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Many feared dead in Nigerian blast

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:55 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, a soldier walk past trucks and motorcycle recovered following an attack by Boko Haram in in Damaturu, Nigeria. Nigerian military and hospital reports indicate a 5-hour-long battle between Islamic extremists and troops in the capital of Nigeria's Yobe state last Thursday and Friday killed at least 90 militants, 23 soldiers and eight police officers. (AP Photo)Witnesses: A suicide bomber has killed several people at a World Cup viewing center in Damaturu.

Clinton: U.S. 'not prepared' to back working with Iran

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:49 PM PDT

HiIlary Rodham Clinton smiles as she arrives at a book signing for her new book "Hard Choices," at Harvard Book Store, Monday, June 16, 2014, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed caution Tuesday about the United States working with Iran to combat fast-moving Islamic insurgents in Iraq, saying the U.S. needs to understand "what we're getting ourselves into."

'Nightmares' plague circus acrobats injured in R.I.

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:45 PM PDT

Circus acrobats Julissa Segrera, second from left, of the United States, and Dayana Costa, right, of Brazil, are tearful as Costa reads a statement to members of the media at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in Boston. Eight acrobats were injured during a May 4 performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Providence, R.I., when the apparatus from which they were suspended fell, sending them plummeting to the ground. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Four of the performers seriously injured in Rhode Island are planning a lawsuit as they come to terms with the idea their lives might never be the same.

Captured Benghazi suspect had been living openly

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The Libyan militant suspected in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 attack on Americans in Benghazi was not a difficult man to find.

Trout taken from Calif. hatcheries amid drought

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:29 PM PDT

California DroughtMillions of young rainbow and steelhead trout are being evacuated from California's most productive hatchery complex as summer heat and the state's ongoing drought combine to make the water too warm for them to survive, officials said.

US seizes Benghazi suspect in deadly Libya attack

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:06 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the capture of Libyan militant suspected of killing Americans in Benghazi, during his visit to TechShop in Pittsburgh, Pa., Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Obama says he authorized an operation in Libya to detain Ahmed Abu Khattala. His capture marks the first apprehension of an alleged perpetrator in the 2012 attack that killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. special forces seized a "key leader" of the deadly Benghazi, Libya, attack and he is on his way to face trial in the U.S. for the fiery assault that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. It was the first breakthrough in the sudden overseas violence in 2012 that has become a festering political sore at home.

Nabbed Libyan militant lived openly in Benghazi

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:41 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a Libyan man walking in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. To congressional Republicans, "Benghazi" is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it as the hollow sound of pointless investigations. It is, in fact, a Mediterranean port city in Libya that was the site of an attack on an American diplomatic compound on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. That's nearly all that U.S. politicians can agree on about Benghazi. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)The Libyan militant suspected in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 attack on Americans in Benghazi was not a difficult man to find.

Signs of reprisal killings emerge in Iraq

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:52 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Nearly four dozen Sunni detainees were gunned down at a jail north of Baghdad, a car bomb struck a Shiite neighborhood of the capital and four young Sunnis were found slain, as ominous signs emerged Tuesday that open warfare between the two main Muslim sects has returned to Iraq.

Prospect of new Iraq fight turns hawks into doves

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:00 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2011 file photo shows Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. The prospect of the U.S. military returning to the fight in Iraq has turned congressional hawks into doves. Lawmakers who eagerly voted to authorize military force 12 years ago to oust Saddam Hussein and destroy weapons of mass destruction that were never found now harbor doubts that air strikes will turn back insurgents threatening Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government and Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect of the U.S. military returning to the fight in Iraq has turned congressional hawks into doves.

$1,000-a-pill Sovaldi jolts US health care system

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 10:27 AM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by Gilead Sciences shows the Hepatitis-C medication Sovaldi. Sovaldi, a new pill for hepatitis C, cures the liver-wasting disease in 9 of 10 patients, but treatment can cost more than $90,000. Leading medical societies recommend the drug and patients are clamoring for it. But insurance companies and state Medicaid programs are gagging on the price. In Oregon, officials propose to limit how many low-income patients can get it. (AP Photo/Gilead Sciences)WASHINGTON (AP) — Your money or your life?

Tornadoes flatten tiny rural Nebraska town; 2 dead

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:43 PM PDT

Map locates Pilger, NebraskaPILGER, Neb. (AP) — As two giant tornadoes bore down on this tiny farming town in northeast Nebraska, Trey Wisniewski heard the storm sirens, glanced out at the blackening sky and rushed with his wife into their basement.

