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• Turkey premier to meet with Istanbul protesters
• APPLE EVENT: Apple updates software, MacBooks
• Iraqi Shiite fighters' Syria role raises tensions
• APPLE EVENT: Mac update; Music, mobile expected
• Merkel, Obama to discuss NSA surveillance program
• Journalist: Snowden fled US fearing unfair trial
• Taliban beheads two boys, ages 10 and 16
• Afghan Taliban boldly attack on Kabul airport
• Santa Monica College reopens after deadly rampage
• Pentagon Papers leaker praises Snowden
• Music service, mobile software expected from Apple
• S&P boosts outlook for US gov't debt
• Turkish opposition leader criticizes Erdogan
• Ted Cruz: ‘Proud wacko bird’
• Jury selection begins in George Zimmerman trial
• Leak of NSA programs tests US, China ties
• Korea talks raise hopes; history may scuttle them
• NSA contractor risks steep jail time for data leak
• Turkish opposition calls for end to tension
• Mandela still in hospital in serious condition
• Gun control advocates mark 6 months since Newtown
• NSA contractor says he leaked surveillance data
• South Africa: Mandela remains in hospital
• Afghan Taliban attack near Kabul airport
• Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea linked to jealousy

Turkey premier to meet with Istanbul protesters Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:51 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister will meet with a group of protesters occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square this week, the deputy prime minister said Monday, as the government sought a way out of the impasse that has led to hundreds of protests in dozens of cities.

APPLE EVENT: Apple updates software, MacBooks Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:21 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple announced new MacBooks and changes to its operating systems at the company's annual conference for software developers in San Francisco. It is also expected to reveal a digital radio service.

Iraqi Shiite fighters' Syria role raises tensions Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:51 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi Shiite fighter's family is urging him to stop risking his life by traveling to Syria, saying he's done his part defending the holy shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside Damascus. Abu Mohammed al-Moussawi isn't listening.

APPLE EVENT: Mac update; Music, mobile expected Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:07 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple announced a new version of its Mac operating system and is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads during a keynote presentation Monday at the company's annual conference for software developers in San Francisco.

Merkel, Obama to discuss NSA surveillance program Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:07 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Germany's chancellor will raise the issue of NSA's eavesdropping on European communications when she meets President Barack Obama here next week — the latest sign of the international backlash over leaks about America's sweeping electronic surveillance programs.

Journalist: Snowden fled US fearing unfair trial Posted: 10 Jun 2013 09:34 AM PDT HONG KONG (AP) —

Taliban beheads two boys, ages 10 and 16 Posted: 10 Jun 2013 09:18 AM PDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban fighters beheaded two boys aged 10 and 16 as a warning to villagers not to cooperate with the Afghan government, local officials said. The boys, named Khan and Hameedullah, had travelled to Afghan army and police checkpoints near their home in the southern province of Kandahar, scrounging for leftover food to bring to their families, the officials said. "The boys were on their way back ... when they were stopped by Taliban insurgents who beheaded them," the chief of Zhari district, Jamal Agha, told Reuters. ...

Afghan Taliban boldly attack on Kabul airport Posted: 10 Jun 2013 09:04 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven Taliban fighters with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns launched a rare assault on NATO's operational headquarters at the military section of Kabul's international airport on Monday. All seven militants were killed.

Santa Monica College reopens after deadly rampage Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:33 AM PDT SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Monica College reopened under extra security Monday except for the library, where police shot and killed a heavily armed gunman after a rampage that left five people dead.

Pentagon Papers leaker praises Snowden Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:18 AM PDT Ellsberg called the NSA spy program an "executive coup."

Music service, mobile software expected from Apple Posted: 10 Jun 2013 07:33 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads on Monday as the company opens its annual conference for software developers.

S&P boosts outlook for US gov't debt Posted: 10 Jun 2013 07:02 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services is boosting its outlook for U.S. government debt, citing stable government spending levels and predicting economic improvements.

Turkish opposition leader criticizes Erdogan Posted: 10 Jun 2013 06:16 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's opposition party leader accused the prime minister of escalating tensions and dragging the country "into the fire" as enduring anti-government protests that have led to three deaths entered their 11th day on Monday.

Ted Cruz: ‘Proud wacko bird’ Posted: 10 Jun 2013 06:16 AM PDT The senator is one of the biggest barriers to immigration reform.

Jury selection begins in George Zimmerman trial Posted: 10 Jun 2013 05:29 AM PDT Lawyers on both sides of the George Zimmerman trial today will begin what is expected to be a weeks-long process of selecting a 12-man jury in the incendiary case in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman's attorneys declined to ask for a change of venue in the case, suggesting they are confident they can find impartial jurors in [...]

Leak of NSA programs tests US, China ties Posted: 10 Jun 2013 04:43 AM PDT BEIJING (AP) — A day after the presidents of China and the United States ended their first summit, pledges of cooperation by the two leaders faced an early test from an unexpected quarter -- an American intelligence contractor was leaking highly sensitive U.S. surveillance programs from his hiding place in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong.

Korea talks raise hopes; history may scuttle them Posted: 10 Jun 2013 04:13 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore scrapped joint economic projects and ease animosity marked by recent threats of nuclear war. That in itself is progress, though there are already hints that disputes in their bloody history could thwart efforts to better ties.

NSA contractor risks steep jail time for data leak Posted: 10 Jun 2013 03:57 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who gave classified documents to reporters, making public two sweeping U.S. surveillance programs and touching off a national debate on privacy versus security, has revealed his own identity. He risked decades in jail for the disclosures — if the U.S. can extradite him from Hong Kong where he says he has taken refuge.

Turkish opposition calls for end to tension Posted: 10 Jun 2013 03:27 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's opposition party leader has called on the prime minister to stop escalating tensions as anti-government protests that have led to three deaths entered their 11th day.

Mandela still in hospital in serious condition Posted: 10 Jun 2013 02:09 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says former President Nelson Mandela's condition remains serious but stable, his third day in a Pretoria hospital.

Gun control advocates mark 6 months since Newtown Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:23 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims' families are heading to Capitol Hill to remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action, while some of the president's allies are asking him to do more without any new prospects of legislation to toughen gun laws.

NSA contractor says he leaked surveillance data Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:53 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who gave classified documents to reporters, making public two sweeping U.S. surveillance programs and touching off a national debate on privacy versus security, has revealed his own identity. He risked decades in jail for the disclosures — if the U.S. can extradite him from Hong Kong where he says he has taken refuge.

South Africa: Mandela remains in hospital Posted: 10 Jun 2013 12:53 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is spending a third day in a hospital where the former president is being treated for a recurring lung infection.

Afghan Taliban attack near Kabul airport Posted: 09 Jun 2013 11:51 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least seven heavily armed Taliban insurgents launched a pre-dawn attack near Afghanistan's main airport Monday, apparently targeting NATO's airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at least one large bomb. Two Afghan civilians were wounded and all the attackers were killed after an hours-long battle.

Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea linked to jealousy Posted: 09 Jun 2013 10:51 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — On a tropical island in Papua New Guinea where most people live in huts, a mob armed with guns, machetes and axes stormed a wooden house by night. They seized Helen Rumbali and three female relatives, set the building on fire and took the women away to be tortured. Their alleged crime: Witchcraft.

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