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Prosecutor reviews case involving chemicals in tea

Prosecutor reviews case involving chemicals in tea

Prosecutor reviews case involving chemicals in tea

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:54 PM PDT

Dickey's Barbecue Pit is shown Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in South Jordan, Utah. The Utah police agency investigating how iced tea that a woman drank at a restaurant ended up laced with an industrial cleaning solution is forwarding its findings to prosecutors to determine if anybody should be charged. Authorities have said an employee at Dickey's Barbecue in South Jordan unintentionally put the heavy-duty cleaner in a sugar bag, and a worker later mistakenly mixed it into the iced tea dispenser. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The police agency investigating how an industrial cleaning solution ended up in a woman's iced tea at a Utah restaurant, badly burning her throat, is forwarding its findings to prosecutors to determine if anyone should be charged.

Body of Marine's missing wife found in mine shaft

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:51 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the San Bernardino County, Calif., Sheriff's Department shows Erin Corwin. Corwin disappeared after leaving her home on the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base June 28, 2014. Christopher Brandon Lee, 24, a recently discharged Marine who volunteered at a horse ranch with Corwin, was arrested July 4, 2014, on suspicion of possession of a destructive device. Lee, the alleged lover of Corwin, was arrested Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, in Alaska in connection with Corwin's disappearance, the sheriff's department announced Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, File)SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The body of the missing, pregnant wife of a U.S. Marine has been found deep in an abandoned mine shaft in Southern California, where her husband had been stationed.

Fall on France's Mont Blanc kills 3 more climbers

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, an alpinist heads down a ridge on the Aiguille du Midi (3,842 meters; 12 605 feet), towards the Vallee Blanche on the Mont Blanc massif, in the Alps, near Chamonix, France. The mayor of the French city of Chamonix says two climbers and an experienced guide have died in a fall accident in the Aiguille de Midi area of the Mont Blanc massif and their bodies were recovered Sunday Aug. 17, 2014. These latest deaths come less than a week after six climbers, including an experienced guide, were killed in a fall. (AP Photo/David Azia, FILE)PARIS (AP) — The mayor of the French city of Chamonix says two climbers and an experienced guide have died in a fall in Mont Blanc.

Ukraine: Dozens of civilians killed in convoy

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:44 PM PDT

A Russian APC moves in a field in about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the Russia-Ukrainian border control point at Russian town of Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don region, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Monday accused pro-Russia separatists of killing dozens of civilians in an attack on a convoy fleeing a besieged rebel-held city. The rebels denied that any attack took place, while the U.S. confirmed an attack but said it did not know who shelled the convoy.

No arrest warrant being issued for Texas' Perry

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:41 PM PDT

Gov. Rick Perry makes a statement in Austin, Texas on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014 concerning the indictment on charges of coercion of a public servant and abuse of his official capacity. Perry is the first Texas governor since 1917 to be indicted. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Laura Skelding)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A judge isn't issuing an arrest warrant for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a court official said Monday, and the Republican is planning to continue galloping around the country gearing up for a possible 2016 presidential run — despite being indicted on two felony counts of abuse of power back home.

100,000 elephants killed in Africa, study finds

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:41 PM PDT

In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 file photo, a herd of adult and baby elephants walks in the dawn light across Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, with the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, seen behind. A new study released Monday Aug. 18, 2014, by lead author George Wittemye of Colorado State University, found that the proportion of illegally killed elephants has climbed to about 65 percent of all African elephant deaths, accounting for around 100,000 elephants killed by poachers between 2010 and 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010 and 2012, a huge spike in the continent's death rate of the world's largest mammals because of an increased demand for ivory in China and other Asian nations, a new study published Monday found.

'Don't know' if Missouri teen shot with hands up

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:39 PM PDT

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — An unarmed teenager whose fatal shooting by police has sparked rancorous protests in suburban St. Louis suffered a bullet wound to his right arm that may indicate his hands were up or his back was turned, but "we don't know," a pathologist hired by the teen's family said Monday.

