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Five Stairsteps singer Clarence Burke Jr. dies

Five Stairsteps singer Clarence Burke Jr. dies

Five Stairsteps singer Clarence Burke Jr. dies

Posted: 29 May 2013 01:07 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clarence Burke Jr., lead singer of the group the Five Stairsteps that sang the 1970 hit "O-o-h Child," has died. He was 64.

The new drama at Egypt's opera: A political fight

Posted: 29 May 2013 01:07 PM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — The Cairo Opera House has become a new battleground between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president, this time fighting over the direction of the Middle East's oldest music institution.

Not LOL: Service allows bully reporting by text

Posted: 29 May 2013 01:07 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Students are getting a new weapon to fight back against bullies: their cell phones.

Report: Paterno lawyer says estate to sue NCAA

Posted: 29 May 2013 01:06 PM PDT

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The estate of the late Penn State coach Joe Paterno and several university trustees and former players are planning to sue the NCAA over the landmark sanctions against the university for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, according to a report.

Terror remains for Salvadorans despite gang truce

Posted: 29 May 2013 01:03 PM PDT

A masked member of the 18th Street gang peers from behind a window of a prison door as other gang members give a press conference inside the San Pedro Sula prison in Honduras, Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Honduras' largest and most dangerous street gangs have declared a truce, offering the government peace in exchange for rehabilitation and jobs. A Mara Salvatrucha gang spokesman says the gang and its rival, 18th Street, will commit to zero violence and zero crime in the streets as first step show of good faith. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)ILOPANGO, El Salvador (AP) — Young men come around once a week to collect $20 from store owner Carlos Tevez, the "tax" he pays to continue operating his business and to keep his family safe.

Player from small Kansas school announces he's gay

Posted: 29 May 2013 01:03 PM PDT

This recent undated photo provided by Benedictine College shows basketball player Jallen Messersmith. Messersmith of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., has come out and is believed to be the first openly gay player in U.S. men's college basketball. Messersmith told The Associated Press on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 he revealed his sexual orientation to teammates at the NAIA school before last season and approached Outsports.com about telling his story. Outsports.com is a website that covers gay issues in sports. (AP Photo/Benedictine College)It didn't take Jason Collins to say he's gay to compel Jallen Messersmith to make the same announcement.

A look at the latest Syria developments

Posted: 29 May 2013 01:02 PM PDT

A general view of an international conference on Syria called "Political Solution- Regional Stability", at an hotel, in Tehran, Iran Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Iran has expressed its support for an international conference to end the bloodshed in Syria. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran "supports Geneva talks and U.N. efforts." The U.S. and Russia are leading a joint push to launch Syria peace talks, possibly next month in Geneva, though there is little evidence to suggest that either side in Syria is ready to halt more than two years of violence that has killed more than 70,000 people. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)BEIRUT (AP) — Here are the latest developments in the Syria crisis:

Rangers fire coach John Tortorella

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 5, 2013 file photo, New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella stands behind his bench during an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh. The Rangers have fired coach Tortorella, Wednesday, May 29, 2013, four days after New York was eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)NEW YORK (AP) — John Tortorella was defiant in stating that the New York Rangers didn't take a step back when they were knocked out of the Stanley Cup playoffs in the second round.

DNA, video led to arrest in French soldier attack

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:50 PM PDT

French State prosecutor Francois Molins during a news conference at the Court in Paris, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Molins said that the young suspect accused of stabbing a French soldier Saturday May 25, identified only by his first name Alexandre, was captured on camera offering a Muslim prayer in a corner of a busy shopping mall 10 minutes before he went after the soldier with a knife in the La Defense financial and shopping district. The 22 year old suspect was arrested outside Paris at the house of a friend, who has not been implicated. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS (AP) — DNA traces on an orange juice bottle and a surveillance video of a man praying in a mall led to the arrest Wednesday of a young suspected Islamic extremist accused of stabbing a French soldier patrolling a crowded area just outside Paris, officials said.

Wealthy win lion's share of major tax breaks

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:49 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wealthier households benefit significantly more than lower earners from big tax breaks such as deductions for mortgage interest and charitable giving, the government said in a study Wednesday.

2 plead guilty in feds' probe of truck stop chain

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:49 PM PDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two employees of the truck stop chain owned by the family of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam pleaded guilty Wednesday in a federal probe of the company's business practices.

New study restores famed fossil to "bird" branch

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:49 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A raven-sized creature that lived about 150 million years ago is back on its perch, a new study says.

Roku raises $60M from Hearst, News Corp, others

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:48 PM PDT

SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) — Roku Inc., the streaming video device maker, said Wednesday that it has raised $60 million in its sixth round of funding. Media giant Hearst Corp. and an unnamed institutional investor joined existing backers such as News Corp. and its subsidiary British Sky Broadcasting in the round.

France says 3,000-4,000 Hezbollah are fighting in Syria

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:47 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Wednesday its intelligence services believed 3-4,000 guerillas from Lebanon's Hezbollah militia fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad's army in Syria's civil war. "As far as Hezbollah militants present in the battlefield, the figures range from 3,000 to 10,000, our estimates are between 3,000 and 4,000," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told lawmakers. ...

