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Water flows uphill? Maybe, in California drought

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT

File - This undated file photo released by the California Department of Water Resources shows water making its way south through the Central Valley by way of the California Aqueduct. The California Aqueduct has been ferrying water from the state's verdant north to the south's arid croplands and cities since Gov. Jerry Brown's father was in office half a century ago. But now, amid one of the worst droughts on record, a group of farmers want to route some of that water back uphill. (AP Photo/California Department of Water Resources, Dale Kolke, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Water has flowed from Northern California's snow-capped peaks to the south's parched cities ever since the California Aqueduct was built in the 1960s. Now, amid one of the worst droughts in history, state officials are considering an audacious plan to send some of the water back uphill.

Illegal home-brewed liquor kills at least 50 in Kenya

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT

home brewed alcoholic liquorAt least 50 people in Kenya have died this week from drinking illegal liquor, local media and officials said on Tuesday. Television footage showed victims writhing in pain in hospitals in the eastern and central counties of Embu, Kitui and Kiambu. In Kiambu County, where 11 people died, Police Commander James Mugera said authorities were looking out for more victims. Embu Police Commander William Okello said at least 24 people died while 77 were in hospital after consuming the brew.

Keystone bid stalls as Senate prepares for energy debate

Posted: 06 May 2014 10:09 AM PDT

Jerry Seib: Senate Democrats' Win-Win on KeystoneThe U.S. Senate agreed on Tuesday to begin debate on a bipartisan energy efficiency bill, but seems unlikely to pass it unless lawmakers agree on how to proceed with the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline project.

Northern Ireland police chief defends Adams arrest

Posted: 06 May 2014 10:06 AM PDT

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams gets a warm welcome from a woman on the Andersonstown road in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 5, 2014. A police evidence file documenting Gerry Adams' Irish Republican Army career has been delivered to British state prosecutors in Belfast, but experts say the chances of the Sinn Fein leader being charged are slim on legal, political and particularly national-security grounds. Adams, 65, walked free Sunday after five days of police interrogation and declared his innocence in the unsolved 1972 abduction, slaying and secret burial of a Belfast mother of 10, Jean McConville. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)DUBLIN (AP) — Northern Ireland's police chief says it was right to arrest Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams over a 1972 Irish Republican Army killing even though no charges have been filed because a judge found the evidence warranted an extended interrogation.

Missouri enacts first income tax cut in almost a century

Posted: 06 May 2014 10:06 AM PDT

Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones stands behind a lectern with microphones Tuesday, April 22, 2014, alongside Sen. Will Kraus, left, and other Republican lawmakers during a news conference at the Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Jones said Republicans remain supportive of an income tax cut sponsored by Kraus, despite Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's new assertion that it could bust a $4.8 billion hole in the state budget. (AP Photo/David Lieb)Missouri's Republican-led Legislature enacted the state's first income tax rate reduction in almost a century Tuesday by overriding the veto of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, who has denounced it as a reckless.

Florida men rescued after 17 hours at sea

Posted: 06 May 2014 08:46 AM PDT

Two fishermen who had only their capsized boat and a small cooler full of food and water to survive were rescued after 17 hours at sea.

Ukraine tightens cordon around rebellious city

Posted: 06 May 2014 08:46 AM PDT

Pro-Russian gunmen carry their weapons at the local administration building in the center of Slovyansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Gunbattles took place at various positions around the city Monday in what has proven the most ambitious government effort to date to quell unrest in the mainly Russian-speaking east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops tightened a security cordon around a major insurgent-held eastern city Tuesday, but pro-Russia militia acted with impunity elsewhere in the turbulent region bordering Russia, surrounding a major Interior Ministry base.

New documentary explores South Africa mine shootings

Posted: 06 May 2014 08:46 AM PDT

A policeman gestures in front of some of the dead miners after they were shot outside a South African mine in RustenburgIt was like a scene from the darkest days of apartheid: South African police opening fire with live ammunition, killing 34 striking black miners demanding a "living wage" from an international firm rich in capital. But the killings outside of the Marikana mine of platinum company Lonmin happened on August 16, 2012, almost two decades after Nelson Mandela's "Rainbow Nation" exchanged white-minority rule for multi-racial democracy.

Federal report: Warming disrupts Americans' lives

Posted: 06 May 2014 08:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 30, 2013, file photo, water splashes over the Center Street Dam in the swollen Des Moines River in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Climate change's assorted harms WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal scientific report. And those shining seas? Rising and costly, the report says.

Egypt bans Mubarak party leaders from elections

Posted: 06 May 2014 07:12 AM PDT

In this image made from video broadcast on Egypt's State Television, Egypt's retired Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi listens to a question during an interview in a nationally televised program in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 5, 2014. Former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said that he decided to run for president of Egypt because of the CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned leaders of the country's former ruling party under ousted President Hosni Mubarak from running in any elections, a vague ruling that could bar former officials of that regime from returning to politics for the time being.

AP PHOTOS: Rare disease afflicts Brazilian village

Posted: 06 May 2014 07:10 AM PDT

In this March 3, 2014 photo, Djalma Antonio Jardim who has a rare inherited skin disease known as xeroderma pigmentosum, or ARARAS, Brazil (AP) — This is a village where the people melt away.

Eight more girls abducted in Nigeria

Posted: 06 May 2014 07:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday April 21, 2014 file photo, four female students of government secondary school Chibok, who were abducted by gunmen and reunited with their families walk in Chibok, Nigeria. The number of kidnapped schoolgirls missing in Nigeria has risen to 276, up by more than 30 from a previous estimate, police said, adding that the actual number abducted by Islamic extremists on April 14 was more than 300. Police Commissioner Tanko Lawan said the number of girls and young women who have escaped also has risen, to 53. (AP Photo/ Haruna Umar, File)Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped the girls, aged 12-15, from a northeast village overnight, police said Tuesday.

