4 bodies found face-down outside California house

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• 4 bodies found face-down outside California house
• Toddler's death prompts review of 2 other deaths
• Exit poll: Ex-PM Pahor wins Slovenia presidency
• Chiefs owner Hunt: 'So many people are hurting'
• Ligety wins giant slalom with blazing final run
• Rubio: Knee feels good after 1st practice
• 'Twilight,' 'Skyfall' remain top picks for fans
• Egypt's anti-Morsi rebellion of judges is complete
• Chiefs player's neighborhood stunned by violence
• 'Cliff' talks: White House waiting on GOP move
• Geithner predicts Republicans will yield on taxes
• Third storm in less than week drenches NorCal
• Sanchez replaced by McElroy as Jets QB
• Bersani wins Italy primary, heads to general vote
• Vonn races to 2nd straight Lake Louise hat trick
• AP Source: South Florida fires Skip Holtz
• Rubio says he feels good after 1st practice
• Spain's king leaves hospital after hip operation
• Italy mayor concedes primary win to Bersani
• Palestinian president returns triumphantly from UN
• Young down by boardwalk for benefit show
• KC fans observe moment for violence victims
• Letterman up for jabs with Kennedy Center Honors
• Egyptian judges' body urges members to boycott referendum
• Albania, Kosovo urge probe of prosecutor Del Ponte
• Syrian army pounds Damascus suburbs, flights to resume
• Rasheed draws 1st ejection since return to NBA
• Notre Dame ends season No. 1 in AP poll; Bama 2
• Program trains farmworkers to be organic farmers
• Reports: Delta in talks for Virgin Atlantic stake
• Syrian warplanes strike rebels in Damascus suburbs
• Netanyahu brushes off world condemnation of settlement plans
• Lebanese army clashes with Syrian rebels on border
• Napoleon's coded Kremlin letter sold for $243,500
• Northern California braces for more rain, flooding
• Thousands attend anti-Nazi rally in Hungary
• Chiefs fans tailgate, mourn player murder-suicide
• New Zealand: forget Kyoto, write new climate deal
• Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second

4 bodies found face-down outside California house Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:54 PM PST The bodies of four people who had been shot to death were found face-down Sunday outside a suburban Southern California home that apparently served as an unlicensed boarding house, authorities said.

Toddler's death prompts review of 2 other deaths Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:53 PM PST A toddler's death during a visit with his father last month in Virginia is prompting police to also more closely investigate the suicide of the man's mother and the shooting death of a onetime girlfriend in the past decade.

Exit poll: Ex-PM Pahor wins Slovenia presidency Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:52 PM PST Former Slovenia Prime Minister Borut Pahor, who has called for unity in the tiny EU nation amid growing discontent with government budget cuts and other austerity measures, won the presidential election Sunday, according to preliminary official results.

Chiefs owner Hunt: 'So many people are hurting' Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt offered his condolences Sunday to the families affected by the murder-suicide involving one of his players, calling it "an incredibly difficult 24 hours for our family and for our organization."

Ligety wins giant slalom with blazing final run Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST Ted Ligety of the United States easily captured his second straight World Cup giant slalom race with a flawless and fast final run.

Rubio: Knee feels good after 1st practice Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:49 PM PST At one point in his first real practice in nine months, Ricky Rubio zipped a pass through defender Josh Howard's legs to an open teammate.

'Twilight,' 'Skyfall' remain top picks for fans Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:48 PM PST The "Twilight" finale and "Skyfall" continued to dominate the box office on a typically slow post-Thanksgiving weekend that brought big business for holdover films but a poor start for Brad Pitt's new crime story.

Egypt's anti-Morsi rebellion of judges is complete Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:32 PM PST Egypt's rebellion of the judges against President Mohammed Morsi became complete on Sunday with the country's highest court declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed to rule on the legitimacy of two key assemblies controlled by allies of the Islamist leader.

