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• Authorities: Texas actress arrested in ricin case
• Zimmerman judge considers allowing voice experts
• Boston hospital cleaning 2,500-year-old mummy
• Texas actress arrested in ricin letters case
• Obama: Spying a ‘modest’ privacy invasion
• Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies
• Obama defends phone data collection program
• Paper: UK government getting US spy agency's data
• Cory Booker to make New Jersey Senate run official
• Calif. utility will close troubled nuclear plant
• Jeremy Scahill on drones and ‘Dirty Wars’
• Who will win at the Tony Awards? AP predicts
• US employers add 175K jobs, rate up to 7.6 pct.
• Turkish PM returns, declares protests must stop now
• Scorsese, De Niro honor Mel Brooks at AFI tribute
• Tropical Storm Andrea zipping up the East Coast
• IRS workers say supervisors directed targeting
• In California, Obama and Xi seek to build new ties
• US declassifies phone program details after uproar
• Russia media compassionate about Putin's divorce
• Fallout mounts in deadly Philly building collapse
• Web giants deny giving NSA 'direct access'
• IRS official apologizes for lavish $4M conference
• May US jobs report in spotlight at time of concern
• Cause of deadly Philly collapse sought; suit filed

Authorities: Texas actress arrested in ricin case Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:50 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — A pregnant Texas actress who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been arrested for orchestrating the scheme herself, a law enforcement official said Friday.

Zimmerman judge considers allowing voice experts Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:05 PM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — An expert hired by an Orlando newspaper testified Friday that screams for help on 911 calls don't match neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman's voice.

Boston hospital cleaning 2,500-year-old mummy Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:49 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — A 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy came out of his coffin Friday to undergo cleaning and restoration at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Texas actress arrested in ricin letters case Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:32 AM PDT The woman who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been arrested for allegedly sending the letters herself.

Obama: Spying a ‘modest’ privacy invasion Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:17 AM PDT "I came in with a healthy skepticism about these programs," the president said.

Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:47 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Ramirez, the notorious serial killer known as the Night Stalker, died early Friday in a hospital, a state official said.

Obama defends phone data collection program Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:31 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama vigorously defended sweeping secret surveillance into America's phone records and foreigners' Internet use, declaring "we have to make choices as a society."

Paper: UK government getting US spy agency's data Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:02 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has been secretly gathering communications data from American Internet giants with the help of fellow spooks at the U.S. National Security Agency, the Guardian newspaper reported Friday, a demonstration of the international scope of America's top-secret espionage program.

Cory Booker to make New Jersey Senate run official Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:45 AM PDT Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is set to make official what the political world has long expected: He'll run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday. A source close to the Democratic mayor told Yahoo News Booker was expected to announce Saturday that he'll enter the special election primary set [...]

Calif. utility will close troubled nuclear plant Posted: 07 Jun 2013 08:31 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant on the California coast is closing after an epic 16-month battle over whether the twin reactors could be safely restarted with millions of people living nearby, officials announced Friday.

Jeremy Scahill on drones and ‘Dirty Wars’ Posted: 07 Jun 2013 08:31 AM PDT The investigative correspondent talks about America's covert wars.

Who will win at the Tony Awards? AP predicts Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:11 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The great comedian W.C. Fields is credited with the line, "Never work with children or animals." He would have had trouble on Broadway this season.

US employers add 175K jobs, rate up to 7.6 pct. Posted: 07 Jun 2013 05:56 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in May, a figure that shows steady hiring but is below the more robust pace that took place during the fall and winter.

Turkish PM returns, declares protests must stop now Posted: 07 Jun 2013 04:24 AM PDT By Humeyra Pamuk and Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flew back to a Turkey rocked by days of anti-government unrest on Friday and declared before a sea of flag-waving supporters at Istanbul airport: "These protests must end immediately." "No power but Allah can stop Turkey's rise," he told thousands who gathered in the early hours to greet him in the first pro-Erdogan rally since demonstrations began a week ago. ...

Scorsese, De Niro honor Mel Brooks at AFI tribute Posted: 07 Jun 2013 03:38 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman never worked with Mel Brooks, and the Oscar winners came to a ceremony in his honor to let him know they resent it.

Tropical Storm Andrea zipping up the East Coast Posted: 07 Jun 2013 02:36 AM PDT MIAMI (AP) — After bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida, Tropical Storm Andrea was moving quickly toward the coast of Georgia and the Carolinas early Friday, promising sloppy commutes and waterlogged vacation getaways through the beginning of the weekend.

IRS workers say supervisors directed targeting Posted: 07 Jun 2013 02:06 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Internal Revenue Service agents working in the agency's Cincinnati office say higher-ups in Washington directed the targeting of conservative political groups when they applied for tax-exempt status, a contention that directly contradicts claims made by the agency since the scandal erupted last month.

In California, Obama and Xi seek to build new ties Posted: 07 Jun 2013 01:19 AM PDT PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) are retreating to a sprawling desert estate for two days of talks on high-stakes issues including cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear threats.

US declassifies phone program details after uproar Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:48 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to tamp down a public uproar spurred by the disclosure of two secret surveillance programs, the nation's top intelligence official is declassifying key details about one of the programs while insisting the efforts were legal, limited in scope and necessary to detect terrorist threats.

Russia media compassionate about Putin's divorce Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:00 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russian media have reacted with unusual compassion to Thursday's announcement of President Vladimir Putin's divorce.

Fallout mounts in deadly Philly building collapse Posted: 06 Jun 2013 11:46 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A building collapse in Philadelphia that killed six people and injured 13 has brought swift and mounting fallout.

Web giants deny giving NSA 'direct access' Posted: 06 Jun 2013 10:59 PM PDT Apple and others refute a report that they're providing customer data to the feds.

IRS official apologizes for lavish $4M conference Posted: 06 Jun 2013 09:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — An Internal Revenue Service official whose division staged a lavish $4.1 million training conference and who starred as Mr. Spock in a "Star Trek" parody shown at the 2010 gathering conceded to Congress on Thursday that taxpayer dollars were wasted in the episode.

May US jobs report in spotlight at time of concern Posted: 06 Jun 2013 09:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's release Friday of the May jobs report comes at a time of anxiety over the U.S. economy and whether the Federal Reserve will soon scale back its extraordinary support.

Cause of deadly Philly collapse sought; suit filed Posted: 06 Jun 2013 08:56 PM PDT The search for victims of a building collapse that killed six people wound down Thursday.

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