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McChrystal: Don't rush to judge Bergdahl

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:44 PM PDT

Former General Stanley McChrystal Urges Critics to Stop Judging Bergdahl Until The Facts Are InRetired Gen. Stanley McChrystal led Afghanistan war effort at time of soldier's vanishing.


Putin calls Hilary Clinton 'weak,' cracks wise about women

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:38 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) listens to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Vladivostok, Russia on September 8, 2012Russian President Vladimir Putin waded into US politics Wednesday describing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- and possible 2016 presidential candidate -- as "weak" in some sarcastic comments about women. In an interview with French television, Putin was asked about Clinton's recent remarks that the Russian leader was trying to redraw the boundaries in eastern Europe just like Adolf Hitler did in the 1930s. "It's better not to argue with women," Putin replied, adding: "But Mrs. Clinton has never been too graceful in her statements." Putin remarked that he met Clinton when she was the US top diplomat "and had cordial conversations at various international events.


Will it be 'lights out' for Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran?

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:18 PM PDT

Supporters for U.S. Sen. Thad CochranNational Republicans find themselves in a political jam over the looming Senate runoff in Mississippi, with some establishment operatives now wishing that tea party challenger Chris McDaniel had just won outright or that six-term incumbent Thad Cochran hadn't run at all. The National Republican Senatorial Committee is in the most uncomfortable spot, as the top institutional defender of incumbents. It is pledging its full support to Cochran while also having to grapple with the reality that McDaniel, who may well win the nomination, is a political figure it can't control, and giving Democrats reason to dream about a seat in Mississippi for the first time since Dixiecrats fell out of vogue.


Mountain of dirt suspected in Delaware bridge closure

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:02 PM PDT

In this June 3, 2014 photo, workers stand between the Interstate 495 bridge over the Christina River, left, and a dirt pile near Wilmington, Del., after the bridge was closed due to the discovery of four tilting support columns. Delaware Transportation Secretary Shailen Bhatt said engineers are looking at all geotechnical issues and have determined that the dirt pile, which appears to be partly in the transportation department's right of way, could be a factor. "We don't know what the effect of that weight is" underground, he said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)DOVER, Del. (AP) — A contractor in Delaware says his company dumped a massive amount of dirt next to a heavily traveled interstate bridge, and state officials say that may have made the span unsafe for drivers.


Climate data: U.S. hot spots revealed

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2013 file photo, tourists walk close to misters to keep cool as they walk along The Strip during a heat wave in Las Vegas. An Associated Press analysis of federal temperature records shows Nevada's capital city, Carson City, has warmed the most in the last 30 years than any other city in the nation. Las Vegas came in sixth. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)Analysis shows nation is warming fastest at two corners, the Northeast and the Southwest.


Kerry: Syria vote 'a great big zero'

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:15 AM PDT

A woman votes for President Bashar Assad by marking the ballot with blood from her pricked finger, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday June 3, 2014. Polls opened in government-held areas in Syria amid very tight security Tuesday for the country's presidential election, a vote that President Bashar Assad is widely expected to win. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)U.S. sec. of state says "the killing is the same" after Assad's re-election.


Cosby dons sweats at tribute to classmate killed in jet crash

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:55 PM PDT

Entertainer and former classmate Bill Cosby speaks during a public memorial service for Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at Temple University in Philadelphia. Katz and six others died when his private jet crashed during takeoff on Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Massachusetts. He was 72. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There was no missing Bill Cosby at a memorial for businessman and philanthropist Lewis Katz.


Videos train police how to react to 'man's best friend'

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:20 PM PDT

In this Monday, May 19, 2014 photo, former dog owner Arturo Gonzalez poses for a photo with a picture of his late dog at his home in Pico Rivera, Calif. Gonzalez's pit bull, Chico Blue, was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies 18 months ago when the deputies came to ask Gonzalez about a shooting that wounded his brother. The deputies say the dog foamed at the mouth while walking down the driveway. Feeling threatened by the dog, the deputies threw a chair, sprayed the dog with mace and shot him twice with a handgun. The majority of shootings in most U.S. police departments involve animals, usually dogs, and experts say a new series of videos can help change often quick-trigger decisions fueled by fear. (AP Photo/ Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The majority of shootings in most U.S. police departments involve animals, usually dogs, and experts say a new series of videos can help change often quick-trigger decisions fueled by fear.


