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U.S. forces launch missile strike against Shebab leader in Somalia 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 04:46 PM PST
Shebab recruits walk down a street on March 5, 2012 in MogadishuHis ties to both al-Shebab and al-Qaida made him a target, defense officials said.
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Md. mall gunman was avid skater, no criminal past 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 07:41 PM PST
This photo released by the Howard County Police shows shooting suspect Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, of College Park, MD. Aguilar carried out the Saturday Jan. 25, 2014, attack with a 12-gauge shotgun at a skateboard shop at the Mall in Columbia in suburban Baltimore before killing himself, police said. (AP Photo/ Howard County Police)The gunman who killed two people at a Maryland mall was a teenage skateboarding enthusiast who had no criminal record before he showed up at the shopping center armed with a shotgun, plenty of ammunition and a backpack filled with crude homemade explosives, authorities said Sunday.
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SHOW BITS: Love in the air and aisles at Grammys 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 09:36 PM PST
Performers, from left, Macklemore, Mary Lambert, Madonna, Ryan Lewis and Queen Latifah appear on stage during a performance of "Same Love" at the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)Show Bits brings you Sunday's 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. ollow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
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NJ Democrats set to merge traffic jam probe 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 11:12 PM PST
File-This Jan. 23, 2014, file photo shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addressing a gathering at the Dudley Family School in Camden, N.J. New Jersey Democrats are set to pool their resources by merging separate legislative investigations into allegations that Christie's aides blocked traffic lanes near the George Washington Bridge to create backups in a nearby town to punish the Democratic mayor. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democrats are set to pool their resources by merging separate legislative investigations into allegations that Gov. Chris Christie's aides blocked traffic lanes near the George Washington Bridge to create backups into a nearby town to punish the Democratic mayor.
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Syria talks yield narrow deal, Assad 'red line' 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 11:43 AM PST
Haitham al-Maleh, senior member of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria's main political opposition group, leaves a meeting with U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Syrians on opposite sides of their country's civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, with peace talks focusing on an aid convoy to a besieged city that once more came under mortar attack from the government. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)GENEVA (AP) — Two days of face-to-face peace talks yielded a narrow and tentative agreement Sunday for women and children trapped in a besieged Syrian city, and the government said President Bashar Assad had no intention of giving up "the keys to Damascus."
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Brain-dead Texas woman taken off life support 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 10:41 PM PST
UPDATES CAPTION INFORMATION - FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 file photo, Erick Munoz stands with an undated copy of a photograph of himself, left, with wife Marlise and their son Mateo, in Haltom City, Texas. Marlise was removed from life support Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, as the hospital keeping her on machines against her family's wishes acceded to a judge's ruling that it was misapplying state law. . (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron T. Ennis, File) MANDATORY CREDITFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A very public battle over the fate of a brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman and her fetus has ended quietly and privately, as she has been taken off life support and her family prepares for her burial.
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Persistent below-zero temps visit Midwest again 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 10:22 PM PST
Nyjaii Williams, of St. Paul, is bundled up against the cold wind, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in St. Paul. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Marlin Levison) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUTCHICAGO (AP) — Another winter day, another below-zero high temperature for many parts of the Midwest — at least, it seems that way. The deep chill has returned, bringing with it wind chills ranging from the negative teens to 40s, school cancellations and sighs of resignation from residents who are weary of bundling up.
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Asian stocks sink on global economy fears 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 09:48 PM PST
A woman walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Asian stock markets tumbled Monday as investors factored in the possibility of slowing growth in China and a further reduction in U.S. central bank stimulus. Japan's Nikkei 225 sank 2.6 percent to 14,993.89 as investors sought out havens such as the Japanese yen, causing it to rise against the dollar which is negative for export stocks. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stock markets were pummeled Monday by the possibility of slowing growth in China and a further reduction in U.S. central bank stimulus.
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Frozen Big Apple on menu for Broncos, Seahawks 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 07:22 PM PST
Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning arrives at Newark Liberty International Airport for the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — An icy wind made its way through the Meadowlands, cut across the Hudson River and into frigid Manhattan. Looks like Mother Nature is taking seriously the NFL's slogan for the upcoming Super Bowl: Best Served Cold.