My spring break with Big Liquor

Posted: 06 May 2014 06:07 AM PDT

Yahoo News spends five rowdy days on the American Whiskey Trail.

Fed report: Warming disrupting Americans' lives

Posted: 06 May 2014 06:07 AM PDT

FILE - This March 13, 2014 file photo shows cracks in the dry bed of the Stevens Creek Reservoir in Cupertino, Calif. The Obama administration is more certain than ever that global warming is changing Americans' daily lives and will worsen — conclusions that scientists will detail in a massive federal report to be released Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal scientific report. And those shining seas? Rising and costly, the report says.

Hash oil explosions rise with legalized marijuana

Posted: 06 May 2014 06:07 AM PDT

Wayne Winkler, who suffered burns to 12 percent of his body when butane fumes ignited while he was making hash oil at home, pets his dog Bailey, in his living room, in Denver, May 1, 2014. Winkler agreed to talk to The Associated Press to send a message that making hash oil at home is highly dangerous. Since marijuana became legal on Jan. 1, the state has seen nearly three dozen explosions caused by people making pot concentrates at home, and authorities are grappling with what to do about it. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)The opening months of Colorado's first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana industry have seen a rise in fiery explosions and injuries as pot users try to make the drug's intoxicating oil in crude home-based laboratories.

Phelps enters 2 events at North Carolina meet

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:49 AM PDT

Next up for Michael Phelps' comeback: Two events that produced Olympic gold.

Ukraine closes airport in eastern city

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:17 AM PDT

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The airport of a restive eastern Ukrainian city has been closed, one day after troops mounted an offensive against pro-Russian forces that killed at least a dozen people.

Israeli says he has found King David's citadel

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:17 AM PDT

In this Thursday, May 1, 2014, photo, Eli Shukron, an archeologist formerly with Israel's Antiquities Authority, walks in the City of David archaeological site near Jerusalem's Old City. Shukron, who excavated at the site for nearly two decades, says he believes there is strong evidence that it is the legendary citadel captured by King David in his conquest of Jerusalem, rekindling a longstanding academic and political debate about using the Bible as a field guide to identifying ancient ruins. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli archaeologist says he has found the legendary citadel captured by King David in his conquest of Jerusalem, rekindling a longstanding debate about using the Bible as a field guide to identifying ancient ruins.

Damascus opera suffers under mortar strikes

Posted: 05 May 2014 11:30 PM PDT

In this Sunday, May 4, 2014 photo, Syrian National Symphony Orchestra conductor Missak Baghboudarian, right, talks to a singer during a practice at art school which adjoins the Damascus Opera House in Damascus Syria. Two students were killed and five others were wounded when a mortar landed outside the Opera building in April 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Just as Leen Arbid entered the front gate of the Damascus Opera House, a potent symbol of the Assad family's decades-long authoritarian rule over Syria, she heard a deafening bang. And then, everything went black.

Chinese rights lawyer detained in latest clampdown

Posted: 05 May 2014 11:30 PM PDT

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have detained rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang in an apparent bid to deter activists from marking the upcoming 25th anniversary of a brutal military suppression of pro-democracy protesters.

Dominique Ansel, Nancy Silverton get Beard honors

Posted: 05 May 2014 09:56 PM PDT

Restauranteur Dominique Ansel attends the 2014 James Beard Foundation Awards on Monday, May 5, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)And you thought the lines to get a Cronut were bad before!

Civilian diver dies in South Korea ferry searches

Posted: 05 May 2014 09:10 PM PDT

A girl prays in front of paper ships bearing messages for the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol at a group memorial altar in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 5, 2014. More than 300 people are dead or missing in the water off the southern coast in the disaster that caused widespread grief, anger and shame. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A civilian diver involved in searches for dozens of missing people from the South Korean ferry disaster died Tuesday, as other divers helped by better weather and easing ocean currents were picking up efforts to retrieve more bodies from the sunken ship.

Clip suspected in circus accident; 8 hospitalized

Posted: 05 May 2014 07:51 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Rosa Viveiros, first responders work at the center ring after a platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Sunday, May 4, 2014, in Providence, R.I. At least nine performers were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below, while an unknown number of others suffered minor injuries. (AP Photo/Rosa Viveiros) MANDATORY CREDITPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Investigators suspect that a snapped clip sent eight aerial acrobats plummeting 20 feet or more during a daring act in which performers dangle from their hair. One injured performer told her father she didn't notice anything amiss before her "plunge into darkness."

Divers recover more bodies in South Korean ferry

Posted: 05 May 2014 06:48 PM PDT

A girl prays in front of paper ships bearing messages for the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol at a group memorial altar in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 5, 2014. More than 300 people are dead or missing in the water off the southern coast in the disaster that caused widespread grief, anger and shame. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A civilian diver involved in searches for dozens of missing people from a South Korean ferry disaster died Tuesday, as other divers helped by better weather and easing ocean currents were picking up efforts to retrieve bodies from the sunken ship.

Norman Rockwell's Red Sox classic shown at Fenway

Posted: 05 May 2014 05:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 26, 2005 file photo, Norman Rockwell's BOSTON (AP) — A Norman Rockwell painting of Boston Red Sox players that is estimated to sell for up to $30 million this month was shown off at Fenway Park Monday with two of the men depicted in the work on hand to reminisce about its creation.
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