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• Despite new law, Ugandan cleric ministers to gays
• Study backs nonsurgical way to fix heart valves
• Attacks threaten to undermine Afghan vote
• Ebola spread to Guinea capital raises fears
• National soil collection may unlock mysteries
• New objects seen but none recovered in jet search
• Police: Man, 86, kills grandson's girlfriend, self
• Turkish court backs Twitter but site still blocked
• Militants attack Afghan election office in Kabul
• Sharp shooter: Kerr talks defense
• Trip at an end, Obama has issues waiting at home
• No debris recovered in new search for missing jet
• Marathon bombing suspect seeks records on brother
• UN panel: 8 reasons to worry about global warming
• Officials abandoning hope of finding survivors
• At midnight hour, UK holds first same-sex weddings
• Vatican open to facilitator role for Venez crisis
• Brother describes pulling mudslide victim's body from car
• 5 Things Miguel Cabrera's big deal can buy
• Community waits to hear full toll of mudslide
• GM adds nearly 1 million more cars to ignition recall
• Putin calls Obama to talk Ukraine
• Flight 370 search shifts after new look at data
• Family plays key role in Colter's union push

Despite new law, Ugandan cleric ministers to gays Posted: 29 Mar 2014 12:54 PM PDT KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Young men sing hymns and recite the Bible before the Rev. Christopher Senyonjo gives a sermon on human sexuality. When the service is over some go to his desk, one by one, for counselling no other Ugandan religious leader is known to offer gays.

Study backs nonsurgical way to fix heart valves Posted: 29 Mar 2014 12:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study gives a big boost to fixing a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, without open-heart surgery. Survival rates were better one year later for people who had a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead.

Attacks threaten to undermine Afghan vote Posted: 29 Mar 2014 11:51 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants attacked the main Afghan election commission's headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, the latest in a series of audacious assaults threatening to scare voters away just a week before Afghans go to the polls.

Ebola spread to Guinea capital raises fears Posted: 29 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PDT CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Ebola, one of the world's most deadly viruses, has spread from a remote forested corner of southern Guinea to the country's seaside capital, raising fears that the disease, which causes severe bleeding and almost always death, could spread far beyond this tiny West African nation's borders.

National soil collection may unlock mysteries Posted: 29 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PDT FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The government has been collecting dirt — lots of it.

New objects seen but none recovered in jet search Posted: 29 Mar 2014 06:38 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — A Chinese aircraft flying over the search zone for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Saturday spotted several objects floating in the sea, including two bearing colors of the missing plane, but it was not immediately clear whether they were related to the investigation, officials said.

Police: Man, 86, kills grandson's girlfriend, self Posted: 29 Mar 2014 05:52 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say an 86-year-old man shot his grandson in the head and then killed the man's girlfriend inside a home on Staten Island before fatally shooting himself.

Turkish court backs Twitter but site still blocked Posted: 29 Mar 2014 03:32 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a second ruling against Turkey's ban on Twitter, a Turkish court has overturned an order for the social media network to remove an account that accuses a former minister of corruption.

Militants attack Afghan election office in Kabul Posted: 29 Mar 2014 03:17 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants attacked the main Afghan election commission's headquarters Saturday in Kabul, opening fire on the compound with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns from a house outside its perimeter wall, according to police.

Sharp shooter: Kerr talks defense Posted: 29 Mar 2014 02:14 AM PDT Welcome back to latest edition of BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all offbeat NCAA tournament needs. Today's rundown kicks off with a shooter talking about defense, and includes a jolting experience in the West, the most-tweeted team and celebrities at Madison Square Garden.

Trip at an end, Obama has issues waiting at home Posted: 29 Mar 2014 01:44 AM PDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A week of international prodding, outreach and reassurance behind him, U.S. President Barack Obama is returning to Washington amid looming domestic and foreign challenges, from a fast-approaching deadline for health care enrollment to renewed worries about Russia's intentions in Eastern Europe.

