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Buck up: Obama offers uplifting words to wary Dems

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 01:06 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There's a new cadence to President Barack Obama's musings about Congress: Why can't House Republicans be more like their mates in the Senate? As Obama presses his economic agenda across the country, he's playing one chamber against the other, hoping Americans will hear his calls for compromise and conclude it's not his fault almost nothing is getting done in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought to calm jittery Democrats Wednesday as they prepared to head home to face voters, assuring them they're "on the right side of history" despite problems with the launch of his massive health care overhaul and an immigration fight with Republicans.

Religious order files reveal decades of LA abuse

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 12:50 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of pages of secret church files released Wednesday shed light on the troublesome careers of a dozen religious order priests, brothers and nuns accused of sexually abusing children while working in the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese.

Is 1234 your PIN code? Try again

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 12:38 PM PDT

A woman uses an ATM machine at a BBVA bank branch in MadridA group has tallied the most common ATM numbers; not surprisingly, they're the least safest.

NYC mayoral candidate's old-fashioned style

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Christine Quinn runs for NYC MayorWhile her chief rival fends off controversy, Christine Quinn looks to make history simply with handshakes and hugs.

AP IMPACT: Little restraint in military giveaways

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 11:34 AM PDT

MORVEN, Ga. (AP) — Small-town police departments across the country have been gobbling up tons of equipment discarded by a downsizing military — bicycles, bed sheets, bowling pins, French horns, dog collars, even a colonoscopy machine — regardless of whether the items are needed or will ever be used.

O.J. Simpson wins small parole victory

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 10:20 AM PDT

O.J. Simpson watches his former defense attorney Yale Galanter testify during an evidentiary hearing in Las VegasBut the former NFL great won't leaving prison anytime soon.

Obama reassures Dems on health care, immigration

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 09:32 AM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There's a new cadence to President Barack Obama's musings about Congress: Why can't House Republicans be more like their mates in the Senate? As Obama presses his economic agenda across the country, he's playing one chamber against the other, hoping Americans will hear his calls for compromise and conclude it's not his fault almost nothing is getting done in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to reassure Democrats nervous about the impact of his health care law and the prospects for immigration legislation, telling them "You're on the right side of history."

Government braces for coming changes to NSA powers

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 08:47 AM PDT

With a chart listing thwarted acts of terrorism, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., right, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, question top Obama administration officials on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, about the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance programs for the first time since the House narrowly rejected a proposal last week to effectively shut down the NSA's secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's national security team argued Wednesday to keep its sweeping domestic surveillance powers intact, even as it acknowledged some limitations appear inevitable.

Analysis: Pope's revolution; not all are pleased

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 08:32 AM PDT

Pope Francis smiles as he answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on the journey back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Francis Revolution is underway. Not everyone is pleased.

Obama confers with Democrats on Capitol Hill

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 08:02 AM PDT

In this July 30, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama walks from Marine One, across the South Lawn of the White House to the Oval Office in Washington, as he returns from Chattanooga where he spoke about the middle class and the economy. There's a new cadence to President Barack Obama's musings about Congress: Why can't House Republicans be more like their mates in the Senate? As Obama presses his economic agenda across the country, he's playing one chamber against the other, hoping Americans will hear his calls for compromise and conclude it's not his fault almost nothing is getting done in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is conferring with congressional Democrats in a visit to Capitol Hill.

Defense seeks merger of some Manning verdicts

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 07:46 AM PDT

In this July 30, 2013 photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. Few Americans in living memory have emerged from obscurity to become such polarizing public figures _ admired by many around the world, fiercely denigrated by many in his homeland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Lawyers for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning are seeking to reduce his potential sentence by having some of his convictions merged.

McCain: Hillary Clinton vs Rand Paul in 2016 would be ‘tough choice’

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 07:16 AM PDT

U.S. Senator McCain watches his colleagues speak during news conference following their tour of the Arizona-Mexico border in NogalesHillary's a "rock star" and Palin was a good VP choice, the Arizona senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee says in a new interview.

U.S. releases some documents on phone surveillance programs

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 07:00 AM PDT

Antennas of Former National Security Agency (NSA) listening station are seen at the Teufelsberg hill (German for Devil's Mountain) in BerlinThe declassification was made in the "interest of increased transparency."

Student loan compromise heads toward final vote

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 07:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2013 file photo, House Education Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., left, followed by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. A deal that gives college students and their parents lower interest rates for loans is heading toward its final vote. The House was expected Wednesday to take up a bipartisan compromise that links student loan interest rates to the financial markets. Immediately, borrowers would see lower rates for classes this year than last, although the costs are expected to climb in coming years if the economy improves as expected. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal that gives college students and their parents lower interest rates for loans is heading toward its final vote.

