Experts: Mass murderers are hard to predict

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• Experts: Mass murderers are hard to predict
• Rangers a win away from Stanley Cup finals
• Duke beats Notre Dame 11-9 to win NCAA lax title
• Sisi closes on presidency on final day of Egypt vote
• 'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top brass
• Nigerian defense chief says abducted girls located
• Australian champ Wawrinka stunned in French opener
• #YesAllWomen campaign hits Twitter after US shooting
• Thunder's Serge Ibaka OK after return from injury
• Nigerian defense chief says military has located abducted girls but cannot go in with force.
• Police: Arson at church after Pope mass
• Colombia's president heads to runoff in 2nd place
• Eastern Libya oil rebel says does not recognize new government
• Poland's two biggest parties share top honors in EU election
• French Open watch: So much for Isner-Mahut redux
• Gunmen kill US doctor from minority in Pakistan
• French president reels after far right victory
• Photographing football in the City of God
• French UMP party official admits funding irregularities
• Colorado mudslide still unstable, hampering search
• Pro-military fervor at polls as Egyptians vote
• 'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top military officer
• Euroskeptic election surge gives EU a headache
• UK's Cameron calls EU leaders to discuss Commission president
• France's Hollande wants to change EU focus after far-right win
• Runoff for Colombian president, conservative rival
• EU says further progress made in Ukraine-Russia gas row
• 'X-Men' atop holiday opener bests with $111M
• Ukraine launches airstrike on pro-Moscow rebels
• Giants' Hunter Pence searching for stolen scooter
• Mexican man, once world's heaviest, dies at 48
• Oil futures down to near $104 after Ukraine vote
• Australian Open champ Wawrinka out of French Open
• Hollande backs reform of 'incomprehensible' EU after poll humiliation
• Blinded soldier, widow sue former Gitmo prisoner
• With nod to veterans' scandal, Obama pays Memorial Day tribute
• Third seed Wawrinka out of French Open
• Australian champ Wawrinka out in French 1st round
• EU: Proposed solution found in Ukraine gas dispute
• Obama leads country in celebrating Memorial Day

Experts: Mass murderers are hard to predict Posted: 26 May 2014 02:28 PM PDT GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes. Sandy Hook school attacker Adam Lanza. And now Elliot Rodger.

Rangers a win away from Stanley Cup finals Posted: 26 May 2014 02:26 PM PDT MONTREAL (AP) — When other parts of their game are sputtering, the New York Rangers have two solid-gold assets to fall back on — penalty killing and goaltending.

Duke beats Notre Dame 11-9 to win NCAA lax title Posted: 26 May 2014 02:20 PM PDT BALTIMORE (AP) — Two straight NCAA men's lacrosse championships. Three in the last five years. Eight straight trips to the Final Four, half of which ended in an appearance in the title game.

Sisi closes on presidency on final day of Egypt vote Posted: 26 May 2014 02:12 PM PDT By Tom Perry and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Former army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is expected to emerge from a second and final day of voting on Tuesday as Egypt's next president, with supporters seeing him as the man who can pull the Arab world's most populous nation back from the brink. Since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 raised hopes of new freedoms, the country of 85 million, where one in four Egyptians lives in poverty, has been convulsed by political, security and economic turmoil. The vote - with initial results expected hours after polls close at 9 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Tuesday evening - means Egypt will likely revert to rule by men from the military after Sisi toppled the country's first freely elected leader, Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood. Former army chief Sisi faces only one challenger: the leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi.

'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top brass Posted: 26 May 2014 02:12 PM PDT Nigeria's highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers. But Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, warned that any potential armed rescue operation was fraught with danger as the 223 girls still held hostage could be caught in the crossfire. Boko Haram fighters kidnapped 276 girls from the remote northeastern town of Chibok on April 14, leading to global outrage. "The good news for the girls is that we know where they are but we cannot tell you," Badeh told reporters in the capital Abuja, as the hostage crisis entered its seventh week.

Nigerian defense chief says abducted girls located Posted: 26 May 2014 01:59 PM PDT ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's defense chief says the military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but cannot use force to free them.

Australian champ Wawrinka stunned in French opener Posted: 26 May 2014 01:58 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — The positive vibes and big-deal victories began for Stan Wawrinka at last year's U.S. Open, back when he still went by "Stanislas," and picked up steam at this year's Australian Open, where he earned the right to forever be called "major champion."

