| No Labels? No results? No problem. Posted: 28 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT  Formed with bipartisan mission, group banks on political dysfunction.
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| U.S. teen held in Israel after arrest Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:20 PM PDT  The U.S. is confirming that a 15-year-old American citizen is being held by Israeli authorities for his alleged role in protests earlier this month in East Jerusalem.
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| Police: Slain family of five was murder-suicide Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:48 PM PDT  A maintenance worker with financial problems killed his wife and three children with a shotgun, then committed suicide, over the weekend in what state police called one of the worst cases of domestic violence in Maine history, investigators said Monday.
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| Clippers: Record-setting $2B sale approved Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:44 PM PDT  Ruling against Donald Sterling permits sale of team to ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
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| 2 men charged in fatal Philadelphia carjacking Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:54 PM PDT  Murder charges for suspects in carjacking and subsequent crash that killed 3 children.
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| Overrun by militants, Iraq comes undone Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:18 AM PDT  Baghdad situation is so dire, top military leaders said to have bags packed ready to flee.
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| California Sand Fire: Drone almost blocks firefighting planes Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:59 PM PDT  A private drone trying to record footage of a Northern California wildfire nearly hindered efforts to attack the flames from the air, but firefighters made enough progress to allow some of the 1,200 people under evacuation orders to return home Monday.
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| Deadly lightning strike was rare event for Southern California Posted: 28 Jul 2014 12:57 PM PDT  Lightning storms that killed a 20-year-old beachgoer in Los Angeles and sent eight other people to the hospital stemmed from a combination of atmospheric conditions relatively unusual for coastal Southern California, weather experts said on Monday. A bolt of lightning, accompanied by what witnesses described as an explosive thunder clap, struck near the shore of Venice Beach on Sunday during a storm that materialized quickly and lasted about 15 minutes. ...
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| Man charged in N.H. teen's 9-month disappearance Posted: 28 Jul 2014 01:47 PM PDT  15-year-old Abigail Hernandez returned home recently after vanishing 9 months ago.
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| Trial begins over Oklahoma City bombing Posted: 28 Jul 2014 12:48 PM PDT  Attorney: Suppressed video proves Timothy McVeigh had partner in 1995 attack.
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| 2 marshals, cop wounded in NYC shooting; suspect dead Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:21 PM PDT  Police: Fugitive task force, sex-assault suspect involved in shootout that left suspect dead.
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| Corruption trial begins for former Va. governor, wife Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:12 PM PDT  By Gary Robertson RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) - A jury was selected on Monday to hear the federal corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, with the couple charged with selling political favors for a loan, gifts and vacations. McDonnell, 60, a Republican once mentioned as a potential presidential candidate, and the former Virginia first lady face a 14-count indictment alleging they accepted about $165,000 from a Virginia businessman in exchange for helping his dietary supplement company. The McDonnells deny the charges, contending in court filings there is no evidence they agreed to use their power to aid the executive, Jonnie Williams, founder of dietary supplement company Star Scientific Inc, which last month changed its name to Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals Inc. With the jury selection complete, opening arguments in the trial at U.S. District Court in Richmond were expected to begin on Tuesday.
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| FAA proposes $12M fine against Southwest Airlines Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:55 AM PDT The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is proposing a $12 million civil fine against Southwest Airlines for failing to comply with safety regulations related to repairs on Boeing 737 jetliners. |
| VA reform deal costs $17B Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:18 AM PDT  Deal to improve veterans' health care would authorize at least $17B to fix the program.
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| Court strikes down Virginia's gay marriage ban Posted: 28 Jul 2014 10:59 AM PDT  A federal appeals court has struck down Virginia's same-sex marriage ban.
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| Criticism of Kerry infuriates White House Posted: 28 Jul 2014 01:54 PM PDT  Administration said livid at Israeli reaction to secretary of state's Gaza truce efforts.
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| IV lines in right place for 90-min. execution, says doctor Posted: 28 Jul 2014 10:41 AM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — Intravenous lines were placed correctly during the execution of an Arizona inmate whose death with lethal drugs took more than 90 minutes, a medical examiner said Monday.
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| Right-wing think-tank: Lawsuit against Obama likely an epic fail Posted: 28 Jul 2014 09:43 AM PDT  The Heritage Foundation, one of Washington's preeminent right-wing think tanks, has a reputation for pulling no punches when it comes to going after President Obama. So if you are a Republican, and the Heritage Foundation is warning you that your political strategy may be a little too aggressive, you might want to listen. It's not clear though, that the message is getting through to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). Last week, a pair of Heritage Legal fellows examined Boehner's proposal to sue President Obama over his alleged failure to faithfully enforce U.S. law and concluded that, as a legal matter, the case will face "what may prove to be an insurmountable hurdle" over the legal concept of standing.
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| Jihadists open 'marriage bureau' to find wives for fighters Posted: 28 Jul 2014 08:34 AM PDT  The Islamic State, which advocates public stoning for adultery, has opened a "marriage bureau" for women who want to wed its fighters in territory they control in Syria and Iraq. The jihadist group's office is operating from Al-Bab, a town in Aleppo province of northern Syria, for "single women and widows who would like to marry IS fighters", said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Running twice-weekly tours from Syria's Raqa to Iraq's Anbar, IS buses fly the group's black flag and play jihadist songs throughout the journey. IS has its roots in Iraq, but spread into Syria in late spring 2013.
