| Q-and-A on Westerners who join the fight in Syria Posted: 27 Aug 2014 02:03 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Douglas McAuthur McCain, an American killed in Syria while fighting alongside the Islamic State, was part of a growing number of foreign fighters recruited to fight with terror groups.
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| Shambolic election campaign leaves Indonesia's president-elect much to prove Posted: 27 Aug 2014 02:03 PM PDT  By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) - When he was nominated in March as a candidate for Indonesia's presidential election, polls showed Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had a 30-point lead over the man who would become his main challenger, former army general Prabowo Subianto. But after three months of shambolic and lacklustre campaigning, the wildly popular governor of Jakarta was staring at defeat. "If you continue like this, it's clear we will lose," prominent businessman Sofjan Wanandi told Widodo and senior members of his Indonesian Democratic-Party of Struggle (PDI-P) at a crisis meeting on June 16. With election day less than three weeks away, Widodo had just been given a poll showing Prabowo trailed by only 1.8 points. We have to start fighting'," Widodo told the stunned gathering at a Jakarta hotel according to Wanandi, a key financier of Widodo's campaign, recalling the drama in a recent interview with Reuters.
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| AP NewsAlert Posted: 27 Aug 2014 02:03 PM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Defense rests in corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife. |
| Louisiana Gov. Jindal sues feds over Common Core Posted: 27 Aug 2014 02:02 PM PDT  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a move certain to bolster his national standing with conservatives, Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal sued the Obama administration Wednesday, hoping to strike a blow against the controversial Common Core education standards and raising his profile as he builds a likely presidential campaign.
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| Rebels seize ground as West claims Russia army is in Ukraine Posted: 27 Aug 2014 02:02 PM PDT  Rebels in east Ukraine on Wednesday appeared to have seized swathes of territory from retreating government forces, while Western intelligence said Russian army units were operating inside the country. After weeks of government offensives that have seen troops push deep into the last rebel bastions, the tide appears to be turning once again in the four-month conflict, prompting a nervous government in Kiev to call on NATO for help. AFP journalists saw no signs of government troops south of the rebel-held city of Donetsk, with road blocks on the entire 100-kilometre (60-mile) stretch to the Azov Sea manned by pro-Russian rebels. A volunteer commander posted on Facebook that government forces were surrounded in the key transport hub of Ilovaysk and reinforcements were desperately needed.
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| Police: Man kills wife at hospital; 2nd body found Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:59 PM PDT  STRATFORD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man shot and killed his hospitalized wife, then tried to kill himself Wednesday, prompting investigators to search the couple's home where they found another person mortally wounded, authorities said.
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| 'Cops' crew member killed in Omaha police shooting Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:58 PM PDT  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police officers who opened fire while disrupting a robbery at a fast-food restaurant in Omaha killed a crew member with the TV show "Cops" as well as the suspect, who was armed with a pellet gun that they thought was a real handgun, authorities said Wednesday.
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| Police: Deaths of 2 dumped in river drug-related Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:53 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two men were found dead in a river Wednesday, bound and weighted down with makeshift anchors and their throats slit, in drug-related abductions and killings that authorities said may have also been gang-related. A third victim who was badly wounded also was tossed in the river but managed to swim ashore, police said.
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| Chicago's Little League champs return as heroes Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:53 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — The ballpark gleams, exactly as the home of the Little League World Series national championship team should.
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| Obama again faces Congress question on Syria Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:52 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — One year ago, President Barack Obama was barreling toward airstrikes in Syria when he abruptly announced that he first wanted approval from congressional lawmakers. The move threw his policy into confusion and the strikes were eventually scrapped.
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| A mother's appeal as fears mount for Syria hostages Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:48 PM PDT  The mother of a US hostage who has been threatened with death by jihadist militants pleaded for his life on Wednesday amid mounting fears for Americans captured in Syria. Last week's murder of journalist James Foley by the so-called Islamic State has focused attention on other American hostages, including 31-year-old freelancer Steven Sotloff. Another journalist, Peter Theo Curtis, returned home Tuesday after nearly two years in captivity, but US media reported the Islamic State is still holding a 26-year-old female aid worker. The masked militant seen beheading Foley in a video released by the group also threatened to kill Sotloff unless US President Barack Obama orders a halt to air strikes against the group.
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| UK sex abuse report prompts outrage, reflection Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:47 PM PDT  ROTHERHAM, England (AP) — Rotherham is a working-class town that is remarkable in its ordinariness — a collection of charmless discount stores, betting shops and kebab counters, surrounded by sleepy residential streets lined with brick houses that have seen better days.
