| MH17’s dangerous route not unusual Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:36 PM PDT  Hazardous skies are a global risk, but the FAA warned about flights over Ukraine hot zone.
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| Obama: Flight MH17 crash an 'outrage' Posted: 18 Jul 2014 12:56 PM PDT  The president all but laid blame directly at the doorstep of Russian President Putin.
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| Name of bank robbers killed in Calif. shootout released Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:04 PM PDT  Authorities have released the names of two bank robbers killed during a gun battle with police in the Northern California city of Stockton.
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| Iran nuclear talks to be extended for 4 months Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:34 PM PDT  Iran and six world powers on Friday agreed to a four-month extension of negotiations on a long-term nuclear deal that would gradually end sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, diplomats close to the talks said. Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China had set a July 20 deadline to complete a long-term agreement that would resolve the decade-old dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. It has been clear for days that Iran and the six powers would miss the Sunday deadline to reach an accord due to disagreements on a number of key issues in the discussions. Among the issues dividing them are the permissible scope of Iran's nuclear fuel production capacity and how to address the country's suspected past atomic bomb research.
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| Israel pushes in Gaza, expanding ground operation Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:36 PM PDT  Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday in a ground offensive that officials said could last up to two weeks as the prime minister ordered the military to prepare for a "significantly" wider campaign.
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| Court delays benefits for Utah gay couples Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:31 PM PDT  More than 1,000 same-sex married couples in Utah must wait longer for state benefits after the U.S. Supreme Court granted the state a stay on an order requiring it to recognize the marriages.
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| Mom who left kids in hot car may avoid prosecution Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:46 PM PDT  Prosecutors and a Phoenix woman reached a deal Friday that would allow her to avoid prosecution for leaving her two young sons alone in a hot car while she was at a job interview.
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| Clinton papers: Bin Laden, Haiti, SCOTUS Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:04 PM PDT  Latest Clinton White House records reveal new details on bin Laden, Haiti and SCOTUS.
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| IRS says hard drive that lost emails destroyed Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:09 PM PDT  The IRS said Friday that Lois Lerner's computer hard drive was destroyed three years ago, ending any chance of retrieving her lost emails. In court papers, the IRS said the hard drive was destroyed after ...
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| Colo. court halts gay marriages, citing ban Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:49 PM PDT  Colorado's Supreme Court on Friday ordered Denver's clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples while while the state's ban against the unions remains in place.
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| Family of 8 killed in Gaza, as top U.N. leader heads to region Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:57 PM PDT  Israel's Gaza ground assault sent the Palestinian death toll soaring to 296 as UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region Saturday to bolster efforts to clinch a truce. The new peace effort came as eight members of a single family were killed in Israeli tank fire in northern Gaza, after Israel warned it was poised to broaden its ground operations. Earlier, US President Barack Obama said he had telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to voice concerns about the crisis and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met foreign leaders for talks.
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| Rebel gives bizarre account of MH17 crash Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:22 AM PDT  Separatist commander suggests many victims may have died days before plane took off.
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| Obama to sign orders protecting gay, transgender employees Posted: 18 Jul 2014 12:47 PM PDT  Orders will prohibit discrimination against gay, transgender workers in the federal government.
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| Panel supports early release for 46,000 drug offenders Posted: 18 Jul 2014 12:23 PM PDT  A U.S. judiciary agency passed an amendment on Friday that will make more than 46,000 drug offenders eligible for early release from federal prison, unless Congress moves to block it. The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously on an amendment to the guidelines consulted by federal judges that will cut current sentencing terms by an average of 25 months for eligible offenders. If it does not, eligible drug offenders will have their sentences commuted by November 2015.
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| For 2nd time, court rules gay marriage ban unconstitutional Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:05 AM PDT  A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Oklahoma must allow gay couples to wed, marking the second time it has found the U.S. Constitution protects same-sex marriage.
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| Massive Wash. wildfire burns homes, leads to evacuations Posted: 18 Jul 2014 10:26 AM PDT  A large, wind-whipped wildfire in rural north-central Washington destroyed an estimated 100 homes, forced the evacuation of a small town and cut power to most of the scenic Methow Valley.
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| After tragedy, world urges truce in Ukraine Posted: 18 Jul 2014 10:09 AM PDT  World leaders demanded speedy access for investigators to the MH17 crash site.
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| Obama identifies American on downed MH17 Posted: 18 Jul 2014 09:35 AM PDT  The president called the missile attack on the Malaysian jet a global tragedy.
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| Obama encourages Israel to minimize civilian casualties Posted: 18 Jul 2014 10:10 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that he encouraged Israel's leader to minimize civilian deaths in its ground push into Hamas-ruled Gaza, while letting him know that the U.S. supports Israel's right to self-defense.
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| Downed jet claimed victims from 11 countries Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:26 PM PDT  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The human cost of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 hit home around the world Friday, upending scores of families and small communities spanning half of the planet, from a Dutch fishing village to an Australian soccer club and a Dubai cake store.
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| Credible probe sought in downing of Malaysian jet Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:14 PM PDT  ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) — World leaders demanded Friday that pro-Russia rebels who control the eastern Ukraine crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 give immediate, unfettered access to independent investigators to determine who shot down the plane.
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| AP Analysis: Downed jet could alter Ukraine crisis Posted: 18 Jul 2014 12:20 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — The downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine is likely to be a turning point in the country's conflict. But which way it turns depends mainly on who carried out the attack and how convincingly it can be proved to the world.
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| 1 in 5 of Gaza dead are children Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:52 PM PDT  BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sobbing and shaking, Ismail Abu Musallam leaned against the wall of a hospital Friday, waiting for three of his children to be prepared for burial. They were killed as they slept when an Israeli tank shell hit their home, burying 11-year-old Ahmed, 14-year-old Walaa and 16-year-old Mohammed under debris in their beds.
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| AP ANALYSIS: Israel and Hamas dislike status quo Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:26 AM PDT  If Israel and Hamas can agree on one point, it seems, it's that things have to change.
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| What we know, and don't, 1 day after Ukraine crash Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:54 PM PDT  BRUSSELS (AP) — One day after the crash of a Malaysian jetliner carrying 298 people in eastern Ukraine, here's what is known, and what has been claimed:
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| Obama opens Eastern Seaboard to oil exploration Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:55 PM PDT  ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Obama administration is reopening the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil and gas exploration, approving seismic surveys using sonic cannons that can pinpoint energy deposits deep beneath the ocean floor.
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| US building case tying separatists to plane crash Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:28 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States began building a case Friday linking pro-Russian separatists to the shocking downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine. A somber President Barack Obama declared the deaths of those on board, including at least one American, an "outrage of unspeakable proportions."
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| Child migrant surge shifts politics of immigration Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:31 PM PDT  The surge of Central American children crossing the U.S. southern border has shifted the politics of immigration, weakening one of the most potent arguments Democrats plan to make against Republicans in November and in the next presidential election.
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