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Hasan, Bales, Manning may be in Leavenworth

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 12:41 PM PDT

U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is pictured in this photo courtesy of the U.S. military barracks public affairs departmentIt's the only maximum security prison operated by the Department of Defense.

San Diego mayor agrees to resign

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:54 PM PDT

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner steps away from the podium after addressing a special meeting of the San Diego city council following his resignation as the city's mayor, in San DiegoSAN DIEGO (AP) — Mayor Bob Filner agreed Friday to resign on Aug. 30, bowing to enormous pressure after lurid sexual harassment allegations brought by at least 17 women eroded his support less than nine months on the job.

Zimmerman should not be visiting gun factories says his lawyer

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 10:46 AM PDT

George Zimmerman Reportedly Visits Florida GunmakerThe attorney who helped murder defendant George Zimmerman win a controversial acquittal last month was frustrated to learn his client toured a gun factory on Thursday.

Obama plays down US intervening in Syria

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Syracuse, N.Y. President Barack Obama says a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria this week is a "big event of grave concern" that has hastened the timeframe for determining a U.S. response. He said it is going to WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday played down the prospect of speedy U.S. intervention in Syria, stressing the difficulty of ordering military action against the Assad government without a strong international coalition and a legal mandate from the United Nations.

Suicide bombing in park, attacks kill 36 in Iraq

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:55 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber attacked a park in northern Baghdad crowded by cafe- and restaurant-goers Friday night, the bloodiest attack in a day of violence that killed at least 36 people across the country, authorities said.

Police: At least 30 killed in Bolivia prison melee

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:58 PM PDT

Inmates relatives surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were killed, many in a fire, early Friday in a battle among inmates for control of part of an overcrowded maximum-security prison in Bolivia's eastern lowlands, according to National Police Chief Alberto Aracena. (AP Photo)LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A battle among rival gangs in a prison in Bolivia's eastern lowlands Friday left at least 30 people dead, many burned to death, as witnesses said inmates used propane gas tanks as flame-throwers.

Manning's gender transition sets up legal showdown

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 03:52 PM PDT

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Bradley Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. Manning plans to live as a woman named Chelsea and wants to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible, the soldier said Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, a day after he was sentenced to 35 years in prison for sending classified material to WikiLeaks. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)Bradley Manning is the first transgender military inmate to ask for hormone treatments, officials say, a request that could lead to a legal showdown over how — and if — the soldier convicted in the WikiLeaks case will be allowed to live as a female behind bars.

Mexico officials ID bodies as 5 of missing 12

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:48 PM PDT

Vans belonging to Mexican authorities arrive at the entrance of a ranch where a mass grave was found in Tlalmanalco, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Mexican authorities said Thursday that they have found a mass grave east of Mexico City and are testing to determine if it holds some of the 12 people who vanished from a bar in an upscale area of the capital nearly three months ago. (AP Photo/Ivan Pierre Aguirre)TLALMANALCO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities said Friday they have identified five bodies pulled from a mass grave as some of the 12 people kidnapped three months ago from a Mexico City bar almost within sight of the U.S. Embassy and the city's main boulevard.

Stamp depicts a moment in 1963 March on Washington

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:55 PM PDT

A sheet of the U.S. Postal Service stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is seen during an unveiling event at the Newseum in Washington, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. John Lewis remembers the moment well: More than 250,000 people marching toward the Lincoln Memorial, rallying for jobs and justice, as he prepared to deliver a passionate speech at the March on Washington.

Sides agree to drop Paula Deen discrimination suit

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, celebrity chef Paula Deen poses for a portrait in New York. Lawyers signed a deal Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, to drop a discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit against Deen, who was dropped by the Food Network and other business partners after she said under oath that she had used racial slurs in the past. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Lawyers signed a deal Friday to drop a discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit against celebrity cook Paula Deen, who was dumped by the Food Network and other business partners after she said under oath that she had used racial slurs in the past.

