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• Biden: Immigration crucial to American innovation
• California Chrome wins Kentucky Derby
• Senator urges Hillary Clinton to seek presidency
• OSCE observers held in Ukraine released
• Rescuers struggle to help Afghans hit by landslide
• Kerry urges steps to ensure democracy in Africa
• California Chrome wins 140th Kentucky Derby
• Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement
• Belfast police seek evidence of Adams' IRA past
• Israel's race to succeed President Peres heats up
• Kenya gov't: 3 killed in 2 blasts at Kenyan coast
• White House reporters to honor black journalist
• AP PHOTOS: Wild hats & fast horses at Ky. Derby
• U.S. warns of plan to attack hotel in Lagos

Biden: Immigration crucial to American innovation Posted: 03 May 2014 02:08 PM PDT The U.S. vice president touts immigration at a college graduation ceremony in South Florida.

California Chrome wins Kentucky Derby Posted: 03 May 2014 03:43 PM PDT Louisville (AFP) - California Chrome swept to victory in the 140th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

Senator urges Hillary Clinton to seek presidency Posted: 03 May 2014 11:47 AM PDT Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia on Saturday endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, even though the former secretary of state has not announced whether she will seek the White House in 2016. Kaine, who backed Barack Obama when he beat Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, announced his support on Twitter and at breakfast meeting of the South Carolina Women's Democratic Council in Columbia, South Carolina. "Today I encouraged Hillary Clinton to run for president & pledged my support for her candidacy if she does," Kaine said in a tweet that linked to his remarks on www.readyforhillary.com, website of one of the most prominent pro-Clinton organizations.

OSCE observers held in Ukraine released Posted: 03 May 2014 01:23 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — European military observers who were held more than a week by insurgents in eastern Ukraine walked free Saturday, with Kiev insisting the release proves Russia is fomenting unrest in Ukraine — as Moscow touted the insurgents as courageous humanists.

Rescuers struggle to help Afghans hit by landslide Posted: 03 May 2014 10:35 AM PDT ABI BARIK, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan rescuers and volunteers armed with shovels and little more than their bare hands dug through the mud Saturday after a massive landslide swept through a village the day before, turning it into an earthen tomb holding hundreds of bodies, officials said.

Kerry urges steps to ensure democracy in Africa Posted: 03 May 2014 06:31 AM PDT ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — America's top diplomat said Saturday the U.S. is ready to help increase its ties with Africa, but nations across the continent need to take stronger steps to ensure security and democracy for its people.

California Chrome wins 140th Kentucky Derby Posted: 03 May 2014 04:02 PM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — California Chrome pulled away down the stretch for a dominant win at the 140th Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement Posted: 03 May 2014 09:41 AM PDT NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War.

Belfast police seek evidence of Adams' IRA past Posted: 03 May 2014 11:13 AM PDT BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Northern Ireland police are casting a wider net in their efforts to prove that Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams once commanded the outlawed Irish Republican Army and ordered the 1972 killing of a Belfast mother of 10, according to party colleagues and retired militants.

Israel's race to succeed President Peres heats up Posted: 03 May 2014 11:24 AM PDT TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Among those vying to become Israel's next president are a former defense minister, a former foreign minister, a former finance minister, a respected long-serving lawmaker and a Nobel Prize winner. Amazingly, the man they all seek to replace has held all of those titles and more during a legendary 65-year political career.

Kenya gov't: 3 killed in 2 blasts at Kenyan coast Posted: 03 May 2014 01:37 PM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least three people were killed in a grenade blast in one of two explosions Saturday along the coast of Kenya, an east African country working to crack down on a recent wave of terrorist attacks.

White House reporters to honor black journalist Posted: 03 May 2014 09:57 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Harry McAlpin was standing outside the Oval Office, moments away from becoming the first black reporter to attend a presidential news conference, when one of his contemporaries approached with a deal.

AP PHOTOS: Wild hats & fast horses at Ky. Derby Posted: 03 May 2014 02:43 PM PDT Bold hats, big bets and thundering hooves are the order of the day at the Kentucky Derby, where the 140th run for the roses is taking place Saturday at Churchill Downs.

U.S. warns of plan to attack hotel in Lagos Posted: 03 May 2014 11:21 AM PDT The United States has warned its citizens of a plan to attack one of two Sheraton hotels near Lagos, Nigeria's main commercial hub which attracts many foreign business people and which so far has been spared by the country's violent Islamist militants. In a statement on its website, the State Department said those behind the plot were "groups associated with terrorism", but gave no further details. Nigeria is grappling with an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands in the past five years. Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which is fighting to carve an Islamic state out of religiously mixed Nigeria, is still mostly confined to the northeast, although it has struck across the north and in Nigeria's capital, in the center.

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