| McChrystal: Don't rush to judge Bergdahl Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:44 PM PDT  Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal led Afghanistan war effort at time of soldier's vanishing.
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| Putin calls Hilary Clinton 'weak,' cracks wise about women Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:38 PM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin waded into US politics Wednesday describing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- and possible 2016 presidential candidate -- as "weak" in some sarcastic comments about women. In an interview with French television, Putin was asked about Clinton's recent remarks that the Russian leader was trying to redraw the boundaries in eastern Europe just like Adolf Hitler did in the 1930s. "It's better not to argue with women," Putin replied, adding: "But Mrs. Clinton has never been too graceful in her statements." Putin remarked that he met Clinton when she was the US top diplomat "and had cordial conversations at various international events.
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| Will it be 'lights out' for Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran? Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:18 PM PDT  National Republicans find themselves in a political jam over the looming Senate runoff in Mississippi, with some establishment operatives now wishing that tea party challenger Chris McDaniel had just won outright or that six-term incumbent Thad Cochran hadn't run at all. The National Republican Senatorial Committee is in the most uncomfortable spot, as the top institutional defender of incumbents. It is pledging its full support to Cochran while also having to grapple with the reality that McDaniel, who may well win the nomination, is a political figure it can't control, and giving Democrats reason to dream about a seat in Mississippi for the first time since Dixiecrats fell out of vogue.
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| Mountain of dirt suspected in Delaware bridge closure Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:02 PM PDT  DOVER, Del. (AP) — A contractor in Delaware says his company dumped a massive amount of dirt next to a heavily traveled interstate bridge, and state officials say that may have made the span unsafe for drivers.
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| Climate data: U.S. hot spots revealed Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:50 PM PDT  Analysis shows nation is warming fastest at two corners, the Northeast and the Southwest.
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| Kerry: Syria vote 'a great big zero' Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:15 AM PDT  U.S. sec. of state says "the killing is the same" after Assad's re-election.
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| Cosby dons sweats at tribute to classmate killed in jet crash Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:55 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There was no missing Bill Cosby at a memorial for businessman and philanthropist Lewis Katz.
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| Videos train police how to react to 'man's best friend' Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:20 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The majority of shootings in most U.S. police departments involve animals, usually dogs, and experts say a new series of videos can help change often quick-trigger decisions fueled by fear.
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| Last original 'Code Talker' who stumped Japan dies at 93 Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:39 PM PDT  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The language he once was punished for speaking in school became Chester Nez's primary weapon in World War II.
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| Ireland faces 'mother-and-baby home' graveyard discovery Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:47 PM PDT  Ireland is considering an inquiry into what the government called a "deeply disturbing" discovery of an unmarked graveyard at a former home run by the Roman Catholic Church where almost 800 children died between 1925 and 1961. Ireland's once powerful Catholic Church has been rocked by a series of scandals over the abuse and neglect of children, and the government is concerned that research carried out by a local historian in county Galway has revealed another dark chapter. The graveyard was discovered in the former grounds of one of Ireland's "mother-and-baby homes" run by the Bon Secours order of nuns. Researcher Catherine Corless said public records show that almost 800 children died at the home before it was closed just over 50 years ago.
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| 25 years: Interactive photos of Tiananmen then and now Posted:  Click and drag the slider bar to view past and present images of Tiananmen Square.
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| Syria's Assad wins re-election Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:08 PM PDT  President Bashar Assad has been re-elected in a landslide victory, capturing 88.7 percent of the vote, Syria's parliament speaker says.
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| Taliban video shows handover of US soldier Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:50 PM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As a thin, tense-looking Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. forces, one of his Taliban captors leaned in and warned him: "Don't come back to Afghanistan. You won't make it out alive next time."
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| 6 militants killed, 3 Ukrainian troops injured Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:45 AM PDT  LUHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian insurgents overran and seized two government bases in eastern Ukraine, overpowering National Guard forces who ran out of firepower and hauling off ammunition and explosives from a border post.
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| Witnesses: Nigerian villages under siege Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:05 PM PDT  Islamic fighters stage comeback from a year-long military offensive aimed at crushing them.
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| Maureen Dowd burned over pot op-ed Posted: 04 Jun 2014 07:07 AM PDT  While reporting on the legalization of recreational cannabis, she ate some.
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| In Harlem, more than 100 arrested in largest-ever NYC gang bust Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:15 PM PDT  More than 100 members of three feuding gangs were arrested in Harlem for killings and gun violence in what was described as the largest indictment of gang members in New York City's history, authorities said.
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| Kerry makes surprise Lebanon stop Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:07 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling for an end to the political stalemate in Lebanon, saying it is "deeply troubling" at a time of instability in the region.
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| Germany probes NSA's tap on Merkel phone Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:37 AM PDT  The chancellor has accused the U.S. of breaching trust with an ally.
