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Paraguay's new president woes foreign investment

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 01:12 PM PDT

Paraguay's New President Horacio Cartes waves holding the presidential baton and wearing the presidential sash during his swearing-in ceremony at Palacio de Lopez presidential palace in Asuncion, Paraguay, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Multimillionaire Horacio Cartes made a play for more foreign investment on Thursday as he assumed the presidency of impoverished Paraguay and tried to move past accusations about business dealings that have made him a target of U.S. criminal investigations.

Obama's daughters join family's Vineyard vacation

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 12:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks toward the tee while golfing at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama's family vacation on Martha's Vineyard is now complete: Daughters Malia and Sasha arrived Thursday.

Obama girls join Martha's Vineyard vacation

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 12:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks toward the tee while golfing at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — The Obamas are now on a true family vacation.

Flight recorders found in deadly UPS plane crash

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 11:54 AM PDT

National Transportation Safety Board investigators remove a black box from the the tail section of the UPS cargo plane that crashed Wednesday on approach to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013 in Birmingham, Ala. The devices could hold key evidence about what happened as the jet tried to land early but crashed on its approach, killing two pilots. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Investigators found flight recorders on Thursday among the wreckage of a UPS jet that crashed at Birmingham's airport, killing two pilots.

Car bomb kills 14 in south Beirut suburb

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 11:24 AM PDT

A Hezbollah civil defense worker walks past a burned car at a car bomb in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. The powerful car bomb ripped through a southern Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least three people and trapping others in burning buildings, the media said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful car bomb ripped through a crowded southern Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and trapping dozens of others in burning cars and buildings in the latest apparent violence linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria, officials said.

NASA, Navy practicing space-capsule recovery

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 11:10 AM PDT

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington practice recovering an Orion capsule Tuesday Aug. 13, 2013 into the well deck of the USS Arlington as part of NASA's first key Orion stationary recovery test at Naval Station Norfolk. NASA is partnering with the U.S. Navy to develop procedures to recover the Orion capsule and crew after splashdown. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Seaman Andrew Schneider)NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — During the glory days of the U.S. space program in the 1960s and '70s, astronauts returning to Earth splashed down at sea in their capsules and were picked up by the Navy in a stirring and triumphant moment that became a familiar scene to American TV viewers. Now, NASA and the Navy are training again for the first such recovery in more than a generation.

Powerful blast kills 3 in south Beirut suburb

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 10:06 AM PDT

A Hezbollah civil defense worker walks past a burned car at a car bomb in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. The powerful car bomb ripped through a southern Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least three people and trapping others in burning buildings, the media said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful car bomb ripped through a crowded southern Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least three people, wounding over 120, and trapping dozens of others in burning cars and buildings, officials said.

Egypt authorizes police use of deadly force

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 09:51 AM PDT

AP10ThingsToSee - A supporter of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi shouts during clashes with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Nasr City district, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)The measures come after demonstrators torched two government buildings.

Obama waits for girls to arrive from summer camp

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 09:36 AM PDT

President Barack Obama walks toward the tee while golfing at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WEST TISBURY, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is filling his Martha's Vineyard vacation with the usual golf games, visits to friends' homes and dinners out with the first lady. But he will have to wait just a little bit longer to do one other thing: spend time with his daughters.

Rio Olympics coordinating chief resigns

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 09:06 AM PDT

The head of the public body coordinating planning for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has resigned, raising concerns about the city's ability to stage the first games in South America. The resignation ...

Isinbayeva condemns homosexuality at worlds

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 08:20 AM PDT

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva competes in the women's pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)MOSCOW (AP) — Pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva condemned homosexuality Thursday after criticizing fellow competitors who painted their fingernails in rainbow colors to support gays and lesbians in the face of a new anti-gay law in Russia.

Obama scraps US military exercises with Egypt

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 08:04 AM PDT

President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt, from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. The president announced that the US is canceling joint military exercise with Egypt amid violence. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday canceled joint U.S.-Egypt military exercises, saying America's traditional cooperation with Egypt "cannot continue as usual" while violence and instability deepen in the strategically important nation.

Obama to make a statement on Egypt

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 07:07 AM PDT

An Egyptian pulls a banner of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi near debris left at a protest camp in Nahda Square, Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Egypt faced a new phase of uncertainty on Thursday after the bloodiest day since its Arab Spring began, with over 300 people reported killed and thousands injured as police smashed two protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist president. Wednesday's raids touched off day-long street violence that prompted the military-backed interim leaders to impose a state of emergency and curfew, and drew widespread condemnation from the Muslim world and the West, including the United States. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)The president breaks his silence with the death toll in the hundreds.

