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Judge won't toss statements by 2 Tsarnaev friends

Judge won't toss statements by 2 Tsarnaev friends

Judge won't toss statements by 2 Tsarnaev friends

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:41 PM PDT

This courtroom sketch shows defendants Azamat Tazhayakov, left, Dias Kadyrbayev, center, and Robel Phillipos, right, college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, during a hearing in federal court Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Boston. Judge Douglas Woodlock ruled the three men will be tried separately, but their trials do not need to be moved out of Massachusetts. Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov are Kazakhstan nationals charged with tampering with evidence for removing Tsarnaev's laptop and a backpack containing fireworks from his college dorm room shortly after last year's fatal bombing. Phillipos, of Cambridge, Mass., is charged with lying to investigators. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)BOSTON (AP) — Statements made by two friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev following the deadly 2013 bombing can be used at their trial, a federal judge said Thursday.

Beyonce, Jay Z, Solange moving past attack video

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:43 PM PDT

FILE - This May 5, 2014 file photo shows Jay Z, left, and Beyonce at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" in New York. Beyonce, Jay Z and Solange say they have worked through and are moving on since a video leaked this week of Solange attacking Jay Z in an elevator inside the Standard Hotel after the May 5, gala. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce, Jay Z and Solange say they are moving on since a video leaked this week of Solange attacking Jay Z in an elevator.

Modi on brink of power ahead of India vote count

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:31 PM PDT

Supporters of Hindu nationalist Modi, prime ministerial candidate for India's main opposition BJP, shower confetti from atop a bus in AhmedabadBy Douglas Busvine NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's election results on Friday could usher in the most profound economic change in a generation if opposition leader Narendra Modi wins a clear mandate for his agenda to revive growth and create jobs. If the results of the world's largest exercise in democracy are in line with exit polls, Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies will win an absolute majority of more than 272 seats in the lower house of parliament. But with markets racing higher, anything short of a ringing endorsement for Modi and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could trigger volatile trading on Friday. This suggests that if the actual tally is closer to 250-260 seats, the markets might be disappointed.\" The Election Commission will collate returns sent in by 989 counting stations from 8 a.m. (0230 GMT).

Factbox: India's general election in numbers

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:31 PM PDT

Results of India's election are due on Friday, after a record number of voters cast their ballot in the five-week-long marathon. Although India's elections are notoriously difficult to predict, exit polls project a win for a coalition led by Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have called their campaign \"Mission 272+\" for this reason. - Winning an outright majority has grown more difficult over the years for the two main national parties - Congress, which has governed India as part of a coalition for the last decade, and the opposition BJP.

San Diego County fire roars to life

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:31 PM PDT

A wildfire burns near a home on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in San Marcos, Calif. Flames engulfed suburban homes and shot up along canyon ridges in one of the worst of several blazes that broke out Wednesday in Southern California during a second day of a sweltering heat wave, taxing fire crews who fear the scattered fires mark only the beginning of a long wildfire season. (AP Photo)SAN MARCOS, Calif. (AP) — One of the nine fires burning in San Diego County suddenly flared Thursday afternoon and burned close to homes as new winds arrived.

Immigration officials review mistaken citizenship

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:30 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — Immigration authorities say they are reviewing the case of a U.S. Army veteran and Cuban native who recently discovered he is not an American citizen.

Sept. 11 museum opens to relatives and survivors

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at the dedication ceremony for the National September 11 Memorial Museum on Thursday, May 15, 2014 in New York. The museum opens to the public on May 21. (AP Photo/John Angelillo, Pool)NEW YORK (AP) — Tears in her eyes, firefighter widow Maureen Fanning emerged Thursday from the new Sept. 11 museum deep beneath ground zero, unable to bring herself to look at all of it.

China blames Vietnam, says won't cede inch of disputed territory

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:29 PM PDT

Chief of the general staff of China's People's Liberation Army Fang speaks during a press briefing with U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dempsey in BeijingA top Chinese general on Thursday defended China's deployment of an oil rig in the disputed South China Sea that has triggered deadly protests in Vietnam, saying Beijing can't afford to \"lose an inch\" of territory. Anti-China riots broke out this week in Vietnam, killing up to 21 people and setting fire to factories perceived to have been Chinese-owned, after China towed a giant oil rig into waters claimed by both nations. General Fang Fenghui, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, said in Washington that the drilling rig was operating in China's territorial waters, activity he vowed to protect. He also pointed blame at U.S. President Barack Obama's so-called pivot to Asia, saying some countries in the region seized upon it as an opportunity to create trouble in the South and East China Seas.

