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More than 1,000 inmates escape Libyan prison

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 12:55 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — More than 1,000 detainees escaped from a prison near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in a massive jailbreak Saturday, officials said, as protesters stormed political party offices in Libya's main cities.

NBC to air Hillary Clinton miniseries

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 12:55 PM PDT

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — NBC says it's planning a four-hour miniseries about Hillary Clinton.

Body found in NY river where bride-to-be vanished

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT

In this still frame made from WABC-TV video, Carol Stewart, center, mother of missing woman Lindsey Stewart, speaks to an official about the ongoing search for her daughter following a boating accident on the Hudson River near Piermont, N.Y. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. The Coast Guard says the recreational boat struck a barge near the Tappan Zee Bridge on Friday night, sending two people into the water who haven't been found and injuring four others. (AP Photo/WABC-TV)PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — A female body was pulled from the Hudson River on Saturday near where a bride-to-be and her fiance's best man went missing after their boat crashed into a construction barge near the Tappan Zee Bridge.


Vote in Mali's north may decide country's future

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 10:20 AM PDT

Men sit outside local election headquarters in Kidal, Mali Saturday, July 27, 2013. The desert town of Kidal and the villages surrounding it make up just 0.5% of the people who registered to vote in Mali's election. Yet experts say the future of Mali is likely going to be decided by how the region that has been at the epicenter of multiple rebellions handles Sunday's vote. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)KIDAL, Mali (AP) — This desert town and the surrounding region house just 0.5 percent of the people who registered to vote in Mali's presidential election, a number likely to have little impact on the race's outcome. Yet experts say the future of Mali is likely going to be decided by how this region that has been at the epicenter of multiple rebellions handles Sunday's poll.


At least 38 Morsi supporters killed in Egypt

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 09:04 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry an injured man to a field hospital following clashes with security forces at Nasr City, where pro-Morsi protesters have held a weekslong sit-in, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Morsi supporters, setting off clashes that lasted for hours and left tens of people dead. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Clashes erupted early Saturday in Cairo between security forces and supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, killing at least 38 protesters and overwhelming field hospitals with the wounded, the Health Ministry said, in an outburst of violence that put the possibility of political reconciliation in the deeply divided nation ever further out of reach.


Gunman among 7 dead after Fla. apartment shootout

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 09:04 AM PDT

Police and rescue vehicles block the road after a shooting incident which left seven people dead, in a Miami suburbA gunman holding hostages inside a South Florida apartment complex killed six people before being shot to death by a SWAT team that stormed the building early Saturday following an hours-long standoff, police said.


Bride-to-be, best man missing after NY boat crash

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 08:17 AM PDT

In this still frame made from WABC-TV video, Carol Stewart, center, mother of missing woman Lindsey Stewart, speaks to an official about the ongoing search for her daughter following a boating accident on the Hudson River near Piermont, N.Y. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. The Coast Guard says the recreational boat struck a barge near the Tappan Zee Bridge on Friday night, sending two people into the water who haven't been found and injuring four others. (AP Photo/WABC-TV)PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — A bride-to-be and her fiance's best man were missing Saturday after a speedboat carrying six friends crashed into a construction barge near New York's Tappan Zee Bridge. Four others, including the groom-to-be, were hurt.


Officials: Train driver suspected of negligent homicide

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 06:45 AM PDT

A passenger train passes the wreckage of a train in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Saturday July 27, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 78 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)Spain's interior minister announced Saturday that the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide.


Former Rep. Lindy Boggs of Louisiana dies at 97

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 06:15 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Lindy Boggs of Louisiana, who used the soft-spoken grace of a plantation lady to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress after succeeding her late husband in the House, died Saturday. She was 97

Bananas thrown at black Italian minister during speech

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 04:28 AM PDT

Italian Minister for Integration Cecile Kyenge gestures during a news conference in RomeItaly's first black minister, a target of racist slurs since her appointment in April, condemned a spectator who threw bananas toward her while she was making a speech at a party rally.


At least 38 killed near pro-Morsi rally in Egypt

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 03:58 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry an injured man to a field hospital following clashes with security forces at Nasr City, where pro-Morsi protesters have held a weekslong sit-in, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Morsi supporters, setting off clashes that lasted for hours and left tens of people dead. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Overnight clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in east Cairo left at least 38 protesters dead on Saturday, a doctor at the demonstrators' field hospital said. They followed a day of massive pro-military rallies backing a tough hand against Morsi's backers and the Muslim Brotherhood group from which he hails.


Spanish train driver's declaration delayed

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 02:41 AM PDT

ALTERNATIVE CROP FROM EM102. In this photo taken on Wednesday July 24 2013, train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo is helped by two men as he is evacuated from the site of a train accident in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Police say they have detained the driver of a train that crashed in northwestern Spain and killed 78 people. Galicia region National Police Chief Jaime Iglesias says driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo was officially detained in the hospital where is recovering. (AP Photo/La Voz de Galicia/Xoan Soler)SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — Spanish judicial authorities say the driver in charge of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed, killing 78 people and injuring dozens more, will not be appearing before a judge on Saturday as had been hoped.


