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2 police officers tied to KKK in Florida

2 police officers tied to KKK in Florida

2 police officers tied to KKK in Florida

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:03 PM PDT

FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) — A city official says two police officers in Florida are no longer with the department after a law enforcement report tied them to the Ku Klux Klan.

Gore, Kennedy clan at Tenn. funeral for press icon

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:02 PM PDT

Former Vice President Al Gore, third from right, and former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, left, attend the funeral for John Seigenthaler on Monday, July 14, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Seigenthaler, a journalist who edited The Tennessean newspaper, helped shape USA Today and worked for civil rights during the John F. Kennedy administration, died July 11. He was 86. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore and members of the Kennedy family joined hundreds of other mourners Monday for the funeral of renowned journalist and press freedom champion John Seigenthaler, whose career spanned the civil rights struggle in the South and contemporary battles for media openness in the digital age.

Residents returning after evacuation due to odor

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:02 PM PDT

Kourtnay Loughin waits with neighbors for her home to be tested by officials for an odor that begun a voluntary evacuation, Monday, July 14, 2014, in Skippack, Pa. Residents of 150 suburban Philadelphia homes are being allowed to return as their houses are tested after a voluntary evacuation overnight due to a mysterious odor. Officials are awaiting lab results to try to identify the substance responsible for Sunday evening's problem in the neighborhood in Skippack. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)SKIPPACK, Pa. (AP) — Residents of about 150 homes in suburban Philadelphia began returning to their neighborhood Monday after a mysterious odor prompted a voluntary evacuation.

Mayor lashes out over memorial for cop-killer

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:02 PM PDT

This is an undated photo of Lawrence Campbell provided by the New Jersey Department of Corrections. Campbell allegedly shot Jersey City police officer Melvin Santiago, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Campbell was then killed by police gunfire. (AP Photo/New Jersey Department of Corrections)A New Jersey mayor is lashing out at residents who are memorializing a man who killed a police officer over the weekend.

VW to build new SUV in Tennessee, add 2,000 jobs

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 12, 2013, photo, employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., work on the assembly of a Passat sedan. Volkswagen on Monday, July 14, 2014 said it will build a new seven-passenger SUV at the Chattanooga factory, adding about 2,000 jobs. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen plans to build a new seven-passenger SUV at its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, adding about 2,000 factory jobs as it tries to reverse U.S. sales that have fallen for the past two years.

Gatlin extends unbeaten streak in 100 meters

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:55 PM PDT

LINZ, Austria (AP) — Justin Gatlin stretched his season's unbeaten streak in the 100 meters to 10 races by trashing the 20-year-old best mark of the Gugl Games on Monday.

Obama to press for action on transportation funds

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:54 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressing Congress to make a long-term commitment to keep highway and transit aid flowing to states, but lawmakers appear headed for a short-term patch to sustain projects through next May.

Egypt proposes that Israelis-Hamas cease-fire

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:50 PM PDT

Palestinians drive past a building destroyed by an Israeli strike on Friday, in Gaza City, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Thousands of Palestinian residents of the northern Gaza Strip fled their homes on Sunday and sought safety in U.N. shelters, heeding warnings from the Israeli military about impending plans to bomb the area in the sixth day of an offensive against Hamas that has killed more than 160 people. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is proposing a temporary cease-fire as a first step in ending the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has left more than 175 people dead.

College Football Playoff's trophy is golden

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:48 PM PDT

College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock poses with he College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy, Monday, July 14, 2014, in Irving, Texas. A rising gold football-shaped trophy will be the prize for the national champion in the new College Football Playoff. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)IRVING, Texas (AP) — A rising gold football-shaped trophy will be the prize for the national champion in the new College Football Playoff.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl returned to regular Army duty

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A senior defense official says Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who spent nearly five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, has been returned to regular Army duty. As of Monday he is assigned to U.S. Army North at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas. That is the same location where he has been decompressing from the effects of his lengthy captivity. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has given Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl a desk job, ending the formal phase of his transition from Taliban prisoner to not-quite-ordinary soldier, and setting the stage for Army investigators to question the Idaho native about his disappearance that led to five years in captivity.

Japan, US admirals say naval cooperation deepening

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:46 PM PDT

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Top U.S. and Japanese admirals say U.S-Japan naval cooperation is deepening as they meet on the sidelines of the world's largest maritime exercises.

