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| Obama's history-defying decision to seek Congressional approval on Syria Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 07:32 AM PDT  It may be the most important presidential act on the Constitution and war-making powers since Harry Truman decided to sidestep Congress in 1950. Full Story | Top |
| Workers' protests highlight fast-food economics Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 11:32 AM PDT  American fast-food workers often earn about $7.25 an hour to make the $3 chicken sandwiches and 99-cent tacos that generate billions of dollars in profit each year for McDonald's and other chains. Thousands ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Putin sees chance to turn tables on Obama at G20 Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 11:32 AM PDT  By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW (Reuters) - Less than three months after Vladimir Putin was cast as a pariah over Syria at the last big meeting of world leaders, the Russian president has glimpsed a chance to turn the tables on Barack Obama. The U.S. president's dilemma over a military response to an alleged poison gas attack in Syria means Obama is the one who is under more pressure going into a G20 summit in St Petersburg on Thursday and Friday. Obama stepped back from the brink on Saturday, delaying any imminent strike to seek approval from the U.S. Congress. ... Full Story | Top |
| Feds cracking down on knockoff NFL jersey operation stunned to find man stockpiling weapons Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 10:37 AM PDT  Federal agents investigating a man suspected of selling knockoff NFL jerseys late last year stumbled into "one of the most most perplexing seizures of weapons in Ohio" history. Full Story | Top |
| Descendants of slaves hold out against coal mining Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 07:52 PM PDT  DIRGIN, Texas (AP) — Ida Finley smiles wistfully, recalling how she used to cook for an entire East Texas community — nearly all descendants of slaves. The children would grab cornbread, greens and cookies from her kitchen while their parents grew vegetables in a tiny creekside village hidden among pine forests. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry: Sarin found in hair, blood samples from Syria Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 07:05 AM PDT  Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that there is new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces used Sarin gas in an attack on its citizens. Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Obama's credibility on line in reversal Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 10:57 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a week, the White House had been barreling toward imminent military action against Syria. But President Barack Obama's abrupt decision to instead ask Congress for permission left him with a high-risk gamble that could devastate his credibility if no action is ultimately taken in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack that crossed his own "red line." Full Story | Top |
| 'Lifelogging' camera shrugs off privacy to seize the moment Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 01:49 PM PDT  When Martin Kaellstroem was a young adult, he lost both his parents to cancer. It became a spur for him to seize the day, as a person and an entrepreneur. Full Story | Top |
| Japan government abandons hands-off approach to Fukushima clean-up Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 02:12 PM PDT  By Linda Sieg and Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is moving to take a more direct role in the clean-up of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, as concerns grow over the ability of embattled operator Tokyo Electric to handle the legacy of the worst atomic disaster in a quarter century. The concerns have also revived debate about the future of Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) itself, including early-stage proposals to put its toxic nuclear assets under government control and leave the rest of the company as a provider of power to the nation's biggest economic region. ... Full Story | Top |
| Okla. woman, pet kangaroo find new home at zoo Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 08:34 AM PDT  WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) — Christie Carr wants her young ones to cooperate when they sit down for a family portrait, but at times it's so difficult that she has to tell young Irwin to go to his bedroom. He obeys and hops to it. Full Story | Top |
| Obama Says He Doesn't Need Congress' Permission to Strike Syria, So Why is He Asking for It? Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 01:34 AM PDT President Obama said Saturday he'll go to Congress for approval before launching a strike against Syria, but he also made it clear that he doesn't believe he needs anyone else's permission."While I believe I have the authority to carry out this military action without specific congressional authorization, I know that the country will be stronger ... and our actions will be even more effective" if the strike is authorized by Congress, Obama said Saturday in a televised address from the Rose Garden. ... Full Story | Top |
| AP PHOTOS: Dragon Con draws huge sci-fi crowd Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 03:02 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — Wookies, Daleks and scantily-clad comic book characters called Atlanta home this weekend while attending the annual Dragon Con science fiction and fantasy convention. It's the rough equivalent of three consecutive days of Halloween held in high-rise Atlanta hotels. Full Story | Top |
