| Prosecutor: 'Wannabe cop' profiled teen Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:33 PM PDT  George Zimmerman provoked a fight with Trayvon Martin, says a state's attorney.
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| NTSB: Pilots called for Asiana to abort landing Posted: 11 Jul 2013 03:01 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal investigators say two pilots called for the landing of an Asiana Airlines plane to be aborted seconds before the plane crashed at San Francisco International Airport.
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| Northern Colorado wants to secede from Colorado Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:44 AM PDT  Will North Colorado become America's 51st state? That's what some residents in the Centennial State are pushing for. Representatives from eight northern counties convened Monday, CBS Denver reports, to "begin mapping the boundaries for the new state they say will represent the interests of rural Colorado." The secession movement stems from "a growing urban-rural divide," [...]
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| Egypt to investigate Morsi for 2011 jailbreak Posted: 11 Jul 2013 03:36 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Prosecutors will investigate allegations that Egypt's ousted president escaped from prison during the 2011 revolution with help from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, officials said Thursday.
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| Police: 24 bodies now found in Quebec train crash Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:05 PM PDT  LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — The first victim of a runaway oil train's explosive derailment in a Quebec town was identified Thursday, more than five days since the disaster, which left behind a scorched scene so dangerous that it slowed the search for 50 people presumed dead.
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| Baby among 409 buried on Srebrenica anniversary Posted: 11 Jul 2013 09:03 AM PDT  SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hava Muhic stood Thursday above the smallest pit in the cemetery, near her husband's grave. It was dug for her baby girl — who was born and died here 18 years ago on the day of the worst massacre Europe has seen since World War II.
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| Microsoft reboots with sweeping reorganization Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:47 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. has decided its entire business needs a new operating system.
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| Justin Bieber apologizes for presidential antics Posted: 11 Jul 2013 03:37 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Justin Bieber apologized by phone to Bill Clinton, the former president's office said Thursday, for cursing Clinton and spraying his photo with cleaning fluid in a New York City restaurant kitchen earlier this year.
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| Jeter returns, exits with tight quad, Yankees win Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:41 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter walked to home plate, toyed with his batting gloves, stepped into the batter's box as fans chanted his name and legged out an infield hit.
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| Boehner sees will to act on immigration in House Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:05 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday the "vast majority" of House Republicans believe they need to deal with immigration, but that they'll take a methodical, step-by-step approach and won't be held to any deadlines.
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| Lebanon Shiites ousted from Gulf as Hezbollah fans Posted: 11 Jul 2013 12:52 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — When Ali Farhat was summoned to the immigration department in the United Arab Emirates, the 33-year-old Lebanese restaurant worker knew he would have to pack up his family and leave fast.
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| Egypt's liberals pressing for democracy after coup Posted: 11 Jul 2013 03:45 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — The liberal and youth movements that backed the military's removal of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi are now pushing to ensure their calls for change are heard in the face of the generals' strong grip on the new leadership. At stake is the hope that the Arab world's most populous nation will emerge from more than two years of turmoil as a democracy.
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| Microsoft reshuffles company structure Posted: 11 Jul 2013 03:12 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft Corp. is reshuffling its business in an attempt to promote faster innovation and a sharper focus on devices and services. The move by the world's largest software maker comes amid lukewarm response to the latest version of its flagship Windows operating system and a steady decline in demand for PCs as people turn to tablets and other mobile gadgets. |
| Obama nominee questioned on Clinton, Benghazi Posted: 11 Jul 2013 03:21 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice as chief U.S. envoy for Europe defended her role in the talking points created after last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, at a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday that seemed focused as much on the tragedy as the future presidential prospects of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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| 10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos Posted: 11 Jul 2013 09:03 AM PDT  Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
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