Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 12:11 PM PDT
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GOP groups target Senate incumbents on health care 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 12:11 PM PDT
 FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013, file photo Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., center, with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., left, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., right, and others, speaks at a news conference and Capitol Hill in Washington with small business owners about the impact the government shutdown is having on business. With the shutdown continuing and the nation's credit rating under threat, Landrieu stands out among Southern Democratic candidates with her embrace of the three-year-old health care law at the core of Capitol Hill dysfunction. She called Republicans It vows to spend more than $2 million in advertising in the coming weeks.
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U.S. weighs changes to spy programs 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 10:18 AM PDT
 In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, a man is reflected in paneling as he speaks on his phone at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain. A Spanish newspaper published a document Monday that it said shows the U.S. National Security Agency spied on more than 60 million phone calls in Spain in one month alone — the latest revelation about alleged massive U.S. spying on allies. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)Leaders say surveillance programs need review after they may have gone too far.
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Brother: Killing spree suspect has drug problem 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 10:40 AM PDT
 This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows Charles Brownlow Jr. Brownlow was arrested early Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, as a suspect in a case where five people were killed in a string of slayings across Terrell, Texas. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Public Safety)TERRELL, Texas (AP) — A man suspected of killing his mother and four other people during a quick series of attacks in his rural North Texas community struggles with drug addiction, his brother said Tuesday.
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Russia breaks 'Zero Waste' Olympic pledge 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 11:08 AM PDT
 A truck unloads construction waste material in a quarry near Akhshtyr village in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other trucks pile clay on top and a bulldozer mixes everything together in a rudimentary effort to hide the mess. This landfill outside Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics in 100 days, is smack in the middle of a water protection zone where dumping industrial waste is banned. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AKHSHTYR, Russia (AP) — Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other trucks pile clay on top and a bulldozer mixes everything together in a rudimentary effort to hide the mess. This landfill outside Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics in 100 days, is smack in the middle of a water protection zone where dumping industrial waste is banned.
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AP PHOTOS: Syrians flee besieged Damascus suburb 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 12:50 PM PDT
 Men wait to be searched by the Syrian military after they have crossed from the rebel held suburb of Moadamiyeh to the government held territory Tuesday Oct. 29, 2013 in Damascus, Syria. Nearly 2,000 residents of the besieged western Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh have fled their homes and have surrendered to the Syrian authorities after reports of starvation and disease triggered an international outcry for their help. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Nearly 2,000 Syrians fled the war-ravaged Damascus district of Moadamiyeh Tuesday with the help of aid workers during a temporary cease-fire, a result of a rare agreement between government forces and rebels to avert a humanitarian crisis.
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US spying prompts reversal by anti-terror lawmaker 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:25 AM PDT
 Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis, right, speaks at a town hall meeting Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in West Bend, Wis. Sensenbrenner gave more surveillance power to U.S. government spies, railed against civil liberties advocates who warned about privacy abuses and even shut down a 2005 hearing to silence critics. Now he wants to scale back some of the counterterror laws he once championed, citing an overreach by the National Security Agency. The Wisconsin Republican plans to offer legislation as early as Oct. 29 to overhaul the NSA. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)WASHINGTON (AP) — He gave more surveillance power to U.S. government spies, railed against civil liberties advocates who warned about privacy abuses, and famously shut down a 2005 hearing to silence critics. Now Rep. James Sensenbrenner wants to scale back some of the counterterror laws he once championed, citing an overreach by the National Security Agency that has proven him wrong.
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US consumer confidence plunges on gov't shutdown 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 08:41 AM PDT
 In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, photo, a shopper browses at a Timberland store in Skokie, Ill. The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for October on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' confidence in the economy fell this month to the lowest level since April, as many worried about the impact of a 16-day partial government shutdown. The decline could weigh on spending and economic growth.
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Police focus on Uighurs after Tiananmen car attack 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 08:18 AM PDT
 A plainclothes security guad, center, monitors tourists as they pass by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong's portrait displayed on Tiananmen Gate near the site of an incident Monday where a car plowed through a crowd before it crashed and burned in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. Police investigating the apparent car attack at Beijing's Forbidden City searched Tuesday for information on two ethnic Uighur minority suspects, a hotel employee said, a day after the vehicle plowed through a crowd and crashed, killing five people and injuring 38.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police were seeking information Tuesday on two ethnic Uighur suspects believed linked to an apparent suicide car attack near Tiananmen Square in the country's capital that killed five people and injured 38.
