Saturday, September 28, 2013

Daily News: Yahoo! News - Historic phone call, then optimism for U.S., Iran

Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 12:49 AM PDT
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Historic phone call, then optimism for U.S., Iran 
Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 12:49 AM PDT
 President Barack Obama gestures while making a statement regarding the budget fight in Congress and foreign policy challenges, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The president said the debt ceiling breach far worse than a government shutdown and would effectively shutter economy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)The Iranian president makes contact with the White House.
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UN Council orders Syria chemical weapons destroyed 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 06:08 PM PDT
 Britain's Foreign Minister William Hague (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) vote to approve a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapons during a meeting September 27, 2013 at UN headquarters in New YorkThe landmark resolution passed by a unanimous vote on Friday.
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Pop quiz: What’s wrong with the tea party? 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 11:31 AM PDT
 FILE - In this June 19, 2013, file photo, Tea Party activists rallying in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The movement's top strategists concede the tea party is quieter today, by design. It has matured, they said, from a protest movement to a political movement. Large-scale rallies have given way to strategic letter-writing and phone-banking campaigns to push or oppose legislative agendas in Washington and state capitals. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Twenty-two percent of Americans, Gallup says, back the tea party. That's down from 32 percent shortly after the 2010 midterm elections, when the GOP captured the U.S. House. Half of respondents said they neither support nor oppose the tea party, or simply have no opinion.
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SPIN METER: Violent rhetoric seen in budget fights 
Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 12:37 AM PDT
 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas leave the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Ask top Democrats, and they'll say Republicans are acting like arsonists, anarchists, and people who have bombs strapped to their chests. Ask some Republicans about President Barack Obama's health care law, they'll draw comparisons to the Nazis and the Fugitive Slave Act, declaring that the law will cause the death of women, children and seniors. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Ask top Democrats, and they'll say Republicans are acting like terrorists, arsonists and people with bombs strapped to their chests. Ask some Republicans about President Barack Obama's health care law, and they'll draw comparisons to the Nazis or the return of runaway slaves and declare that the law will cause the untimely death of vulnerable Americans.
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Shutdown impact: Tourists, homebuyers hit quickly 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 01:52 PM PDT
 Storm clouds hang over Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, as the Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate stand at an impasse with Congress continuing to struggle over how to fund the government and prevent a possible shutdown. The Democratic-led Senate was ready Friday to approve legislation to keep the U.S. government running, but disputes with the Republican-run lower chamber of Congress ensured that the battle would spill over into the weekend, as a potential shutdown hurtles closer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — If the government "shuts down" next Tuesday, your mail will still come. Doctors will see Medicare patients. NASA will keep talking to the astronauts circling Earth on the Space Station. In fact, the majority of government will remain on the job.
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Kenyan official: Troops caused mall collapse 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 04:17 PM PDT
 In this image made from video taken by the Kenyan Red Cross and obtained by The Associated Press, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, Red Cross workers attend to victims of the Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in a parking area at the mall. Seven days after 67 people were killed in the attack on the upscale shopping center, there is still no clear word on the fate of dozens who have been reported missing and no details on the terrorists who carried it out. (AP Photo/Kenyan Red Cross)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's military caused the collapse of three floors of the Westgate Mall in the deadly terrorist siege, a top-ranking official disclosed Friday, while the government urged patience with the pace of an investigation that has left key questions unanswered.
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Climate panel forecast: Higher seas, temperatures 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 03:29 PM PDT
 A fuel refinery in foreground with Table Mountain in backdrop near the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Scientists are more certain than ever that humans are causing the majority of climate change - with significant impact for the planet, a key report has shown. The first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) fifth assessment report shows that global warming is "unequivocal" and human influence on the climate is clear. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)STOCKHOLM (AP) — Top scientists have a better idea of how global warming will shape the 21st century: In a new report, they predict sea levels will be much higher than previously thought and pinpoint how dangerously hot it's likely to get.
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NJ legal battle over gay marriage will continue 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 10:09 PM PDT
 Cindy Meneghin, right, kisses her partner Maureen Kilian, both from Butler, N.J., during a rally at Garden State Equality in Montclair, N.J., hours after a Superior Court Judge ruled that New Jersey is unconstitutionally denying federal benefits to gay couples and must allow them to marry, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Meneghin has been with Kilian for 39 years. Judge Mary Jacobson ruled it legal for gay couples to marry in the state beginning Oct. 21, 2013. The ruling comes after a group of gay marriage supporters sued the state in July, days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down key parts of a law that blocked the federal government from granting benefits to gay couples. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)A judge's ruling Friday that New Jersey must allow gay couples to marry will not be the last word on the issue after Gov. Chris Christie's administration said it would appeal to a higher court.
