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SD mayor resigns amid sexual harassment charges

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:12 PM PDT

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner arrives to speak to the city council during a city council meeting Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in San Diego. Filner agreed Friday to resign on Aug. 30, bowing to enormous pressure after lurid sexual harassment allegations brought by at least 17 women eroded his support after just nine months as leader of the U.S. border city. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — The resignation speech given by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner reflected the same fiery, defiant tone that launched the political career of the former congressman and 1960s civil rights activist.

Egypt shortens curfew as unrest over coup wanes

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:42 PM PDT

An Egyptian man builds his tent at Tahrir Square where a few protesters have built their camp protesting against the release of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's government on Saturday shortened a widely-imposed evening curfew, signaling that authorities sense turmoil is waning after unrest following president's ouster threatened to destabilize the country this month.

Aid group: 355 dead after Syria 'chemical' attack

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, file citizen journalism image provided by the Media Office Of Douma City, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man mourns over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists, in Douma town, Damascus, Syria. Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, some 355 people showing DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media accused rebels of using chemical arms against government troops in clashes Saturday near Damascus, while an international aid group said it has tallied 355 deaths from a purported chemical weapons attack earlier this week.

DC zoo hopes to get closer look at day-old panda

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 11:24 AM PDT

In this image from video provided by the Smithsonian National Zoo, Mei Xiang gives birth to a cub two hours after her water broke Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at the National Zoo in Washington. The zoo has been on round-the-clock panda watch since Aug. 7, when Mei Xiang began showing behavioral changes consistent with a pregnancy or pseudopregnancy. (AP Photo/Smithsonian National Zoo)WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of caretakers at Washington's National Zoo hopes to get the first close look at a day-old panda cub during an exam planned for Saturday.

Marching for King's dream: 'The task is not done'

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:54 AM PDT

Crowds rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Fifty years ago, on the actual anniversary, April 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and down the National Mall on Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of his famous speech and pledging that his dream include equality for gays, Latinos, the poor and the disabled.

Aid group tallies 355 dead after Syria attack

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 10:09 AM PDT

Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, in Cairo, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. President Bashar Assad's forces pressed on with a military offensive in eastern Damascus on Thursday, bombing rebel-held suburbs where the opposition said a chemical weapons attack the day before killed over 100 people. The government has denied allegations it used chemical weapons in artillery barrages on the area known as eastern Ghouta on Wednesday as Doctors Without Borders says some 355 people who showed "neurotoxic symptoms" died following the suspected chemical weapons attack this week near Syria's capital.

March on Washington meets post-9/11 America

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:08 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The March on Washington is meeting post-9/11 America.

Churches changing bylaws after gay marriage ruling

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:08 AM PDT

City Church of Tallahassee Pastor Dean Inserra stands inside his church in Tallahassee, Fla. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Inserra's church is researching how they will address the changing attitudes to gay marriage in the courts as well as among the public. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Worried they could be sued by gay couples, some churches are changing their bylaws to reflect their view that the Bible allows only marriage between one man and one woman.

Jury hears details of Jackson's medical visits

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 08:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, US singer Michael Jackson announces that he is set to play a series of comeback concerts at the London O2 Arena in July, which he announced at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. A Los Angeles jury heard testimony on Wednesday Aug. 21, 2013, from a Las Vegas plastic surgeon, who described Jackson as being familiar with the anesthetic propofol in 2002 and seemed like he was accustomed to favors from doctors, in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:

More armed security at schools after Newtown

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:37 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, Dara Van Antwerp, the school resource officer at Panther Run Elementary School Pembroke Pines, Fla., sits in the classroom where she teaches a Gang Resistance And Drug Education (GRADE) program to students in the Fort Lauderdale suburb. The armed school resource office will be permanently stationed on campus despite the decline in crime in this middle-class community. The decision comes in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)MIAMI (AP) — In the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Pembroke Pines, students returning to school this year are being greeted not only by their teachers and principal. They're also meeting the armed school resource officer who will be stationed permanently on campus.

Bo admits lapses led to top cop's US defection bid

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 07:06 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court, former Politburo member and party leader of the megacity of Chongqing Bo Xilai, in the defendant seat listens to a testimony by former Chongqing city police chief Wang Lijun, unseen, at Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan in eastern China's Shandong province, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Disgraced Chinese politician Bo told a court Saturday his wife stole government funds without his involvement and revealed how the couple became estranged after he had been unfaithful, offering a glimpse in his politically charged trial of the unraveling of one of China's elite families. Wang triggered Bo's downfall when he fled to a US consulate with revelations that Bo's wife had killed a British businessman. (AP Photo/Jinan Intermediate People's Court)JINAN, China (AP) — Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai told a court Saturday that he made mistakes that prompted his top aide's embarrassing U.S. defection bid, but denied criminal responsibility for the incident that triggered the country's messiest political scandal in decades.

Snowden suspected of covering electronic tracks

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 06:51 AM PDT

FILE - A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. The U.S. government's efforts to determine which highly classified materials Snowden took from the National Security Agency have been frustrated by Snowden's sophisticated efforts to cover his digital trail by deleting or bypassing electronic logs, government officials tell the AP. Such logs would have showed what information Snowden viewed or downloaded. (AP Photo/The Guardian, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's efforts to determine which highly classified materials leaker Edward Snowden took from the National Security Agency have been frustrated by Snowden's sophisticated efforts to cover his digital trail by deleting or bypassing electronic logs, government officials told The Associated Press. Such logs would have showed what information Snowden viewed or downloaded.