Fox to merge Shine with Endemol, 'Idol' maker Core

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:24 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Media giant 21st Century Fox said Thursday that it has agreed preliminarily to merge its TV production company Shine, maker of "The Biggest Loser," with Apollo Management's Endemol and Core Media Group, the makers of shows such as "Big Brother" and "American Idol."

Town upset police official used N-word for Obama

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:23 PM PDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Some residents of a predominantly white New Hampshire town are upset with racist remarks a police commissioner made about President Barack Obama.

Argentine dino find: long-necks survived Jurassic

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:22 PM PDT

CORRECTS SPELLING OF LEINKUPAL - Paleontologist Pablo Gallina speaks to the press about a newly discovered dinosaur discovered in Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Gallina and his team of Argentine paleontologists say the 19 vertebrae they recovered in Argentina's Patagonia region belongs to a new species of Diplodocid they named BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Dinosaur fossils found in Patagonia provide the first evidence that long-necked, whip-tailed diplodocid sauropods survived well beyond the Jurassic period, when they were thought to have gone extinct, Argentine paleontologists said Thursday.

New health cost controls get go-ahead from feds

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:18 PM PDT

FILE - This April 11, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama, flanked by outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and his nominee to replace her, current Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. There's a new health insurance term in the glossary, and it could mean thousands of dollars out of your pocket. It's a cost-control strategy called WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has given the go-ahead for insurers and employers to use a new cost-control strategy that puts a hard dollar limit on what health plans pay for some expensive procedures, such as knee and hip replacements.

Obama plans conference on youth sports concussions

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:12 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning to host a White House summit on youth sports safety and concussions later this month.

Saudis question Mecca preparedness as MERS spreads

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:11 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday May, 13, 2014, Muslim pilgrims wear surgical masks to prevent infection from respiratory virus known as the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Officials in Saudi Arabia are raising alarm that the kingdom is not doing enough to prevent Mecca from becoming a route for exporting an often deadly respiratory virus as millions of Muslims from around the world converge on the city to perform pilgrimage at Islam's holiest site. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Officials in Saudi Arabia are raising alarm that the kingdom is not doing enough to prevent Mecca from becoming a route for exporting an often deadly respiratory virus as millions of Muslims from around the world converge on the city to perform pilgrimage at Islam's holiest site.

10,000 gallons of oil spill on Los Angeles streets

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:11 PM PDT

10,000 gallons of crude oil in Los Angeles on ThursdayLOS ANGELES (AP) — A geyser of oil sprayed onto buildings and puddled in knee-high pools of crude in Los Angeles streets after a valve on a high-pressure pipeline failed early Thursday.

Judge upholds DC gun registration requirements

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:10 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Thursday upheld registration requirements that are part of the gun laws in the nation's capital, approving of measures that make owners take a gun safety class, be photographed and fingerprinted and re-register their weapons every three years.

Riots in Vietnam leave 1 Chinese dead, 141 injured

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:04 PM PDT

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A 1,000-strong mob stormed a Taiwanese steel mill in Vietnam and hunted down Chinese workers, killing one, attacking scores more and then setting the complex alight, Taiwanese and Vietnamese authorities said Thursday, further inflaming tensions between Hanoi and Beijing as they square off against each other in the disputed South China Sea.

Fla health workers test negative for MERS virus

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:03 PM PDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Department of Health says all health care workers who came into contact with a Saudi resident infected with the second confirmed MERS case in the U.S. have tested negative for the rare virus.

