LeBron James returns to Cavs: 'I'm coming home'

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• LeBron James returns to Cavs: 'I'm coming home'
• Third Colorado county licenses gay couples to wed
• Lawmakers seek lower price for bill on vets' care
• Biden calls on governors to lead nation
• Martin takes 3-shot lead in Women's British Open
• US hails Japan easing of restrictions on military
• McIlroy slumps, 3 share lead at Scottish Open
• EU offers Russia talks but no delay to Ukraine trade deal
• LeBron move makes Cavs a betting favorite in Vegas
• US border effort sputters as migrants cross again
• Bus carrying Chinese tourists crashes in Wyoming
• Putin in Cuba to rekindle Latin America ties
• Polar vortex? Nope, just cooler Midwestern temps
• Morrison named AP's head of US video production
• Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
• The Return: Cleveland welcomes LeBron back
• Ex-chief of huge pension fund guilty of bribery
• 911 tapes depict response to collapse of vet
• Gaza militant group warns airlines it will target Israel's main airport
• White House: 2014 deficit to drop $100B
• NHTSA probes 500K Ford cars for steering issues
• Appeals court upholds EPA's mining restraints
• Kurds seize Iraq oilfields, ministers pull out of government
• Trentin heaps more misery on Sagan with Tour stage win
• Immigrant community rallies after fire kills 7
• Pivot teams with Stanley Tucci for new TV series
• US struggles to resolve Afghan election crisis
• Japan issues Fukushima tsunami advisory after strong quake
• World Cup online: Brazil's shock shatters records
• Ride-sharing Lyft blocked from New York City
• Texas shooting suspect collapses twice in court
• Commanders: Benghazi rescue hampered by info lack
• San Francisco parking spot app shuts down service
• Japan issues tsunami advisory after strong quake near Fukushima
• John Seigenthaler, Tennessee journalist, dies
• Second federal judge wants info on lost IRS emails
• US lab mixed up potent flu strain
• Billionaire trio unite for US immigration reform
• House chairman: $3.7 billion request 'too much'
• Portugal's PM tries to soothe investors; BES says can cover any losses

LeBron James returns to Cavs: 'I'm coming home' Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:47 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — If LeBron James was going to win another NBA title, heal broken hearts and continue building his legacy, he knew there was only one place to go.

Third Colorado county licenses gay couples to wed Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:47 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — A third Colorado county began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples Friday even though the legal fight is far from resolved in the state.

Lawmakers seek lower price for bill on vets' care Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Stung by sticker shock, members of Congress are scrambling to lower the cost of a bill to fix veterans' health care amid a growing uproar over long waits for appointments and falsification of records to cover up the delays at Veterans Affairs hospitals.

Biden calls on governors to lead nation Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:45 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is condemning the political gridlock crippling the federal government and calling on Republican and Democratic governors alike to lead the nation out of what he terms "this mess."

Martin takes 3-shot lead in Women's British Open Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:42 PM PDT SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Mo Martin had a plan for Royal Birkdale, and it's working better than she imagined at the Ricoh Women's British Open.

US hails Japan easing of restrictions on military Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has hailed as "historic" a Japanese government decision to loosen restrictions on its military.

McIlroy slumps, 3 share lead at Scottish Open Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:40 PM PDT ABERDEEN, Scotland (AP) — Rory McIlroy surrendered the lead at the Scottish Open with his latest second-round meltdown on Friday, leaving three players tied for first place on a day when brutal winds played havoc with the field.

EU offers Russia talks but no delay to Ukraine trade deal Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:39 PM PDT By Robin Emmott and Alissa de Carbonnel BRUSSELS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The European Union sought to reassure Russia on Friday that a free-trade pact with Ukraine was not aimed at hurting Moscow but rejected calls to postpone its implementation, offering more talks instead. In a historic shift away from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova last month signed political and free-trade agreements with the European Union that have been at the center of months of conflict and hundreds of deaths. Russia warned of "grave consequences" following the signing of the accords, which undermine Moscow's ability to create its own trade bloc with the former Soviet states, and has taken what Brussels says are retaliatory steps by blocking Moldovan wine and European meat exports.

LeBron move makes Cavs a betting favorite in Vegas Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:37 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — LeBron James says it will take time to turn the Cleveland Cavaliers into a championship team. Oddsmakers in this gambling city aren't so sure.

