Friday, December 7, 2012

Long-sealed Notorious B.I.G. autopsy released

Long-sealed Notorious B.I.G. autopsy released

Long-sealed Notorious B.I.G. autopsy released

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:13 PM PST

**FILE**In this March 8, 1997 file photo, Notorious B.I.G., whose real name is Christopher Wallace, left, gestures as he and producer Sean "Diddy" Combs leave a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles late Saturday evening, shortly before Wallace was shot to death. Authorities have unsealed an autopsy report the week of Nov. 26, 2012 showing that rapper Notorious B.I.G. was shot four times in a 1997 drive-by shooting that remains unsolved. (AP Photo/Venus Bernardo-Prudhomme, File)An attorney for the family of Notorious B.I.G. said Friday it's ridiculous that Los Angeles police have not arrested anyone for the rapper's 1997 killing, which has returned to the spotlight after coroner's officials released a long-sealed autopsy report.

Shadowy donor behind record 'super' PAC checks

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:13 PM PST

A lawyer in Tennessee who is mysteriously linked to millions of dollars in campaign contributions steered to congressional candidates doubled his investments in the weeks before Election Day and quietly funneled $6.8 million more to a prominent Tea Party group, according to new financial statements filed with the government.

Stocks move higher as US jobs picture improves

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:11 PM PST

Stocks are closing mostly higher on Wall Street after the government reported job growth that was better than economists had anticipated.

3 sites raided day after search of Fabini property

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:08 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2003 file photo New York Jets lineman Jason Fabini, center, talks with teammates during an NFL football practice in Hempstead, N.Y. FBI agents raided properties in northeast Indiana Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 belonging to the former NFL lineman and his brother as part of an ongoing investigation by a task force that focuses on combatting illegal drugs and violent crime. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)Authorities who raided Indiana properties owned by former New York Jets offensive lineman Jason Fabini and his brother searched three more Fort Wayne sites Friday.

Chemical weapons risk: Syrian missiles and shells

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:03 PM PST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria. Growing fear that war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios _ neither considered likely but both carrying major risks of a civilian massacre and an escalation of violence. (AP Photo/SANA)Growing fear that war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios — neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence.

Puerto Ricans fight back against caiman onslaught

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:59 PM PST

In this Dec. 5, 2012 photo, a caiman is held by its neck with a pole in a holding tank at the home of Daniel Montanez in the Los Naranjos neighborhood of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Caimans are native to Central and South America, but were introduced to Puerto Rico by stores such as Woolworth's that sold baby caimans the size of lizards as pets during the 1960s and 70s, Atienza said. When the caimans began to grow, people released them into the wild, where females rapidly reproduced, laying up to 40 eggs at a time. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)When heavy rains begin to pelt a flood-prone neighborhood along Puerto Rico's north coast, people start sharpening their knives and preparing their lassoes.

Report on Libya attack imminent

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:58 PM PST

Sen. John Kerry says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about an independent report on the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.

Why is Wall Street losing its appetite for Apple?

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:13 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, file photo, the Apple logo is shown on a stock ticker at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York. Apple is entering the home stretch of what will likely be its best holiday season yet as shoppers snap up iPhones and iPads in record numbers in December 2012. Yet the world's most valuable company has lost its luster among investors, causing Apple's stock price to plunge by more than 20 percent from a peak reached less than three months ago when the latest iPhone went on sale. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)This holiday season is shaping up to be a record-breaking period for Apple as shoppers snap up iPhones and iPads. So, why is the world's most valuable company losing its luster with investors?

Ariz. winners claim half of $588M Powerball prize

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:57 PM PST

The other ticket holders in last week's record $577.5 million Powerball jackpot have claimed their half of the prize but aren't stepping into the spotlight just yet, the Arizona Lottery said Friday.

Brazil remembers famed architect with vigil, samba

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:56 PM PST

Vera Lucia, wife of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, left, embraces Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Eduardo Paes next to the coffin containing the remains of Niemeyer, at the "Palacio da Cidade" or "City Palace", in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Niemeyer, 104, the groundbreaking architect who designed Brazil's futuristic capital and much of the United Nations complex, died Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro, the seaside city where he was born and where his remains will be buried. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)The city where architect Oscar Niemeyer was born 104 years ago said goodbye Friday with a public vigil, flowers and, yes, samba.