| Scornful Syria hails 'historic American retreat' as Obama hesitates Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 06:41 PM PDT  By Yara Bayoumy and Rachelle Younglai BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syria hailed a "historic American retreat" on Sunday, mockingly accusing President Barack Obama of hesitation and confusion after he delayed a military response to last month's chemical weapons attack near Damascus until after a congressional vote. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said tests had shown sarin nerve gas was fired on rebel-held areas on August 21, and expressed confidence that U.S. lawmakers would do "what is right" in response. ... Full Story | Top |
| Failure to thin brush may have worsened California wildfire Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 08:40 AM PDT  By Jonathan Kaminsky (Reuters) - A cluster of controlled fire and tree-thinning projects approved by forestry officials but never funded might have slowed the progress of the massive Rim Fire in California, a wide range of critics said this weekend. The massive blaze at the edge of Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada mountains has scorched an area larger than many U.S. cities - with some of that land in the very location pinpointed by the U.S. Forest service for eight projects aimed at clearing and burning brush and small trees that help fuel wildfire. ... Full Story | Top |
| Landmark gay marriage hearing approaches in Pa. Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 01:06 PM PDT  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For two months, an elected court clerk in the Philadelphia suburbs has been giving something to same-sex couples they have not been able to get anywhere else: a Pennsylvania marriage license. Full Story | Top |
| Silicon Valley patent office shelved Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 08:48 AM PDT  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Silicon Valley's high-tech firms are fighting what they consider a deeply personal federal cut this summer that shelves a planned patent office in this innovation-fueled region. Full Story | Top |
| FAMU band back at football game after suspension Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 02:43 PM PDT  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nearly two years after a drum major's hazing death silenced the music at Florida A&M football games, the famed Marching 100 band returned to the field Sunday with its familiar booms, drum rattles and other tones for the school's season-opener. Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: USS Nimitz carrier group rerouted for possible help with Syria Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 06:02 PM PDT  By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help support a limited U.S. strike on Syria, if needed, defense officials said on Sunday. The Nimitz carrier strike group, which includes four destroyers and a cruiser, has no specific orders to move to the eastern Mediterranean at this point, but is moving west in the Arabian Sea so it can do so if asked. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sierra wildfire now California's fourth-largest Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 09:59 PM PDT  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park has become the fourth-largest conflagration in modern California history, fire officials said Sunday as clouds and higher humidity helped crews further contain the biggest blaze in the United States this year. Full Story | Top |
| Mass. reeling from drug lab scandal a year later Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 12:53 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — The state is still reeling a year after a scandal at a drug lab threw the legal system into turmoil: More than 330 prison inmates have been released from custody and at least 1,100 cases have been dismissed or not prosecuted because of tainted evidence and other fallout from the facility's closure. Full Story | Top |
| Pope announces world day of fasting, prayer for Syria Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 08:00 AM PDT  Pope Francis called Sunday for the world to unite in a day of fasting and prayer for Syria and said "God and history" would judge anyone using chemical weapons. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. endurance swimmer making progress on Cuba-to-Florida swim Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 02:50 PM PDT  MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad forged ahead in the Florida Straits on Sunday on the second day of her latest bid to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage. Nyad, 64, was "swimming strong" on Sunday afternoon and "getting a little favorable push from the current," according to blog updates on her website (www.diananyad.com). ... Full Story | Top |
| US swimmer Nyad, 64, forges on with Cuba-Florida crossing Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 01:38 PM PDT  Legendary US distance swimmer Diana Nyad forged ahead Sunday with her quest to become the first person to cross from Cuba to Florida with no shark cage. Full Story | Top |
| Subsidies for Maine horsemen shrink this summer Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 12:49 PM PDT  Slot machines have helped Maine's harness-racing industry by funneling millions of dollars to horsemen, breeders and tracks. But declining slot machine revenue at Bangor's Hollywood Casino and other factors, ... Full Story | Top |
| Mandela discharged from hospital, returns home Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 12:10 PM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela went home in an ambulance on Sunday after nearly three months in a hospital that became the focus of a global outpouring of concern, but authorities said the health of the former South African president remained critical and sometimes unstable. Full Story | Top |
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