Last original 'Code Talker' who stumped Japan dies at 93

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:39 PM PDT

Chester NezFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The language he once was punished for speaking in school became Chester Nez's primary weapon in World War II.


Ireland faces 'mother-and-baby home' graveyard discovery

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:47 PM PDT

The entrance to the site of a mass grave of hundreds of children who died in the former Bons Secours home for unmarried mothers is seen in Tuam, County GalwayIreland is considering an inquiry into what the government called a "deeply disturbing" discovery of an unmarked graveyard at a former home run by the Roman Catholic Church where almost 800 children died between 1925 and 1961. Ireland's once powerful Catholic Church has been rocked by a series of scandals over the abuse and neglect of children, and the government is concerned that research carried out by a local historian in county Galway has revealed another dark chapter. The graveyard was discovered in the former grounds of one of Ireland's "mother-and-baby homes" run by the Bon Secours order of nuns. Researcher Catherine Corless said public records show that almost 800 children died at the home before it was closed just over 50 years ago.


25 years: Interactive photos of Tiananmen then and now

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Syria's Assad wins re-election

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:08 PM PDT

As Civil War Rages, Syrians Vote For PresidentPresident Bashar Assad has been re-elected in a landslide victory, capturing 88.7 percent of the vote, Syria's parliament speaker says.


Taliban video shows handover of US soldier

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:50 PM PDT

In this image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban have released a video showing the handover of Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan. The video, emailed to media on Wednesday, shows Bergdahl in traditional Afghan clothing sitting in a pickup truck parked on a hillside. More than a dozen Taliban fighters with machine guns stand around the truck and on the hillside. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As a thin, tense-looking Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. forces, one of his Taliban captors leaned in and warned him: "Don't come back to Afghanistan. You won't make it out alive next time."


6 militants killed, 3 Ukrainian troops injured

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:45 AM PDT

Pro-Russian armed men examine destroyed rifles at a border guards base, which they seized, on the outskirts of Luhansk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine have taken two government bases in battles around Luhansk, seizing quantities of ammunition and explosives from a border guards post and taking another installation after National Guard forces ran out of ammunition. (AP Photo/Igor Golovniov)LUHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian insurgents overran and seized two government bases in eastern Ukraine, overpowering National Guard forces who ran out of firepower and hauling off ammunition and explosives from a border post.


Witnesses: Nigerian villages under siege

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:05 PM PDT

Red Cross personnel search for remains at the site of one of Tuesday's car bombs in JosIslamic fighters stage comeback from a year-long military offensive aimed at crushing them.


Maureen Dowd burned over pot op-ed

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 07:07 AM PDT

Maureen DowdWhile reporting on the legalization of recreational cannabis, she ate some.


In Harlem, more than 100 arrested in largest-ever NYC gang bust

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:15 PM PDT

generic_fp_shooting_v1More than 100 members of three feuding gangs were arrested in Harlem for killings and gun violence in what was described as the largest indictment of gang members in New York City's history, authorities said.


Kerry makes surprise Lebanon stop

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:07 AM PDT

Secretary of State John KerryBEIRUT (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling for an end to the political stalemate in Lebanon, saying it is "deeply troubling" at a time of instability in the region.


Germany probes NSA's tap on Merkel phone

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:37 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sits on her chair prior to her so called 'Government Declaration' speech ahead of the G7 summit in front of the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)The chancellor has accused the U.S. of breaching trust with an ally.


