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Floods threaten power plant, land mines in Balkans

Posted: 19 May 2014 02:01 PM PDT

A flooded area is seen in Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 19, 2014. Belgrade braced for a river surge Monday that threatened to inundate Serbia's main power plant and cause major power cuts in the crisis-stricken country as the Balkans struggle with the consequences of the worst flooding in southeastern Europe in more than a century. At least 35 people have died in Serbia and Bosnia in the five days of flooding caused by unprecedented torrential rain, laying waste to entire towns and villages and sending tens of thousands of people out of their homes, authorities said. (AP Photo)OBRENOVAC, Serbia (AP) — Serbia ordered the evacuation Monday of this town and 11 others along the raging Sava River, but Bratislava Pavlovic won't budge, even as water rising six feet in an hour lapped outside her third-floor apartment.

Oregon ruling marks 13th straight gay marriage win

Posted: 19 May 2014 01:30 PM PDT

Deana Geiger, left, and Janine Nelson are interviewed in front of the Multnomah County Recorder's building in Portland, Ore. on Monday, May. 19, 2014. Geiger and Nelson are the plaintiffs in the Marriage Equality case. A ruling in that case is expected on Monday. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge threw out Oregon's same-sex marriage ban Monday, marking the 13th consecutive legal victory for gay marriage advocates since last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned part of a federal ban.

Sailing official wants Rio water pollution tests

Posted: 19 May 2014 01:29 PM PDT

In this May 15, 2014 photo, trash floats on a polluted water channel that flows into the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With just over two years to go until the Rio Olympics, nearly 70 percent of the sewage in the metropolitan area of 12 million inhabitants continues to flow untreated, along with thousands of tons of garbage daily, into area rivers, the bay and even Rio's famed beaches like Copacabana and Ipanema.Several Olympic sports federations raised fears that Rio's polluted waters could prove harmful to athletes' health. Exposure to fecal matter can cause Hepatitis A, dysentery, cholera other diseases. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sailing's governing body may conduct independent water-quality tests in Rio de Janeiro's polluted Guanabara Bay, the sailing venue for the 2016 Olympics and the site of Rio's first test event in 2½ months.

Fears linger for students who faced deadly tornado

Posted: 19 May 2014 12:24 PM PDT

FILE- In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Kai Heuangpraseuth is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla. Heuangpraseuth will return to a new Plaza Towers Elementary in the fall, built on the same spot where seven of his schoolmates died last year during the storm. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki, File)MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Ten-year-old Kai Heuangpraseuth will return to a new Plaza Towers Elementary in the fall, built on the same spot where seven of the boy's schoolmates died last year after a top-scale tornado reduced it to a pile of rubble.

Man gets 25 years in case of ricin letters to Obama, Miss. officials

Posted: 19 May 2014 11:51 AM PDT

James Everett Dutschke flanked by U.S. Marshals arrives for a sentencing hearing at the United State Federal Building in AberdeenJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty to sending letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.

Florida MERS patient released from hospital

Posted: 19 May 2014 10:31 AM PDT

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A man from Saudi Arabia who is one of three patients diagnosed with a Middle East respiratory virus in the United States has been released from an Orlando, Florida, hospital.

Webster's dictionary adds 'Yooper,' 'selfie,' 'tweep,' 'hashtag,' 'steampunk,' 'turducken'

Posted: 19 May 2014 10:30 AM PDT

Hold your smartphone at arm's length and point that front-facing camera at yourself in celebration: "Selfie" is now Merriam-Webster approved.

Flood surge threatens power plant near Belgrade

Posted: 19 May 2014 09:10 AM PDT

Two men trying to restart their van stuck in a flooded street in Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 19, 2014. Belgrade braced for a river surge Monday that threatened to inundate Serbia's main power plant and cause major power cuts in the crisis-stricken country as the Balkans struggle with the consequences of the worst flooding in southeastern Europe in more than a century. At least 35 people have died in Serbia and Bosnia in the five days of flooding caused by unprecedented torrential rain, laying waste to entire towns and villages and sending tens of thousands of people out of their homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian authorities have ordered the urgent evacuation of a town where soldiers, police and volunteers have been working feverishly to contain the raging Sava River before it could inundate Serbia's main power plant.

