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Obama blasts Sterling's alleged comments

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 08:39 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, right, and V. Stiviano, left, watch the Clippers play the Sacramento Kings during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. The NBA is investigating a report of an audio recording in which a man purported to be Sterling makes racist remarks while speaking to Stiviano. NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement Saturday, April 26, 2014, that the league is in the process of authenticating the validity of the recording posted on TMZ's website. Bass called the comments "disturbing and offensive." (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Black leaders join President Obama in speaking out against the Clippers owner.

Palin: If I were president, 'waterboarding is how we'd baptize terrorists'

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:58 PM PDT

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a campaign rally for Iowa Republican Senatorial candidate Joni Ernst, Sunday, April 27, 2014, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Palin was one of many women in politics to attend the The former Alaskan governor told the crowd at the National Rifle Association's annual convention that if she were in charge, waterboarding is how the United States would "baptize terrorists."

Some California cities start water-waste patrols

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:05 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, March 11, 2014, Steve Upton, right, explains to Larry Barber how to use the water timer Upton installed on the water spigot at the Barber home in Sacramento, Calif. Upton, an inspector for the water conservation unit of the Sacramento Utilities department, follows up on tips concerning city residents wasting water in one of California's driest years on record. During his visit to the Barbers, after receiving a tip they were watering their lawn on a non-watering day, Upton installed the water timer and gave them information on how to conserve water.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Steve Upton thinks of himself more as an "Officer Friendly" than a water cop.

Observers held in Ukraine speak under armed guard

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 04:05 PM PDT

John Christensen, right, a senior Sgt. in the Danish army and his colleague, both members of a group of foreign military observers are escorted by a pro-Russian militant to attend a press conference in the city hall of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. As Western governments vowed to impose more sanctions against Russia and its supporters in eastern Ukraine, a group of foreign military observers remained in captivity Saturday accused of being NATO spies by a pro-Russian insurgency. The German-led, eight-member team was traveling under the auspices of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe when they were detained Friday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian militants in camouflage fatigues and black balaclavas paraded captive European military observers before the media on Sunday, hours after three captured Ukrainian security guards were shown bloodied, blindfolded and stripped of their trousers and shoes, their arms bound with packing tape.

Francis presides over historic day of 4 popes

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 08:24 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two 20th-century popes who changed the course of the Catholic Church became saints Sunday as Pope Francis honored John XXIII and John Paul II in a delicate balancing act aimed at bringing together the conservative and progressive wings of the church.

Official: Tornado kills 2 in northeastern Oklahoma

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 04:43 PM PDT

A vehicle tops a hill along U.S. Route 56 as a severe thunderstorm moves through the area near Baldwin City, Kan., Sunday, April 27, 2014. Severe storms are expected in the area most of the day. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say a tornado has killed two people in the small northeastern Oklahoma town of Quapaw.

Supreme Court takes on privacy in digital age

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:02 PM PDT

People walk on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday April 26, 2014. Two Supreme Court cases about police searches of cellphones without warrants present vastly different views of the ubiquitous device. Is it a critical tool for a criminal or is it an American's virtual home? How the justices answer that question could determine the outcome of the cases being argued Tuesday, April 29, 2014. A drug dealer and a gang member want the court to rule that the searches of their cellphones after their arrest violated their right to privacy in the digital age. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Supreme Court cases about police searches of cellphones without warrants present vastly different views of the ubiquitous device.

Clippers stage silent protest to owner

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 04:56 PM PDT

Members of the Los Angeles Clippers listen to the national anthem before Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday, April 27, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. The Clippers chose not to speak publicly about owner Donald Sterling. Instead, they made a silent protest. The players wore their red Clippers' warmup shirts inside out to hide the team's logo. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers chose not to speak publicly about owner Donald Sterling before they faced the Golden State Warriors for Game 4 of their first-round series Sunday. Instead, they made a silent protest to generate attention.

Abbas calls Holocaust 'most heinous crime'

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:57 PM PDT

File -- In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, attends Muslim prayers at a mosque adjacent to his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas called the Holocaust "the ugliest crime humanity has known in modern history." His comments, published Sunday by the Palestinian official news agency WAFA, marked a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during the Nazi genocide. Some 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian president on Sunday called the Holocaust "the most heinous crime" of modern history, voicing a rare acknowledgment of Jewish suffering shortly before Israel held its annual memorial for victims of the Nazi genocide.

