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UN chief urges cease-fire first, then details

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 01:07 PM PDT

Palestinian rescuers search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of homes which were destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general is urging Israel and Hamas to end the fighting, then hold dialogue in a bid to reach a truce to end two weeks of conflict.

Perry sending National Guard to Texas border

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 12:52 PM PDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry talks to the media before speaking to a meeting of local party activists, Saturday, July 19, 2014, in Algona, Iowa. After his presidential bid crashed in 2012, Iowans now have to decide whether to give Perry another spin. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry says he's deploying as many as 1,000 National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border after growing tired of "lip service" from the federal government.

Russia backs probe of downed MH17 in Ukraine

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 12:35 PM PDT

Ukrainian State Emergency Service employees search through debris at the site of the crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Grabove, in rebel-held east Ukraine on July 20, 2014Russia has reportedly backed a resolution calling for an international investigation of the Ukraine crash site.

Star Wars Car, a Doomsday doll: Toys of Comic-Con

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 12:19 PM PDT

This photo provided by courtesy of Mattel, Inc. shows the LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to designing coveted collectible toys for sale at Comic-Con, the annual celebration of pop culture lifting off Thursday in San Diego, the sky's the limit for the designers at Mattel. Fittingly, the building where Mattel's dreamers conceive of their limited-edition playthings is just down the street from the Los Angeles International Airport.

Washington wildfire claims first fatality, weather improving

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 11:49 AM PDT

A firefighting plane drops water from Fishtrap Lake on a stubborn fire burning near the lake in Lincoln County, Sunday, July 20, 2014, near Cheney, Wash. The fire started Saturday afternoon and spread to several thousand acres, driven by high winds. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Jesse Tinsley) COEUR D'ALENE PRESS OUTCalmer winds and cooler temperatures were allowing firefighters to go on the offensive Monday against a destructive wildfire that has charred hundreds of square miles of terrain in Washington State.

Marathon suspect's friend guilty of impeding investigation

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 11:17 AM PDT

This undated photo added on April 18, 2013 to the VK page of Dias Kadyrbayev shows, from left, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, from Kazakhstan, with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Times Square in New York. Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov, two college buddies of Tsarnaev, were jailed by immigration authorities the day after Tsarnaev's capture. They are not suspects, but are being held for violating their student visas by not regularly attending classes, Kadyrbayev's lawyer, Robert Stahl said. They are being detained at a county jail in Boston. (AP Photo/VK)BOSTON (AP) — A college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) has been convicted of impeding the investigation into the attack.

German supermarket tycoon Albrecht dead at 94

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:46 AM PDT

The Sept. 5, 2006 photo provided by Aldi Sued on Monday, July 21, 2014 shows Aldi co-founder Karl Albrecht. Albrecht, co-founder of the Aldi grocery store empire and one of the world's richest people, has died in the western German city of Essen. He was 94. (AP Photo/Aldi Sued)BERLIN (AP) — Karl Albrecht, co-founder of the Aldi grocery store empire and one of the world's richest people, has died in the western German city of Essen. He was 94.

Rebels to give Flight 17 black boxes to Malaysia

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:29 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The leader of the pro-Russian rebels has agreed to hand over both black boxes from Flight 17 to Malaysian investigators who are in Ukraine, Malaysia's prime minister said early Tuesday.

Truce elusive as Hamas, Israel stick to positions

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:14 AM PDT

Palestinian rescuers search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of homes which were destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip signaled Monday that the Islamic militant group will not agree to an unconditional cease-fire with Israel, while Israel's defense minister pledged to keep fighting "as long as necessary" — raising new doubt about the highest-level mediation mission in two weeks.

Hopkins settles pelvic exam suits for $190 million

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:58 AM PDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Johns Hopkins Hospital has agreed to a $190 million settlement with more than 8,000 patients of a gynecologist who secretly photographed and videotaped women's bodies in the examining room with a pen-like camera he wore around his neck, lawyers said Monday.

Train with plane crash bodies leaves rebel town

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:43 AM PDT

A members of the OSCE mission to Ukraine uses a chemical to combat the smell of decomposing bodies while inspecting along with Holland's National Forensic Investigations Team a refrigerated train loaded with the bodies of passengers in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Monday, July 21, 2014. Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard. International indignation over the incident has grown as investigators still only have limited access to the crash site and it remains unclear when and where the victims' bodies will be transported. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — A refrigerated train bearing the bodies of many of the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane disaster pulled away Monday afternoon from a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine.