AstraZeneca rejects $119 billion offer from Pfizer

Posted: 19 May 2014 09:10 AM PDT

FILE - This Friday May 2, 2014 file photo shows an exterior view of the Two Kingdom Street building which houses the headquarters of AstraZeneca, in the Paddington area of London. The board of AstraZeneca has rejected the improved $119 billion takeover offer from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, Monday May 19, 2014, a decision that has caused a sharp slide in the U.K. company's share price as investors think it effectively brings an end to the protracted and increasingly bitter takeover saga. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)LONDON (AP) — The board of AstraZeneca on Monday rejected the improved $119 billion takeover offer from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, a decision that caused a sharp slide in the U.K. company's share price as many investors think it effectively brings an end to the protracted and increasingly bitter takeover saga.

Threats aim to derail Ukraine's presidential elections

Posted: 19 May 2014 07:52 AM PDT

A man looks out of the back window of a bus in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday May 19, 2014. Ukraine will hold presidential elections on May 25. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)The 38-year-old mother of two insisted on meeting in a nondescript courtyard on the outskirts of Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk. Once there, she sat down and burst into tears.

Former NY Times editor: Leading newsroom was honor

Posted: 19 May 2014 07:52 AM PDT

FILE - This April 19, 2010 file photo shows then New York Times Managing Editor Jill Abramson at the 2010 Matrix Awards in New York. Abramson is speaking to the class of 2014 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Monday, May 19, 2014, her first public appearance since her dismissal from The New York Times. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — In her first public appearance since her dismissal from The New York Times, former executive editor Jill Abramson compared herself to a new college graduate: "scared but also a little excited."

U.S. cites China in cyber-spying case

Posted: 19 May 2014 07:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2014 file photo, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Ukraine Forum on Asset Recovery in central London. Holder and other federal law enforcement officials are expected to reveal criminal charges Monday in an international cyber-espionage case on Monday, May 19, 2014, said an official speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the case by name in advance of the announcement. (AP Photo/Andrew Winning, Pool, File)Hackers are accused of targeting U.S. nuclear power, metals and solar products industries.

Former NY Times editor to speak at Wake Forest

Posted: 19 May 2014 06:47 AM PDT

FILE - This April 19, 2010 file photo shows then New York Times Managing Editor Jill Abramson at the 2010 Matrix Awards in New York. Abramson is speaking to the class of 2014 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Monday, May 19, 2014, her first public appearance since her dismissal from The New York Times. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — In her first public appearance since her dismissal from The New York Times, former executive editor Jill Abramson is speaking to the class of 2014 at Wake Forest University.

Anderson gives speech on past sexual abuse

Posted: 19 May 2014 05:44 AM PDT

CANNES, France (AP) — Pamela Anderson has previously talked about being a survivor of rape, but in an emotional speech for her new charity, she credits animals with helping her survive years of abuse at the hands of others.

11 injured in subway explosion near Seoul

Posted: 19 May 2014 05:13 AM PDT

Seoul Subway Collision Injures More Than 100 PeopleAn explosion at a subway station south of Seoul injured 11 people, S. Korean sources say.

High gas levels apparently ignored at Turkish mine

Posted: 19 May 2014 04:57 AM PDT

Chief prosecutor Bekir Sahiner speaks to the media in the coal miners' town of Soma, Turkey, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Twenty-five people, including mining company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.(AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)SOMA, Turkey (AP) — Sensors noted high levels of toxic gas inside a coal mine days before the Turkish mining disaster that killed 301 workers but company officials took no action, Turkish news reports said Monday.

Activists: Death toll in Syria's war tops 160,000

Posted: 19 May 2014 03:51 AM PDT

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows buildings which were destroyed from a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, May. 17, 2014. The United Nations chief has condemned a cut in water supplies in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo that he said has deprived at least 2.5 million people of access to potable water. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll in Syria's three-year conflict has exceeded 160,000, an activist group said Monday, a harrowing figure that reflects the country's relentless bloodletting that appears no closer to a resolution.

