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Marching for King's dream: 'The task is not done'

Marching for King's dream: 'The task is not done'

Marching for King's dream: 'The task is not done'

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:14 PM PDT

Crowds rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Fifty years ago, on the actual anniversary, April 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and down the National Mall on Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of King's famous speech and pledging that his dream includes equality for gays, Latinos, the poor and the disabled.

Obama weighs possible military response after Syria chemical attack

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:08 PM PDT

A member of Free Syrian Army is seen in a damaged building in Salah al-Din neighbourhood in central AleppoBy Oliver Holmes and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama considered options on Saturday for a possible military strike on Syria in response to a nerve gas attack that killed hundreds as Syria sought to avert blame by saying its soldiers had found chemical weapons in rebel tunnels. A senior U.N. official arrived in Damascus to seek access for inspectors to the site of last Wednesday's attack, in which opposition accounts say between 500 and well over 1,000 civilians were killed by gas fired by pro-government forces. ...

Calif. service for Hannah Anderson's mom, brother

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:03 PM PDT

FILE - A Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, file photo released by NBC shows Hannah Anderson, left, and her father Brett Anderson in San Diego, Calif. A memorial service for Hannah Anderson's mother Christina and brother Ethan will be held Saturday Aug. 24, 2013, in Santee, Calif. The two were killed when Hannah was kidnapped earlier this month. (AP Photo/NBC, Jesse Grant, file)SANTEE, Calif. (AP) — Calling their deaths "an abomination," a priest memorialized a mother and young son killed by a family friend who also abducted the woman's 16-year-old daughter.

Google buys virtual imaging patents from Foxconn

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:01 PM PDT

An attendee tries Google Glass during the Google I/O developer conference on May 17, 2013 in San Francisco, CaliforniaGoogle has bought virtual imaging patents from Taiwanese supplier Foxconn that could be used in its interactive "Google Glass" devices, according to a document acquired by AFP on Saturday.

SD mayor resigns amid sexual harassment charges

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:01 PM PDT

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner arrives to speak to the city council during a city council meeting Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in San Diego. Filner agreed Friday to resign on Aug. 30, bowing to enormous pressure after lurid sexual harassment allegations brought by at least 17 women eroded his support after just nine months as leader of the U.S. border city. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — The resignation speech given by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner reflected the same fiery, defiant tone that launched the political career of the former congressman and 1960s civil rights activist.

Funeral held for author Elmore Leonard in Michigan

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 file photo, Author Elmore Leonard, 86, smiles during an interview at his home in Bloomfield Township, Mich. Leonard, a former adman who later in life became one of America's foremost crime writers, has died. He was 87. His researcher says he passed away Tuesday morning, Aug. 20, 2013 from complications from a stroke. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) — Mike Lupica moved his tie out of the way and undid a few buttons of his dress shirt to reveal a simple black T-shirt that read: "Not now. I'm writing."

California vies for new space industry

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2013 photo provided by Virgin Galactic, the company's SpaceShipTwo fires its rockets over Mojave, Calif. after it was dropped from its "mothership," WhiteKnightTwo. It is one of several new private ventures that involve taking people into outer space for a price, ventures that many hope will become as lucrative as they are revolutionary. And that prospect has California racing other states to woo new space companies with cushy incentives. (AP Photo/Virgin Galactic, Mark Greenberg, file)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As several new private ventures to take people on trips to space come closer to becoming reality, California lawmakers are racing other states to woo the new space companies with cushy incentives.

Japan beats Mexico 3-2 at LLWS

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Tijuana, Mexico pitcher Luis Manzo delivers in the first inning of the International Championship baseball game against Tokyo, Japan at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Defense. Power. Finesse. As usual, Japan has it all.

Yosemite takes steps to protect sequoias from fire

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:50 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park — one of more than 50 major brush blazes burning across the western U.S. — more than tripled in size overnight and still threatens about 2,500 homes, hotels and camp buildings. Fire officials said the blaze burning in remote, steep terrain had grown to more than 84 square miles and was only 2 percent contained on Thursday, down from 5 percent a day earlier. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)GROVELAND, Calif. (AP) — As a wildfire rages along the remote northwest edge of Yosemite National Park, officials are clearing brush and setting sprinklers to save two groves of giant sequoias.

