Safety agency says Chrysler recall too slow

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• Safety agency says Chrysler recall too slow
• Nets reach agreement with Hollins to become coach
• Guatemalan boy left for better life, died alone
• Murray misery: Dimitrov takes down Wimbledon champ
• Police: Leak, grill heat caused food truck blast
• Groups want to see Montana judge's racist emails
• APNewsBreak: Man on drugs sparked hotel fire
• Klinsmann says he was right to predict no US title
• Today's political victories could vex GOP in 2016
• Roche to buy U.S. biotech firm Seragon for up to $1.7 billion
• Alaska man accused of ramming Porsche into pickup
• Famous father of quintuplets to face fraud trial
• Feds to clean site of 1976 'Atomic Man' accident
• Foreign ministers agree on Ukraine cease-fire path
• Murray misery: Dmitrov takes down Wimbledon champ
• You're both out: Mangers tossed for arguing calls
• Sarkozy fights back in face of corruption charges
• Iraqi leader says Islamic state threatens region
• Ahead of July 4th, storm nears popular NC coast
• Stocks hold at highs as hiring surges in June
• Greece faces power cuts as unions plan strikes
• U.S. pushes for tighter European airport security amid bomb concerns
• Car bomb kills at least 5 in Iraqi capital
• NASA launches carbon satellite after 2009 failure
• Doctors: 12-year-old stabbing suspect incompetent
• Yellen drives wedge between monetary policy, financial bubbles
• US condemns 'heinous murder' of Palestinian teen
• Jihadist thinker says Islamic caliphate will cause Islamist infighting
• California fire grows, no major vineyards at risk
• FIFA asks magazine for proof of match-fixing
• UK investigating Facebook over psych experiment
• Berlin talks bring Russia and Ukraine closer to resuming ceasefire
• Senate subcommittee to hold 2nd GM hearing July 17
• Ford says he's used "every drug" you can think of
• Gov't: Ruling backs nonprofits' birth control plan
• Lawyer for Libyan militant says evidence lacking
• Up to 45 killed in clashes in Iraqi holy city of Karbala: sources
• Bouchard or Halep will reach 1st Wimbledon final
• Bucks owners admit errors made in luring Kidd
• Jewel divorcing husband after 16-year relationship

Safety agency says Chrysler recall too slow Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:57 PM PDT DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's road safety agency is accusing Chrysler of moving too slowly to fix some Jeep SUVs in a recall announced more than a year ago.

Nets reach agreement with Hollins to become coach Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:57 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets reached an agreement in principle Wednesday with Lionel Hollins to become their coach, moving quickly after the departure of Jason Kidd.

Guatemalan boy left for better life, died alone Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:53 PM PDT SAN JOSE LAS FLORES, Guatemala (AP) — Gilberto Ramos wanted to leave his chilly mountain village for the United States to earn money to treat his mother's epilepsy.

Murray misery: Dimitrov takes down Wimbledon champ Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:52 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray's reign as Wimbledon champion ended Wednesday with a straight-set loss in the quarterfinals to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, who is making his breakthrough after years of being touted as the game's next top player.

Police: Leak, grill heat caused food truck blast Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:51 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A "significant" propane tank leak on a food truck created a vapor cloud that was ignited by cooking grills, causing a fiery explosion that critically injured five people, police said Wednesday.

Groups want to see Montana judge's racist emails Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:50 PM PDT BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of American Indians wants a court to preserve and eventually release an investigative file containing inappropriate emails sent by a federal judge, including a racist message involving President Barack Obama.

APNewsBreak: Man on drugs sparked hotel fire Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:49 PM PDT POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — A man high on opiates fell asleep on a motel couch while smoking a cigarette, touching off the March fire that killed him and three others, authorities said Wednesday.

Klinsmann says he was right to predict no US title Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:47 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Jurgen Klinsmann believes he was right to say the United States wasn't ready to win the World Cup, because he didn't want to head to the tournament after raising "expectations to kind of a level that is over the moon."

Today's political victories could vex GOP in 2016 Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Republicans claimed victory this week in the Supreme Court ruling on religious freedom and the White House's acceptance that an immigration overhaul won't happen this year. Today's victories could haunt the GOP in two years' time, as the party's presidential nominee looks for much-needed support among women and Hispanics in the 2016 election.