Mother of newborn in sewer was present for rescue

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:44 PM PDT

In this still image made from video from May 25, 2013, a baby who was rescued after being trapped in a sewage pipe just below a squat toilet in a public building, lies on a bed at a hospital in Jinhua city, eastern China. A 22-year-old single woman who alerted the authorities of a newborn boy trapped in a sewer in eastern China has admitted that she was the mother, but had refused to come forward because she could not support the child. (AP Photo/Shaanxi TV via AP Video) CHINA OUTBEIJING (AP) — The mother of the Chinese newborn trapped in a sewer pipe in a stunning ordeal caught on video had raised the initial alarm and was present for the entire two-hour rescue but did not admit giving birth until confronted by police, reports said Wednesday.

G4 to relaunch as Esquire Network in September

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:42 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The geek-flavored G4 channel will become the Esquire Network in September.

Italian actress Franca Rame dies

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 9, 2009 file photo Italian Nobel prize winner Dario Fo, right, and his wife Franca Rame applaud during the Italian State RAI TV program "Che Tempo che Fa", in Milan. Franca Rame has died in Milan, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. She was 84. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)MILAN (AP) — Franca Rame, an Italian actress and wife of Nobel laureate Dario Fo, has died at the age of 84 after a long illness.

Panda Express settles Kauai sex harassment lawsuit

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:37 PM PDT

KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — A Chinese fast-food chain is paying $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit claiming sexual harassment at a Kauai restaurant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday.

Independent RI Gov. Chafee, ex-GOP, to become Dem

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 29, 2012 file photo, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee speaks at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. Chafee, an independent, is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his bid for a second term, two Democratic officials said Thursday, May 29, 2013. He served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican but left the GOP in 2007. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Independent Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his bid for a second term, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, confirming a move that Chafee has been talking about for months.

Nev. man guilty of illegal contributions to Reid

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:35 PM PDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A former Nevada powerbroker was convicted Wednesday of making illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid.

NKorea sanctions squeeze cash for aid groups

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:30 PM PDT

In this Sunday, May 19, 2013 photo, a North Korean woman works at a boutique shop which sells goods including Italian suits and Dior makeup at the newly-opened Haedanghwa Service Complex in Pyongyang, North Korea. U.N. sanctions are meant to stop the financing of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs but also aimed to sting the country's rich by crippling the import of luxury goods. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — New international sanctions aimed at thwarting North Korea's nuclear weapons program are having unintended consequences: halting money transfers by foreign humanitarian groups working to help those most in need and forcing some agencies to carry suitcases of cash in from outside.

Cuban blogger returns home to unknown future

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:30 PM PDT

In this March 19, 2013 file photo, Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Sanchez will return to Cuba from a prolonged global tour on Thursday, May 30, 2013. Communist authorities allowed Sanchez and several lesser-known opposition figures to travel as part of landmark migration reforms that took effect in January, eliminating exit visa requirements for all Cubans. Sanchez has said she wants to start an independent online newspaper upon her return. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)HAVANA (AP) — One of Cuba's most famous names is returning from a prolonged global tour on Thursday, but don't expect well-wishers, flowers or marching bands.

Sheriff says no immediate cause of death for ex-QB

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2005, file photo, Grand Valley State quarterback Cullen Finnerty runs against Northwest Missouri State's Chris Termini during the first half of the NCAA Division II championship football game in Florence, Ala. Authorities say the former college football quarterback who went missing over the weekend has been found dead in Michigan. Lake County Undersheriff Dennis Robinson says Finnerty's body was found Tuesday night, May 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)DETROIT (AP) — A cause of death was not determined Wednesday after an autopsy on the body of a Michigan man who played Division II football and was one of the most successful quarterbacks in college history.

Like your health care policy? You may be losing it

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 15, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the American Medical Association annual meeting in Chicago. Many consumers who buy their own health insurance could get a cancellation notice this fall because their current policies don't meet basic standards under President Barack Obama's health care law. They'll have to find replacement plans, state regulators say. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period," the president reassured the American Medical Association. "No one will take it away, no matter what." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren't up to the basic standards of President Barack Obama's health care law.

Liberace movie is HBO's biggest since 2004

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:27 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A healthy number of HBO subscribers are curious about Michael Douglas' performance as Liberace in the TV movie "Behind the Candelabra."

Old Torah scroll found in Italy university library

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:25 PM PDT

ROME (AP) — An Italian expert in Hebrew manuscripts said Wednesday he has discovered the oldest known complete Torah scroll, a sheepskin document dating from 1155-1225. It was right under his nose, in the University of Bologna library, where it had been mistakenly catalogued a century ago as dating from the 17th century.