Melzer wins after Monfils retires in Winston-Salem

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:44 PM PDT

Jurgen Melzer, of Austria, returns a shot to Gael Monfils, of France, during the championship match at the Winston-Salem Open tennis tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Austria's Jurgen Melzer didn't want to spend a week in New York with all the craziness surrounding the start of the U.S. Open.

Serena could be oldest US Open queen

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Serena Williams signs her autograph for fans on August 23, 2013World number one Serena Williams would become the oldest US Open women's champion in the Open era if she defends her crown in the Flushing Meadows fortnight that begins Monday.

UN forces join Congo soldiers on front line

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:40 PM PDT

Men investigate the remains of a house struck hours earlier by deadly mortar fire, sparking angry protestors to take to the streets, in Goma, Congo, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Congolese soldiers supported by U.N. forces fought rebels in the country's deteriorating east for hours early Saturday, officials said, while a rocket landed inside the town of Goma and killed three people. Congo immediately blamed the attacks on neighboring Rwanda, which has long been accused of supporting the eastern Congolese rebel movement known as M23. (AP Photo/Joseph Kay)GOMA, Congo (AP) — U.N. forces joined Congolese soldiers on the front line Saturday where they fought rebels in the country's volatile east for hours, officials said, as border tensions escalated between Rwanda and Congo.

Berlusconi's party says his removal from parliament is 'unthinkable'

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:35 PM PDT

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves to supporters as his girlfriend Francesca Pascale looks on during a rally to protest his tax fraud conviction, outside his palace in central RomeROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi's center-right party said on Saturday that removing the former prime minister from parliament over a tax fraud conviction would be unacceptable and "unthinkable", escalating its row with center-left coalition allies. Angelino Alfano, secretary of Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) warned Prime Minister Enrico Letta this week that the party could bring down the government if the center-left Democratic Party (PD) voted to throw Berlusconi out, something PD members have repeatedly said they will do. ...

Egypt shortens curfew as unrest over coup wanes

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:29 PM PDT

An Egyptian man builds his tent at Tahrir Square where a few protesters have built their camp protesting against the release of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's government on Saturday shortened a widely-imposed evening curfew, signaling that authorities sense turmoil is waning after unrest following president's ouster threatened to destabilize the country this month.

Four dead in North Sea oil industry helicopter crash

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:27 PM PDT

A rig, 150 miles (240 kms) from Aberdeen in eastern Scotland, in the North Sea is pictured on April 2, 2012Four people were confirmed dead after a helicopter transporting employees from an oil rig crashed off the Scottish coast, police said Saturday, in the latest in a series of air incidents in the North Sea oilfields.

Melzer takes Winston-Salem title as injury halts Monfils

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Frenchman Gael Monfils fell victim to an abdominal muscle injury and retired from the ATP Winston-Salem final handing Austrian Jurgen Melzer the crown.

68 dogs found after fire reported at NYC home

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:20 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty-eight dogs have been rescued from a blaze in a New York City home.

Thousands of Tunisians call on gov't to resign

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:16 PM PDT

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thousands of Tunisians demonstrated Saturday night in front of their national assembly kicking off a week of planned protests to call for the resignation of the Islamist-led government.

Michelle Obama touts tennis at US Open Kids Day

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:16 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama waves before speaking at the 18th Annual Arthur Ashe Kids' Day, the unofficial kickoff to the 2013 US Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama urged her daughters to get active in tennis so they won't struggle at the game the way she does as an adult.

Aid group says Syria 'chemical' attack killed 355

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, file citizen journalism image provided by the Media Office Of Douma City, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man mourns over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists, in Douma town, Damascus, Syria. Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, some 355 people showing "neurotoxic symptoms" died after a suspected chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs earlier this week. The group says three hospitals it supports had reported receiving about 3,600 patients with such symptoms in less than three hours that day. (AP Photo/Media Office Of Douma City, File)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media accused rebels of using chemical arms against government troops in clashes Saturday near Damascus, while an international aid group said it has tallied 355 deaths from a purported chemical weapons attack earlier this week.

Obama, security team meet on Syria chemical attack

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:09 PM PDT

A US Navy photo shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) on June 11, 2013 at the Greek port of Souda BayUS President Barack Obama met with security aides Saturday to discuss a response to Syria's alleged chemical attack after the Pentagon said it was preparing for possible military action.

