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Paper owner's jet crew had flown together 10 years

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 12:54 PM PDT

A National Transportation Safety Board official looks through the wreckage at the scene Monday, June 2, 2014, in Bedford, Mass., where a plane plunged down an embankment and erupted in flames during a takeoff attempt at Hanscom Field Saturday night. Lewis Katz, co-owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer and six other people died in the crash. (AP Photo/Boston Herald, Mark Garfinkel, Pool)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The flight crew that died in a fiery crash aboard Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz's private plane this weekend had flown for the millionaire businessman and philanthropist for nearly a decade, and among them was a pilot who survived an earlier fatal crash, relatives said Monday.

New Apple Mac, mobile features coming this fall

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 12:22 PM PDT

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about iOS 8 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple's Mac operating system is getting a new design and better ways to exchange files, while new features in the software for iPhones and iPads include one for keeping tabs on your health.

Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef ends his show

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 12:06 PM PDT

Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, who is known as CAIRO (AP) — In a new sign of shrinking freedoms, Egypt's most popular satirist Bassem Youssef announced Monday that his landmark weekly TV show, which lambasted presidents and politicians, has been cancelled because of pressure on the station airing it and a climate in the country that no longer accepts satire.

Koch bros.-backed group selling immigration reform to tea party

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 11:46 AM PDT

Daniel Garza examines immigration reformIn this exclusive video, see how the Koch-backed LIBRE Initiative explain immigration reform to conservatives.

LIVE HIGHLIGHTS: New iPhone, Mac features unveiled

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 11:46 AM PDT

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about iOS 8 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple's Mac operating system is getting a new design and better ways to exchange files, while the software for iPhones and iPads is getting new features for multitasking.

Hot debate over Bergdahl-Taliban swap

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 11:46 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon investigation concluded in 2010 that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his unit, and after an initial flurry of searching the military decided not to exert extraordinary efforts to rescue him, according to a former senior defense official who was involved in the matter.

Palestinians form unity Cabinet amid Israel threat

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 11:46 AM PDT

FILE- In this March 18, 2007 file photo, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, left, speak as they head the first cabinet meeting of the new coalition government at Abbas' office in Gaza City. A last-minute dispute has erupted between Hamas and Fatah over the makeup of the Palestinian unity government meant to end the factions' seven-year political split. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of Fatah, has announced plans to swear in a government of technocrats backed by both factions on Monday, June 2, 2014.(AP Photo, File)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a national unity government Monday, formally ending a crippling seven-year split with his Islamic militant Hamas rivals but drawing Israel threats of retaliation.

U.S. accuses European hackers of mass theft

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 09:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. In the wake of the Heartbleed security threat, many security experts recommend a second layer of authentication _ typically in the form of a numeric code sent as a text message. You enter that code on the website to verify that it's really you and not a hacker who doesn't have your phone. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)A Russian computer hacker was accused Monday of leading a worldwide conspiracy that targeted hundreds of thousands of computers with malware, enabling his group to steal more than $100 million from business ...

White House wants young immigrant plan delayed

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 09:51 AM PDT

Immigrant children who come into the U.S. alone are housed in shelters like this one in Harlingen, Texas which is licensed to hold up to 290. Some 60,000 children and teens are expected to be caught in the U.S. illegally without a parent or a guardian this year. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)The Pentagon's plan would allow some immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally as children to obtain citizenship.

US targets European bank hackers in mass theft

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 09:51 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian computer hacker is accused of leading a worldwide conspiracy that targeted hundreds of thousands of computers with malware that enabled his group to steal more than $100 million from business and other bank accounts.

Palestinian government draws threats from Israel

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 09:51 AM PDT

FILE- In this March 18, 2007 file photo, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, left, speak as they head the first cabinet meeting of the new coalition government at Abbas' office in Gaza City. A last-minute dispute has erupted between Hamas and Fatah over the makeup of the Palestinian unity government meant to end the factions' seven-year political split. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of Fatah, has announced plans to swear in a government of technocrats backed by both factions on Monday, June 2, 2014.(AP Photo, File)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a Palestinian unity government Monday, taking a major step toward ending a crippling split with his Hamas rivals but drawing harsh condemnations and threats from Israel.

AP Interview: Monty Python swansong will surprise

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 08:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, file photo the surviving members of the Monty Python comedy group, from left, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese pose for photographers during a photocall to promote a reunion stage show they are going to perform together, at a hotel in London. American Monty Python fans who can't attend the troupe's London reunion can always look on the bright side of life. The show will be screened in hundreds of U.S. movie theaters. The anarchic British comedians are reuniting for 10 shows at London's O2 Arena in July, 34 years after their last stage performance. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)LONDON (AP) — Everybody expects the Spanish Inquisition. And as with all things Monty Python, fans need to expect the unexpected, too.

The top-secret deal with the Taliban to free U.S. soldier

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 06:38 AM PDT

Bowe Bergdahl could be reunited with his family as soon as Wednesday, part of a carefully managed reintegration program the military uses for freed captives.

