| 11 dead as fire hits Chile's historic Valparaiso Posted: 13 Apr 2014 12:28 PM PDT VALPARAISO, Chile (AP) — A raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in this colorful port city, killing at least 11 people and destroying more than 500 homes. More than 10,000 people were evacuated, including more than 200 female inmates at a prison.
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| Window opens on secret camp within Guantanamo Posted: 13 Apr 2014 11:26 AM PDT GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — Attorney James Connell has visited his client inside the secret Guantanamo prison complex known as Camp 7 only once, taken in a van with covered windows on a circuitous trek to disguise the route on the scrub brush-and-cactus covered military base. |
| A Masters for the ages at Augusta National Posted: 13 Apr 2014 10:24 AM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Bubba Watson is going for his second green jacket. Jordan Spieth is trying to become the youngest major champion in 83 years. Plenty of others are in the mix.
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| Chile: 16 dead, toll rising in Valparaiso fire Posted: 13 Apr 2014 10:07 AM PDT A raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in this colorful port city, killing at least 16 people and destroying more than 500 homes. More than 10,000 people were evacuated, including more than 200 female inmates at a prison.
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| Chile: 11 dead, toll rising in Valparaiso fire Posted: 13 Apr 2014 09:04 AM PDT VALPARAISO, Chile (AP) — A fire raging in this colorful port city has killed at least 11 people and destroyed 500 homes, President Michelle Bachelet said Sunday. More than 10,000 people have been evacuated, including more than 200 female inmates at a prison.
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| Official: US looking into Syria toxic gas reports Posted: 13 Apr 2014 08:48 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday that reports of a poison gas attack in a rural village north of Damascus were so far "unsubstantiated," adding that the United States was trying to establish what really happened before it considers a response.
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| Finance ministers: Economy stronger but fragile Posted: 13 Apr 2014 02:47 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's top financial officials say they believe the global economy is strengthening but that growth remains fragile and open to risks of new geopolitical strife, as in Ukraine.
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| Climate panel warns emissions rising, blurs reason Posted: 13 Apr 2014 02:47 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — The U.N.'s expert panel on climate change on Sunday highlighted the disconnect between international goals to fight global warming and what is being done to attain them.
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| Jennifer Lopez, Laverne Cox win GLAAD Media Awards Posted: 13 Apr 2014 02:47 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez has added a couple of more trophies to her block.
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| Feds: Safety concerns led to Nevada cow release Posted: 13 Apr 2014 01:15 AM PDT Federal land managers say "escalating tensions" led them to release all 400 or so head of cattle rounded up on public land in southern Nevada from a rancher who has refused to recognize their authority. |
| Missing plane's black box batteries may have died Posted: 13 Apr 2014 01:15 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — Following four strong underwater signals in the past week, all has gone quiet in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airline, meaning the batteries on the all-important black boxes may have finally died.
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| Ukraine: Special forces sent to eastern city Posted: 13 Apr 2014 12:25 AM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's interior minister has announced that Ukrainian special forces have been sent to an eastern city where armed men seized a police headquarters and the office of the Security Service. |
| Pacquiao beats Bradley by decision in rematch Posted: 12 Apr 2014 11:54 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nearly two years later, Manny Pacquiao finally got the decision most people thought he deserved the first time against Timothy Bradley.
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| Peru state a violent 'mini-dictatorship' Posted: 12 Apr 2014 09:16 PM PDT CHIMBOTE, Peru (AP) — One by one, the senior officials from the capital took the microphone and apologized to an auditorium packed with angry people who had long been living in fear. The officials admitted they had failed to prevent a political murder foretold by its victim. Their integrity was in doubt.
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| Feds release cows gathered in Nevada roundup Posted: 12 Apr 2014 08:45 PM PDT Federal land managers confirmed Saturday that they released all 400 or so head of cattle rounded up on public land in southern Nevada from a rancher who has refused to recognize their authority. |
| NTSB: Claim about truck fire still uncorroborated Posted: 12 Apr 2014 08:13 PM PDT RED BLUFF, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators could not corroborate on Saturday a driver's claim that a FedEx tractor-trailer was already on fire before it careened across a freeway median, sideswiped her car and slammed into a bus carrying high school students, killing 10 people in a fiery wreck.
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| Long hunt for missing jet looms as pings go silent Posted: 12 Apr 2014 07:27 PM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — After a week of optimism over four underwater signals believed to be coming from the missing Malaysian plane, the sea has gone quiet and Australia's leader is warning that the massive search will likely be long.
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| FedEx semi didn't brake before California crash Posted: 12 Apr 2014 06:54 PM PDT ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal safety investigators say the driver of a Fedex tractor-trailer that struck a bus carrying high school students didn't appear to brake before a fiery collision that left 10 dead.
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| Feds release all cows gathered during NV roundup Posted: 12 Apr 2014 05:34 PM PDT Federal land managers confirmed they released all 400 head of cattle rounded up on public land in southern Nevada from a rancher who has refused to recognize their authority. |
| Spieth, Watson tied for lead at the Masters Posted: 12 Apr 2014 05:04 PM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Young and old. Even without Tiger Woods, this Masters has a little bit of everything.
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| Finance officials: Global economy turns the corner Posted: 12 Apr 2014 02:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's top finance officials expressed confidence Saturday that the global economy finally has turned the corner to stronger growth. This time, they may be right.
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| Feds abruptly end cattle roundup in Nevada Posted: 12 Apr 2014 02:26 PM PDT Federal land managers abruptly ended the roundup of cattle on public land in southern Nevada owned by a rancher who has refused to recognize their authority, citing a "serious concern" for the safety of employees and the public. |
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