| Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Leader arrested Posted: 04 Jul 2013 07:31 AM PDT  The chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in Thursday as the nation's interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and launched a major crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the group from which Morsi hails.
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| Russia increasingly impatient over Snowden's airport stay Posted: 04 Jul 2013 11:27 AM PDT  By Timothy Heritage and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Edward Snowden should find another country to seek refuge in, a Russian official said on Thursday, signaling Moscow's growing impatience over the former U.S. spy agency contractor's stay at a Moscow airport. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russia had received no request for political asylum from Snowden and he had to solve his problems himself after 11 days in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. ...
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| Ohio sinkhole swallows car; driver climbs ladder Posted: 03 Jul 2013 07:02 PM PDT  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A northwest Ohio sinkhole has swallowed a car traveling down a street and briefly trapped the driver, who climbed out after authorities gave her a ladder.
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| Top Brotherhood figures seized in Egypt sweep Posted: 04 Jul 2013 04:33 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military moved swiftly Thursday against senior figures of the Muslim Brotherhood, targeting the backbone of support for ousted president Mohammed Morsi. In the most dramatic step, authorities arrested the group's revered leader from a seaside villa and flew him by helicopter to detention in the capital.
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| In his final days, Morsi was isolated but defiant Posted: 04 Jul 2013 04:48 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — The army chief came to President Mohammed Morsi with a simple demand: Step down on your own and don't resist a military ultimatum or the demands of the giant crowds in the streets of Egypt.
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| Statue of Liberty reopens as US salutes July 4th Posted: 04 Jul 2013 03:18 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Statue of Liberty reopened on the Fourth of July, eight months after Superstorm Sandy shuttered the national symbol of freedom, as Americans around the country celebrated with fireworks and parades and President Obama urged citizens to live up to the words of the Declaration of Independence.
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| Obamas thank troops during White House barbecue Posted: 04 Jul 2013 04:13 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is noting that it's not just the nation's birthday, it's his daughter Malia's, too.
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| South American leaders back Morales in plane row Posted: 04 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT  COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AP) — President Evo Morales warned on Thursday that he could close the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia as South America's leftist leaders rallied to support him after his presidential plane was rerouted amid suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board.
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| Industry panning Obama's climate change push Posted: 04 Jul 2013 11:57 AM PDT  BOW, N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama's push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry across the industrial Midwest, where state and local economies depend on the health of an energy sector facing strict new pollution limits.
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| Ariz. town remembers the 4th, fallen firefighters Posted: 04 Jul 2013 04:13 PM PDT  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — They remembered the Fourth, but also the 19.
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| GOP has tough choices on Voting Rights Act Posted: 04 Jul 2013 12:43 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — When the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights act last week, it handed Republicans tough questions with no easy answers over how, and where, to attract voters even GOP leaders say the party needs to stay nationally competitive.
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| Police say missing Madeleine McCann may be alive Posted: 04 Jul 2013 11:53 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — British police say they have launched a full investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and want to trace 38 "persons of interest" in the case.
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| Joey Chestnut wins 7th contest with record 69 dogs Posted: 04 Jul 2013 01:20 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Joey Chestnut downed 69 franks and devoured his own record in the men's Fourth of July hot dog eating contest while Sonya Thomas defended her title in the women's competition.
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| Bolivia's Morales says US aimed to intimidate Posted: 04 Jul 2013 02:06 PM PDT LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales said Thursday that the rerouting of his plane over suspicions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was on board was a plot by the U.S. to intimidate him and other Latin American leaders. |
| Questions and answers about Egypt's latest turmoil Posted: 04 Jul 2013 04:38 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — The military has removed Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, from office to the joy of millions of anti-government protesters accusing the Islamist leader of abusing his authority. The chief judge of the Supreme Constitutional Court has been installed as an interim leader more than two years after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted. The military also has moved swiftly against Morsi's Islamist allies, including the Muslim Brotherhood. Here are a few questions and answers about the latest turmoil in the Arab world's most populous country.
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| Egypt military vows no "exceptional" measures Posted: 04 Jul 2013 04:10 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The spokesman of Egypt's military says it will not carry out any exceptional or arbitrary measures against any political group, amid a swift crackdown on the group of the ousted Islamist president, the Muslim Brotherhood. |