Roche to buy U.S. biotech firm Seragon for up to $1.7 billion Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:47 PM PDT Roche Holding AG ROG.VX said it would pay up to $1.725 billion to buy Seragon Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held U.S. biotech company that researches breast cancer treatments. Roche has long dominated the field of breast cancer with drugs such as Herceptin and recently won approval for Kadcyla and Perjeta, two treatments for patients whose cancer cells contain increased amounts of the protein known as HER2. San Diego-based Seragon was spun out from Aragon Pharmaceuticals last year when that company was bought by Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N. Seragon is focused on developing a new generation of oral medicines that it believes offer an improved way of tackling hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, and potentially other cancers. Its most advanced experimental drug, ARN-810, is currently in initial Phase I clinical trials for breast cancer patients who have not responded to current hormonal agents.

Alaska man accused of ramming Porsche into pickup Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:44 PM PDT FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man faces felony charges after authorities say he launched his sports car into the side of a three-quarter-ton pickup truck during a fit of road rage in Fairbanks.

Famous father of quintuplets to face fraud trial Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:44 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — A North Las Vegas man who gained media attention when his wife gave birth to quintuplets last fall is scheduled for a February trial in an alleged real estate scheme.

Feds to clean site of 1976 'Atomic Man' accident Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:41 PM PDT SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Workers are preparing to enter one of the most dangerous rooms on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation — the site of a 1976 blast that exposed a technician to a massive dose of radiation, which led to him being nicknamed the "Atomic Man."

Foreign ministers agree on Ukraine cease-fire path Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:38 PM PDT Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France meeting in Berlin agreed Wednesday on a series of steps for a resumption of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine where fighting between government troops and pro-Russia separatists has taken more than 400 lives since April.

Murray misery: Dmitrov takes down Wimbledon champ Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:34 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray's reign as Wimbledon champion ended Wednesday with a straight-set loss in the quarterfinals to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, who is making his breakthrough after years of being touted as the game's next top player.

You're both out: Mangers tossed for arguing calls Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:32 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke and Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons were both ejected for arguing separate plays in the eighth inning in Wednesday's game.

Sarkozy fights back in face of corruption charges Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:29 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Former President Nicolas Sarkozy has accused France's justice system of trying to "humiliate" and "destroy" him, after he was charged in a corruption probe that could spell trouble for his future political ambitions.

Iraqi leader says Islamic state threatens region Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:26 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — An extremist group's declaration of an Islamic state in territory it has seized in Iraq and Syria poses a threat to the entire region, Iraq's prime minister warned Wednesday, saying that "no one in Iraq or any neighboring country will be safe from these plans."

Ahead of July 4th, storm nears popular NC coast Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:26 PM PDT CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As one of the year's busiest travel weekends approaches, so does another visitor: Tropical Storm Arthur, expected to grow into a hurricane by the Fourth of July and hit most harshly at North Carolina's Outer Banks, a popular getaway spot of thin barrier islands along the shore.

Stocks hold at highs as hiring surges in June Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:19 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks held at record levels Wednesday following a report that business hiring surged in June, a promising sign for economic growth. The report comes a day after news of stronger manufacturing in the U.S. and China helped push the stock market to another all-time high.

Greece faces power cuts as unions plan strikes Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:19 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities warned Wednesday of possible power cuts at the heart of the summer tourist season as electric utility workers head for protracted strikes against government plans to break off and sell part of the country's dominant power producer.

U.S. pushes for tighter European airport security amid bomb concerns Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:19 PM PDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is pushing for increased security precautions at European airports because of concerns that al Qaeda operatives in Syria and Yemen have teamed up to develop bombs that can be smuggled onto planes, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. The U.S. government is in discussions with European authorities on measures that could include extra scrutiny of U.S.-bound passengers' electronics and footwear, and installation of additional bomb-detection machines, according to law-enforcement and security officials. Bombmakers from the Nusra Front, al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, and Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) are believed to be working together to try to develop explosives that could avoid detection by current airport screening systems, U.S. national security sources said.

Car bomb kills at least 5 in Iraqi capital Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:17 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a car bomb on a busy commercial street in the Iraqi capital has killed at least five people.

NASA launches carbon satellite after 2009 failure Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:15 PM PDT VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A rocket carrying a NASA satellite lit up the pre-dawn skies Wednesday on a mission to track atmospheric carbon dioxide, the chief culprit behind global warming.

Doctors: 12-year-old stabbing suspect incompetent Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:13 PM PDT WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Doctors have found that one of the two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please a fictional online horror character is mentally incompetent to stand trial, attorneys said Wednesday.