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| 9 children dead in Gaza blasts Posted: 28 Jul 2014 08:59 AM PDT  Explosion in public garden killed 2 adults, injured 40. Israel blamed Hamas misfire.
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| 2 Americans in Liberia said to have Ebola Posted: 28 Jul 2014 08:30 AM PDT  Aid agency said workers tested positive for virus while fighting outbreak in hospital.
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| No deaths reported after rare Boston tornado Posted: 28 Jul 2014 09:39 AM PDT  Police and emergency crews in the city of Revere, Massachusetts, outside Boston scrambled to clean up after a rare tornado touched down on Monday, downing power lines, damaging homes and overturning at least one car. The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down during a storm that brought heavy rains, lightning and flooding to Boston and many of its northern suburbs. State emergency management officials said they were not aware of injuries or fatalities from the storm. "We are in the process of evaluating the aftermath of the severe storm that passed through Revere this morning," Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo said on his official Twitter page.
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| 24/7 Sarah Palin! Only $9.95 a month Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:30 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Palin has started her own subscription-based online network.
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| New telescope to seek pollution as sign of extraterrestrial life Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:53 AM PDT  In the search for life beyond Earth, astronomers should look for signs of pollution in the atmospheres of alien planets outside the Earth's solar system, a new study says. The next-generation James Webb Space Telescope, which is set to launch in 2018, could hunt for worlds harboring alien life by sniffing their atmospheres for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), greenhouse gases that destroy ozone in the Earth's atmosphere. Of course, to very advanced civilizations, Earth's own greenhouse gases might signal a primitive world, the scientists said. "We consider industrial pollution as a sign of intelligent life, but perhaps civilizations more advanced than us, with their own SETI programs, will consider pollution as a sign of unintelligent life since it's not smart to contaminate your own air," study leader Henry Lin, a student at Harvard University, said in a statement.
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| Be ready for 'prolonged' Gaza war, Netanyahu says Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:42 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Signaling an escalation of Israel's Gaza operation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis Monday to be ready for a "prolonged" war, and the military warned Palestinians in three large neighborhoods to leave their homes and head immediately for Gaza City. |
| 10 people, including children, said killed in strike on Gaza park Posted: 28 Jul 2014 08:04 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian official says 10 people, including children, killed in strike on park in Gaza.
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| Palestinians say strikes hit Gaza hospital, park Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:51 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza police operations room and a Palestinian health official say separate Israeli airstrikes hit the compound of Gaza City's main hospital and a nearby park, causing casualties.
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| Airstrikes hit main Gaza hospital compound, casualties reported Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:28 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian officials: airstrike hits main Gaza hospital compound, causing casualties.
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| Church cross removed by police in 'China's Jerusalem' Posted: 28 Jul 2014 01:14 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — Hundreds of police took down a church's cross Monday in a city known as "China's Jerusalem" for its many houses of worship amid a crackdown on church buildings in a coastal region where thousands of people are embracing Christianity.
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| Gaza fighting lull as truce pressure builds Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:22 AM PDT  Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr helps provide break as UN, US urge "immediate ceasefire."
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| 2 hurt when cable on 'Skyhawk' ride in Ohio snaps Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:09 AM PDT  SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio amusement park ride that swings riders as high as 125 feet has been closed indefinitely after a cable snapped, injuring two visitors.
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| Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:19 AM PDT  SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine (AP) — An international police team has failed to reach the crash site of a Malaysian Airlines plane for a second day running as clashes rage in a town on the road to the area.
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| France offers asylum to Iraqi Christians Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:35 AM PDT  Al Qaeda in N. Iraq warns Christians to convert, pay religious tax or die.
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| Female bomber hits Nigerian gas station Posted: 28 Jul 2014 09:14 AM PDT  Northern Nigeria's biggest city, Kano, terrorized a third time in 24 hours.
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| Be ready for 'prolonged' Gaza war, Netanyahu says Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:04 PM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Signaling an escalation of Israel's Gaza operation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis Monday to be ready for a "prolonged" war, and the military warned Palestinians in three large neighborhoods to leave their homes and head immediately for Gaza City.
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| Hamas, Israel trade blame for deaths of 9 children Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:53 PM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas and Israel blamed each other for an explosion at a Gaza park Monday that killed at least 10 Palestinians — including nine children playing on a swing — in a horrific scene that underscored the heavy price civilians are paying in the conflict.
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| Fighting in Ukraine prompts residents to flee Posted: 28 Jul 2014 01:58 PM PDT  SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine (AP) — Panicky residents in an eastern Ukrainian town fled their homes Monday carrying a few possessions in plastic bags and small suitcases as shells exploded in the distance, fighting that also prevented an international police team from reaching the area where the Malaysia Airlines plane was downed.
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| In Iraq's Mosul, radicals unleash their vision Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:52 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — Residents of Mosul have watched helplessly as extremists ruling the northern Iraqi city blew up some of their most beloved landmarks and shrines to impose a stark vision of Islam. Next up for destruction, they feared: the Crooked Minaret, a more than 840-year-old tower that leans like Italy's Tower of Pisa.
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| Dozens treated for illness at Keith Urban concert Posted: 28 Jul 2014 12:07 PM PDT  MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say several dozen people were treated for alcohol-related illnesses at a weekend Keith Urban concert in Massachusetts.
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