Stunning NSA leaks: Is Daniel Ellsberg back?

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• Stunning NSA leaks: Is Daniel Ellsberg back?
• South Africa: Family visits ailing Nelson Mandela
• Lost Lincoln document found at central Pa. college
• Senators differ on value of phone records program
• Nadal wins 8th French title by beating Ferrer
• Zimmerman's attorney walks tight line in defense
• 2 Koreas talk in border village after tensions
• Obama pressed Chinese leader on cybersecurity
• In Iran vote, reformists struggle with few options
• Anti-Hezbollah protester killed in Lebanon
• Police: Calif. attack that killed 4 was planned
• Turkey's leader climbs on bus, lambasts protesters
• Libya army chief resigns after clash in Benghazi
• Intelligence chief defends Internet spying program
• Death toll from Benghazi clashes in Libya up to 31

Stunning NSA leaks: Is Daniel Ellsberg back? Posted: 09 Jun 2013 09:07 AM PDT The headline-grabbing national security leaks in The Washington Post and The Guardian last week both were authored by board members of a little-known, six-month-old advocacy group that was formed to support groundbreaking reporting.

South Africa: Family visits ailing Nelson Mandela Posted: 09 Jun 2013 07:20 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela received visits from family members on Sunday at a hospital where the former president and anti-apartheid leader was being treated for a recurring lung infection, while South Africans expressed their appreciation for a man widely regarded as the father of the nation.

Lost Lincoln document found at central Pa. college Posted: 09 Jun 2013 08:13 AM PDT WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — In losing a president, Lycoming College found a piece of its history.

Senators differ on value of phone records program Posted: 09 Jun 2013 10:24 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are divided about whether there's evidence that the government's phone records collection program has kept the United States safe.

Nadal wins 8th French title by beating Ferrer Posted: 09 Jun 2013 10:24 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal's final shot at the French Open was a typically ferocious fallaway forehand, and when it landed for a winner, his momentum and emotions sent him splaying backward onto the clay he loves.

Zimmerman's attorney walks tight line in defense Posted: 09 Jun 2013 06:30 AM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's lead attorney will be walking a fine line as he tries to convince jurors that his client didn't murder Trayvon Martin: He needs to show why Zimmerman felt threatened by the African-American teenager while avoiding the appearance that either he or his client is racist.

2 Koreas talk in border village after tensions Posted: 09 Jun 2013 09:58 AM PDT Officials from North and South Korea meet at a "truce village" trying to ease tensions.

Obama pressed Chinese leader on cybersecurity Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:15 PM PDT RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama used an unusually lengthy and informal desert summit to present Chinese President Xi Jinping with detailed evidence of intellectual property theft emanating from his country, as a top U.S. official declared Saturday that cybersecurity is now at the "center of the relationship" between the world's largest economies.

In Iran vote, reformists struggle with few options Posted: 09 Jun 2013 10:15 AM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Despite four years of non-stop pressure, arrests and intimidation, Iran's dissidents still find ways to show their resilience.

Anti-Hezbollah protester killed in Lebanon Posted: 09 Jun 2013 09:19 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Men wielding batons and wearing yellow arm bands evoking Lebanon's Hezbollah attacked protesters outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut Sunday during a rally against the militant group's participation in the Syrian war. One protester was killed, a senior Lebanese military official and witnesses said.

Police: Calif. attack that killed 4 was planned Posted: 09 Jun 2013 01:19 AM PDT SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Investigators trying to determine why a gunman planned a shooting spree that killed four people, were focusing on a deadly act of domestic violence that touched off the mayhem.

Turkey's leader climbs on bus, lambasts protesters Posted: 09 Jun 2013 10:13 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a series of increasingly belligerent speeches to cheering supporters Sunday, Turkey's prime minister launched a verbal attack on the tens of thousands of anti-government protesters who flooded the streets for a 10th day, accusing them of creating an environment of terror.

Libya army chief resigns after clash in Benghazi Posted: 09 Jun 2013 09:31 AM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's army chief of staff resigned on Sunday as an elite military unit took control of a base of pro-government militias after clashes killed 31 people in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Intelligence chief defends Internet spying program Posted: 08 Jun 2013 08:51 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to quell a domestic furor over U.S. spying, the nation's top intelligence official stressed Saturday that a previously undisclosed program for tapping into Internet usage is authorized by Congress, falls under strict supervision of a secret court and cannot intentionally target a U.S. citizen. He decried the revelation of that and another intelligence-gathering program as reckless.

Death toll from Benghazi clashes in Libya up to 31 Posted: 09 Jun 2013 07:36 AM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A health official in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi says the death toll from clashes between protesters and militias has risen to 31.

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