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Utah heading to Supreme Court to appeal gay marriage ruling

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 01:04 PM PDT

Skinner and her wife Belka wait for the beginning of the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake CityUtah is going straight to the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal a federal appeals court's ruling that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, the state attorney general's office announced Wednesday.

Officials say juvenile started California wildfire

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 12:45 PM PDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators who spent weeks examining photos and tips from the public have identified a juvenile as a suspect for intentionally starting the most destructive of nearly a dozen wildfires that ripped through Southern California last spring, officials said Tuesday.

Juvenile is suspect in major California wildfire

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 12:03 PM PDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators have identified a juvenile as a suspect for intentionally starting a wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes near San Diego in May.

Verdict reached in suit over Giants fan beating

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 11:43 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A verdict has been reached in a negligence lawsuit against the Los Angeles Dodgers and former owner Frank McCourt stemming from the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan in 2011.

Kids overwhelming US border, officials acknowledge

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 11:22 AM PDT

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the problems with the increased rise in apprehensions at the Southern border. Top Obama administration officials told senators Wednesday they're struggling to keep up with the surge of immigrants at the Southern border. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Obama administration officials told senators Wednesday they're struggling to keep up with the surge of immigrants at the southern border, acknowledging they've been overwhelmed as children show up by the tens of thousands from violence-torn Central America.

AP PHOTOS: Argentine WCup fans follow team on bus

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:41 AM PDT

In this Sunday, July 6, 2014 photo, Argentine Jose Ribeti, 29, sweeps the stairs of his bus SAO PAULO (AP) — Talk about commitment to your sports team.

Pro-Kiev Ukrainians face intimidation in the east

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:17 AM PDT

Maria Oleinik, 70, speaks to The Associated Press in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Since April, when pro-Russia rebels took over her city, Oleinik hasn't slept in the same house for more than one night running. Fearing abduction at the hands of separatists, thousands of residents have fled Donetsk, an eastern province where separatists have declared independence from Ukraine's new, pro-Western government. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Since April, when pro-Russia rebels took over her city, Maria Oleinik hasn't slept in the same house for more than one night running.

The new HUD secretary that may one day be VP

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 09:52 AM PDT

FILE - This June 17, 2014 file photo shows Housing and Urban Development Secretary nominee, San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julian Castro testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate has easily confirmed San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Wednesday's 71-26 vote makes the 39-year-old Castro one of the highest-ranking Hispanics in government. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily confirmed San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro on Wednesday to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, boosting the national profile of a Democrat with a compelling biography who's considered a vice presidential contender in 2016.

Both rivals claim victory in Indonesian election

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 09:29 AM PDT

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The rival candidates in Indonesia's presidential election each claimed victory Wednesday, raising uncertainty about the political and legal landscape in a nation that made the transition from dictatorship to democracy less than two decades ago.

Germany's WCup victory sets Twitter sports record

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 09:13 AM PDT

German supporters celebrate after the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Brazil and Germany at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Germany won the match 7-1. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)NEW YORK (AP) — It won't be what Brazil's fans will remember, but the first World Cup semifinal is the most tweeted-about sports event in Twitter history.

At least 38 feared dead in Gaza

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 08:50 AM PDT

Palestinians stand atop the rubble of a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza CityIsraeli strikes shaking the area every few minutes as Hamas keeps up rocket barrages.

American author gored at Spain's Pamplona festival

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 08:32 AM PDT

Revelers run in front of a Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — An American who co-authored the book "Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona" became one of their victims Wednesday when he was one of two men gored at the festival.

Storms leave 5 dead, 200K without power in East

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 08:14 AM PDT

A fireman walks through a debris field off Goff Road in Smithfield, NY., follow a storm on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Officials in central New York say four people are dead and four homes have been destroyed in building collapses amid severe thunderstorms. (AP Photo/Oneida Daily Dispatch, John Haeger)SMITHFIELD, N.Y. (AP) — Severe thunderstorms packing strong winds swept through a number of Eastern states, killing five people, destroying or damaging numerous houses and leaving nearly 200,000 without power Wednesday, officials said.

