| Deadly storm system puts South on edge Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:56 PM PDT  Threat heads toward Alabama line after two large tornadoes touch down in Mississippi.
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| Boston mob figure who hid out as Idaho rancher gets 28 years Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:50 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — A Boston mob associate who spent years on the lam in Idaho as a cattle rancher was sentenced to 28 years in prison Monday in a string of federal crimes, including the 1989 attempted murder of a man who later became the boss of the New England Mafia.
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| Sterling's ouster from NBA a legal long shot, experts say Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:50 PM PDT  The NBA has many options for taking action in the case of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, if officials determine that his is indeed the voice caught on tape espousing racially offensive views and that the tape has not been rigged. Commissioner Adam Silver, who said Sunday the NBA would move quickly, is set to hold a news conference before the Clippers host the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Tuesday night, to make an announcement. Among possible punitive actions are a suspension, a hefty fine, efforts to arrange for Mr. Sterling to sell a controlling interest in the Clippers to someone else, and, if the owners of the other teams are willing, forcible ouster. Sterling did not attend Sunday's Clippers game, and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) has asked the NBA to ban him from all remaining 2014 playoff games, among other things.
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| Ohio to boost lethal injection drug dosage Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:09 PM PDT  State moves "to allay any remaining concerns" after January execution lasting 26-minutes.
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| State Dept. addresses Kerry's Israel 'apartheid' remark Posted: 28 Apr 2014 01:26 PM PDT  Washington reacted on Monday to the The Daily Beast's report on Sunday night that Secretary of State John Kerry warned Israel could eventually become an "apartheid state."
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| Tornadoes torment South a second day Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:07 PM PDT  Yahoo News is collecting reports, images and videos as system that killed 16 moves east.
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| Advertisers back away from NBA's LA Clippers Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:23 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Advertisers are backing away from the Los Angeles Clippers after racist comments attributed to the NBA team's owner.
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| $1K bounty for translation of strange margin text in Homer's Odyssey Posted: 28 Apr 2014 10:35 AM PDT  Once upon a time, somebody read this 1504 edition of Homer's Odyssey and was apparently so taken by the book, that he or she wrote in the margins of Book 11 (the journey to the underworld of Hades).
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| Minimum wage seems set to join list of issues buried in Congress Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:46 PM PDT  The push by President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage seems ready to join the parade of issues that gets buried in Congress but — the party hopes — propels voters to the polls this November.
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| Paul Simon, Edie Brickell arrested in Connecticut Posted: 28 Apr 2014 12:12 PM PDT  Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell, were arrested on disorderly conduct charges by officers investigating a family dispute.
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| Ukrainian mayor shot in back recently wavered on separatism Posted: 28 Apr 2014 10:49 AM PDT  The mayor of Ukraine's second biggest city was shot in the back on Monday, the highest profile assassination attempt in eastern Ukraine since a standoff between Moscow and Kiev began two months ago. Gennady Kernes underwent two hours of surgery after the attack in Kharkiv, one eastern city where police have managed to dislodge pro-Moscow rebels. Surgeon Valery Boiko said his life would hang in the balance for the next few days. Kernes, 54, went into politics after making his fortune in the gangster-ridden post-communist 1990s.
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| NBA to discuss Sterling probe tomorrow; more audio may be released Posted: 28 Apr 2014 10:23 AM PDT  The NBA is planning a Tuesday news conference to discuss the investigation into embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who is alleged to have made racist comments in a taped conversation.
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| VIDEO: South Korean ferry captain shown abandoning ship Posted: 28 Apr 2014 06:51 AM PDT  Newly released footage from the Republic of Korea Coast Guard shows Captain Lee Jun-seok abandoning his sinking ferry with the help of rescue personnel.
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| Ukraine mayor shot, U.S. announces new sanctions on Russia Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:08 PM PDT  The mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city was shot in the back and pro-Russia insurgents seized more government buildings Monday as the U.S. sanctioned seven Russian government officials and 17 companies with links to Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle.
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| NY lawmaker pleads not guilty to U.S. fraud charges Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:27 PM PDT  New York Congressman Michael Grimm has pleaded not guilty to a 20-count federal indictment that includes charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and tax fraud.
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| Egypt court sentences 683 to death including Brotherhood chief Posted: 28 Apr 2014 08:56 AM PDT  Minya (Egypt) (AFP) - An Egyptian court sentenced 682 alleged Islamists and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to death on Monday, a lawyer and prosecutor said, after two brief sessions the defence partly boycotted. The same court in the southern province of Minya also reversed 492 of 529 death sentences it passed in March, commuting most of those to life in prison. The court, presided over by judge Said Youssef Sabry, had sparked an international outcry with its initial sentencing last month amid an extensive crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. The crackdown has extended to secular-leaning dissidents who supported Morsi's overthrow but have since turned on the army-installed regime.