Blasts kill 29, wound hundreds in north Lebanon

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:25 PM PDT

A man recites prayers amid the destruction after a car bomb outside the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The twin car bombs, which killed dozens hit amid soaring tensions in Lebanon as a result of Syria's civil war, which has sharply polarized the country along sectarian lines and between supporters and opponents of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. It was the second such bombing in just over a week, showing the degree to which the tiny country is being consumed by the raging war next door. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — In scenes reminiscent of Lebanon's devastating civil war, charred bodies lay in the streets Friday after twin car bombs exploded outside mosques packed with worshippers, killing 29 people and wounding hundreds.

Panda gives birth to her 3rd cub at National Zoo

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:07 PM PDT

In this image from video provided by the Smithsonian National Zoo, Mei Xiang gives birth to a cub two hours after her water broke Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at the National Zoo in Washington. The zoo has been on round-the-clock panda watch since Aug. 7, when Mei Xiang began showing behavioral changes consistent with a pregnancy or pseudopregnancy. (AP Photo/Smithsonian National Zoo)WASHINGTON (AP) — Fans of a giant panda at Washington's National Zoo buzzed with excitement on social media sites after the panda gave birth Friday to her third cub.

Pro-Morsi rallies in Egypt smaller amid arrests

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 03:29 PM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest in Giza Square, in Cairo's sister city of Giza, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. Hundreds of supporters of Mohammed Morsi took to the streets Friday, holding scattered rallies across the city in a test of whether the ousted Egyptian president's allies can keep up the pressure on the government despite the arrest of much of their senior leadership.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Supporters of Egypt's deposed president, who once overwhelmed cities in the hundreds of thousands, changed tactics Friday by demonstrating in scattered, small rallies that avoided confronting a heavy military deployment waiting for them across the country.

News Guide: A look at the Fort Hood shooting trial

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 11:37 AM PDT

File - In this Aug. 21, 2013 file courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, right, and his defense attorney, Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, are shown during Hasan's court-martial trial in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan has been convicted of murder for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others. (AP Photo/Brigitte Woosley, File)FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Maj. Nidal Hasan was convicted Friday in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, an attack that killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others. Here is a look at some key details from the trial:

Random attack in Spokane leaves WWII veteran dead

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:11 PM PDT

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Police in Spokane, Wash., have arrested one of two teens suspected of fatally beating an 88-year-old veteran of World War II who had survived the battle for Okinawa.

Huge wildfire spreads through Yosemite, evacuations urged

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 03:41 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park — one of more than 50 major brush blazes burning across the western U.S. — more than tripled in size overnight and still threatens about 2,500 homes, hotels and camp buildings. Fire officials said the blaze burning in remote, steep terrain had grown to more than 84 square miles and was only 2 percent contained on Thursday, down from 5 percent a day earlier. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)A giant wildfire raging out of control spread into Yosemite National Park on Friday as authorities urged more evacuations in nearby communities where thousands have already been forced out by flames marching through the timbered slopes of the western Sierra Nevada.

Bales gets life in prison for Afghanistan massacre

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (R), pictured August 21, 2011, at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Californiamilitary jury on Friday sentenced a U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians last year to life in prison without a chance of parole.

Report: San Diego Mayor Filner has signed letter of resignation

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 11:40 AM PDT

San Diego mayor Bob Filner speaks at a news conference in San DiegoThe mayor of San Diego, facing a sexual harassment lawsuit and a slew of allegations of inappropriate behavior toward women, has signed a letter of resignation, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday. The resignation of Mayor Bob Filner could not immediately be confirmed by Reuters. City Clerk Elizabeth Maland said her office had not received any such letter, and a spokesman for the city attorney declined to comment. A representative for Filner could not immediately be reached for comment. ...

NYC pays a hefty price to house its prisoners, study shows

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 10:10 AM PDT

A view of the entrance to the Rikers Island prison complex on May 17, 2011 in New York CityNew York City spent nearly $168,000 per inmate in its jails last year, according to a report by an independent watchdog.

