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• San Diego mayor to get therapy amid scandal
• Ariel Castro pleads guilty in Ohio kidnap case
• Ethics committee extends Michele Bachmann probe
• Few satisfied, but US presses Syrian arms effort
• Obese inmate spared from execution dies in Ohio
• Holder to Russia: Snowden won't be tortured or face death penalty
• Missionary from Utah survives Spain train wreck
• Ethics committee investigating GOP Rep. Bachmann
• Egypt accuses ousted president in 2011 jailbreak
• U.S. won't seek death penalty for Snowden
• Ariel Castro agrees to plea in Ohio kidnap case
• Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn to be tried in France
• Plea deal talks underway in Ohio kidnapping case
• Defense attorney: Bradley Manning a whistleblower
• Green paint splattered on the Lincoln Memorial
• The voices of the Egyptian protests
• Juror feels she let down Trayvon Martin's parents
• Cleveland kidnapping suspect to appear; plea deal possible
• A plea to save the (terrible) White House briefing
• Korean divide lives on 60 years after end of war
• Defense to give closing in Manning-WikiLeaks case
• Ginsburg says push for voter ID laws predictable
• Hedge fund to operate as it faces US fraud charges
• Disbelief from seniors on Weiner's new sexting
• Syrian opposition urges US to provide weapons fast

San Diego mayor to get therapy amid scandal Posted: 26 Jul 2013 12:46 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Mayor Bob Filner said Friday he will undergo therapy after less than a year in office amid allegations that he sexually harassed women.

Ariel Castro pleads guilty in Ohio kidnap case Posted: 26 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland man who imprisoned three women in his home, subjecting them to a decade of rapes and beatings, pleaded guilty Friday to 937 counts in a deal to avoid the death penalty.

Ethics committee extends Michele Bachmann probe Posted: 26 Jul 2013 12:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Allegations surrounding Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann and her brief presidential campaign are getting further examination from the House Ethics Committee.

Few satisfied, but US presses Syrian arms effort Posted: 26 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly approved U.S. aid package of weapons to Syrian rebels may be too little, too late to reverse recent battlefield gains by President Bashar Assad's government — and few in Washington are enthusiastic about sending it.

Obese inmate spared from execution dies in Ohio Posted: 26 Jul 2013 11:00 AM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio inmate whose 450-pound weight became an issue in his death penalty case has died seven months after being granted clemency, officials said Friday.

Holder to Russia: Snowden won't be tortured or face death penalty Posted: 26 Jul 2013 10:28 AM PDT Attorney General Eric Holder wants Russia to turn down NSA leaker Edward Snowden's asylum request

Missionary from Utah survives Spain train wreck Posted: 26 Jul 2013 09:58 AM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seconds before the Spanish train he was aboard lifted off the tracks "like a roller coaster," Mormon missionary Stephen Ward said he glanced up from the journal he was writing and noticed a backpack tumble from a rack. Moments later, he blacked out as the train smashed into a concrete wall at high speed.

Ethics committee investigating GOP Rep. Bachmann Posted: 26 Jul 2013 09:28 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is launching a full-tilt investigation of Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota.

Egypt accuses ousted president in 2011 jailbreak Posted: 26 Jul 2013 08:43 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Prosecutors opened an investigation of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on charges including murder and conspiracy with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, fueling tensions amid a showdown in the streets, as tens of thousands of backers of the military and supporters of Morsi held rival mass rallies Friday across Egypt.

U.S. won't seek death penalty for Snowden Posted: 26 Jul 2013 08:28 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder has told the Russian government that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty for former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden.

Ariel Castro agrees to plea in Ohio kidnap case Posted: 26 Jul 2013 08:28 AM PDT Under the deal, he will be sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years.

Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn to be tried in France Posted: 26 Jul 2013 07:56 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will have to defend himself in a French court on charges of aggravated pimping.

Plea deal talks underway in Ohio kidnapping case Posted: 26 Jul 2013 07:41 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors and attorneys for a man accused of kidnapping three women, holding them captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade and raping them repeatedly said they have entered into plea negotiations.

Defense attorney: Bradley Manning a whistleblower Posted: 26 Jul 2013 07:26 AM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A defense attorney for Pfc. Bradley Manning says the soldier is a whistleblower who wanted the American public to know about the awful things he saw as an intelligence analyst in Iraq.

Green paint splattered on the Lincoln Memorial Posted: 26 Jul 2013 06:56 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Park Police in Washington say the Lincoln Memorial has been temporarily closed after someone splattered a splash of green paint on the statue.

The voices of the Egyptian protests Posted: 26 Jul 2013 05:40 AM PDT On The Radar The protests raging in the streets of Cairo are expected to grow even larger today, following a call from the Egyptian military for its backers to show support for the new government and stop "violence and terrorism." In this special edition of "On the Radar," we go into central Cairo to bring [...]

Juror feels she let down Trayvon Martin's parents Posted: 26 Jul 2013 05:26 AM PDT MIAMI (AP) — A juror says she feels like she let Trayvon Martin's parents down by agreeing to acquit George Zimmerman in the teen's fatal shooting.

Cleveland kidnapping suspect to appear; plea deal possible Posted: 26 Jul 2013 04:08 AM PDT The deal could spare Ariel Castro the death penalty.

A plea to save the (terrible) White House briefing Posted: 26 Jul 2013 03:22 AM PDT The White House press briefing is painful ... Long live the White House press briefing!

Korean divide lives on 60 years after end of war Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:53 AM PDT PANMUNJOM, North Korea (AP) — Some Americans call it the "Forgotten War," a 1950s conflict fought in a far-off country and so painful that even survivors have tried to erase their memories of it.

Defense to give closing in Manning-WikiLeaks case Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:22 AM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — The defense gets the chance Friday to sum up its case in the court-martial of Bradley Manning, the Army private who sent hundreds of thousands of U.S. government documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks.

Ginsburg says push for voter ID laws predictable Posted: 26 Jul 2013 12:37 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she's not surprised that Southern states have pushed ahead with tough voter identification laws and other measures since the Supreme Court freed them from strict federal oversight of their elections.

Hedge fund to operate as it faces US fraud charges Posted: 26 Jul 2013 12:37 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A giant hedge fund led by an embattled billionaire pledged to continue normal operations after an indictment accusing it of permitting an environment where extensive insider trading could reap hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal profits for more than a decade was unsealed in Manhattan federal court.

Disbelief from seniors on Weiner's new sexting Posted: 25 Jul 2013 11:50 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Retirees at a New York senior center where Anthony Weiner announced his retirement in 2011 after admitting he sent racy messages and photos have had enough.

Syrian opposition urges US to provide weapons fast Posted: 25 Jul 2013 11:05 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The leader of Syria's Western-backed opposition group told U.S. Secretary John Kerry on Thursday that the United States must quickly supply rebels with promised weapons to prevent a military victory by President Bashar Assad's regime.

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