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Brazilians celebrate after World Cup scare

Brazilians celebrate after World Cup scare

Brazilians celebrate after World Cup scare

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 01:05 PM PDT

Fans of Brazil react during the FIFA World Cup match against Chile, at the Fan Fest in Rio de Janeiro on June 28, 2014Brazilian fans celebrated with fireworks and breathed a huge collective sigh of relief Saturday after their team narrowly escaped an embarrassing World Cup exit. Brazilians watching in their homes, bars and on giant screens exploded with joy after the Selecao won a heart-stopping penalty shootout against Chile in the tournament's first knock-out game. They shouted "Brazil! Brazil!" from their apartment and car windows, blowing on plastic vuvuzela horns and setting off fireworks. I was expecting more from Brazil," said Sergio Paulo, 35, a professor who was among thousands of people watching the game at an official "fan fest" screening in downtown Sao Paulo.

3rd sex abuse lawsuit by ex-child model dropped

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 01:05 PM PDT

HONOLULU (AP) — A former aspiring model who accused several Hollywood figures of sexually abusing him as a child dropped a third lawsuit on Saturday, leaving only one suit open against "X-Men" franchise director Bryan Singer.

Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty before judge

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 01:02 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file image obtained from Facebook shows Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, who was captured by U.S. special forces on Sunday, June 15, 2014, on the outskirts of Benghazi. Khattala, charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks, is in U.S. custody amid tight security at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Khattala faces criminal charges in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. (AP Photo, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Libyan militant charged in the Benghazi attacks has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy.

Brazil beats Chile in shootout at World Cup

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 01:02 PM PDT

Brazil's Neymar fights for the ball with Chile's Francisco Silva during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and Chile at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Brazil advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday with a 3-2 shootout win over Chile following a tense and thrilling battle that ended 1-1 after extra time.

GM crash victim payment plan won't have limit

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:50 PM PDT

DETROIT (AP) — When Kenneth Feinberg announces the terms of General Motors' plan to pay victims of crashes caused by bad ignition switches, he'll have an open wallet.

Serena crashes at soggy Wimbledon in nine-year low

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:49 PM PDT

US player Serena Williams serves to France's Alize Cornet during their women's singles third round match in Wimbledon, on June 28, 2014World number one and five-time champion Serena Williams crashed to her earliest defeat at Wimbledon for nine years on Saturday while Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova sailed smoothly through. Williams, the top seed, lost her third round tie to French 25th seed Alize Cornet 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a Court One clash which had been held up for over four hours because of torrential rain which saw 45 matches wiped off the schedule. It was her earliest exit from the All England Club since 2005 when she lost to fellow American Jill Craybas at the same stage. Cornet, 24, goes on to face Canadian 13th seed Eugenie Bouchard on Monday in what will be her first appearance in the second week of Wimbledon at the eighth attempt and only her second career fourth round appearance at a Grand Slam.

Iraq forces launch push for insurgent-held city

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:47 PM PDT

Iraqi federal policemen patrol in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb, Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit, one of two major urban centers they seized in recent weeks in a dramatic blitz across the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government launched its biggest push yet to wrest back ground lost to Sunni militants, as soldiers backed by tanks and helicopter gunships began an offensive Saturday to retake the northern city of Tikrit.

Libyan militant in Benghazi attacks pleads not guilty in brief, first court appearance

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:46 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Libyan militant in Benghazi attacks pleads not guilty in brief, first court appearance .

Wade tells Heat he will become free agent

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:46 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade has said he wants to stay with the Miami Heat. Apparently, that means he has to technically leave first.

BRAZIL BEAT: How to watch Brazil-Chile at work

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:37 PM PDT

Fans of Brazil react as they watch the Brazil vs Chile soccer match on TV during the 2014 World Cup on a sidewalk at the Copacabana area, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Security staff at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife were faced with a terrible reality: They were working while Brazil was playing at the World Cup.

Serena Williams loses in 3rd round at Wimbledon

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:37 PM PDT

Serena Williams of U.S. plays a return to Alize Cornet of France during their women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)LONDON (AP) — All of a sudden, Serena Williams is failing to stick around for long at Grand Slam tournaments.

