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• Skull illuminates origins of first Americans
• Reid joins Senate Dems opposed to Obama court pick
• Footage captures chaos, danger of San Diego wildfires
• Labor organizers stage global fast-food protests
• Former Belgian Premier Dehaene dies at 73
• EU energy chief: Progress in Ukraine gas row, more talks this month
• US adviser helps candidate win Panama presidency
• Aaron Hernandez charged in double slaying
• Turkey outraged as PM's aide kicks protester
• 10,000 gallons of oil spill, engulf streets in L.A.
• Turkish families bury miners as toll rises to 282
• 10,000 gallons of oil spill on Los Angeles streets
• Turkish families bury miners as toll rises to 282
• Matt Bai: Who's really driving the Hillary train?
• NYC minister to repay $1.2M in disaster funds
• With ruling, gay marriages now off in Arkansas
• Host of fires clear San Diego-area neighborhoods
• Segregation gains ground 60 years after Brown
• 15 crew indicted over SKorean ferry disaster
• NY minister to repay $1.2M in disaster funds
• Obama, 9/11 kin, survivors due at museum ceremony
• Turkish coal mine deaths rise to 282
• AP PHOTOS: Wildfire burns homes in Southern Calif
• South Korea indicts four ferry crew members for homicide
• Sasse a nominal tea party win; fewer chances ahead

Skull illuminates origins of first Americans Posted: 15 May 2014 12:22 PM PDT DNA backs theory that early pioneers and today's native communities share ancestral roots.

Reid joins Senate Dems opposed to Obama court pick Posted: 15 May 2014 12:22 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of the Obama administration's staunchest allies in Congress, announced his opposition Thursday to Michael Boggs' nomination to the federal bench, dealing a strong if not fatal blow to the former Georgia state lawmaker's confirmation hopes.

Footage captures chaos, danger of San Diego wildfires Posted: 15 May 2014 11:20 AM PDT The raging wildfires that broke out in California have forced hundreds of residents in San Diego County to evacuate their homes.

Labor organizers stage global fast-food protests Posted: 15 May 2014 11:05 AM PDT Mixed turnout at events aimed at turning up the pressure on chains to raise worker pay.

Former Belgian Premier Dehaene dies at 73 Posted: 15 May 2014 10:35 AM PDT Former Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, who worked as hard to keep his linguistically divided nation together as he did to give Europe more unity, has died. He was 73.

EU energy chief: Progress in Ukraine gas row, more talks this month Posted: 15 May 2014 10:04 AM PDT By Barbara Lewis ATHENS (Reuters) - Europe's energy commissioner said on Thursday he saw progress in resolving the row over gas prices between Kiev and Moscow and expected one, perhaps two more rounds of ministerial talks on the issue before the end of May. In his latest letter to EU leaders, made public on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged them to do more to help Ukraine through its economic crisis and to resolve the standoff over gas, repeating a threat to cut exports if Kiev fails to pay in advance for June deliveries. There is some progress,\" Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told Reuters on the sidelines of a meeting of EU energy ministers in Athens. Putin first wrote to EU leaders last month, suggesting three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union. On Monday, Oettinger is meeting Russia's energy minister and the head of Gazprom in Berlin to set a date for further talks.

US adviser helps candidate win Panama presidency Posted: 15 May 2014 09:33 AM PDT PANAMA CITY (AP) — It was billed as a battle royal between Latin America's top two spin doctors. In one corner, the campaign guru to such towering leftist leaders as Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. In the other, a strategist likened to Karl Rove who is credited with helping return the Institutional Revolutionary Party to power in Mexico after a 12-year-absence.

Aaron Hernandez charged in double slaying Posted: 15 May 2014 08:44 AM PDT The former New England Patriot has been indicted in a 2012 double slaying in Boston.

Turkey outraged as PM's aide kicks protester Posted: 15 May 2014 08:13 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A video showing an aide to Turkey's prime minister kicking a protester held on the ground by special forces police sparked outrage Thursday, tarnishing the Turkish leader's image ahead of his expected run for president.

10,000 gallons of oil spill, engulf streets in L.A. Posted: 15 May 2014 07:57 AM PDT A break in an above-ground pipeline caused crude oil to spill over a half-mile area in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Turkish families bury miners as toll rises to 282 Posted: 15 May 2014 07:41 AM PDT Women sang improvised ballads about the departed over freshly dug graves Thursday, even as backhoes carved row upon row of graves into the dirt and hearses lined up outside the cemetery with more victims ...