Lawyer: Pelvic exam pics cost Hopkins $190 million

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:26 AM PDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Johns Hopkins Hospital has agreed to a $190 million settlement with more than 8,000 patients of a gynecologist who secretly photographed and videotaped women in the examining room with a pen-like camera he wore around his neck, lawyers said Monday.

Hamas leader: ending Gaza blockade is goal

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:10 AM PDT

Palestinian rescuers search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of homes which were destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip signaled Monday that the Islamic militant group will not agree to an unconditional cease-fire with Israel, saying that the aim of the current battle is to break a 7-year-old blockade of the Palestinian territory.

Obama: Civilian casualties a concern in Gaza

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 08:55 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks about Ukraine at the White House in WashingtonWhile re-affirming Israel's right to defend against Hamas attacks, president raises Palestinian casualty issue.

Obama gives protection to gay, transgender workers

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 08:22 AM PDT

President Barack Obama signs executive orders to protect LGBT employees from federal workplace discrimination in the East Room of the White House Monday, July 21, 2014, in Washington. Obama's executive orders signed Monday prohibit discrimination against gay and transgender workers in the federal government and its contracting agencies, without a new exemption that was requested by some religious organizations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday gave employment protection to gay and transgender workers in the federal government and its contracting agencies, after being convinced by advocates of what he called the "irrefutable rightness of your cause."

Police probe other attacks after transients killed

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 08:07 AM PDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police were investigating whether three teenagers suspected of beating two homeless men to death with cinderblocks, bricks and a metal fence pole were responsible for dozens of other attacks on transients in recent months.

Flight 17 tragic end for family of 6 coming home

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 07:51 AM PDT

This undated photo, provided by Khairil Azwan, shows Mohammad Afif. Afif, 19, was killed along with his parents and three siblings when Flight 17 was shot down on July 17. Afif's friends described him as someone who was always able to lift people's spirits. (AP Photo/Khairil Azwan)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Mohammad Afif and his family were about to start a new chapter in their lives. Afif was getting set to begin his university studies in architecture, and his father was preparing to move back to Malaysia with his wife and three of their children after working overseas for several years.

Ukraine at potential turning point after crash

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 07:35 AM PDT

Toys and flowers are placed at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Monday, July 21, 2014. Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)MOSCOW (AP) — The crash of the Malaysian airliner in rebel-held eastern Ukraine is being viewed as a potential turning-point in the conflict — either, the international revulsion over the death of all 298 people on board will force the warring parties to seek an end to the violence, or the disaster will stoke the fighting as the recriminations escalate.

Comic-Con offers toy designers a chance to go wild

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 07:19 AM PDT

This photo provided by courtesy of Mattel, Inc. shows the LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to designing the highly coveted collectible toys for sale at Comic-Con, the annual celebration of pop culture lifting off Thursday in San Diego, the sky's the limit for the designers at Mattel. Fittingly, the building where Mattel's dreamers conceive of their limited-edition playthings is just down the street from the Los Angeles International Airport.

Why the US is not as 'good' as Ireland, or Finland

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 06:33 AM PDT

BONO AT GEORGETOWNSimon Anholt, creator of the Good Country Index, discusses what makes a country "good" and why Ireland ranks No. 1.

Dutch tell rebels: Train full of bodies must leave

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 06:01 AM PDT

Ukrainian Emergency workers carry a victim's body in a bag at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 21, 2014. Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Dutch forensic investigators told the armed separatists guarding train cars full of bodies from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet that the train must be allowed to leave within hours.

Gaza official says Israeli shells hit hospital

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 05:46 AM PDT

Palestinian rescuers search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of homes which were destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian health official says Israeli tank shells have struck a hospital in the central Gaza Strip, killing four people and wounding 60.

Diplomacy intensifies amid mounting Gaza toll

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 05:14 AM PDT

Palestinian rescuers search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of homes which were destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state headed to Cairo on Monday for the highest-level attempt yet to end two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting that has killed at least 510 Palestinians and 20 Israelis and driven tens of thousands of Gaza residents from their homes.

McDonald's, KFC in China face new food scandal

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 04:43 AM PDT

A television station revealed the dark truth about a supplier.

Florida town stunned by news of police KKK ties

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 04:28 AM PDT

In this July 16, 2014 photo, Police Chief Terry Isaacs stands in the hallway at the Police Department in Fruitland Park, Fla. Two police officers at this department are no longer with the city after a law enforcement report tied them to the Ku Klux Klan. (AP Photo/John Raoux)FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) — Ann Hunnewell and her central Florida police officer husband knelt in the living room of a fellow officer's home, with pillow cases as makeshift hoods over their heads. A few words were spoken and they, along with a half-dozen others, were initiated into the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, she says.
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