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Senator urges Hillary Clinton to seek presidency

Posted: 03 May 2014 12:51 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton participates in A No Ceilings Conversation at Lower Eastside Girls Club in New YorkSenator Tim Kaine of Virginia on Saturday endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, even though the former secretary of state has not announced whether she will seek the White House in 2016. Kaine, who backed Barack Obama when he beat Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, announced his support on Twitter and at breakfast meeting of the South Carolina Women's Democratic Council in Columbia, South Carolina. "Today I encouraged Hillary Clinton to run for president & pledged my support for her candidacy if she does," Kaine said in a tweet that linked to his remarks on www.readyforhillary.com, website of one of the most prominent pro-Clinton organizations.

AP PHOTOS: Fashion show sweeps into West Bank

Posted: 03 May 2014 09:46 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, May 1, 2014, a model backstage is prepared to display a creation by designer Fayzeh Pearl ahead the opening day of the Palestine Fashion Week 2014, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. While Ramallah is not internationally known for fashion, organizers hope that its Palestinian Fashion Week will draw more attention to local designers. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The West Bank city of Ramallah is not internationally known for fashion, but organizers hope that its Palestinian Fashion Week will draw more attention to local designers.

Israel's race to succeed President Peres heats up

Posted: 03 May 2014 05:34 AM PDT

In this photograph taken on April 30, 2014, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tel Aviv, Israel. Ben-Eliezer is a former defense minister and one-time head of the Labor Party - another position Peres once held. Among those vying to become Israel's next president are a former defense minister, a former foreign minister, a former finance minister, a respected long-serving lawmaker and a Nobel Prize winner. Amazingly, the man they all seek to replace has held all of those titles and more during a legendary 65-year political career. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Among those vying to become Israel's next president are a former defense minister, a former foreign minister, a former finance minister, a respected long-serving lawmaker and a Nobel Prize winner. Amazingly, the man they all seek to replace has held all of those titles and more during a legendary 65-year political career.

Official: Boy who stowed away on jet leaves Hawaii

Posted: 03 May 2014 04:02 AM PDT

HONOLULU (AP) — The 15-year-old boy who survived a 5½-hour flight from California to Hawaii in a jet's wheel well has left the state, an official said late Friday.

OSCE observers held in Ukraine released

Posted: 03 May 2014 03:00 AM PDT

This image made from AP video shows people carrying a scaffolding frame through fires on the ground in Odessa, Ukraine, on Friday, May 2, 2014. Deadly clashes took place in the southern Ukraine port of Odessa on Friday, triggered by Ukraine's offensive to recapture the eastern city of Slovyansk from pro-Russia forces. (AP Photo via AP Video)SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released the seven OSCE military observers and five Ukrainian assistants who ahd been held for more than a week.

OSCE observers held in Ukraine being released

Posted: 03 May 2014 01:27 AM PDT

This image made from AP video shows people carrying a scaffolding frame through fires on the ground in Odessa, Ukraine, on Friday, May 2, 2014. Deadly clashes took place in the southern Ukraine port of Odessa on Friday, triggered by Ukraine's offensive to recapture the eastern city of Slovyansk from pro-Russia forces. (AP Photo via AP Video)SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The leader of pro-Russia insurgents in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk says the military observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe who were held for more than a week have been released.

White House reporters to honor black journalist

Posted: 03 May 2014 12:55 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Harry McAlpin was standing outside the Oval Office, moments away from becoming the first black reporter to attend a presidential press conference, when one of his contemporaries approached with a deal.

5 cautionary signs tucked into April's jobs report

Posted: 03 May 2014 12:39 AM PDT

In this April 10, 2014, photo, a sign points to a job fair on the campus of Kaplan University in Lincoln, Neb. At first glance, April's U.S. employment report suggested that the agonizingly slow 5½-year-old economic recovery has gained new momentum. Yet several cautionary signs emerged from the report. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers added a sizable 288,000 jobs in April.

Rescuers struggle to help Afghans hit by landslide

Posted: 03 May 2014 12:10 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says rescuers and hundreds of residents from nearby areas are trying to help people in a small village in northeastern Afghanistan hit by a massive landslide.

19 hurt in New York subway derailment

Posted: 02 May 2014 10:36 PM PDT

New York City firefighters attend an emergency after an F train derailed in WoodsideA New York City subway train carrying 1,000 riders derailed on Friday morning while traveling through a tunnel in the borough of Queens, injuring 19 people, city fire officials said. The incident, at 10:24 a.m., involved six cars in an eight-car Manhattan-bound 'F' line subway, they said. The cause of the derailment was not immediately known but MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast said the mass-transit agency will begin a full inspection of signals and tracks. My car went dark," said Connie Wang, 24, a freelance photographer who was riding in a car in the middle of the train.

