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BRAZIL BEAT: Eliminated England reveals team early

BRAZIL BEAT: Eliminated England reveals team early

BRAZIL BEAT: Eliminated England reveals team early

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:08 PM PDT

England's manager Roy Hodgson, center, speaks to defenders Glen John, left, and Phil Jagielka away from the rest of the squad during an official training session the day before the group D World Cup soccer match between Costa Rica and England at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)BELO HORIZONTE (AP) — Rarely before at the World Cup has a coach revealed his team in public the day before a match. With nothing to play for, England coach Roy Hodgson did just that Monday for the Group D finale against Costa Rica.

Monaco prince is excited, anxious father-to-be

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:06 PM PDT

MONACO (AP) — Monaco's Prince Albert II isn't holding back the superlatives when he talks about the baby that his wife is expecting later this year — his first royal heir.

Hasek, Modano, Forsberg, Blake headed for Hall

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:03 PM PDT

Dominik Hasek, Mike Modano, Peter Forsberg and Rob Blake are headed into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Muti to conduct 'Requiem' in WWI anniversary event

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:03 PM PDT

ROME (AP) — Maestro Riccardo Muti will mark the 100th anniversary this year of World War I's outbreak by leading a youth orchestra in a performance of Verdi's "Requiem."

Murray opens Wimbledon title defense

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:57 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain plays a return to David Goffin of Belgium during their first round match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray arrived on Centre Court to a standing ovation and left to another.

3 Quebec helicopter escapees appear in court

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:55 PM PDT

MONTREAL (AP) — Tight security surrounded the arraignment Monday of three murder suspects who police say used a helicopter to break out of a Quebec prison. The men were later arrested over the weekend while hiding out in a luxury condominium.

Brothers sentenced to prison in marathon fund scam

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:54 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — Two brothers have been sentenced to three years in prison for filing a false $2 million claim to the Boston Marathon victims' compensation fund using the name of a long-dead aunt.

US wants Insane Clown Posse lawsuit dismissed

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:52 PM PDT

FILE --In this Jan. 8, 2014 file photo, Joseph Bruce, aka Violent J, left, and Joseph Utsler, aka Shaggy 2 Dope, members of the Insane Clown Posse, address the media in Detroit. The U.S. Justice Department is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Insane Clown Posse, which objects to a report that describes its fans as a dangerous gang. A Detroit federal judge holds a hearing Monday, June 23, 2014. The government says the rap-metal duo from the Detroit area and its fans have no standing to sue. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has urged a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that blames the government for the negative effect of describing fans of Insane Clown Posse as a loosely organized gang.

US justified drone killings by citing al-Qaida law

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:52 PM PDT

FILE - This October 2008 file photo shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. A federal appeals court on Monday, June 23, 2014, released a previously secret memo that provided legal justification for using drones to kill Americans suspected of terrorism overseas. The memo pertained specifically to the September 2011 drone-strike killing in Yemen of Anwar Al-Awlaki, an al-Qaida leader who had been born in the United States. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration justified using drones to kill Americans suspected of terrorism overseas by citing the war against al-Qaida and by saying a surprise attack against an American in a foreign land would not violate the laws of war, according to a previously secret government memorandum released Monday.

Kerry promises 'intense and sustained' support for Iraq

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:50 PM PDT

Ammar al-Hakim, head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in BaghdadBy Lesley Wroughton and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday promised "intense and sustained" U.S. support for Iraq, but said the divided country would only survive if its leaders took urgent steps to bring it together. Hours before Kerry arrived in Baghdad, Sunni tribes who have joined a militant takeover of northern Iraq seized the only legal crossing point with Jordan, security sources said, leaving troops with no presence along the entire western frontier which includes some of the Middle East's most important trade routes. U.S. President Barack Obama has offered up to 300 American advisers to Iraq but held off granting Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite Muslim-led government's request for air strikes to counter the two-week advance by Sunni militants. Officials have meanwhile called for Iraqis to form an inclusive government.

White House, business back Ex-Im Bank

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:48 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and an influential pair of business organizations both called for renewal of the Export-Import Bank on Monday, one day after newly elected House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California said the agency should be phased out.

Spain salvages pride with 3-0 win over Australia

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:47 PM PDT

Spain's David Villa fires wide with a shot during the group B World Cup soccer match between Australia and Spain at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) — Defending champion Spain salvaged some World Cup pride on Monday with a convincing 3-0 victory over Australia in their last match at the tournament.

