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Judge strikes detective statement on Zimmerman

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 12:58 PM PDT

George Zimmerman arrives for the 17th day of his trial in Seminole circuit court, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman is charged with 2nd-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, in 2012. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor in George Zimmerman's murder trial on Tuesday tried to pick apart the statements of a Sanford Police detective who was called as a prosecution witness a day before but gave testimony that seemed to benefit the defense.

'Hero' firefighter’s widow describes text messages

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 12:42 PM PDT

familyJuliann Ashcraft, widow of Andrew Ashcraft, who was one of the 19 firefighters who died while battling the Arizona wildfire on Sunday, spoke to "Today" about the text messages she exchanged with her husband shortly before he died. Juliann said she sent her husband a photo of their four children, all under 6, swimming. Juliann [...]

Snowden's father praises son in open letter

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:57 AM PDT

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, frustrated by his inability to reach out directly to his son, on Tuesday wrote him an open letter, extolling him for "summoning the American people to confront the growing danger of tyranny."

Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 54 in Iraq

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:42 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 47 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed.

Egypt: Army to suspend constitution, legislature

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:12 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold sticks and wear protective gear during training outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a 'last-chance' ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, gearing up for a third day of anti-Morsi rallies. Across town, Morsi's Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's state news agency says the military has drawn up a plan to suspend the Islamist-backed constitution, dissolve the Islamist-dominated legislature, and set up an interim administration if President Mohammed Morsi fails to reach a solution with his opponents.

AP: Snowden's father praises son in open letter

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:40 AM PDT

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, frustrated by his inability to reach out directly to his son, has written an open letter to him extolling him for "summoning the American people to confront the growing danger of tyranny."

Town grieves Ariz. Hotshots; storms threaten fire

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:56 AM PDT

Firefighters Kayla Garst, left, and Darce Knight react during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The firefighters walked down the bleachers in a silent gymnasium full of mourners, their heavy work boots drumming a march on the wooden steps.

AP IMPACT: More air passengers show up with guns

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:24 AM PDT

This handout photo provided by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), taken in April 2013 at Indianapolis International Airport, shows a gun among personal belongings that was confiscated in a carry-on bag at the airport. _ Several times every day, at airports across the country, passengers try to walk through security screening with loaded guns in carry-on bags, a purse, a pocket, even a boot. And, nearly a dozen years after 9/11, it's happening a lot more often. In the first six months of this year, Transportation Security Administration screeners found 894 guns on passengers or in their carry-on bags, a 30 percent increase over the same period last year. The TSA set a record in May for the most guns seized in one week _ 65 in all, 45 of them loaded and 15 with bullets in their chambers and ready to be fired. That was 30 percent more than the previous record of 50 guns, set just two weeks earlier. (AP Photo/TSA)WASHINGTON (AP) — Several times every day, at airports across the country, passengers are trying to walk through security with loaded guns in their carry-on bags, purses or pockets, even in a boot.

In 'golden age' of surveillance, US has big edge

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:54 AM PDT

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States' central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game . Other countries, from dictatorships to democracies, are also avid snoopers, tapping into the high-capacity fiber optic cables to intercept Internet traffic, scooping their citizens' data off domestic servers, and even launching cyberattacks to win access to foreign networks. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)LONDON (AP) — The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States' central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game.

Judge strikes detective statements on Zimmerman

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:08 AM PDT

Sanford, Fla., police officer Chris Serino identifies George Zimmerman in the courtroom during the 16th day of Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, July 1, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor has gotten a judge to strike from the record an opinion from a Sanford police detective who testified that he found George Zimmerman credible in his account of how he got into a fight with Trayvon Martin.

Storm cells with lightning a threat at Ariz. fire

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 06:54 AM PDT

Prescott and other area department firefighters embrace during a memorial service, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz., The service was held for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew firefighters who were killed Sunday, when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The firefighters walked down the bleachers in a silent gymnasium full of mourners, their heavy work boots drumming a march on the wooden steps.

Stuck in Moscow, is Snowden's final hope Venezuela?

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 06:54 AM PDT

A view of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Leaker Edward Snowden has been caught in legal limbo in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. U.S. President Obama said Monday during his trip to Africa that every intelligence service in Europe, Asia and elsewhere does its best to understand the world better, and that goes beyond what they read in newspapers or watch on TV. It was an attempt to blunt European reaction to new revelations from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden that the U.S. spies on European governments.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)Rejections of the NSA leaker's asylum requests are piling up.

Egypt protesters mass before military deadline

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 06:22 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold sticks and wear protective gear during training outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a 'last-chance' ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, gearing up for a third day of anti-Morsi rallies. Across town, Morsi's Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — With a military deadline for intervention ticking down, protesters seeking the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president sought Tuesday to push the embattled leader further toward the edge with another massive display of people power.