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Barneys case stirs talk of 'Shopping While Black' 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 10:28 AM PDT
 Pedestrians pass Barneys New York department store Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, in New York. The scenario usually involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service _ not handcuffs. Yet when a black teen came forward with a story of being briefly jailed after buying a $350 belt at the Manhattan luxury store, it stirred up an age-old problem that many African-Americans still deal with today. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)The usual scenario involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service — not handcuffs.
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Dutch museums find 139 likely Nazi-looted artworks 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 11:17 AM PDT
 This photo provided by Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, shows the 1921 painting Odalisque by Henri Matisse. Dutch museums have identified 139 pieces of art, including dozens of paintings, one by Matisse and many by Dutch painters of varying renown such as Impressionist Isaac Israels, as likely having been taken forcibly from Jewish owners. (AP Photo/Van Abbemuseum)AMSTERDAM (AP) — A major investigation into whether art hanging in Dutch museums may have once been Nazi loot has yielded an unexpectedly large result: 139 suspect works, including ones by masters like Matisse, Klee and Kandinsky.
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Home repairs persist a year after Superstorm Sandy 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 11:42 AM PDT
 Volunteers plant beach grass on a newly constructed sand dune along the beach in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. A year ago Superstorm Sandy ravaged the region. The beach grass will protect the new dune, 1200 feet in length, from erosion. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK (AP) — Survivors of Superstorm Sandy were still displaced from wrecked homes a year after the storm made landfall, but repairs persisted even on the storm's anniversary.
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Barking dogs may have sparked Ariz. family slaying 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 08:40 AM PDT
 From his own backyard and home in the background, it is believed that this is where Michael Guzzo began his shooting rampage with a shotgun over a shared wall and into the backyard of the Moore home on Monday Oct. 28, 2013, in Phoenix. Police say loud barking dogs might have led to 56-year-old Michael Guzzo to kill four of his neighbors and the neighbors' two dogs before turning the gun on himself, and dying. The victims were identified as Bruce Moore, 66; his daughter, Renee Moore, 36; her husband, Michael Moore, 42, who took his wife's name; and Renee's son, Shannon Moore, 17. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Guzzo was becoming increasingly unhinged.
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Texas AG seeks quick ruling on abortion law appeal 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:09 AM PDT
 Employees were the only people at Planned Parenthood Women's Health Center in Lubbock, Texas on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. New abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional and will not take effect as scheduled on Tuesday, a federal judge has ruled. (AP Photo/Betsy Blaney)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court judge is considering whether to grant an emergency appeal that would allow the state to enforce a law that could shut down a dozen abortion clinics in Texas.
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Sandy survivors mourn, celebrate on anniversary 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 10:28 AM PDT
 In early morning darkness, workers prepare heavy machinery for the day as rebuilding work continues on the beach area of Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. A large Sandy-related fire on the boardwalk in September has slowed progress in the area. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)NEW YORK (AP) — There was much to mourn and much to celebrate on Tuesday as survivors of Superstorm Sandy reflected on the storm a year later.
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Dutch museums identify 139 likely Nazi looted art 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 08:11 AM PDT
 This photo provided by Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, shows the 1921 painting Odalisque by Henri Matisse. Dutch museums have identified 139 pieces of art, including dozens of paintings, one by Matisse and many by Dutch painters of varying renown such as Impressionist Isaac Israels, as likely having been taken forcibly from Jewish owners. (AP Photo/Van Abbemuseum)AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch museums announced Tuesday they have found 139 artworks that may have been looted during the Nazi era, including paintings from masters such as Matisse, Klee and Kandinsky.
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Dude! Surfer Carlos Burle may have broken big wave record 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:49 AM PDT
 Surfer may have new world record on giant wave in PortugalBrazilian surfer Carlos Burle may have broken the big wave record Monday when he caught a massive wave off the coast of central Portugal. Johnny Utah would be proud.
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NSA official: 'We're really screwed now' 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 06:28 AM PDT
 An undated aerial handout photo shows the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters building in Fort Meade, MarylandThe spy agency is reeling after a key supporter pans its practices.
