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BRAZIL BEAT: Colombian newspaper in Brazil

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 01:08 PM PDT

Soccer fans pose for a photo donning hats featuring cutouts of Colombian soccer stars, as they wait for the live broadcast of the World Cup quarterfinals' match between Brazil and Colombia, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, July 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — Taking advantage of the huge Colombian crowd accompanying the national team at the World Cup in Brazil, Colombia's main newspaper handed out free copies of its daily to fans arriving for Friday's quarterfinal match against the hosts.

Fireworks, hot dogs, hurricane help mark July 4th

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 12:19 PM PDT

Georgia Love Greenlee Doty rides her bike in the 4th of July parade in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, July 4, 2014.(AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman) NO SALESThe United States marks 238 years as an independent nation as it celebrates the Fourth of July with fireworks, food and music. Here are some highlights:

Ukraine claims winning ground in rebellious east

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 12:02 PM PDT

A woman holds a poster reading KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting in eastern Ukraine left at least nine Ukrainian soldiers dead Friday, as government troops pressed their offensive against pro-Russian insurgents using heavy artillery and combat jets and prospects of a truce appeared dim.

BRAZIL BEAT: Sad Swiss fans share flight with team

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:10 AM PDT

Swiss soccer fans react during the live broadcast of the Brazil Soccer FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and Switzerland at the public viewing WM-Lounge Europaallee in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)ABOARD SWISS AIR FLIGHT LX093 (AP) — Disheartened Swiss fans returning to Zurich after their country's 1-0 World Cup loss to Argentina could at least take comfort in one parting treat — they were flying home with their beloved team.

Germany summons US envoy over spy case

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:10 AM PDT

In this picture taken Thursday evening July 3, 2014, former NSA employee Thomas Drake arrives at the parliamentary NSA investigation committee in Berlin, Germany, German lawmakers began hearing expert testimony for a probe into the activities of foreign intelligence agencies in Germany. The inquiry was sparked by reports based on documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, which showed that German citizens, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, were targeted by U.S. intelligence. (AP Photo/dpa, Hannibal Hanschke)BERLIN (AP) — Germany's foreign ministry says the U.S. ambassador in Berlin has been summoned following the arrest of a German reported to have spied for the United States.

BRAZIL BEAT: Klinsmann says Brazil team to beat

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:10 AM PDT

United States head coach Jurgen Klinsmann arrives to a press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. The U.S. was eliminated from the second round of the 2014 soccer World Cup in a 2-1 loss to Belgium in Salvador, Brazil. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)SAO PAULO (AP) — No way is Jurgen Klinsmann going against the home Brazilians in this World Cup.

France: Mom kills kindergarten teacher in class

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 09:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech at his annual news conference, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Authorities say the mother of a pupil at a French pre-school stabbed a teacher to death in front of her class Friday, July 4, 2014, the last day of the school year. French President Francois Hollande expressed outrage at PARIS (AP) — The mother of a pupil at a French pre-school stabbed a teacher to death in front of her class Friday, the last day of the school year, authorities said.

Headbanging caused brain bleed in Motorhead fan

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 07:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006 file photo, rock band Motorhead performs during the show program of the the LONDON (AP) — It may not destroy your soul, but it turns out heavy metal music can be hazardous to your brain. At least in some rare cases.

Police say mom kills kindergarten teacher in class

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 07:40 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Authorities say the mother of a pupil at a French pre-school stabbed a teacher to death in front of her class Friday, the last day of the school year.

Ex-editor Coulson gets 18 months for hacking

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 03:54 AM PDT

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson arrives at the Old Bailey court to be sentenced, in London, Friday, July 4, 2014. Coulson, 46, has been found guilty of being involved in the conspiracy to hack into the phone voicemails of many celebrities, royals, politicians and ordinary members of the public, at the now-closed British Sunday tabloid newspaper. Coulson has been sentenced to 18 months in jail. (AP Photo/PA, Stefan Rousseau) UNITED KINGDOM OUTLONDON (AP) — Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, a onetime aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday for participating in a conspiracy to hack the phones of celebrities, politicians and crime victims.