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| Air search for missing Malaysian plane called off Posted: 28 Apr 2014 07:12 AM PDT  The aerial search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was called off Monday, and the underwater hunt will be expanded to include a vast swath of ocean floor that may take at least eight months to thoroughly search, Australian officials said.
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| Hall of Fame coach Jack Ramsay dies at 89 Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:50 PM PDT  Jack Ramsay, a Hall of Fame coach who led the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship before he became one of the NBA's most respected broadcasters, has died following a long battle with cancer. He was 89.
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| Mayor of eastern Ukraine city shot in the back Posted: 28 Apr 2014 05:19 AM PDT The mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city was shot in the back Monday and pro-Russia insurgents seized yet another government building as tensions rose in eastern Ukraine ahead of a new round of U.S. sanctions. |
| U.S. to levy new Russia sanctions Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:16 AM PDT Seeking to ratchet up pressure on Vladimir Putin, Pres. Obama said the United States will levy new sanctions Monday on Russian individuals and companies in retaliation for Moscow's alleged provocations in Ukraine. |
| Tornadoes in central and southern U.S. cause death, destruction Posted: 28 Apr 2014 09:09 AM PDT Search teams continue to pick through debris looking for survivors in Arkansas, Oklahoma. |
| Egypt sentences 683 to death in mass trial Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:22 AM PDT  MINYA, Egypt (AP) — A judge in Egypt on Monday sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in the latest mass trial that included the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader, defense lawyers said.
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| US, EU hit Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:15 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and its European allies hit more than two dozen Russian government officials, executives and companies with new sanctions Monday as punishment for their country's actions in Ukraine, yet the penalties stopped short of targeting Russia's broader economy and it remained unclear if they would work. In Moscow, there was relief that the sanctions were not as far-ranging as feared.
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| A who's who of Putin's friends hit by US sanctions Posted: 28 Apr 2014 12:15 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — The seven people from Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle targeted with U.S. sanctions on Monday include men who have helped Putin restore Kremlin control over Russia's economy and its political system. They have been tasked with carrying out some of Putin's most ambitious projects, most notably his plans to make Crimea an integral part of Russia after seizing the peninsula from Ukraine.
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| Arkansans rush for cover against twister; 15 die Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:19 PM PDT  VILONIA, Ark. (AP) — The sky turned black as the funnel cloud closed in, and Maggie Caro rushed with her husband and two children to a community shelter at a Vilonia school, where they were among the last to get inside the fortified gym before the doors were shut.
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| Stowaway boy's refugee mom cries for son Posted: 28 Apr 2014 02:36 PM PDT  SHEDDER REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia (AP) — The Somali woman lives in a stick hut covered by ragged blankets in this dusty refugee camp. It was here that her 15-year-old son wanted to travel on a perilous journey as a stowaway on a plane from California.
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| AP PHOTOS: Tornadoes rip across Midwest Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:21 PM PDT  Emergency workers are searching through rubble left in the wake of a series of deadly tornadoes and severe weather, the worst of which hit suburban Little Rock, Ark., Sunday night.
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| NBA announcement coming on Sterling amid fallout Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:19 PM PDT  Outrage over racist comments purportedly made by embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling hit a crescendo Monday, with corporations pulling their sponsorship deals with the team and coach Doc Rivers saying he believes "a very strong message" is coming from the NBA in response to the scandal.
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| Clippers' Sterling has long history of trouble Posted: 28 Apr 2014 03:25 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Sterling has been known to heckle his own team from the center-court seat where he has sat for decades, whether with his now-estranged wife or women young enough to be his granddaughters. |
| Obama vigorously defends foreign policy record Posted: 28 Apr 2014 10:49 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama vigorously defended his foreign policy record Monday, arguing that his cautious approach to global problems has avoided the type of missteps that contributed to a "disastrous" decade of war for the United States.
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| AP PHOTOS: The loves Clooney left behind Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:07 PM PDT  After two decades of insisting he wouldn't marry again, George Clooney has taken himself off the romantic market. The 52-year-old Oscar winner is engaged to Amal Alamuddin, a 36-year-old international law attorney.
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| Missing plane's search area to be expanded Posted: 27 Apr 2014 11:10 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The underwater hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet will be expanded to include a massive swath of ocean floor that may take up to eight months to thoroughly search, Australia's prime minister said Monday. |
