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Hunter rescued after northern Alaska bear mauling

Hunter rescued after northern Alaska bear mauling

Hunter rescued after northern Alaska bear mauling

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 01:00 PM PDT

ANAKTUVUK PASS, Alaska (AP) — Crews equipped with night-vision goggles and flares staged a middle-of-the-night rescue to reach a hunter more than 36 hours after he was mauled by a brown bear in northern Alaska's remote Brooks Range, the Alaska Air National Guard said.

AP-NORC Poll: Parents back high-stakes testing

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 18, 2013, file photo, Burgess-Peterson Elementary School principal Robin Robbins, center, meets with students during an after-school study program in Atlanta, in preparation for state standardized testing, soon to begin. A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds parents of school-age children view standardized tests as a useful way to track student progress and school quality. Most parents say their own children are given about the right number of standardized tests, according to the AP-NORC poll. And almost three quarters say they favor changes that would make it easier for schools to fire poorly performing teachers. (AP Photo/David Goldman)WASHINGTON (AP) — Often criticized as too prescriptive and all-consuming, standardized tests have support among parents, who view them as a useful way to measure both students' and schools' performances, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.

Roby, Smith to sit out at least Ohio State opener

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:51 PM PDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Hours after it was ranked No. 2 in the preseason poll by The Associated Press, Ohio State suspended two more of its top players.

CNN, NBC won't be hosting GOP presidential debates

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus, reacts to a speech during the Republican National Committee summer meeting Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, in Boston.The RNC formally renewed its minority outreach effort, introducing the first four members of a BOSTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee, responding to plans by two television networks for programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton, approved a resolution Friday to block CNN and NBC from hosting GOP presidential primary debates.

Firefighters facing another tough day in Idaho

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT

Helicopters battle the 64,000 acre Beaver Creek Fire on Friday, Aug., 16, 2013 north of Hailey, Idaho. A number of residential neighborhoods have been evacuated because of the blaze.(AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) MANDATORY CREDITHAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Fire crews on Saturday faced another challenging day battling a rapidly growing wildfire burning closer to two posh, central Idaho resort communities, while other fires raged on in the West.

Royals' Tejada suspended 105 games for PED use

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2013 file photo, Kansas City Royals shortstop Miguel Tejada points to the third base umpire who ruled a strikeout in a baseball game in New York. Tejada was suspended for 105 games for testing positive for amphetamines, the MLB announced in a statement Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former MVP Miguel Tejada was suspended for 105 games on Saturday for testing positive for an amphetamine, one of the longest suspensions given by Major League Baseball.

Wildfire threatens Idaho ski resort towns as 200 homes evacuated

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:33 PM PDT

Firefighter Henry Munoz sprays down a hotspot at the Elk Complex wildfire outside BoiseBy Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A wildfire raging across the central mountains of Idaho forced the evacuation of 200 homes in the tourist town of Hailey on Saturday as firefighters lost ground against a blaze threatening the nearby international ski destination of Sun Valley. Blaine County Sheriff Gene Ramsey and his deputies went door to door at 3 a.m. local time urging people to leave their homes on the west side of Hailey. Authorities lifted the evacuation order for Hailey neighborhoods before midday on Saturday but warned it could be imposed again. ...

With an ace, Europe hangs onto Solheim lead

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Europe's Anna Nordqvist, of Sweden, right, and teammate Caroline Hedwall, of Sweden, celebrate after Nordqvist made a hole in one on the 17th hole to win their foursome match 2 and 1 in the Solheim Cup golf tournament, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, in Parker, Colo. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)PARKER, Colo. (AP) — Instead of seeing their lead disappear at the Solheim Cup, the Europeans saw it only cut in half.

AP PHOTOS: 4 fateful and deadly days in Egypt

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:08 PM PDT

Aug. 14, 2013: Egyptian security forces detain supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as they clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Riot police backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers cleared two sprawling encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sparking clashes that killed at least 638 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)Clashes among police, supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and armed vigilantes have killed more than 800 people in Egypt since Wednesday. A timeline of key events:

Judge OKs LA County condom requirements for porn

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:02 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County law requiring adult film performers to wear condoms is constitutional, a federal judge has ruled.

