| As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:39 PM PDT  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.
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| IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:09 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Already reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses.
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| Fed says it will continue $85B in bond purchases Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:39 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says it will maintain the pace of its program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows, but offered a slightly more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market. |
| Men's Wearhouse ousts founder, pitchman Zimmer Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:55 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Apparently, Men's Wearhouse Inc. doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore.
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| In Berlin, Obama revisits promises of '08 speech Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:55 AM PDT  BERLIN -- In 2008, some 200,000 people packed the streets near this city's Victory Column and listened raptly to candidate Barack Obama promise to lead a different America on the chaotic global stage – one that would embrace action to fight climate change, shutter the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected extremists, seek to eliminate the [...]
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| Baked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th state Posted: 19 Jun 2013 09:22 AM PDT  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven — or a tropical paradise.
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| Iceland: 'informal talks' about Snowden asylum Posted: 19 Jun 2013 08:36 AM PDT  STOCKHOLM (AP) — A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker applying for asylum in the Nordic country, officials there said Wednesday.
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| 16 dead: Militants infiltrate UN's Somalia office Posted: 19 Jun 2013 08:22 AM PDT  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pick-up truck rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N. compound in Somalia's capital Wednesday, launching a bombs-and-gunfire assault that saw militants pour into the complex, killing at least nine people, including three foreigners, officials said.
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| Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions Posted: 19 Jun 2013 07:52 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."
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| 2 SAfrican deminers killed in Mogadishu attack Posted: 19 Jun 2013 07:21 AM PDT  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A spokeswoman for a South African defense company is confirming that two South Africans died in a militant attack on the U.N. compound in Mogadishu.
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| Al-Qaida-linked fighters attack UN base in Somalia Posted: 19 Jun 2013 07:06 AM PDT MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated several bombs and breached the main U.N. compound in Somalia's capital Wednesday, sparking gun battles that killed at least 12 people. A U.N. official said at least three foreigners were believed to be among the dead. |
| Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks Posted: 19 Jun 2013 07:06 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans.
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| TWA Flight 800 investigators claim the crash story is a lie Posted: 19 Jun 2013 06:19 AM PDT  A new film claims the official government report on the crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996 is an elaborate fabrication, but the most shocking part of the story is that charges are being leveled by some of the very investigators who put the report together. Six experts who appear in the film were members of the National Transportation Safety Board investigation team that concluded the crash was an accident, but they now claim they were silenced by their superiors. The movies, "TWA Flight 800" will debut on EPIX TV next month, on the 17-year anniversary of the crash.
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| AP PHOTOS: 3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:49 AM PDT  The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal — the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger.
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| 5 Somalis, 7 militants die in attack on UN office Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:33 AM PDT MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and breached the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday, sparking gun battles with security forces that killed at least 12 people. U.N. personnel who reached the compound's secure bunker all survived, though officials hinted not all reached that bunker. |
| Karzai sets new conditions for talks with Taliban Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:19 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president says he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations and the militant group stops its violent attacks on the ground.
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| Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:03 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.
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| Cher credits luck for her lengthy career Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:28 AM PDT  UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder.
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| AP PHOTOS: Heat's overtime escape to defend title Posted: 19 Jun 2013 01:59 AM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Heat were so close to elimination from the NBA championships that the team noticed officials bringing yellow tape out to block off the court for the Spurs' trophy presentation. But a couple of big 3-pointers later and powered by LeBron James' fourth-quarter surge, the defending champions stayed alive, edging San Antonio 103-100 in overtime. Game 7 is in Miami on Thursday, the NBA's first do-or-die game to determine its champion since the Lakers beat the Celtics in 2010. Here are some of the best images from Game 6:
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| Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses Posted: 19 Jun 2013 01:59 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.
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| Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban move Posted: 19 Jun 2013 01:27 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has suspended talks with the U.S. on a new security deal to protest the way the Americans are reaching out to the Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war.
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| Obama relying on untested oversight board on NSA Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:57 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency's secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has operated fitfully during its eight years of low-profile existence, stymied by congressional infighting and, at times, censorship by government lawyers.
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| Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:27 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast.
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| Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:11 AM PDT  ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls.
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| Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest city Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:57 PM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption.
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