Police use water cannons on Indian rape protesters

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 06:05 AM PDT

An Indian woman, left, one among the protestors demonstrating outside the office of Uttar Pradesh state chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, demanding that he crack down on an increasing number of rape and other attacks on women and girls, scuffles with police in Lucknow, India, Monday, June 2, 2014. Police used water cannons to disperse hundreds of women who were protesting Monday against a rise in violence against women in the northern Indian state where two teenagers were gang-raped last week and later found hanging from a tree. (AP Photo)LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Police used water cannons to disperse hundreds of women who were protesting Monday against a rise in violence against women in the northern Indian state where two teenagers were gang-raped last week and later found hanging from a tree.

Clues sought in deadly Massachusetts jet crash

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 11:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2014, file photo businessman Lewis Katz arrives for a closed-door auction to buy the The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz is among the seven people killed in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, the newspaper's editor said Sunday, June 1, 2014. Katz was 72. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Federal transportation investigators have begun piecing together clues about what went wrong during the attempted takeoff of a Gulfstream jet that crashed and killed all seven people on board, including Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz.

World Cup's most exotic city awaits tourist influx

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 10:29 PM PDT

In this May 18, 2014 photo, residents use refrigerator doors as floating tables outside their floating house on the Rio Negro in Cacau Pirera, near Manaus, Brazil. A World Cup host city, Manaus' far-flung location in the heart of the world's biggest rainforest makes it reachable only by plane or boat. Thousands of foreigners are expected to begin arriving in the Amazonian metropolis for the international soccer matches being held in Manaus's new multi-million dollar soccer stadium. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Death by giant snakes, malarial mosquitoes or drug-addled, knife-wielding thieves: If the barrage of blood-soaked headlines in the British tabloids is to be believed, that's what awaits soccer fans travelling to the most exotic of Brazil's World Cup host cities, the Amazonian metropolis of Manaus.

AP PHOTOS: Teams, fans counting down to World Cup

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:25 PM PDT

In this May 30, 2014, photo, Carlos Lucas kicks a ball along a dirt road in the Santa Luzia favela, in Brasilia, Brazil. The 2014 Brazil World Cup is set to begin in just a few weeks, beginning on June 12, with Brazil and Croatia competing in the opening match. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's just 10 days away. The World Cup's opening match is coming June 12 in Sao Paulo, and the final days before soccer's most important tournament have seen a flurry of on- and off-field action.

Kings beat Blackhawks 5-4 in Game 7

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 08:55 PM PDT

DELETES REFERENCE TO TOFFOLI SCORING THE GOAL - Los Angeles Kings center Tyler Toffoli, left, celebrates the game winning goal with center Jarret Stoll (28) as they pass Chicago Blackhawks center Marcus Kruger (16) during the overtime period in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Sunday, June 1, 2014, in Chicago. The Kings won 5-4 in the overtime. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)CHICAGO (AP) — Alec Martinez scored at 5:47 of overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals Sunday night.

'Brady Bunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2007, file photo, Florence Henderson, from left, Susan Olsen, Maureen McCormick, Lloyd Schwartz and Ann B. Davis of the television show SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Emmy-winning actress Ann B. Davis, who became the country's favorite and most famous housekeeper as the devoted Alice Nelson of "The Brady Bunch," died Sunday at a San Antonio hospital. She was 88.

Justin Bieber apologizes for racial slur joke

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 19, 2013, file photo, singer Justin Bieber performs during a concert at Bercy Arena in Paris. Bieber is apologizing after a years-old video surfaced showing the then-teenager telling a racist joke with the N-word. In a statement Sunday, June 1, 2014, to The Associated Press, Bieber said when he was a kid he didn't realize how certain words could hurt. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber is apologizing after a years-old video surfaced showing the then-teenager telling a racist joke with the N-word.

Official: Recovering fallen climbers too dangerous

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:14 PM PDT

This photo provided by the National Parks Service, shows the Liberty Ridge Area of Mount Rainier as viewed from the Carbon Glacier, Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Washington state. Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow thousands of feet below their last known location, a national park official said Saturday. (AP Photo/National Park Service)MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Rescuers likely know the final resting place of six climbers who set out last week to attempt one of the most technical and physically grueling routes to the peak of Mount Rainier in Washington state.

EPA to seek to cut power plant carbon by one-third

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will unveil a plan Monday to cut earth-warming pollution from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, according to people familiar with the proposal.

Rare 'mono mono' twins could be home within weeks

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:39 PM PDT

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio couple is getting a taste of what it's like to be celebrity parents.

Freed soldier's parents say they're proud of son

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:39 PM PDT

Jani and Bob Bergdahl speak to the media during a news conference at Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, on Sunday, June 1, 2014. Their son, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is back in American hands, freed for five Guantanamo terrorism detainees. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The father of an American soldier just released from captivity in Afghanistan says he's proud of how far his son, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, was willing to go to help the Afghan people.
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