| $5.15 billion environmental settlement largest ever in US Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:57 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has reached a $5.15 billion settlement with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. for the cleanup of thousands of long-contaminated sites nationwide, the largest ever for environmental contamination.
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| Senate panel votes to release parts of classified CIA torture report Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee has voted to release parts of a classified report that harshly criticizes CIA terror interrogations after 9/11.
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| MH370: What do we know? What will we ever know? Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:11 PM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — At the time — the evening of March 24 — it seemed like the breakthrough the world was waiting for.
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| Vast ocean found beneath ice of Saturn moon Posted: 03 Apr 2014 11:25 AM PDT  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have uncovered a vast ocean beneath the icy surface of Saturn's little moon Enceladus.
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| Brother on life support in bathtub drowning Posted: 03 Apr 2014 11:09 AM PDT  MCCANDLESS, Pa. (AP) — The 6-year-old brother of a boy who drowned in a bathtub has no brain activity and is on life support, according to the prosecutor's office that says their mother caused the injuries by sitting on them.
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| Portrait emerges after Fort Hood attack Posted: 03 Apr 2014 10:52 AM PDT  Authorities investigating shooter, a 34-year-old father, hint at precipitating on-base event.
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| Israel says it won't release Palestinian prisoners Posted: 03 Apr 2014 10:37 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will not free an expected fourth batch of Palestinian prisoners because of the Palestinians' push for recognition at the United Nations, Israel's chief negotiator said Thursday.
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| Dad guilty of murder in tot's creek-tossing death Posted: 03 Apr 2014 09:17 AM PDT  FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A man who tossed his 2-year-old daughter into a creek while she was still strapped into her car seat was convicted Thursday of knowing or purposeful murder and could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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| Twitter uncaged in Turkey after ban is lifted Posted: 03 Apr 2014 09:01 AM PDT  By Ozge Ozbilgin and Orhan Coskun ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's telecoms authority lifted a two-week-old ban on Twitter on Thursday after the constitutional court ruled the block breached freedom of expression, an official in Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office said. Access to Twitter was blocked on March 21 in the run-up to local elections last Sunday to stem a stream of leaked wiretapped recordings of senior officials that had appeared on the site, prompting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to say he would "root out" the network. Turkey's Official Gazette on Thursday morning published the Constitutional Court's ruling from Wednesday, further piling pressure on the telecoms authorities to lift the ban, which had faced widespread international condemnation. "The ban has been lifted" the official from Erdogan's office told Reuters by telephone minutes after TIB removed court orders blocking the site from its webpage.
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| Ukraine: Yanukovych ordered snipers to shoot Posted: 03 Apr 2014 09:00 AM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's interim authorities accused the country's ousted president of ordering snipers to open fire on protesters and getting help from Russian security agents to battle his own people — but their report Thursday provided no evidence directly linking him to the bloodbath in Kiev.
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| Malaysia vows: We will give plane families closure Posted: 03 Apr 2014 07:26 AM PDT  PERTH, Australia (AP) — Leaders of the two countries heading multinational efforts to solve the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 pledged Thursday that no effort would be spared to give the families of those on board the answers they need.
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| U.S. secretly built 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest Posted: 03 Apr 2014 06:55 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government masterminded the creation of a "Cuban Twitter" — a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, built with secret shell companies and financed through foreign banks, The Associated Press has learned.
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| Fort Hood gunman sought mental health treatment Posted: 03 Apr 2014 06:55 AM PDT  Investigators also are exploring if an argument might have started the attack.
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| A look at Syrian refugees in neighboring countries Posted: 03 Apr 2014 05:04 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The massive, chaotic influx of Syrians fleeing their country's civil war has stretched the resources of the neighboring countries taking them in and raised fears of sectarian fighting spreading across the region. The U.N. estimates there are now more than 2.5 million Syrians registered in neighboring countries, with 47,700 more awaiting registration. In addition to those, there are hundreds of thousands of Syrians who fled Syria and have not registered as refugees.
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| Pastor: Mom in bathtub case once hit kids with van Posted: 03 Apr 2014 04:51 AM PDT MCCANDLESS, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania woman accused of drowning one of her young sons and critically injuring another in a bathtub backed into the boys with her van 10 months ago, her pastor said. |
| Yanukovych accused of anti-opposition terror Posted: 03 Apr 2014 03:46 AM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Interim authorities in Ukraine on Thursday accused ousted President Viktor Yanukovych's government of using a network of hired killers, kidnappers and gangs of thugs to terrorize and undermine the opposition. |
| New evacuations in Chile after major aftershock Posted: 03 Apr 2014 03:46 AM PDT  IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Coastal residents of Chile's far-north spent a second sleepless night outside their homes early Thursday after a major aftershock rattled an area hit a day earlier by a magnitude-8.2 earthquake that caused some damage and six deaths. No new major damage or casualties were reported.
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| Old habits at Samsung, LG embarrass them abroad Posted: 03 Apr 2014 03:46 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Samsung unveiled a new smartphone at the storied Radio City Music Hall, the Broadway-style spectacle was memorable not for technology but for a cast of giggling female characters who fantasized about marrying a doctor, fretted about eating too much cake, and needed a man's help to understand how to work the phone.
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| Parker, Duncan lead Spurs past Warriors 111-90 Posted: 03 Apr 2014 03:46 AM PDT  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs continue to win big and to rest players, and the limited minutes are starting to show in the revival of Tim Duncan's game.
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| Republicans like campaign money ruling, Dems don't Posted: 03 Apr 2014 01:26 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans call the Supreme Court's latest ruling on campaign donations a victory for free speech. Democrats say it's more like a win for the wealthy.
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| Ukraine details riot police over sniper deaths Posted: 03 Apr 2014 01:23 AM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Ukraine say they have detained several members of an elite riot police unit on suspicion of shooting protesters during bloody anti-government clashes in February that left more than 100 dead. |
| Malaysian PM visits Australian base for jet search Posted: 03 Apr 2014 01:23 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — Malaysia's prime minister said Thursday the search for the missing jetliner will not stop until answers are found, as his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott called it "the most difficult in human history." |
| 7.8 aftershock rattles Chile's far-northern coast Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:17 PM PDT  IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — A powerful 7.8-magnitude aftershock hit Chile's far-northern coast late Wednesday night, shaking the same area where a magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit just a day before causing some damage and six deaths.
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| Fired to feted: Jackson get big deal from Redskins Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:17 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The contrast couldn't have been greater for DeSean Jackson.
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| USGS: 7.8 aftershock shakes Chile's north coast Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:17 PM PDT  IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful 7.8-magnitude aftershock has rocked Chile's northern coast, which was hit by a powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake Tuesday night.
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