Renegade Libyan general claims air strikes on Tripoli

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:37 PM PDT

By Heba al-Shibani and Ayman al-Warfalli TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Renegade General Khalifa Haftar's air force was responsible for strikes on Islamist-leaning militia in Tripoli on Monday, one of his commanders said, after weeks of fighting for the capital in Libya's worst violence since Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in 2011. Fighters from Misrata - east of Tripoli - have been battling militia from the western Zintan region for weeks and have thrown the North African state into anarchy. None of the militias had been thought to own warplanes, while the central government has only an outdated air force, badly in need of repair. A NATO official said: "There are no fighter jets under NATO command involved in operations over Libya".

US hospital firm: Chinese hackers stole patient data

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:34 PM PDT

Community Health Systems, a major US hospital operator, says that hackers likely from China broke into its systems and stole identification data for some 4.5 million patientsCommunity Health Systems, a major US hospital operator, said Monday that hackers likely from China broke into its systems and stole identification data for some 4.5 million patients. Community Health said the hackers infiltrated its systems in April and June this year, using "highly sophisticated malware and technology" to bypass its data security protection. The company said that, working with computer security experts, it discovered information to conclude that the attackers were a group originating from China which works steadily to gain access to a target's systems in order to steal data rather than cause damage to the systems. Operator of 206 hospitals across the country, Community Health said in a securities filing that the hackers took data on patients' names, addresses, birthdates, phone numbers and Social Security numbers.

'Iron Lady' holds firm to take European swimming gold

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:31 PM PDT

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu competes to win in the 400m medley women final event at the 32nd LEN European swimming championships on August 18, 2014 in BerlinKatinka Hosszu and Velimir Stjepanovic were the first individual winners on the opening night at the European Swimming Championships in Berlin. Hosszu won the 400 metres individual medley, and for much of the race was well inside world-record pace, after Stjepanovic had claimed the first title in the pool in the 400m freestyle. France set a new championship record in the men's 4x100m freestyle while Sweden were upgraded to gold in the women's equivalent after Denmark's disqualification while four championship records were set in the evening session. Hosszu had set a championship record in the heats and the self-styled 'Iron Lady' returned in the evening, victory never in doubt as she led from start to finish, winning in a championship record of 4:31.03, 2.10 ahead of Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia with Great Britain's Aimee Willmott in third.

Obama to speak on Iraq, Ferguson unrest

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:28 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama attends a meeting with members of the National Security Council to receive an update on Iraq at the White House in Washington, DC, August 18, 2014President Barack Obama will discuss Monday developments in Iraq, where US air strikes are targeting militants, and in Missouri, where National Guard troops have been deployed to quell protests. In an update to Obama's schedule, the White House said: "The president will deliver a statement to provide an update on Iraq and the situation in Ferguson, Missouri," at 4:00 pm (2000 GMT). American warplanes and drones carried out 15 air strikes earlier against Islamic State militants battling for control of a major dam in northern Iraq, US Central Command said.

On vacation break, Obama discusses Iraq, Missouri

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:27 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks with his daughter Malia as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama is taking a break in the middle of his Martha's Vineyard vacation to return to Washington for meetings with Vice President Joe Biden and other advisers on the U.S. military campaign in Iraq and tensions between police and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, President Barack Obama met with top advisers at the White House Monday to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Missouri, two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene.

Spacewalking astronauts release baby satellite

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:22 PM PDT

This photo provided by NASA shows a tiny Peruvian research satellite, right of center, launched by spacewalking astronauts aboard the International Space Station, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. The satellite, weighing barely 2 pounds, holds instruments to measure temperature and pressure and cameras that will photograph Earth. (AP Photo/NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts launched a tiny Peruvian research satellite Monday, setting it loose on a mission to observe Earth.

Chiefs' Charles sidelined by freak slip down hill

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:20 PM PDT

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Chase Daniel, left, and Jamaal Charles, right, chat with general manager John Dorsey following NFL football training camp Thursday morning Aug. 14, 2014, on the Missouri Western State University campus in St. Joseph. Mo. (AP Photo/St. Joseph News-Press, Todd Weddle)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jamaal Charles made it through every hit from Derrick Johnson, every shot from Eric Berry and every tackle from the rest of the Chiefs' defense during three weeks at Missouri Western.

