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• U.S. measles cases at 20-year high
• 32 killed by rebel gunmen in Nigeria
• Jewish center shooting suspect appears in court, faces 5 new charges
• Guard in hot cell death has record
• Thai military seeks Facebook, Google cooperation with censorship
• Turkey highest court: YouTube ban violates rights
• Cambodian sex slavery activist quits U.S. foundation
• Nigeria's leader vows to bring girls home
• Sisi wins presidential election in landslide
• China suggests U.S. may have fabricated evidence for cyberattacks
• 5 things to know about Apple's duet with Beats
• White House touts energy policies as rules loom
• CIA drone strike program in Pakistan winding down
• Ukraine military helicopter shot down; 14 dead
• On Politics: Making sense of the Great Piketty Debate
• SF ISO ambitious charmer; SM seeks funny looker
• Searchers: Missing jet isn't in most likely zone
• Australia: Missing Malaysia plane not where pings heard
• Analysis: In Egypt, a pyrrhic landslide victory
• Apple adds more swagger with $3B Beats acquisition
• AP PHOTOS: Post-crackdown, a mining boomtown limps
• Spaceship with 3-man crew docks at space station
• Spaceship with 3-man crew docks to space station
• Obama's speech gets mixed response overseas
• 30 percent of world is now fat, no country immune

U.S. measles cases at 20-year high Posted: 29 May 2014 11:56 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Measles cases are accelerating, and in the last five months have caused more U.S. illnesses than in any entire year since 1996.

32 killed by rebel gunmen in Nigeria Posted: 29 May 2014 10:19 AM PDT Gunmen mounted on motorbikes killed at least 32 people in the northeastern Nigerian village of Gurmushi, police say.

Jewish center shooting suspect appears in court, faces 5 new charges Posted: 29 May 2014 09:16 AM PDT A white supremacist charged in the killings of three people at two Jewish facilities near Kansas City in April made a brief appearance in court on Thursday, acknowledging charges recently added against him.

Guard in hot cell death has record Posted: 29 May 2014 09:01 AM PDT A Rikers Island jail guard allegedly left her post prior to a mentally ill inmate's death in February.

Thai military seeks Facebook, Google cooperation with censorship Posted: 29 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT By Khettiya Jittapong, Manunphattr and Dhanananphorn BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military junta will send officials to Singapore and Japan in coming days to seek tighter censorship of social media from Facebook, Google Inc and instant messenger service Line, a government spokesman said on Thursday. But authorities have struggled to control activity online, where users have used social media to organize protests and express opposition to the coup.

Turkey highest court: YouTube ban violates rights Posted: 29 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's highest court on Thursday ruled that the country's ban on YouTube is a violation of freedom of expression — a set-back for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had advocated shutting down the video-sharing website.

Cambodian sex slavery activist quits U.S. foundation Posted: 29 May 2014 08:10 AM PDT A Cambodian woman who has been honored internationally for her work against sexual slavery has resigned from the New York-based foundation she helped found after reports alleged that she had distorted aspects of her personal history.

Nigeria's leader vows to bring girls home Posted: 29 May 2014 07:36 AM PDT ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's leader vowed on Thursday to "do everything possible to bring our daughters home," referring to the mass abduction of more than 300 schoolgirls, and said that the Islamic extremists who kidnapped them threaten the country's democratic gains.

Sisi wins presidential election in landslide Posted: 29 May 2014 06:49 AM PDT Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a landslide victory in a presidential election, but a low turnout may have deprived him of the strong mandate he needs to fix the economy and face down an Islamist insurgency.

China suggests U.S. may have fabricated evidence for cyberattacks Posted: 29 May 2014 05:45 AM PDT China's suggested on Thursday that the United States had fabricated evidence to underpin accusations of cyber attacks and had incited China's neighbors to "stir up trouble" in disputed waters. The United States last week accused five Chinese military officers of hacking into U.S. companies to steal trade secrets. Asked about proof behind the U.S. allegations, ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said it would be easy for the United States to fabricate evidence. "In the field of Internet technology and infrastructure, the U.S. is blessed with an advantage, so fabricating some so-called 'evidence' is certainly no hardship," spokesman Geng Yansheng told a briefing, according to a statement on the ministry's website.