Yellen drives wedge between monetary policy, financial bubbles Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:12 PM PDT By Michael Flaherty and Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monetary policy faces "significant limitations" as a tool to counter financial stability risks, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday, adding that heading off the U.S. housing bubble with higher interest rates would have caused major economic damage. Weighing in on a global debate, Yellen reiterated her view that regulation - not rate policy - needs to play the lead role in combating excessive financial risk-taking. "The potential cost ... is likely to be too great to give financial stability risks a central role in monetary policy discussions," Yellen said at an event sponsored by the International Monetary Fund. Analysts said Yellen was pushing back against some Fed officials who believe financial stability should be given a more prominent place in formulating monetary policy.

US condemns 'heinous murder' of Palestinian teen Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is condemning the killing of a Palestinian teenager as a "despicable act" and is calling on the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

Jihadist thinker says Islamic caliphate will cause Islamist infighting Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:04 PM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Abu Mohammed al-Maqdisi, a Jordanian scholar who is one of the most influential voices in jihadist thought, warned on Wednesday that a radical Islamist group's declaration of a caliphate in Iraq and Syria would deepen already bloody infighting among jihadists. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Sunday renamed itself the Islamic State and declared its leader "caliph" - the historical title of successors of the Prophet Mohammad who ruled the whole Muslim world - after its forces captured swathes of territory in a lightning drive across northern Iraq. "Will this caliphate be a sanctuary for every oppressed one and a refuge for every Muslim?" Maqdisi asked in a posting on his website.

California fire grows, no major vineyards at risk Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:01 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A raging wildfire in rural Northern California has spread over 5 square miles and forced the evacuation of 200 homes in Napa County but was not threatening any major vineyards on Wednesday.

FIFA asks magazine for proof of match-fixing Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:47 AM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — FIFA expressed "substantial doubts" Wednesday about a German magazine's claims that a World Cup game could have been fixed and asked the publication to provide evidence to back up its report that a renowned match-fixer accurately predicted details of the match hours before it kicked off.

UK investigating Facebook over psych experiment Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:45 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — British data protection authorities are investigating revelations that Facebook conducted a psychological experiment on its users.

Berlin talks bring Russia and Ukraine closer to resuming ceasefire Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:44 AM PDT The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine agreed in Berlin on Wednesday to hold three-way talks involving pro-Moscow rebels by Saturday to pave the way for a new ceasefire, despite continued fighting that Kiev says has now killed 200 of its troops. "It is a clear commitment to a multilateral ceasefire," said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after talks with Russia's Sergei Lavrov, Ukraine's Pavlo Klimkin and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.

Senate subcommittee to hold 2nd GM hearing July 17 Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:42 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Senate subcommittee that's investigating the General Motors ignition switch recalls says it will hold a second hearing on July 17.

Ford says he's used "every drug" you can think of Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:40 AM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said Wednesday he's used "every drug you can probably think of" and blamed substance abuse for the racist and homophobic language he's used.

Gov't: Ruling backs nonprofits' birth control plan Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:38 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Wednesday that the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of the religious claims of Hobby Lobby and other for-profit businesses supports the government's position in separate, ongoing disputes with religious-oriented nonprofit organizations.

Lawyer for Libyan militant says evidence lacking Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:38 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for a Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks said Wednesday that she had seen no evidence tying her client to the violence, but a judge nonetheless directed Ahmed Abu Khattala to remain in custody as the Justice Department builds its case against him.

Up to 45 killed in clashes in Iraqi holy city of Karbala: sources Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:38 AM PDT Up to 45 people were killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and followers of a radical cleric in the holy Shi'ite city of Karbala on Wednesday, security sources said, signaling divisions among Shi'ite factions as a Sunni insurgency rages. The clashes erupted when police and army personnel tried to arrest Shi'ite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi around midnight on Tuesday in the southern city of Karbala, an Interior Ministry intelligence officer and a police witness told Reuters. Sarkhi and his armed followers have clashed in the past with U.S. forces, Iraqi security forces and supporters of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most revered Shi'ite cleric in Iraq. Security forces said they went to arrest Sarkhi after his supporters started blocking roads and manning checkpoints around his neighborhood in the Shi'ite shrine city, home to the tomb of Imam Hussein, which millions of Shi'ite pilgrims flock to annually.

Bouchard or Halep will reach 1st Wimbledon final Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:35 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The women with the best records at Grand Slam tournaments this year, Eugenie Bouchard and Simona Halep, will meet for a place in the Wimbledon final.

Bucks owners admit errors made in luring Kidd Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:30 AM PDT MILWAUKEE (AP) — New Bucks owners Marc Lasry and Wes Edens admitted Wednesday that there may have been errors in how Jason Kidd was lured to Milwaukee.

Jewel divorcing husband after 16-year relationship Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:23 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Jewel and her husband are divorcing after a 16-year relationship.

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