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Calmer winds help firefighters gain control

Posted: 17 May 2014 11:58 AM PDT

Smoke plumes rise behind the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton entrance Friday, May 16, 2014, in Oceanside, Calif. San Diego County officials said Friday five wildfires have been 100 percent contained. Still, crews were focusing efforts on two large fires — one in the city of San Marcos and two blazes at the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Calmer winds helped firefighters gain ground Saturday against fires that have destroyed homes and raced through nearly 20,000 acres of northern and eastern San Diego County brush land, while authorities have charged a man for adding fuel to one of the nearly dozen blazes.

A Short History of Gay Marriage, Which Turns 10 Today

Posted: 17 May 2014 11:10 AM PDT

State House ProtestsTen years ago today in Massachusetts, same-sex couples began to marry, becoming the first ones to do so in the United States.

Unauthorized "Saint Laurent" shows YSL's dark side

Posted: 17 May 2014 09:22 AM PDT

Actor Gaspard Ulliel speaks during a press conference for Saint-Laurent at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)CANNES, France (AP) — His surviving gay lover Pierre Berge didn't want this film to see the light of day.

Turkey mine search ends; last of 301 bodies found

Posted: 17 May 2014 09:22 AM PDT

Miner Erdal Bicak, center, speaks to journalists as he joined fellow miners and their family members to commemorate the Soma mine accident victims and protest the government's labor policy in Savastepe , Turkey, late Friday, May 16, 2014. Public anger has surged in the wake of the Soma coal mine inferno that killed at least 299 miners. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)SAVASTEPE, Turkey (AP) — Turkish rescue workers have retrieved the bodies of the last two missing miners in the nation's worst mining disaster, putting the final death toll at 301, the energy minister said Saturday.

Nigeria leader: Boko Haram is 'al-Qaida operation'

Posted: 17 May 2014 08:34 AM PDT

A Nigerian, resident in Spain protests outside the Nigerian embassy in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 16, 2014 in support of the kidnapped school girls in Abuja, Nigeria. Boko Haram insurgents on April 15 abducted more than 300 students from the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School. Police say 53 managed to escape and 276 remain in captivity. (AP Photo/Paul White)PARIS (AP) — Nigeria's president says Boko Haram, which is holding more than 200 girls captive, is "acting clearly as an al-Qaida operation" and is no longer a local problem.

New NAACP leader: I'm Brown v. Board beneficiary

Posted: 17 May 2014 08:34 AM PDT

CORRECTS MIDDLE NAME TO WILLIAM - In this image provided by the NAACP, Roslyn Brock, right, chairman of the national board of directors for the NAACP, puts a NAACP pin on new national president and CEO, Cornell William Brooks on Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The selection of Brooks came as the United States marked the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which outlawed segregation in public schools. The lawsuit was argued by the organization's legal arm. (AP Photo/NAACP, J. Adams)WASHINGTON (AP) — As a Head Start and Yale Law School graduate, Cornell William Brooks calls himself a direct beneficiary of Brown v. Board Education.

African leaders work to counter Boko Haram

Posted: 17 May 2014 07:47 AM PDT

A Nigerian, resident in Spain protests outside the Nigerian embassy in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 16, 2014 in support of the kidnapped school girls in Abuja, Nigeria. Boko Haram insurgents on April 15 abducted more than 300 students from the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School. Police say 53 managed to escape and 276 remain in captivity. (AP Photo/Paul White)PARIS (AP) — Hours after yet another attack in a Boko Haram stronghold, African leaders and Western officials drew the outlines of an international plan to share intelligence and coordinate the fight against the Islamic extremist group holding more than 200 girls captive.

Gunfire in east Ukraine; talks on crisis go on

Posted: 17 May 2014 06:11 AM PDT

A pro-Russian militant guards a checkpoint blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 17, 2014.. Outside the strategic city of Slovyansk, an insurgent stronghold for more than a month now, armed separatists installed a new checkpoint on the eastern approaches to the city, blocking a major highway that links Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, with the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don across the border. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained gunfire was heard throughout the night near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, the stronghold of pro-Russia fighters, ahead of a second round of European-brokered talks on Saturday aimed at resolving the crisis.

Obama allies revive push for Obamacare CEO

Posted: 17 May 2014 05:38 AM PDT

A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationA group of healthcare experts is urging the Obama administration to appoint a new chief executive officer to safeguard the next open enrollment period.

