Q&A: Next steps in the Benghazi case

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• Q&A: Next steps in the Benghazi case
• 'Transformers' dominates box office with $100M
• US farmers plant record soybean crop, less corn
• Obama taps business exec to oversee troubled VA
• Pension agency says plans for 1.5 million at risk
• Algeria and Germany 0-0 at halftime at World Cup
• Obama: I'll act on my own on immigration
• Ukrainian cease-fire expires, no extension yet
• Kitten travels 30 miles in engine compartment
• Iraq: Mortar shells hit near gate of Shiite shrine
• A year after 19 firefighters died, city remembers
• BNP pleads guilty in U.S. sanctions case, to pay $8.8 billion
• Stocks end mixed; S&P closes near all-time high
• Marine who said he was kidnapped returned to US
• Madonna donating to her hometown of Detroit
• Transgender officer fired in Connecticut
• U.S. jobs growth likely to be relatively strong in June
• Supreme Court clears ban on gay conversion therapy
• Obama condemns terror against teens in Mideast
• Boy's death draws attention to immigration perils
• No selfies of porch shooting victim at trial
• Springsteen to debut short film on website July 9
• Study: Plastic debris widespread on ocean surface
• UNC: NCAA to reopen probe into academic misconduct
• GM safety crisis grows as recalls mount
• S&P 500 posts its sixth straight quarterly gain
• Mourners pay respects to Sen. Howard Baker Jr.
• BRAZIL BEAT: Neymar may not go for gold cleats
• US man jailed for planning Al-Qaeda training
• UK TV host Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assault
• Machado's bat-tossing ban stands
• Utah man sent to jail for fight over church seats
• Israeli military finds bodies of kidnapped teens
• A violent weekend in NYC: At least 21 people shot
• Bryan Cranston leaves 'All the Way' on a new high
• Murray in Wimbledon quarters for 7th straight year
• GM recalls 7.6 mn more US cars after crashes, deaths
• GM recalls 8.2 million cars for ignition switches
• IBM's Watson app whips up Big Data in the kitchen
• Body found in Texas near border was Guatemalan boy

Q&A: Next steps in the Benghazi case Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In the court of public opinion, the 2012 Benghazi attack has been contentious. In the court of law, it's going to be a grind.

'Transformers' dominates box office with $100M Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:54 PM PDT The "Transformers" film franchise is far from extinct.

US farmers plant record soybean crop, less corn Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:52 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The nation's farmers planted the largest soybean crop on record this year by devoting millions of acres of land to the crop that had been used for growing corn, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday.

Obama taps business exec to oversee troubled VA Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:49 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated former Procter & Gamble executive Robert McDonald to lead the troubled Veterans Affairs Department as it attempts to confront reports of lengthy waiting times and mismanagement.

Pension agency says plans for 1.5 million at risk Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite an improving U.S. economy, retirement plans covering roughly 1.5 million workers are severely underfunded, threatening benefit cuts for current and future retirees, a federal watchdog agency warned Monday.

Algeria and Germany 0-0 at halftime at World Cup Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:47 PM PDT PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — A chaotic Germany was fortunate to hold an attacking Algeria to 0-0 Monday at halftime in the second round of the World Cup.

Obama: I'll act on my own on immigration Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:46 PM PDT In the face of an unyielding Congress, President Barack Obama said Monday he will no longer wait for Republicans to act on immigration and will move on his own to make policy changes in what has been a top second-term priority of his presidency.

Ukrainian cease-fire expires, no extension yet Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:45 PM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The fragile, 10-day cease-fire in eastern Ukraine expired Monday night with no immediate word from the country's president on whether he would extend it, and no sign that the pro-Moscow separatists had met his demands to ease the violence.

Kitten travels 30 miles in engine compartment Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:45 PM PDT SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area man had an unexpected passenger in his car during the 30-mile trip to his parents' house: a small, stray kitten that had somehow found a place to ride in the engine compartment.

Iraq: Mortar shells hit near gate of Shiite shrine Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:44 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say three mortars have landed near the gate of a much-revered Shiite shrine in the city of Samarra, wounding at least nine people.

