Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Scare prompts look at carbon monoxide detectors

Scare prompts look at carbon monoxide detectors

Scare prompts look at carbon monoxide detectors

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:43 PM PST

It's odorless, colorless and deadly. And if carbon monoxide is leaking in a school, it might not be detected.

Cosmic radio waves mimic chirping of 'alien birds'

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:36 PM PST

Twin spacecraft have captured the clearest sounds yet from Earth's radiation belts — and they mimic the chirping of birds.

Baxter to buy Sweden's Gambro for $4 billion

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST

(Reuters) - Baxter International Inc said on Tuesday that it would buy privately held Swedish kidney dialysis product company Gambro AB for about $4 billion, a tie up that would put it in the No. 2 position in the dialysis market. Baxter, whose shares were down more than 1 percent in afternoon trading, will finance the acquisition with debt and cash. The deal, which is expected to close in the first half of next year, marks Baxter's biggest acquisition since Chief Executive Robert Parkinson took the helm in 2004. ...

Grizzly managers look toward hunts in Rockies

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:32 PM PST

FILE - This July 6, 2011 file photo shows a grizzly bear roaming near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Wildlife managers in the Northern Rockies are laying the groundwork for trophy grizzly bear hunts in the Northern Rockies as the government moves toward lifting the animals' threatened species status. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart, File)Wildlife managers in the Northern Rockies are laying the groundwork for trophy grizzly bear hunts in the Northern Rockies as the government moves toward lifting the animal's threatened species status.

Bielema agrees to leave Wisconsin for Arkansas

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:31 PM PST

Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema holds up the trophy after Wisconsin defeated Nebraska 70-31 to win the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema (BEE'-leh-mah) has agreed to become the new coach at Arkansas.

Oil closes lower as 'cliff' negotiations drag on

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST

Worries over the looming "fiscal cliff" and the health of the U.S. economy drove oil prices lower Tuesday.

After Sandy, NYC pins housing hope on repairs

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:26 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2012, file photo, clean up continues on the site of a demolished home on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York. Sandy damaged or destroyed 305,000 housing units in New York. Officials have put hopes and hundreds of millions of dollars into jump-starting repairs to make homes livable after Superstorm Sandy left a daunting toll of damage in the nation's largest city. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Facing Superstorm Sandy's daunting toll of wreckage and displacement in the nation's largest city, officials have put much of their hopes and hundreds of millions of dollars into jump-starting repairs to make homes livable.

Netflix outbids pay TV for rights to Disney movies

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:25 PM PST

Netflix's video subscription service has trumped pay-TV channels and grabbed the rights to show Disney movies shortly after they finish their runs in theaters.

Official: Warren likely headed to Banking Panel

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, file photo, U.S. Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, faces reporters as Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick, right, looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Massachusetts Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren to join the Banking Committee. A Senate Democratic official confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, that Warren's appointment was likely, but cautioned nothing was final until the Democratic caucus approves the move. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement has been made.(AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Massachusetts Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren to join the Banking Committee.

FEMA chief: Sandy fund should last until spring

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:21 PM PST

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says there's enough money in the government's disaster relief fund for Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts until early spring.

Chiefs' LB mentioned other 'girlfriend' to police

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:21 PM PST

Kansas City Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, left, and coach Romeo Crennel stand together before an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. On Saturday, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher thanked Pioli and Crennel for giving him a chance in the NFL, before he turned away and fatally shot himself. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)Police say Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher spent some of his final hours sleeping in his car outside the home of another woman whom he described as his "girlfriend."

Read option is back in NFL and better than ever

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:20 PM PST

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III scrambles with the ball during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants in Landover, Md., Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Tim Tebow is out with bruised ribs, and maybe a bruised ego.

GOP leaders remove 4 from plum House committees

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:19 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner's decision to take plum committee assignments away from four conservative Republican lawmakers after they bucked party leaders on key votes isn't going over well with conservative advocacy groups that viewed them as role models.

Iran says it captures drone; U.S. denies losing one

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:14 PM PST

General view of Bushehr nuclear power plant, 1,200 km south of TehranDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had captured a U.S. intelligence ScanEagle drone in its airspace over the Gulf in the last few days, but the United States said there was no evidence to support the assertion. The U.S. Navy said had not lost any unmanned aircraft in the area. The four-foot (1.25 meter) surveillance drones built by Boeing Co are deployed in the region by the United States military and also by other countries. In Washington, White House spokesman Jay Carney said: "We have no evidence that the Iranian claims are true. ...

Mayor: LA port strike to go to federal mediation

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:14 PM PST

Clerical workers carry signs in protest at the Port of Long Beach, Calif. on Tuesday, December 4, 2012. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says both sides in a strike at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to federal mediation. However, the union representing clerical workers says the strike now in its eighth day will continue. Clerical workers are striking 10 terminals at the nation's busiest port complex and dockworkers won't cross picket lines. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)A federal mediator will be called in to help resolve an eight-day strike that has cost the economy billions of dollars while paralyzing the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, officials said Tuesday.