Taliban hit NATO supply compound in Kabul, kill 7

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 05:52 AM PDT

Smoke rises from a NATO compound following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to the NATO compound in Kabul early Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban suicide attackers blew up a truck bomb early Tuesday at the gates of a NATO supplier's compound in Kabul and sprayed gunfire at security personnel, killing five guards and two civilians, Afghan officials said.

A walk in Wendy Davis’ shoes

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 05:22 AM PDT

Sen. Wendy Davis, D- Fort Worth, speaks during a rally against abortion legislation, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has convened for a new 30-day special session to take up contentious abortion restrictions bill and other issues. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)The Texas state senator single-handedly filibustered a restrictive abortion bill.

Egypt: Morsi's 2 spokesmen quit

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 04:52 AM PDT

Fireworks light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't CAIRO (AP) — A foreign ministry official says two spokesmen for President Mohammed Morsi have quit in the latest defections from his embattled administration as protesters and the military challenge his authority.

Records: Archbishop paid problem priests to leave

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 04:37 AM PDT

This photo provided by The Archdiocese of Milwaukee shows former priests John Wagner, left, and Daniel Budzynski, right. Wagner was accused of making advances to students at the University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan when he was in campus ministry in the 1980s. In 2003, the archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove Budzynski, who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child's mother and her female friend. (AP Photo/The Archdiocese of Milwaukee)MILWAUKEE (AP) — The archbishop of Milwaukee wrote a letter in 2003 to the Vatican office overseeing clergy sex abuse cases begging it to remove a priest who had repeatedly abused children, showed no remorse and at least once engaged in sexual activity with a young boy, the child's mother and her female friend.

Egypt: Court ruling compounds Morsi's woes

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 03:36 AM PDT

Fireworks light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court says besieged President Mohammed Morsi must reinstate an attorney general fired last year in another blow to his authority.

Snowden hits hurdles in search for asylum

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 03:04 AM PDT

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting all nations spy on each other, as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be stranded for the past week at Moscow's international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)MOSCOW (AP) — NSA leaker Edward Snowden's attempts to seek refuge outside the United States hit hurdles Tuesday, after Russian media reported he canceled his asylum bid in Russia and several European countries said such applications wouldn't be considered if they were made from abroad.

Taliban hit NATO supply compound in Kabul, kill 6

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:34 AM PDT

Smoke rises from a NATO compound following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to the NATO compound in Kabul early Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban suicide attackers blew up a truck bomb early Tuesday at the gates of a NATO supply company's compound in Kabul and sprayed gunfire at security personnel, killing four guards and two civilians, Afghan officials said.

Snowden's hits hurdles in search for asylum

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:04 AM PDT

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting all nations spy on each other, as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be stranded for the past week at Moscow's international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)MOSCOW (AP) — NSA leaker Edward Snowden's attempts to seek refuge outside the United States hit hurdles Tuesday, after Russian media reported he canceled his asylum bid in Russia and several European countries said such applications wouldn't be considered if they were made from abroad.

Arizona 'Hotshots' lived the meaning of the word

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:21 AM PDT

Mayer fire department chaplain Rev. Bob Ossler, reacts during a memorial service for 19 wildland firefighters, Monday, July 1, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. Nineteen Hotshot firefighters were killed on Sunday when when an out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — They were fathers and expectant fathers. High school football players and former Marines. Smoke-eaters' sons and first-generation firefighters.

Obama ends Africa trip by meeting Bush at memorial

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:21 AM PDT

A member of the brass band that will welcome U.S. President Barack Obama walks on the road next to State House, wearing a shirt with the face of Obama, ahead of the meeting with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, at State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Monday, July 1, 2013. The Democratic president was to fly Monday into Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the last stop on a weeklong tour of Africa that wraps up Tuesday, while his Republican predecessor coincidentally also plans to be there for a conference on African women organized by the George W. Bush Institute. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush have laid a wreath at a memorial for Americans killed in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania.

Paul staying in LA, Howard hears pitches to leave

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2013 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul plays against the Charlotte Bobcats during an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. Paul is staying with the Clippers. The All-Star point guard agreed to a new deal on the first day free agency opened, agent Leon Rose confirms, Monday July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Chris Paul's answer was brief, just like his time on the free agent market.

Obama ends Africa trip by joining Bush at memorial

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:01 PM PDT

President Barack Obama toasts with Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete during an official dinner at the State House in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Monday, July 1, 2013. The president is traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Democratic President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush are proving that it's a small world after all, with an extraordinary chance encounter a long way from home.
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lundi 1 juillet 2013

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Ex-Elmo actor welcomes dismissal of 2 NY lawsuits

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:06 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug 16, 2006 file photo shows Kevin Clash, who was the voice and movements behind Sesame Street's Elmo, posing for a picture with Elmo in New York. Three lawsuits brought by men who said Clash sexually abused them when they were underage were tossed out by a federal judge who said in a decision published Monday, July 1, 2013, that the men waited too long to sue. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash says through a lawyer that he's pleased a New York judge has tossed out three lawsuits accusing him of sexually abusing teenage boys.