Dalai Lama remembers 'martyrs' of Tiananmen Square

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 05:15 AM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama accepts a traditional offering of barley meal as he is welcomed upon his arrival at the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. The Dalai Lama will give his annual teaching for Tibetan school and college students for three-days ending Friday. (AP Photo/ Ashwini Bhatia)Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama marked the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing on Wednesday by urging China to embrace democracy and offering prayers for the protest "martyrs". The Dalai Lama, reviled by Beijing as a separatist, made the rare comments on the June 4, 1989, violence at a prayer meeting two years after he renounced politics. "I offer my prayers for those who died for freedom, democracy and human rights," the Nobel Peace Prize winner said according to a statement posted on his web site (dalailama.com). "While great progress has been made to integrate into the world economy, I believe it is equally important to encourage China to enter the mainstream of global democracy," he added.


The real NSA scandal is overseas

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:12 AM PDT

Former U.S. defense contractor Edward Snowden is seen during an interview with "NBC Nightly News" in MoscowLast week Edward Snowden popped up from his exile in Moscow for an exclusive interview with NBC News anchor Brian Williams. Like much of the public narrative that has emerged since Snowden absconded with reams of classified documents from the National Security Agency, the interview further muddied the waters about what his historic leaks have revealed.


Miss. GOP Senate candidates face likely runoff

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:58 AM PDT

Supporters for U.S. Sen. Thad CochranSen. Thad Cochran and tea party challenger Chris McDaniel battled to a near-draw.


Kerry calls on Russia, Iran, Hezbollah to end Syria war

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 09:07 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, meets with Ukraine president-elect Petro Poroshenkois in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Beirut (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry called on key backers of President Bashar al-Assad to end the three-year war in Syria, during an unannounced visit to neighbouring Lebanon on Wednesday.


Hail, tornadoes reported as storms cross Midwest

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 10:01 PM PDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Baseball-sized hail pummeled homes and cars in Nebraska and Iowa on Tuesday as powerful thunderstorms moved through a swath of Midwest states, also causing severe flooding and prompting reports of tornadoes.

Taliban release video of Bergdahl handover

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:39 PM PDT

U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl waits before being released at the Afghan borderThe video purportedly shows the U.S. soldier's transfer to American forces in Afghanistan.


China in security clampdown on Tiananmen anniversary

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 07:53 AM PDT

Paramilitary policemen patrol outside the Xinhua Gate of the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, the residence of China's President Xi in BeijingBy Adam Rose and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people held a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Wednesday to mark the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters 25 years ago in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, while mainland China authorities sought to whitewash the 1989 event. In Beijing, police flooded the streets around the square, scene of the worst of the violence a quarter of a century ago, and censors scrubbed the Internet clean of any mention of the rare open display of defiance against the Communist Party. In Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997 but remains a free-wheeling, capitalist hub, demonstrators holding candles and clad mainly in black gathered in a downtown park and called on Beijing to atone for the killings. "Hong Kong is a free society where you can speak out.


Bergdahl's hometown cancels celebration amid furor

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:34 PM PDT

In this image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, stands with a Taliban fighter in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, released a video showing the handover of Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo as a significant achievement for the insurgents. Bergdahl was freed on Saturday after five years in captivity, and exchanged for the five Guantanamo detainees who were flown to Qatar, a tiny Gulf Arab country which has served as a mediator in the negotiations for the swap. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's hometown abruptly canceled plans Wednesday for a welcome-home celebration, citing security concerns over the prospect of big crowds — both for and against the soldier.


AP Exclusive: Western couple held in Afghanistan

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:49 PM PDT

This frame grab from video provided by the Coleman family shows Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle. The family of a then-pregnant American woman who went missing in Afghanistan in late 2012 with her Canadian husband received two videos last year in which the couple asked the U.S. government to help free them from their Taliban captors, The Associated Press has learned. The videos offer the first and only clue about what happened to Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle after they lost touch with their family 20 months ago while traveling in a mountainous region near the capital, Kabul. U.S. law enforcement officials investigating the couple's disappearance consider the videos authentic but caution that they hold limited investigative value, since it's not clear when or where they were filmed. (AP Photo/Coleman Family)WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of a pregnant American woman who went missing in Afghanistan in late 2012 with her Canadian husband received two videos last year in which the couple asked the U.S. government to help free them and their child from Taliban captors, The Associated Press has learned.