Highlights of White House, GOP budget plans

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:13 PM PST

President Barack Obama, flanked by National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, Delaware Gov. Jack Martell, and NGA Vice Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, meets with the NGA executive committee regarding the fiscal cliff, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at right. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)The Obama administration and House Republicans have unveiled their opening offers in talks to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. Details are scant but the White House estimates its plan would carve $4.4 trillion from the deficit over the coming decade, including previously enacted cuts ($1 trillion) and savings from reduced costs for overseas military operations ($800 billion), as well as interest payments on the national debt ($600 billion).

Atlanta debates school carbon monoxide detectors

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:12 PM PST

It's odorless, colorless and deadly. And if carbon monoxide is leaking in a school, it might not be detected.

Texas teen takes home $100K national science prize

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:10 PM PST

Kensen Shi, a senior at A&M Consolidated High School in College Station, Texas, right, is applauded at George Washington University in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, after winning the $100,000 Grand Prize in the Individual category of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology National Finals. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)A high school student from Texas has won a $100,000 scholarship for a developing a computer algorithm that helps robots navigate around obstacles, an algorithm that could be used in applications like driverless cars.

Blunt Israeli diplomat dropped from election list

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST

Israel's foreign minister has dropped his deputy, known for international incidents, from his list of candidates for Israel's January 22 election.

Harvard recognizes group promoting kinky sex

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST

Kinky sex has been admitted to Harvard.

Royal pregnancy highlights succession issues

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:07 PM PST

Britain's Prince William leaves a hospital in central London, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge is being treated at the hospital for severe morning sickness. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)The business of monarchy has always been stacked in favor of men. Not any more — or so the British government promises.

NATO agrees to send Patriot missiles to Turkey

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:04 PM PST

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO agreed on Tuesday to send Patriot missiles to Turkey to defend against a possible Syrian missile attack and voiced grave concern about reports that Damascus may be preparing to use chemical weapons. "To the Turkish people we say: We are determined to defend you and your territory. To anyone who would want to attack Turkey we say: Don't even think about it," NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said after the 28-nation alliance foreign ministers took the decision at a meeting in Brussels. ...

Fighting surges around Syrian capital of Damascus

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:03 PM PST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, an injured Syrian student, lies at a hospital bed after he was wounded when a mortar hit the al-Batiha school in al-Wafideen camp, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. A mortar slammed into a ninth-grade classroom in the Damascus suburbs on Tuesday, killing 29 students and a teacher, according to state media, as the civil war closed in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power. (AP Photo/SANA)Syria's civil war is closing in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power in Damascus with clashes between government forces and rebels flaring around the city Tuesday, raising fears the capital will become the next major battlefield in the 20-month-old conflict.

IOC suspends India over political interference

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:59 AM PST

President of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, Jacques Rogge from Belgium, left, and IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper, from Belgium right, share a word prior to the opening of the IOC executive board's meeting, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, a major embarrassment for the world's second most populous nation.

Snowplow simulator offers rare chance to practice

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:57 AM PST

Driver Terence Mundt operates a snowplow simulator during a North Texas Tollway Authority training class in Plano, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. The NTTA is using the computer generated simulator to help snowplow operators become better at handling slick roads in a region not used to ice and snow. Highway officials in at least nine states are using the sophisticated simulator to give plow drivers a chance to practice snow removal in any weather. It works like a video game, recreating slick pavement, poor visibility and even children or animals bolting across the road.(AP Photo/LM Otero)In an area that gets a mere 3 inches of snow a year, Dallas snowplow drivers live in fear of major winter storms like the one that crippled their city almost two years ago, the week before it was to host the Super Bowl.

Republican opposition downs UN disability treaty

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:55 AM PST

This handout video image provided by CSPAN2 shows former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, right, wheeled into the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012, by his wife Elizabeth Dole. Frail and in a wheelchair, Dole was a startling presence on the Senate floor as lawmakers voted on a treaty on disabilities. The 89-year-old Republican was in the well of the Senate on the GOP side of the chamber, his wife Elizabeth nearby. Dole recently had been hospitalized but came to the Senate to push for the treaty. (AP Photo/CSPAN2)Led by Republican opposition, the Senate on Tuesday rejected a United Nations treaty on the rights of the disabled that is modeled after the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act.

Regulators clear Disney purchase of Lucasfilm

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:55 AM PST

Federal antitrust regulators have cleared Disney's $4 billion deal to buy Lucasfilm, the filmmaking empire behind the "Star Wars" franchise.

Baxter to buy Swedish firm Gambro in $2.76B deal

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:50 AM PST

Drug and medical device maker Baxter International plans to buy the privately held Swedish company Gambro AB for about $2.76 billion to broaden its dialysis product portfolio.

Border Patrol agent arrested in smuggling probe

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:50 AM PST

A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested after authorities say he used his patrol vehicle to smuggle drugs while on duty in southwest Arizona, according to a federal complaint.