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Republicans have no interest in fixing Obamacare 'monstrosity' 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:24 AM PDT
 FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and House Majority Leader Eric Canton of Va., right, leave after a news conference, following a meeting at the Republican National Committee offices on Capitol Hill in Washington. A year after losing a presidential race many Republicans thought was winnable, the GOP arguably is in worse shape than before, struggling to control tensions between its tea party and establishment wings, and watching the party's approval ratings hit record lows. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)"There is no way to fix this monstrosity," Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday.
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Live: Remembering Superstorm Sandy 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 09:28 AM PDT
 Rockways residents float lanterns containing handwritten personal messages in the water at the conclusion of "Rockaways Rising: Hands Scross the Sand," commemorating the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in New York. The actual one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is Tuesday, Oct. 29. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Join Yahoo editors, victims and climate scientists for a chat on the storm's anniversary.
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Senators bicker over state stand your ground laws 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 12:12 PM PDT
 Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on so-called "stand your ground laws." Fulton mother told a panel of senators that state stand your ground self-defense laws do not work and must be amended, reviving the politically charged gun control issue. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — Trayvon Martin's mother told a panel of senators Tuesday that state stand your ground self-defense laws do not work and must be amended, reviving the politically charged gun control issue a year ahead of the 2014 midterm elections.
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Suspect arrested in rural Texas slayings 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 07:20 AM PDT
 Ali Karimi, at left beneath an American flag, stands in front of his convenience store, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, in Terrell, Texas. Authorities say five people were shot and killed, including a clerk at the store, by a single gunman in a shooting spree. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)The 36-year-old man is suspected of killing five people during a rapid series of attacks.
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Olympic Team USA uniforms get Made in USA label 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 06:30 AM PDT
 Olympic Team USA uniforms get Made in USA labelNEW YORK (AP) — Team USA will now wear the Made in the USA label. Every article of clothing made by Ralph Lauren for the U.S. Winter Olympic athletes in Sochi, including their opening and closing ceremony uniforms and their Olympic Village gear, has been made by domestic craftsman and manufacturers.
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UN confirms polio outbreak in Syria 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 12:39 PM PDT
 A Syrian refugee girl helps her brother, who the family suspects has polio, to walk in a mosque compound in Shebaa area, southern LebanonGeneva (AFP) - The UN health agency on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of polio in war-torn Syria, which had been free of the crippling disease since 1999, and said it feared it would spread.
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Hurricane Sandy's toll on health 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 04:16 AM PDT
 Hurricane Sandy's Toll on HealthA year ago today, a super storm slammed into the east coast.
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Turkey fulfils sultan's dream with Bosphorus tunnel 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 08:45 AM PDT
 Employees work in the Marmaray Tunnel under the Bosphorus on April 18, 2013, in IstanbulThe world's first sea tunnel connecting two continents was first thought of 150 years ago.
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Trayvon's mom: Clarify stand your ground laws 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 04:51 AM PDT
 FILE -This combo image made from file photos shows Trayvon Martin, left, and George Zimmerman. When President Barack Obama told the nation on Friday, July 19, 2013, that slain black teenager Trayvon Martin could have been him 35 years ago, many black Americans across the nation nodded their head in silent understanding. (AP Photos, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, is telling a Senate panel Tuesday that states must clarify their "stand your ground" self-defense laws.
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1 year on, Sandy survivors to light up shore 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 06:49 AM PDT
 Rockways residents float lanterns containing handwritten personal messages in the water at the conclusion of "Rockaways Rising: Hands Scross the Sand," commemorating the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in New York. The actual one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is Tuesday, Oct. 29. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Residents along the East Coast will mark the first anniversary of the devastating storm.
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US weighs ending spying on allied heads of state 
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013 04:30 AM PDT
 In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, a man is reflected in paneling as he speaks on his phone at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain. A Spanish newspaper published a document Monday that it said shows the U.S. National Security Agency spied on more than 60 million phone calls in Spain in one month alone — the latest revelation about alleged massive U.S. spying on allies. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with a flood of revelations about U.S. spying practices, the White House is considering ending its eavesdropping on friendly foreign leaders, a senior administration official said.
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