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Death toll climbs to 7 in NYC gas explosion

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:43 PM PDT

A firefighter applies water to rubble a day after a gas leak-triggered explosion, Thursday, March 13, 2014, in East Harlem, New York. Rescuers working amid gusty winds, cold temperatures and billowing smoke pulled additional bodies Thursday from the rubble of two apartment buildings that collapsed Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)NEW YORK (AP) — Rescue workers using dogs and thermal-detection gear searched the rubble Thursday for victims of a gas explosion that killed at least seven people, while investigators tried to pinpoint the leak and determine whether it had anything to do with New York's aging gas and water mains, some dating to the 19th century.

Missing jet creates legion of armchair sleuths

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:13 PM PDT

Vietnamese Air Force Col. Pham Minh Tuan uses binoculars on board a flying aircraft during a mission to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Gulf of Thailand, Thursday, March 13, 2014. With no distress call, no sign of wreckage and very few answers, the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines plane is turning into one of the biggest aviation mysteries since Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. (AP Photo)NEW YORK (AP) — There aren't supposed to be any mysteries in the Digital Age.

Worker lawsuits claim McDonald's wage theft

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:13 PM PDT

McDonald's worker Keyana McDowell, 20, strikes outside McDonald's in Los AngelesAllegations include forcing workers to clock out but stay at work, docking pay for uniforms.

Air Force nuke crew failings worse than reported

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:04 PM PDT

FILE - This undated handout photo provided by the National Park Service shows the inside of the deactivated Delta Nine Launch Facility near Wall, S.D., that is now open to the public. Failings exposed last spring at an Air Force nuclear missile base, described by one officer as WASHINGTON (AP) — Failings exposed last spring at a U.S. nuclear missile base, reflecting what one officer called "rot" in the ranks, were worse than originally reported, according to Air Force documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Denver pot job fair links industry, future workers

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:04 PM PDT

DENVER (AP) — The first applicants arrived five hours early and by the time the marijuana industry job fair opened in Denver, the line stretched for two blocks.

Source: 'Indication' missing jetliner crashed in Indian Ocean

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:04 PM PDT

U.S. official cites signs plane flew four or five hours after disappearing from radar.

Up, up and away for a live TV special from space

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 10:47 AM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 7, 2013 file photo shows U.S. astronaut Rick Mastracchio, a crew member of the International Space Station, waving prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Mastracchio, along with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata will serve as on-board correspondents for a National Geographic special called NEW YORK (AP) — National Geographic Channel is targeting a subject that's literally over our heads, bringing it down to Earth in an ambitious two-hour special.

Records: Man in theater shooting also was texting

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 10:01 AM PDT

FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Curtis Reeves looks into the gallery Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, during a court bond hearing in Dade City, Fla. Records show that a Reeves who reportedly shot a man in a movie theater because he was texting had sent a text message to his own son moments before the incident. According to records released Thursday, March 13, 2014, by prosecutors, Curtis Reeves texted his son, who was on his way to the theater, saying that he was already inside. The 71-year-old Reeves is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Chad Oulson on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/The Tampa Tribune, Andy Jones, Pool, File)DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) — A former police officer accused of killing a man in a movie theater during a dispute over texting had used his own phone to send a message to his son moments before the incident, according to documents released Thursday by Florida prosecutors.

Police: 1 man, 1 woman died at South by Southwest

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 09:43 AM PDT

Unidentified people are comforted after being struck by a vehicle on Red River Street in downtown Austin, Texas, during SXSW on Wednesday March 12, 2014. Police say two people were confirmed dead at the scene after a car drove through temporary barricades set up for the South By Southwest festival and struck a crowd of pedestrians. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A suspected drunken driver fleeing police crashed through barricades set up for a major festival in Texas on Thursday, killing a Dutch man on a bicycle and a local woman on a moped. Twenty-three others were injured on the crowded street.

Rockets strike Israel, jeopardizing truce talk

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 09:29 AM PDT

An Israeli soldier walks near the Israel and Gaza border on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Gaza militants resumed rocket fire toward Israel on Thursday, striking the outskirts of two major cities a day after launching the largest barrage since an eight-day Israeli offensive in late 2012. Israel has responded with a series of airstrikes on militant targets. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says two rockets have just been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

Pope marks his one-year anniversary with a simple tweet

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 08:40 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis marked his one-year anniversary Thursday with a simple tweet: "Please pray for me."

Amazon hikes Prime membership to $99 per year

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 07:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package awaits delivery from UPS in Palo Alto, Calif. Amazon on Thursday, March 13, 2014 said it is raising the price of its popular Prime membership to $99 per year, an increase of $20. It's the first price increase since the online retailer introduced its Prime membership program in 2005. T(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is raising the price of its popular Prime membership to $99 per year, an increase of $20.

Malaysia: No engine data after plane went missing

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 06:54 AM PDT

Children read messages and well wishes displayed for all involved with the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH370 on the walls of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Sepang, Malaysia. Planes sent Thursday to check the spot where Chinese satellite images showed possible debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner found nothing, Malaysia's civil aviation chief said, deflating the latest lead in the six-day hunt. The hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has been punctuated by false leads since it disappeared with 239 people aboard about an hour after leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing early Saturday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Officials dismissed reports Thursday that the missing Malaysian airliner's engines continued sending data for hours after its last contact, but said it was possible the plane continued flying and that they would widen their search farther to the west.

