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• N.H. town urges top cop to quit over Obama racial slur
• Watergate figure who claimed he heard Nixon green-light break-in dies
• Railroad's new owner hopes town where 47 died will OK oil trains
• Town's top cop urged to quit over Obama slur
• 10 dead, 70 wounded in Kenya bombings
• Armed suspect shot by police at north Utah hospital
• Government fines GM $35M in safety case
• Darden announces sale of Red Lobster for $2.1B
• Paris summit to try to rally region against Nigeria's Boko Haram
• Pro-Russian insurgents retreat in Ukraine's east
• Idaho just hosted the best political debate of the year
• Flare-up keeps California firefighters on edge
• One big obstacle to #BringBackOurGirls? Nigeria’s government
• Beyonce and family address video leak, say apologies were made
• Calif. wildfire roars back to life as winds return
• Moscow won't let gay activists honor Eurovision winner

N.H. town urges top cop to quit over Obama racial slur Posted: 16 May 2014 12:16 PM PDT Political leaders in a predominantly white New Hampshire town have officially joined residents in demanding the resignation of a police commissioner who uttered a racial slur about President Barack Obama.

Watergate figure who claimed he heard Nixon green-light break-in dies Posted: 16 May 2014 11:45 AM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jeb Stuart Magruder, a Watergate conspirator who claimed in later years to have heard President Richard Nixon order the office break-in, has died. He was 79.

Railroad's new owner hopes town where 47 died will OK oil trains Posted: 16 May 2014 11:45 AM PDT The company purchasing the assets of a railroad responsible for a fiery oil train derailment that claimed 47 lives in Quebec plans to resume oil shipments after track safety improvements are made, the ...

Town's top cop urged to quit over Obama slur Posted: 16 May 2014 10:58 AM PDT N.H. town board says it's powerless to remove commissioner who admitted to racist remark.

10 dead, 70 wounded in Kenya bombings Posted: 16 May 2014 10:28 AM PDT Two bombs exploded in a market in Kenya's capital on Friday, killing 10 people and injuring 70 as hundreds of British tourists were evacuated from a coastal area where Islamic extremists have operated.

Armed suspect shot by police at north Utah hospital Posted: 16 May 2014 09:25 AM PDT Police shot a man wielding a gun inside a northern Utah hospital emergency room on Friday morning, officials said.

Government fines GM $35M in safety case Posted: 16 May 2014 08:39 AM PDT The U.S. government is fining General Motors $35 million for delays in recalling small cars with faulty ignition switches.

Darden announces sale of Red Lobster for $2.1B Posted: 16 May 2014 06:47 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Darden Restaurants says it will sell its Red Lobster chain to investment firm Golden Gate Capital in a $2.1 billion cash deal.

Paris summit to try to rally region against Nigeria's Boko Haram Posted: 16 May 2014 06:47 AM PDT By John Irish and Bate Felix PARIS/ABUJA (Reuters) - West African leaders meet in Paris on Saturday to try to improve cooperation in their fight against the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls and threatens to destabilize the wider region. Outrage over the kidnapping has already prompted Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, criticized at home for his government's slow response, to accept U.S., British and French intelligence help in the hunt for the girls. Last week he asked France, itself a target of Islamist militants for its military intervention against Islamist rebels in Mali, to arrange a summit in Paris with Nigeria's neighbors Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin, and Western officials. French diplomats ruled out any Western military operation but said they expected a regional plan to take shape for countering Boko Haram, which has killed more than 3,000 people in a five-year campaign to establish an Islamic state in mostly Muslim northeast Nigeria.

Pro-Russian insurgents retreat in Ukraine's east Posted: 16 May 2014 05:59 AM PDT Local patrols by steelworkers have forced pro-Russia insurgents to retreat from the government buildings they had seized in a major city in eastern Ukraine, giving residents hope that a wave of anarchy was over.

Idaho just hosted the best political debate of the year Posted: 15 May 2014 08:49 PM PDT Idaho gubernatorial candidates debated Wednesday and it was very entertaining.

Flare-up keeps California firefighters on edge Posted: 15 May 2014 05:40 PM PDT SAN MARCOS, Calif. (AP) — As calmer winds allowed firefighters to make progress on nine fires burning in San Diego County, one of the most serious blazes suddenly roared Thursday afternoon burning close to homes, triggering thousands of new evacuation orders and keeping the situation tenuous.

One big obstacle to #BringBackOurGirls? Nigeria’s government Posted: 15 May 2014 04:20 PM PDT "Brutal tactics." "Record of atrocities." "Gross violations of human rights." Top U.S. government officials spoke those words Thursday at a Senate hearing about Boko Haram's abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls. But they said them about Nigeria's government and military, not the Islamic terrorist group that burst into international consciousness with its actions last month.

Beyonce and family address video leak, say apologies were made Posted: 15 May 2014 02:14 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce, Jay Z and Solange say they are moving on since a video leaked this week of Solange attacking Jay Z in an elevator.

Calif. wildfire roars back to life as winds return Posted: 15 May 2014 01:42 PM PDT One of nine wildfires burning in San Diego County kicks up near homes.

Moscow won't let gay activists honor Eurovision winner Posted: 15 May 2014 01:10 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow authorities have turned down gay activists' application to hold a parade honoring drag queen Conchita Wurst, winner of this year's Eurovision song contest.

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