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FTC says Snapchat deceived customers

Posted: 08 May 2014 12:16 PM PDT

FILE - This Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 file photo shows Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel in Los Angeles. Snapchat has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it deceived customers about the disappearing nature of messages they send through its service and collected users' contacts without telling them or asking for permission. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Snapchat has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it deceived customers about the disappearing nature of messages sent through its service and that it collected users' contacts without telling them or asking permission.

Residents: 50 bodies found in Nigeria violence

Posted: 08 May 2014 08:52 AM PDT

South Africans protest in solidarity against the abduction three weeks ago of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria by the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram and what protesters said was the failure of the Nigerian government and international community to rescue them, during a march to the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa Thursday, May 8, 2014. The kidnapping has ignited a viral social media campaign that has brought renewed attention to Boko Haram's campaign of violence, and protests around the world. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Residents of a town attacked by Boko Haram said at least 50 bodies have been recovered, many horribly burned, and they criticized security forces for failing to prevent the attack even though they had been warned that the Islamic militants were nearby.

Detectives not looking for suspects in fatal fire

Posted: 08 May 2014 07:48 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, flames destroy a mansion owned by former tennis star James Blake Wednesday May 7, 2014, in a gated community in Tampa, Fla. Officials have confirmed that three bodies have been found in the home. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Spokeswoman Cristal Bermudez Nunez says neighbors have told detectives that Blake hasn't lived in the house for a while and was renting it out. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)A spokeswoman for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says detectives are not looking for any suspects in the deaths of four people found in a burning home in Tampa, but she stopped short of calling the case a murder-suicide.

HHS nominee wins GOP praise

Posted: 08 May 2014 07:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 11, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama listens as his nominee to become Human Services secretary, current Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Burwell appears Thursday, May 8 before the Senate Health Committee, the first of two Senate committees that will hold hearings on her nomination. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for health secretary is winning GOP praise as she makes her first appearance before a Senate committee.

Pakistan releases American identified as FBI agent

Posted: 08 May 2014 07:19 AM PDT

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan released an FBI agent on bail Thursday after three days in custody, officials said, a move that is likely to prevent the situation from escalating into a diplomatic spat.

Pro-Russia insurgents to hold vote in east Ukraine

Posted: 08 May 2014 07:19 AM PDT

A pro-Russian gunman sets a banner which reads: DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine decided Thursday to go ahead with Sunday's referendum on autonomy or even independence despite a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin to postpone it.

Matt Bai: So George W. Bush isn't a monster, after all

Posted: 08 May 2014 05:58 AM PDT

Former President George W. BushIf you've just crash-landed from the planet known as Kepler-186f and have no experience with the human life form or its recent history, let me just clarify something for you: George W. Bush was a divisive and unsuccessful president. Economically, internationally, culturally — you name the category of leadership, and the results pretty much range from disappointment to disaster. A CBS News/New York Times poll clocked Bush's final approval rating at 22 percent, which is about as low as you can go in politics without needing a parole officer.

New frog species found in troubled Indian habitat

Posted: 08 May 2014 04:56 AM PDT

This undated photograph shows one of the 14 new species of so-called dancing frogs discovered by a team headed by University of Delhi professor Sathyabhama Das Biju in the jungle mountains of southern India. The study listing the new species brings the number of known Indian dancing frogs to 24 and attempts the first near-complete taxonomic sampling of the single-genus family found exclusively in southern India's lush mountain range called the Western Ghats, which stretches 1,600 kilometers (990 miles) from the west state of Maharashtra down to the country's southern tip. (AP Photo/Satyabhama Das Biju)NEW DELHI (AP) — Scientists have discovered 14 new species of so-called dancing frogs in the jungle mountains of southern India — just in time, they fear, to watch them fade away.

Pakistan court bails out man US said is FBI agent

Posted: 08 May 2014 04:25 AM PDT

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court released an American on bail Thursday that the U.S. had identified as an FBI agent, police said.

Putin oversees Russian nuclear forces exercise

Posted: 08 May 2014 03:36 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has overseen a military exercise involving Russia's nuclear forces amid escalating tensions over Ukraine.

NFL draft prospects consider life in the big time

Posted: 08 May 2014 03:36 AM PDT

This May 6, 2014 photo shows NFL Draft prospect Kony Ealy, a defensive end from Missouri, getting a haircut during the 5th Annual NFL Pre-Draft Gifting & Style Suite at the Sean John showroom in New York. Ealy is among dozens of prospects on the National Football League's annual draft, with 32 players per round and seven rounds, beginning Thursday night at Radio City. Ealy is projected to go late in the first round. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)NEW YORK (AP) — Wearing diamond studs and pressing a cellphone to his ear, Missouri defensive end Kony Ealy saunters into a gift suite, compliments of Diddy, and closes his eyes as he slides into a barber chair for a trim.

Syrian TV: Huge explosion levels Aleppo hotel

Posted: 08 May 2014 01:13 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state television is reporting that a "huge explosion" in the northern city of Aleppo has leveled a hotel and several other buildings in a government-held area.

Obama taps tech world for cash amid privacy debate

Posted: 08 May 2014 01:13 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at the USC Shoah Foundation's 20th anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity gala in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Obama received an award from the foundation created by movie director Steven Spielberg and plans to spend three days in California where he will raise money for the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)LOS ANGELES (AP) — They come from different worlds — the buttoned-down political culture of Washington and the entrepreneurial, socks-optional, let's-do-this-faster ethos of Silicon Valley.