Obama to pitch immigration at citizenship ceremony

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 02:40 AM PDT

FILE - This June 30, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pausing while making a statement about immigration reform, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. A planned fundraising trip to Texas next week is complicating President Barack Obama's stance on immigration amid a brewing border crisis. The president finds himself caught between his call to speed up the deportations of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S. border, and his search for ways to let other immigrants -- already in the U.S. illegally -- stay on. Texas' Republican governor is pressing the president to take a firsthand look at the crisis on the border during next week's trip. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to highlight a positive side of the immigration debate by presiding over an Independence Day citizenship ceremony for service members who signed up to defend the U.S. even though they weren't American citizens.

Hurricane Arthur zeroes in on N.C. coast

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 12:55 AM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, July 4, 2014 at 01:45 a.m. EDT, shows Hurricane Arthur rolling across the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where hurricane conditions were reported early on the morning of the 4th. Arthur will continue on a northeastward trek Friday into Saturday, producing flooding rain and damaging wind gusts over much of the coastal Northeast, in addition to the Canadian Maritimes. Meanwhile, a cold front was responsible for a band of clouds and thunderstorms over the Northeast. Much of the rest of the eastern U.S. was clear as high pressure was building into the region. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)The storm forces thousands to flee and much of the East Coast to shuffle July 4 plans.

Hurricane Arthur makes landfall on North Carolina coast

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:29 PM PDT

This Thursday, July 3, 2014, satellite image taken at 3:45 p.m. EDT and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Arthur near the coasts of South Carolina and North Carolina. Arthur strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane Thursday night, its winds strengthening to 100 mph before it made landfall near the southern end of the Outer Banks. Little change was expected in the storm's strength Thursday night and Friday, and Arthur was expected to weaken as it travels northward and slings rain along the East Coast. (AP Photo/NOAA)Hurricane Arthur made landfall on the North Carolina coast late on Thursday evening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The center of Arthur hit at about 11:15 p.m. EDT (0315 GMT) near Cape Lookout at the southern end of the Outer Banks with winds gusting to 101 mph (163 kph) the Miami-based forecasters said. (Reporting by David Adams; Editing by Eric M. Johnson)

Outer Banks to take full force of Hurricane Arthur

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 08:51 PM PDT

Hurricane Arthur is seen moving up the east coast of the United States in an image taken from NOAA's Goes-East satelliteThe first hurricane of the Atlantic season gained strength on Thursday as it spun closer to the North Carolina coast, bringing the anticipated stiff wind gusts and heavy rain that forced thousands of vacationers to scrap their July Fourth holiday plans amid evacuation orders. Hurricane Arthur was about 110 miles (165 km) southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (160 km per hour), earning it Category 2 status on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity, U.S. forecasters said. Moving at 15 mph (24 kph), the center of the storm shifted slightly west on Thursday afternoon and was expected to pass over the North Carolina Outer Banks late Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The shift in the track would bring the strongest winds inland over eastern North Carolina, affecting some coastal towns such as Morehead City, as well as the U.S. Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune.

Hurricane Arthur intensifies as it heads for North Carolina

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:51 PM PDT

By Chris Keane HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C, (Reuters) - The first hurricane of the Atlantic season gained strength on Thursday and was expected to attain Category 2 status as it reached the North Carolina coast, where thousands of vacationers scrubbed their July Fourth holiday plans amid evacuation orders. Hurricane Arthur was about 70 miles (150 km) south-southwest of Cape Fear, North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour (145 km per hour), U.S. forecasters said. Arthur would be the first hurricane to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy devastated New York and New Jersey in October 2012 and caused $70 billion estimated damage. The hurricane center did note on Thursday afternoon, however, that "only a slight westward shift in the track would bring the strongest winds inland over eastern North Carolina." The storm disrupted plans for holiday beachgoers and others ordered off low-lying barrier islands in the storm's path.