CFTC fines Goldman $1.5M in case of ex-trader

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:52 PM PST

Goldman Sachs & Co. is paying $1.5 million to settle civil charges that it failed to properly supervise a former trader who cost the firm more than $118 million.

Vikings lead NFL with 5 players from Notre Dame

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:52 PM PST

Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph (82) catches a pass with Green Bay Packers free safety Morgan Burnett (42) defending during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won 23-14. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)Notre Dame is one of the few college football teams that truly can boast a national following.

With election over, jobs report gets less scrutiny

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:51 PM PST

Reaction to the monthly jobs numbers isn't what it used to be.

Lawyer: McAfee better, hopes to stay in Guatemala

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST

Telesforo Guerra, the lawyer of software company founder John McAfee, speaks to journalist outside the detention immigration center where McAfee is being held, in Guatemala City, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Guerra told reporters that the creator of the McAfee antivirus program is in good health, and his team is filing four separate legal appeals in an effort to prevent his return to Belize. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)A lawyer for software company founder John McAfee says the self-styled fugitive is feeling better after suffering chest pain, and hopes to stay in Guatemala despite the rejection of his political asylum request.

Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:48 PM PST

More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country are marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II.

Pilots approve new contract with American Airlines

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:46 PM PST

Pilots at American Airlines approved a new labor contract, which could clear the way for consideration of a merger with US Airways.

Bahrain: Shiite clerics must 'prohibit' violence

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:42 PM PST

Bahrain's Shiite religious leaders must more forcefully denounce violence as a key step to ease the kingdom's 22-month uprising, the country's crown prince said Friday at the opening of an international security conference.

Rolling Stones added to Sandy benefit concert

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:42 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2012 file photo, Mick Jagger, center, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, left, and Charlie Watts, right, of The Rolling Stones perform at the O2 arena in east London. The Rolling Stones have been added to the list of artists performing at the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert next week in New York City. Producers of the show said Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, had already raised $30 million that will be distributed to storm victims through the Robin Hood Foundation. The show is sold out. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)The Rolling Stones will join the artists already booked for next week's televised Superstorm Sandy benefit show in New York City, which producers said Friday would be the most widely available live concert ever.

Phone cos. to relay 911 texts by May 2014

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:42 PM PST

The Federal Communications Commission says the nation's four largest wireless carriers have agreed to relay text messages to 911 call centers by May 2014.

Legal pot complicates drug-free work policies

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:41 PM PST

Brandon Coats works on his computer at his home in Denver on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Colorado case of Brandon Coats is giving employers pause. Coats, 33, was a telephone operator for Dish Network. Paralyzed as a teenager in a car crash, he's also been a medical marijuana patient in Colorado since 2009. He was fired in 2010 for failing a company drug test, though the employer didn't claim he was ever impaired on the job. Coats sued, and the case is pending before the Colorado Court of Appeals. The case will test the bounds of Colorado's Lawful Off-Duty Activities Law, which says workers can't be dismissed for legal behavior off the clock. It was enacted in 2007 to protect tobacco users. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Pot may be legal, but workers may want to check with their boss first before they grab the pipe or joint during off hours.

NJ teen wants Easy-Bake Oven to appeal to boys

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:40 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 8, 2011 file photo shows Hasbro's newest version of their famous "Easy Bake Oven" in Pawtucket, R.I. An eighth-grade girl from Garfield, N.J., has started an online petition asking Pawtucket, R.I.-based Hasbro to make the toy ovens in gender-neutral colors and feature boys on the package after she went to buy one for her little brother and discovered that it comes only in girly pink and purple, with girls and only girls on the box and in the commercials. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)Four-year-old Gavyn Boscio loves to cook and asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. But when his big sister went to buy one, she discovered to her disappointment that it comes only in girly pink and purple, with girls — and only girls — on the box and in the commercials.

Supreme Court will hear gay marriage cases

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:38 PM PST

The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals.

Drug makers' settlements get high court review

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:38 PM PST

The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products off the market at an estimated cost of $3.5 billion a year to consumers.

