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Jeb Bush says he'll make decision on bid this year

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 12:19 PM PDT

This Jan. 29, 2014 photo, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush gestures as he speaks at the Inside ITFs Conference at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Bush says he's all the speculation about whether he'll run for president in 2016 is actually getting him more attention than if he had already entered the race. The former Republican governor of Florida says that's not by design, and that he'll make his decision before year's end. He tells Fox News Channel that the state of politics is ``crazy right now.WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeb Bush says all the speculation about whether he'll run for president in 2016 is actually getting him more attention than if he had already entered the race.

Ships race to probe signals detected in jet search

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 11:01 AM PDT

Retired Australian Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston speaks to the media during a press conference about the ongoing search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, Australia, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Houston, the head of the multinational search, confirmed that a Chinese ship had picked up electronic pulsing signals twice in a small patch of the search zone, once on Friday and again on Saturday, but he stressed the signals had not been verified as linked to the missing plane. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)PERTH, Australia (AP) — Searchers hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet were racing to a patch of the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday to determine whether a few brief sounds picked up by underwater equipment came from the plane's black boxes, whose battery-operated beacons are on the verge of dying out.

Navy rescues family with sick baby from sailboat

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 10:11 AM PDT

This undated image provided by Sariah English shows Eric and Charlotte Kaufman with their daughters, Lyra, 1, and Cora, 3. Rescuers have stabilized the condition Lyra, with her family on a crippled sailboat hundreds of miles off the coast of Mexico, and a U.S. Navy warship was headed toward the vessel, officials said Friday night, April 4, 2014. Their boat, the 36-foot Rebel Heart, was about 900 nautical miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas when they sent a satellite call for help to the U.S. Coast Guard Thursday morning saying their 1-year-old girl aboard was ill. (AP Photo/Sariah English)SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. sailors rescued a family with an ill 1-year-old baby from a disabled sailboat hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast and were headed Sunday to San Diego to get the girl medical treatment.

Sick baby transferred from sailboat to warship

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 10:11 AM PDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Navy sailors have rescued a family with a 1-year-old girl who fell ill on a disabled sailboat hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast and are now en route to San Diego.

UN alarmed by deadly Syrian protest in Jordan camp

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 07:50 AM PDT

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The United Nations says it is alarmed at "violent nature" of a demonstration in a massive Syrian refugee camp in Jordan that killed one person and wounded dozens.

Rwanda genocide: Man and victim now friends

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 07:18 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Emmanuel Ndayisaba, right, who during the 1994 Rwandan genocide cut off with a machete the hand of Alice Mukarurinda, left, in the swamp where she was hiding and killed her baby girl, but who are now friends, pose for a photograph outside Alice's house in Nyamata, Rwanda. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)NYAMATA, Rwanda (AP) — She lost her baby daughter and her right hand to a manic killing spree. He wielded the machete that took both.

Afghan candidates promise to respect results

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 04:29 AM PDT

Afghan workers of the election commission office unload ballot boxes from a truck after votes in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Across Afghanistan, voters turned out in droves Saturday to cast ballots in a crucial presidential election. The vote will decide who will replace President Hamid Karzai, who is barred constitutionally from seeking a third term. Partial results are expected as soon as Sunday. (AP photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Trucks and donkeys loaded with ballot boxes made their way to counting centers on Sunday as Afghans and the international community sighed with relief that national elections were held without major violence despite a Taliban threat.

APNewsBreak: Obama orders to test workplace ideas

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 03:28 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will sign an executive order this week that bars federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their pay with each other.

Ships rush to probe signals in missing jet search

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 03:28 AM PDT

A helicopter makes an approach to the flight deck of Australian Navy ship HMAS Toowoomba to pick up supplies as they continue to search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370Three fleeting sounds from deep in the Indian Ocean offered new hope in the search.

Navy warship reaches sailboat carrying ill toddler

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 03:28 AM PDT

This undated image provided by Sariah English shows Eric and Charlotte Kaufman with their daughters, Lyra, 1, and Cora, 3. Rescuers have stabilized the condition Lyra, with her family on a crippled sailboat hundreds of miles off the coast of Mexico, and a U.S. Navy warship was headed toward the vessel, officials said Friday night, April 4, 2014. Their boat, the 36-foot Rebel Heart, was about 900 nautical miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas when they sent a satellite call for help to the U.S. Coast Guard Thursday morning saying their 1-year-old girl aboard was ill. (AP Photo/Sariah English)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship reached a crippled sailboat hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast and was preparing Sunday to complete the rescue of a sick 1-year-old girl.