Rosario out 6 weeks with bone break in foot

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 11:51 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 4, 2013 file photo, Joel Rosario rides Orb to victory in the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The summer season of racing hits its best stride in the Travers on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, at Saratoga, when Orb takes on trainer Todd Pletcher's dynamic duo of Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice and Haskell Invitational winner Verrazano in the chase for the 3-year-old championship. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Top jockey Joel Rosario will be out about six weeks with a broken bone in his left foot sustained in a spill at Saratoga Race Course, and Jose Lezcano will take his place aboard Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Travers Stakes.

Arsenal revival continues, Liverpool make it two

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Arsenal's Lukas Podolski (R) celebrates with Olivier Giroud (L) after scoring in London on August 24, 2013Lukas Podolski claimed a brace as Arsenal kicked their Premier League campaign into gear on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Fulham at a sodden Craven Cottage.

Maduro vs. corruption: In earnest or power grab?

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks at the inauguration of a new branch of the National Experimental Security University (UNES) in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. A months-long anti-corruption campaign by Maduro that began with the arrests of dozens of officials and cronies suspected of pilfering millions from state coffers has devolved into what critics say is a witch hunt against the already-beleaguered political opposition, and what many see as a power grab by an increasingly embattled government. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — There is little question Venezuela is a nation in desperate need of an anti-corruption crusade.

Huge Northern California wildfire gains strength

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 11:10 AM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park — one of more than 50 major brush blazes burning across the western U.S. — more than tripled in size overnight and still threatens about 2,500 homes, hotels and camp buildings. Fire officials said the blaze burning in remote, steep terrain had grown to more than 84 square miles and was only 2 percent contained on Thursday, down from 5 percent a day earlier. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire raging along the northwest edge of Yosemite National Park gained strength Saturday morning as firefighters scrambled to protect nearby mountain communities.

Even without Bernanke, Jackson Hole's a hot ticket

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 11:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, left, and Stanley Fischer, right, Governor of the Bank of Israel, talk together outside the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, at Grand Teton National Park near Jackson Hole, Wyo. Despite the absence of the Federal Reserve chairman the 2013, Annual economic conference in Jackson Hole has once again proved a destination of choice for central bankers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — Ben Bernanke is a no-show. No matter. Despite the absence of the Federal Reserve chairman, this year's annual economic conference in Jackson Hole has once again proved a destination of choice for central bankers.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:58 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

DC zoo hopes to get closer look at day-old panda

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:57 AM PDT

In this image from video provided by the Smithsonian National Zoo, Mei Xiang gives birth to a cub two hours after her water broke Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at the National Zoo in Washington. The zoo has been on round-the-clock panda watch since Aug. 7, when Mei Xiang began showing behavioral changes consistent with a pregnancy or pseudopregnancy. (AP Photo/Smithsonian National Zoo)WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of caretakers at Washington's National Zoo hopes to get the first close look at a day-old panda cub during an exam planned for Saturday.

Mumbai police arrest third man in gang-rape case

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:50 AM PDT

Mumbai city Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh leaves after addressing a news conference in Mumbai on August 23, 2013Mumbai police arrested a third suspect late Saturday over the gang-rape of a photographer -- an attack that has renewed anger over India's treatment of women.

Lawyer: Sandusky son, Victim 2 settle with Penn St

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. Seven young men, including Jerry Sandusky's adopted son, have finalized deals with Penn State over claims of abuse by the school's former assistant football coach, their lawyer said Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Seven men, including Jerry Sandusky's adopted son and a Sandusky victim key to longtime coach Joe Paterno's firing, have finalized deals with Penn State over claims of abuse by the school's former assistant football coach, their lawyer says.

Aid group: 355 dead after Syria 'chemical' attack

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, file citizen journalism image provided by the Media Office Of Douma City, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man mourns over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists, in Douma town, Damascus, Syria. Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, some 355 people showing "neurotoxic symptoms" died after a suspected chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs earlier this week. The group says three hospitals it supports had reported receiving about 3,600 patients with such symptoms in less than three hours that day. (AP Photo/Media Office Of Douma City, File)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media accused rebels of using chemical arms against government troops in clashes Saturday near Damascus, while an international aid group said it has tallied 355 deaths from a purported chemical weapons attack earlier this week.

Crowds swell Washington to mark 'I have a dream' march

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:35 AM PDT

Thousands line up near the Lincoln Memorial on August 24, 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on WashingtonTens of thousands gathered on Saturday to mark 50 years since the March on Washington, the civil rights watershed where Martin Luther King Jr famously declared: "I have a dream."