#YesAllWomen campaign hits Twitter after US shooting Posted: 26 May 2014 01:58 PM PDT A campaign on Twitter denouncing misogyny has gathered thousands of followers after a bloody rampage in California by a 22-year-old virgin who said he was motivated by hatred of women. The hashtag #YesAllWomen was launched to allow women to share stories of misogyny in the wake of Elliot Rodger's assault on Friday in Isla Vista, near Santa Barbara, which saw him kill six people before taking his own life. While three of Rodger's victims were men, the student had written a lengthy manifesto and posted videos online prior to the assault citing women as the cause of his rage. Thousands used the #YesAllWomen Twitter hashtag on Monday.

Thunder's Serge Ibaka OK after return from injury Posted: 26 May 2014 01:57 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — So far, so good for Serge Ibaka's comeback.

Nigerian defense chief says military has located abducted girls but cannot go in with force. Posted: 26 May 2014 01:50 PM PDT ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian defense chief says military has located abducted girls but cannot go in with force.

Police: Arson at church after Pope mass Posted: 26 May 2014 01:48 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up his Mideast pilgrimage Monday with a balancing act of symbolic and sometimes spontaneous gestures to press his call for peace between Israel and the Palestinians and friendship between Jews and Muslims in the land of Jesus' birth.

Colombia's president heads to runoff in 2nd place Posted: 26 May 2014 01:47 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — He presides over one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies and has taken peace negotiations with Marxist rebels farther than anyone in decades.

Eastern Libya oil rebel says does not recognize new government Posted: 26 May 2014 01:30 PM PDT The leader of protesters occupying Libyan oil ports said on Monday he did not recognize the new government of Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq and suggested a deal to end the blockade, reached with the previous administration, could be jeopardized. Ibrahim Jathran, who wants more federalist power for his eastern region, had agreed with Maiteeq's predecessor to steadily open up ports that have been under control of his men since last summer, and help restart Libya's oil exports. He made no direct reference to the oil deal, but in a statement on a television channel operated by his federalist movement, he said that with Maiteeq in office his group may be forced to change its position. Libya's parliament, the General National Congress, has been paralyzed by infighting among Islamist, anti-Islamist, tribal and regional factions vying for influence in the chaos that followed the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.

Poland's two biggest parties share top honors in EU election Posted: 26 May 2014 01:27 PM PDT WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's ruling Civic Platform (PO) came in a notch ahead of the main opposition party, Law and Justice (PiS), in the European Parliament election, and each won 19 seats, the final results showed. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's PO took 32.1 percent of the vote, while PiS won 31.8 percent, the country's polling commission PKW said. The postcommunist Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) got 9.4 percent while PO's ruling coalition partner, the Peasants' Party (PSL), won 6.8 percent, giving the SLD five seats and the PSL four. ...

French Open watch: So much for Isner-Mahut redux Posted: 26 May 2014 01:17 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — So much for John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut redux.

Gunmen kill US doctor from minority in Pakistan Posted: 26 May 2014 01:16 PM PDT LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen in Pakistan shot dead a visiting American cardiologist from the minority Ahmadi sect in front of his wife and toddler son on Monday as they left a cemetery after visiting relatives' graves, police said.

French president reels after far right victory Posted: 26 May 2014 01:14 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — France's Socialist president, reeling from a record electoral victory by the far right, pledged Monday to press ahead with tax and spending cuts and urged a more streamlined European Union in hopes of calming voter anger.

Photographing football in the City of God Posted: 26 May 2014 01:13 PM PDT Street football is often an integral part of childhood in Brazil, the country that gave rise to Pele and so many other legends of the game. Christophe Simon, chief photographer in AFP's Rio de Janeiro bureau, wanted to find a new way to capture that raw passion in photographs. "In the favelas of Brazil, kids play football. "Since arriving in Rio in 2010, I'd covered several 'pacification' operations by security forces in the favelas whose aim is to improve the image of this city ahead of the World Cup, and the Olympics two years later.