Pistorius trial: The 'trail of blood'

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 06:51 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius covers his head with his hands and a notebook as he listens to forensic evidence during his trial in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday March 13, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Alet Pretorius, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial on Thursday displayed a sequence of photos showing the blood stains and blood spatter found on the floors, walls, stairs and chairs in the athlete's house after he fatally shot his girlfriend.

7th victim found in NYC explosion rubble

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 06:51 AM PDT

Emergency workers respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/Jeremy Sailing)Search crews continue to scour debris after two buildings collapsed.

Pistorius lawyer scrutinizes police investigation

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 04:08 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius covers his face with his hands as he listens to forensic evidence during his trial in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, March 13, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Alet Pretorius, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A photograph of Oscar Pistorius' blood-stained prosthetic legs was used by his chief defense lawyer Thursday to attempt to show that the athlete was wearing them, as he says, when he broke down a toilet door with a cricket bat to get to the girlfriend he fatally shot.

Police: Driver kills 2 at Southwest by Southwest

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 03:05 AM PDT

People are treated after being struck by a vehicle on Red River Street in downtown Austin, Texas, during SXSW on Wednesday March 12, 2014. Police say two people were confirmed dead at the scene after a car drove through temporary barricades set up for the South By Southwest festival and struck a crowd of pedestrians. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man and woman were killed early Thursday after a suspected drunken driver fleeing from arrest crashed through barricades set up for the South By Southwest festival and struck the pair and others on a crowded street, police said.

Police: 2 dead as car drives into crowd at SXSW

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 02:30 AM PDT

People are treated after being struck by a vehicle on Red River Street in downtown Austin, Texas, during SXSW on Wednesday March 12, 2014. Police say two people were confirmed dead at the scene after a car drove through temporary barricades set up for the South By Southwest festival and struck a crowd of pedestrians. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)A suspected drunken driver crashed through barricades and hit a crowd of pedestrians.

Gas blast destroys 2 NY buildings; 6 people dead

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 02:30 AM PDT

Gas blast destroys 2 NY buildings; 6 people deadA gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring more than 60. A tenant said residents had complained repeatedly ...

Gas blast destroys 2 NY buildings; 5 people dead

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 02:30 AM PDT

Emergency workers respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/Jeremy Sailing)NEW YORK (AP) — A fifth person has been confirmed killed by an explosion that flattened two New York City apartment buildings.

Police: 2 dead after car crashes into crowd at SXSW

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:10 AM PDT

People are treated after being struck by a vehicle on Red River Street in downtown Austin, Texas, during SXSW on Wednesday March 12, 2014. Police say two people were confirmed dead at the scene after a car drove through temporary barricades set up for the South By Southwest festival and struck a crowd of pedestrians. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)Police say a car drove through temporary barricades and struck a crowd of pedestrians.

Survivors: Pope Francis saved many in dirty wars

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:10 AM PDT

In this Nov. 29, 2013 photo, two dogs lie on the entrance of the Colegio Maximo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, studied philosophy and theology and became a priest at this school. He also lived there in different periods of his life, first when he served as Provincial of the Jesuits in Argentina from 1975 to 1979 and later, when he became Rector between 1979 and 1986. Pope Francis conspired right under the soldiers' noses at the theological seminary he directed, providing refuge and safe passage to dozens of priests, seminarians and political dissidents marked for elimination by the 1976-1983 military regime. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)SAN MIGUEL, Argentina (AP) — Gonzalo Mosca was a radical on the run. Hunted by Uruguay's dictators, he fled to Argentina, where he narrowly escaped a military raid on his hideout. "I thought that they would kill me at any moment," Mosca says.

Police under attack in Pakistan's largest city

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:24 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, Pakistani Jamal Din, father of police officer Didar Ahmed, who was killed along with three other police officers in early February, reacts while talking about his son at his home in Karachi, Pakistan. The jacket that Karachi police officer Didar Ahmed was wearing when he was killed was given back to his family after his death. Bullet holes have pierced the sleeves and chest, marking where Ahmed was shot. In some areas the jacket is stained dark with dried blood. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — From his home off a dirt road cluttered with trash in Pakistan's teeming city of Karachi, policeman Didar Ahmed's son shows the bloodstained jacket his father was wearing when gunmen cut him and three colleagues down in a hail of bullets last month.

Gas blast destroys 2 NY buildings; 4 people dead

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 11:04 PM PDT

Emergency workers respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/Jeremy Sailing)NEW YORK (AP) — A fourth person has been confirmed killed by an explosion that flattened two New York City apartment buildings. Nine occupants of the buildings are unaccounted for.

Malaysia: No debris at spot shown on China images

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 10:48 PM PDT

In this March 9, 2014 satellite image seen on the website of the Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, floating objects are seen at sea next to the red arrow which was added by the source. China's Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday that the images show suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner floating off the southern tip of Vietnam. (AP Photo/Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense)No signs of the missing jetliner have been found, Malaysia's civil aviation chief said.
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