Records: Dolan warned Vatican of sex abuse scandal

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2012 file photo, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks during a mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is expected to release thousands of pages of documents related to clergy sex abuse on Monday, July 1, 2013, which church officials say include the depositions of Dolan, the former archbishop of Milwaukee, and Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Dolan's predecessor. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan sought to push problem priests out of the priesthood to avoid further scandal after sex abuse victims began coming forward in the early 2000s.

'Dark day': Flags lowered for 19 dead firefighters

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:36 PM PDT

Toby Schultz lays flowers at the gate of the Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. An out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group of firefighters trained to battle the fiercest wildfires, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields. The disaster Sunday afternoon all but wiped out the 20-member Hotshot fire crew leaving the city's fire department reeling. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — As the windblown blaze suddenly swept toward them, an elite crew of firefighting "hotshots" desperately rushed to break out their emergency shelters and take cover on the ground under the foil-lined fabric.

Documents: Dolan asked to transfer $57M to trust

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2012 file photo, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks during a mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is expected to release thousands of pages of documents related to clergy sex abuse on Monday, July 1, 2013, which church officials say include the depositions of Dolan, the former archbishop of Milwaukee, and Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Dolan's predecessor. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)MILWAUKEE (AP) — Documents in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's bankruptcy case show the Vatican gave then Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan permission to move money into a trust as the archdiocese began to move toward bankruptcy.

Milwaukee diocese posts priest sex abuse records

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2012 file photo, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks during a mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is expected to release thousands of pages of documents related to clergy sex abuse on Monday, July 1, 2013, which church officials say include the depositions of Dolan, the former archbishop of Milwaukee, and Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Dolan's predecessor. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Milwaukee released thousands of pages of documents related to clergy sex abuse Monday, including the personnel files of more than three dozen priests and the depositions of church leaders including New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the former archbishop of Milwaukee.

Snowden asks Russia for asylum

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:34 AM PDT

A television screens the image of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden during a news bulletin at a cafe at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airportRussia's Vladimir Putin says the former NSA contractor must quit leaking U.S. secrets.

19 firefighters killed in Arizona forest fire

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:20 AM PDT

Toby Schultz pauses after laying flowers at the gate of the Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew fire station, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. An out-of-control blaze overtook the elite group of firefighters trained to battle the fiercest wildfires, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields. The disaster Sunday afternoon all but wiped out the 20-member Hotshot fire crew leaving the city's fire department reeling. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — A sudden windstorm turned an Arizona forest fire into an out-of-control inferno that trapped and killed 19 firefighters, nearly all of them members of an elite crew of "hotshots," authorities said Monday. It was the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years.

Ailing Mandela still able to unite South Africans

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:20 AM PDT

Get well soon messages and drawings are seen outside Nelson Mandela's house in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 1, 2013. Former president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical condition at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria on Monday . (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The spelling and grammar need work, but the message has its own eloquence.

Obama: 'We are heartbroken' over AZ firefighters

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 09:36 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, right, to a joint press conference after meeting together at State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Monday, July 1, 2013. Teeming crowds and blaring horns welcomed President Barack Obama to Tanzania's largest city, where the U.S. president's likeness is everywhere as he arrived on the last leg of his three-country tour of the African continent. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — President Barack Obama says the deaths of 19 firefighters who died battling an Arizona wildfire are a heartbreaking reminder that emergency personnel put their lives on the line every day while rushing toward danger.

Egypt's military issues 48-hour ultimatum

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 08:18 AM PDT

Protesters ransack the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in the Muqatam district in Cairo, Monday, July 1, 2013. Protesters stormed and ransacked the headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group early Monday, in an attack that could spark more violence as demonstrators gear up for a second day of mass rallies aimed at forcing the Islamist leader from power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out.

Egypt army gives politicians 48 hour ultimatum

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 08:18 AM PDT

Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mursi take part in a protest demanding that Mursi resign at Tahrir Square in CairoA general called mass protests an "unprecedented" expression of the popular will.

US construction spending up 0.5 percent in May

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 07:32 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spending on residential housing rose in May to the highest level in 4½ years, helping to send overall construction spending higher despite a big drop in nonresidential activity.

More crews headed tofire that killed 19 hotshots

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 07:02 AM PDT

A wildfire burns homes in Yarnell, Ariz. on Sunday, June 30, 2013. An Arizona fire chief says the wildfire that killed 19 members of his crew near the town was moving fast and fueled by hot, dry conditions. The fire started with a lightning strike on Friday and spread to 2,000 acres on Sunday amid triple-digit temperatures. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — More crew members and a top-level management team are headed to an out-of-control wildfire in Arizona that killed 19 elite firefighters and destroyed much of a small town.