VA challenged on handling of whistleblower charges

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - This June 18, 2014 file photo shows acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson speaking in Washington. A top federal investigator said Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs is risking patients' health by not fully addressing whistleblower complaints about the quality of care. The VA's acting director responded by launching an agency review. Gibson said he was "deeply disappointed" in his own agency's failure to take the complaints seriously.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A top federal investigator has identified "a troubling pattern of deficient patient care" at Veterans Affairs facilities around the country that she says was pointed out by whistleblowers but downplayed by the department.

Dutch beat Chile 2-0 to top Group B

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:46 PM PDT

Netherlands' Memphis Depay celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the group B World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and Chile at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)SAO PAULO (AP) — Two substitutes, two goals.

Iran boosts security along Iraq border over ISIL advance: IRNA

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:44 PM PDT

Iran has stepped up surveillance along its long border with Iraq in precaution against a spread of violence from militants who have siezed a swathe of its neighbor, a senior official said on Monday. Sunni Islamists from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have mounted a lightening advance toward the Iraqi capital, seizing territory in their quest for a border-less caliphate, spanning the region. "Due to the unique situation in Iraq and its proximity to our western regions, we have taken duly precautions to shore up control, watch and fortifications along the border," Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli told reporters. Ruled by Shi'ite Muslim clergy, Iran has been rattled by the advance of ISIL in Iraq.

US stocks slip below records; FMC falls

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:44 PM PDT

Trader Luigi Muccitelli works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, June 23, 2014. Stocks are edging lower in early trading after indexed closed last week at record highs. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped below record levels on Monday as investors assessed corporate news. Wisconsin Energy and General Electric both fell after the companies announced that they had made acquisitions.

Argentine economy slips into recession

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:42 PM PDT

Argentina slid into recession in the first quarter, with gross domestic product in Latin America's No. 3 economy contracting 0.8 percent after shrinking a downwardly revised 0.5 percent in the last three months of 2013, official data showed on Monday. The news came on the back of a setback for Argentina last week in its fight over debt, and as the economy grapples with one of the world's highest inflation rates, difficult access to capital, complex export and import restrictions, and falling central bank reserves. Year-on-year, the economy contracted 0.2 percent in the first quarter, the Indec National Statistics Agency added. Many economists expect Argentina to post a full-year contraction in 2014, the first since its catastrophic 2001-02 debt crisis, when it defaulted on $100 billion of debt.

Husband of slain Iraqi woman gets 26 years to life

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 27,2012 file photo, Kassim Alhimidi, right, speaks alongside his son, Mohammed Alhimidi, during a memorial for his wife, Shaima Alawadi, at a mosque in Lakeside, Calif. Alhimidi Alhimidi was sentenced Monday, June 23, 2014 in San Diego County Superior Court to 25 years to life in prison for his wife's fatal beating, which initially drew international condemnation when authorities believed it was a hate crime. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)EL CAJON, California (AP) — A California judge sentenced an Iraqi immigrant Monday to 26 years-to-life in prison for his wife's fatal beating — an attack that initially drew international condemnation when authorities believed it was a hate crime.

Argentina seeks U.S. court stay to avoid new debt crisis

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:37 PM PDT

The Economy Ministry building is seen in Buenos AiresBy Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina has asked a U.S. judge to issue a stay of his ruling against the country in its case against "holdout" creditors as it seeks to start negotiations aimed at avoiding a new default, according to court papers filed on Monday. Argentina is in a 12-year-old legal fight with investors who declined to participate in debt restructurings after the country failed to pay about $100 billion of debt in 2002. Without a stay on a ruling against the country by U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa, Argentina would be legally barred from making a June 30 coupon payment on its restructured bonds unless it also pays $1.33 billion to holdouts seeking full payment of the debt they hold. "We consider it essential that Judge Griesa issue a stay so that the republic of Argentina can continue paying the holders of restructured bonds," Economy Minister Axel Kicillof told reporters in Buenos Aires.

Portugal match sets viewership marks in US

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:36 PM PDT

Allison DiFilippo, left, and Samantha Donat, both of New York, react to a last-minute goal that put Portugal even with United States at the end of their 2014 World Cup Group G soccer match, while watching a large screen broadcast on Governor's Island in New York, Sunday, June 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK (AP) — The United States' 2-2 World Cup draw with Portugal is a key moment for soccer, ranking as the most-watched non-football telecast in ESPN history.

Veterans Cochran, Rangel try to survive primaries

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:34 PM PDT

Mississippi Republican candidate, Sen. Thad Cochran speaks at a reelection rally on his behalf at the Mississippi War Memorial in Jackson, Miss., Monday, June 23, 2014. Voters head to the polls in seven states Tuesday, and two of the longest serving members of Congress face challenges that could end their careers. In Mississippi, six-term Cochran faces tea party challenger Chris McDaniel in a Republican primary runoff. McDaniel is a 41-year-old state lawmaker who led Cochran by less than 1,400 votes but didn't win a majority in the first round of voting. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two of the longest-serving members of Congress face primary elections Tuesday that could end their political careers.

