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• Obama seeks $500M to train, prepare Syrian rebels
• Howard Baker Jr., former Tennessee senator, dies at 88
• U.S. advances to World Cup round of 16 despite 1-0 loss to Germany
• Howard Baker Jr., former Tennessee senator, dies at 88
• High court limits president's appointments power
• Men sue New Jersey Lottery after throwing out $1M ticket
• Sex abuse report: Late BBC host 'interfered with dead bodies'
• Ariz. schools chief sorry for blog posts, but won't step down
• FAA eyes lower building height limit near airports
• Search for Malaysia Airlines jet shifts south
• APNewsBreak: US ends Philippines anti-terror force
• US to disband anti-terror force in Philippines
• Iran tries to save Asiatic cheetah from extinction
• Oil boom fuels drop in age in Great Plains states
• Stalled 3 World Trade Center project to restart following deal
• Spying drop-off in Iraq preceded fresh insurgency
• BRAZIL BEAT: World Cup over for 4 cities
• Giants' Lincecum pitches 2nd no-hitter vs Padres
• Uruguay defends Suarez as FIFA scrambles
• Designer T cells fight viruses after transplants
• EPA says it can't find some records on Alaska mine
• Nigeria denies latest mass kidnapping claims

Obama seeks $500M to train, prepare Syrian rebels Posted: 26 Jun 2014 01:10 PM PDT President Obama is asking Congress for money to train and arm members of the Syrian opposition.

Howard Baker Jr., former Tennessee senator, dies at 88 Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:41 PM PDT Sen. Baker's question sliced to the core of Watergate: "What did the president know and when did he know it?"

U.S. advances to World Cup round of 16 despite 1-0 loss to Germany Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:03 PM PDT Team USA lost 1-0 to Germany, but still won by scraping through to the knockout stage of the World Cup after surviving a nervous final afternoon of Group G action.

Howard Baker Jr., former Tennessee senator, dies at 88 Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:18 AM PDT Former U.S. Sen. Howard Baker Jr., who asked what President Nixon knew about Watergate, has died.

High court limits president's appointments power Posted: 26 Jun 2014 07:24 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has limited a president's power to make temporary appointments to fill high-level government jobs.

Men sue New Jersey Lottery after throwing out $1M ticket Posted: 26 Jun 2014 07:24 AM PDT MAHWAH, N.J. (AP) — Two New York men are suing the New Jersey Lottery after they threw out a Powerball ticket worth $1 million.

Sex abuse report: Late BBC host 'interfered with dead bodies' Posted: 26 Jun 2014 05:45 AM PDT Late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abused vulnerable patients in scores of British hospitals over decades and claimed to have performed sex acts on dead bodies, investigators said on Thursday. Savile, one of the biggest TV stars in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, abused girls, boys, men and women aged from five to 75 as he enjoyed unrestricted access throughout state-run National Health Service (NHS) institutions, they found. Witnesses told investigators that Savile also claimed to have performed sex acts on bodies at the same hospital's mortuary, and even bragged about having jewellery that he had had made from glass eyes taken from the deceased.

Ariz. schools chief sorry for blog posts, but won't step down Posted: 26 Jun 2014 05:29 AM PDT Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal broke down in tears Wednesday at the end of a news conference where he apologized for posting an anonymous blog comment that denigrated welfare ...

FAA eyes lower building height limit near airports Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:54 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The government wants to dramatically lower the height limits of buildings near hundreds of airports, but the proposal is drawing fire from real estate developers and members of Congress who say it will reduce property values.

Search for Malaysia Airlines jet shifts south Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:30 AM PDT The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will shift further south in the Indian Ocean, Australian authorities said on Thursday, ushering in yet another new phase of the long, costly and so far fruitless search. Investigators say what little evidence they have to work with suggests the aeroplane was deliberately diverted thousands of kilometres from its scheduled route before eventually plunging into the Indian Ocean. The search was narrowed in April after a series of acoustic pings thought to be from the plane's black box recorders were heard along a final arc where analysis of satellite data put its last location. We are now shifting our attention to an area further south along the arc," Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said.

APNewsBreak: US ends Philippines anti-terror force Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:30 AM PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — After more than a decade of helping fight al-Qaida-linked militants, the United States is disbanding an anti-terror contingent of hundreds of elite American troops in the southern Philippines where armed groups such as Abu Sayyaf have largely been crippled, officials said Thursday.

US to disband anti-terror force in Philippines Posted: 25 Jun 2014 11:54 PM PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — American and Filipino officials say the U.S. is disbanding an anti-terror task force composed of hundreds of elite military forces after more than a decade of helping fight al-Qaida-linked militants in the southern Philippines.

Iran tries to save Asiatic cheetah from extinction Posted: 25 Jun 2014 10:49 PM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world's critically endangered species, the Asiatic cheetah, and bring it back from the verge of extinction in its last remaining refuge.

Oil boom fuels drop in age in Great Plains states Posted: 25 Jun 2014 09:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is still growing older, but the trend is reversing in the Great Plains, thanks to a liberal application of oil.

Stalled 3 World Trade Center project to restart following deal Posted: 25 Jun 2014 05:57 PM PDT The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved an agreement with developer Larry Silverstein to finance the completion of the stalled 3 World Trade Center project.

Spying drop-off in Iraq preceded fresh insurgency Posted: 25 Jun 2014 04:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA officers in Iraq have been largely hunkered down in their heavily fortified Baghdad compound since U.S. troops left the country in 2011, current and former officials say, allowing a once-rich network of intelligence sources to wither.

BRAZIL BEAT: World Cup over for 4 cities Posted: 25 Jun 2014 04:18 PM PDT MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — The Brazil World Cup has 12 host cities, but four will be done by Thursday afternoon.

Giants' Lincecum pitches 2nd no-hitter vs Padres Posted: 25 Jun 2014 04:18 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tim Lincecum pitched his second no-hitter against the San Diego Padres in less than a year, allowing only one runner Wednesday and leading the San Francisco Giants to a 4-0 win.

Uruguay defends Suarez as FIFA scrambles Posted: 25 Jun 2014 03:26 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As the world was judging Uruguay's Luis Suarez for biting a player in the World Cup, his teammates, coaches and fans in his soccer-crazy country defended the star, blaming the foreign media, his Italian opponents and uneven treatment.

Designer T cells fight viruses after transplants Posted: 25 Jun 2014 03:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Bone marrow transplants save thousands of lives but patients are vulnerable to severe viral infections in the months afterward, until their new immune system kicks in. Now scientists are developing protection for that risky period — injections of cells specially designed to fend off up to five different viruses at once.

EPA says it can't find some records on Alaska mine Posted: 25 Jun 2014 02:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it's having trouble finding emails from a former biologist who was evaluating the environmental impact of a massive gold and copper mine proposed for southwest Alaska.

Nigeria denies latest mass kidnapping claims Posted: 25 Jun 2014 02:35 PM PDT Nigeria's government denied claims that Boko Haram militants abducted 60 women and children from the country's restive northeast, saying there was no evidence despite eyewitness testimony.

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