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• Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to buy Washington Post
• Al-Qaida chief's secret message spurred embassy shutdowns
• Amazon founder Bezos to buy Washington Post
• Fort Hood survivors to face gunman at trial
• Bulger lawyer says underworld witnesses told lies
• AP PHOTOS: Muslims worldwide celebrate Ramadan
• Former Colorado resident held in beach rampage
• Republicans want NBC, CNN to pull Clinton programs
• Taste test: Lab-grown hamburger short on flavor
• A-Rod gets 211-game ban, 12 others get 50 games
• Embassies still shut, US tries to pinpoint targets
• Alex Rodriguez, others suspended by MLB for drugs
• Autopsy: Condemned Ohio man apparently hanged self
• Prosecutor: Bulger 'vicious, violent, calculating'
• Weiner dodges scandal talk, shifts focus to ideas, rivals
• Will fast-food protests spur higher minimum wage?
• Boston bomber followed conspiracy theories on 9/11, Oklahoma City
• RNC threatens to cut CNN, NBC from debates over Clinton 'ads'
• Closing arguments in trial of 'vicious' Boston mobster
• New JFK book claims details on affairs, drug use
• Cleanup underway at derailment site in Louisiana
• Obama to take your housing questions in Zillow roundtable
• Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an 'emergency'
• Terror threat to keep U.S. embassies closed in 19 countries
• U.S. embassies stay closed amid 'serious threat'

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to buy Washington Post Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:58 PM PDT The Graham family is selling the storied newspaper for $250 million.

Al-Qaida chief's secret message spurred embassy shutdowns Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:28 PM PDT Two officials say a secret message that was intercepted between al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen led to the shutdown of U.S. embassies.

Amazon founder Bezos to buy Washington Post Posted: 05 Aug 2013 04:48 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com founder who helped bring books into the digital age, is going after another pillar of "old media": The Washington Post.

Fort Hood survivors to face gunman at trial Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:37 AM PDT LILLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Alonzo Lunsford has trouble getting out of chairs and warns his family to wake him gently. Kathy Platoni can't shake the image of the man who died in a pool of blood at her knees. Shawn Manning still has two bullets in his body and gets easily unnerved by crowds.

Bulger lawyer says underworld witnesses told lies Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:22 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — James "Whitey" Bulger's lawyers tried to put the government itself on trial during closing arguments Monday, accusing federal prosecutors of making sweetheart deals with ruthless killers to put the reputed Boston crime boss behind bars.

AP PHOTOS: Muslims worldwide celebrate Ramadan Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:33 AM PDT Iranian women place copies of the Quran on their heads during a religious ceremony at a cemetery outside Tehran. A Pakistani boy arranges plates of food for the meal that breaks the day's fast in Islamabad. Prayers are offered at mosques from India to Indonesia.

Former Colorado resident held in beach rampage Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:07 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who spent time in jail for shoplifting in Colorado was in custody Monday for investigation of running down a dozen people along the Venice Beach boardwalk, including an Italian tourist who was living her dream of honeymooning in California.

Republicans want NBC, CNN to pull Clinton programs Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee charged Monday that NBC and CNN are promoting a potential presidential candidacy by Hillary Rodham Clinton, threatening to blackball them from future GOP primary debates if they air upcoming programs on the former secretary of state.

Taste test: Lab-grown hamburger short on flavor Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:18 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The food of the future could do with a pinch of seasoning — and maybe some cheese.

A-Rod gets 211-game ban, 12 others get 50 games Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:17 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago.

Embassies still shut, US tries to pinpoint targets Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — American spies and intelligence analysts on Monday scoured email, phone calls and radio communications between al-Qaida operatives in Yemen and the organization's senior leaders to determine the timing and targets of a potentially spectacular attack that officials said they came across in monitoring militants' "chatter."

Alex Rodriguez, others suspended by MLB for drugs Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:30 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago.

Autopsy: Condemned Ohio man apparently hanged self Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:51 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned inmate used an item he was permitted to have to apparently hang himself days before his execution — a rare, but not unprecedented, death row suicide.

Prosecutor: Bulger 'vicious, violent, calculating' Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:03 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — A prosecutor called reputed crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger "one of the most vicious, violent and calculating criminals ever to walk the streets of Boston" as he urged a jury Monday to convict Bulger of charges that include 19 killings during the 1970s and '80s.

Weiner dodges scandal talk, shifts focus to ideas, rivals Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:20 PM PDT In a bid to revive his campaign, the candidate announced the release of an 'ideas' book.

Will fast-food protests spur higher minimum wage? Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:29 PM PDT Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City — one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant — but he says his paychecks aren't enough to buy shoes for his three daughters and insure his 15-year-old car. So he decided to draw attention to his plight: He walked off work in protest.

Boston bomber followed conspiracy theories on 9/11, Oklahoma City Posted: 05 Aug 2013 07:37 AM PDT Tamerlan Tsarnaev had an article about "the rape of our gun rights," the BBC says.

RNC threatens to cut CNN, NBC from debates over Clinton 'ads' Posted: 05 Aug 2013 09:05 AM PDT NBC is airing a Hillary Clinton miniseries, while CNN Films is producing a documentary.

Closing arguments in trial of 'vicious' Boston mobster Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:48 PM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Monday told jurors that James "Whitey" Bulger was the "vicious, violent and calculating" Boston mob boss his former gang mates had described at his murder and racketeering trial, while defense attorneys urged jurors not to trust career criminals who had cut plea deals. Each side's closing statement focused on testimony of three former members of Bulger's "Winter Hill" gang who described 19 murders the defendant was charged with committing or ordering in the 1970s and '80s. ...

New JFK book claims details on affairs, drug use Posted: 05 Aug 2013 07:43 AM PDT A new book about President John F. Kennedy's last year alive alleges details of his affair with Marilyn Monroe and his drug use. Excerpts from "These Few Precious Days," which was written by Christopher Andersen, a Kennedy biographer and journalist, asserts that first lady Jacqueline Kennedy knew about her husband's infidelities, but was bothered by his alleged romance with Marilyn Monroe the most.

Cleanup underway at derailment site in Louisiana Posted: 05 Aug 2013 07:23 AM PDT About 100 homes remained evacuated.

Obama to take your housing questions in Zillow roundtable Posted: 05 Aug 2013 07:01 AM PDT Plus: How much would the White House cost?

Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an 'emergency' Posted: 05 Aug 2013 10:38 AM PDT Contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier.

Terror threat to keep U.S. embassies closed in 19 countries Posted: 05 Aug 2013 05:48 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid online "chatter" about terror threats, U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said.

U.S. embassies stay closed amid 'serious threat' Posted: 04 Aug 2013 09:28 PM PDT Embassies in the Middle East and Africa will remain shut through the end of the week.

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