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• U.S. measles cases at 20-year high
• 32 killed by rebel gunmen in Nigeria
• Jewish center shooting suspect appears in court, faces 5 new charges
• Guard in hot cell death has record
• Thai military seeks Facebook, Google cooperation with censorship
• Turkey highest court: YouTube ban violates rights
• Cambodian sex slavery activist quits U.S. foundation
• Nigeria's leader vows to bring girls home
• Sisi wins presidential election in landslide
• China suggests U.S. may have fabricated evidence for cyberattacks
• 5 things to know about Apple's duet with Beats
• White House touts energy policies as rules loom
• CIA drone strike program in Pakistan winding down
• Ukraine military helicopter shot down; 14 dead
• On Politics: Making sense of the Great Piketty Debate
• SF ISO ambitious charmer; SM seeks funny looker
• Searchers: Missing jet isn't in most likely zone
• Australia: Missing Malaysia plane not where pings heard
• Analysis: In Egypt, a pyrrhic landslide victory
• Apple adds more swagger with $3B Beats acquisition
• AP PHOTOS: Post-crackdown, a mining boomtown limps
• Spaceship with 3-man crew docks at space station
• Spaceship with 3-man crew docks to space station
• Obama's speech gets mixed response overseas
• 30 percent of world is now fat, no country immune

U.S. measles cases at 20-year high Posted: 29 May 2014 11:56 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Measles cases are accelerating, and in the last five months have caused more U.S. illnesses than in any entire year since 1996.

32 killed by rebel gunmen in Nigeria Posted: 29 May 2014 10:19 AM PDT Gunmen mounted on motorbikes killed at least 32 people in the northeastern Nigerian village of Gurmushi, police say.

Jewish center shooting suspect appears in court, faces 5 new charges Posted: 29 May 2014 09:16 AM PDT A white supremacist charged in the killings of three people at two Jewish facilities near Kansas City in April made a brief appearance in court on Thursday, acknowledging charges recently added against him.

Guard in hot cell death has record Posted: 29 May 2014 09:01 AM PDT A Rikers Island jail guard allegedly left her post prior to a mentally ill inmate's death in February.

Thai military seeks Facebook, Google cooperation with censorship Posted: 29 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT By Khettiya Jittapong, Manunphattr and Dhanananphorn BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military junta will send officials to Singapore and Japan in coming days to seek tighter censorship of social media from Facebook, Google Inc and instant messenger service Line, a government spokesman said on Thursday. But authorities have struggled to control activity online, where users have used social media to organize protests and express opposition to the coup.

Turkey highest court: YouTube ban violates rights Posted: 29 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's highest court on Thursday ruled that the country's ban on YouTube is a violation of freedom of expression — a set-back for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had advocated shutting down the video-sharing website.

Cambodian sex slavery activist quits U.S. foundation Posted: 29 May 2014 08:10 AM PDT A Cambodian woman who has been honored internationally for her work against sexual slavery has resigned from the New York-based foundation she helped found after reports alleged that she had distorted aspects of her personal history.

Nigeria's leader vows to bring girls home Posted: 29 May 2014 07:36 AM PDT ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's leader vowed on Thursday to "do everything possible to bring our daughters home," referring to the mass abduction of more than 300 schoolgirls, and said that the Islamic extremists who kidnapped them threaten the country's democratic gains.

Sisi wins presidential election in landslide Posted: 29 May 2014 06:49 AM PDT Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a landslide victory in a presidential election, but a low turnout may have deprived him of the strong mandate he needs to fix the economy and face down an Islamist insurgency.

China suggests U.S. may have fabricated evidence for cyberattacks Posted: 29 May 2014 05:45 AM PDT China's suggested on Thursday that the United States had fabricated evidence to underpin accusations of cyber attacks and had incited China's neighbors to "stir up trouble" in disputed waters. The United States last week accused five Chinese military officers of hacking into U.S. companies to steal trade secrets. Asked about proof behind the U.S. allegations, ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said it would be easy for the United States to fabricate evidence. "In the field of Internet technology and infrastructure, the U.S. is blessed with an advantage, so fabricating some so-called 'evidence' is certainly no hardship," spokesman Geng Yansheng told a briefing, according to a statement on the ministry's website.