Syria: Assad will remain president until 2014

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:23 PM PDT

This image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows rebel fighters in Daraa, Syria, Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Europe's decision to allow member states to arm Syrian rebels and Russia's renewed pledge to send advanced missiles to the Syria regime could spur an arms race in an already brutal civil war and increasingly turn it into a East-West proxy fight. Britain promises not to transfer any arms before diplomacy is given a chance in Syria peace talks expected next month, while a top rebel commander says he needs Western anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles now to prevent more regime gains on the battlefield. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's foreign minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, insisting that Bashar Assad will remain Syria's president at least until elections in 2014 and might run for another term, conditions that will make it difficult for Syria's opposition to agree to U.N.-sponsored talks on ending Syria's civil war.

USDA: non-approved modified wheat in Oregon field

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department said Wednesday that a non-approved strain of genetically engineered wheat has been discovered in an Oregon field, a potential threat to trade with other countries that have concerns about genetically modified foods.

Federer, Serena Williams advance at French Open

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:17 PM PDT

Serena Williams, of the U.S, returns the ball to France's Caroline Garcia during their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Wednesday, May 29, 2013 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer walked onto Court Suzanne Lenglen, smiled when greeted with applause and looked up into the stands, where three youngsters waved a banner that read, "Roger 4 Ever."

US troubled by verdicts in Tunisia embassy attack

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:15 PM PDT

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Tunisia said Wednesday it is "deeply troubled" that the 20 people convicted of attacking the embassy last year only received suspended sentences.

Lebanon parliament set to extend term amid turmoil

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 28, 2005 file photo, members of the Lebanese parliament meet during the inaugural session in Beirut. Lebanon's parliament moved to extend its term Wednesday, skipping scheduled elections because of deteriorating security in the country linked to the raging civil war next door in Syria. The decision is a blow to Lebanon's tradition of free elections in the midst of an Arab world ruled by autocratic governments, but may help diffuse tensions at a critical time for the fragile and deeply divided country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament moved Wednesday to extend its term, skipping scheduled elections because of the country's deteriorating security linked to the civil war next door in Syria.

Stocks fall; Dow average pulls back from a record

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:12 PM PDT

Trader Gregory Rowe on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Americans are more confident in the U.S. economy than at any point in the past five years, thanks to surging home values, a brighter job market and record-setting stock prices. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market fell Wednesday, giving back much of its gain from the day before, as traders cut their holdings of high-dividend stocks that were investor favorites at the beginning of the year.

U.S. drone kills Pakistan Taliban No 2 : security officials

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:06 PM PDT

File photo of deputy Pakistani Taliban leader Wali-ur-Rehman speaking to a group of reporters in Shawal townBy Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 of the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan region on Wednesday, three security officials said, in what would be a major blow to the militancy. The drone strike killed seven people, Pakistani security officials said, including Taliban deputy commander Wali-ur-Rehman, in the first such attack since a May 11 general election in which the use of the unmanned aircraft was a major issue. It was also the first reported U.S. ...

Top Pakistan militant said killed in US strike

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2011 file photo, Taliban No 2 commander Waliur Rehman talks to the Associated Press during an interview in Shawal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border in Pakistan. Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed the commander of the Pakistani Taliban. The militant group denies he is dead. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, although the militant group denied he was dead.

France's first gay marriage is broadcast to nation

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:04 PM PDT

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — In a historic ceremony broadcast live on French television, the first gay couple to marry in France said "oui," then sealed the deal with a lengthy and very public kiss.

Former Nev powerbroker guilty in contribution case

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:04 PM PDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A former Nevada powerbroker was convicted on Wednesday of making illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid.

CSX: Md. train explosion caused by chemical cargo

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:03 PM PDT

A fire burns at the site of a CSX freight train derailment, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in Rosedale, Md., where fire officials say the train crashed into a trash truck, causing an explosion that rattled homes at least a half-mile away and collapsed nearby buildings, setting them on fire. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)ROSEDALE, Md. (AP) — Train operator CSX Transportation on Wednesday pointed to a hazardous chemical in a rail car as the source of an explosion on a derailed train near Baltimore that sparked a fire, rattled homes and damaged buildings. A company spokesman said officials still weren't sure what caused the sodium chlorate to explode in the first place, but it ignited another chemical in a second car.

Barbara becomes hurricane off Mexican coast

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:03 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 10:45 AM EDT shows a low pressure system over the central United States with widespread showers and thunderstorms from Texas into the Northern Plains. Farther east, a warm front extended into the Northeast with showers and thunderstorms. Tropical Storm Barbara can be seen south of Mexico. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)OAXACA, Mexico (AP) — Barbara rose to hurricane strength Wednesday as it steamed toward a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Pacific coast, where it was expected to quickly make landfall.

New Jack Welch book coming next year

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:59 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The themes of Jack Welch's next book: clarity and change.

Evening bomb blasts kill 26 in Baghdad

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:58 AM PDT

Adnan Faihan, the head of the political bureau of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq group, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. The senior member of an Iraqi Shiite militia that once fought the U.S. military warned on Wednesday that Iraq is heading toward widespread sectarian bloodletting similar to the kind that once pushed the country to the brink of civil war. Poster in the back shows late Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, father of the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)BAGHDAD (AP) — Bomb blasts tore through two Baghdad neighborhoods Wednesday evening, killing at least 26 people including several members of a wedding party and extending a relentless wave of bloodshed roiling Iraq.
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