San Diego mayor's therapy plan flops with critics

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 02:13 AM PDT

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner pauses as he speaks during a news conference at city hall Friday, July 26, 2013, in San Diego. Filner said Friday he will undergo therapy after less than a year in office amid allegations that he sexually harassed women. Filner announced his plan for a two-week stay beginning Aug. 5, in a behavioral clinic after a series of women claimed he kissed, groped and placed them in headlocks. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Mayor Bob Filner's announcement that he will undergo two weeks of full-time therapy defies leaders of his own political party who demanded he resign over allegations of sexual harassment.


Man admits to captivity, abuse of 3 Ohio women

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 12:57 AM PDT

Ariel Castro looks down during court proceedings Friday, July 26, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, 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. Defense attorney Jaye Schlachet is on the right. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of kidnapping three women, keeping them captive in his Cleveland home for a decade and raping them repeatedly is waiting to be sentenced after pleading guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty.


Judge deliberates in GI's WikiLeaks trial

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 12:41 AM PDT

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse at Fort Mead, Md, Friday, July 26, 2013. Manning is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. He faces up to life in prision. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen))FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military judge is deliberating the fate of an Army private accused of aiding the enemy by engineering a high-volume leak of U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks.


Bombings at busy market in north Pakistan kill 49

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 12:09 AM PDT

Pakistani villagers injured in a bomb blast recover at at a local hospital in Parachinar, Pakistan on Friday, July 26, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded in a busy market area Friday night in northern Pakistan, tearing through crowds of shoppers grabbing last-minute items to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan and killing nearly two dozen people, a doctor said. (AP Photo/Ali Afzal)The death toll from a pair of overnight bombings at a busy market in northern Pakistan rose to 49 on Saturday with 10 more people dying at a hospital, officials said.


Egypt's army shoots dead at least 38 Mursi supporters in Cairo

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 11:55 PM PDT

Protesters cheer with flags as they gather for a mass protest to support the army in front of the presidential palace in CairoSecurity forces killed at least 38 supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi early on Saturday.


Bynes' parents 'deeply concerned' for actress

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 11:09 PM PDT

FILE - In a Tuesday, July 9, 2013 file photo, Amanda Bynes, accompanied by attorney Gerald Shargel, arrives for a court appearance in New York on allegations that she chucked a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. Bynes has been hospitalized for a mental health evaluation after deputies said she started a small fire in the driveway of a home in Southern California. Ventura County sheriff's Capt. Don Aguilar says deputies responding to a call Monday night, July 22, 2013 found Bynes standing next to the flames in the city of Thousand Oaks, Calif. The deputies determined she met the criteria for a mental health hold and took her into custody. She can be held for up to 72 hours of observation. (AP Photo/Bethan McKernan, File)OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Amanda Bynes' parents are deeply concerned that their daughter may hurt herself or others unless they are allowed to assume control over her medical care and finances, court filings show.


Egypt: 16 Killed in Clashes Near Pro-Morsi Rally

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 10:38 PM PDT

Egypt doctor at field hospital: At least 16 killed in clashes near pro-Morsi rally        

Egypt: 16 killed in clashes near pro-Morsi rally

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 10:38 PM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest at Nasr City, where protesters have installed their camp and hold their daily rally, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 26, 2013. 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 between tens of thousands of backers of the military and supporters calling for the Islamist leader's reinstatement. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian doctor at a field hospital says at least 16 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi have been killed near a Cairo demonstration following clashes with security forces.


North Korea military parades through Pyongyang

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 09:52 PM PDT

In this image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, salutes during a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers were paraded through the streets of Pyongyang on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea's adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUTPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang's main square on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea's adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.


Mitchell's tenacity led to US energy boom

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 09:07 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The technological breakthrough pioneered by George P. Mitchell, the billionaire Texas oilman and philanthropist who died Friday at age 94, reversed the fortunes of the U.S. energy industry and reshaped the global energy landscape.

The Amazon Express: Andes to Atlantic Adventure

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 07:05 PM PDT

The Amazon Express: Andes to Atlantic AdventureAugust 24, 2012. - Rio Mantaro, Peru - Amazon Express white water team members TINO SPECHT, of the U.S., right, and JUAN ANTONIO DE UGARTE, of Peru, drive their raft through rapids in the Rio Mantaro.(Credit Image: © Erich Schlegel/zReportage via ZUMA)

No death penalty for Snowden if convicted, US says

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 06:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 25, 2013 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder speaks in Philadelphia. Holder tells Russia US won't seek death penalty for Edward Snowden. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to get Edward Snowden back to America, U.S., Attorney General Eric Holder has assured the Russian government the U.S. has no plans to seek the death penalty for the former National Security Agency systems analyst.


San Diego mayor seeks therapy, won't quit amid sex scandal

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 06:04 PM PDT

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner apologizes for his behavior in this frame from a video produced by the city of San Diego Thursday, July 11, 2013. Filner shows no signs of quitting, despite three women coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment and calls for his resignation, including from people within his own party. Filner is San Diego's first Democratic mayor in 20 years. (AP Photo/City of San Diego)Bob Filner defies calls to resign over a hail of sexual harassment allegations.


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