Death toll from Egypt violence rises to 525

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 07:07 AM PDT

Members of the Egyptians Army walk among the smoldering remains of the largest protest camp of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, that was cleared by security forces, in the district of Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt. The death toll keeps going up in Egypt after security forces swept through two sit-in sites yesterday, operated by supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi. An Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman now says over 400 people died in the violence that has prompted international criticism. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)The government declared a nationwide state of emergency and a nighttime curfew.

Fewest Americans since 2007 seek jobless benefits

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 05:49 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Aug., 14, 2013, photo, job seeker Kelsey Devoe, of Miramar, Fla., fills out a contact form at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 320,000, the fewest since October 2007 — a sign of dwindling layoffs and steady if modest job growth.

Officials: Car bombs kill 32 in Iraqi capital

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 05:19 AM PDT

Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday killed and wounded dozens of people, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence. More than 3,000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months, raising fears Iraq could see a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Thursday killed 32 people and wounded dozens, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence.

Officials: Car bombs kill 31 in Iraqi capital

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 05:03 AM PDT

A man inspects the damage at a cafe following a suicide bombing in Balad, 60 miles (80 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Three blasts including a suicide bomb in a cafe in Balad killed dozens of people in central and western Iraq on Monday evening, officials said. Militants frequently attack Shiite civilian targets in an attempt to undermine the government. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Thursday killed 31 people and wounded dozens, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence.

Death toll in Egypt violence rises to 525

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 04:19 AM PDT

Members of the Egyptians Army walk among the smoldering remains of the largest protest camp of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, that was cleared by security forces, in the district of Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt. The death toll keeps going up in Egypt after security forces swept through two sit-in sites yesterday, operated by supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi. An Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman now says over 400 people died in the violence that has prompted international criticism. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman has again raised the death toll from the previous day's clashes between police and supporters of the country's ousted president to 525.

UPS plane crash rattles residents near airport

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 03:01 AM PDT

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Investigators examine debris of a UPS A300 cargo plane after it crashed on approach at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, in Birmingham, Ala. The two pilots aboard the airplane were killed. (AP Photo/National Transportation Safety Board)BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Residents in a hilly neighborhood near Birmingham's airport worried about the possibility of a plane crashing into their homes for years before a UPS cargo jet nearly did just that.

Death toll in Egypt violence rises to 421

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 02:14 AM PDT

Supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi capture an Egyptian security forces vehicle at the Ministry of Finance in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear the sit-in camp and the other encampment set up by supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. (AP Photo/Mohsen Nabil)An Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman has further raised the death toll.

Papers: Man called teen 13 times before abduction

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 02:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 2011 file photo provided by Andrea Saincome, Hannah Anderson, center, reclining across the laps of others, and James Lee DiMaggio, right, pose for a picture with other members of the extended Anderson and Saincome families. Via a social media site, Hannah Anderson says longtime family friend DiMaggio SAN DIEGO (AP) — Court papers shed new light on the slayings of a California mother and son and abduction of a teenager by a family friend, revealing that the suspect tortured his victims before he killed them and exchanged more than a dozen calls earlier that day with the teen.

Muslim Brotherhood says to bring down 'military coup'

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 02:00 AM PDT

Army vehicles are seen as smoke rises in the background during clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mursi at Rabba el Adwia Square, where the protesters are camping, in CairoThe group says it would bring down the "military coup" by peaceful means.

Paraguay's new president was targeted by the DEA

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 01:28 AM PDT

Paraguay's President-elect Horacio Cartes smiles as he introduces members of his cabinet during a news conference in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, Aug.12, 2013. Cartes a will be inaugurated on Thursday Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — The man taking over as Paraguay's new president Thursday has built a family fortune in one of the most unequal places in South America, dominating industries from banking to tobacco to soft drinks to soccer.

GOP pushes rising stars amid calls for solutions

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 12:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 16, 2013, file photo, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gestures as he speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Md. Republican officials are looking to promote a fresh group of diverse BOSTON (AP) — Republican officials are looking to promote a fresh group of diverse rising stars to help resolve their election woes, while frustrated party elders insist that all Republicans must offer more solutions for the nation's most pressing issues.

Cops dealing Doritos at post-legalization Hempfest

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 12:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2012, file photo, Clay Graeber, 20, of Bothell, Wash., smokes marijuana from a glass bong at the opening day of the pro-marijuana rally Hempfest in Seattle. Has Seattle's huge, annual pot party become irrelevant? Tens of thousands are expected to attend Hempfest this weekend, even though marijuana is newly legal in Washington state. Some wonder if the festival is becoming irrelevant, but organizers argue they still need to change minds nationally, and the festival is a good place to start. (AP Photo/Gene Johnson, File)SEATTLE (AP) — A few things will be different at this year's Hempfest, the 22-year-old summer "protestival" on Seattle's waterfront where tens of thousands of revelers gather to use dope openly, listen to music and gaze at the Olympic Mountains in the distance.
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