Zimbabwe: Big turnout for vote on Mugabe's fate

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 06:31 AM PDT

Zimbabweans wait to cast their votes in Presidential and parliamentary elections in the Southern African nation in Harare, Wednesday, July, 31, 2013. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe 89 is contesting against his main rival Morgan Tsvangirai in the presidential poll.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In an election that poses one of the biggest threats to President Robert Mugabe's 33-year grip on power, Zimbabweans flocked to polling stations Wednesday despite suspicions that vote-counting could be rigged in a nation beset by bitter division and economic hardship.

US economy grows at 1.7 pct. pace in 2nd quarter

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 06:31 AM PDT

FILE- In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013, file photo, Jeff Caldwell, 29, right, a chassis assembly line supervisor, checks a vehicle on the assembly line at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit.The Commerce Department issues its first estimate of how fast the U.S. economy grew in the April-June quarter on Wednesday, July 31, 2013.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew from April through June at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.7 percent, as businesses spent more and the federal government cut less.

AP PHOTOS: Andean fighting ritual settles scores

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 05:15 AM PDT

In this July 14, 2013 photo, masked fighter Alejandro Alvaro wears his costume before taking part in an Andean fight known as Takanakuy in Lima, Peru. Takanakuy, which means LIMA, Peru (AP) — The brightly hued ski masks come off, and the punching and kicking begin. Only once a judge has ruled one of the combatants licked do they stop fighting.

Lawson, Saatchi are granted preliminary divorce

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 05:15 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and art baron Charles Saatchi have taken the first legal step toward finalizing the end of their marriage.

From obscurity, Manning became polarizing symbol

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 03:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2013 file photo, supporters of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning protest outside of the gates at Fort Meade, Md. Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge he faced, but was convicted of espionage, theft and other charges, more than three years after he spilled secrets to WikiLeaks. Few Americans in living memory have emerged from obscurity to become such polarizing public figures _ admired by many around the world, fiercely denigrated by many in his homeland. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The honors and accolades proliferated over three years: international peace prizes, solidarity campaigns by celebrities, an effort to designate him — in absentia, of course — as grand marshal of San Francisco's gay pride parade.

Bradley Manning-WikiLeaks case turns to sentencing

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 01:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2013 file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. after receiving a verdict in his court martial. Few Americans in living memory have emerged from obscurity to become such polarizing public figures _ admired by many around the world, fiercely denigrated by many in his homeland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Acquitted of the most serious charge against him, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning still faces up to 136 years in prison for leaking government secrets to the website WikiLeaks, and his fate rests with a judge who will begin hearing arguments Wednesday in the sentencing phase of the soldier's court-martial.

Obama draws contrasts between House, Senate GOP

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 12:57 AM PDT

In this July 30, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama walks from Marine One, across the South Lawn of the White House to the Oval Office in Washington, as he returns from Chattanooga where he spoke about the middle class and the economy. There's a new cadence to President Barack Obama's musings about Congress: Why can't House Republicans be more like their mates in the Senate? As Obama presses his economic agenda across the country, he's playing one chamber against the other, hoping Americans will hear his calls for compromise and conclude it's not his fault almost nothing is getting done in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — There's a new cadence to President Barack Obama's musings about Congress: Why can't House Republicans be more like their mates in the Senate?

Pentagon bears brunt of upcoming budget cuts

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 12:26 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A second, deeper round of automatic federal budget cuts is on its way, and it's going to hit the Pentagon hard.

Sandusky scandal headed for another trial

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 12:11 AM PDT

FILE - In these Nov. 7, 2011, file photo combination, former Penn State vice president Gary Schultz, left, and former Penn State director of athletics Tim Curley, right, and on July 29, 2013, former Penn State president Graham Spanier, center, are seen in Harrisburg, Pa. Judge William Wenner ordered Spanier, Schultz, and Curley on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, to stand trial on charges accusing them of a cover-up in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Brad Bower, left, Matt Rourke, right, File)HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Jerry Sandusky scandal appears headed for another court battle that is sure to prolong the media spotlight and relive the testimony of how the former Penn State football icon molested boys, sometimes in the school's facilities.

New TV channel tells Israel's side of the story

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 12:11 AM PDT

In this Sunday, July 28, 2013 photo, journalists works inside a studio of the new television channel I24news in Tel Aviv, Israel. The station's founders insist they are not an Israeli version of Al-Jazeera, the powerful broadcaster from the Gulf. They say they receive no government funding, hold no political affiliation and pledge to cover the news dispassionately and objectively. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — State-of-the-art TV studios above an ancient Mideast port signal Israel's arrival in a modern media landscape in which countries increasingly seek to broadcast their own perspective to the world.

FAA puts more restrictions on foreign jets at SFO

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 10:54 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. aviation officials are no longer allowing foreign airlines to land alongside another plane when touching down at San Francisco International Airport in the wake of the deadly Asiana Airlines crash.
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