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Chinese doctor builds new nose on man's forehead 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 07:35 PM PDT
 In this Tuesday Sept. 24, 2013 photo, a 22-year-old patient, with a surgical made extra nose out of his rib cartilage and implanted under the skin of his forehead, rests at Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, in Fuzhou city, in southeast China's Fujian province. A surgeon in China said he has constructed the extra nose to prepare for a transplant in probably the first operation of its kind. Surgeon Guo Zhihui at the hospital spent nine months cultivating the graft for the man whose nose was damaged. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTBEIJING (AP) — A surgeon in China says he has constructed an extra nose out of a man's rib cartilage and implanted it under the skin of his forehead to prepare for a transplant in probably the first operation of its kind.
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Albuquerque set to say goodbye to 'Breaking Bad' 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 01:53 PM PDT
 FILE - This Sept. 22, 2013 file photo shows the cast of "Breaking Bad," from left, Bob Odenkirk, Betsy Brandt, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris and Bryan Cranston, right, congratulating creator Vince Gilligan, second right, after he accepted the award for outstanding drama series at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. The Nielsen company said that on the same night that "Breaking Bad" won an Emmy Award for best drama, the penultimate episode of that AMC series set a viewership record. An estimated 6.6 million people watched "Breaking Bad" on Sunday, which was airing the same time the cast got its award. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The southwestern New Mexico city that's played home to "Breaking Bad" is preparing for the end, with the Emmy-award winning series airing its last episode on Sunday.
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Shutdown looming: Weekend showdown at the Capitol 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 01:48 PM PDT
 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, center, accompanied by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, right, express their frustration after the Senate passed a bill to fund the government, but stripped it of the defund "Obamacare" language as crafted by House Republicans, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse as Congress continues to struggle over how to prevent a possible shutdown of the federal government when it runs out of money in three days. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed urgent legislation Friday to avert a government shutdown, and President Barack Obama lectured House Republicans to stop "appeasing the tea party" and quickly follow suit. Conservative House rebels, using the shutdown threat to attack Obama's health care overhaul, showed no signs of backing down.
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US, Iran leaders talk for first time since 1979 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 05:42 PM PDT
 President Barack Obama gestures while making a statement regarding the budget fight in Congress and foreign policy challenges, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The president said the debt ceiling breach far worse than a government shutdown and would effectively shutter economy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Iran took a historic step toward ending more than three decades of estrangement on Friday when President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by phone and agreed to work on resolving global suspicions that Tehran is trying to build a nuclear weapon.
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Cuba will let athletes sign with foreign leagues 
Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 12:43 AM PDT
 FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2013 file photo, Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman throws during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, in Milwaukee. The fireballer from Holguin, Cuba, who defected in 2009, threw the fastest pitch on record at 105 mph. and saved 38 games for Cincinnati this season. Cuba on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 announced that athletes from all sports will soon be able to ply their trade in foreign leagues. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)NEW YORK (AP) — It will be up to the U.S. government to decide whether a new wave of Cuban baseball players can quickly make their way to the major leagues.
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Dodger fan stabbing suspect released from SF jail 
Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 12:17 AM PDT
 This 2013 photo released by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office shows Jonathan Denver. Denver, who was fatally stabbed during a confrontation after a Los Angeles Dodgers-San Francisco Giants baseball game in San Francisco, was the son of one of a Dodgers security guard, the team said Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr said two people were in custody, and one of them will face homicide charges. (AP Photo/Mendocino County Sheriff's Office)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man suspected in the stabbing death of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan after a Dodgers-Giants game in San Francisco has been released from jail as prosecutors seek more evidence from before deciding whether to file charges, authorities said.
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Burial set for WWII airman missing since 1944 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 05:32 PM PDT
 Lorna Bird Snyder in this undated photo, flies the POW MIA flag to honor her uncle, Vernal Bird, who was a World War II pilot in Papua New Guinea when his A-40 light bomber disappeared in the high mountains, in Springville, Utah. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Francisco Kjolseth)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Only a sole surviving sibling has a distant memory of a World War II pilot whose recently identified remains will be buried Saturday with full military honors in Utah.
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NJ judge: State must allow gay couples to marry 
Friday, Sep 27, 2013 04:19 PM PDT
 Cindy Meneghin, right, kisses her partner Maureen Kilian, both from Butler, N.J., during a rally at Garden State Equality in Montclair, N.J., hours after a Superior Court Judge ruled that New Jersey is unconstitutionally denying federal benefits to gay couples and must allow them to marry, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Meneghin has been with Kilian for 39 years. Judge Mary Jacobson ruled it legal for gay couples to marry in the state beginning Oct. 21, 2013. The ruling comes after a group of gay marriage supporters sued the state in July, days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down key parts of a law that blocked the federal government from granting benefits to gay couples. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)New Jersey is unconstitutionally denying federal benefits to gay couples and must allow them to marry, a judge ruled Friday.
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