| Ukraine seen succumbing to Crimea seizure Posted: 19 Mar 2014 04:58 PM PDT  Official says gov't will seek U.N. support to turn peninsula into demilitarized zone.
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| Court reverses ruling that freed ex-cop Posted: 19 Mar 2014 03:18 PM PDT  A former Ohio police captain who spent nearly 15 years in prison before being exonerated in his ex-wife's killing could be headed back behind bars after an appeals court ruled that a judge was wrong to free him.
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| Alaska Democratic senator appears on obscure YouTube show Posted: 19 Mar 2014 12:26 PM PDT  A week after President Obama appeared on "Between Two Ferns," Alaska Democratic Sen. Mark Begich showed up on "Alaska Robotics News."
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| Is Malaysia pilot's flight simulator that unusual? Posted: 19 Mar 2014 12:54 PM PDT  Lower prices leading many to buy at-home devices for fun and practice, says one expert.
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| Global effort produces bone marrow donor for 'Baby Mateo' Posted: 19 Mar 2014 11:11 AM PDT  The desperate call for a donor by the family of a 10-month-old Spanish child suffering from juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia has been answered. Baby Mateo, as he is known, will undergo an operation next month expected to cure his disease.
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| Kiev moves swiftly to sever Moscow ties Posted: 19 Mar 2014 03:32 PM PDT  New gov't drops out of alliance of post-Soviet nations, mandates travel visas for Russians entering Ukraine.
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| World War I shell kills two in Belgium Posted: 19 Mar 2014 11:03 AM PDT  Two workers were killed Wednesday by the explosion of a World War I shell near the Belgian town of Ypres, site of some of the bloodiest battles in the conflict, officials said. The Western Front trenches ran just outside Ypres, a small medieval town completely destroyed in the war that was fought from 1914 to 1918.
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| Russell Crowe, 'Noah' makers fail at bid for papal photo-op Posted: 19 Mar 2014 10:08 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Actor Russell Crowe and the makers of the big-budget film "Noah" attended Pope Francis' general audience Wednesday but didn't get what they most wanted: a papal meeting and photo-op.
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| Kenya's wildlife protectors infiltrated by rhino horn cartel Posted: 19 Mar 2014 08:33 AM PDT  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A famed scientist and founding former chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service urged Kenya's president on Wednesday to invoke emergency measures to protect the country's elephants and rhinos from a poaching crisis sweeping Africa.
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| Dash cam: Airborne truck narrowly misses roadside cops Posted: 19 Mar 2014 07:18 AM PDT  An Iowa man driving on I-80 last week was rear-ended by a semi, causing his pickup truck to go airborne, hit a squad car and land in a ditch.
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| NATO: 'Wake-up call' to new Cold War Posted: 19 Mar 2014 01:11 PM PDT  Chief's speech: Advances on Ukraine by Putin's Russia are top threats to Europe security since Cold War.
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| APNewsBreak: NYC inmate 'baked to death' in cell Posted: 19 Mar 2014 02:46 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Jerome Murdough was just looking for a warm place to sleep on a chilly night last month when he curled up in an enclosed stairwell on the roof of a Harlem public housing project where he was arrested for trespassing.
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| Toyota payment could be glimpse into GM's future Posted: 19 Mar 2014 02:33 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — Wednesday's announcement that Toyota will pay $1.2 billion to avoid criminal prosecution for hiding information in a recall case could be a glimpse into General Motors' future. It's also a warning to anyone selling cars in America: Although the U.S. government's road-safety watchdog doesn't have big fangs, the Justice Department does.
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| APNewsBreak: Texas finds new execution drug supply Posted: 19 Mar 2014 01:21 PM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — Texas has obtained a new batch of the drugs it uses to execute death row inmates, allowing the state to continue carrying out death sentences once its existing supply expires at the end of the month.
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| Unions, groups 'all-in' Illinois governor's race Posted: 19 Mar 2014 03:41 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — The candidates for Illinois governor laid out their vastly different visions Wednesday on how to revive the state's lagging economy, as national labor unions and other outside groups with much riding on the outcome began making their presence felt and promised to keep doing so through the November election.
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| Ex-al-Qaida spokesman recalls 9/11 with bin Laden Posted: 19 Mar 2014 04:01 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Osama bin Laden's son-in-law offered a rare glimpse of the al-Qaida leader in the hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, recounting during surprise testimony Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom how the two met that night in a cave in Afghanistan.
