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Police dig into fatal shooting of Jace's wife

Posted: 21 May 2014 12:16 PM PDT

Los Angeles County coroner's officials remove the body of April Jace, the wife of actor Michael Jace, from the couple's home in the Hyde Park area of Los Angeles Tuesday morning, May 20, 2014. Michael Jace, who played a police officer on the hit TV show LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jace projected the image of a doting, hands-on father and husband to neighbors, but authorities say they are now trying to determine what prompted the veteran actor to apparently shoot and kill his wife while their young sons were in the home.

Recovery from Balkan floods will cost billions

Posted: 21 May 2014 11:44 AM PDT

Residents clean streets of mud and rubble after a landslide at the village of Topcic Polje, near the Bosnian town of Zenica, 90 kilometers north of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tuesday May 20, 2014. Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia have been hit by the worst flooding in more than 100 years, forcing half a million people out of their homes and leading to more than three dozen deaths. (AP Photo/Sulejman Omerbasic)SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Recovering from the historic floods in the last week will cost Bosnia and Serbia billions that neither country has, officials said Wednesday.

Cleaner air could mean higher electric bills

Posted: 21 May 2014 11:27 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Electricity prices are probably on their way up across much of the U.S. as coal-fired plants, the dominant source of cheap power, shut down in response to environmental regulations and economic forces.

Nigeria militants attack again, as Jos counts dead

Posted: 21 May 2014 10:36 AM PDT

bomb blast at a bus terminal in Jos, NigeriaJOS, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram militants attacked three villages in Nigeria, killing 48 people, residents said Wednesday, as rescue workers in the central city of Jos dug into the rubble of destroyed buildings, searching for the missing a day after two bombs loaded in vehicles killed more than 100.

A look at major attacks by Nigeria extremists

Posted: 21 May 2014 10:36 AM PDT

Map locates Jos, Nigeria; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Here is a look at recent major attacks attributed to Nigeria's Islamic extremists, Boko Haram, who have killed more than 2,000 people this year:

Nigeria extremists attack more villages; 48 dead

Posted: 21 May 2014 10:36 AM PDT

bomb blast at a bus terminal in Jos, NigeriaLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram militants have attacked three villages in Nigeria, killing 48 people. One village is near the town of Chibok, where more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped last month.

With martial law, Thai government nearly powerless

Posted: 21 May 2014 10:36 AM PDT

A Thai soldier checks barbed wire while guarding a road near pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Thailand's army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha assumed the role of mediator Wednesday by summoning the country's key political rivals for face-to-face talks one day after imposing martial law. The meeting ended without any resolution, however, underscoring the profound challenge the army faces in trying to end the country's crisis. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)BANGKOK (AP) — The question to Thailand's army chief was a basic one: After he declared martial law this week, would he be consulting the government? His response encapsulated the increasingly surreal nature of this Southeast Asian country's political crisis.

Libya's rogue general gains stream of new allies

Posted: 21 May 2014 07:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 file photo, then Libyan senior Rebel commander Khalifa Hifter leaves a press conference in the court house in the center of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Libya's army chief ordered the deployment of Islamist-led militias to the capital Tripoli on Monday, May 19, 2014 in response to the storming of parliament by forces loyal to a renegade general, paving the way for a possible showdown between rival militia fighters. The revolt by Gen. Khalifa Hifter threatens to detonate the long volatile divisions among the multiple militias that dominate Libya amid the weakness of the central government and military. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's Interior Ministry, along with the country's the U.N. ambassador and the commander of the air force, backed a renegade general's offensive against Islamist lawmakers and extremist militias, further building support Wednesday for a campaign the government has described as a coup.

Rescuers dig for victims of Nigerian car bombs

Posted: 21 May 2014 07:42 AM PDT

bomb blast at a bus terminal in Jos, NigeriaJOS, Nigeria (AP) — Rescue workers armed with body bags on Wednesday dug into the rubble of buildings destroyed by two car bombs in a central Nigerian city as people searched for loved ones missing in the market attack that killed at least 118.

EBay asks users to change password after breach

Posted: 21 May 2014 07:42 AM PDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords.