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| Immigration judges' union wants independent court Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal immigration court system should be separated from the Justice Department and operated independently of federal law enforcement, the top two leaders of the immigration judges' union said Wednesday. |
| US to consider spousal abuse in immigration claims Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals has decided that some Guatemalan women who fled to the United States after being victims of domestic violence may now qualify for asylum. |
| IMF chief charged with 'negligence' over graft case Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:45 PM PDT  IMF chief Christine Lagarde, one of the world's most powerful women, announced Wednesday she had been charged with "negligence" over a multi-million-euro graft case relating to her time as French finance minister. The shock announcement came a day after she was grilled for more than 15 hours by a special court in Paris that probes ministerial misconduct, the fourth time she has been questioned in a case that has long weighed upon her position as managing director of the International Monetary Fund. "The investigating commission of the court of justice of the French Republic has decided to place me under formal investigation," she said in exclusive comments to AFP. In France, being placed under formal investigation is the nearest equivalent to being charged, and happens when an examining magistrate has decided there is a case to be answered.
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| Immigration could set stage for big U.S. budget showdown Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:44 PM PDT  Congress who object to President Barack Obama's immigration policies are threatening to tie a must-pass budget bill to the issue, making for a possible showdown in September and raising the specter of a government shutdown. White House-Congress tensions rose on Wednesday when Obama spokesman Josh Earnest said the president's upcoming decision on steps to possibly ease some immigration rules would not be affected by Republican tactics. "It would be a real shame if Republicans were to engage in an effort to shut down the government over a commonsense solution (on immigration)." When lawmakers return from their summer recess on Sept. 8, they hope to sprint to another long break beginning around Sept. 19. Federal agencies were shut down for 16 days because of a lack of funds, before a bruised Republican Party relented.
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| Shooting by 9-year-old girl stirs debate over guns Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:43 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — The accidental shooting death of a firing-range instructor by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has set off a powerful debate over youngsters and guns, with many people wondering what sort of parents would let a child handle a submachine gun. |
| NFL suspends Browns star WR Gordon for 2014 season Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:41 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Gordon's wait is over, and so is his 2014 season. Now the star wide receiver's career is in peril.
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| Factbox: Brazil presidential candidates' policy proposals Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:41 PM PDT With Brazil on the brink of a recession, President Dilma Rousseff's two main challengers in the October election are promising a return to orthodox economic policies and greater transparency to restore business confidence and investment. Following are the policy proposals of the three main candidates running in Brazil's Oct. 5 presidential election: PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF - PT * Social Policy - President Dilma Rousseff said she plans to consolidate and expand the programs that have reduced poverty and income inequality in Brazil over the last decade. * Political Reform - Her Workers' Party, known as the PT, wants to hold a referendum to approve political reforms aimed at ending gridlock between the government and Congress, reducing the high number of parties and changing campaign finance rules. Her bid to call a referendum last year was swiftly rebuffed by her allies in Congress. |
| Woman accused of setting fire with burned bacon Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:41 PM PDT  VERNAL, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman accused of using a pound of bacon to start a fire in her ex-boyfriend's house will stand trial on arson charges.
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| Reality star accused of rape, child molestation Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:39 PM PDT BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Discovery Channel has canceled reality TV star Will Hayden's popular "Sons of Guns" show after his arrest on an aggravated rape charge. |
| Source: BET suspends producer after Blue Ivy joke Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:38 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — BET has suspended a producer after a joke about Beyonce and Jay Z's daughter that aired Monday on the network's music video countdown show, "106 & Park."
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| Girl, 9, accidentally shoots dead US instructor with Uzi Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:38 PM PDT  A nine-year-old girl learning to fire an Uzi submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range in the United States, triggering more debate over gun control in the country. Mike Bazinet of the National Shooting Sports Foundation said: "Youth shooting sports are generally extremely safe activities, enjoyed by millions of Americans.
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| Police presence drawing down in Ferguson, Missouri Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:35 PM PDT  By Edward McAllister ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Authorities on Wednesday disbanded what had been a command center in Ferguson, Missouri, for law enforcement responding to sometimes violent protests over the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. Boarded up stores were the only sign of the turmoil along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, which had been the site of clashes between demonstrators and police that led to scores of arrests after the shooting of Michael Brown, 18, on Aug. 9. "Now people are standing up about something that happens all the time," Jermaine Brown, 40, who works for Youth Build, said of the unrest. Brown's death focused global attention on the state of race relations in the United States and evoked memories of other racially charged cases, including the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, in Florida in 2012.
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| Alleged serial killer charged over LA shooting spree Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:31 PM PDT  An alleged serial killer accused of opening fire randomly on motorists in a Los Angeles suburb has been charged, prosecutors said. Alexander Hernandez, 34, is accused of murdering a 48-year-old man driving his pick-up truck last Thursday, and with attempted murder for firing on a couple in west Hollywood last Friday. Charges are also expected in four other shootings which ended when Hernandez was arrested on Sunday. "Nothing makes a homicide investigator's heart beat faster than realizing he has a serial killer," said Bill McSweeney of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department after announcing the charges Tuesday.