South Africa: 8 killed in building collapse

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:20 PM PDT

Emergency service workers, on right, attempt to remove bodies of people who were killed when a structure collapsed on a housing building site, south of Johannesburg, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. A building under renovation on the site collapsed killing eight, officials said. Another two people were missing. (AP Photo)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A building under renovation in an area southeast of Johannesburg collapsed on Monday, killing eight people, officials said.

Biden welcomes Castro amid 2016 VP chatter

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:19 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden ceremonially swears in Julian Castro, left, as the new Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Castro's wife Erica Castro, holds the bible as his daughter, Carina Castro, center bottom, listens. Castro was officially sworn in on July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden gave a hearty welcome Monday to the man many Democrats hope will someday replace him.

Former Vermont US Sen. Jeffords dies at 80

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:18 PM PDT

James JeffordsMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Former Vermont U.S. Sen. James Jeffords, who in 2001 tipped control of the Senate when he quit the Republican Party to become an independent, died Monday. He was 80.

Phil Simms considers not using 'Redskins' on TV

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:08 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS lead analyst Phil Simms is considering referring to the Redskins only as "Washington" when he broadcasts the team's game against the Giants next month.

IAEA expects progress by deadline in Iran nuclear inquiry

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:08 PM PDT

IAEA Director General Amano waves as he arrives for a board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in ViennaBy Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday Iran had begun implementing transparency measures ahead of an Aug 25 deadline, as part of a long-running investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Tehran. Yukiya Amano, speaking at Vienna airport after talks with President Hassan Rouhani in the Iranian capital, said he expected progress by next Monday over the five steps the country agreed three months ago. They include providing information about two issues that are part of the U.N. nuclear agency's inquiry into what it calls the possible military dimensions (PMD) of Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is entirely peaceful. Amano's comments suggested some increased optimism after his meetings in Iran on Sunday, but it remained unclear whether it would meet next week's target date.

Slow pace of rail recovery stirs fear of future woes

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:07 PM PDT

A Canadian Pacific Railway crew works on their train at the CP Rail yards in CalgaryWhile Canada's rail operators have nearly recovered, many U.S. operators lag far behind. The concerns are sharpest in the U.S. Farm Belt, with lawmakers fearful that the biggest crops on record may be slow to reach markets or could even rot. Rail logjams contributed to the economic slowdown early in the year, rippling across corporate America and affecting everything from car makers to ethanol producers.     Many experts blame an incomplete recovery from last winter's freight backlogs, coupled with record crops and rising competition with crude oil tankers for track space amid an economic recovery.     "It's like a sinking ship - you're bailing out at one end, but it's coming in the other end just as fast, if not faster," said Citigroup Global Markets transportation analyst Christian Wetherbee.     Performance fell behind as loads grew: between April and June, U.S. rail carload volumes grew 5.4 percent and intermodal traffic, which include shipments partly by rail, rose 8 percent, Association of American Railroads (AAR) data shows.

Obama to speak about Iraq crisis and situation in Ferguson on Monday afternoon

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama to speak about Iraq crisis and situation in Ferguson on Monday afternoon.

Alleged lover of California Marine's missing wife arrested in Alaska on homicide charge

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:59 AM PDT

Alleged lover of California Marine's missing wife arrested in Alaska on homicide charge.

Backed by U.S. strikes, Iraq Kurds claim capture of strategic dam

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:49 AM PDT

By Ahmed Rasheed and Michael Georgy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish forces said they recaptured Iraq's biggest dam from Islamist militants on Monday, as the United States launched air strikes to secure what has become a vital strategic objective in fighting that threatens to break up the country. An employee at the site, however, said Islamic State fighters still held the Mosul Dam, giving them control over power and water supplies and where any breach of the vulnerable structure would threaten thousands of lives. U.S. fighter, bomber and drone aircraft took part in the strikes on Islamic State positions near the dam, the Pentagon said. The U.S. military said it believed the air strikes around the dam had been effective in holding Islamic State militants in place so Iraqi and Kurdish forces could manoeuvre against them.

