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Analysis: Talks in Bergdahl release had wider goal

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:34 PM PDT

In this image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. The announcement that the U.S. government had secured Bergdahl's release and that it was freeing five senior Taliban figures from Guantanamo Bay has been portrayed first and foremost as a prisoner exchange. But the four-year history of secret dialogue that led to Saturday's release suggests that the main goal of each side may have been far more sweeping. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)The announcement that the U.S. government had secured the release of missing U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and that it was freeing five senior Taliban figures from Guantanamo Bay has been portrayed first and foremost as a prisoner exchange. But the four-year history of secret dialogue that led to Saturday's release suggests that the main goal of each side may have been far more sweeping.

Climate data: U.S. hot spots revealed

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2013 file photo, tourists walk close to misters to keep cool as they walk along The Strip during a heat wave in Las Vegas. An Associated Press analysis of federal temperature records shows Nevada's capital city, Carson City, has warmed the most in the last 30 years than any other city in the nation. Las Vegas came in sixth. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)Analysis shows nation is warming fastest at two corners, the Northeast and the Southwest.

Now application 'inconsistencies' vex health law

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:01 PM PDT

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 2 million people who got health insurance under President Barack Obama's law have data discrepancies that could jeopardize coverage for some, a government document shows. On Wednesday, Burwell easily passed a key test vote in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge new paperwork headache for the government could also be jeopardizing coverage for some of the millions of people who just got health insurance under President Barack Obama's law.

Videos train police to handle 'man's best friend' in hostile situations

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:45 PM PDT

In this Monday, May 19, 2014 photo, former dog owner Arturo Gonzalez poses for a photo with a picture of his late dog at his home in Pico Rivera, Calif. Gonzalez's pit bull, Chico Blue, was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies 18 months ago when the deputies came to ask Gonzalez about a shooting that wounded his brother. The deputies say the dog foamed at the mouth while walking down the driveway. Feeling threatened by the dog, the deputies threw a chair, sprayed the dog with mace and shot him twice with a handgun. The majority of shootings in most U.S. police departments involve animals, usually dogs, and experts say a new series of videos can help change often quick-trigger decisions fueled by fear. (AP Photo/ Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The majority of shootings in most U.S. police departments involve animals, usually dogs, and experts say a new series of videos can help change often quick-trigger decisions fueled by fear.

Syria's Assad wins re-election

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:45 PM PDT

As Civil War Rages, Syrians Vote For PresidentPresident Bashar Assad has been re-elected in a landslide victory, capturing 88.7 percent of the vote, Syria's parliament speaker says.

Kerry: Syria vote 'a great big zero'

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:42 AM PDT

A woman votes for President Bashar Assad by marking the ballot with blood from her pricked finger, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday June 3, 2014. Polls opened in government-held areas in Syria amid very tight security Tuesday for the country's presidential election, a vote that President Bashar Assad is widely expected to win. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)U.S. sec. of state says "the killing is the same" after Assad's re-election.

Rebels seize 3 government bases in eastern Ukraine

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:18 AM PDT

Pro-Russian armed men walk in an entrance to a border guards base, which they seized, on the outskirts of Luhansk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine have taken two government bases in battles around Luhansk, seizing quantities of ammunition and explosives from a border guards post and taking another installation after National Guard forces ran out of ammunition. (AP Photo/Igor Golovniov)LUHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian insurgents dislodged government troops from three bases in eastern Ukraine, a new blow to beleaguered armed forces as its president-elect vowed new initiatives to help end the regional mutiny.

AP Exclusive: Western couple held in Afghanistan

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:18 AM PDT

This frame grab from video provided by the Coleman family shows Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle. The family of a then-pregnant American woman who went missing in Afghanistan in late 2012 with her Canadian husband received two videos last year in which the couple asked the U.S. government to help free them from their Taliban captors, The Associated Press has learned. The videos offer the first and only clue about what happened to Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle after they lost touch with their family 20 months ago while traveling in a mountainous region near the capital, Kabul. U.S. law enforcement officials investigating the couple's disappearance consider the videos authentic but caution that they hold limited investigative value, since it's not clear when or where they were filmed. (AP Photo/Coleman Family)WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of a pregnant American woman who went missing in Afghanistan in late 2012 with her Canadian husband received two videos last year in which the couple asked the U.S. government to help free them from Taliban captors, The Associated Press has learned.