Pro-Russian rebels free 4 OSCE observers

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:36 PM PDT

An unidentified member of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine gets out of a vehicle next to Alexander Borodai, Prime Minister of the self proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic', left, on arrival in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Saturday, June 28, 2014. Four members of the mission were released by officials of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic after several weeks of captivity. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)MOSCOW (AP) — Pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday released a second team of observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, who had been held captive since the end of May, the organization said.

Underwater robot event ends at marine sanctuary

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:35 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center, students from Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, of Alexandria, Egypt, hold their remotely operated vehicle by the practice tank during the 13th Marine Advanced Technology Education Remotely Operated Vehicle International Competition at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Mich., Saturday, June 28, 2014. About 60 teams from 13 countries and 18 U.S. states participated in the event. (AP Photo/Marine Advanced Technology Education Center)ALPENA, Mich. (AP) — About 60 teams from 18 states and 13 countries have put underwater robots through their paces at the only federal freshwater marine sanctuary in the United States.

Ukraine rebels free OSCE monitors, three Ukrainians killed in attack

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:35 PM PDT

By Aleksandar Vasovic DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of four monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who had been seized on May 29, a Reuters witness said. Their release, which followed the freeing of another group of OSCE monitors early on Friday, came after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a 72-hour extension to a ceasefire until Monday night. They stepped out, shook hands with other waiting OSCE representatives and then went into the hotel. A first group of OSCE monitors, seized days earlier by pro-Russian separatists, were released in the early hours of Friday.

NASA launches Mars 'flying saucer' on Earth

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:33 PM PDT

This image provided by NASA shows the launch of the high-altitude balloon carrying a saucer-shaped vehicle for NASA, to test technology that could be used to land on Mars, Saturday June 28, 2014 in Kauai, Hawaii. Saturday's experimental flight high in Earth's atmosphere is testing a giant parachute designed to deliver heavier spacecraft and eventually astronauts. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — After several weather delays, NASA on Saturday launched a helium balloon carrying a saucer-shaped vehicle high in Earth's atmosphere to test technology that could be used to land on Mars.

US man rows across Atlantic, reaches Caribbean

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:19 PM PDT

In this Friday morning June 27, 2014 photo provided bt GC Media, Victor Mooney, 48, of Flushing, Queens, New York lays in his hospital bed after arriving in Saint-Martin Friday. Mooney set off Feb. 19 in a 24-foot boat from Maspolamas, Gran Canaria. His journey is being done in honor of a brother who died of AIDS in 1983. Mooney has tried the same feat three other times, without success. (AP Photo/GC Media)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three times, Victor Mooney tried to row across the Atlantic. Three times he failed. One boat sank. Another lost its freshwater system. A third sprang a leak and left him drifting on a life raft for two weeks. As he planned for a fourth attempt, his wife made it clear it would be the last.

Saturday court appearance set for Benghazi suspect

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:15 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file image obtained from Facebook shows Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, who was captured by U.S. special forces on Sunday, June 15, 2014, on the outskirts of Benghazi. Khattala, charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks, is in U.S. custody amid tight security at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Khattala faces criminal charges in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. (AP Photo, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Libyan militant accused of masterminding the deadly Benghazi attacks that have become a flashpoint in U.S. politics awaited his first court appearance Saturday amid heightened security at a federal courthouse.

BRAZIL BEAT: Iran asks for no flag on German beer

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:09 PM PDT

In this Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 photo, Iranian soccer players Mohammad Reza Bazaj, right, and Meysam Joudaki present the Iranian national soccer team's newly designed t-shirt for the upcoming Brazil 2014 World Cup, during a conference at a hotel in Tehran. Iran is conducting a campaign to rescue the Asiatic Cheetah which has disappeared across south and central asia except fewer than 100 remaining in Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)BERLIN (AP) — For Cologne's Gaffel brewery, it seemed like a good idea — incorporating the flags of the 32 nations participating in the World Cup onto the label of its Koelsch beer.

Serena stunned by Cornet at Wimbledon

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:54 AM PDT

US player Serena Williams returns to France's Alize Cornet during their women's singles third round match in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 28, 2014London (AFP) - Serena Williams crashed to her earliest exit at Wimbledon for nine years as the world number one suffered a shock 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 loss against French 24th seed Alize Cornet in the third round on Saturday.