US border effort sputters as migrants cross again Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:37 PM PDT MEXICALI, Mexico (AP) — A U.S. effort to discourage immigrants' repeated attempts to enter the country illegally by dropping them back in Mexico hundreds of miles away from where they were caught has been sharply scaled back after producing relatively modest gains.

Bus carrying Chinese tourists crashes in Wyoming Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:36 PM PDT GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say a bus carrying mostly Chinese tourists flipped on its side on a busy highway in Grand Teton National Park, and eight people were hospitalized.

Putin in Cuba to rekindle Latin America ties Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:33 PM PDT President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's Cold War ally Cuba on Friday, launching a tour that will see him cozy up to Latin America amid newly frayed relations with the West. Putin's six-day trip will also take him to Argentina and Brazil, where he will take part in a summit of the BRICS group of emerging countries -- an agenda that neatly aligns with his push for a multi-polar world at a time when the Ukraine crisis has brought Moscow-Washington relations to a post-Cold War low.

Polar vortex? Nope, just cooler Midwestern temps Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:32 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Unseasonably cool temperatures will arrive next week in the Midwest and as far south as Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Morrison named AP's head of US video production Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has named Vaughn Morrison as its new head of US video production.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

The Return: Cleveland welcomes LeBron back Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:28 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James is coming back to Cleveland. Forget about all those fans who burned jerseys when he left — the city is ready to welcome its NBA superstar home.

Ex-chief of huge pension fund guilty of bribery Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:28 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The former head of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest public pension fund, pleaded guilty Friday to bribery and fraud.

911 tapes depict response to collapse of vet Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:26 PM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Emergency dispatch tapes released Friday reveal further details about efforts to revive a Vietnam veteran who collapsed with a heart attack in a Veterans Affairs hospital in Albuquerque.

Gaza militant group warns airlines it will target Israel's main airport Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:26 PM PDT Islamist Hamas's armed wing has warned airlines that it intends to target Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport with its rockets from Gaza and has told them not to fly there, a statement by the group said on Friday. The airport, Israel's main international aerial gateway, has been fully operational since Israel began an aerial offensive on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian militants intensified their cross-border rocket fire. International airlines have continued to fly in, despite now-daily rocket salvoes at Tel Aviv that either have been intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system or hit areas where they caused no casualties.

White House: 2014 deficit to drop $100B Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:22 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's budget deficit will drop to $583 billion this year, the lowest level of President Barack Obama's tenure, the White House said Friday.

NHTSA probes 500K Ford cars for steering issues Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:21 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is investigating steering problems in about 500,000 Ford cars.

Appeals court upholds EPA's mining restraints Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the Obama administration's environmental protections designed to reduce water pollution from mountaintop-removal coal mining.

Kurds seize Iraq oilfields, ministers pull out of government Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:20 PM PDT By Raheem Salman and Mustafa Mahmoud BAGHDAD/KIRKUK (Reuters) - Kurdish forces seized two oilfields in northern Iraq and took over operations from a state-run oil company on Friday, while Kurdish politicians formally suspended their participation in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. The moves escalated a feud between the Shi'ite-led central government and the autonomous Kurdish region driven by a Sunni insurgency which threatens to fragment Iraq along sectarian and ethnic lines three years after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The Kurdish forces took over production facilities at the Bai Hassan and Kirkuk oilfields near the city of Kirkuk, the oil ministry in Baghdad said.

Trentin heaps more misery on Sagan with Tour stage win Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:17 PM PDT For the third time already at this Tour de France, Peter Sagan was pipped at the line as Italy's Matteo Trentin won the seventh stage on Friday. It was so close that Trentin even congratulated his Slovak rival after the line.

Immigrant community rallies after fire kills 7 Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:16 PM PDT LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Soben Pin wept as she tried to express her sorrow Friday over a fire that claimed the lives of five members of a Cambodian family and displaced dozens more in Massachusetts.

Pivot teams with Stanley Tucci for new TV series Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:11 PM PDT BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Pivot is getting into scripted drama with a new TV series starring former Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci (TOO'-chee).

US struggles to resolve Afghan election crisis Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:08 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States struggled Friday to find a path out of a presidential election crisis in Afghanistan that has jeopardized chances for a democratic transfer of power, a central plank of President Barack Obama's strategy to leave behind a stable state after the withdrawal of most U.S. troops at year's end.

