'Knockout Game' Suspect Charged With Hate Crime
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Taylor Swift wins AMA artist of the year
Taylor Swift's fans have done it again, voting her the American Music Awards artist of the year for a third time.
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Manny Pacquiao's speed would 'overwhelm' Mayweather: Roach
Manny Pacquiao would "overwhelm" unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather with his lightning speed if the fight that fans crave takes place in 2014, according to trainer Freddie Roach. After Pacquiao returned to winning ways by demolishing former world lightweight champion Brandon Rios…
Obama, at fundraiser, calls GOP an 'impediment'
SEATTLE (AP) — President Barack Obama sounded a nostalgic personal note Sunday night and offered a rare self-assessment while criticizing congressional Republicans as an "impediment" to governing during the start of a West Coast fundraising tour for the Democratic Party.
Supreme Court to consider four Obamacare challenges this week
In a private conference on Tuesday, the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will consider four potential challenges to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Experts believe at least one case will be accepted by the Court, to be argued and decided in its current term.
'Penniless' man is worth $65 million, court rules - and must give wife half
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's longest and most bitter divorce battles culminated on Friday with a High Court judge branding a well-connected millionaire a liar and his ex-wife a conspiracy theorist. Far from being "penniless and hopelessly bankrupt", as he had claimed,…
Inmates learn tech sector from Silicon Valley pros (10 photos)
The budding entrepreneurs wear blue sweat pants labeled "prisoner" and huge, flapping blue shirts. Their doors are triple locked, and lunch is a stale peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Complicating matters, participants in this growing Silicon Valley startup incubator are barred from the Internet. …
Man Breaks Woman's Jump From Oakland Stadium Deck
Police: Woman who jumped from Oakland stadium deck saved by man who tried to catch her
Washington blows up: Has American politics hit an all-time low?
The Senate had changed forever. In one fateful afternoon, Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada had changed an institution whose greatest strength lay in its constancy and tradition. He changed the Senate's rules. Will the "nuclear option" change Washington, or has Washington already…
5 things to know after Vikings-Packers tie
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Linebacker Clay Matthews didn't feel like celebrating after the Packers could only muster a tie with the Minnesota Vikings despite rallying from a late 16-point deficit.
Chinese anti-veil 'beauty' campaign sows ugly tensions
Kashgar (China) (AFP) - A Chinese government worker in the ancient Silk Road oasis of Kashgar beckons two women to her streetside stand and logs their details under the gaze of a surveillance camera. The "Project Beauty" campaign aims to discourage women from covering their faces -- a religious…
JFK's daughter says his spirit lives on
TOKYO (AP) — The daughter of President John F. Kennedy said that his spirit lives on even though his life was cut short.
Calm solar cycle prompts questions about impact on Earth
The surface of the sun has been surprisingly calm of late -- with fewer sunspots than anytime in in the last century -- prompting curious scientists to wonder just what it might mean here on Earth. But this cycle -- dubbed cycle 24 -- has surprised scientists with its sluggishness. "It is the…
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Japan warned Sunday of the danger of "unpredictable events" and South Korea voiced regret following China's unilateral declaration of an air defence zone over areas claimed by Tokyo and Seoul. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said his country was considering making stronger protests "at a…
Asian airlines to give flight plans to China after airspace zone created
By Ben Blanchard and Tim Kelly BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian airlines will inform China of their flight plans before entering airspace over waters disputed with Japan, regional aviation officials said on Monday, effectively acknowledging Beijing's authority over a newly declared "Air Defense…
North Valley families mourn loss of 3 men who died in DUI crash
Loved ones are mourning the loss of three men who died early Saturday morning in a DUI crash on Highway 99 in Sacramento.
Will icy comet survive close encounter with sun?
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For months, all eyes in the sky have pointed at the comet that's zooming toward a blisteringly close encounter with the sun.
Saudi Juliet demands right to marry her Yemeni Romeo
A young Saudi woman on Sunday urged a Yemeni court to let her stay and marry the man she loves, defying norms in both deeply conservative countries. In a case reminiscent of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, Huda al-Niran, 22, defied her family and crossed the border illegally to…
Freezing weather spreads as storm heads toward U.S. East Coast
(Reuters) - Thanksgiving travel may be snarled by a wintry storm system heading for the East Coast, bringing snow, sleet and rain to a region already plunged in to sub-freezing temperatures, the National Weather Service said Sunday. Forecasters warned the winter storm now in the Southwest could…