Remember the marshmallow cannon? Time for White House science fair

Posted: 19 May 2014 03:04 AM PDT

Kids Invent the Darndest ThingsThe annual White House science fair puts a special emphasis this year on the importance of drawing girls and women into fields like engineering.

Plenty of memorable moments at Billboard Awards

Posted: 19 May 2014 03:04 AM PDT

Robin Thicke performs on stage at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Moments.

Chinese ship leaves Vietnam with workers

Posted: 19 May 2014 02:16 AM PDT

In this Sunday, May 18, 2014 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, passenger ships Wuzhishan, center, and Tongguling, left, are moored before setting sail to Vietnam , at Xiuying port in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province. A port official said the two Chinese passenger ships have arrived at a central Vietnamese port to evacuate Chinese nationals following deadly rioting last week. The official said the boats with a capacity of 1,000 passengers each arrived at Vung Ang early Monday, May 19. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wei Hua) NO SALESVUNG ANG, Vietnam (AP) — Hundreds of Chinese workers left Vietnam on Monday on a ship chartered by their government after Beijing's deployment of a large oil rig in a disputed patch of the South China Sea triggered deadly rioting last week.

Belgrade braces for flood surge

Posted: 19 May 2014 02:00 AM PDT

A man walks in front of a his flooded home in the village of Veliki Crljeni, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, May 18, 2014. In Serbia, more than 20,000 people have been forced from their homes. Officials there fear more flooding later Sunday as floodwaters travel down the Sava and reach the country. Serbian officials said that the flood wave might be lower than initially expected, because the river broke barriers upstream in Croatia and Bosnia. Experts said they expect Sava floodwaters to rise for two more days, then subside. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Belgrade is bracing for a river water surge that has threatened to inundate Serbia's main power plant and cause major power cuts in the capital as the Balkans struggles with the consequences of the worst flooding in southwestern Europe in more than a century.

AstraZeneca board rejects new offer from Pfizer

Posted: 19 May 2014 01:43 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — The board of AstraZeneca has rejected the improved $119 billion takeover offer from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, a decision that has led to sharp slide in the U.K. company's share price as investors think it effectively brings an end to the protracted and increasingly bitter takeover saga.

Mortar fire damages gas pipe in eastern Ukraine

Posted: 19 May 2014 01:29 AM PDT

Local residents look at flame from a damaged gas pipe after an impact of a mortar bomb, during fighting between Ukrainian government troops against pro-Russian militants, outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, early Monday, May 19, 2014. Lawmakers and officials from eastern Ukraine on Saturday poured criticism on the fledging central government, accusing it of ignoring legitimate grievances of the regions which have been overrun by pro-Russia militia fighting for independence. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Heavy mortar fire outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk has damaged a large gas pipeline and set off a fire.

Chinese ship to map seabed in search for MH370

Posted: 19 May 2014 12:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2014 file photo, a school utility worker mops a mural depicting the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at the Benigno CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Chinese navy survey ship will start mapping the seabed off the west Australian coast this week as part of the latest phase in the search for the Malaysian airliner, officials said Monday.

Syrian soccer goalie-turned-rebel becomes icon

Posted: 18 May 2014 11:36 PM PDT

In this Feb. 13, 2014 image made from amateur video posted by Shaam News Network (SNN), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, revolutionary goalkeeper Abdelbasit Sarout chants slogans during a demonstration in Homs, Syria. He began as a local hero on the soccer field, playing for the most popular team of his home city Homs and rising toward national stardom across Syria. But when the uprising against President Bashar Assad began, Sarout left all of it to lead peaceful protests, rallying thousands to demand Assad leave power. More than three years later, the former goalkeeper - now an armed fighter - has become a charismatic icon of the Syria's rebellion. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — He began as a local hero on the soccer field, playing for the most popular team of his home city Homs and rising toward national stardom across Syria. But when the uprising against President Bashar Assad began, Abdelbasit Sarout left all of it to lead peaceful protests, rallying thousands to demand Assad leave power.
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