La Scala to oust general director after 1st season

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:00 PM PDT

Milan's mayor and La Scala board chairman Giuliano Pisapia speaks during a news conference in Milan, Italy, Thursday, May 15, 2014. The board of La Scala voted Thursday to oust its incoming general director at the end of his first season in the latest behind-the-scenes melodrama to roil the fabled opera house. Salzburg Festival director Alexander Pereira had been given a five-season contract. But the board voted to oust him after the upcoming 2014-2015 season amid allegations of a conflict of interest. La Scala board chairman Giuliano Pisapia said Pereira overreached his powers by making a deal for La Scala to buy four operas from the Salzburg Festival, where he is still director, before officially assuming his role in La Scala on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)MILAN (AP) — The board of La Scala voted Thursday to oust its incoming general director at the end of his first season in the latest behind-the-scenes melodrama to roil the fabled opera house.

House, Senate unveil water project bill compromise

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:58 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate negotiators on Thursday unveiled a compromise bill that authorizes billions of dollars for water projects over the next decade, from flood protections in California to deepening Georgia's rapidly growing Port of Savannah.

Fast-food protests spread overseas

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:58 PM PDT

McDonald's employee Connie Ogletree, 55, right, leads a group of fast food workers and supporters in a chant during a protest outside a Krispy Kreme store, Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers in Atlanta protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/David Goldman)NEW YORK (AP) — Labor organizers turned up the pressure on McDonald's and other fast-food chains to raise worker pay on Thursday, with plans to stage actions in more than 30 countries.

Anheuser-Busch discrimination suit in jury's hands

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 2, 2014 file photo, Francine Katz leaves the Civil Court building in St. Louis. Katz sued Anheuser-Busch in 2009 for gender discrimination, a year after resigning as vice president of communications and consumer affairs for the maker of Budweiser, Bud Light and other beers. Closing arguments are expected Thursday, May 15, 2014 in the case after nearly three weeks of testimony. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)ST. LOUIS (AP) — A jury began deliberations Thursday afternoon in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a former Anheuser-Busch executive who claims the company paid her less than half as much as her male predecessor.

2013 dog-bite stats include 5,581 postal carriers

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:57 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 4.5 million Americans were bitten by dogs in the United States last year, including over 2 million children and 5,581 U.S. Postal Service workers, authorities announced Thursday in an effort to promote dog-bite prevention. Houston ranked worst in the nation for dog attacks on letter carriers, pushing Los Angeles, last year's leader, to second place. Here are additional numbers and ways to prevent or avoid dog attacks.

Aaron Hernandez charged in 2 more shooting deaths

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2013 file photo, former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Hernandez attends a pretrial court hearing in superior court in Fall River, Mass. Hernandez, who already faces a murder charge in a man's shooting death last year, was indicted Thursday, May 15, 2014, on new murder charges in an unrelated 2012 double slaying in Boston, police said. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool, File)BOSTON (AP) — Aaron Hernandez ambushed and shot to death two men after a chance encounter inside a Boston nightclub, prosecutors said Thursday as they announced new murder charges against the former NFL star, who was already awaiting trial in another shooting death.

Appeals court puts Idaho gay marriages on hold

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:56 PM PDT

Same-sex marriage supporters gather on the steps of the Idaho Statehouse in Boise on Tuesday night May 13, 2014 after U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale ruled earlier in the day that Idaho's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green)BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho residents planning to gather at courthouses across the state to celebrate same-sex marriages saw their plans put on hold Thursday by a federal appeals court.

Afghan candidates differ in style not substance

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 file photo, Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah talks to a journalist during an interview at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's election commission announced on Thursday, May 15, 2014 that the country's presidential election is going into second round, with the two top vote getters to face off on June 14. The race will likely be tight between the two contenders, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File )KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One is suave, debonair and well-groomed, often wearing bespoke suits and ascot ties. The other looks a bit like the famously ascetic Mahatma Gandhi and says he relaxes by reading centuries-old texts.

Japanese panel urges greater military role

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:54 PM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Citing threats from China and North Korea, a government-appointed panel is urging Japan to reinterpret its pacifist constitution to allow the use of military force to defend other countries. The recommendation, submitted Thursday to Prime Minister Abe, sets the stage for his push to allow the military to play a greater role in international security. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)TOKYO (AP) — Citing threats from China and North Korea, a government-appointed panel is urging Japan to reinterpret its pacifist constitution to allow the use of military force to defend other countries.