With an ace in place, Europe expands Solheim lead

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 11:45 AM PDT

Europe's Anna Nordqvist, of Sweden, hits her tee shot on the first hole during a foursome match in the Solheim Cup golf tournament, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, in Parker, Colo. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)PARKER, Colo. (AP) — Anna Nordqvist made a hole-in-one on No. 17 to close out her match and give Europe the first point of Saturday's play at the Solheim Cup.

Sunni leader: Hezbollah dragging Lebanon into war

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 11:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this August 2, 2013, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem day or Al-Quds day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said Wednesday Aug. 14 2013 that members of his party were behind last week's bombing that wounded four Israeli soldiers. Last Wednesday, the Lebanese army said a group of Israeli soldiers crossed the border into Lebanon and were wounded in an explosion. The army said the force was 400 meters (yards) inside Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)BEIRUT (AP) — One of Lebanon's most powerful Sunni politicians has accused the leader of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group of dragging the country further into neighboring Syria's civil war.

Usain Bolt wins 3rd straight world title in 200

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 11:27 AM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning gold in the men's 200-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)MOSCOW (AP) — When Usain Bolt means business, he is still all alone out there.

Swedish athlete switches to red, not rainbow nails

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 11:13 AM PDT

Sweden's Emma Green Tregaro prepares to competes in the women's high jump final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. The Swedish high jumper who sparked a controversy at the world championships by painting her fingernails in the colors of the rainbow to support gay rights took the field Saturday with a bright but politically neutral red instead. Tregaro had been told earlier that the rainbow motif could be a violation of the championships' code of conduct. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)MOSCOW (AP) — The Swedish high jumper who painted her fingernails in rainbow colors to support gay rights at the world championships took the field Saturday with bright red nail polish this time.

Another ominous start for Johnson at Michigan

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:54 AM PDT

NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver Jimmie Johnson practices in his backup car for the Pure Michigan 400 auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Another Michigan mishap for Jimmie Johnson.

Drug lord's release painful for victims' relatives

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:48 AM PDT

In this undated photo provided by Keely Walker Muse, her father, journalist John Clay Walker poses for a portrait at an unknown location. Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 1985 murders of Walker, his friend Alberto Radelat, and DEA agent Enrique MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a sunny winter morning in 1984, two young American couples dressed in their Sunday best walked door to door in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, trying to spread their faith as Jehovah's Witnesses. A few hours later they disappeared.

Canada allows railway behind disaster to operate

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:45 AM PDT

OTTAWA (AP) — A Canadian government agency has determined that the U.S. rail company whose runaway train crashed into a small Quebec town, killing 47 people last month, has adequate insurance to keep operating for the next month and a half.

Divers search Philippine ferry for dozens missing

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:38 AM PDT

A survivor, left, of the ill-fated passenger ferry MV Thomas Aquinas, is comforted by a relative outside the ticketing office of a shipping company, Saturday Aug. 17, 2013, a day after the ferry collided with a cargo ship, the MV Sulpicio Express Siete, off the waters of Talisay city, Cebu province in central Philippines. Divers combed through the sunken ferry Saturday in search of dozens of people missing after the collision that sent passengers jumping into the ocean and leaving many others trapped. At least 31 were confirmed dead and hundreds rescued. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)CEBU, Philippines (AP) — Divers combed through a sunken ferry Saturday in search of dozens of people missing after a collision with a cargo vessel near the central Philippine port of Cebu that sent passengers jumping into the ocean and leaving many others trapped. At least 31 were confirmed dead and hundreds rescued.

Gunbattle fought in Cairo mosque as Egypt mulls Brotherhood ban

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:37 AM PDT

Smoke is seen over Ramses Square in CairoBy Issam Abdallah and Crispian Balmer CAIRO (Reuters) - Security forces cleared a Cairo mosque after a gunbattle with followers of the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday, while Egypt's army-backed government, facing deepening chaos, considered banning the Islamist group. Three Reuters witnesses saw gunmen shoot from a window of the al-Fath mosque, where supporters of deposed president Mohamed Mursi had taken shelter during ferocious confrontations in the heart of the Egyptian capital on Friday. ...