Japan issues Fukushima tsunami advisory after strong quake Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:07 PM PDT Japan issued a tsunami advisory early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake struck in the Pacific off Fukushima prefecture, authorities said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a local tsunami of up to one metre (3.3 feet) could impact the Pacific coastline in Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures after the quake, whose epicentre US geologists placed at a depth of 13 kilometres. Large areas of the coastline covered by the advisory are still recovering from the 2011 quake and tsunami disaster that killed more than 18,000 people and triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Plant operators Tokyo Electric said there were no immediate reports of abnormality after the quake, according to Kyodo news agency.

World Cup online: Brazil's shock shatters records Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:05 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — As the World Cup neared its end this week, Twitter had a field day with Brazil's humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals, which became the most-discussed sports game in the social network's history.

Ride-sharing Lyft blocked from New York City Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:03 PM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials say they've obtained a temporary restraining order against Lyft, the on-demand ride-sharing app, from operating in New York City.

Texas shooting suspect collapses twice in court Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:02 PM PDT HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife's family, including four children, after forcing his way into their suburban Houston home collapsed in court twice Friday as a prosecutor read out details of the crime.

Commanders: Benghazi rescue hampered by info lack Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:58 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the four U.S. deaths in Benghazi might have been prevented, military leaders say, if commanders had known more about the intensity of the sporadic gunfire directed at the CIA facility where Americans had taken refuge and had pressed to get a rescue team there faster.

San Francisco parking spot app shuts down service Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:53 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Italian company whose mobile app allows San Francisco drivers to get paid for the public parking spaces they exit has temporarily shut down the service following an order from the city attorney.

Japan issues tsunami advisory after strong quake near Fukushima Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:52 PM PDT Tokyo (AFP) - Japan issued a tsunami advisory early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake struck in the Pacific off Fukushima prefecture, authorities said.

John Seigenthaler, Tennessee journalist, dies Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:49 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — John Seigenthaler, the journalist who edited The Tennessean newspaper, helped shape USA Today and worked for civil rights during the Kennedy administration, died Friday at his Nashville home at age 86, his son said.

Second federal judge wants info on lost IRS emails Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A second federal judge has ordered the IRS to provide information about lost emails from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy.

US lab mixed up potent flu strain Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:47 PM PDT The United States' top public health agency revealed Friday a series of alarming incidents in which dangerous biological agents including anthrax, influenza and botulism were mishandled over the past decade. The latest revelation involved a mistaken contamination of a mild flu strain with a deadly type of H5N1 bird flu, which was then shipped from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Georgia to a separate government lab, authorities said. The flu incident came in the same week as the discovery of forgotten smallpox vials at a separate US government lab near the US capital, and followed admissions of mishandled anthrax at a CDC lab in Atlanta last month. In addition to the three incidents so far this year, the CDC acknowledged three more in the past decade in which biological materials were shipped without being properly inactivated, including anthrax and Clostridium botulism in 2006, and in 2009 a contagious strain of Brucella, which causes an infectious disease known as brucellosis.

Billionaire trio unite for US immigration reform Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:46 PM PDT Three of the world's richest men -- Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Sheldon Adelson -- put aside their political differences to unite in scathing condemnation of US lawmakers' failure to implement immigration reform. In an opinion column in Friday's New York Times, the trio, who have a net worth of about $160 billion between them, said that a Congress paralyzed by partisanship is failing US citizens by refusing to make the compromises necessary to overhaul a system that Democrats, Republicans and President Barack Obama all say is broken. "Americans deserve better than this," the men wrote, adding that despite their political differences they would be able to draft a bill acceptable to each of them. They took particular aim at the Republican-led House of Representatives, which has stonewalled several attempts to craft legislation.

House chairman: $3.7 billion request 'too much' Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican said Friday that President Barack Obama's multibillion-dollar emergency request for the border is too big to get through the House, as a growing number of Democrats rejected policy changes Republicans are demanding as their price for approving any money.

Portugal's PM tries to soothe investors; BES says can cover any losses Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:43 PM PDT By Sergio Goncalves and Laura Noonan LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government and central bank assured investors on Friday that the southern European country's financial system was sound, aiming to quell worry about the spillover effects of trouble at the Espirito Santo business empire. "It is important that Portuguese and foreign investors... remain calm about the bank and our financial and banking system," Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho told reporters in Lisbon. Recent disclosures of financial irregularities at a web of family-held holding companies behind Portugal's largest listed bank, Banco Espirito Santo, have raised questions about potentially destabilizing losses at the bank and other companies in the family's orbit. In a statement late on Thursday night, BES insisted that any losses relating to the bank's 1.15 billion euros exposure to Espirito Santo holdings would not put it at risk.

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