Now application 'inconsistencies' vex health law

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:05 PM PDT

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 2 million people who got health insurance under President Barack Obama's law have data discrepancies that could jeopardize coverage for some, a government document shows. On Wednesday, Burwell easily passed a key test vote in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge new paperwork headache for the government could also be jeopardizing coverage for some of the millions of people who just got health insurance under President Barack Obama's law.


Analysis: Talks in Bergdahl release had wider goal

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:17 PM PDT

In this image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. The announcement that the U.S. government had secured Bergdahl's release and that it was freeing five senior Taliban figures from Guantanamo Bay has been portrayed first and foremost as a prisoner exchange. But the four-year history of secret dialogue that led to Saturday's release suggests that the main goal of each side may have been far more sweeping. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)The announcement that the U.S. government had secured the release of missing U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and that it was freeing five senior Taliban figures from Guantanamo Bay has been portrayed first and foremost as a prisoner exchange. But the four-year history of secret dialogue that led to Saturday's release suggests that the main goal of each side may have been far more sweeping.


Wisconsin stabbing highlights juvenile crime laws

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, May 31, 2014, file photo, rescue workers take a 12-year-old stabbing victim to an ambulance in Waukesha, Wis. Neighbors of two U.S. girls accused of stabbing another girl nearly to death say they're struggling to reconcile the allegations with what they know about the 12-year-olds and their upbringings. (AP Photo/Abe Van Dyke, File)MILWAUKEE (AP) — When two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls were charged this week with stabbing a friend nearly to death, authorities had no choice but to send them to adult court.


Massive dirt pile may have led to bridge closure

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:47 PM PDT

In this June 3, 2014 picture, a pile of dirt stands behind a surveying team working underneath the Interstate 495 bridge over the Christina River near Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, June 3, 2014, after the bridge was closed due to the discovery of tilting support columns. Delaware Transportation Secretary Shailen Bhatt said engineers are looking at all geotechnical issues and have determined that the dirt pile, which appears to be partly in the transportation department's right of way, could be a factor. "We don't know what the effect of that weight is" underground, he said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)DOVER, Del. (AP) — A contractor dumped a mountain of dirt about two stories high and 100 yards long next to an interstate bridge over several years, so much that it may have moved the ground and caused the bridge to tilt, state officials said Wednesday.


McCain, Sanders push for VA health care deal

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:04 PM PDT

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Sen. McCain and three other GOP senators introduced bill Tuesday that would give veterans more flexibility to see a private doctor if they are forced to wait too long for an appointment at a Veterans Affairs hospital or clinic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A half dozen key lawmakers were struggling Wednesday to quickly craft a compromise bill to help veterans facing long appointment waits at veterans hospitals and make it easier to fire administrators who covered up the delays.


Israel doctors won't force-feed Palestinians

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:25 PM PDT

Palestinian girls from summer camps attend a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in front of the International Red Cross, Gaza City, the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Faced with the second large-scale Palestinian hunger strike in two years, Israel's government is promoting a bill that would allow a judge to sanction force-feeding if an inmate's life is perceived to be in danger. The country's main doctors' association, says the practice amounts to torture and families of hunger strikers say they support the protest despite the risks. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)JERUSALEM (AP) — Proposed legislation to permit the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike is pitting Israel's government against much of the country's medical community, including the main doctors' association which contends the practice amounts to torture.


Obama captured on video working out in hotel gym

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:56 PM PDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Like millions of gym goers, President Barack Obama grimaces while lifting weights. Like millions, he does lunges and step ups and tests his cardio on an elliptical machine. Unlike millions, he is surreptitiously captured on a video that goes viral on the Internet.

Attorney: Donald Sterling agrees to sell Clippers

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 05:07 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed Wednesday to sign off on selling the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for what would be a record $2 billion, according to his attorney.

News guide: Primary elections Tuesday in 8 states

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 09:45 PM PDT

California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during a media conference after he voted Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)Voters also are choosing nominees in Mississippi, Alabama, California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.


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