Arizona break-in highlights gun-possessing clergy

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by The Catholic Sun, the Rev. Kenneth Walker, left, and the Rev. Joseph Terra perform a Mass in Phoenix. Walker was killed and Terra was badly injured during a robbery attempt at Mother of Mercy Mission church on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Gary Michael Moran, a homeless ex-convict, is being held on $1 million bond on suspicion of first-degree murder, burglary, and armed robbery, among other charges, police announced Monday, June 16. (AP Photo/The Catholic Sun, File)PHOENIX (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest responding to a break-in at his downtown Phoenix church grabbed a handgun that police say ended up in the burglar's hands — and was then used to kill a fellow priest who tried to help.

AP Exclusive: Picasso painting reveals hidden man

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — For artist Pablo Picasso, 1901 was a pivotal time to experiment and find his own unique style. At just 19 years old, he was living in Paris, painting furiously and dirt poor, so it wasn't unusual for him to take one canvas and reuse it to paint a fresh idea.

Brazil, Belgium have tough day at office

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:21 PM PDT

Belgium's Dries Mertens scores his side's second goal during the group H World Cup soccer match between Belgium and Algeria at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil and Belgium proved the old adage that there are no easy games at the World Cup.

21 killed, dozens injured in Iraq blasts

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 10:52 AM PDT

FIGHT FOR IRAQSigns of reprisal sectarian killings have emerged in Iraq amid militant uprising.

$1.8M waterfront house built on parkland ordered removed

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 11:40 AM PDT

This June 16, 2014 photo shows $1.8 million waterfront house that a developer mistakenly built on park land in Narragansett, R.I., and which the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ordered it be removed. Construction began in 2009, but the developer didn't discover the error until 2011 when attempting to sell it. A foundation had been set up to preserve the property as a park in perpetuity, and the developer was told the land was not for sale. (AP Photo/WJAR-TV)A developer who mistakenly built a $1.8 million waterfront home on parkland has been ordered to remove it.

Italy's churches swap pews for cots as migrant crisis worsens

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 10:48 AM PDT

In this picture taken Sunday, June 15, 2014, migrants from Africa are temporarily sheltered in the Catholic church of St. Curato D'Ars in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The Italian coast guard and navy have rescued more than 300 migrants whose boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea and recovered the bodies of 10 migrants whose dinghy had overturned, Sunday. Naval official Salvatore Scimone said 39 survivors on Saturday night had grabbed onto the dinghy until rescuers plucked them to safety aboard another boat. He said he feared that an undetermined number of others were missing in the sea north of Libya. In a separate rescue, three Italian ships took aboard 281 migrants who said they were Syrian and whose fishing boat ran into problems. (AP Photo/Alessandro Fucarini)Italy's immigration crisis has so overloaded the government's centers that churches are now opening their doors to newly arrived migrants, many of them fleeing conflicts in Syria and Africa.

74 percent of Americans oppose sending troops to Iraq: poll

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 08:04 AM PDT

Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the northwest Baghdad's Shula neighborhood, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)Nearly three out of four Americans oppose the United States sending troops to Iraq to combat the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency, a new poll commissioned by a liberal group finds.

Security firm: Cheap Chinese phones preloaded with spyware

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 09:51 AM PDT

a Chinese-made Star N9500 smartphoneA cheap brand of Chinese-made smartphones carried by major online retailers comes preinstalled with espionage software, a German security firm said.

$2M in rare anteater scales seized in Hong Kong

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:52 AM PDT

A stuffed pangolin is displayed at a news conference at JFK international AirportHong Kong customs officials have seized $2 million-worth of scales from the endangered pangolin, or "scaly anteater", authorities said Tuesday, in their biggest such haul in five years. Officials intercepted two shipments bound for Southeast Asia containing three tonnes of pangolin scales from Africa around the end of last month, amid a rise in illegal smuggling of the species. Pangolin scales are prized as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine while the rare anteater's tough, scaly skin is also used in fashion accessories in Asia. "The seizure was the largest in five years for Hong Kong," a customs spokeswoman told AFP, adding that the raids uncovered 3,300 kilos (8,160 pounds) of the scales, worth about HK$17 million (USD$2.19 million).

Inmates set to die in three states this week

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:08 PM PDT

ExecutionsExecutions would be first in the seven weeks since botched Oklahoma lethal injection.

Bad in bed? Hate your boss? There's a Secret app for that

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 03:19 PM PDT

Bad in Bed? Hate Your Co-Worker? There's a Secret App for ThatCan you keep a secret? With one app, you might never have to again. David Byttow, 32, and Chrys Bader-Wechseler, 30, are the young masterminds behind Secret, a free social application that allows people to share messages anonymously within their circle of friends.