Iraq premier warns of weapons smuggled from Syria

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:34 AM PDT

Mourners unload the coffin of Imad Younis, 22, who was killed in a car bomb attack, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. A wave of car bombs on Wednesday killed and wounded dozens of people, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence. More than 3,000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months, raising fears Iraq could see a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007. (AP Photo/Haider Hamdani)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister warned Saturday that weapons and fighters flowing into Syria are now making their way to Iraq, as a rising tide of violence sweeps across the country.

Villa stuns Arsenal as Premier League opens

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:17 AM PDT

Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey, right, vies for the ball with Aston Villa's Christian Benteke during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium in London, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)The English Premier League opened Saturday, with Aston Villa winning 3-1 at Arsenal while Liverpool defeated Stoke 1-0.

Jackson's ex-wife reveals singer's private moments

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:54 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 file photo, Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson's former wife and mother of two of his children, leaves Los Angeles County Superior Court after testifying in the negligence lawsuit filed by Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, against AEG Live, in Los Angeles. Rowe told a Los Angeles jury on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, that injuries and medical conditions left the singer feeling disfigured and forced him to wear wigs and de-pigment his skin. These difficult treatments she said were made harder by Jackson's superstar status. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:

SF Bay Area building demolition fuels quake study

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:51 AM PDT

Workers walk away from Warren Hall on the California State University, East Bay Hayward Campus Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, in Hayward, Calif. The 13-story Warren Hall, which opened in 1971, was determined by the California State University Seismic Review Board to be the most vulnerable building in the CSU system, and will be demolished on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — With a series of quick blasts and a cloud of dust a 13-story building on the Cal State-East Bay campus crashed to the ground Saturday morning as scientists monitored the impact on the nearby Hayward Fault.

Usain Bolt wins men's 200 meters at worlds

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:51 AM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts after winning a men's 200-meter semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)MOSCOW (AP) — When Usain Bolt means business, he is still all alone out there.

UK police checking new information on Diana death

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:43 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — British police say they are examining newly received information relating to the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, and that officers are assessing the information's "relevance and credibility."

Merkel warns against over-confidence ahead of September election

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:36 AM PDT

German Chancellor Merkel is welcomed by supporters as she arrives at an election campaign in CloppenburgBy Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel warned her supporters on Saturday against complacency ahead of the September 22 election, voicing fears that three leftist parties could unexpectedly join forces to oust her center-right coalition after ballots are counted. Even though Merkel's conservatives hold a 16-point lead over the Social Democrats (SPD) in opinion polls, the chancellor told a rally in Cloppenburg the SPD might still break a vow and form a coalition with the ostracized far left "Linke", or Left Party. ...

5 things to know about the AP preseason poll

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:36 AM PDT

Too low. Too high. Should be in. Should be out.

Sunni leader says Hezbollah leading Lebanon into 'Syrian fire'

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:33 AM PDT

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Nasrallah makes a rare public appearance as he addresses his supporters during a rally to mark Quds (Jerusalem) Day in BeirutBEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician Saad al-Hariri accused Hezbollah on Saturday of dragging the country deeper into Syria's civil war after the Shi'ite militant group's leader said he was ready to go to Syria himself to fight. Hariri, a former prime minister, was responding to a speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah who said that a car bomb in Shi'ite southern Beirut would only redouble the group's military support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "(Nasrallah's) speech takes Lebanon into deeper involvement in the Syrian fire," Hariri tweeted. ...

Ind. team leads fight against child pornography

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT

In this Feb. 19, 2013, photo, Indiana State Police Lt. Chuck Cohen poses for a photo in a mobile crime lab in Indianapolis. The lab is used by an Indiana task force that is building a national reputation for aggressive pursuit of child pornographers worldwide. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a cluttered office cubicle in a nondescript building on Indianapolis' derelict east side, a man with rolled-up shirt sleeves scans email attachments of videos that depict startlingly young children being sexually tormented in ways that can make even federal judges weep.