Kurdish military says it controls Iraq's Mosul Dam

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:47 AM PDT

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter patrols near the Mosul Dam at the town of Chamibarakat outside Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Kurdish forces took over parts of the largest dam in Iraq on Sunday less than two weeks after it was captured by the Islamic State extremist group, Kurdish security officials said, as U.S. and Iraqi planes aided their advance by bombing militant targets near the facility. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — Boosted by two days of U.S. airstrikes, Kurdish forces said Monday they had wrested back control of the country's largest dam from militants of the extremist Islamic State group.

Government wants to make cars talk to each other

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:46 AM PDT

FILE - This May 22, 2012 file photo shows a demonstration of a side mirror warning signal in a Ford Taurus at an automobile testing area in Oxon Hill, Md. The Obama administration said Monday it is taking a first step toward requiring that future cars and light trucks be equipped with technology that enables them to warn each other of potential danger in time to avoid collisions. A research report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the technology could eventually prevent 592,000 left-turn and intersection crashes a year, saving 1,083 lives. The agency said it will begin drafting rules to require the technology in new vehicles. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Monday it is taking a first step toward requiring that future cars and light trucks be equipped with technology that enables them to warn each other of potential danger in time to avoid collisions.

Dollar General sparks bidding war for Family Dollar

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:45 AM PDT

Dollar General offered to pay $78.50 per share in cash for Family Dollar, the country's second-largest deep discounter, in a deal valued at $9.7 billionDollar General, the biggest US deep-discount chain, started a bidding war Monday for number-two Family Dollar Stores, trumping a Dollar Tree merger deal agreed just weeks ago. Dollar General offered to pay $78.50 per share for Family Dollar, $4 more than Dollar Tree's offer, in an all-cash deal valued at $9.7 billion. Dollar General said it has committed financing for the deal and would pay the $305 million breakup fee if Family Dollar ended its agreed merger with Dollar Tree. On July 28, Family Dollar, under pressure from activist investor and shareholder Carl Icahn, agreed to be acquired by Dollar Tree, the third-biggest dollar-store chain, in a cash-and stock deal valued at $9.2 billion, including debt.

Witness: McDonnell struggled to rein in his wife

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:35 AM PDT

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, center, arrives at federal court with his attorneys, John Brownlee, left, and Henry Asbill, right, in Richmond, Va., Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. McDonnell presents his defense in his corruption trial today. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Gov. Bob McDonnell struggled to rein in his wife's erratic behavior, causing turmoil throughout the executive staff and nearly prompting a mass resignation among workers in the governor's mansion, a defense witness testified Monday.

New York Met strikes deal with two unions amid standoff

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:34 AM PDT

Guests take their seats at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City on May 18, 2009New York's Metropolitan Opera, locked in a dispute with staff over proposed pay cuts that could delay the new season, struck tentative deals Monday with two of its main labor unions. As the biggest classical music organization in the United States, the prestigious institution dwarfs counterparts in Europe with a budget of $326 million in 2013. With labor costs representing two-thirds of the budget, managing director Peter Gelb has proposed cutting wages by some 17 percent, prompting much opposition.

NYC's Met opera reaches deals with 2 unions

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:33 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2014, file photo, pedestrians walk in front of the Metropolitan Opera house at New York's Lincoln Center. New York's Metropolitan Opera has reached tentative labor deals with two of its largest unions while negotiations continue with 10 more unions in hopes of averting a lockout, the federal Mediation and Conciliation Service announced early Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)NEW YORK (AP) — New York's Metropolitan Opera reached tentative labor deals with two of its largest unions early Monday while negotiations continued with 10 more unions in hopes of averting a lockout.

Grief, relief as ravaged Ukrainian town rebuilds

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:31 AM PDT

In this image taken Saturday Aug. 16, 2014 a man shows his neighbour's apartment that was burned down after a missile hit a residential area in Lysychansk, Ukraine, during the fighting between the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian rebels. Lysychansk was retaken by Ukrainian army late last month but has seen sporadic clashes until earlier last week. After months of rebel occupation and weeks of Ukrainian liberation, the residents of Lysychansk this shell-shocked border town say they hope simply to rebuild their former lives _ but fear the return of war to their doorstep. (AP Photo/Vitnija Saldava)LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Weeks after Ukrainian government forces recaptured Lysychansk from the rebels, the residents of this shell-shocked town near the Russian border say they hope simply to rebuild their former lives — but fear that war could return to their doorstep.