5 things to know about Apple's duet with Beats Posted: 29 May 2014 04:53 AM PDT CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook looked like he wanted to dance Wednesday as he discussed his company's $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics. The deal, by far the most expensive in Apple's 38-year history, will give the iPhone and iPod maker a line of trendy headphones known for their hip appearance and thumping bass sound.

White House touts energy policies as rules loom Posted: 29 May 2014 04:52 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting the stage for upcoming restrictions on coal-fired power plants, the Obama administration is making a concerted effort to cast its energy policy as an economic success that is creating jobs, securing the nation against international upheavals and shifting energy use to cleaner sources.

CIA drone strike program in Pakistan winding down Posted: 29 May 2014 04:22 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Just after midnight last Christmas, Pakistani officials say, two Hellfire missiles from a U.S. drone slammed into a house in Miramshah, Pakistan, killing four militants.

Ukraine military helicopter shot down; 14 dead Posted: 29 May 2014 04:19 AM PDT SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Rebels in eastern Ukraine shot down a government military helicopter Thursday amid heavy fighting around the eastern city of Slovyansk, killing 14 soldiers including a general, Ukraine's leader said.

On Politics: Making sense of the Great Piketty Debate Posted: 29 May 2014 04:19 AM PDT While you were grilling burgers over the long holiday weekend, a cadre of academics were locked away in their studies, pouring over data sets by lamplight and banging out blog posts about the French economist Thomas Piketty. Did somebody say "party?"

SF ISO ambitious charmer; SM seeks funny looker Posted: 29 May 2014 01:27 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Who ever said the dating game was logical?

Searchers: Missing jet isn't in most likely zone Posted: 28 May 2014 11:21 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian agency says investigators have concluded that the missing Malaysian jet is not within an area thought to be its most likely resting place after an unmanned submersible found no sign of the plane.

Australia: Missing Malaysia plane not where pings heard Posted: 28 May 2014 11:06 PM PDT Australian search officials said on Thursday they had finished searching an area near where four acoustic signals thought to be related to a missing Malaysian jetliner had been picked up, and had now discounted it as the final resting place of the plane. Authorities narrowed the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet last month after picking up a series of pings near the site where analysis of satellite data put the last location of the plane some 1,600 km (1,000 miles) off Australia's northwest. "The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has advised that the search in the vicinity of the acoustic detections can now be considered complete and in its professional judgement, the area can now be discounted as the final resting place of MH370," the agency in charge of the search said in a statement.

Analysis: In Egypt, a pyrrhic landslide victory Posted: 28 May 2014 11:06 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The election of Egypt's former military chief to the nation's presidency may be remembered for its central irony: He won in a historic landslide — only to shatter his image of invulnerability in the process.

Apple adds more swagger with $3B Beats acquisition Posted: 28 May 2014 10:05 PM PDT CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple is buying more flair, swagger and song-picking savvy with its $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, a headphone and music streaming specialist founded by rapper Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, one of the first recording executives to roll with the hip-hop culture.

AP PHOTOS: Post-crackdown, a mining boomtown limps Posted: 28 May 2014 10:05 PM PDT HUEPETUHE, Peru (AP) — This nearly half-century-old Amazon boomtown has gone bust with the government's recent crackdown on illegal gold mining.

Spaceship with 3-man crew docks at space station Posted: 28 May 2014 07:46 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft carrying a three-man crew docked successfully at the International Space Station on Thursday following a flawless launch.

Spaceship with 3-man crew docks to space station Posted: 28 May 2014 07:46 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft carrying a three-man crew docked successfully to the International Space Station following a flawless launch.

Obama's speech gets mixed response overseas Posted: 28 May 2014 06:14 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech emphasizing soft power and alliances over military might crystallized into a single speech what many experts said Wednesday was an inevitable — and welcome — evolution of U.S. foreign policy.

30 percent of world is now fat, no country immune Posted: 28 May 2014 04:42 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.