Moment in 1963 March on Washington now a stamp

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:26 AM PDT

A sheet of the U.S. Postal Service stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is seen during an unveiling event at the Newseum in Washington, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. John Lewis remembers the moment well: More than 250,000 people marching toward the Lincoln Memorial, rallying for jobs and justice, as he prepared to deliver a passionate speech at the March on Washington.

Egypt shortens curfew after lull in unrest

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:14 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi hold posters showing victims of a military crackdown on their protest camp during a march in Cairo, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. Arabic reads, "no for treachery", "no for military coup" and "martyrs of republican guard massacre ." Egyptian security and military forces deployed Friday around Cairo, closing off traffic in some major thoroughfares and in the city center ahead of protests by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's government has shortened a widely-imposed evening curfew by two hours starting Saturday, responding to citizens' demands as unrest in the country wanes.

Churches changing bylaws after gay marriage ruling

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:11 AM PDT

City Church of Tallahassee Pastor Dean Inserra stands inside his church in Tallahassee, Fla. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Inserra's church is researching how they will address the changing attitudes to gay marriage in the courts as well as among the public. "We have some gay couples that attend our church. What happens when they ask us to do their wedding?" Inserra said. "What happens when we say no? Is it going to be treated like a civil rights thing?" (AP Photo/Phil Sears)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Worried they could be sued by gay couples, some churches are changing their bylaws to reflect their view that the Bible allows only marriage between one man and one woman.

Congo: Rocket lands in Goma, kills 3 in new attack

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:36 AM PDT

A Congolese government tank prepares to deploy for fighting against M23 rebels, at an operating base in Kanyaruchinya, north of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. Congo's government accused Rwanda on Friday of supporting a rebel attack on Goma after mortar rounds killed a mother and her three children and damaged a church in the eastern Congo border city. (AP Photo/Joseph Kay)GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese soldiers supported by U.N. forces fought rebels in the country's volatile east for hours Saturday, officials said, while a rocket landed inside the town of Goma and killed three people as border tensions escalated between Rwanda and Congo.

Despite turmoil, Syria regime feels new confidence

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 file photo, a Syrian military soldier holds his AK-47 with a sticker of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Arabic that reads, "Syria is fine," as he stands guard at a check point on Baghdad street, in Damascus, Syria. The signs would all seem bad for President Bashar Assad. Blasts echo all day long over the Syrian capital as troops battle rebels entrenched on its eastern doorstep. The government admits the economy is devastated. And now allegations of a horrific chemical attack have given new life to calls for international action against his regime. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The signs would seem bad for President Bashar Assad. Blasts echo all day long over the Syrian capital as troops battle rebels entrenched on its eastern doorstep. The government admits the economy is devastated. Allegations of a horrific chemical attack have given new life to calls for international action against his regime.

Suspect arrested over Lebanese mosque bombings

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Lebanese Army investigators inspect at the site of a car bomb explosion outside of the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. The coordinated explosions Friday outside two mosques in the predominantly Sunni city raised even more the already simmering sectarian tensions in fragile Lebanon, heightening fears the country could be slipping into a cycle of revenge attacks between its Sunni and Shiite communities.(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces arrested a suspect on Saturday in connection with the devastating double bombing the day before that killed at least 47 people in the northern city of Tripoli, the state news agency said.

March to focus on continued fight for civil rights

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:19 AM PDT

FILE- In this Aug. 28, 1963, black-and-white file photo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. NBC News says it will rebroadcast a 1963 "Meet the Press" interview with Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of the March on Washington's 50th anniversary next week. King appeared on the news program three days before his landmark WASHINGTON (AP) — Alice Long planned months ago to use vacation time to travel from Huntsville, Ala., to the 50th anniversary events for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

For Fort Hood shooter, is execution punishment?

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:12 AM PDT

In this Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, photo, retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Manning holds a photograph from the memorial for victims of the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, at his home in Lacey, Wash. Manning still carries two bullets in his body from the shooting that killed 13 and wounded over 30. Maj. Nidal Hasan, who has been found guilty of the shooting, and many of his victims seem to want the same thing - his death. But while survivors and relatives of the dead view lethal injection as justice, the Army psychiatrist appears to see it as something else - martyrdom. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)Maj. Nidal Hasan and many of his victims in the Fort Hood shooting seem to want the same thing — his death. But while survivors and relatives of the dead view lethal injection as justice, the Army psychiatrist appears to see it as something else — martyrdom.
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