Arson suspect charged, most blazes dying down

Posted: 17 May 2014 03:47 AM PDT

Smoke plumes rise behind the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton entrance Friday, May 16, 2014, in Oceanside, Calif. San Diego County officials said Friday five wildfires have been 100 percent contained. Still, crews were focusing efforts on two large fires — one in the city of San Marcos and two blazes at the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man was charged with setting one of nearly a dozen fires that have destroyed homes and raced through nearly 20,000 acres of northern and eastern San Diego County brush land, but most of the blazes seemed to be dying down, despite the eruption of a new fire at the Camp Pendleton Marine base.

Lao military plane carrying defense chief crashes

Posted: 17 May 2014 02:13 AM PDT

FILE - Laotian Defense Minister, Douangchay Phichit, is seen during a visit to Moscow in this Tuesday, April 27, 2004 file photo. A Laos air force plane believed to be carrying 20 people including the country's defense minister crashed on Saturday May 17, 2014, Thailand's Foreign Ministry said. (AP Photo/File)BANGKOK (AP) — A Lao air force plane carrying about 20 people, including the country's defense minister and other senior officials, crashed on Saturday, Thailand's Foreign Ministry said.

Obama and Congress move to address VA firestorm

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:55 AM PDT

In this May 15, 2014, photo, Veterans Affairs Undersecretary Robert Petzel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 15, 2014, before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing to examine the state of Veterans Affairs health care. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says May 16 he has accepted the resignation of Petzel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration and Congress are moving quickly to respond to a growing political firestorm over allegations of treatment delays and falsified records at veterans hospitals nationwide.

Turkish miner who survived says company to blame

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:55 AM PDT

Police use water cannons and teargas to disperse people gathered to commemorate the Soma mine accident victims and protest the government's labor policy in Izmir, Turkey, late Friday, May 16, 2014. A Turkish mining company defended its safety record Friday, four days after over 250 people died in an underground blaze at its coal mine in western Turkey.(AP Photo)SAVASTEPE, Turkey (AP) — Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey's worst mining disaster: company negligence.

States move to expand experimental drugs for some

Posted: 17 May 2014 12:22 AM PDT

FILE - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver in this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 file photo. Hickenlooper Saturday afternoon May 17, 2014 will sign Colorado's DENVER (AP) — Nick Auden didn't live to see the legislation, but the case of the Denver melanoma patient who died while seeking access to an experimental drug helped inspire a first-of-its kind law in Colorado.

Utah lawmaker: Bring back firing squad executions

Posted: 17 May 2014 12:07 AM PDT

FILE - Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, is seen as he makes remarks during a news conference in this March 6, 20013 file photo, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, Ray says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form of execution. And he plans to bring back that option for criminals sentenced to death in his state. He plans to introduce his proposal during Utah's next legislative session in January. (AP Photo/Michelle Price, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, a Utah lawmaker says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form of execution. And he plans to bring back that option for criminals sentenced to death in his state.

After huge win, next Indian PM begins victory lap

Posted: 17 May 2014 12:07 AM PDT

Indians take photographs of a portrait of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, made with colored powder and surrounded by rose petals, at the party office in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014. Modi will be India's next prime minister, winning the most decisive election victory the country has seen in more than a quarter century and sweeping the long-dominant Congress party from power, partial results showed Friday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of cheering supporters have welcomed India's next prime minister on his arrival in the capital after leading his party to a staggering victory in national elections.

Brown decision at 60: A look at education inequity

Posted: 16 May 2014 10:49 PM PDT

This photo taken May 13, 2014 shows National Education Association staff members from Washington joining students, parents and educators at a rally at the Supreme Court in Washington on the 60th anniversary Brown v. Board of Education decision that struck down WASHINGTON (AP) — Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Many inequities in education still exist for black students and for Hispanics, a population that has grown exponentially since the 1954 ruling.

Arkansas high court halts gay marriages

Posted: 16 May 2014 04:25 PM PDT

Beth Moore, left, and her partner Abby Hill, center, exchange vows in a marriage ceremony performed by Jeremy Hernandez, right, at the Washington County Courthouse in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday May 16, 2014. The Washington County clerk has resumed issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a day after a circuit judge in Pulaski County ruled that all state laws barring gay marriage are unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Sarah Bentham)More than 450 same-sex licenses were issued since ruling against constitutional amendment.

House GOP blocks vote on new immigration bill

Posted: 16 May 2014 01:49 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2014 file photo shows House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spokesman for Cantor says he'll block a vote next week on legislation giving a path to citizenship to people living here illegally who serve in the military. Friday's announcement from Cantor comes after a Republican congressman from California announced plans to try to bring the measure to a vote as an amendment to the annual defense bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders intervened Friday to prevent a vote on U.S. immigration legislation, dealing a severe blow to election-year efforts to overhaul the widely denigrated system.
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