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Judge strikes detective statement on Zimmerman

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 12:58 PM PDT

George Zimmerman arrives for the 17th day of his trial in Seminole circuit court, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman is charged with 2nd-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, in 2012. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor in George Zimmerman's murder trial on Tuesday tried to pick apart the statements of a Sanford Police detective who was called as a prosecution witness a day before but gave testimony that seemed to benefit the defense.

'Hero' firefighter’s widow describes text messages

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 12:42 PM PDT

familyJuliann Ashcraft, widow of Andrew Ashcraft, who was one of the 19 firefighters who died while battling the Arizona wildfire on Sunday, spoke to "Today" about the text messages she exchanged with her husband shortly before he died. Juliann said she sent her husband a photo of their four children, all under 6, swimming. Juliann [...]

Snowden's father praises son in open letter

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:57 AM PDT

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, frustrated by his inability to reach out directly to his son, on Tuesday wrote him an open letter, extolling him for "summoning the American people to confront the growing danger of tyranny."

Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 54 in Iraq

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:42 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 47 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed.

Egypt: Army to suspend constitution, legislature

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:12 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold sticks and wear protective gear during training outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a 'last-chance' ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, gearing up for a third day of anti-Morsi rallies. Across town, Morsi's Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's state news agency says the military has drawn up a plan to suspend the Islamist-backed constitution, dissolve the Islamist-dominated legislature, and set up an interim administration if President Mohammed Morsi fails to reach a solution with his opponents.

AP: Snowden's father praises son in open letter

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:40 AM PDT

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, frustrated by his inability to reach out directly to his son, has written an open letter to him extolling him for "summoning the American people to confront the growing danger of tyranny."

Town grieves Ariz. Hotshots; storms threaten fire

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:56 AM PDT

Firefighters Kayla Garst, left, and Darce Knight react during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The firefighters walked down the bleachers in a silent gymnasium full of mourners, their heavy work boots drumming a march on the wooden steps.

AP IMPACT: More air passengers show up with guns

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:24 AM PDT

This handout photo provided by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), taken in April 2013 at Indianapolis International Airport, shows a gun among personal belongings that was confiscated in a carry-on bag at the airport. _ Several times every day, at airports across the country, passengers try to walk through security screening with loaded guns in carry-on bags, a purse, a pocket, even a boot. And, nearly a dozen years after 9/11, it's happening a lot more often. In the first six months of this year, Transportation Security Administration screeners found 894 guns on passengers or in their carry-on bags, a 30 percent increase over the same period last year. The TSA set a record in May for the most guns seized in one week _ 65 in all, 45 of them loaded and 15 with bullets in their chambers and ready to be fired. That was 30 percent more than the previous record of 50 guns, set just two weeks earlier. (AP Photo/TSA)WASHINGTON (AP) — Several times every day, at airports across the country, passengers are trying to walk through security with loaded guns in their carry-on bags, purses or pockets, even in a boot.

In 'golden age' of surveillance, US has big edge

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:54 AM PDT

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States' central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game . Other countries, from dictatorships to democracies, are also avid snoopers, tapping into the high-capacity fiber optic cables to intercept Internet traffic, scooping their citizens' data off domestic servers, and even launching cyberattacks to win access to foreign networks. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)LONDON (AP) — The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States' central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game.

Judge strikes detective statements on Zimmerman

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:08 AM PDT

Sanford, Fla., police officer Chris Serino identifies George Zimmerman in the courtroom during the 16th day of Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, July 1, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor has gotten a judge to strike from the record an opinion from a Sanford police detective who testified that he found George Zimmerman credible in his account of how he got into a fight with Trayvon Martin.

Storm cells with lightning a threat at Ariz. fire

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 06:54 AM PDT

Prescott and other area department firefighters embrace during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz., The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The firefighters walked down the bleachers in a silent gymnasium full of mourners, their heavy work boots drumming a march on the wooden steps.

Stuck in Moscow, is Snowden's final hope Venezuela?

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 06:54 AM PDT

A view of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Leaker Edward Snowden has been caught in legal limbo in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. U.S. President Obama said Monday during his trip to Africa that every intelligence service in Europe, Asia and elsewhere does its best to understand the world better, and that goes beyond what they read in newspapers or watch on TV. It was an attempt to blunt European reaction to new revelations from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden that the U.S. spies on European governments.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)Rejections of the NSA leaker's asylum requests are piling up.