Veteran actor tells police he shot and killed wife

Posted: 21 May 2014 06:39 AM PDT

Los Angeles County coroner's officials remove the body of April Jace, the wife of actor Michael Jace, from the couple's home in the Hyde Park area of Los Angeles Tuesday morning, May 20, 2014. Michael Jace, who played a police officer on the hit TV show LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jace projected the image of a doting, hands-on father and husband to neighbors, but authorities are now trying to determine what prompted the veteran actor to tell police he shot and killed his wife while his young sons were in the home.

Cost per inch? In millions for French train flub

Posted: 21 May 2014 06:05 AM PDT

A Regional Express Train, or TER, is sationed along a platform at the Saint Lazare station in Paris, Wednesday May 21, 2014. Engineers at the French railway network forgot to measure the actual distance between lines and platforms, before ordering 341 new trains, which were to be introduced between now and 2016. It will cost 50 million euros ($68 million) to fix the problem. Nearly 1,300 stations are just a few centimeters (inches) too narrow. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)PARIS (AP) — They measured the new trains, they checked against the latest specs on the book. But engineers at the French railway network forgot to go and measure the actual distance between lines and platforms — a mistake that will cost 50 million euros ($68 million) to fix.

Dozens charged in child porn case in NYC area

Posted: 21 May 2014 05:48 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A five-week investigation has resulted in charges against at least 70 men and one woman in the New York City area in what officials called one of the largest-ever roundups locally of people who anonymously trade child porn over the Internet.

Balkans flood recovery will take billions

Posted: 21 May 2014 05:34 AM PDT

Orlic Elvir, 40, helps, as an volunteer, to clean a house damaged by a landslide at the village of Topcic Polje, near the Bosnian town of Zenica, 90 kilometers north of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Tuesday May 20, 2014. Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia have been hit by the worst flooding in more than 100 years, forcing half a million people out of their homes and leading to more than three dozen deaths. (AP Photo/Sulejman Omerbasic)As floodwaters recede in Bosnia and Serbia, local officials realize costly impact.

Analysis: GOP avoids past mistakes in Senate picks

Posted: 21 May 2014 05:02 AM PDT

Republican candidate for Senate Jack Kingston speaks to supporters during an election-night watch party Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Atlanta. Kingston will face David Perdue in a run-off election. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday's elections are the best proof yet that Republicans are avoiding previous mistakes and improving their chances of controlling the Senate during President Barack Obama's final two years in office.

Report: Prince Charles compared Putin to Hitler

Posted: 21 May 2014 04:27 AM PDT

Prince Charles arrives in the rain at a Canadian Forces Base airport in Winnipeg, Canada, May 20, 2014 (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, David Lipnowski)LONDON (AP) — British politicians and royal-watchers expressed criticism, and some sympathy, Wednesday at reported comments by Prince Charles comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine to the territory-seizing of Adolf Hitler.

Rescuers to dig for victims of Nigerian car bombs

Posted: 21 May 2014 03:56 AM PDT

bomb blast at a bus terminal in Jos, NigeriaJOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police anti-bomb squad officers on Wednesday dug into a crater left by one of two bombs that exploded in a bustling marketplace and bus station in a central Nigerian city as people searched for missing loved ones after the horrific attack that left at least 118 people dead.

Egypt's ousted leader Mubarak gets three years in jail

Posted: 21 May 2014 02:52 AM PDT

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is seen in the courtroom for his trial at the Police Academy in CairoAn Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on charges of stealing public funds. "The court orders Mohamed Hosni Mubarak to be sent to jail for three years," said judge Osama Shaheen as Mubarak looked on from a cage flanked by his sons, who were sentenced to four years in jail on the same charges. The court fined Mubarak and his sons 21.197 million Egyptian pounds ($2.98 million) and ordered them to repay about 125 million Egyptian pounds of funds the court said they had stolen. Mubarak's former intelligence chief, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is poised to be elected president next week.