French UMP party official admits funding irregularities Posted: 26 May 2014 01:13 PM PDT A senior official in France's UMP party acknowledged on Monday that "anomalies" had occurred to cover the costs of Nicolas Sarkozy's failed 2012 election campaign, in a scandal that threatens to damage the party. "There have been anomalies," Jerome Lavrilleux, a deputy director of Sarkozy's presidential campaign, told BFM TV with tears in his eyes. Neither Sarkozy nor UMP Chairman Jean-Francois Cope were informed of the "drift" in campaign finances, he said, and had nothing to do with the "anomalies". His comments came after police searched the UMP offices, and followed accusations by a lawyer for event organizer Bygmalion that the UMP had ordered fake invoices to cover campaign costs.

Colorado mudslide still unstable, hampering search Posted: 26 May 2014 01:11 PM PDT COLLBRAN, Colo. (AP) — Rescue teams were searching Monday for three men missing after a half-mile stretch of a ridge saturated with rain collapsed, sending mud sliding for 3 miles in a remote part of western Colorado.

Pro-military fervor at polls as Egyptians vote Posted: 26 May 2014 01:10 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's presidential election on Monday turned into a nationalist celebration at many polls with voters singing and dancing for the almost certain winner — former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who last year ousted the first freely elected president.

'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top military officer Posted: 26 May 2014 01:10 PM PDT Nigeria's highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers. "The good news for the girls is that we know where they are but we cannot tell you," Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh told reporters in the capital Abuja as the hostage crisis entered its seventh week. Nigeria's government and military have been sharply criticised for their response to the mass abduction on April 14 and were finally forced to accept foreign help, including from the United States, in the rescue effort. Unmanned US drones and surveillance aircraft have been scouring northeast Nigeria and neighbouring Chad from the air while British, French and Israeli teams have been on the ground providing specialist assistance.

Euroskeptic election surge gives EU a headache Posted: 26 May 2014 01:07 PM PDT By Paul Taylor and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Stunning victories in European Parliament elections by nationalist, Euroskeptic parties from France and Britain left the European Union licking its wounds on Monday and facing a giant policy dilemma. While the center-right and center-left will continue to control more than half of the 751 seats in the EU legislature, they will face an unprecedented challenge from noisy insurgents determined to stop business as usual in the 28-nation bloc. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called the breakthrough by Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration, anti-euro National Front, which topped a national vote for the first time and pushed his Socialists into third place, a political "earthquake". Across the Channel, another tremor raised new doubts about Britain's long-term future in the EU.

UK's Cameron calls EU leaders to discuss Commission president Posted: 26 May 2014 01:05 PM PDT British Prime Minister David Cameron has called EU leaders to discuss choosing a new European Commission president, his office said on Monday, a day after anti-European Union parties won resounding victories in elections for the European Parliament. The euro-skeptics include Britain's own UK Independence Party (UKIP), which on Sunday won more seats in the European elections than any other British party. The prospect of UKIP's widely forecast success may have influenced Cameron's plans to lobby against the two most prominent candidates for the commission's president, on the grounds that they are too federalist, as Reuters reported on Friday. With a national election next year in the UK, the rise in UKIP's popularity has put Cameron under pressure to toughen his stance on Britain's relationship with Europe, to win over voters and placate anti-EU members of his governing Conservative party.

France's Hollande wants to change EU focus after far-right win Posted: 26 May 2014 01:05 PM PDT By Mark John and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande pledged on Monday to press ahead with reforms at home whilst pushing for the EU to change tack, saying the triumph of the French far right in European elections showed voters felt Europe was not protecting them. In a televised address to the nation a day after the anti-immigrant, anti-EU National Front party won its first-ever nationwide poll, Hollande said this had been "a vote of mistrust towards Europe." In response, he will tell EU leaders at a meeting on Tuesday evening in Brussels that they must now focus the 28-nation group on growth, jobs and investment, not on austerity. "Europe has become illegible, distant, basically incomprehensible, even for governments. "I am a European, it is my duty to reform France and re-focus Europe," he said, adding that Europe should "withdraw itself in areas where it is not needed.".

Runoff for Colombian president, conservative rival Posted: 26 May 2014 12:54 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — He presides over one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies and has taken peace negotiations with Marxist rebels father than anyone in decades.