APNewsBreak: Data discrepancies in health sign-ups

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:31 AM PDT

FILE - This May 14, 2014 file photo shows Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 2 million people who got health insurance under President Barack Obama's law have data discrepancies that could jeopardize coverage for some, a government document shows. On Wednesday, Burwell easily passed a key test vote in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A government document provided to The Associated Press says more than 2 million people who got health insurance under President Barack Obama's law have data discrepancies that could jeopardize coverage for some.

In Harlem, more than 100 arrested in largest-ever NYC gang bust

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 09:26 AM PDT

generic_fp_shooting_v1More than 100 members of three feuding gangs were arrested in Harlem for killings and gun violence in what was described as the largest indictment of gang members in New York City's history, authorities said.

In South Africa, old custom becomes health crisis

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 09:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, June 30, 2013 Xhosa boy's stand in a field as they undergo traditional Xhosa male circumcision ceremonies into manhood in Qunu, South Africa. This month, as happens annually in South Africa, youths in some rural areas will head to secluded huts for circumcision rituals meant to usher them into manhood. Officials hope to prevent another wave of injuries and deaths triggered by factors including infections and the tight binding of penis wounds, which cuts off blood supply, as well as sleep deprivation, exposure to winter cold and other harsh conditions. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The young South African thought he was going to the hills to become a man. He came back with a horrifying injury that made him an outcast.

Kerry makes surprise Lebanon stop

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 06:39 AM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and National Security Adviser Susan Rice listen as President Barack Obama and Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski speak at a news conference at Belweder Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. John Kerry is on an unannounced trip to Lebanon to bring Obama administration support to the country's government as it confronts severe difficulties, with an influx of refugees from next door in Syria and a political stalemate at home. Kerry arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to meet with Lebanese officials and others as they deal with both the fallout from the conflict in Syria and a seemingly intractable dispute over who will become the next Lebanese president. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is on an unannounced trip to Lebanon to bring Obama administration support to the country's government as it confronts severe difficulties, with an influx of refugees from next door in Syria and a political stalemate at home.

Israel doctors won't force-feed Palestinians

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 05:23 AM PDT

Palestinian girls from summer camps attend a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in front of the International Red Cross, Gaza City, the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Faced with the second large-scale Palestinian hunger strike in two years, Israel's government is promoting a bill that would allow a judge to sanction force-feeding if an inmate's life is perceived to be in danger. The country's main doctors' association, says the practice amounts to torture and families of hunger strikers say they support the protest despite the risks. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)JERUSALEM (AP) — Proposed legislation to permit the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike is pitting Israel's government against the country's main doctors' association, which says the practice amounts to torture.

Neighbors: Stabbing at odds with girls' upbringing

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:41 AM PDT

The site in Waukesha, Wis., where a bicyclist found a 12-year-old girl who had 19 stab wounds is seen on Tuesday June 3, 2014. Two 12-year-old girls are accused of stabbing the girl in the woods to please a fictional creature they learned about online. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Neighbors of two Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a friend nearly to death say they're struggling to reconcile the allegations with what they know about the 12-year-olds and their upbringings.

For the G-7, Putin is the man not coming to dinner

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:02 AM PDT

Two security guards pass the entrance of the European Council building in Brussels ahead of a two-day G7 meeting, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. The leaders of the G7 will deliberate their next steps in response to the enduring unrest in Ukraine, after sidelining Russia for its role in the crisis. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)BRUSSELS (AP) — He's been disinvited and the meeting location abruptly switched out of his country. But Russian President Vladimir Putin will be the topic of conversation anyway when President Obama and the rest of the G-7 leaders get together over dinner here Wednesday.