After appeal, jail in NYC Dead Sea Scrolls case

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2010 file photo, Raphael Golb enters a courtroom in New York. Golb, who was convicted in 2010 of using digital-age tools to impersonate and malign his father's academic rivals on the ancient subject of the Dead Sea Scrolls, was sentenced on Monday, July 14, 2014, to two months in jail. Golb had been sentenced in 2010 to six months in jail but was free on bail during his appeal.(AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)NEW YORK (AP) — A man convicted of using digital-age tools to impersonate and malign his father's academic rivals on the ancient subject of the Dead Sea Scrolls was sentenced Monday to two months in jail after the state's highest court tossed out some of his convictions — and with them a widely used harassment law.

U.N. pulls staff out of Libya as clashes kill 13, close airports

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:46 PM PDT

By Ayman Al-Warfalli and Feras Bosalum BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI Libya (Reuters) - The United Nations on Monday pulled its staff out of Libya where at least 13 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern city of Benghazi and in Tripoli, forcing the closure of the international airport. Security and medical sources said at least six people were killed and 25 wounded in Benghazi in heavy fighting between security forces and rival militias since late Sunday. Militias also clashed in the capital Tripoli on Sunday, killing at least seven people, shutting the main airport and air control centre and effectively leaving Libya with no international flights.

Second probe details more CDC anthrax lab problems

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:45 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A second investigation found more safety problems at federal health laboratories in Atlanta, including the use of expired disinfectants and the transfer of dangerous germs in Ziploc bags.

Giant African snails seized at Los Angeles airport

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:43 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showing one of the snails from an air cargo shipment of 67 live snails that arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on July 1, 2014. Officials said that the 35 pounds of snails arrived from Nigeria along with paperwork stating they were for human consumption. Officials say the snails were intercepted and were subsequently identified after a sample was sent to U.S. Department of Agriculture specialists in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/USDA, Greg Bartman)LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border protection inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized 67 live giant African snails meant for human consumption.

From Brazil to Russia: A look at 2018 World Cup

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:43 PM PDT

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, center, and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, watch the opening ceremony of the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)MOSCOW (AP) — Brazil just barely managed to get everything ready in time for the World Cup. Russia insists it won't have any such problems in 2018, although the country faces other issues ahead of football's next showcase tournament — including the threat of racism and violence.

Afghan candidate tells AP vote deal will work

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:41 PM PDT

Afghan presidential candidate and former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 14, 2014. Ahmadzai said that a U.S.-brokered deal for a full ballot audit pulled the country back from the brink and put government legitimacy back on track. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One of two contestants in Afghanistan's deadlocked presidential election told The Associated Press on Monday that a U.S.-brokered deal for a full ballot audit pulled the country back from the brink and put government legitimacy back on track.

Bundy son facing arrest in separate criminal case

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:38 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The adult son of a Nevada rancher who hosted armed protesters against federal agents in a cattle roundup dispute in April acknowledged Monday that he faces arrest in a separate criminal case stemming from his felony conviction on burglary and weapon charges.

US companies look overseas for tax bill relief

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:37 PM PDT

This June 4, 2014 photo shows a Walgreens retail store in Boston. Walgreen Co. _ which bills itself as A growing number of U.S. companies are looking to trim their tax bills by combining operations with foreign businesses in a trend that may eventually cost the federal government billions of dollars in revenue.

Watson watching Woods closely for Ryder Cup team

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:36 PM PDT

Tom Watson of the US watches a shot off the 7th tee during a practice round at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club prior to the start of the British Open Golf Championship, in Hoylake, England, Monday, July 14, 2014. The 2014 Open Championship starts on Thursday, July 17. (AP Photo/Jon Super)HOYLAKE, England (AP) — U.S. captain Tom Watson had been looking forward to seeing Tiger Woods at the British Open to "tell him my feelings about him direct" about the Ryder Cup.

Lightning survivor has no memory of deadly strike

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:35 PM PDT

A storm gathers over Rocky Mountain National Park just west of Estes Park, Colo., Monday, July 14, 2014. Two fatal lightning strikes on consecutive days the previous weekend pinpoint dangers not always apparent to visitors to the 11,000-foot exposed high country of the park. Afternoon storms visible miles away arrive overhead suddenly. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)DENVER (AP) — Justin Teilhet doesn't remember hearing a boom or feeling a sting, just waking up numb on the treeless tundra high in Rocky Mountain National Park and discovering his good friend was trying to revive his wife.

Atlantic City casino revenue, minus closure, rises

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:35 PM PDT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Like a ship struggling to right itself in a roiling sea, Atlantic City's casinos are trying mightily to find balance amid a rapidly contracting and constantly changing gambling market.