Cell phone magnate calls for more equitable Africa

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:06 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world and more needs to be done here and in Africa to follow the example set by former President Nelson Mandela to build bridges, the founder of an organization that recognizes excellence in African leadership said Saturday.

Security forces storm protester-held Egypt mosque

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:01 AM PDT

Egyptians security forces escort an Islamist supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque, after hundreds of Islamist protesters barricaded themselves inside the mosque overnight, following a day of fierce street battles that left scores of people dead, near Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Authorities say police in Cairo are negotiating with people barricaded in a mosque and promising them safe passage if they leave. Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are vowing to defy a state of emergency with new protests today, adding to the tension. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces stormed a Cairo mosque Saturday after shooting at armed men firing down from a minaret, rounding up hundreds of supporters of the country's ousted president who hid there overnight after violent clashes killed 173 people.

German tourist dies in gondola crash in Venice

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:59 AM PDT

VENICE, Italy (AP) — A German tourist was crushed to death on Saturday after the gondola he was riding in collided with a larger boat ferrying passengers along Venice's Grand Canal, authorities said.

Attacks on checkpoints in Iraq kill 9 soldiers

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:49 AM PDT

Mourners unload the coffin of Imad Younis, 22, who was killed in a car bomb attack, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. A wave of car bombs on Wednesday killed and wounded dozens of people, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence. More than 3,000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months, raising fears Iraq could see a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007. (AP Photo/Haider Hamdani)BAGHDAD (AP) — Attacks on security checkpoints in central Iraq killed nine soldiers and wounded five on Saturday, officials said.

Kiprotich wins marathon, Bolt up for 200 final

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:47 AM PDT

Ethiopia's Tadese Tola, left, bronze, and Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa, silver, celebrate their wins in the men's marathon final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)MOSCOW (AP) — Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich on Saturday became the first non-Kenyan since 2005 to win the men's marathon at the world championships.

Egyptian youth leader backs army in battle with Brotherhood

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:46 AM PDT

Mahmoud Badr, a leader of the Tamarud youth movement, speaks during a news conference in CairoBy Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Mahmoud Badr, the activist whose petition campaign helped to bring down Egypt's Islamist president, says the bloodshed that has followed is a high but acceptable price for saving the nation from the Muslim Brotherhood. Badr's staunch defense of the army, despite the deaths of almost 800 people in the past three days, shows how many Egyptians who consider themselves liberals are sitting back and watching what human rights campaigners say is one setback for democracy and the rule of law after another. ...

Obama family hits the beach on last vacation day

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:45 AM PDT

Fireworks explode overhead near where President Barack Obama and the first family were watching the display from inside Valerie Jarrett's rental house, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Friday, August, 16, 2013, during the Obama's family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Obama is hitting the beach for his last day of family vacation on Martha's Vineyard.

Venice mayor IDs high traffic for gondola death

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:20 AM PDT

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice's mayor is convening experts to resolve the worsening problem of congestion in the lagoon city's waterways after a German tourist died when a gondola he was riding in with his family crashed into a larger boat.

Day 2 begins, with Europe in lead at Solheim Cup

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:16 AM PDT

United States' Stacy Lewis, right, and Lexi Thompson stretch while waiting for Europe's Carlota Ciganda, from Spain, to hit to the green after she lost a ball on the 15th hole during four-ball matches at the Solheim Cup golf tournament, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Parker, Colo. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)PARKER, Colo. (AP) — The second day of the Solheim Cup is underway, with the Europeans trying to build on a 5-3 lead and the Americans trying to put the confusion that marred their opening day behind them.

Russia boat crash kills 4, injures 49

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:16 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian media report that a boat being piloted by a captain suspected of being drunk has crashed into a barge, killing four people and wounding 49.

Roll Tide! Alabama No. 1 in AP preseason poll

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, Alabama head coach Nick Saban is doused with Gatorade in the final seconds of the BCS National Championship college football game against Notre Dame in Miami. Alabama will begin this season the way it ended the last two — No. 1. Nick Saban and the two-time defending national champion Crimson Tide are top-ranked in The Associated Press preseason college football poll released Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, as they try to become the first team to win three straight national titles. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Alabama will begin this season the way it ended the last two — No. 1.
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