EU says further progress made in Ukraine-Russia gas row Posted: 26 May 2014 12:54 PM PDT By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe's Energy Commissioner said on Monday Ukraine and Russia had made further progress in a dispute over gas prices and his proposal that Ukraine to pay $2 billion of back debt by Thursday could pave the way for further talks on Friday. Speaking after three-way talks with Russia's and Ukraine's energy ministers, Guenther Oettinger said the two governments would study his proposal that Ukraine pay Russia $2 billion by Thursday and a further $500 million by June 7. Oettinger, acting as a mediator in the capital of his home country Germany, said if the governments agreed to the deal, further talks about the gas price from April could then be held from Friday. "I believe an agreement is possible." But Ukraine's Energy Minister Yuri Prodan, speaking after Oettinger and Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak had briefed reporters and left, said there was no final an agreement and he would not confirm that Ukraine agreed to pay $2 billion on Thursday.

'X-Men' atop holiday opener bests with $111M Posted: 26 May 2014 12:48 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is projected to be the fifth best Memorial Day holiday weekend debut in box office history over a four-day period, just behind "Fast & Furious 6" and above "The Hangover 2."

Ukraine launches airstrike on pro-Moscow rebels Posted: 26 May 2014 12:45 PM PDT DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president-elect said Monday he wants to begin talks with Moscow and end a pro-Russia insurgency in the east, but the rebels escalated the conflict by occupying a major airport, and the government in Kiev responded with an airstrike.

Giants' Hunter Pence searching for stolen scooter Posted: 26 May 2014 12:43 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence had a somber look on his face when he showed up to the ballpark Monday, pushing himself on a backup scooter the final few steps through the clubhouse.

Mexican man, once world's heaviest, dies at 48 Posted: 26 May 2014 12:36 PM PDT MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican man once listed as the world's heaviest human being died Monday at the age of 48.

Oil futures down to near $104 after Ukraine vote Posted: 26 May 2014 12:33 PM PDT The price of oil slipped to near $104 a barrel Monday after preliminary results showed a billionaire businessman winning a clear majority in Ukraine's presidential elections.

Australian Open champ Wawrinka out of French Open Posted: 26 May 2014 12:28 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Playing in his first Grand Slam match since becoming a major champion, Stan Wawrinka lost.

Hollande backs reform of 'incomprehensible' EU after poll humiliation Posted: 26 May 2014 12:28 PM PDT French President Francois Hollande called Monday for the European Union to scale back its role in the lives of its citizens after anti-EU parties made sweeping electoral gains across the bloc. In comments with far-reaching implications for the EU's future, the Socialist leader said the spectacular success of parties like France's own National Front (FN) reflected how the bloc had become "remote and incomprehensible" for many of its citizens. Europe has to be simple, clear, to be effective where it is needed and to withdraw from where it is not necessary," Hollande said in a televised address to the nation. Hollande's Socialist Party suffered a humiliating setback in Sunday's elections for a new European Parliament, registering a record low vote of just under 14 percent while the FN topped the polls with nearly 25 percent.

Blinded soldier, widow sue former Gitmo prisoner Posted: 26 May 2014 12:22 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An American soldier blinded in Afghanistan and the widow of another soldier killed there have filed a $44.7 million wrongful death and injury lawsuit against a Canadian man who was held at Guantanamo Bay and pleaded guilty to committing war crimes when he was 15.

With nod to veterans' scandal, Obama pays Memorial Day tribute Posted: 26 May 2014 12:21 PM PDT By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama paid tribute on Monday to fallen U.S. military men and women during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery that highlighted a veterans' care scandal that has engulfed his presidency in recent weeks. Just hours earlier, Obama returned from a surprise trip to Afghanistan, where he thanked troops for a mission that will conclude formally at the end of this year.

Third seed Wawrinka out of French Open Posted: 26 May 2014 12:18 PM PDT Paris (AFP) - Unheralded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez caused the biggest shock of the French Open when he knocked out Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 on Monday.

Australian champ Wawrinka out in French 1st round Posted: 26 May 2014 12:15 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka lost in the first round at the French Open on Monday, surprised by Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0.

EU: Proposed solution found in Ukraine gas dispute Posted: 26 May 2014 12:12 PM PDT BERLIN (AP) — A proposed solution to a dispute over Ukrainian natural gas debts to Moscow would see Ukraine's gas company pay $2 billion to Russia's Gazprom this week and trigger talks on the price Kiev should pay for future deliveries as it tries to avert a supply cutoff, a top European Union official said Monday.

Obama leads country in celebrating Memorial Day Posted: 26 May 2014 12:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama led the nation in commemorating Memorial Day, declaring the United States has reached "a pivotal moment" in Afghanistan with the end of war approaching.

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