Fire burns much of Ariz. town, kills 19 hotshots

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 06:46 AM PDT

A wildfire burns homes in Yarnell, Ariz. on Sunday, June 30, 2013. An Arizona fire chief says the wildfire that killed 19 members of his crew near the town was moving fast and fueled by hot, dry conditions. The fire started with a lightning strike on Friday and spread to 2,000 acres on Sunday amid triple-digit temperatures. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — An out-of-control blaze overtook an elite group of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields.

SF Bay Area traffic picking up with transit strike

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 06:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 25, 2013 file photo, Jeanette Sanchez holds a sign supporting Bay Area Rapid Transit workers as she waits for a train at the 24th Street Mission station in San Francisco. Early Monday, July 1, 2013, two of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's largest unions went on strike after weekend talks with management failed to produce a new contract. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay area commuters were getting out the door earlier than usual Monday to try to avoid the traffic snarls expected because of the Bay Area Rapid Transit train strike.

French president demands any US spying cease now

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 06:00 AM PDT

In this picture, taken Saturday June 29, 2013, a demonstrator protests with a poster against NSA in Hanover, Germany. Germany's top justice official says reports that U.S. intelligence bugged European Union offices remind her of PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande is demanding that the United States immediately stop its alleged eavesdropping of the European Union.

Egypt: 5 ministers meet to consider resignation

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 05:44 AM PDT

Protesters ransack the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in the Muqatam district in Cairo, Monday, July 1, 2013. Protesters stormed and ransacked the headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group early Monday, in an attack that could spark more violence as demonstrators gear up for a second day of mass rallies aimed at forcing the Islamist leader from power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's official news agency says five cabinet ministers are meeting to consider resigning their posts and joining the mass protests calling on the Islamist president to step down.

Key events in Egypt's revolution and transition

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 05:30 AM PDT

An Egyptian protester covers his head by a national flag during a demonstration against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Monday, July 1, 2013. Elsewhere in Cairo, protesters stormed and ransacked the headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group early Monday, in an attack that could spark more violence as demonstrators gear up for a second day of mass rallies aimed at forcing the Islamist leader from power. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians are gearing up for another day of large demonstrations Monday, a day after millions marched in the streets demanding the removal of President Mohammed Morsi on the anniversary of his inauguration. Protest organizers have given the president until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to step down. Morsi's Islamist supporters, meanwhile, are vowing to defend him.

Life in a Syrian refugee camp

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 05:15 AM PDT

Life as a Syrian refugee: A look inside the second-largest refugee campZaatari is "a place in the world where human tragedy is more evident than anywhere else."

Kerry: China could have helped with Snowden case

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 04:44 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for a press conference at the ASEAN meeting in the International Conference Center in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Monday, July 1, 2013. Kerry swapped his Mideast peace portfolio for issues in emerging Southeast Asia and road bumps in U.S. relations with Russia and China when he landed Monday in Brunei for a regional security conference. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. thinks China could have "made a difference" in the case of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden if it had returned him to America to face charges.

Nearly 300 Afghan security forces killed in month

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 03:42 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents killed nearly 300 Afghan police and soldiers in the span of a month, the Interior Ministry said Monday, as casualties continue to mount among local forces now that NATO-led coalition troops have handed over responsibility for combat operations.

Egypt: Protesters storm Muslim Brotherhood HQ

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 03:10 AM PDT

Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in 2½ years of turmoil. Arabic reads: CAIRO (AP) — Protesters stormed and ransacked the Cairo headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group early Monday, in an attack that could spark more violence as demonstrators gear up for a second day of mass rallies aimed at forcing the Islamist leader from power.

SF Bay Area braces for first day of transit strike

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 02:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 25, 2013 file photo, Jeanette Sanchez holds a sign supporting Bay Area Rapid Transit workers as she waits for a train at the 24th Street Mission station in San Francisco. Early Monday, July 1, 2013, two of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's largest unions went on strike after weekend talks with management failed to produce a new contract. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Commuters braced for traffic snarls Monday morning as two of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's largest unions went on strike, halting train service for the first time in 13 years.

Arizona wildfire kills 19 members of elite crew

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 02:25 AM PDT

Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire burns in Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in Arizona on Sunday afternoon, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields.

5 memorable moments from the BET Awards

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:39 AM PDT

From left, Justin Timberlake, Charlie Wilson, Snoop Lion, and Pharrell Williams pose backstage at the BET Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Scott Kirkland/Invision/AP)Charlie Wilson's red coat. Kendrick Lamar and Miguel. Nicki Minaj's chair. And just where did Chris Tucker go?
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