Married couples separated by German language test

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 01:40 AM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — Michael Guhle met the love of his life on the beach of a little fishing village in Vietnam. Thi An Nguyen was selling freshly cooked mussels and fruit to the German tourist and they immediately clicked. Soon the Berlin nursing home worker was saving up all of his money and vacation days to visit Nguyen.

Mortar fire kills 2 near opera of Syrian capital

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 01:40 AM PDT

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's state-run media says mortar fire has exploded near the Damascus Opera House, killing two people.

More ships head to probe signals in plane search

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 01:40 AM PDT

A woman ties a message card for passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Search teams racing against time to find the flight recorders from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crisscrossed another patch of the Indian Ocean on Saturday, four weeks to the day after the airliner vanished. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)PERTH, Australia (AP) — Naval vessels carrying sophisticated deep-sea black box detectors were rushing to the site of an "important and encouraging" lead in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner, the head of the multinational search said on Sunday.

Afghans defy Taliban threat to vote in droves

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 10:28 PM PDT

Afghan election workers count ballots by the light of a lantern at a polling station in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Across Afghanistan, voters turned out in droves Saturday to cast ballots in a crucial presidential election. The vote will decide who will replace President Hamid Karzai, who is barred constitutionally from seeking a third term. Partial results are expected as soon as Sunday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Millions of Afghans defied Taliban threats and rain Saturday, underscoring their enormous expectations from an election that comes as the country's wobbly government prepares to face down a ferocious insurgency largely on its own.

AP PHOTOS: Fans honor Cobain 20 years after death

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 10:13 PM PDT

Portland residents Ashly Archibald, 26, left, and Kim Hoffman, 28, right, scrawls the quote, SEATTLE (AP) — Two decades after Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain killed himself in Seattle, fans flocked to the home where he died to pay homage to the influential rocker.

US to deploy 2 more destroyers to Japan by 2017

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 10:13 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, is escorted by his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera, right, as they inspect an honor guard at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Against the backdrop of Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean region, Hagel said Saturday he will convey to Japanese leaders that the U.S. is strongly committed to protecting their country's security. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. will deploy two additional ballistic missile defense destroyers to Japan by 2017 as part of an effort to bolster protection from North Korean missile threats, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday.

Kentucky 74-73 over Wisconsin, to play for title

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 08:55 PM PDT

Kentucky guard James Young celebrates during the second half of an NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Wisconsin Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aaron Harrison hit a 3-pointer with 5.7 seconds left, after taking a pass from his twin brother Andrew, and Kentucky beat Wisconsin 74-73 on Saturday night to advance to the national championship game.

FINALS WATCH: Celebrities aplenty, as usual

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 08:40 PM PDT

Former Texas A&M football quarterback Johnny Manziel, left and entertainer, Drake leave the floor during halftime of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game between Wisconsin and Kentucky Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Kentucky Wildcats had Drake cheering for them, and Dwight Howard was doing the "Gator chomp" in the Florida student section.

Writer-environmentalist Peter Matthiessen dies

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 07:22 PM PDT

FILE - Writer Peter Matthiessen stands in the yard of his house in Sagaponack, N.Y. in this Oct. 28, 2004 file photo. Matthiessen, award-winning author of more than thirty books, world-renowned naturalist, explorer, Buddhist teacher, and political activist, died Saturday, April 5, 2014 after an illness of some months,according to his publisher Geoff Kloske of Riverhead Books. He was 86. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Matthiessen, a rich man's son who spurned a life of leisure and embarked on extraordinary physical and spiritual quests while producing such acclaimed books as "The Snow Leopard" and "At Play in the Fields of the Lord," died Saturday. He was 86.

UConn on to national championship game

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 06:48 PM PDT

Connecticut forward Tyler Olander (10) celebrates with teammates at the end of an NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Florida Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. Connecticut won 63-53. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Connecticut didn't wait for the final buzzer to beat Florida this time.

FINALS WATCH: UConn rallies after slow start

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 05:30 PM PDT

Connecticut forward DeAndre Daniels reacts during the first half of an NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Florida Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Connecticut has pushed out to a comfortable lead after falling behind by 12 points against Florida early in the first half.

Obama: Afghan election marks important milestone

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 05:14 PM PDT

Afghan men line up for the registration process before they cast their votes at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Afghans flocked to polling stations nationwide on Saturday, defying a threat of violence by the Taliban to cast ballots in what promises to be the nation's first democratic transfer of power. The vote will decide who will replace President Hamid Karzai, who is barred constitutionally from seeking a third term. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Afghanistan's presidential election marks another important milestone.

FINALS WATCH: Florida with fast start this time

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 04:26 PM PDT

Florida guard Scottie Wilbekin (5) passes as Connecticut guard Ryan Boatright (11) defends during the first half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Florida Gators got off to a much better start in the NCAA Final Four than they did in a regional final in the same building last year.
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