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Immigration bill faces major Senate hurdle

Immigration bill faces major Senate hurdle


Immigration bill faces major Senate hurdle

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 08:17 AM PDT

In this Monday, March 25, 2013 photo, Border Patrol agent Richard Gordon, a 23-year veteran of the agency, walks the border fence in the Boulevard area east of San Diego looking for signs that reveal movement of illegal immigrants in the rugged, mountainous terrain in Boulevard, Calif. For the past 16 years, Gordon has been one of the top "sign-cutters" or trackers in the Border Patrol. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)Lawmakers will consider a provision for tougher border enforcement.


Car bombs kill dozens in Baghdad

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:48 AM PDT

Twin blasts kill at least 3 in northern Iraq


S. Africa president urges prayers for Mandela

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa. Nelson Mandela's health has deteriorated and he is now in critical condition, the South African government said Sunday, June 23, 2013. The office of President Jacob Zuma said in a statement that he had visited the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader at a hospital on Sunday evening and was informed by the medical team that Mandela's condition had become critical in the past 24 hours. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)President Jacob Zuma told dozens of foreign and South African journalists that doctors are doing everything possible to help the former president feel comfortable.


White House urges Moscow to expel Snowden to US

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 11:09 AM PDT

Light shines through a cabin window on seat 17A, the empty seat that an Aeroflot official said was booked in the name of former CIA technician Edward Snowden, shortly before Aeroflot flight SU150 takes off from Moscow to Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 24, 2013. Snowden, who has admitted to leaking National Security Agency secrets, was expected to fly from Russia to Cuba and Venezuela en route to possible asylum in Ecuador, but AP reporters on the flight never saw him get on board. (AP Photo/Max Seddon)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. assumes National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden remains in Russia, and officials are working with Moscow in hopes he will be expelled and returned to America to face criminal charges, President Barack Obama's spokesman said Monday. He declared that a decision by Hong Kong not to detain Snowden has "unquestionably" hurt relations between the United States and China.


Prosecutor opens with Zimmerman's obscenity

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 11:12 AM PDT

FILE - This June 20, 2013 file photo, George Zimmerman listens as his defense counsel Mark O'Mara questions potential jurors during Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Judge Debra Nelson said Saturday, June 22, 2013, that prosecution audio experts who point to Trayvon Martin as screaming on a 911 call moments before he was killed won't be allowed to testify at trial. Opening statement begin Monday June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary Green, Pool, file)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor told jurors in opening statements Monday that George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin "because he wanted to," not because he had to, while the neighborhood watch volunteer's attorney said the shooting of the teen was carried out in self-defense.


High court sends back Texas race-based plan

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, Abigail Fisher, right, who sued the University of Texas, walks outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look. The court's 7-1 decision Monday leaves unsettled many of the basic questions about the continued use of race as a factor in college admissions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Affirmative action in college admissions survived Supreme Court review Monday in a consensus decision that avoided the difficult constitutional issues surrounding a challenge to the University of Texas admission plan.


Berlusconi convicted in sex-for-hire trial

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 08:56 AM PDT

Presiding judge Giulia Turri reads the virdict against Silvio Berlusconi in the courtroom in Milan, Italy, Monday, June 24, 2013. A Milan court has convicted former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi of paying for sex with an under-age prostitute during infamous "bunga bunga" parties at his villa and then using his influence to try to cover it up. Berlusconi, 76, was sentenced to seven years in prison and barred from public office for life. The ban on holding office could mean the end of Berlusconi's two-decade political career. However, there are two more levels of appeal before the sentence would become final. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)MILAN (AP) — A Milan court on Monday convicted former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi of paying for sex with an underage prostitute during infamous "bunga bunga" parties at his villa and then using his influence to try to cover it up.


Nadal loses to 135th-ranked player at Wimbledon

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:48 AM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain, left, waves to spectators after losing to Steve Darcis of Belgium, right, in their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON (AP) — In one of Wimbledon's greatest upsets, an ailing Rafael Nadal was knocked out in straight sets Monday by a player ranked 135th — the Spaniard's first loss in the opening round of a Grand Slam event.