Efrem Zimbalist Jr., star of 'The FBI,' dead at 95

Posted: 02 May 2014 10:04 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the son of famous musicians who gained television stardom in the 1950s-60s hit "77 Sunset Strip" and later "The FBI," has died at age 95.

Stiviano speaks about Sterling, recording

Posted: 02 May 2014 09:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, third right, sits with V. Stiviano, left, as they watch the Clippers play the Los Angeles Lakers during an NBA preseason basketball game in Los Angeles. NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday, April 29, 2014, that he is banning the owner for life from the Clippers organization over racist comments in recording. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)V. Stiviano says Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is confused and traumatized after the NBA banned him for life for racist statements he made during a recorded conversation with her.

Jury says Samsung infringed Apple patents

Posted: 02 May 2014 09:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 29, 2014, file photo, apple attorney Rachel Krevans, right, walks with others to a federal courthouse in San Jose, Calif. A California jury determined Friday May 2, 2014, that Samsung infringed Apple smartphone patents and awarded $120 million damages. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)SAN JOSE, California (AP) — A California jury awarded Apple $119 million — far less than it demanded — in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copying of smart phone features, and the jury made the victory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally used one of Samsung's patents.

Uruguay leader calls Colorado pot law 'a fiction'

Posted: 02 May 2014 05:57 PM PDT

Uruguay's President Jose Mujica sits outside his home during an interview on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, May 2, 2014. Mujica said Friday that his country's legal marijuana market will be much better than Colorado's, where he says the rules are based on MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — President Jose Mujica says Uruguay's legal marijuana market will be much better than the system in Colorado, which doesn't track the drug after sale. And he says the medical marijuana laws many U.S. states have adopted are based on "hypocrisy" because they enable people to fake illnesses to get prescription weed.

New York memorial held for L'Wren Scott

Posted: 02 May 2014 05:10 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 18, 2012 file photo shows fashion designer L'Wren Scott at the London Film Festival American Express Gala for NEW YORK (AP) — Designer L'Wren Scott was being remembered Friday evening at a celebrity-filled Manhattan memorial service attended by luminaries of the fashion world and Hollywood.

As wildfire fear rises, US tanker fleet incomplete

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:19 PM PDT

Smoke from a wildfire can bee seen in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Wednesday April 30, 2014. Schools and homes were evacuated Wednesday, as dry, gusty winds fanned a smoky wildfire in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains in California. At least three schools were shut down due to the smoky conditions in parts of Rancho Cucamonga, a city of 165,000 people east of Los Angeles. (AP photo/John Antczak)LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a vast swath of the West primed for wildfires, federal foresters are preparing for the worst with a budget that might run dry and a fleet of air tankers that in some cases aren't ready for takeoff.

Obama troubled by botched Oklahoma execution

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 17, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in Washington. Obama says the botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate highlights significant problems with the death penalty, and he's asking the attorney general for a review. Obama says he found inmate Clayton Lockett's execution on April 29 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday called the botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate "deeply troubling" and announced that he's going to ask the attorney general to analyze problems surrounding the application of the death penalty in the United States.

Ukraine offensive sparks deadly clashes in Odessa

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:12 PM PDT

Ukrainian government supporters clash with pro-Russians in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, Friday, May 2, 2014. A clash broke out late Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in Odessa, on the Black Sea coast some 550 kilometers (330 miles) from the turmoil in the east. Odessa had remained largely untroubled by unrest since the February toppling of pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych, which ignited tensions in the east. (AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov)SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's offensive to recapture an eastern city controlled by pro-Russia forces sharply escalated the crisis in the country's east and set off a clash Friday in the southern port of Odessa that police say killed 31 people.

Police: 38 dead in protest-linked Odessa fire

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:12 PM PDT

A Ukrainian government supporter holds a stone and a stick during a clash with pro-Russians in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, Friday, May 2, 2014. A clash broke out late Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in Odessa, on the Black Sea coast some 550 kilometers (330 miles) from the turmoil in the east. Odessa had remained largely untroubled by unrest since the February toppling of pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych, which ignited tensions in the east. (AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in the Ukrainian city of Odessa say 38 people have died as the result of a building fire that broke out during a clash between pro-Russia demonstrators and supporters of the central government in Kiev.
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