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AP PHOTOS: When US presidents, China leaders meet

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:35 PM PDT

FILE -In this Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, file photo, Chinese and U.S. flags are displayed on Constitution Avenue in Washington, ahead of the arrival of China's President Hu Jintao for a state visit hosted by President Barack Obama. On Thursday, June, 8, 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the world has reaped huge benefits from the relationship between the two counties. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who met this weekend for talks inRancho Mirage, Calif., follow in the footsteps of predecessors going back to President Richard Nixon meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Tse-Tung.

Faces behind protest of U.S.-China summit

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Faces behind protest of U.S.-China summit(Torrey AndersonSchoepe)

AEG exec, lawyer spar in Jackson trial's 6th week

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 2, 2009 file photo, AEG CEO Randy Phillips speaks to members of the media in Los Angeles. Phillips told jurors hearing a negligent hiring lawsuit filed against him and his company by Jackson's mother that he did not believe the company was responsible for the King of Pop's death and that he believed the case was a shakedown by the Jackson family during testimony on Tuesday June 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:

South Africa: Mandela has lung infection

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this file image taken from video, the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela is filmed Monday April 29, 2013, more than three weeks after being released from hospital. The office of South Africa's president said Saturday, June 8, 2013 that Mandela has been taken to a hospital because of a lung infection. (AP Photo/SABC TV) SOUTH AFRICA OUTJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans on Saturday said their thoughts were with former President Nelson Mandela, who was in "serious but stable" condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for a recurring lung infection.

Obama: U.S., China sailing 'uncharted' cyberwaters

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:02 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands Friday, June 7, 2013, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Seeking a fresh start to a complex relationship, the leaders are retreating to a sprawling desert estate for two days of talks on high-stakes issues, including cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear threats. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)The United States and China are in "uncharted waters" as they tackle the contentious issue of cybersecurity, President Barack Obama said following the opening round of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in the California desert.

2 Koreas to talk in border village after tensions

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:47 AM PDT

An elementary school student looks at North Korea through binoculars at the Imjingak Pavilion near near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, June 7, 2013. North Korea on Friday proposed working-level talks with South Korea to be held in a border city, Kaesong, on Sunday as the rivals look to mend ties that have plunged during recent years amid hardline stances by both countries. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea will meet in a village straddling their heavily armed border Sunday for the first government-level talks on the peninsula in more than two years as they try to lower tension and restore stalled projects that once symbolized their rapprochement.

AP PHOTOS: Swedish princess weds NY banker

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:33 AM PDT

Sweden's Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill kiss outside the Royal Chapel after their wedding ceremony in Stockholm, Saturday June 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Bjorn Larsson Rosvall) SWEDEN OUTThe youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's has married her American-British banker fiance in a lavish ceremony in Stockholm.

Newark Mayor Booker formally joins NJ Senate race

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:17 AM PDT

FILE - This May 19, 2013. file photo, Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivers the main address during Class Day for Yale seniors at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. A member of Newark Mayor Cory Booker's campaign staff says Booker is planning to enter the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Frank Lautenberg. The staff member says Booker plans to announce his entry into the race Saturday, June 8, 2013. . He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the plans ahead of the official announcement. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Saturday formally announced he's in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg.

Autopsy set for body believed to be Iowa girl

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:01 AM PDT

FILE - This file photo provided by The Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Kathlynn Shepard, 15. Authorities announced early Saturday, June 8, 2013 that they have recovered a body believed to be Shepard, who was kidnapped by a registered sex offender while walking home from school. (AP Photo/Iowa Department of Public Safety, File)BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities planned to conduct an autopsy Saturday on a body found in a river that is believed to be that of a 15-year-old girl who was abducted more than two weeks ago.

Floods in central Europe continue to create havoc

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 08:31 AM PDT

Inhabitants carry belongings through the floods of river Elbe in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, Saturday June 8, 2013. German news agency dpa said people in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt were anxiously awaiting the crest of the Elbe river on Saturday, while residents further upstream were starting to clean up the debris that was left along the river. In Magdeburg, authorities evacuated a nursing home and turned off electricity in several parts of the city. High water levels were also reported from Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, while thousands of people in Austria were busy shoveling away the mud left by the receding floodwaters of the Danube. (AP Photo/dpa,Jens Buettner)More than 80,000 emergency personnel including firefighters and soldiers were on duty Saturday, working aggressively to contain the most dramatic floods in Germany in a decade.

Swedish Princess Madeleine weds New York banker

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 08:17 AM PDT

Christopher O'Neill kisses the hand of Princess Madeleine of Sweden at the alter in the Royal Chapel during their wedding ceremony in Stockholm, Saturday June 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Fredrik Sandberg) SWEDEN OUTSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish Princess Madeleine fell in love in the Big Apple. Now she has said "yes" to New York banker Christopher O'Neill in a lavish and emotional wedding ceremony in Stockholm.

Sweden's Princess Madeleine weds New York banker

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 07:46 AM PDT

Christopher O'Neill kisses the hand of Princess Madeleine of Sweden at the alter in the Royal Chapel during their wedding ceremony in Stockholm, Saturday June 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Fredrik Sandberg) SWEDEN OUTSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish Princess Madeleine fell in love in the Big Apple. Now she has said "yes" to New York banker Christopher O'Neill in a lavish wedding ceremony in Stockholm.