5 things to know about Apple's duet with Beats Posted: 29 May 2014 04:53 AM PDT CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook looked like he wanted to dance Wednesday as he discussed his company's $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics. The deal, by far the most expensive in Apple's 38-year history, will give the iPhone and iPod maker a line of trendy headphones known for their hip appearance and thumping bass sound.

White House touts energy policies as rules loom Posted: 29 May 2014 04:52 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting the stage for upcoming restrictions on coal-fired power plants, the Obama administration is making a concerted effort to cast its energy policy as an economic success that is creating jobs, securing the nation against international upheavals and shifting energy use to cleaner sources.

CIA drone strike program in Pakistan winding down Posted: 29 May 2014 04:22 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Just after midnight last Christmas, Pakistani officials say, two Hellfire missiles from a U.S. drone slammed into a house in Miramshah, Pakistan, killing four militants.

Ukraine military helicopter shot down; 14 dead Posted: 29 May 2014 04:19 AM PDT SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Rebels in eastern Ukraine shot down a government military helicopter Thursday amid heavy fighting around the eastern city of Slovyansk, killing 14 soldiers including a general, Ukraine's leader said.

On Politics: Making sense of the Great Piketty Debate Posted: 29 May 2014 04:19 AM PDT While you were grilling burgers over the long holiday weekend, a cadre of academics were locked away in their studies, pouring over data sets by lamplight and banging out blog posts about the French economist Thomas Piketty. Did somebody say "party?"

SF ISO ambitious charmer; SM seeks funny looker Posted: 29 May 2014 01:27 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Who ever said the dating game was logical?

Searchers: Missing jet isn't in most likely zone Posted: 28 May 2014 11:21 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian agency says investigators have concluded that the missing Malaysian jet is not within an area thought to be its most likely resting place after an unmanned submersible found no sign of the plane.

Australia: Missing Malaysia plane not where pings heard Posted: 28 May 2014 11:06 PM PDT Australian search officials said on Thursday they had finished searching an area near where four acoustic signals thought to be related to a missing Malaysian jetliner had been picked up, and had now discounted it as the final resting place of the plane. Authorities narrowed the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet last month after picking up a series of pings near the site where analysis of satellite data put the last location of the plane some 1,600 km (1,000 miles) off Australia's northwest. "The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has advised that the search in the vicinity of the acoustic detections can now be considered complete and in its professional judgement, the area can now be discounted as the final resting place of MH370," the agency in charge of the search said in a statement.

Analysis: In Egypt, a pyrrhic landslide victory Posted: 28 May 2014 11:06 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The election of Egypt's former military chief to the nation's presidency may be remembered for its central irony: He won in a historic landslide — only to shatter his image of invulnerability in the process.

Apple adds more swagger with $3B Beats acquisition Posted: 28 May 2014 10:05 PM PDT CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple is buying more flair, swagger and song-picking savvy with its $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, a headphone and music streaming specialist founded by rapper Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, one of the first recording executives to roll with the hip-hop culture.

AP PHOTOS: Post-crackdown, a mining boomtown limps Posted: 28 May 2014 10:05 PM PDT HUEPETUHE, Peru (AP) — This nearly half-century-old Amazon boomtown has gone bust with the government's recent crackdown on illegal gold mining.

Spaceship with 3-man crew docks at space station Posted: 28 May 2014 07:46 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft carrying a three-man crew docked successfully at the International Space Station on Thursday following a flawless launch.

Spaceship with 3-man crew docks to space station Posted: 28 May 2014 07:46 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft carrying a three-man crew docked successfully to the International Space Station following a flawless launch.

Obama's speech gets mixed response overseas Posted: 28 May 2014 06:14 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech emphasizing soft power and alliances over military might crystallized into a single speech what many experts said Wednesday was an inevitable — and welcome — evolution of U.S. foreign policy.

30 percent of world is now fat, no country immune Posted: 28 May 2014 04:42 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.

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