Chiefs player's neighborhood stunned by violence Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST People are coming and going from the house where a day before Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend before committing suicide in front of his coach.

'Cliff' talks: White House waiting on GOP move Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:27 PM PST Republicans have to stop using "political math" and say how much they are willing to raise tax rates on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans and then specify the spending cuts they want, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said in an interview that aired Sunday.

Geithner predicts Republicans will yield on taxes Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:25 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pushed Republicans on Sunday to offer specific ideas to cut the deficit, and predicted that they would agree to raise tax rates on the rich to obtain a year-end deal and avoid possible economic doom. But the top U.S. Republican, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner, stood firm and renewed his stand against increased tax rates, leaving talks at a stalemate. "Here's the problem," Boehner told "Fox News Sunday" as both sides took their battle to TV talks shows. ...

Third storm in less than week drenches NorCal Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:23 PM PST Residents of Northern California hunkered down Sunday as a powerful storm drenched the area with yet another round of pounding rain and strong winds.

Sanchez replaced by McElroy as Jets QB Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST Mark Sanchez has been replaced as Jets quarterback by third-stringer Greg McElroy in the third quarter after another miserable performance by the New York starter.

Bersani wins Italy primary, heads to general vote Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:20 PM PST Pier Luigi Bersani, the head of Italy's main center-left Democratic Party, won a runoff primary Sunday to be the main center-left candidate for Italy's 2013 general elections — a vote that polls indicate could well be won by the Democratic Party given the utter disarray of the opposing center-right.

Vonn races to 2nd straight Lake Louise hat trick Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:07 PM PST Lindsey Vonn completed a sweep of World Cup races at Lake Louise for the second straight year.

AP Source: South Florida fires Skip Holtz Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:58 AM PST Skip Holtz has been fired as South Florida's football coach following the worst season in the program's 16-year history, a person familiar with the decision said Sunday.

Rubio says he feels good after 1st practice Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:55 AM PST Ricky Rubio practiced with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday for the first time this season. He says his surgically repaired left knee feels good and he's anxious to see how his body responds on Monday.

Spain's king leaves hospital after hip operation Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:42 AM PST King Juan Carlos has been discharged from a hospital in Madrid nine days after entering to undergo reconstructive surgery on his left hip joint.

Italy mayor concedes primary win to Bersani Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:35 AM PST The mayor of Florence has conceded victory in a runoff primary to Pier Luigi Bersani to be the center-left's candidate for Italy's 2013 general elections.

Palestinian president returns triumphantly from UN Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:35 AM PST The Palestinian president returned triumphantly to the West Bank on Sunday, receiving a boisterous welcome from thousands of cheering supporters at a rally celebrating his people's new acceptance to the United Nations.

Young down by boardwalk for benefit show Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:29 AM PST Neil Young said Sunday that he couldn't see performing in the area devastated by Superstorm Sandy without doing something to help people who were affected by it.

KC fans observe moment for violence victims Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:26 AM PST Before the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off their game Sunday, fans at Arrowhead Stadium observed a moment of silence for the victims of domestic violence and their families.

Letterman up for jabs with Kennedy Center Honors Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:22 AM PST David Letterman's "stupid human tricks" and Top 10 lists are being vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim as the late-night comedian receives this year's Kennedy Center Honors with rock band Led Zeppelin and three other artists.

Egyptian judges' body urges members to boycott referendum Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:09 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - An influential body representing Egyptian judges has decided not to oversee a December 15 referendum on a draft constitution, the state news agency reported, in a blow to President Mohamed Mursi. The decision was made at a Judges' Club board meeting in Cairo on Sunday. Club decisions are not binding on its members. The Club had voiced strong condemnation of a November 22 decree issued by Mursi that expanded the president's powers and shielded them from judicial review. ...

Albania, Kosovo urge probe of prosecutor Del Ponte Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:04 AM PST Albania and Kosovo have called for an independent investigation into former Hague Tribunal prosecutor Carla del Ponte for her "tendentious and illegal role" in the case against former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj.