Italy's president confident gov't crisis avoided

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:37 PM PST

Italian Premier Mario Monti listens to a question during a press conference at the end of a cabinet meeting at Chigi Palace government's office in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Concerns over the stability of the Italian government grew on Thursday after Silvio Berlusconi's party withdrew its support, threatening to bring a premature end to Premier Mario Monti's ambitious reforms program. Berlusconi's center-right PDL party abstained from a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday. Though Monti's government of unelected technocrats won the vote by 127 to 17, investors fear the move heralds a period of political uncertainty in the run-up to planned elections next year. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)Although Italy's Silvio Berlusconi resigned in disgrace a year ago, has since been convicted of tax fraud and now faces plunging poll numbers, the media baron is showing he still has the power to put pressure on his successor, Premier Mario Monti.

Syrian rebels set sights on Damascus airport

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:37 PM PST

This image from amateur video AP obtained from Ugarit News has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting and shows a rebel firing a weapon around a corner at Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria Friday Dec. 7, 2012. Fighting around the Syrian capital has intensified in recent days as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP Video)Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad set their sights Friday on the capital's international airport in a bid to cut off the regime's supplies, clashing with government troops nearby and again forcing the closure of the airport road.

Lawyer for family of Notorious B.I.G. blasts LAPD

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:30 PM PST

**FILE**In this March 8, 1997 file photo, Notorious B.I.G., whose real name is Christopher Wallace, left, gestures as he and producer Sean "Diddy" Combs leave a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles late Saturday evening, shortly before Wallace was shot to death. Authorities have unsealed an autopsy report the week of Nov. 26, 2012 showing that rapper Notorious B.I.G. was shot four times in a 1997 drive-by shooting that remains unsolved. (AP Photo/Venus Bernardo-Prudhomme, File)The lawyer for Notorious B.I.G.'s family and widow says it is ridiculous that arrests haven't been made in the rapper's 1997 killing since he's been told that the case has been solved.

US consumer borrowing rises to record $2.75T

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:27 PM PST

Americans swiped their credit cards more often in October and borrowed more to attend school and buy cars. The increases drove U.S. consumer debt to an all-time high.

White House ready to respond to "any serious offer": Biden

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST

Arlington, Virginia (Reuters) - The White House is prepared to consider "any serious offer" from congressional Republicans to prevent sharp year-end tax increases and spending cuts, but an increase in tax rates must be part of the deal, Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday. "The president's ready to respond to any serious offer put on the table," Biden said. He forecast that if both sides "act like adults" and can compromise, economic growth will strengthen. The U.S. economy, which added 146,000 jobs in November, is moving in the right direction, Biden said. (Reporting By Jeff Mason. ...

Russia fumes at US bill as "reset" plan takes hit

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a launching ceremony of the construction of South Stream pipeline in the Black Sea resort of Anapa, southern Russia, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. After years of delays and negotiations, Russian gas company Gazprom on Friday formally started construction of its Europe-bound South Stream pipeline, key to its strategy of eliminating shipping risks by bypassing transit nations like Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)What happened to the "reset"?

APNewsBreak: Corps not budging on Miss. River flap

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST

This Dec. 5, 2012 photo provided by The United States Coast Guard shows barges passing in tight quarters due to low water levels as they navigate the Mississippi River near St. Louis. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, Army Assistant Secretary Jo-Ellen Darcy, a top Army Corps official, turned back requests by federal lawmakers and the barge industry to release more of the Missouri River it is withholding, believing the drought-starved Mississippi River the Missouri feeds still will remain open to shipping despite mounting concerns. (AP Photo/United States Coast Guard, Colby Buchanan)The Army Corps of Engineers has turned back requests by federal lawmakers and the barge industry to release more water from the Missouri River, believing the drought-starved Mississippi River it feeds still will remain open to shipping despite mounting concerns about water levels.

Oil prices fall slightly after US jobs report

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:20 PM PST

The price of oil ended the week lower after the latest U.S. jobs report offered a mixed picture of the economy.

Spain's luxury Parador hotels hit by 2-day strike

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:17 PM PST

A man rests beside at parador hotel of Principe de Viana, in Olite, northern Spain on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Employees of Spain's premium hotel chain Parador, a state-run group that uses castles, monasteries and palaces, are holding a two-day strike to protest job cuts and possible closures. The Parador hotels group, which started in 1928, says a drop in demand could leave it with accumulated losses of euro107 million ($140 million) by the end of the year. It intends to cut 644 jobs out of a workforce of 4,400. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)Employees at Spain's luxury Parador hotels, which are set in some of the country's most picturesque castles, monasteries and palaces, began a two-day strike on Friday to protest job cuts and possible closures.