Obama: With help, democracy in Ukraine can thrive

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:22 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks as he and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, meet with Central and Eastern European Leaders in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Barack Obama says Ukraine can be a vibrant, thriving democracy if the United States and the international community stand behind it.

Taliban release video of Bergdahl handover

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:50 AM PDT

U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl waits before being released at the Afghan borderThe video purportedly shows the U.S. soldier's transfer to American forces in Afghanistan.

Rangers, LA Kings ready for big Stanley Cup finish

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:19 AM PDT

New York Rangers' Mats Zuccarello, center, of Norway, skates during practice for Wednesday's Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final hockey series against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although the Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers have played 41 combined postseason games over the previous six weeks, they still have ample energy for the big finale to their epic playoff chase.

Zuccarello making name for Norwegian hockey in NHL

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:42 AM PDT

New York Rangers' Mats Zuccarello, of Norway, skates past the logo of the Stanley Cup during practice for Wednesday's Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final hockey series against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey rarely gets much attention in Norway, a skiing-obsessed nation that turns to soccer when the snow melts. Mats Zuccarello is changing that.

Miss. GOP Senate candidates face likely runoff

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:27 AM PDT

Marie Jackson, center, is joined by other supporters and volunteers for Chris McDaniel as the first returns are broadcast at the McDaniel election night party Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, Miss. (AP Photo/George Clark)WASHINGTON (AP) — Locked in a race that won't end, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel pointed toward a possible June 24 run-off after battling to a near-draw Tuesday in a primary that underscored Republican differences.

3rd day of transit operator callouts feared

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:12 AM PDT

A worker walks past cable cars not in service at the cable car barn and powerhouse in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. San Francisco's famed cable cars were halted for a second straight day, and the rest of the city's transit system experienced delays after drivers called in sick again on Tuesday, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a new labor contract, officials said. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco commuters were bracing themselves for the possibility of a third day of bus and train delays after hundreds of the city's operators have been calling in sick — a move that came days after the workers overwhelmingly rejected a new labor contract.

6 militants killed, 3 Ukrainian troops injured

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:40 PM PDT

Pro-Russian militants take their positions to fight against Ukrainian government forces outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Ukrainian troops on Tuesday launched an offensive against pro-Russian insurgents in the eastern city of Slovyansk and advanced through the city's outskirts, the nation's interior minister said. (AP Photo/Andrei Petrov)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's National Guard says its forces abandoned a military outpost in the eastern city of Luhansk after running out of ammunition in a 10-hour battle with pro-Russian militants.

A World Cup quandary: sex or abstinence

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 09:19 PM PDT

File - In this Dec. 6, 2013, file photo, Mexico's head coach Miguel Herrera listens to a question during a press conference at the national team's training center in Mexico City, after the final draw in Brazil for the 2014 World Cup. Herrera, who said last May 2014, that he expects his players to refrain from any horizontal samba during their stay in Brazil, where the monthlong tournament opens next week. (AP Photo/Christian Palma, File)BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — If you're intending to score in a World Cup match, should you score the night before?

Ernst wins Iowa Republican primary for US Senate

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 08:47 PM PDT

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst talks to a television reporter after casting her vote in Iowa's Republican primary in Red Oak, Iowa, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Five Republicans are competing for the GOP Senate nomination and a chance to face Democrat Bruce Braley, who is running unopposed. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)The state legislator's ads about guns and hog castration helped her shore up support among conservatives.

Neck and neck in Miss.: Tea party pursues Cochran

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 08:15 PM PDT

Former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds and candidate for U.S. Senate visits with supporters at his campaign headquarters in downtown Pierre, S.D., on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. He said the party is to thank supporters but not to celebrate victory, because there's still work to be done. (AP Photo/Nora Hertel)WASHINGTON (AP) — Six-term Republican Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel dueled at close quarters in Mississippi's primary election Tuesday night, an epic struggle in a party divided along ideological lines. GOP governors in South Dakota and Alabama coasted to renomination.
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