Lebanon clashes rage near mosque; 16 soldiers dead

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 08:12 AM PDT

Lebanese army soldiers stand while black smoke rises from a burning house that was attacked during clashes that erupted between followers of a radical Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir and Shiite gunmen in Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, June 24, 2013. Lebanon's military forces battling followers of a hard-line Sunni Muslim cleric closed in Monday on the mosque where they are taking cover in the southern coastal city, the national news agency said. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese troops battled heavily armed followers of a hard-line Sunni cleric holed up in a mosque complex in a southern port city on Monday, the second day of fighting that has left at least 16 soldiers dead, the military said.


Snowden not on flight to Cuba, whereabouts unclear

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:24 AM PDT

Light shines through a cabin window on seat 17A, the empty seat that an Aeroflot official said was booked in the name of former CIA technician Edward Snowden, shortly before Aeroflot flight SU150 takes off from Moscow to Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 24, 2013. Snowden, who has admitted to leaking National Security Agency secrets, was expected to fly from Russia to Cuba and Venezuela en route to possible asylum in Ecuador, but AP reporters on the flight never saw him get on board. (AP Photo/Max Seddon)MOSCOW (AP) — Confusion over the whereabouts of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden grew on Monday after a plane took off from Moscow for Cuba with an empty seat booked in his name.


A wakeup call heeded as 'Mad Men' season ends

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 01:11 AM PDT

This TV publicity image released by AMC shows Jon Hamm as Don Draper, left, and Jessica Pare as Megan Draper in a scene from "Mad Men." The season finale airs Sunday, June 23, on AMC. (AP Photo/AMC, Michael Yarish)NEW YORK (AP) — We have now left Don Draper in a state ripe for rehab — both literally and figuratively.


Kerry: deeply troubling if Snowden allowed to flee

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 06:37 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry smiles as he asks a reporter to repeat a question during a news conference with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, not pictured, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India on Monday, June 24, 2013, during Kerry's first visit to India as secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that it would be "deeply troubling" if Russia or Hong Kong had adequate notice about Edward Snowden's plans to flee to a country that will grant him asylum and still allowed him leave.


Boost for cars or bust? Ethanol debate heats up

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 07:47 AM PDT

This July 11, 2012, handout photo provided by the Renewable Fuels Association shows a Lawrence, Kansas, fueling station pump with various grades of fuel, including E15, which contains 5 percent more ethanol than the current 10 percent norm sold at most U.S. gas stations. E15 is sold in just 20 stations in six Midwestern states, but could spread to other regions as the Obama administration considers whether to require more ethanol in gasoline; it's cheaper and cleaner but it could damage older cars and motorcycles. The American Petroleum Institute has asked the Supreme Court to block sales of E15. The Court could decide as soon as Monday, June 24, 2013, whether to hear the ethanol case. (AP Photo/Renewable Fuels Association, Robert White)WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a dilemma for drivers: Do they choose a gasoline that's cheaper and cleaner even if, as opponents say, it could damage older cars and motorcycles?


Ecuador confirms Snowden seeking asylum there

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 06:58 AM PDT

Ecuador's Foreign Mister Ricardo Patino speaks to reporters at a hotel during his visit to Vietnam Monday, June 24, 2013. Patino said that his government is analyzing an asylum request from Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor wanted for revealing classified secrets. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Ecuador's foreign minister said Monday his country will act not on its interests but on its principles as it considers an asylum request from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, wanted for revealing classified U.S. secrets.


South Africa: Mandela in critical condition

Posted: 24 Jun 2013 07:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa. Nelson Mandela's health has deteriorated and he is now in critical condition, the South African government said Sunday, June 23, 2013. The office of President Jacob Zuma said in a statement that he had visited the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader at a hospital on Sunday evening and was informed by the medical team that Mandela's condition had become critical in the past 24 hours. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president on Monday said a critically ill Nelson Mandela was "asleep" when he visited the 94-year-old in a hospital, and he urged the country to pray for Mandela, describing him as the "father of democracy" who made extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of his people.


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