Two Australians gored in final Pamplona bull run

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:34 PM PDT

A participant is hurled up against a barrier by a Miura bull after being gored in the thigh during the last bull run of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 14, 2014Two Australians and a Spaniard were gored Monday in the final and longest bull run of this year's San Fermin festival as it wound up in Spain's northern city of Pamplona. Another four people were hospitalised for other injuries picked up as runners dressed in traditional white clothing and red scarves tripped over each other and fell as they opened a path for six half-tonne fighting bulls and six steers.

Producer says filming in Jerusalem 'exhilarating'

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:32 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 3, 2011 file photo shows executive producer Tim Kring during the 27th MIPCOM (International Film and Programme Market for Tv, Video,Cable and Satellite) in Cannes, southeastern France. Kring is the producer of the new series "Dig," a six-episode thriller set in Jerusalem and airing on USA network this fall. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — "Dig" will arrive this fall on USA as a six-episode thriller set in Jerusalem, starring Jason Isaacs as an FBI agent and Anne Heche as head of the local FBI office.

Church of England votes in favor of women bishops

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:30 PM PDT

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, second right, and unidentified members of the clergy, arrive for the General Synod meeting, at The University of York, in York England, Monday July 14, 2014. The Church of England is set to vote on whether women should be allowed to enter its top ranks as bishops. The Church's national assembly, known as the General Synod, is meeting in York, northern England, where it will debate the issue ahead of a vote Monday. (AP Photo/PA, Lynne Cameron) UNITED KINGDOM OUTLONDON (AP) — The Church of England voted Monday to allow women to enter its top ranks as bishops after years of bitter debates which at times threatened the stature of the state church in British society.

APNewsBreak: Missing pregnant woman's ex indicted

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:27 PM PDT

HONOLULU (AP) — The ex-boyfriend of a Maui woman who was five months pregnant when she disappeared in February has been indicted on charges of killing her and torching her SUV to cover up the crime.

Kerry says had good talks with Iran's Zarif, EU's Ashton

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:27 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry leaves a meeting at a hotel in ViennaU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he had a good meeting with his Iranian counterpart and a senior European Union official over Tehran's nuclear programme ahead of a July 20 deadline for an agreement. It was a good meeting," he told reporters after the two-hour session with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. The West fears it may be aimed at developing nuclear weapons capability. A senior U.S. State Department official said Kerry, Ashton - who is coordinating discussions with Iran on behalf of six world powers, including the United States - and Zarif had a "lengthy and productive meeting", but that more work was required.

Jeb Bush nods to Brown in New Hampshire Senate run

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:26 PM PDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has made a foray into New Hampshire politics, supporting Republican Scott Brown in his campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Citigroup to pay $7B in subprime mortgages probe

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - This Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, shows a Citi Bank sign in Chicago. Citigroup will pay $7 billion to settle an investigation into risky subprime mortgages, the type that helped fuel the financial crisis. The agreement announced Monday, July 14, 2014, comes weeks after talks between the sides broke down, prompting the government to warn that it would sue the New York investment bank. The settlement stems from the sale of securities made up of subprime mortgages, which fueled both the housing boom and bust that triggered the Great Recession at the end of 2007. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Citigroup agreed Monday to pay $7 billion to settle a federal investigation into its handling of risky subprime mortgages, admitting to a pattern of deception that Attorney General Eric Holder said "shattered lives" and contributed to the worst financial crisis in decades.

Pakistani teen seeks release of Nigerian girls

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:25 PM PDT

Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, left, shakes hands with Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, right, at the Presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, July 14, 2014. Yousafzai on Monday won a promise from Nigeria's leader to meet with the parents of some of the 219 schoolgirls held by Islamic extremists for three months. Malala celebrated her 17th birthday on Monday in Nigeria with promises to work for the release of the girls from the Boko Haram movement. (AP Photo)ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Pakistani teen who survived a Taliban assassination attempt in 2012 marked her 17th birthday Monday with a visit to Nigeria and urged Islamic extremists to free the 219 schoolgirls who were kidnapped there, calling them her "sisters."

Top SMU recruit Mudiay to purse pro opportunities

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:20 PM PDT

DALLAS (AP) — Prized SMU recruit Emmanuel Mudiay will pursue professional basketball opportunities overseas instead of playing for the Mustangs.