Rescuers navigate tight spaces in Germany's deepest cave

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 06:31 AM PDT

In this picture provided by Bavarian Red Cross /Berchtesgaden on Monday June 16, 2014 recscuers carry cave explorer Johann Westhauser in a cave in the Bavarian Alps near Marktschellenberg, Germany. Germany's mountain rescue service says Tuesday June 17, 2014 it could complete the rescue of the injured cave researcher from the country's deepest cave on Thursday or Friday as experts make good progress through the labyrinth's passages and shafts. Johann Westhauser suffered head injuries nearly 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) underground in the Riesending cave system, in the Alps near the Austrian border, on June 8. (AP Photo/Markus Leitner,Bavarian Red Cross/) EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDITBERLIN (AP) — Germany's mountain rescue service says it could complete the rescue of an injured cave researcher from the country's deepest cave on Thursday or Friday as experts make good progress through the labyrinth's passages and shafts.

Major crackdown in search for Israeli teens

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 05:58 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers walk during an operation in Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus,Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Israel's army says it has arrested 40 more Palestinians in the West Bank, expanding searches for three missing Israeli teens who Israel believes Hamas kidnapped last week. The arrests early Tuesday brought the total number of Palestinians detained since the kidnapping to over 200, most of them Hamas activists. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)Over 200 Palestinians detained as Hamas activists blamed for disappearance of three hitchhikers.

Giraffe gaffe: Delta apologizes for World Cup tweet

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 05:09 AM PDT

DELTA SLAMMED FOR WORLD CUP TWEETThe airline has apologized for a tweet — posted after Monday's thrilling 2-1 U.S. World Cup victory over Ghana — that used a picture of a giraffe to represent the African country.

With McCarthy, those seeking a GOP shakeup will be kept waiting

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:08 AM PDT

In this June 11, 2014, photo, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., leaves House Speaker John Boehner's office on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCarthy's knack for helping colleagues get elected and his ability to maintain a personal connection have given him the advantage in the race for House majority leader, despite calls by some Republicans for a new, more conservative direction. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Kevin McCarthy's political career is funded by many of the same industries that donated to Eric Cantor.

Hidden painting found under Picasso's first masterpiece

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:08 AM PDT

Hidden painting found under Picasso's first masterpiece"The Blue Room," one of Pablo Picasso's first masterpieces sits under a microscope at The Phillips Collection, on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Washington. Scientists and art experts have found a hidden painting beneath the painting. Advances in infrared imagery reveal a bow-tied man with his face resting on his hand, with three rings on his fingers. Now the question that conservators at The Phillips Collection in Washington hope to answer is simply: Who is he? It's a mystery that's fueling new research about the 1901 painting created early in Picasso's career while he was working in Paris at the start of his distinctive blue period of melancholy subjects. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Small U.S. force moves into Iraq

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:37 AM PDT

Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the northwest Baghdad's Shula neighborhood, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)Nearly 300 armed troops are being positioned in and around Iraq to help secure U.S. assets.

Nebraska town braces for massive tornado cleanup

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:27 AM PDT

PILGER, Neb. (AP) — Residents of Pilger braced for a massive cleanup after a storm with dual tornadoes tore through their tiny northeast Nebraska town, killing a 5-year-old and damaging more than half of the community's structures.

Ukrainian forces, rebels clash near Russian border

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:00 AM PDT

About 30 Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists near Ukraine's eastern border with Russia early on Tuesday, the border guard service said. It said separatist fighters had fired mortar bombs on government forces and border guards during the night near the city of Luhansk. The separatists say government forces have been shelling their positions this week, including around the city of Slaviansk, scene of some of the heaviest fighting since the uprising began in the Russian-speaking east in April.

Pilot recounts bailing from damaged skydiver plane

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 06:00 PM PDT

the wreckage of the Cessna 182 skydiving plane that Kinmartin was flying SaturdayST. LOUIS (AP) — Like in a scene from a James Bond movie, Shawn Kinmartin found himself with fast-dwindling options as he struggled to control a skydiving plane after a jumper's parachute damaged the aircraft's tail.

Israel expands arrests in search for missing teens

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 06:21 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers arrested over 40 Palestinians in an overnight raid Tuesday, while the government imposed new punishments on Hamas prisoners as the search continues for three missing Israeli teens who Israel believes Hamas operatives abducted in the West Bank.

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