Friday, October 4, 2013

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Friday, Oct 04, 2013 12:26 AM PDT

Mother: Daughter in Capitol chase was 'depressed' 
Friday, Oct 04, 2013 12:26 AM PDT
A damaged Capitol Hill police care is surrounded by crime scene tape after a car chase and shooting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. A woman driving a black Infiniti with a young child inside tried to ram through a White House barricade Thursday, then led police on a chase that ended in gunfire outside the Capitol, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)A Connecticut woman was shot to death by police after trying to breach a White House barrier.
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Karen threatens U.S. during quiet hurricane season 
Friday, Oct 04, 2013 12:14 AM PDT
This image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Karen taken late Thursday night Oct. 3, 2013. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said late Thursday that Karen was about 340 miles (547 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River and had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) with higher gusts. The storm was moving north-northwest at 10 mph (16 kph). It could be at or near hurricane strength late Friday and early Saturday, forecasters said, with the center near the coast on Saturday. (AP Photo/NOAA)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Karen was poised to become the first named storm to hit the U.S. during what had been a relatively quiet hurricane season.
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Obama cancels Asia trip to deal with shutdown 
Friday, Oct 04, 2013 12:53 AM PDT
President Barack Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Rockville, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is canceling a trip to Asia to stay in Washington and push for an elusive funding bill to get the nation's business back up and running.
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Ship capsizes off Italy; 114 African migrants die 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 02:03 PM PDT
Bodies of drowned migrants are lined up in the port of Lampedusa Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Tens of people died when a ship carrying African migrants toward Italy caught fire and sank off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, spilling hundreds of passengers into the sea, officials said Thursday. Many migrants have been rescued, but the boat is believed to have been carrying as many as 500 people. It is one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in recent times and the second one this week off Italy: On Monday, 13 men drowned while trying to reach southern Sicily when their ship ran aground just a few meters (yards) from shore at Scicli. (AP Photo/Nino Randazzo, Health Care Service, HO)ROME (AP) — The rickety fishing boat was the third of the night to head toward the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, overloaded with African migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Most never reached shore.
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Pope follows footsteps of namesake St. Francis 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 11:47 PM PDT
Tourists and pilgrims take pictures of a poster announcing Pope Francis' visit outside the St. Francis Basilica, in Assisi, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. The pontiff is scheduled to visit Assisi, the birthplace of the Italian saint who inspired his name on Friday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis made a pilgrimage Friday to the hillside town of Assisi and the tomb of his namesake, St. Francis, the 13th-century friar who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and minister to the most destitute. St. Francis was famously told by God to "repair my house."
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Twitter unseals IPO papers, hopes to raise $1B 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 04:43 PM PDT
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2013, file photo, a smartphone display shows the Twitter logo in Berlin, Germany, Twitter unsealed the documents Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, for its planned initial public offering of stock and says it hopes to raise up to $1 billion. (AP Photo/dpa, Soeren Stache, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has unsealed the documents for its planned initial public offering of stock and says it hopes to raise up to $1 billion in one of the year's most eagerly awaited stock market debuts.
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NY mom who killed 3 kids wants cut of their estate 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 11:35 PM PDT
FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Nassau County Police Department shows Leatrice Brewer in 2003, and her children, Jewell Ward, and Michael Demesyeux, right. Jewell, 6, Michael, 5, and their brother Innocent Demesyeux, 1, were found dead Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008 in the same bed in their New Cassel, N.Y., home after their mother, Leatrice Brewer, 27, called police claiming she killed them. On Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, a judge ruled that Leatrice Brewer, found not guilty because of mental disease or defect, will be taken from a psychiatric facility to testify about her request for a cut of the children's $350,000 estate in November 2013. (AP Photo/Nassau County Police Department)MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Leatrice Brewer drowned her three young children in 2008 believing she was saving them from the deadly effects of voodoo. Afterward she tried to commit suicide twice, but failed.
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Muhammad Ali honors humanitarian award winners 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 08:14 PM PDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali was back home Thursday night to honor an ex-president, Grammy winners and young adults for their roles in fighting for humanitarian causes.
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Kershaw fans 12, Dodgers beat Braves 6-1 in Game 1 
Friday, Oct 04, 2013 12:26 AM PDT
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw works against the Atlanta Braves in the second inning of Game 1 of the National League Divisional Series, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)ATLANTA (AP) — Clayton Kershaw finally has his first postseason win.
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Budget, debt unresolved on shutdown's 3rd day 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 07:36 PM PDT
President Barack Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Rockville, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days into a government shutdown, President Barack Obama pointedly blamed House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday for keeping federal agencies closed, while the bitter budget dispute moved closer to a more critical showdown over the nation's line of credit. The president canceled a trip to Asia to remain in the capital as the Treasury warned of calamitous results if Congress fails to raise the debt limit.
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Kershaw pitches Dodgers past Braves 6-1 in Game 1 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 10:14 PM PDT
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw works in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves during Game 1 of the National League Division Series, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)ATLANTA (AP) — Give Clayton Kershaw a 5-0 lead by the fourth inning, and there's not much chance he'll mess things up.
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Gulf Coast braces for Tropical Storm Karen 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 08:01 PM PDT
Downtown Miami is engulfed in storm clouds as Tropical Storm Karen heads toward Florida's Panhandle on Thurdsay, Oct. 3, 2013. The storm threatened to become the first named tropical system to menace the United States this year. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Shannon Kaestle) MAGS OUTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — From a tiny, vulnerable island off the Louisiana coast to the beaches of the Florida Panhandle, Gulf Coast residents prepared Thursday for a possible hit from Tropical Storm Karen, which threatened to become the first named tropical system to menace the United States this year.
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California gives immigrants driver's licenses 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 06:09 PM PDT
Ipolito Nurez celebrates outside City Hall after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill AB 60, which allows immigrants in the country illegally to obtain driver licenses. Immigrant advocates have long lobbied for the change in the nation's most populous state so immigrants can drive without fearing being pulled over for a ticket, which could wind up getting them deported. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Thursday joined the growing list of states that allow immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to obtain driver's licenses — a measure supported not only by Latino activists but by police chiefs and insurance authorities.
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Israeli court rejects Israeli nationality status 
Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 11:26 PM PDT
FOR STORY ISRAEL NATION : In this June 12, 1997 file photo, an Orthodox man walks behind a Palestinian man on a street in the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Israel's national population registry lists many JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's population registry lists a slew of "nationalities" and ethnicities, among them Jew, Arab, Druse and more. But one word is conspicuously absent from the list: Israeli.
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Beltran's HR keys Cards' rout of Pirates in Game 1 
Friday, Oct 04, 2013 12:23 AM PDT
St. Louis Cardinals' Carlos Beltran, right, is congratulated in the dugout by teammates after hitting a three-run home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third inning of Game 1 of baseball's National League division series on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright started the rally with a full-count walk. By the time it was over, the St. Louis Cardinals' ace had quite a cushion.
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