No debris recovered in new search for missing jet Posted: 29 Mar 2014 01:44 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — No debris spotted in an area off the west coast of Australia has been recovered, a Malaysian minister involved in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said Saturday, adding he hoped for some news soon.

Marathon bombing suspect seeks records on brother Posted: 29 Mar 2014 12:56 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — The defense team for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is looking for ways to show his deceased older brother was mostly responsible for the tragedy — a move that, if successful, could save their client's life.

UN panel: 8 reasons to worry about global warming Posted: 28 Mar 2014 10:51 PM PDT YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — If you have already read "12 Pieces of Practical Advice from Housecats," now you can move on to "8 Reasons to Worry about Global Warming."

Officials abandoning hope of finding survivors Posted: 28 Mar 2014 08:14 PM PDT ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Washington authorities say they have all but abandoned hope of finding mudslide survivors, but are keeping the official death toll at 17.

At midnight hour, UK holds first same-sex weddings Posted: 28 Mar 2014 06:55 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Gay couples in Britain waited decades for the right to get married. When the opportunity came, it took just a few minutes to make history.

Vatican open to facilitator role for Venez crisis Posted: 28 Mar 2014 05:51 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Vatican says it's willing to help facilitate talks between Venezuela's government and its opponents aimed at ending weeks of deadly unrest that have paralyzed much of the country.

Brother describes pulling mudslide victim's body from car Posted: 28 Mar 2014 04:32 PM PDT By Jonathan Kaminsky DARRINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - Days after risking his own life and defying arrest by joining the search for Washington state mudslide victims in a vast, mucky debris field near Oso, Dayn Brunner retrieved the body of the No. 1 person he had been looking for - his sister. Brunner, 42, recounted the tragic coincidence in an interview with Reuters on Friday, two days after it unfolded on the enormous mound of mud and rubble left by last Saturday's disaster, which has claimed at least 26 lives and left 90 people still missing. Brunner said he was on the mud pile on Wednesday afternoon when other rescue workers found a blue object and called him over to the spot. It was the same color as the car his sister, Summer Raffo, 36, was known to have been driving through the area when the slide struck.

5 Things Miguel Cabrera's big deal can buy Posted: 28 Mar 2014 04:01 PM PDT Miguel Cabrera scored the richest contract in U.S. sports history, reaching a $292 million deal over 10 years with the Tigers.

Community waits to hear full toll of mudslide Posted: 28 Mar 2014 04:01 PM PDT ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — A mountainside community waited in anguish Friday to learn the full scope of the Washington state mudslide as authorities worked to identify remains and warned that they were unlikely to find anyone alive nearly a week after the disaster.

GM adds nearly 1 million more cars to ignition recall Posted: 28 Mar 2014 04:01 PM PDT By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is adding 971,000 cars to its global ignition switch recall, which began in February with 1.6 million vehicles and has been linked to a dozen deaths. GM said the recall is being expanded to include versions of the Chevrolet Cobalt, Chevrolet HHR, Pontiac G5, Pontiac Solstice and Pontiac Sky made during model years 2008-2011. GM said the newer models were equipped with a redesigned ignition switch, but that some of those cars might have been repaired with older replacement parts that may be faulty. GM also is recalling all the replacement ignition switches that have been sent to U.S. aftermarket distributors, the spare parts market.

Putin calls Obama to talk Ukraine Posted: 28 Mar 2014 04:01 PM PDT White House says president pressed Russia for written response to U.S. diplomatic plan.

Flight 370 search shifts after new look at data Posted: 28 Mar 2014 04:01 PM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — Three weeks into the mystery of Flight 370, investigators relying on newly analyzed satellite data shifted the search zone yet again, focusing on a swath of Indian Ocean where better conditions could help speed a hunt that is now concentrated thousands of miles from where it began.

Family plays key role in Colter's union push Posted: 28 Mar 2014 01:23 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Kain Colter's grandmother often spoke about rights and equality, values she brought home from her job managing an office of a Colorado law firm.

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