A year after 19 firefighters died, city remembers Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:44 PM PDT PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — This Arizona city is marking the first anniversary of the deaths of 19 wildland firefighters with a series of tributes and remembrances that will include a ceremony featuring a bell-ringing and reading of the names of the Granite Mountain Hotshots.

BNP pleads guilty in U.S. sanctions case, to pay $8.8 billion Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:43 PM PDT By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - BNP Paribas on Monday pleaded guilty to two criminal charges and agreed to pay $8.83 billion in a broad agreement with U.S. authorities over charges the French bank violated U.S. sanctions laws. A lawyer for BNP briefly appeared in New York state court on Monday and pleaded guilty to one count of falsifying business records and one count of conspiracy. Assistant District Attorney Ted Starishevsky said the bank engaged in a "long-term, multi-jurisdictional conspiracy" to violate sanctions laws by facilitating transactions involving Sudan, Cuba, and Iran. "This conduct, this conspiracy was known and condoned at the highest levels of BNP," Starishevsky said.

Stocks end mixed; S&P closes near all-time high Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:43 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market closed out the second quarter regaining its upward momentum as investors were encouraged by an improving economy.

Marine who said he was kidnapped returned to US Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:42 PM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun disappeared from his unit in Iraq nearly a decade ago under mysterious circumstances. A week later, a photo of a blindfolded Hassoun with a sword poised above his head turned up on Al-Jazeera television. There was even a claim that he was beheaded.

Madonna donating to her hometown of Detroit Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:40 PM PDT DETROIT (AP) — Madonna, who was "inspired" during a recent visit to Detroit, is donating money toward the construction of a new youth boxing gym and buying iPods, iPads and other supplies for students at a charter school in her hometown, according to a news release issued by the music icon's publicist Monday.

Transgender officer fired in Connecticut Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:39 PM PDT HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When Francesca Quaranta told her fellow police officers in 2012 that she was transgender, she said it began a long and harsh career decline that included discrimination and harassment and culminated with her firing last week.

U.S. jobs growth likely to be relatively strong in June Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:37 PM PDT By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers likely maintained a fairly healthy pace of hiring in June, consistent with data that have suggested a sharp economic contraction in the first-quarter was an aberration. Nonfarm payrolls probably increased 212,000, marking the fifth consecutive month of job gains above 200,000, according to a Reuters poll of economists. "The economy is certainly headed in the right direction," said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New York. "While the momentum in the labor market has shifted modestly lower from the last two months, it's still quite strong." The economy, which has regained the 8.7 million jobs lost during the recent recession, buckled under the weight of an unusually cold weather in the first quarter, with GDP contracting at a 2.9 percent annual pace.

Supreme Court clears ban on gay conversion therapy Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:36 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for enforcement of a first-of-its-kind California law that bars psychological counseling aimed at turning gay minors straight.

Obama condemns terror against teens in Mideast Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is condemning what he calls a "senseless act of terror against innocent youth" in the Mideast and offering U.S. help to find those who killed three teenagers.

Boy's death draws attention to immigration perils Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:32 PM PDT EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — When authorities found the body of an 11-year-old boy in South Texas, a phone number for his brother in Chicago was scribbled on the inside of his belt buckle.

No selfies of porch shooting victim at trial Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:31 PM PDT DETROIT (AP) — Jurors in the upcoming trial of a Detroit-area man who shot a young, drunken woman on his porch won't see selfies of the victim with a gun, marijuana and cash, a judge said Monday in another defeat for the defense.

Springsteen to debut short film on website July 9 Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:31 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen will debut a short film on his website July 9.

Study: Plastic debris widespread on ocean surface Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:29 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Plastic junk is floating widely on the world's oceans, but there's less of it than expected, a study says.

UNC: NCAA to reopen probe into academic misconduct Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:27 PM PDT North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham said Monday that NCAA investigators will take another look into academic misconduct at the school.

GM safety crisis grows as recalls mount Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:21 PM PDT DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' safety crisis worsened on Monday when the automaker added 8.2 million vehicles to its ballooning list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches.

S&P 500 posts its sixth straight quarterly gain Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:16 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are closing out another strong quarter, giving the Standard & Poor's 500 index its sixth straight quarterly gain.