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| Dalai Lama remembers 'martyrs' of Tiananmen Square Posted: 04 Jun 2014 05:15 AM PDT  Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama marked the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing on Wednesday by urging China to embrace democracy and offering prayers for the protest "martyrs". The Dalai Lama, reviled by Beijing as a separatist, made the rare comments on the June 4, 1989, violence at a prayer meeting two years after he renounced politics. "I offer my prayers for those who died for freedom, democracy and human rights," the Nobel Peace Prize winner said according to a statement posted on his web site (dalailama.com). "While great progress has been made to integrate into the world economy, I believe it is equally important to encourage China to enter the mainstream of global democracy," he added.
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| The real NSA scandal is overseas Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:12 AM PDT  Last week Edward Snowden popped up from his exile in Moscow for an exclusive interview with NBC News anchor Brian Williams. Like much of the public narrative that has emerged since Snowden absconded with reams of classified documents from the National Security Agency, the interview further muddied the waters about what his historic leaks have revealed.
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| Miss. GOP Senate candidates face likely runoff Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:58 AM PDT Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party challenger Chris McDaniel battled to a near-draw. |
| Kerry calls on Russia, Iran, Hezbollah to end Syria war Posted: 04 Jun 2014 09:07 AM PDT  Beirut (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry called on key backers of President Bashar al-Assad to end the three-year war in Syria, during an unannounced visit to neighbouring Lebanon on Wednesday.
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| Hail, tornadoes reported as storms cross Midwest Posted: 03 Jun 2014 10:01 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Baseball-sized hail pummeled homes and cars in Nebraska and Iowa on Tuesday as powerful thunderstorms moved through a swath of Midwest states, also causing severe flooding and prompting reports of tornadoes. |
| Taliban release video of Bergdahl handover Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:39 PM PDT  The video purportedly shows the U.S. soldier's transfer to American forces in Afghanistan.
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| China in security clampdown on Tiananmen anniversary Posted: 04 Jun 2014 07:53 AM PDT  By Adam Rose and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people held a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Wednesday to mark the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters 25 years ago in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, while mainland China authorities sought to whitewash the 1989 event. In Beijing, police flooded the streets around the square, scene of the worst of the violence a quarter of a century ago, and censors scrubbed the Internet clean of any mention of the rare open display of defiance against the Communist Party. In Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997 but remains a free-wheeling, capitalist hub, demonstrators holding candles and clad mainly in black gathered in a downtown park and called on Beijing to atone for the killings. "Hong Kong is a free society where you can speak out.
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| Bergdahl's hometown cancels celebration amid furor Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:34 PM PDT  HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's hometown abruptly canceled plans Wednesday for a welcome-home celebration, citing security concerns over the prospect of big crowds — both for and against the soldier.
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| AP Exclusive: Western couple held in Afghanistan Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:49 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of a pregnant American woman who went missing in Afghanistan in late 2012 with her Canadian husband received two videos last year in which the couple asked the U.S. government to help free them and their child from Taliban captors, The Associated Press has learned.
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| Now application 'inconsistencies' vex health law Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:05 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge new paperwork headache for the government could also be jeopardizing coverage for some of the millions of people who just got health insurance under President Barack Obama's law.
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| Analysis: Talks in Bergdahl release had wider goal Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:17 PM PDT  The announcement that the U.S. government had secured the release of missing U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and that it was freeing five senior Taliban figures from Guantanamo Bay has been portrayed first and foremost as a prisoner exchange. But the four-year history of secret dialogue that led to Saturday's release suggests that the main goal of each side may have been far more sweeping.
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| Wisconsin stabbing highlights juvenile crime laws Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:32 PM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — When two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls were charged this week with stabbing a friend nearly to death, authorities had no choice but to send them to adult court.
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| Massive dirt pile may have led to bridge closure Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:47 PM PDT  DOVER, Del. (AP) — A contractor dumped a mountain of dirt about two stories high and 100 yards long next to an interstate bridge over several years, so much that it may have moved the ground and caused the bridge to tilt, state officials said Wednesday.
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| McCain, Sanders push for VA health care deal Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:04 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A half dozen key lawmakers were struggling Wednesday to quickly craft a compromise bill to help veterans facing long appointment waits at veterans hospitals and make it easier to fire administrators who covered up the delays.
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| Israel doctors won't force-feed Palestinians Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:25 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Proposed legislation to permit the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike is pitting Israel's government against much of the country's medical community, including the main doctors' association which contends the practice amounts to torture.
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| Obama captured on video working out in hotel gym Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:56 PM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Like millions of gym goers, President Barack Obama grimaces while lifting weights. Like millions, he does lunges and step ups and tests his cardio on an elliptical machine. Unlike millions, he is surreptitiously captured on a video that goes viral on the Internet. |
| Attorney: Donald Sterling agrees to sell Clippers Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:29 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed Wednesday to sign off on selling the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for what would be a record $2 billion, according to his attorney. |
| News guide: Primary elections Tuesday in 8 states Posted: 03 Jun 2014 09:45 PM PDT  Voters also are choosing nominees in Mississippi, Alabama, California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.
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