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• Challenges to phone records face legal obstacles
• HIV drug can also protect injection drug users
• NSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of attacks
• Biden, Bloomberg try again on guns
• Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets adult lungs
• Obama campaigns with Mass. Senate hopeful Markey
• Obama political value unclear amid controversy
• Border security at issue in immigration bill
• APNewsBreak: FEMA denies aid to Texas for blast
• Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets transplant
• Lawyers rail at police response to Turkey protests
• Activists: Syrian rebels fight Shiites, 60 killed
• NSA leaker Snowden says he's not avoiding justice
• Judge in George Zimmerman trial ‘doesn’t play games’
• UK top court rules against oil tycoon in divorce
• Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case
• Thousands of anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow
• Syria rebels kill 60 Shiites; missiles hit Lebanon
• Ohio kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro due in court
• Activists: Syrian rebel attack kills 60 Shiites
• Incentive for Korea talks remains despite failure
• NSA leaker is a free man in Hong Kong — for now
• Court appearance for Cleveland kidnap case suspect
• Singer, dancer Big Freedia to star in TV show
• Turkish PM to meet Istanbul park protesters

Challenges to phone records face legal obstacles Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's massive collection of Americans' phone records is drawing protests and lawsuits from civil liberties groups, but major legal obstacles stand in the way. Among them are government claims that national security secrets will be revealed if the cases are allowed to proceed, and Supreme Court rulings that telephone records, as opposed to conversations, are not private to begin with.

HIV drug can also protect injection drug users Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:52 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. health officials say doctors should consider giving a daily AIDS drug to another high risk group to prevent infection — people who shoot heroin, methamphetamines or other injection drugs.

NSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of attacks Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency says surveillance programs have disrupted or helped disrupt dozens of terrorist attacks.

Biden, Bloomberg try again on guns Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:06 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden is renewing his push for gun control legislation with an event slated for Tuesday, marking the first time the White House has held an event on guns since its legislative push for background checks failed in the Senate in April. A Biden aide declined to give any details about the event, [...]

Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets adult lungs Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:20 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A family spokeswoman says the lungs being implanted in a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl at the center of a debate on organ donation are from an adult.

Obama campaigns with Mass. Senate hopeful Markey Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:04 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is working to boost the candidacy of Senate hopeful Ed Markey, calling him a champion for middle class families and small businesses with, quote, "a track record you can trust."

Obama political value unclear amid controversy Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:18 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Trailed by controversy, President Barack Obama pressed ahead with efforts to boost Democrats Wednesday in Boston and Miami, raising questions about whether the second-term president will be more asset or liability to his party in the coming election season.

Border security at issue in immigration bill Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:02 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate debate on far-reaching immigration legislation turned Wednesday to border security, with Republicans arguing that the bill needs much stronger provisions in that area and Democrats suggesting that some in the GOP are just out to kill the legislation.

APNewsBreak: FEMA denies aid to Texas for blast Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:47 AM PDT HOUSTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.

Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets transplant Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:17 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation drew public debate over how organs are allocated was getting a lung transplant Wednesday, her family said.

Lawyers rail at police response to Turkey protests Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:47 AM PDT Thousands of black-robed Turkish lawyers stormed out of their courthouses Wednesday, shouting about the alleged rough treatment of their colleagues by police amid the country's biggest anti-government ...

Activists: Syrian rebels fight Shiites, 60 killed Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:31 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels have battled Shiites in a village in the country's east, killing over 60 people including civilians, activists said Wednesday. The fighting highlights the increasingly sectarian nature of the country's civil war.

NSA leaker Snowden says he's not avoiding justice Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:15 AM PDT HONG KONG (AP) — The former CIA employee who leaked top-secret information about U.S. surveillance programs has said in a new interview in Hong Kong that he is not attempting to hide from justice there but is using the city as a base to reveal wrongdoing.

Judge in George Zimmerman trial ‘doesn’t play games’ Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:29 AM PDT The Sunshine State is no stranger to sensational court cases. There was six weeks of Casey Anthony courtroom drama in 2011. Then who can forget Judge Larry Seidlin crying over the fate of Anna Nicole Smith's corpse in 2007? The State of Florida v. George Zimmerman, which started jury selection this week in Sanford, Fla., [...]

UK top court rules against oil tycoon in divorce Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:01 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Britain's top court on Wednesday handed an oil tycoon a costly setback in a divorce case, ruling he must give his ex-wife assets held by companies he owns.

Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case Posted: 12 Jun 2013 06:29 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping.

Thousands of anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow Posted: 12 Jun 2013 05:59 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russian opposition activists marched through Moscow on Wednesday, decrying President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule and calling for the release of more than two dozen people they consider political prisoners.

Syria rebels kill 60 Shiites; missiles hit Lebanon Posted: 12 Jun 2013 05:43 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of local Shiites, activists said Wednesday, highlighting the increasingly sectarian nature of Syria's more than two-year-old conflict. A Syrian government official denounced the attack, saying it was a "massacre" of civilians.

Ohio kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro due in court Posted: 12 Jun 2013 04:57 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade was scheduled for his first court appearance Wednesday to answer to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping.

Activists: Syrian rebel attack kills 60 Shiites Posted: 12 Jun 2013 04:41 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of Shiites, mostly pro-government fighters, activists said Wednesday. A Syrian government official denounced the attack, saying it was a "massacre" of civilians.

Incentive for Korea talks remains despite failure Posted: 12 Jun 2013 03:11 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea dismantled the meeting table, pulled down the placards and rolled up the red carpet. Its intended guest, North Korea, has stopped answering the phone.

NSA leaker is a free man in Hong Kong — for now Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:55 AM PDT Edward Snowden can leave the city at any time, and one lawyer says he probably should.

Court appearance for Cleveland kidnap case suspect Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:26 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade was scheduled for his first court appearance Wednesday to answer to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping.

Singer, dancer Big Freedia to star in TV show Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:10 AM PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The singer and dancer known as Big Freedia is taking his hypersexual, booty-shaking moves from the streets of New Orleans to cable television.

Turkish PM to meet Istanbul park protesters Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:39 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister is scheduled to meet with a group of activists protesting over re-development of an Istanbul park that has sparked the country's biggest anti-government protests in decades.

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