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| Toyota to pay $1.2B to settle criminal probe Posted: 19 Mar 2014 02:25 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle an investigation by the U.S. government, admitting that it hid information about defects that caused Toyota and Lexus vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly and resulted in injuries and deaths.
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| Israeli airstrikes escalate tensions with Syria Posted: 19 Mar 2014 12:58 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes unleashed a series of airstrikes on Syrian military posts early Wednesday, killing one soldier and wounding seven in one of the most serious clashes between the countries in the past four decades.
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| Read before jumping into the deep end of NCAA pool Posted: 19 Mar 2014 01:35 PM PDT  Welcome to BracketRacket.
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| Cat whisperer heading to Oregon after attack Posted: 19 Mar 2014 11:49 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The large cat that attacked a baby and trapped an Oregon family in a bedroom touched off an Internet uproar that worries Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal Planet's "My Cat from Hell."
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| Ukraine to hold military exercises with US, UK Posted: 19 Mar 2014 12:27 PM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces seized military installations across the disputed Crimean Peninsula on Wednesday, prompting Ukraine's security chief to announce that his country will hold joint military exercises with the United States and Britain.
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| AP PHOTOS: Soldiers take over base in Crimea Posted: 19 Mar 2014 11:59 AM PDT  Several hundred Russian-speaking militiamen wearing uniforms with no identifying insignia met no resistance Wednesday as they took over the Ukrainian Navy's headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea. Russia incorporated the strategic Crimean peninsula earlier this week.
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| AP Exclusive: Jailed militant key to Mideast talks Posted: 19 Mar 2014 02:56 PM PDT  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A prominent Palestinian uprising leader imprisoned by Israel could soon emerge as the key to keeping fragile U.S.-led peace efforts alive.
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| Maine man's 'gun' turns out to be a tattoo Posted: 19 Mar 2014 07:23 AM PDT  NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — Police armed with assault rifles descended on a Maine man's home after members of a tree removal crew he'd told to clear off his property reported that he had a gun.
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| $1.2B Toyota safety settlement deal Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:13 AM PDT  The deal stems from an investigation into how the auto maker disclosed safety issues.
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| He wanted to know bin Laden Posted: 19 Mar 2014 10:04 AM PDT  Al-Qaida's spokesman after Sept. 11 takes stand and defends himself, surprising jury.
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| Seattle looks at helipad rules after deadly crash Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:23 AM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — The news helicopter had just stopped at a helipad to refuel on its way to another assignment when it crashed and burst into flames yards from the Space Needle in the heart of Seattle, killing the two men on board and seriously injuring a third man who was on fire when he escaped from his car.
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| Russian military starts aviation exercises Posted: 19 Mar 2014 05:59 AM PDT  By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's military started large-scale aviation exercises in the northwest on Wednesday, officials said, close to Baltic ex-Soviet republics that are members of NATO and wary of Russia after its annexation of Crimea. The exercises involving jet fighters and bombers were being conducted in regions that do not border Ukraine. A senior Russian military source said they had been planned in December and had no political significance. The drill ends in late March, it cited a spokesman for the Western Military District, Colonel Oleg Kochetkov, as saying.
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| Malaysia: Files deleted from flight simulator Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:02 AM PDT  Investigators say files are missing from the home flight simulator of Flight 370's pilot.
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| Crimean forces take Ukrainian navy HQ Posted: 19 Mar 2014 02:34 AM PDT  SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Crimea's self-defense forces on Wednesday stormed the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, taking possession without resistance a day after Russia signed a treaty with local authorities to annex the region.
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| Report: Toyota reaches $1B settlement over unintended acceleration Posted: 18 Mar 2014 11:24 PM PDT  The U.S. Justice Department has reached a $1 billion settlement with Toyota Motor Corp over the automaker's handling of consumer complaints tied to unintended vehicle acceleration and is set to announce the agreement as early as Wednesday, CNN reported. Sources familiar with the deal told CNN that Toyota was expected to avoid criminal charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan has been probing allegations the Japanese company misled U.S. authorities after the complaints about the unintended acceleration emerged. The acceleration issue prompted Toyota to recall millions of vehicles beginning in 2009.
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