Soldier guilty of Fort Hood rampage

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 10:38 AM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is shown during closing arguments of his court martial, Thursday Aug. 22, 2013, in Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Brigitte Woosley)Maj. Nidal Hasan could be sentenced to die for the 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood.

Putin bans rallies in Sochi near the 2014 Olympics

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 11:23 AM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, greets World War II veterans before an opening ceremony of newly built fountain called Children Dancing in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, once known as Stalingrad, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The fountain is a replica of a fountain which miraculously survived in heavy bombing in Stalingrad in 1942. The original fountain survived until 1951. This year Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of one of modern warfare's bloodiest battles (in Stalingrad) that was turning point in World War II and led to the defeat of the Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree banning demonstrations and rallies for two and a half months in Sochi around the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Syrian conflict hits 'shameful milestone'

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 07:16 AM PDT

AP10ThingsToSee - FILE - Syrian refugees cross into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border point in Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Around 30,000 Syrians, the vast majority of them Kurds, have fled the region over a five-day stretch and crossed the border to the self-ruled Kurdish region of northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)A year ago, 70,000 children had fled their homeland; today, that number is 1 million.

Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire; share price jumps

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 03:36 PM PDT

FILE - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a Microsoft event in San Francisco, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Ballmer, who helped build Microsoft into a technology empire and then struggled to prevent it from crumbling under his own leadership, will retire within the next 12 months. The world's biggest software company did not name a successor. Microsoft Corp.'s stock shot up 9 percent in premarket trading following the news. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who helped Bill Gates transform the company from a tiny startup into the world's most valuable business, announced plans Friday to retire sometime in the next year — a move that presents another challenge to the tech giant as it struggles to move beyond the era of the personal computer.

Police in Vegas say plot to kill officers thwarted

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:17 AM PDT

This image provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows David Allen Brutsche, 42, who was arrested on domestic terrorism charges in Las Vegas. A four-month undercover operation in Las Vegas led to the arrests of Brutsche and Devon Campbell Newman. The arrests stopped a plot to abduct, torture and kill police officers in an effort to bring attention the "sovereign citizen" movement, authorities said Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)LAS VEGAS (AP) — A couple spent hundreds of hours over four months plotting to abduct, torture and kill Las Vegas police officers as a way to attract attention to their anti-authority "sovereign citizens" movement, police said.

Live coverage: Egyptian Brotherhood declares 'Friday of Martyrs'

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mursi shout slogans in CairoJoin Egyptian writers and experts as they take questions and report on the latest clashes in Egypt.

Obama defends government surveillance programs

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:47 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama greets well-wishers upon his arrival in BuffaloAUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama is acknowledging he must "do a better job" of giving Americans confidence in the programs the National Security Agency has deployed to guard against terrorism.

FBI worries about Americans fighting in Syria

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 04:26 AM PDT

FBI Director Warns of Americans' Joining Islamic Radicals in SyriaThe agency is monitoring a stream of fighters joining the civil war.

What are the West's military options in Syria?

Posted: 22 Aug 2013 06:20 PM PDT

Demonstrators calling for help from US President Obama for Syria, protest in front of the White House August 21, 2013Pressure is mounting on the U.S. and its allies to intervene.

San Diego officials to weigh mayoral agreement

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 12:03 PM PDT

Greg Timms, left, signs a petition to recall San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, alongside Tana Piontek, right, at a stand set up in the parking lot of a shopping center Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, in San Diego. Pressure is mounting against San Diego's mayor to resign after a sexual harassment lawsuit was filed against him, and the Democratic National Committee plans to vote on a resolution Friday urging him to step down immediately. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego's city attorney — who negotiated a deal to end the sexual harassment scandal involving Mayor Bob Filner — said Friday ahead of the City Council vote on the agreement that the city's stability hinges on the mayor's resignation.

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