Boehner: No progress in fiscal cliff talks

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 01:17 PM PST

U.S. House Speaker Boehner speaks to the media outside his office on Capitol Hill in WashingtonHouse Speaker John Boehner said Friday there has been no progress in negotiations to avert a "fiscal cliff" combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts in January and called on President Barack Obama to produce a new offer.

Vols hire Cincinnati's Jones as new football coach

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 file photo, Cincinnati head coach Butch Jones gestures during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Connecticut at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. Tennessee has hired Jones as its next football coach, the school announced Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)Butch Jones wasn't Tennessee's first choice as its next football coach. The Volunteers believe the former Cincinnati coach will prove he's the right choice.

Study: Widespread hunger in Haiti after storms

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:13 PM PST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, a man returns empty-handed after early morning crabbing in a body of water near the Cite Soleil slum, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Many of the shanty town residents rely on the bounty of the sea, hoping to sell what they catch at local fish markets. Haitians suffered widespread hunger following an unusually active storm season this year and are likely to experience more, according to a study released Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Nearly 70 percent of the more than 1,000 households interviewed said they experienced moderate or severe hunger, the study found. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)Haitians have suffered widespread hunger following an unusually active storm season this year and are likely to experience more, according to a study released Friday.

Protesters surge around Egypt's presidential palace

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:12 PM PST

Anti-Mursi demonstrators stage a protest outside the presidential palace in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters surged around the presidential palace on Friday and the opposition rejected President Mohamed Mursi's call for dialogue to end a crisis that has polarized the nation and sparked deadly clashes. The Islamist leader's deputy said he could delay a December 15 referendum on a constitution that liberals opposed, although the concession only partly meets a list of opposition demands that include scrapping a decree that expanded Mursi's powers. ...

WVU mascot told to stop firing musket at wildlife

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:11 PM PST

FILE This Saturday Sept. 22, 2012 file photo shows West Virginia University Mountaineer mascot Jonathan Kimble is seen during the NCAA college football game between West Virginia University and University of Maryland in Morgantown, W.Va. A video showing Kimble using his mascot rifle to hunt bear has gone viral. (AP Photo/Brian Ach)The musket toted by West Virginia University's Mountaineer isn't just a prop — it's a bona fide weapon, and mascot Jonathan Kimble demonstrated that when he brought down a black bear with it in the woods.

Tebow will travel with Jets, be game-time decision

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2012, file photo, New York Jets quarterbacks, from left, Greg McElroy, Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow watch from the sidelines during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati. Jets coach Rex Ryan gathered his three quarterbacks Wednesday morning and told them he had made up his mind. It will be Sanchez and not McElroy orTebow on Sunday when the Jets take on the Jaguars in Jacksonville.(AP Photo/Tom Uhlman, File)Rex Ryan says he'll make a game-time decision on whether Tim Tebow plays in the New York Jets' game in Jacksonville against the Jaguars on Sunday.

Correction: Auto Sales story

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:07 PM PST

In a story Dec. 3 about U.S. auto sales, The Associated Press, relying on information from the TrueCar.com auto pricing site, reported erroneously that Nissan Motor Co. increased discounts by 45 percent to $4,273 per vehicle. Nissan's incentives actually dropped 9.1 percent to $2,682 per vehicle, TrueCar said.

Egypt delays early voting in disputed referendum

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 12:05 PM PST

Egyptian army tanks secure the perimeter of the presidential palace while protesters gather chanting anti president Mohammed Morsi slogans, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Egypt's political crisis spiraled deeper into bitterness and recrimination Friday as thousands of Islamist backers of the president vowed vengeance at a funeral for two men killed in bloody clashes earlier this week and large crowds of the president's opponents marched on his palace to increase pressure after he rejected their demands. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Egypt postponed the start of early voting on a disputed draft constitution Friday, signaling an attempt by President Mohammed Morsi's government to back down and give room for negotiations with the opposition as it faces mass protests calling for the referendum to be canceled.
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