Egypt protesters mass before military deadline

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 06:22 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold sticks and wear protective gear during training outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a 'last-chance' ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, gearing up for a third day of anti-Morsi rallies. Across town, Morsi's Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — With a military deadline for intervention ticking down, protesters seeking the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president sought Tuesday to push the embattled leader further toward the edge with another massive display of people power.

Taliban hit NATO supply compound in Kabul, kill 7

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 05:52 AM PDT

Smoke rises from a NATO compound following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to the NATO compound in Kabul early Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban suicide attackers blew up a truck bomb early Tuesday at the gates of a NATO supplier's compound in Kabul and sprayed gunfire at security personnel, killing five guards and two civilians, Afghan officials said.

A walk in Wendy Davis’ shoes

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 05:22 AM PDT

Sen. Wendy Davis, D- Fort Worth, speaks during a rally against abortion legislation, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has convened for a new 30-day special session to take up contentious abortion restrictions bill and other issues. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)The Texas state senator single-handedly filibustered a restrictive abortion bill.

Egypt: Morsi's 2 spokesmen quit

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 04:52 AM PDT

Fireworks light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't CAIRO (AP) — A foreign ministry official says two spokesmen for President Mohammed Morsi have quit in the latest defections from his embattled administration as protesters and the military challenge his authority.

Records: Archbishop paid problem priests to leave

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 04:37 AM PDT

This photo provided by The Archdiocese of Milwaukee shows former priests John Wagner, left, and Daniel Budzynski, right. Wagner was accused of making advances to students at the University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan when he was in campus ministry in the 1980s. In 2003, the archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove Budzynski, who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child's mother and her female friend. (AP Photo/The Archdiocese of Milwaukee)MILWAUKEE (AP) — The archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter in 2003 to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove a priest who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child's mother and her female friend.

Egypt: Court ruling compounds Morsi's woes

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 03:36 AM PDT

Fireworks light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court says besieged President Mohammed Morsi must reinstate an attorney general fired last year in another blow to his authority.

Snowden hits hurdles in search for asylum

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 03:04 AM PDT

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting all nations spy on each other, as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be stranded for the past week at Moscow's international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)MOSCOW (AP) — NSA leaker Edward Snowden's attempts to seek refuge outside the United States hit hurdles Tuesday, after Russian media reported he canceled his asylum bid in Russia and several European countries said such applications wouldn't be considered if they were made from abroad.

Taliban hit NATO supply compound in Kabul, kill 6

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:34 AM PDT

Smoke rises from a NATO compound following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to the NATO compound in Kabul early Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban suicide attackers blew up a truck bomb early Tuesday at the gates of a NATO supply company's compound in Kabul and sprayed gunfire at security personnel, killing four guards and two civilians, Afghan officials said.

Snowden's hits hurdles in search for asylum

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:04 AM PDT

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting all nations spy on each other, as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be stranded for the past week at Moscow's international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)MOSCOW (AP) — NSA leaker Edward Snowden's attempts to seek refuge outside the United States hit hurdles Tuesday, after Russian media reported he canceled his asylum bid in Russia and several European countries said such applications wouldn't be considered if they were made from abroad.

Arizona 'Hotshots' lived the meaning of the word

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:21 AM PDT

Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — They were fathers and expectant fathers. High school football players and former Marines. Smoke-eaters' sons and first-generation firefighters.

Obama ends Africa trip by meeting Bush at memorial

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:21 AM PDT

A member of the brass band that will welcome U.S. President Barack Obama walks on the road next to State House, wearing a shirt with the face of Obama, ahead of the meeting with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, at State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Monday, July 1, 2013. The Democratic president was to fly Monday into Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the last stop on a weeklong tour of Africa that wraps up Tuesday, while his Republican predecessor coincidentally also plans to be there for a conference on African women organized by the George W. Bush Institute. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush have laid a wreath at a memorial for Americans killed in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania.

Paul staying in LA, Howard hears pitches to leave

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2013 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul plays against the Charlotte Bobcats during an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. Paul is staying with the Clippers. The All-Star point guard agreed to a new deal on the first day free agency opened, agent Leon Rose confirms, Monday July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Chris Paul's answer was brief, just like his time on the free agent market.

Obama ends Africa trip by joining Bush at memorial

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:01 PM PDT

President Barack Obama toasts with Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete during an official dinner at the State House in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Monday, July 1, 2013. The president is traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Democratic President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush are proving that it's a small world after all, with an extraordinary chance encounter a long way from home.
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