US gets legal protections for forces in Iraq

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:34 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the U.S. and Iraq have reached an agreement on legal protections for American commandos deploying into Iraq to assess and advise Iraqi forces.

Veteran lawmakers Cochran, Rangel try to survive

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:32 PM PDT

Mississippi Republican candidate, Sen. Thad Cochran speaks at a reelection rally on his behalf at the Mississippi War Memorial in Jackson, Miss., Monday, June 23, 2014. Voters head to the polls in seven states Tuesday, and two of the longest serving members of Congress face challenges that could end their careers. In Mississippi, six-term Cochran faces tea party challenger Chris McDaniel in a Republican primary runoff. McDaniel is a 41-year-old state lawmaker who led Cochran by less than 1,400 votes but didn't win a majority in the first round of voting. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Voters head to the polls in seven states Tuesday, and two of the longest-serving members of Congress face challenges that could end their careers.

Automakers to recall air bags in humid parts of US

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 21, 2005 file photo, a model poses by a Honda's CR-V at Auto Shanghai 2005 exhibition in Shanghai, China. Honda, Mazda and Nissan are recalling millions of vehicles globally for defective airbags manufactured by supplier Takata Corp. that could possibly explode. No accidents have been reported related to recalls Monday, June 23, 2014. Honda Motor Co. recalled 2.03 million vehicles for the airbag problem, including 1.02 million in North America and nearly 669,000 in Japan. The models recalled at Honda include the Fit, Element and CR-V, manufactured between 2000 and 2005. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)DETROIT (AP) — Faulty air bags — which have already led to the recall of millions of cars worldwide — are blamed for a new round of recalls in the U.S.

Judge denies bail for friend of marathon suspect

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 13, 2014 file courtroom sketch, defendant Azamat Tazhayakov, a college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, sits during a hearing in federal court in Boston. A lawyer for Tazhayakov said Monday, June 23, 2014, that prosecutors offered him a deal to plead to reduced charges, but he turned it down. Tazhayakov is accused with another friend of removing items from Tsarnaev's dorm room. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins, File)BOSTON (AP) — A judge has rejected a bail request from a friend of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect while he awaits trial on charges of impeding the investigation.

Sudan frees woman on death row for apostasy

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this file image made from an undated video provided Thursday, June 5, 2014, by Al Fajer, a Sudanese nongovernmental organization, Meriam Ibrahim breastfeeds her newborn baby girl that she gave birth to in jail last week, as the NGO visits her in a room at a prison in Khartoum, Sudan. Sudan's official news agency, SUNA, said the Court of Cassation in Khartoum on Monday, June 23, canceled the death sentence against 27-year-old Meriam Ibrahim after defense lawyers presented their case. The court ordered her release. (AP Photo/Al Fajer, File)KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy was freed Monday by a Khartoum court, and has rejoined her Christian husband with their two young children, her lawyer and state media said.

Man's plea deal includes vasectomy requirement

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:27 PM PDT

This booking photo provided by Shenandoah County police shows Jessie Lee Herald. Herald has agreed to have a vasectomy as part of a plea deal in a child endangerment case. Shenandoah County assistant prosecutor Ilona White says she believes the unusual condition is appropriate for Herald, 27, who also pleaded guilty to hit and run and driving on a suspended license. She says she came up with the idea after reading a transcript from a previous case in which a judge expressed concern that Herald had fathered at least six children with six different women. (AP Photo/Shenandoah County Police)RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man who has fathered children with several women has agreed to get a vasectomy to knock up to five years off his prison term in a child endangerment case that has evoked the country's dark history of forced sterilization.

Obama encouraging family-friendly work policies

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:27 PM PDT

In this Oct. 27, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama, second from left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Malia, left, and Sasha, walk from the White House in Washington to attend a church service. Obama is encouraging more employers to adopt family-friendly policies by hosting a daylong summit, even though the U.S. government doesn't always set the best example. The United States is the only industrialized nation that doesn't mandate paid leave for mothers of newborns, although Obama says he'd like to see that change. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States should join the rest of the industrialized world and offer paid leave for mothers of newborns.

Schumacher manager warns on 'stolen' records

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:26 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Michael Schumacher's manager says stolen medical documents purported to be those of the seven-time Formula One champion are being offered for sale to some media, and warns that their purchase or publication is forbidden.

Los Angeles street sign allowed 1-minute parking

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:24 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Motorists in Los Angeles are known to chafe at the city's confusing parking restrictions and pricey penalties, but an erroneous street sign spotted last week had drivers scratching their heads.

