| Justin Bieber jail video shows unsteady walk Posted: 26 Feb 2014 12:21 PM PST  MIAMI (AP) — Video of Justin Bieber made at a South Florida police station after his January arrest shows him walking unsteadily during a sobriety test.
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| Federal judge strikes down Texas gay marriage ban Posted: 26 Feb 2014 12:20 PM PST  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has struck down Texas' ban on gay marriage, but is leaving it in place pending a ruling by an appeals court later this year.
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| Syrian state media say army killed 175 rebels Posted: 26 Feb 2014 11:17 AM PST  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian army troops on Wednesday killed 175 rebels, many of them al-Qaida-linked fighters, in an ambush described as one of the deadliest attacks by government forces against fighters near Damascus, according to state media.
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| Arizona governor holding meetings over rights bill Posted: 26 Feb 2014 11:01 AM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was holding a series of private meetings Wednesday with opponents and proponents of legislation adding protections for people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays, a proposal that has focused national attention on the state as business groups, gay rights supporters and even many fellow Republicans urged her to use her veto power.
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| Arizona governor to hold meetings over rights bill Posted: 26 Feb 2014 09:08 AM PST PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will hold a series of private meetings with opponents and proponents of legislation adding protections for people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays. |
| Army general: Talk of Afghan impasse threatens security Posted: 26 Feb 2014 08:54 AM PST  BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — America's top military officer said Wednesday that the impasse over a security agreement between the U.S. and Afghanistan is encouraging the enemy to take bold actions and could lead some Afghan forces to cooperate with the Taliban to "hedge their bets."
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| Dems want Hillary over Biden in 2016 Posted: 26 Feb 2014 08:54 AM PST  Meanwhile, Republicans like Jeb Bush and Rand Paul over Christie, a poll shows.
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| Incentives are coming for payments by phones Posted: 26 Feb 2014 08:54 AM PST  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Many people use their smartphones to watch video, play games and wake them up in the morning. Some even use them to generate digital boarding passes to fly. So why not use phones to buy stuff at retail stores as well?
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| Ex-NFL player Hernandez involved in jail house scuffle Posted: 26 Feb 2014 07:34 AM PST  Former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez, charged with shooting a friend to death last year, was involved in a Massachusetts jailhouse scuffle with another inmate that left neither man seriously injured, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday. "There was an altercation between two inmates in our special management unit, and one of them was Aaron Hernandez," said Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson. "It was stopped very quickly by my staff." Neither inmate involved in the incident on Tuesday required medical attention, and officials are investigating whether Hernandez or the other man, who was not identified, will face internal disciplinary measures or criminal charges, Hodgson said. Hernandez, 24, is jailed in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, about 60 miles south of Boston.
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| Data-breach hits Target's profit Posted: 26 Feb 2014 06:28 AM PST  Revenue takes a dive as shoppers are scared away from the Minneapolis-based retailer.
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| Rival factions clash in Ukraine's Crimea Posted: 26 Feb 2014 06:11 AM PST  Fistfights break out among demonstrators as Russia's Putin orders military exercises.
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| Ukraine: Rival groups protest in divided Crimea Posted: 26 Feb 2014 06:11 AM PST SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Fistfights broke out between pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators in Ukraine's strategic Crimea region on Wednesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly ordered tests of the combat readiness of troops just across the border. |
| Army study gives women taste of combat tasks Posted: 26 Feb 2014 03:19 AM PST  FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Standing just over 5 feet, Army Spc. Karen Arvizu is barely a foot taller than the anti-tank missile she carries in both arms and loads into an armored vehicle. She stands on her tip-toes to wrestle open the 300-pound top hatch.
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| Kingpin's high-tech gadgetry helped him stay free Posted: 26 Feb 2014 01:48 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico's most powerful drug cartel leader employed high-tech communications gadgetry and sophisticated counterespionage practices to elude an international manhunt for 13 years, The Associated Press has learned. In the end, however, life on the run unraveled for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in a decidedly low-tech way.
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| Neighbors foil attempt to steal wall, Banksy mural Posted: 26 Feb 2014 12:31 AM PST  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Neighbors in New Orleans foiled what police say was an attempt to steal a chunk of cinderblock wall bearing a painting created by the world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy.
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| Pressure mounts on Ariz. governor over anti-gay bill Posted: 26 Feb 2014 12:31 AM PST  Prominent Republicans, including Mitt Romney and John McCain, are urging a veto.
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| Missouri executes man in '89 rape, killing of teen Posted: 26 Feb 2014 12:31 AM PST  BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate was executed early Wednesday for abducting, raping and killing a Kansas City teenager as she waited for her school bus in 1989, marking the state's fourth lethal injection in as many months.
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| 'El Chapo' not likely to be leaving Mexico soon Posted: 25 Feb 2014 09:09 PM PST  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman appears set to remain in Mexico's highest-security prison for the foreseeable future, as the government puts off U.S. extradition in a move that could bolster President Enrique Pena Nieto's nationalist credentials but also shine a spotlight on the country's woeful judicial system.
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| House passes bill on 'unlocking' cell phones Posted: 25 Feb 2014 05:33 PM PST  The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would give mobile-phone users the right to "unlock" their devices and use them on competitors' wireless networks, although Senate action was uncertain. Major carriers, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc, Sprint Corp, T-Mobile US and U.S. Cellular, in December made a voluntary pledge to make it easier for consumers to unlock their cellphones, under pressure from consumer groups and the Federal Communications Commission. The notion of undoing that law has had wide support from Republicans and Democrats since the bill's introduction in the House in 2013. But the bill's author, Representative Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican, added language after the bill had been approved by a partisan majority of the House Judiciary Committee, banning "bulk unlocking." Consumer advocates have argued that customers should be allowed to sell their old devices to third parties that could unlock phones in bulk, something the wireless industry opposes.
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| Love bug: Man never stopped grieving for stolen 1965 Beetle Posted: 25 Feb 2014 05:33 PM PST  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man whose 1965 Volkswagen Beetle was stolen nearly 40 years ago and recently recovered in Detroit says he never stopped grieving for the red convertible that he had running "slick as a ribbon" before it was stolen.
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| Couple stumbles upon $10 million in rare coins Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:46 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree.
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| Arizona governor returns home amid furor over bill Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:16 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer returned to Arizona on Tuesday and faced a pressing decision about a bill on her desk that has prompted a national debate over religious and gay rights. |
| Mexico makes clear it will hold on to 'El Chapo' Posted: 25 Feb 2014 03:30 PM PST  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico made clear Tuesday it is determined to keep Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in its highest-security prison for the foreseeable future, putting off U.S. extradition in a move that could bolster President Enrique Pena Nieto's nationalist credentials but also shine a spotlight on the country's woeful judicial system.
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| Watchdog: Fewer hate groups a political sign Posted: 25 Feb 2014 03:15 PM PST  Southern Poverty Law Center says decline comes as more lawmakers have co-opted right-wing ideas.
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| Arizona governor heads home amid furor over bill Posted: 25 Feb 2014 02:13 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer headed home Tuesday after five days in Washington to a state that has become embroiled in a national debate over religious and gay rights because of a bill on her desk. |
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