Israel rushes forces to Gaza border

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:34 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers sit atop their tanks on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip, on July 3, 2014Intense rocket fire from Palestinian territory raises prospects of tough Israeli response.
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Russian burger chain takes over McDonald's in Crimea

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:43 PM PDT

Men stand at the entrance of a closed McDonald's restaurant in Sevastopol on April 5, 2014Crimean 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

Justin Ross Harris, right, the father of a toddler who died after police say he was left in a hot car for about seven hours, arrives for his bond hearing at Cobb County Magistrate Court Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. Harris is currently being held without bond on a child cruelty charge and a murder charge. (AP Photo/David Goldman)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

New Mexico Veterans Affairs health care system interim director James Robbins, center, talks about patient wait times, while Dr. Meghan Gerety, left, and associate director Pamela Crowell listen during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. VA officials acknowledged that a recent audit highlights problems with wait times for veterans in New Mexico. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)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

An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on June 30, 2014, allegedly shows a member of the IS (Islamic state) militant group parading with a tank in a street in the northern Syrian city of RaqaThe 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

FILE - This Feb. 14, 2013 file photo provided by SeaWorld San Diego shows mother killer whale Katsaka and her calf swimming together at SeaWorld San Diego's Shamu Stadium in San Diego. A California bill that sought to end killer whale shows at SeaWorld in San Diego and phase out their captivity was put on hold Tuesday, April 8, 2014, dousing an escalating fight between animal activists and supporters of the major tourist attraction. The bill's author, Democrat Richard Bloom of Santa Monica, agreed during the bill's first hearing before the water, parks and wildlife committee to revisit his proposal after further study. (AP Photo/SeaWorld San Diego, Mike Aguilera, File)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

This photo taken on Monday, June 30, 2014, shows a Lou Gehrig signed baseball mitt and autographed picture given to Howard Henderson, who played catch with Gehrig as a boy, at Henderson's Greenwich, Conn., home Monday, June 30, 2104. Gehrig, a Yankee first baseman and a friend of Henderson's songwriter father, visited his home and Henderson visited him when he had ALS. The mitt that was autographed by Gehrig with a hot instrument, will be auctioned in July, expecting to fetch $200,000 to $300,000. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)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

A job seeker stands in a room of prospective employers at a career fair in New York CityEmployment 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

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (R) upon arriving at Seoul Air BaseA 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

Israeli soldiers stand at a damaged home after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, landed in the southern town of Sderot Thursday, July 3,2014. Israeli military carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel early Thursday. The Israeli military said the air force struck 15 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

Barack Obama speaks about IraqBelieve 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

This Wednesday, July 2, 2014, satellite image taken at 3:35 p.m. EDT and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Tropical Storm Arthur moving north off the east coast of Florida. The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season prompted a hurricane warning for a wide swath of the North Carolina coast and spurred authorities to order a mandatory evacuation for visitors to the Outer Banks' Hatteras Island as of 5 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2014. Residents also were advised to leave the island. A voluntary evacuation was announced for the Outer Banks' Ocracoke Island, accessible only by ferry. (AP Photo/NOAA)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

People arrive to hear city, county and federal officials speak about a plan to process immigrants detained in Texas at the Murrieta U.S. Border Patrol facility, at the Murrieta Mesa High School auditorium Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in Murrieta, Calif. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Terry Pierson)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

The U.S. cargo vessel MV Cape Ray leaves the Gioia Tauro port, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Cargo containers carrying hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons were loaded onto a U.S. cargo ship Wednesday for destruction at sea, one of the final phases of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile. The chemicals had crossed the Mediterranean aboard the Danish ship Ark Futura, which steamed into the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro as the sun rose Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)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

File - In this file 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. Bergdahl, who had been 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 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

generic_fp_school_shooting_v1A 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

Everything You Need To Know About The Storm That Could Ruin Your July 4Residents 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 GaskinStephen 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

In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 an Iraqi woman inspects her damaged house after clashes between fighters of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Iraqi security forces in central Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced this week that it has unilaterally established a caliphate in the areas under its control. It declared the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of its new self-styled state governed by Shariah law and demanded that all Muslims pledge allegiance to him. (AP Photo)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

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, researcher Haruko Obokata, the lead author of a widely heralded stem-cell research paper by the Japanese government-funded laboratory Riken Center for Development Biology, speaks about research results during a news conference in Kobe, western Japan. The scientists who reported in January that they'd found a startlingly simple way to make stem cells have withdrawn that claim, following accusations of falsified data. On Wednesday, July 2, 2014, the journal Nature released a statement from the scientists who acknowledged 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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