10,000 gallons of oil spill on Los Angeles streets Posted: 15 May 2014 06:36 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews have vacuumed up most of about 10,000 gallons of crude oil that sprayed into Los Angeles streets after a high-pressure pipe burst.

Turkish families bury miners as toll rises to 282 Posted: 15 May 2014 06:36 AM PDT SOMA, Turkey (AP) — Women sang laments and swayed with grief Thursday over the graves of relatives killed in Turkey's worst mining disaster, even as more hearses pulled up and backhoes dug more graves around them.

Matt Bai: Who's really driving the Hillary train? Posted: 15 May 2014 04:46 AM PDT Perhaps you've noticed that Democrats in Washington get a little touchy these days where Hillary Clinton is concerned. A few weeks ago, I had the temerity to suggest that Clinton wouldn't be able to run unopposed for the Democratic nomination. This prompted an immediate response in the Daily Beast from Bob Shrum, the venerable party strategist, who argued that of course Clinton would easily clear the Democratic field and waltz to the nomination, because her situation so closely resembles that of Ulysses Grant in 1868. I'm not making this up.

NYC minister to repay $1.2M in disaster funds Posted: 15 May 2014 03:24 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City minister who was the subject of an Associated Press investigation about misspent 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina charity funds has agreed to repay $1.2 million that he took from his congregation to buy an 18th-century farmhouse on seven acres in rural New Jersey.

With ruling, gay marriages now off in Arkansas Posted: 15 May 2014 03:05 AM PDT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gay couples in Arkansas will not be able to get married even though the state Supreme Court upheld a ruling that struck down the ban on same-sex marriage because a separate law that prevents issuing marriage licenses to gays is still valid.

Host of fires clear San Diego-area neighborhoods Posted: 15 May 2014 02:19 AM PDT SAN MARCOS, Calif. (AP) — Tuzo Jerger was one of thousands told to evacuate as a wildfire ripped across Carlsbad, a suburb north of San Diego. The 66-year-old real estate broker packed files, a surfboard, golf clubs, clothes and photos and sought solace at a friend's hilltop house in nearby San Marcos, only to see another fierce wildfire break out there and force thousands from their homes.

Segregation gains ground 60 years after Brown Posted: 15 May 2014 01:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Segregation is making a comeback in U.S. schools.

15 crew indicted over SKorean ferry disaster Posted: 15 May 2014 01:14 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Prosecutors indicted the captain of the sunken South Korean ferry and three crew members on homicide charges Thursday, alleging they were negligent and failed to protect more than 300 people missing or dead in the disaster. Less serious indictments were issued against the 11 other crew members responsible for navigating the vessel.

NY minister to repay $1.2M in disaster funds Posted: 15 May 2014 12:10 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City minister who was the subject of an Associated Press investigation about misspent 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina charity funds has agreed to repay $1.2 million that he took from his congregation to buy an 18th century farmhouse on seven acres in rural New Jersey.

Obama, 9/11 kin, survivors due at museum ceremony Posted: 15 May 2014 12:10 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama and Sept. 11 survivors, rescuers and victims' relatives are expected to mark the opening of the 9/11 museum, where the story of the terror attacks is told on a scale as big as the twin towers' columns and as intimate as victims' last voicemails.

Turkish coal mine deaths rise to 282 Posted: 15 May 2014 12:10 AM PDT SOMA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish minister says rescue teams have recovered eight more victims from a coal mine in western Turkey, raising the death toll in Turkey's worst mining accident to 282.

AP PHOTOS: Wildfire burns homes in Southern Calif Posted: 14 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — During a second day of a sweltering heat wave, flames engulfed suburban homes and shot up along canyon ridges in one of the worst of several blazes that broke out Wednesday in Southern California.

South Korea indicts four ferry crew members for homicide Posted: 14 May 2014 08:59 PM PDT By Ju-min Park MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) - The captain and three senior crew members of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing more than 280 passengers, many of them school children, were indicted for homicide on Thursday, a senior prosecutor said. Prosecutors also indicted the 11 other surviving crew members of the ferry Sewol on negligence charges. The crew has been under criminal investigation after they were believed to have escaped the sinking vessel before many of the passengers. Of the 476 passengers and crew on board, 339 were children and their teachers on a school trip.

Sasse a nominal tea party win; fewer chances ahead Posted: 14 May 2014 05:34 PM PDT FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — With Republican Ben Sasse, tea party groups figured out the riddle of winning elections in 2014: Claim a Republican as a member of the tribe, even if his approach to politics doesn't line up exactly with their own.

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