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Obama: Spying a ‘modest’ privacy invasion

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Obama: Spying a ‘modest’ privacy invasion

Obama: Spying a ‘modest’ privacy invasion

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:01 AM PDT

President Barack Obama leaves after speaking in San Jose, Calif. , Friday, June 7, 2013. The president defended his government's secret surveillance, saying Congress has repeatedly authorized the collection of America's phone records and U.S. internet use. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)"I came in with a healthy skepticism about these programs," the president said.

Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:15 AM PDT

This photo released on Friday June 7,2013 shows convicted killer Richard Ramirez as seen in this June 15, 2007 photo in San Quentin State Prison in Marine County, Calif. California corrections officials say convicted serial killer Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker, has died. San Quentin State Prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson says Ramirez died Friday morning. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Ramirez, the notorious serial killer known as the Night Stalker, died early Friday in a hospital, a state official said.

Jeremy Scahill on drones and ‘Dirty Wars’

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:30 AM PDT

YoutubeThe investigative correspondent talks about America's covert wars.

Obama defends phone data collection program

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:28 AM PDT

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in San Jose, Calif. , Friday, June 7, 2013. The president defended his government's secret surveillance, saying Congress has repeatedly authorized the collection of America's phone records and U.S. internet use. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama vigorously defended sweeping secret surveillance into America's phone records and foreigners' Internet use, declaring "we have to make choices as a society."

Guardian making big splash in US with scoops

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:02 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 file photo of the editor of the Guardian newspaper Alan Rusbridger as he leaves Downing street after a meeting of fellow newspaper editors and the British Prime Minister David Cameron following the release of the Leveson media inquiry in London. The Guardian newspaper, which started publishing in the English city of Manchester in 1821 and is now based in London, has in the last two days established a major presence in Washington by uncovering the vast scope of secret surveillance operations carried out by U.S. officials. The revelations have put President Barack Obama and his national security team on the defensive with reports of government snooping on a comprehensive scale. Its coverage expanded to Britain on Friday June 7, 2013 with an exclusive report that Britain's electronic surveillance agency has had access to data collected by the Americans. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)LONDON (AP) — There's a new kid on the block when it comes to breaking big time stories about possible U.S. government abuses — and this time it's a British-based paper that's come up with the goods.

US employers add 175K jobs, rate up to 7.6 pct.

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:49 AM PDT

In this May 29, 2013 photo, job seeker Craig Cline of Lincolnwood, Ill., right, meets with Jeremy Skeeters, left, and Lindy Hammel, of Aflac Insurance Co. during a career fair in Rolling Meadows, Ill. The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May, a gain that shows employers are hiring at a still-modest but steady pace despite government spending cuts and higher taxes, according to the Labor Department, Friday, June 7, 2013. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May— a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts if not enough to reduce still-high unemployment.

Calif. utility will close troubled nuclear plant

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:13 AM PDT

FILE - In a Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, the San Onofre nuclear power plant sits along Pacific Ocean coastline in San Onofre, Calif. Officials announced Friday, June 7, 2013 that the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant is closing, after an epic 16-month battle over whether the twin reactors could be safely returned to service. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant on the California coast is closing after an epic 16-month battle over whether the twin reactors could be safely restarted with millions of people living nearby, officials announced Friday.

AP sources: Texas actress arrested in ricin case

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:08 AM PDT

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas woman who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been arrested for allegedly sending the letters herself, law enforcement officials said Friday.

In California, Obama and Xi seek to build new ties

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:28 AM PDT

Supporters of Chinese President Xi Jinping cheer as they watch the motorcade carrying President Xi arrive in Indian Wells, Calif., Thursday, June 6, 2013. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, seeking a fresh start to a complex relationship, are retreating to a sprawling desert estate for two days of talks on high-stakes issues, including cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear threats. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Seeking a fresh start to a complex relationship, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are retreating to a sprawling desert estate for two days of talks on high-stakes issues, including cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear threats.

Rival Koreas make counterproposals for talks

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 03:34 AM PDT

Kindergarten pupils walk by an exhibit dipicting South Korean soldiers during the Korean War at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 7, 2013. North Korea on Friday proposed holding low-level government talks with South Korea this weekend as the rivals look to mend ties that have plunged during recent years amid hardline stances by both countries. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The rival Koreas on Friday traded counterproposals over where to meet for talks Sunday, as mutual interest in mending abysmal ties clashed with mistrust stemming from years of animosity and hard-line stances.

Was IRS targeting limited to Cincinnati office?

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:50 AM PDT

Acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 6, 2013, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing regarding IRS conference spending. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators are starting to see cracks in the Internal Revenue Service argument that a small group of agents in the Cincinnati office solely targeted conservative political groups.

APNewsBreak: Plan lifts Lower 48 wolf protections

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2006 photo provided by Yellowstone National Park, a gray wolf is seen on the run near Blacktail Pond in Yellowstone National Park in Park County, Wyo. The Obama administration on Friday June 7, 2013, will propose lifting federal protections for gray wolves across most of the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades of recovery efforts but has been criticized by some scientists as premature. (AP Photo/Yellowstone National Park, File)BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday proposed lifting most of the remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades of recovery efforts but has been criticized by some scientists as premature.

AP sources: Texas woman arrested in ricin case

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:53 AM PDT

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas woman who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to the president and New York City's mayor has been arrested.

Tropical Storm Andrea zipping up the East Coast

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:50 AM PDT

Surfers check out the waves at Kure Beach, N.C. as Tropical Storm Andrea hugs the North Carolina coast on Friday, June 7, 2013. The storm was racing through South Carolina early Friday and was expected to move into eastern North Carolina by midday. (AP Photo/The Star-News, Paul Stephen )RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — After bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida, Tropical Storm Andrea moved quickly across south Georgia and was leaving the Carolinas waterlogged on Friday while sparing the area any serious damage.

EU defends the right to peaceful protest in Turkey

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:33 AM PDT

People dance in the city's Kugulu Park, where a group continue reading books, dancing or playing musical instruments in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, June 7, 2013. A senior European Union official, the EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fule on Friday criticized Turkish police's harsh crackdown on protesters in the last week, asked that abusers be investigated and punished and told an audience that included Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that as a EU-candidate country, Turkey should aspire to the highest standards of democracy.(AP Photo)ISTANBUL (AP) — A senior European Union official on Friday criticized Turkish police's harsh crackdown on protesters in the last week, telling an audience that included the prime minister that abusers should be punished and that Turkey should aspire to the highest standards of democracy.

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