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10 Things to Know for Monday 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 06:18 PM PST
An Egyptian supporter of ousted former President Hosni Mubarak celebrates an appeal granted by a court, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. A court granted Hosni Mubarak's appeal of his life sentence in a Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 hearing, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president on charges that he failed to prevent the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that toppled his regime nearly two years ago. The ruling came one day after a prosecutor placed a new detention order on Mubarak over gifts worth millions of Egyptian pounds (hundreds of thousands of US dollars) he and other regime officials allegedly received from Egypt's top newspaper as a show of loyalty while he was in power. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
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Family: Brain-dead Texas woman off life support 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 05:28 PM PST
FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 file photo, Erick Munoz stands with an undated copy of a photograph of himself, left, with wife Marlise and their son Mateo, in Haltom City, Texas. John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, issued a statement Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 that said the hospital it will remove life support from Marlise Munoz, following a judge's order that it was misapplying state law to disregard her family's wishes. The statement did not say when the hospital would pull life support. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron T. Ennis, File) MANDATORY CREDITFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman's body was removed from life support Sunday, as the hospital keeping her on machines against her family's wishes acceded to a judge's ruling that it was misapplying state law.
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Brutal cold returns to Midwest for extended stay 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 09:26 PM PST
An SUV ventures past the St. Augusta, Minn., city limits sign on Stearns County Road 136 in near white-out conditions Sunday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2014 south of St. Cloud, Minn. An unusual weather pattern driving bitterly cold air from the Arctic Circle south across a huge swath of the Midwest is expected to send temperatures plummeting Monday from Minneapolis to Louisville, Ky., the latest punch from a winter that is in some areas shaping up as one of the coldest on record. (AP Photo/St. Cloud Times, Kimm Anderson) MANDATORY CREDITCHICAGO (AP) — A persistent weather pattern driving bitterly cold air south out of the Arctic will cause temperatures from Minnesota to Kentucky to plummet Monday, turning this winter into one of the coldest on record in some areas.
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Asian stocks sink over global economy fears 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 07:39 PM PST
A woman walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Asian stock markets tumbled Monday as investors factored in the possibility of slowing growth in China and a further reduction in U.S. central bank stimulus. Japan's Nikkei 225 sank 2.6 percent to 14,993.89 as investors sought out havens such as the Japanese yen, causing it to rise against the dollar which is negative for export stocks. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stock markets tumbled Monday as investors factored in the possibility of slowing growth in China and a further reduction in U.S. central bank stimulus.
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SHOW BITS: Ozzy's mess-up; Jay-Z's mrs. 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 08:20 PM PST
Beyonce, izquierda, y Jay-Z durante su interpretación de "Drunk in Love" en la 56ª entrega anual de los Grammy en el Staples Center el domingo 26 de enero de 2014 en Los Angeles. (Foto Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)Show Bits brings you Sunday's 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. ollow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
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At Grammys, Daft Punk dominate with 4 big wins 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 08:53 PM PST
Thomas Bangalter, of Daft Punk, accepts the award for record of the year for "Get Lucky" at the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Daft Punk's electronic-funk grooves have won big at the Grammys.
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Carney: Obamacare worth it, no matter political consequences 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 10:29 AM PST
Carney: Obamacare Worth It, No Matter Political ConsequencesDays before President Obama is set to deliver the annual State of the Union during, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told ABC News that passing and implementing the president's signature health care law is worth any political consequences, including losing the Democratically-controlled Senate to...
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Wawrinka defeats injured Nadal to win Australian Open 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 04:14 AM PST
Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland poses with Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain in their men's singles final match at the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in MelbourneStanislas Wawrinka held firm in a match of high drama to defeat an injured Rafa Nadal 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 and win the Australian Open on Sunday.
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Thousands mourn in Ukraine as rebellion spreads 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 09:35 AM PST
Anti-government protesters gather around the fire to get warm at the flashpoint Grushevsky Street in central Kiev late January 25, 2014The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych.
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Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai as protest toll rises to 49 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 02:03 AM PST
Supporters of Egypt's army and police gather at Tahrir square in Cairo, on the third anniversary of Egypt's uprisingGunmen killed three Egyptian soldiers in an attack on a bus in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, the military said.
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'Whiplash' wins audience, jury awards at Sundance 
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 12:42 AM PST
Damien Chazelle, director of "Whiplash," accepts the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic award for his film during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)The dramatic story of a drummer who pursues excellence at all costs won top honors at the Sundance Film Festival
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