'We believe we will stem this tide'

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 07:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 7, 2014 file photo, immigrant families and children's advocates rally in response to President Barack Obama's statement on the crisis of unaccompanied children and families illegally entering the United States, outside the Los Angeles Federal building. Tackling what he has called a humanitarian crisis, Obama on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 asked Congress for $3.7 billion to cope with a tide of minors from Central America who are illegally crossing the U.S. border, straining immigration resources and causing a political firestorm in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)Obama administration officials defend response to immigration crisis on the Southwest border.

Brazil struggles with big WCup loss to Germany

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 07:19 AM PDT

Brazil soccer fans cry as they watch their team lose 7-1 to Germany at a World Cup semifinal match on a live telecast inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)SAO PAULO (AP) — It wasn't just a bad dream. Brazilians woke up Wednesday to dreadful headlines describing the shame and humiliation of their soccer team's historic defeat of 7-1 to Germany in the World Cup's semifinal.

Brazilians struggling to explain loss to Germany

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 07:03 AM PDT

Brazil's David Luiz, left and Luiz Gustavo react after the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Brazil and Germany at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Germany has routed host Brazil 7-1 and advanced to the final of the World Cup. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, Pool)BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Brazilians are having a difficult time trying to fathom how it all went wrong so quickly against Germany in the World Cup semifinals.

AP PHOTOS: How marijuana goes from garden to store

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 06:46 AM PDT

In this July 1, 2014, photo, Bob Leeds, owner of Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower and processor in Seattle, inspects small BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Top Shelf Cannabis was able to open its doors to sell marijuana when Washington state's recreational pot industry finally opened for business because of growers like Sea of Green Farms.

Udall skipping Obama fundraiser for his campaign

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 06:27 AM PDT

President Obama, right, confers with U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., as they walk off Air Force One after landing at Denver International Airport on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Obama will headline a high-dollar fundraiser for Sen. Mark Udall in Denver on Wednesday but the event is off-limits to news cameras. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)DENVER (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday will headline his first fundraiser for a Senate Democrat in danger of losing this fall — but the candidate, Colorado Sen. Mark Udall, won't be by his side.

Lawyer: Snowden asks to extend stay in Russia

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 05:54 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has applied to extend his stay in Russia, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Kidnapped Israelis shot 10 times with silenced gun

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 05:22 AM PDT

The father, mother and brother or murdered Israeli teen Naftali Frenkel, 16, during his funeral service in the Jewish settlement of Nof Ayalon, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, on July 1, 2014Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied playing a role in the teens' deaths.

Clooney slams newspaper over mother-in-law report

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 04:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013 file photo actor George Clooney attends the premiere of LONDON (AP) — George Clooney has chastised a British newspaper over a "completely fabricated" article claiming his fiancee's mother disapproves of the impending marriage for religious reasons.

Germans probe 2nd spy case reportedly involving US

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 04:38 AM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities are investigating a second spy case reportedly involving the U.S.

Germany delighted, astonished by Brazil rout

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 03:29 AM PDT

German soccer fans celebrate after their team scores at the Brazil World Cup semi final being played in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, between Germany and Brazil at a public viewing event called 'Fan Mile' in Berlin, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)BERLIN (AP) — Germans awoke on Wednesday to discover the 7-1 demolition of Brazil in their World Cup semifinal was not a delightful dream but a scarcely believable reality.

Jakarta Gov. Widodo leading Indonesian election

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 03:29 AM PDT

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo held a narrow but steady lead Wednesday in Indonesia's presidential election, according to quick-count results, but his Suharto-era opponent said he had poll data showing him ahead, setting up the prospect of a contested outcome in the still-fragile democracy.

Q&A on push to treat young immigrants as refugees

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 02:49 AM PDT

In this June 20, 2014 photo, a woman is helped from one boxcar to another, as Central American migrants wait atop the train they were riding north, hours after it suffered a minor derailment in a remote wooded area outside Reforma de Pineda, Chiapas state, Mexico. Many migrants who say they are fleeing criminal violence generally are not eligible for political asylum, which is reserved for groups persecuted for their beliefs or identities. U.N. officials say there is no way of forcing the U.S. and Mexico to accept Central Americans as refugees, but a broad-based change in terminology could bring pressure on the two countries to do more. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pressure continues to mount on the federal government to treat as refugees the thousands of children traveling alone from Central America and crossing the border into the U.S.
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