Exclusive: Iran nuclear negotiators under pressure after leader's speech

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:18 PM PDT

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks live on television after casting his ballot in the Iranian presidential election in TehranBy Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi VIENNA (Reuters) - A major speech by Iran's Supreme Leader has limited the ability of the Iranian delegation at high-level nuclear talks to make concessions with six world powers and this could scuttle chances for Tehran to reach an accord to end sanctions, diplomats said. In a public address filled with technical detail, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said last week Iran needs to significantly increase its uranium enrichment capacity, clashing with the powers' push for it to be reduced to minimise the risk of nuclear bombmaking, as July 20 deadline for a deal nears. The talks with the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China are aimed at a long-term accord on Iran curbing its nuclear energy programme in exchange for a gradual end of sanctions that have crippled the OPEC member's economy. In his speech, which analysts compared in importance to a State of the Union address by a U.S. president, Khamenei said he had faith in his negotiating team led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputy, Abbas Araqchi.

Emerging nations plan their own World Bank, IMF

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, from left, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff gestures to then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, China's President Xi Jinping and South African President Jacob Zuma, as they gather for a group photo after a BRICS leaders' meeting at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. In another sign of the shifting balance of power in the world economy, emerging market powers Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are launching a $100 billion development bank to challenge the U.S.-dominated World Bank and help finance $4.5 trillion worth of infrastructure projects. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Fed up with U.S. dominance of the global financial system, five emerging market powers this week will launch their own versions of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Bull gores Alaska rodeo promoter at his own event

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:12 PM PDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rodeo cowboy Frank Koloski has been gored before, but never at an event he sponsored.

Super PAC fills void as Iowa GOP's Ernst on duty

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2014 file photo Iowa Republican Senate hopeful Joni Ernst speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. The conservative fundraising group American Crossroads, backed by GOP strategist Karl Rove, said Monday, July 14, 2014 it is filling in Ernst while she participates in Iowa National Guard training for two weeks. A spokesman said that the group is spending $415,000 on a statewide 30-second television ad that begins Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Conservative fundraising group American Crossroads is filling in for Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Joni Ernst while she participates in Iowa National Guard training for two weeks.

Haslam-owned truck-stop chain to pay $92M fine

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:05 PM PDT

File- This May 29, 2013, file photo shows Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam during a news conference in Cleveland. Authorities say the truck-stop company owned by Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has agreed to pay $92 million in fines for cheating customers out of promised rebates and discounts. The agreement was signed by attorneys for the nation's largest diesel retailer Friday. The agreement does not protect any individual at Pilot from prosecution and requires the company to cooperate with an ongoing investigation of current and former employees. Haslam has said he was unaware of the scheme. Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam is not involved in Pilot's day-to-day operations. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say the truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has agreed to pay $92 million in fines for cheating customers out of promised rebates and discounts.

Back to reality for Brazil after World Cup blues

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:05 PM PDT

Fireworks are launced over the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after Germany won the FIFA World Cup 2014 on July 13, 2014Brasília (AFP) - Its World Cup is over, the national team was humiliated and now it's back to harsh reality for Brazil: A slowing economy and presidential elections in October. Brazil had hoped to land a record-extending sixth title in front of home fans. Instead, it was forced to cheer for Germany to defeat rival Argentina in the final -- despite the Selecao's 7-1 defeat to the Europeans in the semi-finals. While Brazilians were bitterly disappointed by their team's fourth-place finish, observers concluded that the World Cup had been a success on and off the pitch, with a flood of goals and no major incidents or large protests.

ECB's Draghi: Strong euro is risk for recovery

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:05 PM PDT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says that a stronger euro would present "a risk to the sustainability of the recovery" in the 18 countries that use the shared currency.

Hernandez vs Wainwright in All-Star game

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:01 PM PDT

This combination made from file photos shows Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez, left, and St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright. Hernandez will start Tuesday night's All-Star game for the American League and Wainwright will open for the National League. (AP Photo)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seattle's Felix Hernandez will start Tuesday night's All-Star game for the American League and Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals will open for the National League.

Facing deadline, US and Iran press nuclear talks

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, foreground, holds a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry background right, on the second straight day of talks, in Vienna, Austria, Monday July 14, 2014. Secretary of State John Kerry continued in-depth discussions Monday with Iran's top diplomat in a bid to advance faltering nuclear negotiations, with a deadline just days away for a comprehensive agreement. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)VIENNA (AP) — The top U.S. and Iranian diplomats searched Monday for a breakthrough in nuclear talks, their efforts complicated by crises across the Middle East and beyond that have Washington and Tehran aligned in some places but often opposed.
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