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Calmer winds help firefighters gain control

Posted: 17 May 2014 10:57 AM PDT

Fire crews gain ground on swarm of San Diego firesThe blaze raced through nearly 20,000 acres of San Diego County brush land.

California Chrome wins Preakness

Posted: 17 May 2014 04:31 PM PDT

California Chrome, ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, wins the 139th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)BALTIMORE (AP) — California Chrome repelled one challenger and then put away another in the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, setting up a Triple Crown try in three weeks.

‘World’s biggest dinosaur’ discovered in Argentina

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:30 PM PDT

This 2014 photo released on Saturday, May 17, 2014 by the Museo Paletontológico Egidio Feruglio, shows a team of paleontologists working at the site where the bones of a sauropod dinosaur were unearthed, near Trelew, Argentina. Paleontologists from the Museo Paletontológico Egidio Feruglio announced Friday, May 16, 2014, the discovery of what they believe are the fossil remains of the world's largest dinosaur, near Trelew. (AP Photo/Museo Paletontológico Egidio Feruglio)The newly discovered titanosaur fossils belonged to a species believed to have stood over 65-feet-tall.

Eastern Ukrainians rap Kiev in talks

Posted: 17 May 2014 05:08 PM PDT

Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, second left, and Ukraine's former presidents Leonid Kuchma, first right, and Leonid Kravchuk, second right, during a round table reform discussion in Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, May 17, 2014. First left is Minister of regional development Volodymyr Groisman. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, pool)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Lawmakers and officials from eastern Ukraine on Saturday poured criticism on the fledging central government, accusing it of ignoring legitimate grievances of the regions which have been overrun by pro-Russia militia fighting for independence.

Thousands flee, 25 die in record Balkan floods

Posted: 17 May 2014 02:02 PM PDT

People help old women out of a military truck during evacuation from Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade Serbia, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Record flooding in the Balkans leaves at least 20 people dead in Serbia and Bosnia and is forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Meteorologists say the flooding is the worst since records began 120 years ago. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)MAGLAJ, Bosnia (AP) — Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes Saturday in Bosnia and Serbia to escape the worst flooding in a century.

AP PHOTOS: Historic floods inundate Balkans

Posted: 17 May 2014 02:24 PM PDT

A Bosnian man walks on a damaged railway track near Tuzla 140 kms north of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Saturday May 17, 2014. Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes Saturday in Bosnia and Serbia, seeking to escape the worst flooding in a century. Authorities said 20 people have died but warned the death toll could rise further. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)In Bosnia and Serbia, days of torrential rains have triggered the worst floods to hit the region since records began 120 years ago.

Obama considering new housing, budget leaders

Posted: 17 May 2014 03:57 PM PDT

File- This march 12, 2014, file photo shows Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. It's a second-term Cabinet shuffle for President Barack Obama. Obama plans to nominate Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan to be White House budget. And the president is considering naming San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro as Donovan's successor. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Shuffling his second-term Cabinet, President Barack Obama plans to nominate Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan to be budget director and is considering San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to succeed Donovan, according to people familiar with the selection process.

Lao defense chief, 4 others killed in plane crash

Posted: 17 May 2014 11:18 AM PDT

This image taken from video provided by Lao National TV, shows the wreckage of a Lao air force plane which crashed in a forested area of Xiangkhoung province, Laos Saturday, May 17, 2014. The Lao air force plane carrying senior government officials crashed Saturday, killing at least five people on board, including the country's Defense Minister Douangchay Phichit, Thai officials said. (AP Photo/Lao National TV via AP Video) LAOS OUT, TV OUTBANGKOK (AP) — A military plane carrying senior Lao government officials crashed Saturday in a wooded area as it approached an airport in the country's northeast, killing at least five people, including the defense minister and other high-ranking members of the authoritarian country's ruling party.

Weary crews prepare for long wildfire season

Posted: 17 May 2014 04:11 PM PDT

Smoke plumes rise behind the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton entrance Friday, May 16, 2014, in Oceanside, Calif. San Diego County officials said Friday five wildfires have been 100 percent contained. Still, crews were focusing efforts on two large fires — one in the city of San Marcos and two blazes at the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters scoured charred hillsides north of San Diego on Saturday to guard against a resurgence of flames that ripped through the region, while the last of tens of thousands of evacuees prepared to return home. For those battling a series of blazes for days, the relief was mixed with a sense of dread that drought-sapped vegetation, high temperatures and low humidity portend a long fire season ahead.

