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9 acrobats hurt in fall during aerial circus stunt

Posted: 04 May 2014 12:22 PM PDT

In a cell phone photo provided by Tara Griggs, emergency workers tend to injured performers after a platform collapsed, Sunday, May 4, 2014, during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus' Legends show at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. At least nine people were injured in the fall, including a dancer below. Roman Garcia, general manager of the show, said the accident occurred during the PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight entertainers plummeting to the ground. Nine performers were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below.

8 hurt acrobats were on platform, 1 was on floor

Posted: 04 May 2014 11:21 AM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A spokesman says eight acrobats fell from a platform at a circus in Rhode Island while one dancer was injured on the floor below.

9 acrobats seriously hurt after falling at circus

Posted: 04 May 2014 11:06 AM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Nine acrobats were seriously injured Sunday after falling 25 to 40 feet from an aerial platform during a circus performance, a safety official said.

Powerade drops controversial ingredient

Posted: 04 May 2014 11:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, bottles of Powerade sports drink and other Coca-Cola products are chilled over ice in Orlando, Fla. A controversial ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, is being removed from some Powerade sports drinks. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola is dropping a controversial ingredient from its Powerade sports drink, after a similar move by PepsiCo's Gatorade last year.

Assad to face 2 others in Syrian presidential poll

Posted: 04 May 2014 10:20 AM PDT

People walk through the Damascus General Hospital past a portrait of the President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, May 4, 2014. An official with Syria's Supreme constitutional Court said Assad and two others will be candidates in coming June presidential elections. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)BEIRUT (AP) — Embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad will face two other candidates in the coming June presidential election, the country's Supreme Constitutional Court announced Sunday, a vote he's widely expected to win amid the country's raging civil war.

Activists: Rebel infighting in east Syria kills 62

Posted: 04 May 2014 06:42 AM PDT

FILE - This file photo released on Thursday Nov. 29, 2012 by the anti-government activist group Homs City Union of The Syrian Revolution, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens walking in a destroyed street that was attacked by Syrian forces warplanes, at Abu al-Hol street in Homs province, Syria. Syria's government and rebels agreed to a ceasefire on Friday, May 2, 2014 in the battleground city of Homs to allow hundreds of fighters holed up in its old quarters to evacuate, a deal that will bring the country's third-largest city under control of forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Homs City Union of The Syrian Revolution, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Heavy fighting between rival Islamic rebel groups in eastern Syria has killed 62 fighters and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes over several days of violence, activists said Sunday.

US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students

Posted: 04 May 2014 05:40 AM PDT

Lyle Alderson, left, a former teacher, with his wife Jan Alderson, a high school science teacher, both of Overland Park, Kansas, and Kevin Gilbert, 42, of Ridgeland, Miss., right, a member-at-large on the National Education Association (NEA) executive committee and a former social studies teacher and coach, are interviewed in Washington on Thursday, May 1, 2014. Mrs. Alderson is a National Teacher Hall of Fame inductee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students.

Ukraine PM appeals for unity after Odessa tragedy

Posted: 04 May 2014 05:40 AM PDT

A child walks carrying a shield back dropped by police troops guarding the burnt trade union building in Odessa, Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2014, where more than 30 people died trying to escape during clashes the day before. Odessa had been largely tranquil since the February toppling of President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia. But clashes erupted Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in the key port on the Black Sea coast, located 550 kilometers (330 miles) from the turmoil in the east. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's prime minister on Sunday visited the city where a horrific blaze killed dozens of pro-Russian demonstrators during political riots — seeking to defuse mounting tensions by calling the deaths a "tragedy for all Ukraine."

Ultra-Orthodox quietly joining Israeli military

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:36 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 30, 2014, Jewish ultra-Orthodox military captain Moshe Prigan, 30, lays phylacteries for his morning prayer at home in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel. Prigan doesn't just serve in the military, he also recruits other ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to enlist, something the cloistered community has traditionally avoided doing. The issue of military service is at the core of a cultural war over the place of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israeli society today. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Moshe Prigan starts his day off just like many other men in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak with his morning prayer. It's only later that the routine takes an unexpected twist, when he puts on his air force uniform and heads to the Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv.