Guests arrive for Swedish princess' wedding

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 06:15 AM PDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — European royals and wealthy Americans in sweeping, colorful dresses are arriving at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm for the wedding of Sweden's Princess Madeleine and New York banker Christopher O'Neill.

Insider attack kills 3 U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 05:59 AM PDT

A waiting game in AfghanistanA man in an Afghan army uniform turned his weapon on the American troops working with him in the country's east on Saturday, killing three of them, while an attacker with a grenade killed an Italian soldier in the west, officials said.

U.S. officials long denied massive data trawling

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 03:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2008, photo, then CIA Director, Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden, testifies about world threats before a Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. For years, top officials of the Bush and Obama administrations dismissed fears about secret government data-mining by reassuring Congress that there were no secret nets trawling for Americans' phone and Internet records, no hidden vacuuming of personal information. For years, top officials of the Bush and Obama administrations dismissed fears about secret government data-mining by reassuring Congress that there were no secret nets trawling for Americans' phone and Internet records.

Koreas agree to talk Sunday in bid to ease tension

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 03:13 AM PDT

Kindergarten pupils walk by an exhibit dipicting South Korean soldiers during the Korean War at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 7, 2013. North Korea on Friday proposed holding low-level government talks with South Korea this weekend as the rivals look to mend ties that have plunged during recent years amid hardline stances by both countries. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea will meet Sunday in a village straddling their heavily armed border for the first government-level talks on the peninsula in more than two years as they try to lower tension and restore stalled projects that once symbolized their rapprochement.

Andrea's rain spawns flood warnings on East Coast

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 02:41 AM PDT

A woman leaps across a puddle during a rainstorm Friday, June 7, 2013, in Philadelphia. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for much of southeastern Pennsylvania as remnants of tropical Storm Andrea move through the region. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)NEW YORK (AP) — Soaking rains that spawned numerous flood warnings pushed some streams and creeks over their banks throughout the Northeast, yet the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season sped up the Eastern Seaboard without causing major damage.

5 dead, 5 injured after Calif. shooting rampage

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 01:41 AM PDT

A firefighter walks past a car with bullet holes across a home that caught fire in Santa Monica, Calif. Friday, June 7, 2013. Two people were found dead Friday in a burned home near the school, where someone sprayed a street corner with gunfire, wounding at least three people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)The gunman, dressed all in black and carrying a semi-automatic rifle, walked calmly through the Santa Monica College campus after killing his father, brother and another person, authorities said. He would kill a woman outside the library moments later, before dying from police gunfire.

Obama: US, China in 'uncharted waters' on cyber

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 01:09 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands Friday, June 7, 2013, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Seeking a fresh start to a complex relationship, the leaders are retreating to a sprawling desert estate for two days of talks on high-stakes issues, including cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear threats. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — The United States and China are in "uncharted waters" as they tackle the contentious issue of cybersecurity, President Barack Obama said following the opening round of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in the California desert.

FBI: Wife tried to frame husband for ricin letters

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:25 AM PDT

In this undated photo, actress Shannon Richardson poses for a photo, in Texarkana, Texas. Richardson made an initial appearance in a Texarkana, Texas, courtroom Friday, June 7, 2013, after being charged with mailing a threatening communication to the president. She could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, U.S. attorney's office spokeswoman Davilyn Walston said. (AP Photo/Texarkana Gazette)TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — Shannon Richardson had been married to her husband less than two years when she went to authorities and told them her suspicions: He was the one who had mailed ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg threatening violence against gun-control advocates.

Andrea's rain spawns flood watches on East Coast

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:09 AM PDT

A woman leaps across a puddle during a rainstorm Friday, June 7, 2013, in Philadelphia. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for much of southeastern Pennsylvania as remnants of tropical Storm Andrea move through the region. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)NEW YORK (AP) — Soaking rains spawned numerous flood watches and pushed some streams and creeks over their banks throughout the Northeast, yet the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season sped up the Eastern Seaboard without causing major damage.

South Africa: Mandela taken to hospital

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:22 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The office of South Africa's president says former leader Nelson Mandela has been taken to a hospital because of a lung infection.

Police: Body believed to be missing Iowa girl, 15

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:36 PM PDT

BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities announced early Saturday that they have recovered a body believed to be a 15-year-old Iowa girl who was kidnapped by a registered sex offender while walking home from school.

Koreas agree to meeting in bid to ease tensions

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:20 PM PDT

Kindergarten pupils walk by an exhibit dipicting South Korean soldiers during the Korean War at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 7, 2013. North Korea on Friday proposed holding low-level government talks with South Korea this weekend as the rivals look to mend ties that have plunged during recent years amid hardline stances by both countries. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea will meet Sunday at a village straddling their heavily armed border as the sides try to lower tension and restore projects once seen as symbols of their rapprochement, officials said.

How did secret phone program help foil NYC plot?

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Najibullah Zazi arrives at the federal building for questioning by the FBI in Denver. As the Obama administration defended its widespread collection of phone records, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Friday that the program helped disrupt a 2009 plot to bomb the New York City subways. Zazi, an Afghan-American, pleaded guilty in the 2009 plot, saying he had been recruited by al-Qaida in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Obama administration defended its widespread collection of phone records, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Friday that the program helped disrupt a 2009 plot to bomb the New York City subways.
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