Mourners pay respects to Sen. Howard Baker Jr. Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:14 PM PDT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mourners on Monday paid their respects to former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. at the University of Tennessee center in that bears his name.

BRAZIL BEAT: Neymar may not go for gold cleats Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:10 PM PDT TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — Neymar is having doubts about what to wear to his World Cup matches.

US man jailed for planning Al-Qaeda training Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:59 PM PDT A US man was jailed for 13 years Monday for planning to travel to Pakistan to give weapons training to Al-Qaeda fighters, after spending time fighting in Syria, prosecutors said. Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen, 25, pleaded guilty late last year to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Nguyen, based outside Los Angeles and also known as Hasan Abu Omar Ghannoum, admitted that in late 2012 he traveled to Syria, where he joined forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad. After returning to the United States, Nguyen said he had offered to train Al-Qaeda forces in Syria, but had been turned down.

UK TV host Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assault Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:55 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Television entertainer Rolf Harris, known to generations of children in Britain and Australia for his friendly screen presence, was found guilty Monday of a string of indecent assaults on young girls that took place from the '60s to the '80s.

Machado's bat-tossing ban stands Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:50 PM PDT Major League Baseball on Monday upheld the five-game suspension of Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado for a bat-tossing incident that sparked a brawl. The Orioles said Machado would begin serving the ban on Monday, when they host the Texas Rangers. Machado was sanctioned after flinging his bat down the third base line as he swung and missed on a pitch from Oakland pitcher Fernando Abad in June 8 game. Machado, 21, insisted the bat slipped out of his hands, but his action sparked a bench-clearing brawl and resulted in ejections for both Machado and Abad, who nearly hit Machado with the previous pitch.

Utah man sent to jail for fight over church seats Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:50 PM PDT OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A 52-year-old man accused of punching another man and hitting him with his car in a dispute over pew space in Utah has been ordered to spend 30 days in jail.

Israeli military finds bodies of kidnapped teens Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:48 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers on Monday, just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by Hamas militants. The grisly discovery culminated a feverish search that led to Israel's largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade and raised fears of renewed fighting with Hamas.

A violent weekend in NYC: At least 21 people shot Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:43 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say at least 21 people were shot across New York City over the weekend. Four victims died.

Bryan Cranston leaves 'All the Way' on a new high Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:42 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Bryan Cranston left Broadway with a Tony Award and a new record.

Murray in Wimbledon quarters for 7th straight year Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:38 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Without the loss of a set so far, Andy Murray is back in familiar territory at Wimbledon.

GM recalls 7.6 mn more US cars after crashes, deaths Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:35 PM PDT General Motors Monday announced another massive auto recall, calling back 8.4 million vehicles -- 7.6 million of them in the US -- following seven crashes and three fatalities. GM, reeling over an ignition-switch recall scandal linked to at least 13 deaths, said that while there were three fatalities related to fatal crashes of older cars being recalled for ignition issues, there is "no conclusive evidence" the defect caused the incidents. GM said the three fatal crashes occurred in older model full-size sedans with that problem, but the company did not provide further details.

GM recalls 8.2 million cars for ignition switches Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:32 PM PDT DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' safety crisis worsened on Monday when the automaker added 8.2 million vehicles to its huge list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches.

IBM's Watson app whips up Big Data in the kitchen Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:32 PM PDT Putting a chef's hat on its Watson supercomputer, IBM and the magazine Bon Appetit unveiled a new initiative Monday that seeks to use Big Data for gastronomy. A new app unveiled in test version called "Chef Watson with Bon Appetit" aims at helping cooks "draw on Watson's advanced cognitive capabilities to create entirely new recipes and gastronomic combinations that have previously never been conceived," IBM said. The kitchen becomes the new proving ground for Watson, which has been working on fighting cancer and other medical applications, after a successful challenge on the TV game show "Jeopardy." The new app is part of the Chef Watson program introduced this year by IBM and the Institute of Culinary Education.

Body found in Texas near border was Guatemalan boy Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:30 PM PDT EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — South Texas sheriff's officials say a body found this month in brush near the border apparently was an 11-year-old unaccompanied immigrant from Guatemala.

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