BRAZIL BEAT: Dutch win sets off Amsterdam party

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:24 PM PDT

Thousands of soccer fans watch a live broadcast of the group B World Cup match between Chile and Netherlands on a giant screen at Museum Square in Amsterdam, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Margriet Faber)AMSTERDAM (AP) — The streets of central Amsterdam were abandoned and nearly silent during the first 69 minutes of the Netherlands' game against Chile on Monday.

Outcry after Egypt sentences 3 reporters to prison

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:24 PM PDT

From left, Australian correspondent Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian acting bureau chief of Al-Jazeera Mohamed Fahmy, and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed, appear in a defendant's cage in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 23, 2014. An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three journalists from Al-Jazeera English and sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges, bringing widespread criticism that the verdict was a blow to freedom of expression. The three, Greste, Fahmy and Mohammed, have been detained since December charged with supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been declared a terrorist organization, and of fabricating footage to undermine Egypt's national security and make it appear the country was facing civil war. (AP Photo/Heba Elkholy, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUTCAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three Al-Jazeera journalists and sentenced them to seven years in prison on terrorism-related charges after a trial dismissed by rights groups as a politically motivated sham. The verdict brought a landslide of international condemnation and calls for the newly elected president to intervene.

Yahoo grabs for Android smartphone homescreen

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:23 PM PDT

Yahoo ramped up its move to mobile, grabbing for Android smartphone home screens with an Aviate application tuned to where people areYahoo on Monday ramped up its move to mobile, grabbing for Android smartphone home screens with an Aviate application tuned to where people are. Yahoo bought Aviate early this year in a deal reported to be valued about $80 million dollars and the software was subsequently honed with a test group. An English language version of Aviate for smartphones powered by Google-backed Android software made its global debut on Monday. "We created Aviate to connect you with the information you need at the moment it's useful," Aviate founder and Yahoo product manager Mark Daiss said in a Tumblr post.

Venus Williams hungry for more Wimbledon titles

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:21 PM PDT

US player Venus Williams returns against Spain's Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor during their women's singles first round match on day one of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, on June 23, 2014Five-time champion Venus Williams said she was hungry to add to her Wimbledon trophy haul as she started her 2014 campaign with a three-set win on Monday. Besides her five singles titles at the All England Club, she has five more from playing the ladies' doubles with her younger sister Serena -- and is keen to increase her Wimbledon trophy collection. The Williams sisters won the London 2012 Olympics doubles, which was held at the All England Club.

1942 Oscar to be auctioned in Rhode Island

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:19 PM PDT

This undated photo released by Briarbrook Auctions shows an Academy Award Oscar statue awarded for color art direction in 1942 to Joseph C. Wright for his work on EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — Movie buffs have a chance to buy their own Academy Award in a rare auction of an Oscar statuette.

Husband of slain Iraqi woman sentenced in US

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:18 PM PDT

EL CAJON, California (AP) — A California judge has sentenced an Iraqi immigrant to 26 years-to-life in prison for his wife's fatal beating, which initially drew international condemnation when authorities believed it was a hate crime.

City tells app to stop auctions of parking spaces

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, a cable car passes a parking meter near San Francisco's financial district. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Monday, June 23, 2014 issued a cease-and-desist demand to a mobile app called Monkey Parking, which allows people to auction off public parking spaces that they're using to other nearby drivers. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's city attorney issued a cease-and-desist demand Monday to a mobile app called Monkey Parking, which allows people to auction off public parking spaces that they're using to other nearby drivers.

Holidays, lost business in Brazil WCup's lazy days

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:13 PM PDT

Soccer fans donning Brazil's national team colors wave as they ride past with a life-size cutout of soccer star Neymar, on the Copacabana beachfront in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Instead of commuting to work, Catia Santiago spent her Monday morning on the golden sands of Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach, soaking up the sunshine without a pang of guilt, thanks to the World Cup.

IRS head to face another flogging over lost emails

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:10 PM PDT

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 20, 2014, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS. The IRS asserts it can't produce emails from seven officials connected to the tea party investigation because of computer crashes, including the emails from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the investigation who has invoked her Fifth Amendment right at least nine times to avoid answering lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of a rare evening hearing, a House panel has asked IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to address a series of technical questions about the agency's email system and its policy for retaining official documents.

Rebels agree to abide by cease-fire in Ukraine

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:07 PM PDT

Former Ukrainian President Kuchma speaks next to OSCE Ambassador Tagliavini and Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Zurabov during a meeting with leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic in the city of DonetskDONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Insurgents promised Monday to honor a cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president and engage in more talks to help resolve the conflict that has left hundreds dead in eastern Ukraine.
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