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• Russian burger chain takes over McDonald's in Crimea
• Detective paints grim portrait of dad in boy's hot SUV death
• Veteran dies waiting for ambulance at N.M. VA hospital
• Jihadist Islamic State seizes key Syria oil field
• Data shows some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity
• Signed Lou Gehrig glove could sell for $200K
• US jobs data seen reinforcing strong growth outlook
• China and S. Korea leaders restate opposition to N. Korea's nuclear plans
• Israel moves troops toward Gaza as tensions soar
• Matt Bai: It's Obama's presidency, but Bush's world
• Hurricane Arthur forms in the Atlantic
• Feds booed in Calif. city after migrant standoff
• U.S. ship sails off to destroy Syrian weapons at sea
• Bergdahl venturing out in public, U.S. Army says
• Boy, 12, gets max sentence for New Mexico school shooting
• Mandatory evacuation ordered for N.C. island
• Stephen Gaskin dies; founded 'The Farm' commune
• American soccer ref dies after being punched during a match
• Governor admits to meeting with people tied to domestic terror
• Militants try to tighten their grip in Iraq, Syria
• Scientists withdraw report on simpler stem cells

Russian burger chain takes over McDonald's in Crimea Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:43 PM PDT Crimean fans of McDonald's have plenty to chew on after a Russian burger chain said on Thursday it was taking over the US food giant's restaurants in the annexed peninsula. "A RusBurger restaurant will open in the place of an old McDonald's" in Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea, an executive of the Russian chain told AFP. McDonald's has removed the addresses of its Crimean restaurants from its website but hasn't indicated for how long it would cease operations there. The Russian director of Burger King, McDonald's fierce rival, announced in April his chain was eying up the firm's Crimean real estate, although this was later denied by a Burger King spokesperson in the United States.

Detective paints grim portrait of dad in boy's hot SUV death Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:10 PM PDT Testimony against Georgia man details internet searches, two insurance policies and nude photos.

Veteran dies waiting for ambulance at N.M. VA hospital Posted: 03 Jul 2014 11:37 AM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque Veteran Affairs hospital cafeteria, 500 yards from the emergency room, died after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Thursday.

Jihadist Islamic State seizes key Syria oil field Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:25 AM PDT The insurgent group took control of a major Syrian oil field on the Iraqi border.

Data shows some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:01 AM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Since the release of a highly-critical documentary last year, SeaWorld Entertainment has been condemned by animal rights activists distressed over the condition of its killer whales. But annual survival rates for some of the most common marine mammals — including killer whales — at SeaWorld's three parks are near the top of all U.S. parks and aquariums, an analysis of five decades of federal data by The Associated Press showed.

Signed Lou Gehrig glove could sell for $200K Posted: 03 Jul 2014 06:56 AM PDT GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — It was some 80 years ago that Lou Gehrig and the 12-year-old son of a songwriter got bored with talk of music and opted to play catch instead.

US jobs data seen reinforcing strong growth outlook Posted: 03 Jul 2014 06:48 AM PDT Employment growth jumped in June, unemployment rate down to near a 6-year low of 6.1%.

China and S. Korea leaders restate opposition to N. Korea's nuclear plans Posted: 03 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT A mutual wariness of Kim Jong-un's state bonds China & S. Korea.

Israel moves troops toward Gaza as tensions soar Posted: 03 Jul 2014 05:04 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel began moving troop reinforcements to its border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, defense officials said, raising the possibility of an expanded military operation in the Palestinian territory in response to intensifying rocket barrages.

Matt Bai: It's Obama's presidency, but Bush's world Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:02 AM PDT Believe it or not, it was 10 years ago this month that Barack Obama, then a candidate for the U.S. Senate, introduced himself to America with a speech that shook the Fleet Center in Boston. The main theme of that Democratic convention was the litany of George W. Bush's failures — an unpopular and unending war in Iraq, a faltering image abroad, a stagnating middle class. Obama gave eloquent voice to those frustrations, arguing that all of them could be addressed if only we reunited the electorate.

Hurricane Arthur forms in the Atlantic Posted: 03 Jul 2014 02:33 AM PDT The storm threatens to deliver the Carolinas a glancing blow on Independence Day.

Feds booed in Calif. city after migrant standoff Posted: 03 Jul 2014 02:13 AM PDT MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — An overflow crowd in a Southern California community where protesters turned back Homeland Security busloads of immigrants gave a harsh reception to federal officials behind the decision to bring them to Murrieta in the first place.

U.S. ship sails off to destroy Syrian weapons at sea Posted: 02 Jul 2014 05:49 PM PDT A United States cargo vessel loaded with hundreds of tons of Syria's chemical weapons left an Italian port Wednesday to destroy the arms at sea as part of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile.

Bergdahl venturing out in public, U.S. Army says Posted: 02 Jul 2014 05:19 PM PDT Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was a prisoner of war in Afghanistan for five years, has been allowed to venture off the Texas military base where he is receiving care as part of his "reintegration process" into society, a U.S. Army spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Boy, 12, gets max sentence for New Mexico school shooting Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:37 PM PDT A judge on Wednesday ordered the maximum sentence for a 12-year-old boy who opened fire in a New Mexico middle school gym earlier this year, injuring two students.

Mandatory evacuation ordered for N.C. island Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:14 PM PDT Residents of a fragile barrier island along N.C.'s Outer Banks are evacuating as Tropical Storm Arthur approaches.

Stephen Gaskin dies; founded 'The Farm' commune Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:13 PM PDT Stephen Gaskin, a counterculture visionary who led a caravan of hippies from California to establish one of the country's longest lasting communes in rural Middle Tennessee and later sought the Green Party nomination for president, has died. He was 79.

American soccer ref dies after being punched during a match Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:13 PM PDT An amateur soccer referee who was punched in the head while refereeing an adult-league soccer match on Sunday has died.

Governor admits to meeting with people tied to domestic terror Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:58 PM PDT Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the meetings were routine and that he does not endorse the allegedly extremist views of the groups that the FBI says are tied to acts of domestic terrorism.

Militants try to tighten their grip in Iraq, Syria Posted: 02 Jul 2014 02:24 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Fresh from success in Iraq, a Sunni extremist group tried to tighten its hold Wednesday on territory in Syria and crush pockets of resistance on land straddling the border where it has declared the foundation of an Islamic state.

Scientists withdraw report on simpler stem cells Posted: 02 Jul 2014 02:24 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. and Japanese scientists who reported that they'd found a startlingly simple way to make stem cells withdrew that claim Wednesday, admitting to "extensive" errors in the research.

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