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NTSB: Plane parts found in San Francisco Bay

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 12:56 PM PDT

This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board Sunday, July 7, 2013, shows NTSB workers near the Boeing 777 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 aircraft. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/NTSB)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Part of the tail section of an Asiana jetliner that crashed at San Francisco International Airport was found in the waters of San Francisco Bay, and debris from the seawall was carried several hundred feet down the runway, a federal official said Monday.

Plane parts found in water, NTSB official says

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 12:40 PM PDT

This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board Sunday, July 7, 2013, shows NTSB workers near the Boeing 777 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 aircraft. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/NTSB)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal investigators say they found parts of the Asiana airlines plane that crashed at San Francisco International in the waters of San Francisco Bay.

Ex-Gov. Spitzer asks NYC voters to consider record

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 12:24 PM PDT

Eliot Spitzer wipes sweat from his face as he is surrounded by media while trying to collect signatures for his run for New York City Comptroller in New York, Monday, July 8, 2013. Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who stepped down in 2008 amid a prostitution scandal, says he is planning a political comeback with a run for New York City comptroller.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer jumped back into the high-profile world of politics Monday after his decision to run for the New York City comptroller's office, years after he was caught in a prostitution scandal that culminated in one of politics' steepest falls from power.

Senate immigration bill would remake economy

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:54 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Landmark immigration legislation passed by the Senate would remake America's workforce from the highest rungs to the lowest, bringing more immigrants into numerous sectors of the economy, from elite technology companies to restaurant kitchens and rural fields.

San Fran officials: Possible plane victim run over

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:38 AM PDT

This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board Sunday, July 7, 2013, shows NTSB workers near the Boeing 777 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 aircraft. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/NTSB)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of two teenage girls killed in an Asiana jet crash at San Francisco International Airport might have been struck by an emergency vehicle responding to Saturday's crash, fire officials said on Monday.

SF officials: Possible 1 plane victim run over

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 11:23 AM PDT

This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board Sunday, July 7, 2013, shows NTSB workers near the Boeing 777 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 aircraft. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/NTSB)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco fire officials say there is a possibility that one of the two teenage girls killed in a plane crash at San Francisco International Airport was struck by an emergency vehicle.

Rescuers describe harrowing scene at plane crash

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 10:52 AM PDT

This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board Sunday, July 7, 2013, shows NTSB workers near the Boeing 777 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 aircraft. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/NTSB)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco fire officials say they encountered smoke, leaking jet fuel and passengers coming down on chutes when they arrived at the Asiana airlines crash scene.

Correction: Spitzer-Comptroller story

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 10:36 AM PDT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In some versions of a story July 7 and 8, The Associated Press, relying on information from a person close to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer who spoke on condition of anonymity, erroneously reported that Spitzer was speaking only to The New York Times about a planned run for New York City comptroller. Spitzer also spoke to other publications.

For firefighters, answer to why is: Someone has to

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 10:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2008 file photo, Rio Bravo Hotshot firefighter Cole Cates clears manzanita while cutting a fireline on the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Park in California. In American culture, the firefighter is almost a mythic being and it is no different in the wildland firefighting community, where men and women armed with little more than axes, shovels and chain saws face mountainsides engulfed in flames. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis, File)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — In his book, "Young Men and Fire," Norman Maclean attempted to convey what a crew experiences in the chaos of a mountain firestorm.

Zimmerman prosecutors want animation nixed

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 09:38 AM PDT

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Clashes by Egypt army, protesters kill at least 54

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 09:38 AM PDT

An Egyptian man cries outside a morgue after carrying the corpse of his brother killed near the Republican Guard building in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with Islamists protesting the military's ouster of the president in bloodshed that left at least 51 protesters and three members of the security forces dead, officials and witnesses said, and plunged the divided country deeper into crisis with calls by the Muslim Brotherhood's political party for all-out rebellion against the army.

Death toll in clashes with Egypt army up to 51

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:52 AM PDT

An Egyptian man cries outside a morgue after carrying the corpse of his brother killed near the Republican Guard building in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's state news agency says clashes between soldiers and police and Islamists protesting the ouster of the president left 51 protesters dead.

Americans dislike court's Voting Rights decision

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:20 AM PDT

FILE – In this June 28, 2012, file photo Claire McAndrew, left, and Donny Kirsch, both of Washington, celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the high court upheld President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Three months before uninsured people can start shopping for coverage, some big unknowns loom amid the surprise announcement last week, July 2013, that the White House is delaying a requirement that many employers offer coverage, has raised questions about other major parts of the biggest expansion of society's safety net since Medicare nearly 50 years ago. People will judge Obama's law on three main points: premiums, choice and the overall consumer experience. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Just 33 percent of Americans approve of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn a key part of the Voting Rights Act, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement aimed at preventing racial discrimination at the ballot box. An ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that 51 percent disapprove of the decision, with 15 percent undecided. Republicans [...]