PG&E pleads not guilty to charges in gas blast

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:30 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has pleaded not guilty to charges in a new indictment that accuses the utility of lying to federal investigators looking into a fatal pipeline explosion in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood.

A buyer's market at gun bazaar in Kurdish town

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:29 AM PDT

Kurdish forces, known as the Peshmerga, make their way to the front line to fight militants from the extremist Islamic State group at Mosul Dam, outside Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Aug 18, 2014. Boosted by two days of U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Monday wrested back control of the country's largest dam from Islamic militants, a military spokesman in Baghdad said, as fighting was reported to be underway for the rest of the strategic facility. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — There suddenly are deep discounts available at the once-thriving gun bazaar in Irbil.

Scotland's pro-independence leader vows victory

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:25 AM PDT

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond during an interview with The Associated Press during a visit to a house building project in Arbroath on the East coast of Scotland Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Two opinion polls show that Scotland's voters are narrowly divided on whether to leave the United Kingdom one month before a referendum. Sunday's published polls both found that a majority of decided voters want Scotland to stay within the UK alongside England, Wales and Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)LONDON (AP) — Scotland's pro-independence leader is insisting his campaign is headed for victory — one month before the historic Sept. 18 referendum.

National Guard called in as chaos continues in Missouri town

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:23 AM PDT

By Ellen Wulfhorst FERGUSON Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri National Guard troops were being deployed on Monday to the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson to try to restore calm to an area that has become a nightly scene of rioting and protests over the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon's move to bring in the guard troops follows his declaration Saturday that the area was in a state of emergency and the setting of a curfew calling for the streets in Ferguson to be cleared after midnight. President Barack Obama is meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday afternoon to discuss the Ferguson situation, his office said. Both the U.S. Department of Justice and St. Louis County Police are investigating the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Missouri governor sends Guard, lifts curfew

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:19 AM PDT

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is lifting a curfew while ordering the National Guard to help restore order in a St. Louis suburb that has seen sometimes violent protests since the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.

Pope says legitimate for world to stop Islamist aggression in Iraq

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:18 AM PDT

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday the international community would be justified in stopping Islamist militants in Iraq, but that it should not be up to a single nation to decide how to intervene in the conflict. The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics made his comments in an hour-long conversation with reporters aboard a plane returning from a trip to South Korea that ranged from international diplomacy to his health and future travel plans. During the encounter that has become a tradition at the end of his foreign journeys, Francis, 77, also said he planned to visit the United States next year and that he was ready to go to China "tomorrow" if the communist government allowed him. Francis was asked if he approved of U.S. strikes against Islamic State insurgents who have recently forced Christians and other minorities to flee their homes in Iraq.

Hillary Clinton to attend fundraiser in Iowa

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2011 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and former President Bill Clinton, listen to speakers in Washington. The Clintons will headline the annual steak fry on Sept. 14, 2014, for retiring Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, making a big return to the leadoff caucus state as the former secretary of state considers another presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline the annual steak fry for retiring Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, making a big return to the leadoff caucus state as the former secretary of state considers another presidential campaign.

Rick Warren hopes to expand ministry in Africa

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, July 4, 2009 file photo, evangelical pastor Rick Warren gestures as he speaks at the Islamic Society of North America's 46th annual convention in Washington. The American evangelical pastor Rick Warren, who addressed a big rally in the Rwandan capital of Kigali on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, during thanksgiving celebrations marking 20-years since the genocide in which more than 800,000 people were killed, told The Associated Press that he hopes to expand his ministry to East Africa. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The American evangelical pastor Rick Warren, who visited Rwanda this week, told The Associated Press that he hopes to expand his ministry to East Africa.

Tidbit from Rowling: bio on minor Potter character

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:04 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — J.K. Rowling has posted new details about a minor character from her Harry Potter books on the fan website Pottermore.com.
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