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Signs of reprisal killings emerge in Iraq

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:58 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Nearly four dozen Sunni detainees were gunned down at a jail north of Baghdad, a car bomb struck a Shiite neighborhood of the capital and four young Sunnis were found slain, as ominous signs emerged Tuesday that open warfare between the two main Muslim sects has returned to Iraq.

Blast hits World Cup viewing area in Nigeria

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:52 PM PDT

Emergency response workers walk by destroyed vehicles at the site of a car bomb blast where football fans were watching the final of the UEFA Champions League match the night before, at a viewing centre in the central Nigerian city of Jos, on May 25A bomb reportedly rocked a Nigerian venue where fans were watching a World Cup match.

Nabbed Libyan militant lived openly in Benghazi

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:03 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a Libyan man walking in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. To congressional Republicans, The Libyan militant suspected in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 attack on Americans in Benghazi was not a difficult man to find.

Reporter freed in Egypt after months-long detainment

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:45 PM PDT

Al Jazeera Warns Life Of Its Journalist Jailed In Egypt Is At RiskAn Al-Jazeera Arabic service journalist who had been on hunger strike for more than four months to protest his prolonged detention without charges in Egypt walked free to cheers.

$1.8M waterfront house built on parkland ordered removed

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:49 PM PDT

This June 16, 2014 photo shows $1.8 million waterfront house that a developer mistakenly built on park land in Narragansett, R.I., and which the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ordered it be removed. Construction began in 2009, but the developer didn't discover the error until 2011 when attempting to sell it. A foundation had been set up to preserve the property as a park in perpetuity, and the developer was told the land was not for sale. (AP Photo/WJAR-TV)A developer who mistakenly built a $1.8 million waterfront home on parkland has been ordered to remove it.

21 killed in Iraq blasts as militants press offensive

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:24 PM PDT

Iraqi Shiite tribesmen brandish their weapons to show their willingness to join security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants, on June 17, 2014 in NajafSigns of reprisal sectarian killings have emerged in Iraq amid a massive militant uprising.

Security firm: Cheap Chinese phones preloaded with spyware

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 10:34 AM PDT

This photo made available by G Data Software dated June 16, 2014 shows G Data Software spokesman, Thorsten Urbanski, holding a Chinese-made Star N9500 smartphone. G Data says it found malicious code hidden deep in the propriety software of the Star N9500 when it ordered the handset from a Web site late last month. The find is the latest in a series of incidents where smartphones have appeared on customers' doorsteps preloaded with malicious software. (AP Photo/G Data Software, Frank Born)BERLIN (AP) — A cheap brand of Chinese-made smartphones carried by major online retailers comes preinstalled with espionage software, a German security firm said Tuesday.

Suspected Benghazi ringleader captured

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 09:08 AM PDT

A burnt car is seen after an attack on the U.S. Consulate by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)Pentagon says suspect in deadly consulate attack is now in U.S. custody outside of Libya.

Major crackdown in search for Israeli teens

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 07:06 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers walk during an operation in Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus,Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Israel's army says it has arrested 40 more Palestinians in the West Bank, expanding searches for three missing Israeli teens who Israel believes Hamas kidnapped last week. The arrests early Tuesday brought the total number of Palestinians detained since the kidnapping to over 200, most of them Hamas activists. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)Over 200 Palestinians detained as Hamas is blamed for disappearance of three hitchhikers.

Bad in bed? Hate your boss? There's a Secret app for that

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 06:35 AM PDT

Bad in Bed? Hate Your Co-Worker? There's a Secret App for ThatCan you keep a secret? With one app, you might never have to again. David Byttow, 32, and Chrys Bader-Wechseler, 30, are the young masterminds behind Secret, a free social application that allows people to share messages anonymously within their circle of friends.

Nebraska town braces for massive tornado cleanup

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:30 AM PDT

Two tornados approach Pilger, Neb., Monday June 16, 2014. The National Weather Service said at least two twisters touched down within roughly a mile of each other Monday in northeast Nebraska. (AP Photo/Eric Anderson)PILGER, Neb. (AP) — Residents of Pilger braced for a massive cleanup after a storm with dual tornadoes tore through their tiny northeast Nebraska town, killing a 5-year-old and damaging more than half of the community's structures.

Israel expands arrests in search for missing teens

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:30 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers conduct a military operation to search for three missing teenagers outside the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday, June 16, 2014. Israeli troops on Monday rounded up dozens more senior Hamas activists and killed a Palestinian in a clash with stone throwers — part of a feverish search for three kidnapped Israeli teenagers who Israel alleges were seized by the Islamic militant group. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers arrested 41 more Palestinians in the West Bank early on Tuesday, the army said, expanding the already massive search for three missing Jewish seminary students who disappeared last week.

Pilot recounts bailing from damaged skydiver plane

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 09:36 PM PDT

This June 14, 2014, photo taken outside Valmeyer, Ill. and provided by Shawn Kinmartin, shows the wreckage of the Cessna 182 skydiving plane that Kinmartin was flying Saturday when a jumper's auxiliary parachute damaged the aircraft's tail. Federal Aviation Administration officials say the plane became disabled after the last skydiver's auxiliary parachute accidentally deployed as the jumper left the plane. It damaged the portion of the tail section that controls the aircraft's climb and descent. The 21-year-old pilot and college student wrestled the Cessna 182 away from populated farmland southeast of St. Louis and decided his only hope was bailing out — never mind that it was his first parachute jump ever. Ultimately, the plane slammed harmlessly into a corn field, Kinmartin and the other jumpers landed safely, and no one was injured. (AP Photo/Courtesy Shawn Kinmartin)ST. LOUIS (AP) — Like in a scene from a James Bond movie, Shawn Kinmartin found himself with fast-dwindling options as he struggled to control a skydiving plane after a jumper's parachute damaged the aircraft's tail.

1 dead, 16 critical after twisters hit Nebraska

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 06:11 PM PDT

Onlookers standing at the Sgt. Floyd Monument in Sioux City, Iowa, watch as a storm cell passes over the city Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Sioux City Journal, Tim Hynds)Hospital: Two massive tornadoes swept through northeast Nebraska, killing one and injuring several others.

GM recalls another 3.4M U.S. cars for ignition problems

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 03:05 PM PDT

GM recalls 3.2M more US cars for ignition problemsGeneral Motors says it needs to change or replace the keys for about 3.4 million cars because they could cause the ignition switch to move out of position if they're carrying too much weight.

U.S. moves on Iraq military funding

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 02:42 PM PDT

Volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight the ISIL, gather during a parade in BasraThe White House is reportedly forming a proposal that could fund Iraq military operations.
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