American Apparel adopts stockholder rights plan

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:53 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — American Apparel has adopted a one-year shareholder rights plan a day after its ousted CEO and founder Dov Charney made a bid to increase his control of the clothing chain.

Gunmen kill four Egyptian soldiers in North Sinai: state media

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:47 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Gunmen killed four Egyptian soldiers belonging to the central security apparatus near Rafah in North Sinai on Saturday, state media reported. The gunmen forced the soldiers, who were returning from a holiday and dressed in civilian clothing, out of their vehicle and shot them before escaping, the state news agency MENA reported, citing security sources. (Reporting By Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Brazil and Chile head to penalties at 1-1

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:40 AM PDT

Brazil's David Luiz, left, and Fred celebrate after Brazil's opening goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and Chile at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Brazil and Chile are heading to a penalty shootout with the score even at 1-1 after extra time in the second round of the World Cup.

Bobby Womack, R&B singer-songwriter, dies at 70

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, musician Bobby Womack poses for a portrait to promote a new album, "The Bravest Man in the Universe." Womack, 70, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who impacted artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. Womack's publicist Sonya Kolowrat confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday, June 27, 2014, that the singer died but had no other details to provide. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, file)Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70.

Report: pro-Russian rebels free 4 OSCE observers

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:38 AM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media after his talks with his Fijian counterpart Inoke Kubuabola after their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 27, 2014.Lavrov welcomed the Ukrainian president's intention to extend a cease-fire in the east, but warned Ukraine against putting ultimatums to insurgents. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)MOSCOW (AP) — Pro-Russian insurgents released four European observers Saturday who they had held captive for weeks, the Interfax news agency reported.

Nadal recovers to win on a rainy day at Wimbledon

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:35 AM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a return to Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan during their men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)LONDON (AP) — It took Rafael Nadal a while to move past another slow start. Maria Sharapova turned her match around in a hurry, and Roger Federer had no such problem with his overwhelmed opponent.

From Morocco to Jakarta, Muslims mark Ramadan

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:34 AM PDT

A Palestinian vendors displays food, including pickled vegetables and olives, in preparation for Ramadan at a market in the West Bank city of Hebron, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Muslims throughout the world are preparing themselves for the holy month of Ramadan, when the observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)BEIRUT (AP) — Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the world's estimated 1.6 billion Muslims will mark the beginning of Ramadan this weekend. The holy season is marred by unprecedented turmoil, violence and sectarian hatreds that threaten to rip apart the Middle East, the epicenter of Islam.

Pelosi holds little hope for immigration reform

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:31 AM PDT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border that she holds little hope that Congress will pass comprehensive immigration reform this year.

2 buildings topple in India, killing at least 15

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:30 AM PDT

Rescue workers clear debris at the site of a building collapse in New Delhi, India, Saturday, June 28, 2014. A dilapidated building collapsed in the Indian capital on Saturday, killing at least seven people as rescuers searched for others believed to be trapped. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)NEW DELHI (AP) — A dilapidated building and another under construction collapsed in India on Saturday, killing at least 15 people as rescuers searched for dozens of others feared trapped, police and fire officials said.

Egypt violence kills 2 civilians, 4 conscripts

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:21 AM PDT

Egyptian police officers investigate the site of an explosion in 6 October city, a suburb southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Two homemade bombs placed in a government telecommunication building under construction on the outskirts of Cairo exploded Saturday, killing a girl and wounding her mother, the wife of the building's guard, an Egyptian security official said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)CAIRO (AP) — Militants in Egypt's northern Sinai shot and killed four conscripts returning from holidays to their duty station Saturday, hours after two homemade bombs killed a teenager and her mother in a construction site near Cairo, security officials said.

Four European monitors released by rebels in east Ukraine

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:16 AM PDT

Unidentified freed OSCE observers arrive at a hotel in Donetsk early on June 27, 2014The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Saturday that pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have released four of the group's monitors they had detained at the end of May. "We can confirm 4 members of our Donetsk-based team are now released after 32 days in captivity," the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine said on its Facebook page. Two groups of unarmed observers from the Vienna-based European security organisation -- totalling eight international monitors and a Ukrainian translator -- were detained at roadblocks three days apart in late May. Separatist leaders on Thursday freed the group they had detained on May 26 in the Donetsk region.