Focus now on Afghan families displaced by slide

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:21 AM PDT

Survivors sit on a hillside as others watch the rescue effort near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Saturday, May 3, 2014. Afghan rescuers and volunteers armed with shovels and little more than their bare hands dug through the mud Saturday after a massive landslide swept through a village the day before, turning it into an earthen tomb holding hundreds of bodies, officials said. Aid groups struggle to bring food, shelter and water to the region, as the government tries to ascertain just how many people were killed. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says authorities are trying to help 700 families who had to flee their homes after a landslide Friday buried a large swathe of their village.

First openly gay Episcopal bishop divorces husband

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this photo released by the Episcopal Dioceses of New Hampshire, Mark Andrew, left, and Bishop V. Gene Robinson are shown during their private civil union ceremony performed by Ronna Wise in Concord, N.H., in this Saturday June 7, 2008 file photo. Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, announced Saturday May 3, 2014 he is getting divorced from Andrew. (AP Photo/Episcopal Dioceses of New Hampshire, File)CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The first openly gay bishop in the Anglican church has announced he is divorcing his husband.

US offers $30M to Congo for upcoming elections

Posted: 04 May 2014 04:04 AM PDT

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry gives a press conference after meetings at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sunday, May 4, 2014. The United States is ready to help fund the demobilisation of Democratic Republic of Congo's rebels, a senior US official said on May 3 as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the country on the latest leg of an Africa tour. KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The United States is prepared to give Congo $30 million in aid for stability and democracy-building — but wants President Joseph Kabila (kah-BEE'-lah) to agree to step down at the end of his current term in office.

Obamacare to gridlock, fair game for Obama's jokes

Posted: 04 May 2014 01:44 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — From the bungled rollout of "Obamacare" to New Jersey gridlock to the hue of John Boehner's tan, all was fair game for President Barack Obama and his spirited but pointed humor when he took center stage as comedian in chief.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. wins a tough fight

Posted: 03 May 2014 11:37 PM PDT

Floyd Mayweather Jr., right, connects with a right to the head of Marcos Maidana, from Argentina, in their WBC-WBA welterweight title boxing fight Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)LAS VEGAS (AP) — It might have been the toughest $32 million Floyd Mayweather Jr. ever made.

Obama takes humorous jabs at health care stumble

Posted: 03 May 2014 09:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Little was sacred when President Barack Obama tossed out playful but pointed jokes Saturday night — not even his own health care plan.

California Chrome breaks away for Derby win

Posted: 03 May 2014 06:54 PM PDT

Victor Espinoza rides California Chrome to victory during the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A horse with a humble pedigree. A couple of working stiff owners. A 77-year-old trainer with his first Kentucky Derby horse.

NBA to appoint CEO to supervise Clippers

Posted: 03 May 2014 06:54 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)NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA said Saturday it will appoint a chief executive officer to supervise the Los Angeles Clippers' operations.

Charge: Alaska man, 19, shot troopers from behind

Posted: 03 May 2014 05:36 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Department of Public Safety shows Alaska State Trooper Gabriel ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old man shot and killed two Alaska state troopers from behind with an assault rifle as they struggled to arrest his father.

California Chrome wins 140th Kentucky Derby

Posted: 03 May 2014 04:33 PM PDT

Victor Espinoza rides California Chrome to victory during the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — California Chrome pulled away down the stretch for a dominant win at the 140th Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Biden: Immigration crucial to American innovation

Posted: 03 May 2014 04:33 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden, center, smiles after arriving for a graduation ceremony at the Miami Dade College in Miami, Saturday, May 3,2014. Biden said a The U.S. vice president touts immigration at a college graduation ceremony in South Florida.

Kenya gov't: 3 killed in 2 blasts at Kenyan coast

Posted: 03 May 2014 02:26 PM PDT

People stand near to a bus with windows shattered after an explosion, in Mombasa Kenya, Saturday, May, 3, 2014. At least three have been confirmed dead and several others injured in twin explosions in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya, police said on Saturday. Mombasa Country police commander, Robert Kitur said they have not established the cause of the explosions at Reef Hotel Nyali and Mwembe Tayari in town. (AP Photo)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least three people were killed in a grenade blast in one of two explosions Saturday along the coast of Kenya, an east African country working to crack down on a recent wave of terrorist attacks.
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