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| Ex-lawmaker pleads guilty in GOP caucuses case Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:30 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa lawmaker has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from his switch of support from one Republican candidate for president to another before the 2012 caucuses, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. |
| Donors give nearly $700K after police shooting Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:30 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Donors have given nearly $700,000 to online fundraising sites set up to collect money for the family of a black 18-year-old and the white police officer who fatally shot him in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.
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| US stocks flat after S&P breaks 2,000 milestone Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:28 PM PDT  New York (AFP) - Wall Street shares ended little-changed in light trade Wednesday, one day after the S&P 500 closed above the 2,000 milestone for the first time.
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| Tyson to sell hog business to win Hillshire buyout Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:27 PM PDT  US meat giant Tyson Foods has agreed to sell a hog business to win approval from antitrust regulators for its proposed buyout of Hillshire Brands, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Tyson, the leading US poultry seller, agreed in early July to buy sausage maker Hillshire for $8.55 billion, including Hillshire's debt. For the deal to proceed, Tyson will divest Heinold Hog Markets, its sow purchasing business, the Justice Department said.
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| Alibaba's revenue growth surges in latest quarter Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:27 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alibaba's quarterly revenue growth is surging again, a development that should help the Chinese e-commerce company sell its shares in what could become the technology industry's most lucrative IPO. |
| Dad acquitted in slaying of driver who killed sons Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:25 PM PDT  ANGLETON, Texas (AP) — A jury on Wednesday acquitted a southeast Texas man of murder in the fatal shooting of a drunken driver who had just caused an accident that killed the man's two sons.
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| Battle for Ukraine's southeast coast heats up Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:24 PM PDT NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pushing west in a new offensive along Ukraine's strategic coastline, heavily armed Russian-backed separatist forces captured new territory Wednesday far from their previous battles with government troops. |
| Q&A: Few laws govern children at shooting range Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:21 PM PDT  A 39-year-old firing-range instructor was killed Monday while showing a 9-year-old girl how to use an Uzi submachine gun. Charles Vacca's death at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills, Arizona, has raised questions about allowing young children access to such weapons at firing ranges.
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| AP ANALYSIS: A grim stalemate at war's end in Gaza Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:21 PM PDT  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The third Gaza War in six years appears to have ended in another sort of tie, with both Israel and Hamas claiming the upper hand. Their questionable achievements have come at a big price, especially to long-suffering Palestinians in Gaza.
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| US health worker home after 'low-risk' Ebola exposure Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:20 PM PDT  A health worker with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has returned to the United States after possible exposure to Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, the agency said Wednesday. The CDC downplayed the risk of infection, describing the person's contact with another infected health worker as "low-risk" and saying the CDC staffer was not showing symptoms. "CDC has returned a staff member from West Africa by charter flight after the employee had low-risk contact with an international health worker who recently tested positive for Ebola," said a statement. "The CDC staff member worked in close proximity (within three feet (one meter)) in the same room with the ill person for a prolonged period when that individual had symptoms."
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| U.S. judge rejects Apple bid for injunction against Samsung Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:20 PM PDT  Apple won a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung earlier this year over three Apple patents. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, on Wednesday denied Apple's request to stop Samsung from selling infringing features on its smartphones related to those patents. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on the ruling, a Samsung representative could not immediately comment.
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| Sloane Stephens upset in US Open 2nd round Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:18 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Once a sure bet to stick around for a while at Grand Slam tournaments, Sloane Stephens suddenly can't even win there.
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| Stocks drift higher; S&P 500 holds on to 2,000 Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:12 PM PDT  Stocks are drifting mostly higher as a main U.S. index sets a record for a third day in a row.
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| Missouri governor names new public safety director Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:12 PM PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday appointed a new state public safety director, giving his administration its only black Cabinet member nearly three weeks after the shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer led to violent protests in a St. Louis suburb. |
| Ukraine warns Europe of Russian gas cut-off, Moscow denies Posted: 27 Aug 2014 01:11 PM PDT  By Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine warned Europe on Wednesday that Russia could cut off gas to the continent this winter, but Moscow responded that the supply of gas would continue regardless of politics. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Kiev knew of Russian plans to halt gas flows this winter to Europe, comments that were promptly denied by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak. "The situation in (Ukraine's) energy sector is difficult. We know of Russia's plans to block (gas) transit even to European Union countries this winter, and that's why their (EU) companies were given an order to pump gas into storage in Europe as fully as possible," Yatseniuk told a government meeting, without disclosing how he knew about the Russian plans.
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