Egypt: 2 policemen, army officer killed in clashes

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:06 AM PDT

An Egyptian man cries outside a morgue after carrying the corpse of his brother killed near the Republican Guard building in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian spokesmen say troops and police guarding the Republican Guard complex came under "heavy gunfire" early Monday, killing two policemen and an army officer. The ensuing violence also left 42 protesters killed, according to other officials.

Clash with Egypt army kills at least 42 protesters

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:52 AM PDT

An Egyptian man cries outside a morgue after carrying the corpse of his brother killed near the Republican Guard building in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with Islamists protesting the military's ouster of the president in bloodshed that left at least 42 protesters dead, officials and witnesses said, and plunged the divided country deeper into crisis with calls by the Muslim Brotherhood's political party for all-out rebellion against the army.

Egypt's top Muslim cleric warns of civil war

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:05 AM PDT

A man displays a bloodied shirt of ousted President Mohamed Morsi's supporter outside a local hospital in Cairo. Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's top Muslim cleric is warning of civil war and says he will go into seclusion at his home until the bloodshed ends as a show of protest.

Slow landing speed of San Francisco jet probed

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 06:50 AM PDT

This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board Sunday, July 7, 2013, shows NTSB workers near the Boeing 777 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 aircraft. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/NTSB)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investigators have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" the target speed during its approach and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway. What they don't yet know is whether the pilot's inexperience with the type of aircraft and at San Francisco's airport played a role.

AP source: Heinz Kerry showed symptoms of seizure

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 06:19 AM PDT

FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, left, talks with his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry while watching election results at a hotel in Boston, in Boston. A hospital spokesman says Teresa Heinz Kerry is hospitalized Sunday, July 7, 2013 in critical but stable condition in a hospital on the island of Nantucket, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)BOSTON (AP) — Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition Monday, a day after showing symptoms consistent with a seizure, a person in close contact with the family said.

Saddam Hussein's half brother dies of cancer

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 06:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this September 1995, file photo made available Monday, Feb. 28, 2005, Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, a half-brother of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, is pictured in his office at the headquarters of the General Security Directorate in Baghdad, Iraq. A senior Iraqi official says Hussein's half-brother and former director of his public security, Al-Hassan, has died of cancer in a Baghdad hospital and his body will be handed over to his family. (AP Photo, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Saddam Hussein's half brother, who was facing the gallows for his role as chief of the regime's feared security service and allegedly one of the architects of the insurgency against U.S. and allied forces in Iraq, died of cancer on Monday in a Baghdad hospital, a senior official said.

All 10 killed in Soldotna, Alaska, air taxi crash

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 06:06 AM PDT

Police and emergency personnel stand near the remains of a fixed-wing aircraft that was engulfed in flames Sunday July 7, 2013 at the Soldotna Airport in Soldotna, Alaska. No survivors were located and it is unknown how many people were on board. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — All 10 people aboard an air taxi were killed as the aircraft crashed and was engulfed in flames at a small Alaska airport.

Attacks kill at least 15 in Iraq, officials say

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 05:34 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks killed at least 15 people in Iraq as part of a recent spike in insurgent violence aimed at destabilizing the country and undermining the government, officials said Monday.

Cokie Roberts’ historic chat with Michelle Obama and Laura Bush

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 05:20 AM PDT

Cokie Roberts on Chat with Michelle Obama and Laura BushPolitics Confidential It's something we've never seen before, let alone in Africa: first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush sharing the stage for a conversation in Tanzania. And ABC News' Cokie Roberts had the best seat in the house—the only other seat on stage, in fact—moderating a discussion between the two women. Roberts, who has [...]

Islamists: Egypt army enemy after deadly clashes

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 04:34 AM PDT

A man displays a bloodied shirt of ousted President Mohamed Morsi's supporter outside a local hospital in Cairo. Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian soldiers and police guarding a military building opened fire on supporters of the ousted president Monday in bloodshed that claimed at least 40 lives, officials and witnesses said, and plunged the divided country deeper into crisis with calls by Islamists for all-out rebellion against the army.

Islamists urge Egyptians to rise against army

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 04:34 AM PDT

Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top of their armored vehicle to guard the entrances of Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian military officials said gunmen killed at least five supporters of the former president when people tried to storm a military building in Cairo. The official, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to brief reporters, also said a group had tried to storm the headquarters of the Republican Guard. He added that those killed had been supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi camped outside the building in protest at his overthrow. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — The Muslim Brotherhood's political arm has called on Egyptians to rise up against the army after clashes between troops and supporters of the ousted president left 40 people killed.

Egypt: Gunfire at military building leaves 40 dead

Posted: 08 Jul 2013 02:16 AM PDT

Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top of their armored vehicle to guard the entrances of Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian military officials said gunmen killed at least five supporters of the former president when people tried to storm a military building in Cairo. The official, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to brief reporters, also said a group had tried to storm the headquarters of the Republican Guard. He added that those killed had been supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi camped outside the building in protest at his overthrow. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left at least 40 people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said.
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