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• IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets
• Witnesses say at least 30 killed at Central African Republic church
• Prosecutor: Hernandez killed 2 after drink spilled
• Abortion doctors restrictions take root in South
• Report confirms 100-day waits at VA hospital
• Voters in California contemplate forming new state
• Obama pledges aid to Syria opposition groups
• Letters and laughs at the National Spellers Bee
• In Miss. race, a bitter GOP battle floods airwaves
• 125 years after Johnstown: Facts about the flood
• Deer leaps from Illinois overpass onto minivan
• Obama: US must lead globally but show restraint
• Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86
• U.S. author, poet Maya Angelou has died in North Carolina: local media
• Williams sisters ousted at French Open
• AP PHOTOS: Brazil preachers minister to addicts
• Kerry: US to start $5 billion anti-terrorist fund
• Lebanese troops beat Syrian voters outside embassy
• AP sources: US may decide to train Syrian rebels
• Chechen leader says he sent no troops to Ukraine
• Snowden says he was 'trained as a spy'
• 5 reasons why media execs top CEO pay lists
• Sterling responds to NBA, June 3 hearing still on
• 91-year-old Rep. Hall ousted in Texas GOP primary
• Thai military rulers appoint advisers, relax curfew

IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets Posted: 28 May 2014 01:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators identified 1,700 veterans awaiting medical care at the Phoenix VA hospital but not on an official waiting list and an average wait of 115 days for a first appointment for those who were listed, the Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general said Wednesday. The IG concluded that "inappropriate scheduling practices are systemic throughout" the nationwide VA health care system.

Witnesses say at least 30 killed at Central African Republic church Posted: 28 May 2014 01:06 PM PDT BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Muslim rebels stormed a Catholic church compound in the capital of Central African Republic on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people in a hail of gunfire and grenades, witnesses said.

Prosecutor: Hernandez killed 2 after drink spilled Posted: 28 May 2014 12:37 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez gunned down two men he did not know in their car because one of them bumped into him while dancing at a Boston nightclub, spilling his drink, prosecutors said in court Wednesday.

Abortion doctors restrictions take root in South Posted: 28 May 2014 12:37 PM PDT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — From Texas to Alabama, laws are being enacted that would greatly restrict access to abortion, forcing many women to travel hundreds of miles to find a clinic. The laws, requiring abortion doctors to have privileges to admit patients to local hospitals, could have a profound impact on women in poor and rural sections of the Bible Belt.

Report confirms 100-day waits at VA hospital Posted: 28 May 2014 12:36 PM PDT Interim investigation by internal watchdog has "substantiated serious conditions" at Phoenix site.

Voters in California contemplate forming new state Posted: 28 May 2014 11:03 AM PDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Residents of California's largely rural, agrarian and politically conservative far northern counties long ago got used to feeling ignored in the state Capitol and out of sync with major urban areas.

Obama pledges aid to Syria opposition groups Posted: 28 May 2014 11:03 AM PDT The president insisted U.S. reliance on diplomacy over military intervention was working to resolve crises like Ukraine and Iran.

Letters and laughs at the National Spellers Bee Posted: 28 May 2014 09:30 AM PDT OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Words such as "protege" and "gesundheit" were quickly overshadowed by jokes about the George Foreman grill and the game Minesweeper as the onstage preliminary rounds began Wednesday morning at the 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee.

In Miss. race, a bitter GOP battle floods airwaves Posted: 28 May 2014 09:30 AM PDT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Senate primary has morphed from a high-profile proxy for the national fight between the tea party and establishment Republicans into an ad war driven by clandestine images of Sen. Thad Cochran's ailing wife in an online video.

125 years after Johnstown: Facts about the flood Posted: 28 May 2014 09:30 AM PDT PITTSBURGH (AP) — A privately owned dam collapsed in western Pennsylvania 125 years ago on May 31, 1889, unleashing a flood that killed 2,209 people. The terrible stories from the Johnstown Flood of 1889 are still part of lore because of the gruesome nature of many of the deaths and the key role it played in the rise of the American Red Cross. Here's some of what's known about the flood, one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

Deer leaps from Illinois overpass onto minivan Posted: 28 May 2014 08:13 AM PDT WEST DUNDEE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman is grateful her family is safe after a 200 pound deer leapt from an overpass, landing on their minivan as it traveled along an Illinois interstate.

Obama: US must lead globally but show restraint Posted: 28 May 2014 07:40 AM PDT WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — In a broad defense of his foreign policy, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, even after a "long season of war," but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures.

Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86 Posted: 28 May 2014 07:21 AM PDT Maya Angelou, pioneering poet and author of works like "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has died.

U.S. author, poet Maya Angelou has died in North Carolina: local media Posted: 28 May 2014 06:48 AM PDT WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - U.S. author and poet Maya Angelou has died at age 86 in North Carolina, local media reported on Wednesday, citing her agent and a local official. Angelou provided eloquent commentary on race, gender and living life to its fullest in poems and memoirs such as "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," which brought her wide acclaim after its 1970 publication. (Reporting by Colleen Jenkins; Editing by Scott Malone)

Williams sisters ousted at French Open Posted: 28 May 2014 06:33 AM PDT Serena's loss marks her earliest exit at a major tourney since Roland Garros 2012.

AP PHOTOS: Brazil preachers minister to addicts Posted: 28 May 2014 06:17 AM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dressed immaculately, the evangelical preachers head out to work when night falls. They journey through the gloom into the "cracklands" where addicts consume crack cocaine in open-air dens, areas well hidden from the eyes of tourists heading to Rio de Janeiro for the World Cup.

Kerry: US to start $5 billion anti-terrorist fund Posted: 28 May 2014 04:54 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday the United States is setting up a $5 billion "terrorism partnership fund" to help other countries push back against radical extremists.

Lebanese troops beat Syrian voters outside embassy Posted: 28 May 2014 03:36 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese troops moved to subdue a crowd of frenzied Syrian voters who tried to storm their embassy in Beirut to vote for President Bashar Assad as expat balloting started in Syria's presidential election.

AP sources: US may decide to train Syrian rebels Posted: 28 May 2014 12:34 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House may soon approve a project to train and equip moderate Syrian rebel forces trying to oust President Bashar Assad (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd) — something the rebels have been seeking for three years.

Chechen leader says he sent no troops to Ukraine Posted: 27 May 2014 11:48 PM PDT DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Chechnya's regional leader says he hasn't sent any troops to fight alongside pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine, but he says some Chechens may have gone there on their own.

Snowden says he was 'trained as a spy' Posted: 27 May 2014 11:33 PM PDT US fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden "trained as a spy" and worked "undercover overseas" for intelligence agencies, he told NBC News in aired excerpts from an interview. In his first interview in US media, Snowden hit back at claims that he was merely a low-level contractor, saying he worked "at all levels from -- from the bottom on the ground, all the way to the top." Snowden, who has been charged in the United States with espionage, was granted asylum by Russia in August 2013 after shaking the American intelligence establishment to its core with a series of leaks on mass surveillance in the United States and around the world. He said he had worked covertly as "a technical expert" for the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, as well as as a trainer for the Defense Intelligence Agency.

5 reasons why media execs top CEO pay lists Posted: 27 May 2014 09:56 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Once again, media company CEOs are among the highest paid executives in the nation, occupying six of the top 10 earning spots according to an Associated Press/Equilar study.

Sterling responds to NBA, June 3 hearing still on Posted: 27 May 2014 08:54 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling responded to the NBA's attempt to oust him on Tuesday, arguing that there is no basis for stripping him of his team because his racist statements were illegally recorded "during an inflamed lovers' quarrel in which he was clearly distraught."

91-year-old Rep. Hall ousted in Texas GOP primary Posted: 27 May 2014 07:34 PM PDT ROCKWALL, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, at 91 the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House, was ousted Tuesday in the Texas Republican runoff by a candidate barely half his age.

Thai military rulers appoint advisers, relax curfew Posted: 27 May 2014 07:19 PM PDT By Pracha Hariraksapitak BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military rulers have appointed as advisers two powerful retired generals with palace connections and a deep antagonism towards former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is at the heart of the country's long-running political crisis. The team of advisers announced in a brief statement late on Tuesday includes a former defense minister, General Prawit Wongsuwan, and former army chief General Anupong Paochinda. The two are towering figures in Thailand's military establishment and have close ties to coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha. A Reuters report in December revealed that Prawit and Anupong had secretly backed the anti-government protests that undermined the government of Thaksin's sister, Yingluck Shinawatra.

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