US takes gay rights global, despite unsure welcome

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:13 AM PDT

Participants of the Christopher Street Day parade through Berlin, Saturday June 21, 2014, with a float depicting the Statue of Liberty. The Obama administration has taken the U.S. gay rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world as outposts in a struggle that still hasn't been won at home. Sometimes U.S. advice and encouragement is condemned as unacceptable meddling. And sometimes it can seem to backfire, increasing the pressure on those it is meant to help.(AP Photo/dpa, Joerg Carstensen) GERMANY OUT AUSTRIA OUT SWITZERLAND OUTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Barack Obama has taken the U.S. gay rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world to promote a cause that still divides his own country.

BRAZIL BEAT: Get on the party bus in Recife

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:10 AM PDT

Brazil fans celebrate the first goal of their team during a live broadcast of the soccer World Cup match between Brazil and Chile, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — World Cup tourists using public buses in Recife are in for the ride of their lives.

Saturday court appearance for Benghazi suspect

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:09 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file image obtained from Facebook shows Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, who was captured by U.S. special forces on Sunday, June 15, 2014, on the outskirts of Benghazi. Khattala, charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks, is in U.S. custody amid tight security at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Khattala faces criminal charges in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. (AP Photo, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks faces his first court appearance Saturday amid tight security at the federal courthouse in Washington, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Buffalo takes Lemieux to open 2nd day of NHL draft

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:06 AM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With his family pedigree and stout resume, Brendan Lemieux was sure he was a first-round pick.

Benghazi attack 'ringleader' arrives in US

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:05 AM PDT

People rally in Washington on September 11, 2013, the one year anniversary of the attacks on the U.S. compound in BenghaziThe suspected ringleader of a deadly 2012 attack on the American consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi arrived in the United States on Saturday in the custody of US authorities. Four Americans including US ambassador Christopher Stevens were killed on September 11, 2012 when gunmen stormed the US consulate and set it on fire and a CIA outpost was also targeted, in an attack that shocked Washington and has become a highly charged political issue. "Ahmed Abu Khatallah arrived in the District of Columbia (Washington) this morning to face prosecution for his alleged role in the September 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya," Department of Justice spokesman William Miller said. The US State Department has identified Khatallah as a senior leader of Ansar al-Sharia, a Libyan Islamist group it brands a "terrorist" organization responsible for a spate of attacks and assassinations.

Aereo suspends service after Supreme Court ruling

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:03 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Online-streaming service Aereo Inc. is temporarily closing down its operation, three days after it was dealt an unfavorable ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Three Ukrainian military killed in rebel attack: spokesman

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:03 AM PDT

Three members of the Ukrainian military were killed on Saturday when pro-Russian separatists attacked their post near the eastern flashpoint city of Slaviansk with small arms and mortar fire, a military spokesman said. "As a result of the (rebel) fighters shooting at the post near Slaviansk, three members of the Ukrainian forces were killed and a fourth was wounded," the spokesman, Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky, was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. President Petro Poroshenko announced the extension on Friday night, partly at the urging of some European leaders, after returning to Kiev from a European Union summit in Brussels where he signed a landmark free trade pact.

Saudi deputy defense minister relieved of post

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:02 AM PDT

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah relieved the deputy defense minister of his post Saturday, barely six weeks after he was appointed.

US game seems made for Belgium's Hazard to shine

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 10:59 AM PDT

MOGI DAS CRUZES, Brazil (AP) — Belgium coach Marc Wilmots was sure about two things coming into the World Cup. One: a single action can turn a whole match and a whole campaign. Two: Eden Hazard can produce that single decisive action.

Egypt's army says 'virus cure' needs more tests

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 10:58 AM PDT

FILE - This file image made from undated video broadcast on Egyptian State Television on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 shows a device that the Egyptian army claims will detect and cure AIDS and Hepatitis. Egypt's military said Saturday, June 28, 2014 that devices it earlier claimed it invented to detect and cure AIDS and hepatitis C need six more months of testing. The army had earlier promised to reveal the technology to the public this coming Monday after making what experts dismissed as an outlandish claim last February. (AP Photo, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military said Saturday that a device it claimed it invented to cure AIDS and hepatitis C needs six more months of testing.
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