Grenade thrown at home of Thai judge

Posted: 07 May 2014 10:52 PM PDT

Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra talks to media during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Yingluck was ordered by a court to step down Wednesday in a divisive ruling that handed a victory to anti-government protesters who have staged six months of street protests - but does little to resolve the country's political crisis. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)BANGKOK (AP) — A grenade was thrown at the home of a judge on Thailand's Constitutional Court that a day earlier had ousted the country's prime minister for abuse of power, police said Thursday.

Westbrook, Durant help Thunder beat Clippers

Posted: 07 May 2014 10:06 PM PDT

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin is fouled by Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (9) in the first quarter of Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook had a triple-double, MVP Kevin Durant fell one assist short and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-101 on Wednesday night to tie their Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece.

Head of South Korea ferry owner detained

Posted: 07 May 2014 09:50 PM PDT

Relatives (C) aboard a ship visit the site of the sunken Sewol ferry at sea off Jindo on April 24, 2014The head of the maritime company that owns the South Korean ferry that sank with the loss of around 300 lives last month was detained Thursday ahead of formal manslaughter charges. Prosecutors said Kim Han-Sik, chief executive of Chonghaejin Marine Co., was taken into custody at his home and would be formally arraigned later in the day. \"Kim faces various charges including manslaughter and violating maritime law,\" senior prosecutor Yang Jung-Jin told AFP. The captain of the Sewol ferry has already been arrested along with 14 crew members and four lower-ranking Chonghaejin Marine officials.

Simon makes 1st public appearance since arrest

Posted: 07 May 2014 09:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday April 28, 2014, file photo, Singer Paul Simon, left, and his wife Edie Brickell appear at a hearing in Norwalk Superior Court in Norwalk, Conn. Paul Simon performed a rousing set and accepted an award from New York University in his first public appearance since he and wife Edie Brickell were arrested on disorderly conduct charges, on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. (AP Photo/The Hour, Alex von Kleydorff, Pool, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Simon performed a rousing set and accepted an award from New York University in his first public appearance since he and wife Edie Brickell were arrested on disorderly conduct charges.

Head of sunken ferry's owner in S. Korea detained

Posted: 07 May 2014 07:28 PM PDT

A girl with a man puts a paper ship she made to pay tribute to the victims and missing passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol at a group memorial altar in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The ferry disaster left more than 200 people dead, with others still missing. Government and civilian divers are fighting rapid currents as they try to retrieve the remaining bodies. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors say they have detained the head of the company that owns the ferry that sank last month over an allegation of cargo overloading.

House votes to hold ex-IRS official in contempt

Posted: 07 May 2014 06:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 22, 2013, file photo, then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. The House is preparing to vote May 7, on holding Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify at a pair of committee hearings about her role in the agency's tea party controversy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans voted Wednesday to hold a former Internal Revenue Service official in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify at a pair of committee hearings about her role in the agency's tea party controversy.

Colorado lawmakers approve plan for pot banking

Posted: 07 May 2014 05:52 PM PDT

Colorado lawmakers have approved a plan for the first financial system designed specifically for the burgeoning marijuana industry.

NFL Draft 2014: Prospects ready to end long wait

Posted: 07 May 2014 04:50 PM PDT

South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney smiles during an NFL football event in New York, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The event was to promote Play 60, an NFL program which encourages kids to be active for a healthy life. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — Jadeveon Clowney just wants it to be over already.

Police: Fire at Florida home was arson; 4 dead

Posted: 07 May 2014 04:03 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, flames destroy a mansion owned by former tennis star James Blake Wednesday May 7, 2014, in a gated community in Tampa, Fla. Officials have confirmed that three bodies have been found in the home. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Spokeswoman Cristal Bermudez Nunez says neighbors have told detectives that Blake hasn't lived in the house for a while and was renting it out. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The "unusual" fire at a Florida mansion belonging to a former tennis star was intentionally set and a family of four was discovered in the charred remains, police said Wednesday.

Islamic militant attack in Nigeria kills hundreds

Posted: 07 May 2014 03:31 PM PDT

People attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped school girls from the Chibok government secondary school, outside the defense headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday May 6, 2014. Their plight — and the failure of the Nigerian military to find them — has drawn international attention to an escalating Islamic extremist insurrection that has killed more than 1,500 so far this year. Boko Haram, the name means LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic militants who have triggered international outrage over the kidnapping of more than 270 Nigerian schoolgirls opened fire on a busy marketplace, killing hundreds of people in a new spasm of violence in the country's northeast.

Alibaba IPO poses pivotal test for Yahoo CEO

Posted: 07 May 2014 03:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2012 file photo, men walk past the corporate logo at the headquarters compound of Alibaba Group in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Alibaba Group is aiming to raise $1 billion in a long-awaited IPO likely to have ripple effects across the Internet. The Tuesday, May 6, 2014 filing sets the stage for the technology industry's biggest initial public offering since short messaging service Twitter and its early investors collected $1.8 billion in its stock market debut last fall. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will face a $10 billion decision in a few months.

Obama climate rules can't wait 'til after election

Posted: 07 May 2014 03:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 24, 2013, file photo, the Capitol Dome is seen behind the Capitol Power Plant in Washington. Democrats running for election in key states are worried about the political fallout from unprecedented greenhouse-gas limits soon to be announced by fellow Democrat Barack Obama's administration. They wish Obama would wait until after November's elections, but if he doesn't start now the rules won't be in place by the time he leaves office. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Within weeks, President Barack Obama's administration is set to unveil unprecedented emissions limits on power plants across the U.S., much to the dismay of many Democratic candidates who are running for election in energy-producing states. Fearful of a political backlash, they wish their fellow Democrat in the White House would hold off until after the voting.
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