After huge win, next Indian PM begins victory lap

Posted: 17 May 2014 10:09 AM PDT

Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi, left, flashes the victory symbol standing next to senior party leader L.K. Advani at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Thousands of cheering supporters welcomed Modi on his arrival in the capital Saturday after leading his party to a staggering victory in national elections. Modi and his BJP wiped out the Congress party that dominated Indian politics for all but a decade since the country gained freedom from British rule in 1947. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people welcomed India's next prime minister in the capital on Saturday after he led his party to a resounding election victory, with Narendra Modi flashing a victory sign to his cheering supporters and telling them that the win "created a new confidence among people."

California Chrome wins Preakness; Triple try next

Posted: 17 May 2014 05:09 PM PDT

California Chrome, ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, wins the 139th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)BALTIMORE (AP) — California Chrome repelled one challenger and then put away another in the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, setting up a Triple Crown try in three weeks.

AP PHOTOS: California Chrome eyes Triple Crown

Posted: 17 May 2014 04:22 PM PDT

California Chrome, ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, wins the 139th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)California Chrome kicked into another gear to storm in front of Ride on Curlin and win the Preakness on Saturday.

Turkish miner who survived says company to blame

Posted: 17 May 2014 10:44 AM PDT

SAVASTEPE, Turkey (AP) — Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey's worst mining disaster: company negligence.

West Africa leaders vow to wage 'total war' on Boko Haram

Posted: 17 May 2014 11:19 AM PDT

By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - West African leaders on Saturday agreed to work together to wage "total war" on Boko Haram saying the Nigerian Islamist group had become a regional al Qaeda that threatened all of them. Nigeria's neighbors Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin, and Western officials, met in Paris to flesh out a plan enabling them for the first time to share intelligence, coordinate action and monitor borders. Although Boko Haram has been fighting for five years, carrying out bombings and attacks on civilians and the security forces, the kidnapping last month of more than 200 girls from a school in the northeast has focused world attention on them. "Boko Haram is no longer a local terrorist group, it is operating clearly as an al Qaeda operation, it is an al Qaeda of West Africa," Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan told a news conference in Paris following the meeting.

A Short History of Gay Marriage, Which Turns 10 Today

Posted: 17 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT

Ten years ago today in Massachusetts, same-sex couples began to marry, becoming the first ones to do so in the United States.

Gunfire in east Ukraine; talks on crisis go on

Posted: 17 May 2014 05:54 AM PDT

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained gunfire was heard throughout the night near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, the stronghold of pro-Russia fighters, ahead of a second round of European-brokered talks on Saturday aimed at resolving the crisis.

Obama allies revive push for Obamacare CEO

Posted: 17 May 2014 07:15 AM PDT

A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationA group of healthcare experts is urging the Obama administration to appoint a new chief executive officer to safeguard the next open enrollment period.

Brown decision at 60: A look at education inequity

Posted: 16 May 2014 12:24 PM PDT

This photo taken May 13, 2014 shows National Education Association staff members from Washington joining students, parents and educators at a rally at the Supreme Court in Washington on the 60th anniversary Brown v. Board of Education decision that struck down WASHINGTON (AP) — Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Many inequities in education still exist for black students and for Hispanics, a population that has grown exponentially since the 1954 ruling.

As California fires rage, arson suspect arrested

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:07 AM PDT

Smoke plumes rise behind the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton entrance Friday, May 16, 2014, in Oceanside, Calif. San Diego County officials said Friday five wildfires have been 100 percent contained. Still, crews were focusing efforts on two large fires — one in the city of San Marcos and two blazes at the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man was charged with setting one of nearly a dozen fires that have destroyed homes and raced through nearly 20,000 acres of northern and eastern San Diego County brush land, but most of the blazes seemed to be dying down, despite the eruption of a new fire at the Camp Pendleton Marine base.

Political TV ads on health law total $445M

Posted: 16 May 2014 12:30 PM PDT

This undated framegrab image from video provided by Americans for Prosperity, shows a political ad against Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H. stating the Affordable Care Act is not working. A new analysis finds the nation's health care overhaul deserves a place in advertising history as the focus of extraordinarily high spending on negative political TV ads that have gone largely unanswered by the law's supporters. The report, released Friday by nonpartisan analysts Kantar Media CMAG, estimates $445 million was spent on political TV ads mentioning the law since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Spending on negative ads outpaced positive ones by more than 15 to 1. (AP Photo/Americans for Prosperity)A study reveals spending on negative Obamacare ads outpaced positive ones.

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