| NBA cancels Sterling hearing after Clippers deal Posted: 30 May 2014 04:46 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA has canceled its hearing to consider Donald Sterling's ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, saying the team will be sold to Steve Ballmer.
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| Cleveland police officers indicted in large chase Posted: 30 May 2014 04:46 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — Six officers in Cleveland's troubled police department were indicted Friday in a November 2012 car chase that ended with two unarmed suspects dying in a hail of 137 shots, was decried as a racially motivated execution and is part of a wide-ranging federal investigation.
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| Are the L.A. Clippers really worth $2 billion? Posted: 30 May 2014 03:42 PM PDT A high-profile NBA franchise in a major media market was suddenly available. A handful of power brokers from the technology, entertainment and venture capital fields were lining up for a chance to join the party. |
| Officers didn't view videos, say killer seemed OK Posted: 30 May 2014 03:09 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Law enforcement officers who visited Elliot Rodger three weeks before he went on a deadly rampage in a California college town knew he had posted disturbing videos but didn't check them out because he seemed OK when they visited him at his apartment.
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| Veterans Department to be led by career banker Posted: 30 May 2014 02:36 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — After less than four months at the Veterans Affairs Department, Sloan D. Gibson suddenly finds himself in charge of fixing the problems that led to the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.
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| Shinseki resigns amid vets' health care problems Posted: 30 May 2014 02:03 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama's Cabinet Friday, taking the blame for what he decried as a "lack of integrity" in the sprawling health care system for the nation's military veterans.
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| Issa releases Kerry from Benghazi testimony Posted: 30 May 2014 02:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Oversight committee on Friday released Secretary of State John Kerry from his obligation to testify next month about the deadly Benghazi attack, allowing a newly formed select committee to move forward in questioning the top diplomat. |
| State orders Colorado baker to make cakes for gay weddings Posted: 30 May 2014 02:03 PM PDT  DENVER (AP) — Colorado's Civil Rights Commission on Friday ordered a baker to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding his religious objections to the practice did not trump the state's anti-discrimination statutes.
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| East Ukraine quiet raises leadership questions Posted: 30 May 2014 11:26 AM PDT  DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The scruffy rebels who normally populate the headquarters of the rebel Donetsk People's Republic were mostly out of view on Friday. In their place were members of a new faction, who showed up a day before with an armored personnel carrier and flushed out the occupants.
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| Thai coup chief: elections could occur in 1 year Posted: 30 May 2014 11:24 AM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — The head of the military junta that took control of Thailand in a coup last week said Friday that new elections may not occur for more than a year because peace and reforms must be achieved first.
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| Medicare coverage ban on sex-change surgery lifted Posted: 30 May 2014 11:24 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Transgender people receiving Medicare may no longer be automatically denied coverage for sex reassignment surgeries, a U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex. |
| Shinseki resigns amid VA health care issues Posted: 30 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT  VA Deputy Secretary Sloan D. Gibson named acting secretary by Pres. Obama.
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| Cracks appear on ledge at Chicago's Willis Tower Posted: 30 May 2014 08:12 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Alejandro Garibay says he knows now he wasn't in danger when the ledge he was sitting on high above downtown Chicago started to crack — but when he first heard what sounded like breaking ice, he thought he was going to die.
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| Police knew of but didn't view killer's videos Posted: 30 May 2014 07:25 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Law officers who visited Elliot Rodger three weeks before he killed six college students near a Santa Barbara university were aware that he had posted disturbing videos but didn't watch them, and they didn't know about his final video detailing his "Day of Retribution" until after the deadly rampage, officials said. |
| French survivors keep D-Day gratitude alive Posted: 30 May 2014 07:22 AM PDT  SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE, France (AP) — Andree Auvray, nine months pregnant, was hiding from German bombings in a Normandy ditch with her husband one night in June 1944 when their dogs started barking. The shadows of three soldiers appeared.
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| Man charged with impeding marathon bombing probe Posted: 30 May 2014 06:50 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who knew the brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings was charged Friday with obstructing the investigation into the deadly bombings. |
| U.S. charges man with obstructing Boston bombing probe Posted: 30 May 2014 06:31 AM PDT  U.S. officials charged a Kyrgyzstan national who bought dinner for the accused Boston Marathon bombers the night of the attack with interfering with the investigation into the deadly bombing.
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| Shinseki to address homeless group Posted: 30 May 2014 05:45 AM PDT  The VA secretary faces calls to resign from congressional members due to an escalating scandal.
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| Utah teens shocked to see altered yearbook photos Posted: 30 May 2014 05:45 AM PDT  HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — A little airbrushing to school pictures can spell big relief, concealing pimples and brightening complexions. But some students at Wasatch High School cracked their yearbooks this week to find more than tiny touchups: digital alterations including cap sleeves on their tank tops, raised necklines and in one case, a vanished tattoo.
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| A 1st in 52 years: Co-champs at the Spelling Bee Posted: 30 May 2014 03:22 AM PDT  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — When the confetti flew, the two boys stood in the center of the stage and shook hands. They held up the trophy together. Both were champions, a Spelling Bee finish unseen in more than half a century.
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| Searcher 'cautiously optimistic' jet will be found Posted: 30 May 2014 01:43 AM PDT  SYDNEY (AP) — Over the past few days of the endlessly perplexing hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, much debate and confusion has swirled around what was once dubbed the most promising lead in the search: a series of underwater signals, or "pings," picked up by sound-detecting equipment scouring the remote Indian Ocean in early April.
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| Elon Musk unveils spacecraft to ferry astronauts Posted: 30 May 2014 01:19 AM PDT  HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — A company that has flown unmanned capsules to the Space Station unveiled a spacecraft designed to ferry up to seven astronauts to low-Earth orbit that SpaceX founder Elon Musk says will lower the cost of going to space.
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| How Google got states to legalize driverless cars Posted: 30 May 2014 12:37 AM PDT  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — About four years ago, the Google team trying to develop cars driven by computers — not people — became convinced that sooner than later, the technology would be ready for the masses. There was one big problem: Driverless cars were almost certainly illegal.
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| Grieving father takes center stage in gun debate Posted: 30 May 2014 12:07 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Martinez says he never set out to be a face of the gun-control movement and has no interest in taking deer rifles and shotguns from the hands of hunters. After all, he used to be one.
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| Interpol: We're working to block Nigerian girls from being sold Posted: 29 May 2014 05:30 PM PDT  The head of Interpol told ABC News that he has no information to confirm or dispute the assertion earlier this week that top officials in Nigeria know the location of the 200 school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. "Interpol doesn't know where these 200 girls...
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