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• Ukraine PM: Putin 'has a dream to restore the Soviet Union'
• Boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter dies at 76
• Probe could complicate Rick Perry's prospects
• Ukraine, Russia trade blame for eastern shootout
• Dealer wanted in US for art fraud nabbed in Spain
• Transcript reveals confusion over ferry evacuation
• Easter morning delivery for space station
• Militants kill 14 Algerian soldiers in ambush
• Shootout in eastern Ukraine leaves 1 dead
• Militants kill at least 10 Algerian soldiers
• Aesthetics-minded Americans decry Paris love locks
• 4 French journalists home after long Syrian ordeal
• 'Deadly shootout' in eastern Ukraine shatters Easter truce
• In Colorado, a pot holiday tries to go mainstream
• Divers pull bodies from sunken ferry; toll tops 50
• Creeping landslide devouring part of Wyoming town
• Durant leads Thunder past Grizzlies 100-86
• Illinois mayor sends cops after man who created parody Twitter account
• Hawks take 1-0 lead by rolling past Pacers 101-93
• Social Security to resume benefits statement mailings
• 10 more bodies found inside sunken ferry by divers
• 10 more bodies found inside South Korean ferry
• Raptors GM Ujiri uses profanity about Nets

Ukraine PM: Putin 'has a dream to restore the Soviet Union' Posted: 20 Apr 2014 11:14 AM PDT Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk believes Russian President Vladimir Putin "has a dream to restore the Soviet Union" — and Putin realizing that dream would be disastrous for the rest of the world.

Boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter dies at 76 Posted: 20 Apr 2014 08:35 AM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, has died at 76.

Probe could complicate Rick Perry's prospects Posted: 20 Apr 2014 08:35 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has spent a record 14 years in office vanquishing nearly all who dared confront him: political rivals, moms against mandatory vaccines for sixth graders, a coyote in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for eastern shootout Posted: 20 Apr 2014 07:16 AM PDT BYLBASIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia traded blame Sunday for a shootout at a checkpoint manned by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine that left one person dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds.

Dealer wanted in US for art fraud nabbed in Spain Posted: 20 Apr 2014 06:44 AM PDT MADRID (AP) — A Spanish businessman suspected of having dealt in millions of dollars of fake art has been arrested during Easter festivities in southern Spain, officials said Sunday.

Transcript reveals confusion over ferry evacuation Posted: 20 Apr 2014 05:26 AM PDT The South Korean ferry's crew remained crippled by indecision well after the ship began listing dangerously.

Easter morning delivery for space station Posted: 20 Apr 2014 05:26 AM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space station astronauts have received a special Easter treat: a cargo ship full of supplies.

Militants kill 14 Algerian soldiers in ambush Posted: 20 Apr 2014 04:24 AM PDT ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Islamist insurgents ambushed an Algerian military convoy in the mountainous Kabylie region, killing 14 soldiers, the state news agency reported Sunday. The attack came two days after Algeria's presidential election.

Shootout in eastern Ukraine leaves 1 dead Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:51 AM PDT DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian and Russian governments are reporting a shootout at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine that has left one person dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds.

Militants kill at least 10 Algerian soldiers Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:51 AM PDT ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian police and military officials said Islamist insurgents ambushed a military bus, killing at least 10 soldiers in the central Kabylie mountains.

Aesthetics-minded Americans decry Paris love locks Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:20 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — Without love, what is Paris? And yet what is a trip to Paris without unfettered vistas of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre or Notre Dame from bridges over the River Seine?

4 French journalists home after long Syrian ordeal Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:20 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — Four French journalists kidnapped and held for 10 months in Syria returned home Sunday to joyful families, a presidential welcome and questions about how France managed to obtain their freedom from Islamic extremists.

'Deadly shootout' in eastern Ukraine shatters Easter truce Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:17 AM PDT Slavyansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Four people were reported killed Sunday in a gun battle in restive eastern Ukraine, shattering a fragile Easter truce in the crisis-hit former Soviet republic. Kiev's interim government had pledged a halt to military operations to oust the rebels until the end of the Orthodox Easter holidays on Monday. The reported violence came as the United States was pressing Russia to persuade the pro-Kremlin rebels to abide by an international accord calling for them to surrender their weapons and leave occupied public buildings. Overnight, Orthodox leaders in Kiev and Moscow traded barbs over the Ukraine crisis as politics overshadowed traditional Easter observances.

In Colorado, a pot holiday tries to go mainstream Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:59 AM PDT DENVER (AP) — Once the province of activists and stoners, the traditional pot holiday of April 20 has gone mainstream in the first state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana.

Divers pull bodies from sunken ferry; toll tops 50 Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:13 AM PDT MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster rose past 50 on Sunday as divers finally found a way inside the sunken vessel, quickly discovering more than a dozen bodies in what almost certainly is just the beginning of a massive and grim recovery effort.

Creeping landslide devouring part of Wyoming town Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:13 AM PDT JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — What's happening in this Wyoming resort town might be better described as a land creep than a landslide, but the lack of speed has not hindered the sheer power of the moving earth.

Durant leads Thunder past Grizzlies 100-86 Posted: 19 Apr 2014 09:54 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 13 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 100-86 on Saturday night in the opening game of their first-round series.

Illinois mayor sends cops after man who created parody Twitter account Posted: 19 Apr 2014 09:24 PM PDT The local story has made national headlines after readers across the country protested the official response to the Twitter parody account.

Hawks take 1-0 lead by rolling past Pacers 101-93 Posted: 19 Apr 2014 07:21 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Teague scored a playoff career-high 28 points and Paul Millsap added 25 as eighth-seeded Atlanta rolled past top-seeded Indiana 101-93 on Saturday night, taking a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Social Security to resume benefits statement mailings Posted: 19 Apr 2014 06:20 PM PDT By Mark Miller CHICAGO (Reuters) - Paper Social Security benefits statements, which used to be mailed out every year and then fell victim to budget cuts, are going to make a partial comeback. Starting this September, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will resume mailings at five-year intervals to workers who have not signed up to view their statements online, an agency spokesman told Reuters. The statements will be sent to workers at ages 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60, he said, adding the agency would continue to promote use of the online statements. The SSA stopped mailing most paper statements in 2011 in response to budget pressures, and saved the SSA $70 million annually - about 50 cents per mailed statement.

10 more bodies found inside sunken ferry by divers Posted: 19 Apr 2014 05:34 PM PDT MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — Divers recovered 13 bodies from inside a ferry that sank off South Korea, pushing the confirmed death toll to 46, officials said Sunday. The discovery came after rescuers finally gained access to the inside of the ship following three days of failure and frustration caused by strong currents and bad visibility due to inclement weather.

10 more bodies found inside South Korean ferry Posted: 19 Apr 2014 05:05 PM PDT MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — Divers have recovered 10 more bodies from inside the ferry that sank off South Korea. The confirmed death toll is now 46.

Raptors GM Ujiri uses profanity about Nets Posted: 19 Apr 2014 03:18 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri let loose a profanity about the Brooklyn Nets during a pregame address meant to pump up a group of fans outside Air Canada Centre before Saturday's opening game of the NBA playoffs.

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