in women's 4x5K cross-country relay.Read More ...
Syria peace talks in doubt after 6th day in Geneva
GENEVA
(AP) — U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi ended direct talks
between the Syrian government and opposition Saturday without finding a
way of breaking the impasse in peace talks.Read More ...
Oshie's 4 shootout goals lead US past Russia 3-2
SOCHI,
Russia (AP) — T.J. Oshie brainstormed while he skated to center ice,
desperately trying to come up with one last move to end an epic
shootout. He had already taken five shots at Sergei Bobrovsky, and the
Russians were still even.Read More ...
UAW drive falls short amid culture clash in Tenn.
CHATTANOOGA,
Tenn. (AP) — The failure of the United Auto Workers to unionize
employees at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee underscores a cultural
disconnect between a labor-friendly German company and anti-union
sentiment in the South.Read More ...
Agent: Player A in NFL report is Andrew McDonald
A
former Miami Dolphins lineman identified as one of the targets of
harassment in the racially charged bullying scandal said Saturday that
he has no problem with the team in a statement released by his agent.Read More ...
Olympics: Earth's most political apolitical event
SOCHI,
Russia (AP) — Each time an Olympics approaches, the ideal is
articulated once more: The true spirit of the games, those who oversee
them say, brings humanity together to promote amity and athletic
excellence. It is most certainly not a place for the affairs of nations
and vested interests to play out on a global stage.Read More ...
UK taxi driver crushed to death in windstorm
LONDON
(AP) — Strong winds that pummeled Britain killed a taxi driver, whose
car was crushed by falling chunks of masonry from a building, and an
elderly man who died after a "freak wave" struck a cruise ship in the
English Channel, officials said Saturday. Another 15 cruise ship
passengers were injured.Read More ...
Gay-marriage foes scrambling after court setbacks
JEFFERSON
CITY, Mo. (AP) — Opponents of same-sex marriage are scrambling to find
effective responses, in Congress and state legislatures, to a rash of
court rulings that would force some of America's most conservative
states to accept gay nuptials.Read More ...
Mob attacks alleged gays in Nigerian capital
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A mob armed with wooden clubs and iron bars, screaming that they were going to "cleanse" their neighborhood of gay people, dragged 14 young men from their beds and assaulted them, human rights activists said Saturday.
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'Juno' actress Ellen Page comes out as gay
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Federal guidance on pot business leaves banks wary
SEATTLE
(AP) — For marijuana dispensaries around the country, the days of doing
business in cash — driving around with bill-stuffed envelopes to pay
the rent, or showing up at a state revenue office with $20,000 in paper
bags for the tax man — can't end soon enough.Read More ...
Ariz. inmate makes Valentine's escape
PHOENIX
(AP) — An Arizona jail inmate who escaped by climbing two walls and
crawling through razor wire and was reportedly meeting his sweetheart on
Valentine's Day is back in custody.Read More ...
5 things to know about the Sochi Olympics
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Fast Five, Saturday edition: Five things you'll want to know about the 2014 Winter Olympics.Read More ...
Merkel, Hollande to discuss European communication network avoiding U.S.
German
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she would talk to French
President Francois Hollande about building up a European communication
network to avoid emails and other data passing through the United
States. Merkel, who visits France on Wednesday, has been pushing for
greater data protection in Europe following reports last year about mass
surveillance in Germany and elsewhere by the U.S. National Security
Agency. Merkel said in her weekly podcast that she disapproved of
companies such as Google and Facebook basing their operations in
countries with low levels of data protection while being active in
countries such as Germany with high data protection.Read More ...
UN envoy 'very sorry' as Syria talks break off in failure
The
UN's Syria envoy said he was "very, very sorry" Saturday as peace talks
in Geneva broke off with no progress made and no date set for a third
round. Just weeks after the warring parties sat down for the first time
to seek a political settlement to the three-year conflict, a second
round ended in acrimony. "I'm very, very sorry," UN mediator Lakhdar
Brahimi told reporters in Geneva as he announced the break-off in talks.
With no guarantee the parties will return to the negotiating table, the
death toll continued to mount in Syria where more than 136,000 have
died and millions have been driven from their homes.Read More ...
AP Exclusive: Misconduct forces more soldiers out
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The number of U.S. soldiers forced out of the Army because of
crimes or misconduct has soared in the past several years as the
military emerges from a decade of war that put a greater focus on battle
competence than on character.Read More ...
Shift seen in legal battle for gay rights
Uptick in federal judges' willingness to embrace same-sex marriage could hasten Supreme Court.Read More ...
Obama: Calif. drought is everyone's concern
President warns of difficult choices ahead as to how America uses and conserves water.Read More ...
U.S., China agree to work on climate change
China
and the United States, the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases,
pledged on Saturday to work together to attenuate the effects of global
climate change. "China and the United States will work together ... to
collaborate through enhanced policy dialogue, including the sharing of
information regarding their respective post-2020 plans to limit
greenhouse gas emissions," according to a U.S.-China joint statement
issued at the end of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's whirlwind
Beijing visit. International talks to try to agree on a successor to the
1997 Kyoto Protocol, the first and only international agreement to
tackle climate change, are due to be held in Paris next year. The United
States never ratified the Kyoto deal.Read More ...
7 rejected GOP Valentine’s Day jokes (4 REAL)
Ahhh,
February 14, when a young party official’s thoughts turn to the
sweetness and light of Valentine’s Day-themed political attacks.Read More ...
Photos of the day
A
view of the Pont Des Arts on Valentine's Day on February 14, 2014 in
Paris, France. The accumulation of the 'love locks', a phenomenon
popular in many European cities, where couples attach a lock to
symbolise their love to the mesh panels on the sides of the bridge, is
starting to pose safety concerns, due to their mass weight. (Photo by
Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)Read More ...
Feds give banks guidance on pot sellers
DOJ and Treasury Dept. action moves U.S. a step closer to legalized marijuana industry.Read More ...
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