Police: Woman, 34, enrolled in school as teen

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:52 PM PDT

LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a 34-year-old woman posed as a teenager to enroll as sophomore at a private Texas high school.

Carrie Fisher mostly mum on 'Star Wars' sequel

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:50 PM PDT

FILE - This April 7, 2011 file photo shows Carrie Fisher at the 2011 NewNowNext Awards in Los Angeles. Fisher is excited about her LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher is excited about her "Star Wars" return, even if she can't say much about it.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot shrinking before our eyes

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:48 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jupiter's Great Red Spot seems to be on a cosmic diet, shrinking rapidly before our eyes.

US explores legal rights for Guantanamo detainees

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:48 PM PDT

FILE - This March 11, 2014 file photo shows Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration says there are legal safeguards in place in the event suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay are ever relocated to the United States, and that detainees would be barred from receiving asylum and would have no right to remain in the country permanently. Leahy said a report to Congress lends support for lifting the congressional ban on transferring detainees to the US and should calm fears that it would harm public safety. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says there are legal safeguards in place in the event suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay are relocated to the United States, and that detainees would be barred from receiving asylum and would have no right to remain in the country permanently.

Republicans block bill to renew expired tax breaks

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:48 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators have blocked a bill to renew more than 50 expired tax breaks affecting millions of businesses and individuals.

In pools, young blacks drown at far higher rates

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:36 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A new study shows swimming pools are a much greater danger to black children and teens than they are to other kids.

Activists: Bomb kills at least 43 in north Syria

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:35 PM PDT

This image made from a Wednesday, May 14, 2014 video posed by Shaam News Network (SNN), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows a bombing of a military base in Wadi Deif, northwest Syria. According to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, rebels placed a large amount of explosives in a tunnel under the base, which is near Idlib. There was no immediate report of casualties. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — A massive car bomb ripped through a crowded garage Thursday near a rebel-held border crossing between Syria and Turkey, killing at least 43 people in an area that has seen fierce fighting between rival rebel groups, an anti-government activist group said.

Deutsche Bank sells Vegas casino for $1.73 billion

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:33 PM PDT

FILE - This April 6, 2010 image provided by The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas shows the Cosmopolitan hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Deutsche Bank AG is finally free of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas resort and casino after selling the high-rise complex on the Strip to Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII for $1.7 billion, according to a statement Thursday May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, File)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Deutsche Bank AG cut itself free of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas resort and casino after selling the swanky, high-rise complex on the Strip to Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII for $1.73 billion.

NYT publisher: Pay had no part in Abramson ouster

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:29 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the publisher of the New York Times and chairman of its parent company, is denying media reports that executive editor Jill Abramson's dismissal had to do with her complaints over unequal pay.

Reid opposes Obama court pick

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:29 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to reporters after a Democratic caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of the Obama administration's staunchest allies in Congress, announced his opposition Thursday to Michael Boggs' nomination to the federal bench, dealing a strong if not fatal blow to the former Georgia state lawmaker's confirmation hopes.

Stocks drop on mixed economic news; Wal-Mart falls

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 11, 2007 file photo, a Wall Street sign is seen at an entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets were mostly lower Thursday May 15, 2014 ahead of quarterly European growth figures that investors hope will show a strengthening economic recovery. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)NEW YORK (AP) — Investors retreated from U.S. stocks Thursday after disappointing earnings from Wal-Mart and mixed news about the economy.

Oprah Winfrey helps Barbara Walters say farewell

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:25 PM PDT

This image released by ABC shows, standing from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Lisa Ling, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie O'Donnell Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy, and seated from left, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Joy Behar, Debbie Matenopoulos and Barbara Walters on the set of the daytime talk series "The View," Thursday, May 15, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/ABC, Lou Rocco)NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton paid surprise visits to Barbara Walters on Thursday as the veteran newswoman taped her final edition of "The View" to end a half-century career on television.

Obama at 9/11 museum: Terrorism can't break us

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:25 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, along with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton tour the Memorial Hall at the National September 11 Memorial Museum with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Thursday, May 15, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)NEW YORK (AP) — Tears in her eyes, firefighter widow Maureen Fanning emerged Thursday from the new Sept. 11 museum deep beneath ground zero, unable to bring herself to look at all of it.
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