Usher nabs first 'Voice' victory with Josh Kaufman

Posted: 21 May 2014 02:39 AM PDT

Josh Kaufman, left, poses with his trophy with Usher after the 38-year-old from team Usher was crowned the season six winner of NBC's UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Soulful rocker Josh Kaufman has the winning voice.

Missouri inmate's hopes rest with Supreme Court

Posted: 21 May 2014 01:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2014 file photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections is Russell Bucklew who is scheduled to die for killing a romantic rival as part of a crime spree in southeast Missouri in 1996. Bucklew, who suffers from a congenital condition that causes weakened and malformed blood vessels, told the Associated Press Friday, May 16, 2014 that he is scared that the lethal drug could cause him to suffer or be left alive but brain-dead. His would be the first execution since Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack 43 minutes after a vein collapsed following injection. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections, File)BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate's hopes rest with the U.S. Supreme Court after he got a reprieve shortly before his scheduled execution.

AP NewsBreak: WNBA to market to LGBT community

Posted: 21 May 2014 12:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner, the No. 1 overall pick the WNBA draft, speaks during a news conference in Phoenix. The WNBA is launching a campaign to market specifically to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. It's the first league to design such a campaign. Griner, who is one of a handful of WNBA athletes who have publicly identified themselves as lesbian, was happy the league was embracing the community. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is launching a campaign to market specifically to the LGBT community, a move that makes it the first pro league to specifically recruit gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered fans to its games.

Christian exodus shadows papal visit to Holy Land

Posted: 21 May 2014 12:14 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, May 18, 2014, a dog guards the roof of a property that is under dispute in court where a Christian family accuses the house occupants of false ownership, in the West Bank town of Beit Jala. Pope Francis will be arriving this weekend to the land where Christianity was born, and where Christians are disappearing. The Christian community in the Holy Land is one of the oldest in the world. But it has dwindled to around 2 percent of the population today, as economic hardship, violence and the bitter realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have sent them searching for better opportunities overseas. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Pope Francis will arrive this weekend in the land where Christianity was born — and where Christians are disappearing.

Ex-players say teams gave pain pills 'like candy'

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:58 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 26, 1986 file photo shows Chicago Bears quarterback, Jim McMahon (9) bumping helmets with Keith Van Horne during Super Bowl XX in New Orleans. A group of retired NFL players says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the league, thirsty for profits, illegally supplied them with risky narcotics and other painkillers that numbed their injuries for games and led to medical complications down the road. The complaint names eight players, including three members of the Super Bowl champion 1985 Chicago Bears: defensive lineman Richard Dent, offensive lineman Keith Van Horne, and quarterback Jim McMahon. Lawyers seek class-action status, and they say in the filing that more than 400 other former players have signed on to the lawsuit. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)Former NFL lineman Jeremy Newberry says he often hobbled into the 49ers locker room using a walking boot and crutches, then lined up behind as many as two dozen teammates for treatment — in his case, a shot of the painkiller Toradol. Ten minutes later, he sprinted onto the field to play.

Supreme Court justice suspends Missouri execution

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2014 file photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections is Russell Bucklew who is scheduled to die for killing a romantic rival as part of a crime spree in southeast Missouri in 1996. Bucklew, who suffers from a congenital condition that causes weakened and malformed blood vessels, told the Associated Press Friday, May 16, 2014 that he is scared that the lethal drug could cause him to suffer or be left alive but brain-dead. His would be the first execution since Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack 43 minutes after a vein collapsed following injection. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections, File)BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued an order late Tuesday suspending the planned execution of a Missouri inmate with a little more than an hour to spare before the inmate's scheduled lethal injection.

Supreme Court justice halts Missouri execution

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2014 file photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections is Russell Bucklew who is scheduled to die for killing a romantic rival as part of a crime spree in southeast Missouri in 1996. Bucklew, who suffers from a congenital condition that causes weakened and malformed blood vessels, told the Associated Press Friday, May 16, 2014 that he is scared that the lethal drug could cause him to suffer or be left alive but brain-dead. His would be the first execution since Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack 43 minutes after a vein collapsed following injection. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections, File)BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has issued an order halting the planned execution of a Missouri inmate.
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