In Malaysia, Obama keeps focus on human rights

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 07:28 AM PDT

With a Malaysian flag behind him, President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Malaya University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the Malaysian government to improve its human rights record and appealed to Southeast Asia's teeming youth population to stand up for the rights of minorities and the rule of law.

Teen stowaway desperate to see mother

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 03:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2014 file photo, a 15-year-old boy, seen sitting on a stretcher center, who stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from San Jose, Calif., to Maui is loaded into an ambulance at Kahului Airport in Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. The teen's mother, Ubah Mohamed Abdullahi, said while she spoke with Voice of America radio from a refugee camp in eastern Ethiopia, that her son had recently learned that she was alive after being told by his father she had died. (AP Photo/The Maui News, Chris Sugidono, File)SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — He was young, displaced and frustrated, and he wanted nothing more than to reunite with his mother in their native Africa.

Warriors top Clippers 118-97, even series 2-2

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 04:38 PM PDT

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) celebrates after scoring next to Los Angeles Clippers' Jamal Crawford (11) during the first half in Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series on Sunday, April 27, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers made a silent protest against owner Donald Sterling before Game 4 of their Western Conference playoff series against Golden State. The Warriors made a different kind of statement during the game.

Democrat Aiken goes for GOP-heavy House district

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:24 PM PDT

This undated image released by Clay Aiken for Congress, shows former RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Singer-songwriter Clay Aiken doesn't have a problem with name recognition. But that doesn't mean voters in North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District will send the "American Idol" star to Washington to represent them in Congress.

Separatists seize control of TV office in Ukraine

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 10:11 AM PDT

Masked pro-Russian activists guard the entrance during their mass storming of a regional Television Centre in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Insurgents in Slovyansk have taken a number of people hostage, including journalists and pro-Ukraine activists, as they strengthen their control in the east of the country in defiance of the interim government in Kiev and its Western supporters. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday seized control of the offices of regional state television in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and said they would take it off air and broadcast a Kremlin-backed Russian channel instead. A Reuters reporter said four separatists in masks, with truncheons and shields, were standing at the entrance to the building controlling access, while more separatists in camouflage fatigues could be seen inside. About 15 police officers were standing a short distance away but were not trying to resist the separatists. It was the first time the station had been seized by the separatists, though previously a transmission tower in the Donetsk region had briefly been seized and technicians forced to broadcast Russian stations' output.

Pope Francis makes John XXIII, John Paul II saints

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:22 AM PDT

Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI.

S. Korean prime minister resigns over ferry sinking

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 03:51 AM PDT

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won bows to the nation after offering his resignation at the Central Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Chung offered to resign Sunday over the government's handling of a deadly ferry sinking, blaming "deep-rooted evils" and societal irregularities for a tragedy that has left more than 300 people dead or missing and led to widespread shame, fury and finger-pointing. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUTJINDO, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's prime minister resigned Sunday over the government's handling of a ferry sinking that has left more than 300 people dead or missing and led to widespread shame, fury and finger-pointing, blaming "deep-rooted evils" in society for the tragedy.

Obama: Reported comments by team owner 'racist'

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 08:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2010 photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling watches the second half of an NBA preseason basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles. On Saturday, April 26, 2014, the NBA said it is investigating a report of an audio recording in which a man purported to be Sterling makes racist remarks while speaking to his girlfriend. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama said Sunday that comments reportedly made by the owner of a U.S. pro basketball team are "incredibly offensive racist statements," before casting them as part of a continuing legacy of slavery and segregation that Americans must confront.

Sanctions loom as observers held in east Ukraine

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 07:36 PM PDT

Sanctions loom as observers held in east UkraineAs Western governments vowed to impose more sanctions against Russia and its supporters in eastern Ukraine, a group of foreign military observers remained in captivity Saturday accused of being NATO spies ...

Study: Nearly half of all homeless men suffered brain injury

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 01:36 PM PDT

Becoming Invisible and HomelessThe study's results align with recent research on brain injuries and prison inmates

More renounce US citizenship but deny stereotype

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 06:44 PM PDT

This July 2012 photo provided by Carol Tapanila shows her and her second husband in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Tapanila, a native of upstate New York who has lived in Canada since 1969, has joined a largely overlooked surge of Americans rejecting what is, to millions, a highly sought prize: U.S. citizenship. In 2013, the U.S. government reported a record 2,999 people renounced citizenship or terminated permanent residency. (AP Photo/Carol Tapanila)Inside the long-awaited package, six pages of government paperwork dryly affirmed Carol Tapanila's anxious request. But when Tapanila slipped the contents from the brown envelope, she saw there was something more.

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