Coast Guardsman fired gun to avoid fatal crash

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:47 AM PST

CORRECTS DATE OF CRASH TO SUNDAY, NOT MONDAY - In this Aug. 29, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Rescue Helicopter from Airs Station Los Angeles conducts a close fly-by of the Coast Guard Cutter Halibut. A smuggler's vessel rammed a small U.S. Coast Guard boat deployed by the cutter Halibut, off the Southern California coast early Sunday Dec. 2, 2012, killing one Coast Guard member and injuring another, authorities said. The cutter was conducting an investigation into suspected smuggling near the Channel Islands west of Malibu. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard/Steve Lee)A Coast Guardsman fired several gunshots from an inflatable boat before it was slammed by another vessel in a crash that caused the first law enforcement fatality since the smuggling of drugs and immigrants by boat began spiking along the California coast several years ago.

Foreign poachers target Cameroon elephants: Expert

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:46 AM PST

File - In this February 2012 file photo released by Boubandjida Safari Lodge, the carcasses of elephants slaughtered by poachers are seen in Bouba Ndjida National Park, located in Cameroon near the border with Chad. Tighter security has been mounted to protect Cameroon's dwindling elephant population because intelligence shows that two gangs of poachers from Sudan are heading for the area, said WWF Cameroon conservation director Hanson Njiforti Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. In the first quarter of 2012, poachers traveled more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) on horseback from Sudan to reach northern Cameroon's Bouba Ndjida National Park, where they killed more than 300 elephants in two months. The killings represented about 80 percent of the park's elephant population. (AP Photo/ Boubandjida Safari Lodge, File)Despite armed guards, Cameroon's dwindling elephant population is being decimated by heavily armed gangs of international poachers, according to a top official of the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Stocks little changed as budget talks continue

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:46 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2012, file photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. World stock markets meandered Tuesday, Dec. 4, as traders weighed a surprise drop in U.S. factory production against hopes that the U.S. will avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Stocks were little changed Tuesday on Wall Street as budget talks continued in Washington.

Darkness at noon in the mind of fearful Damascus

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:44 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - By day, the streets of Syria's capital are crowded with cars and with shoppers. It looks normal, but it isn't - by noon, people are planning how to get home before nightfall. Roads suddenly blocked by the army cause traffic jams. Workers race to quit the office, hit the shops and get home by dark. Dark is when the kidnappers come out to seek new victims, and the clashes raging on the outskirts creep ever closer to the heart of Damascus. For months, the people of Damascus have nervously watched their ancient city dragged deeper into Syria's bloody conflict. ...

NATO concerned by reports that Syria may use chemical arms

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:44 AM PST

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO allies expressed "grave" concern on Tuesday about reports that the Syrian government may be preparing to use its chemical weapons, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. The military alliance agreed on Tuesday to deploy Patriot surface-to-air missiles to Turkey to protect it from any spillover of the civil war in neighboring Syria. "The NATO ministers unanimously expressed grave concern about reports that the Syrian regime may be considering the use of chemical weapons," Rasmussen told a news conference. ...

Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:44 AM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 file photo, Israeli police headquarters is seen in the E-1 construction site near the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem. On Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 Three European nations summoned their Israeli ambassadors to denounce Israel's latest settlement construction push, deepening the rift between the Jewish state and European allies that has cracked open over the Palestinians' successful U.N. statehood bid. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)Israel's latest settlement plans will destroy any lingering hopes of setting up a Palestinian state next to Israel, a senior Palestinian official warned Tuesday, as international anger over the construction snowballed.

Britain warns Syria of "serious consequences" if chemical weapons used

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:44 AM PST

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain has told the Syrian government that any use of chemical weapons would have "serious consequences", British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday, adding to a series of warnings from world powers. Hague was talking after Syrian forces bombarded rebel districts near Damascus in a counter-attack aimed at stemming rebel gains around President Bashar al-Assad's power base. International concern over Syria's intentions has been heightened by reports that its chemical weapons have been moved and could be prepared for use. ...

NATO warns Syria not to use chemical weapons

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:44 AM PST

NATO foreign ministers meet at the Alliance's headquarters in BrusselsBRUSSELS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - NATO told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday that any use of chemical weapons in his fight against encroaching rebel forces would be met by an immediate international response. The warning from NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen came as U.S. government sources said Washington had information that Syria was making what could be seen as preparations to use its chemical arsenal. ...

Factbox: Defectors from Assad government in Syria

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:44 AM PST

(Reuters) - Some prominent defectors from Bashar al-Assad's Syria in 2012, after foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi left the country this week. * Brigadier-General Adnan Qassem Farzat announced in March he had joined rebel forces in protest at the shelling of his home town. * Abdo Hussameldin, deputy oil minister, announced his defection in March, the first by a senior civilian official since the start of the uprising. * Jordan granted political asylum to Colonel Hassan Hamada, a Syrian pilot who flew his MiG-21 fighter to the kingdom in June. ...

NHL talks resume with owners, players meeting

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:37 AM PST

NHL owners and players were meeting Tuesday afternoon at a Times Square hotel in an unusual session aimed at kick-starting stalled labor talks.

Court orders French tycoon to take paternity test

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:37 AM PST

A French court on Tuesday ordered a paternity test for a multimillionaire who former Justice Minister Rachida Dati claims fathered her nearly 4-year-old daughter. But the mystery of the glamorous politician's love life is likely to continue, for a while at least, because the alleged father is legally entitled to refuse.
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