Syrian army pounds Damascus suburbs, flights to resume Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:56 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian army forces pounded rebel-held suburbs around Damascus with fighter jets and rockets on Sunday, activists said, killing and wounding dozens in an offensive to push rebels away from the airport and stop them closing in on the capital. The army struck hard after a week of rebel advances, including the capture of two military bases near the capital. Rebels had been planning to push into central Damascus from their strongholds on the outskirts and fighting in the past week has been fierce. ...

Rasheed draws 1st ejection since return to NBA Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:51 AM PST Rasheed Wallace picked up two technical fouls and was ejected for the first time since returning to the NBA in the first quarter of the Knicks' game Sunday against Phoenix.

Notre Dame ends season No. 1 in AP poll; Bama 2 Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:50 AM PST Notre Dame ends the regular season as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press college football for the first time since 1988, the last championship season for the Fighting Irish.

Program trains farmworkers to be organic farmers Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:44 AM PST Bending over beds of shriveled strawberry plants, former farmworker Domitila Martinez pulls pieces of black plastic row covers in preparation for next season's planting. Except this time, she's the boss.

Reports: Delta in talks for Virgin Atlantic stake Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:40 AM PST Delta Air Lines Inc. is mulling the purchased of a 49 percent stake in British airline Virgin Atlantic Airways from Singapore Airlines Ltd., according to media reports.

Syrian warplanes strike rebels in Damascus suburbs Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:39 AM PST Syrian warplanes and artillery blasted parts of the capital Damascus and its rebellious suburbs on Sunday, part of what activists described as intense fighting as rebels try to push their way into the center of President Bashar Assad's power base.

Netanyahu brushes off world condemnation of settlement plans Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:37 AM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday brushed off world condemnation of Israel's plans to expand Jewish settlements after the Palestinians won de facto U.N. recognition of statehood. "We will carry on building in Jerusalem and in all the places that are on the map of Israel's strategic interests," a defiant Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet meeting. In another blow to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, Israel announced it was withholding Palestinian tax revenues this month worth about $100 million. ...

Lebanese army clashes with Syrian rebels on border Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:32 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese troops fought with Syrian rebels on the border between the two countries on Sunday, in what a security source said was the first such clash between Lebanon's army and the rebels. The clash occurred when a Lebanese border patrol spotted the rebel fighters along the border and the rebels opened fire to prevent the patrol from approaching, a Lebanese military source said. He said there were no casualties. (Reporting by Erika Solomon; Editing by Ralph Gowling)

Napoleon's coded Kremlin letter sold for $243,500 Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:27 AM PST A secret code letter sent by French emperor Napoleon boasting that his multinational forces would blow up Moscow's Kremlin has sold at auction Sunday for €187,500 ($243,500) — 10 times its estimated presale price.

Northern California braces for more rain, flooding Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:17 AM PST Residents of Northern California were hunkering down early Sunday as a powerful storm drenched the area with yet another round of pounding rain and strong winds.

Thousands attend anti-Nazi rally in Hungary Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:11 AM PST Thousands attended an anti-Nazi rally Sunday in Hungary organized by Jewish and civic groups to protest a far-right lawmaker's call to screen Jews for national security risks.

Chiefs fans tailgate, mourn player murder-suicide Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:07 AM PST Fans grilled, played catch and enjoyed beverages on an unseasonably warm and sunny day outside Arrowhead Stadium, a little more than 24 hours after a Chiefs player killed himself nearby after shooting his girlfriend.

New Zealand: forget Kyoto, write new climate deal Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:06 AM PST Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand's climate minister staunchly defended his government's decision to drop out of the emissions pact for developed nations, saying it's an outdated and insufficient response to global warming.

Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:05 AM PST The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it's now unlikely that global warming can be limited to a couple degrees, which is an international goal.

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