Fort Hood shooter convicted on 13 counts of murder

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 05:50 AM PDT

El siquiatra Nidal Hasan, mayor del Ejército de Estados Unidos, quien fue declarado culpable de homicidio el viernes 23 de agosto de 2013 por matar a tiros a 13 personas y herir a 30 en la base militar Fort Hood, en Texas, en una imagen sin fecha cedida por la Policía del Condado Bell. (Foto AP/Policía del Condado Bell, Archivo)FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — As the head of a military jury read a verdict convicting him of premeditated murder 13 times, Major Nidal Hasan stared intently at her. Then he let his eyes fall to the courtroom desk in front of him.

Hagel suggests U.S. moving forces closer to Syria

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 04:34 AM PDT

Image from the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows a couple mourning in eastern Ghouta, on August 21, 2013Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday strongly suggested the Pentagon was moving forces into place ahead of possible military action against Syria, even as President Barack Obama voiced caution.

Huge California wildfire reverberates in 2 states

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 04:19 AM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park — one of more than 50 major brush blazes burning across the western U.S. — more than tripled in size overnight and still threatens about 2,500 homes, hotels and camp buildings. Fire officials said the blaze burning in remote, steep terrain had grown to more than 84 square miles and was only 2 percent contained on Thursday, down from 5 percent a day earlier. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — After burning for nearly a week on the edges of California's Yosemite National Park, a massive wildfire of nearly 200 square miles has now crossed into it, and firefighters have barely begun to contain it.

Police arrest second suspect in Mumbai gang rape

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 03:17 AM PDT

A journalist walks in the abandoned textile mill where where a 22-year-old woman was gang raped in Mumbai India, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The young woman photojournalist was gang raped while her male colleague was tied up and beaten in India's business hub of Mumbai, police said Friday. The case was reminiscent of the December gang rape and death of a young university student in the Indian capital that shocked the country. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Police on Saturday arrested a second man in the gang rape of a young photojournalist in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai, and said they had enough evidence to prosecute those responsible for a crime that has renewed public outcry over sexual violence in the country.

Huge Calif. wildfire reverberates in 2 states

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 01:31 AM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park — one of more than 50 major brush blazes burning across the western U.S. — more than tripled in size overnight and still threatens about 2,500 homes, hotels and camp buildings. Fire officials said the blaze burning in remote, steep terrain had grown to more than 84 square miles and was only 2 percent contained on Thursday, down from 5 percent a day earlier. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — After burning for nearly a week on the edges of California's Yosemite National Park, a massive wildfire of nearly 200 square miles has now crossed into it, and firefighters have barely begun to contain it.

US forces move closer to Syria as options weighed

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Syracuse, N.Y. President Barack Obama says a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria this week is a WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. naval forces are moving closer to Syria as President Barack Obama considers military options for responding to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad government. The president emphasized that a quick intervention in the Syrian civil war was problematic, given the international considerations that should precede a military strike.

Death toll in Lebanon bombings rises to 47

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 12:16 AM PDT

Lebanese army investigators inspect at one of the explosion site outside a mosque, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday Aug. 23, 2013. Twin car bombs exploded Friday outside mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing and wounding several people, and wreaking major destruction in the country's second largest city, officials said. The blasts hit amid soaring tensions in Lebanon as a result of Syria's civil war, particularly following the open participation of the militant Shiite Hezbollah group on behalf of embattled President Bashar Assad. Their entry into the war has further polarized the country along sectarian lines. Preachers at both of the targeted mosques are virulent opponents of Assad and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese authorities say the death toll from twin car bombs in the northern city of Tripoli has risen to 47.

Yosemite fire brings SF utility emergency

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 11:29 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park — one of more than 50 major brush blazes burning across the western U.S. — more than tripled in size overnight and still threatens about 2,500 homes, hotels and camp buildings. Fire officials said the blaze burning in remote, steep terrain had grown to more than 84 square miles and was only 2 percent contained on Thursday, down from 5 percent a day earlier. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A giant wildfire raging out of control grew to nearly 200 square miles and spread into Yosemite National Park on Friday, as California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the city of San Francisco 150 miles away because of the threat to the city's utilities.

Linda Ronstadt tells AARP she has Parkinson's

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 10:13 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linda Ronstadt says she suffers from Parkinson's disease, which has robbed her ability to sing.

Ark. bridges reopened after barges get loose

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 09:43 PM PDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — 'Two barges broke free on the Arkansas River in downtown Little Rock on Friday night, prompting state police to shut down five bridges until inspectors could determine that damage to two of them wasn't terribly serious.

Atty: Sandusky's son among 7 who settle with PSU

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 08:43 PM PDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Philadelphia attorney said Friday seven young men he represents have finalized deals with Penn State over claims of abuse by the school's former assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky.

Ark. bridges closed due to possible barge strikes

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 07:57 PM PDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police have closed two of the three bridges that span the Arkansas River in downtown Little Rock because a towboat operator reported that his barges may have struck the spans.

Government: Prison melee leaves 30 dead in Bolivia

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 07:27 PM PDT

Inmates relatives surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were killed, many in a fire, early Friday in a battle among inmates for control of part of an overcrowded maximum-security prison in Bolivia's eastern lowlands, according to National Police Chief Alberto Aracena. (AP Photo)LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A battle among rival gangs in a prison in Bolivia's eastern lowlands Friday left 30 people dead, many burned to death, as witnesses said inmates used propane gas tanks as flamethrowers. Among the dead was an 18-month-old infant.
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