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At tail end of trans-Pacific flight, terror

At tail end of trans-Pacific flight, terror


At tail end of trans-Pacific flight, terror

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 09:32 AM PDT

A fire truck sprays water on Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)After nearly 11 hours in the air, the passengers and crew aboard a jumbo jetliner traveling from Seoul to San Francisco were looking forward to a quick and uneventful landing.


Murray becomes first Brit man to win Wimbledon since 1936

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 09:43 AM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain reacts after winning against Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the Men's singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON (AP) — From the lawns of Wimbledon to the lochs of Scotland, all of Britain can celebrate.


NYC cases show crooked cops' abuse of FBI database

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 09:21 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo of former New York City police Officer Gilbert Valle with his baby daughter, was submitted into evidence by the defense in the trial of Valle, who was convicted in March in a bizarre plot to kidnap, cook and cannibalize women. Prosecutors alleged that Valle abused the FBI-operated National Crime Information Center database to to help compile dossiers on women he could possibly kidnap. It is not the first time a crooked officer has misused the database for cyber snooping and other offenses. (AP Photo/Provided by Attorney Julia L. Gatto, File)NEW YORK (AP) — It's billed by the FBI as "the lifeline of law enforcement" — a federal database used to catch criminals, recover stolen property and even identify terrorism suspects.


Plane crash survivor could feel tail hit ground

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:44 AM PDT

Parents of Wang Linjia, center, are comforted by parents of some other students who were on the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crashed at San Francisco International Airport, at Jiangshan Middle School in Jiangshan city, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, Sunday July 7, 2013. Chinese state media have identified the two people who died in the plane crash at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday as Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, students at Jiangshan Middle School in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police officers threw utility knives up to crew members inside the burning wreckage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 so they could cut away passengers' seat belts. Passengers jumped down emergency slides, escaping the smoke. One walked through a hole where a rear bathroom had been.


AP PHOTOS: Investigators seek cause of SF crash

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:47 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the National Transportation Security Board (NTSB), NTSB investigators conduct a first site assessment overnight of the Asiana Airlines flight 214 that crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2013. The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed while landing after a likely 10-hour-plus flight from Seoul, South Korea. The flight originated in Shanghai and stopped in Seoul before the long trek to San Francisco. (AP Photo/NTSB)As the shock fades from the crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214, investigators are probing what led the Boeing 777 to crash land at San Francisco International Airport. Chinese state media revealed that two 16-year-old Chinese citizens, Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, were killed. The other 305 people on board survived.


Immigration, student loan top congressional agenda

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:17 AM PDT

In this June 25, 2013, photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., updates reporters on the pace of the immigration reform bill after a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington. Congress returns this week to potentially incendiary fights over nominations, disputes over student loans and the farm bill, and the uncertainty of lawmakers' political will to rewrite the nation's immigration laws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats will put good will to the test when Congress returns this week to potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans and the farm bill, and the uncertainty of whether lawmakers have the political will to rewrite the nation's immigration laws.


Quebec police: 5 dead in oil train derailment

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:19 AM PDT

Burnt buildings are seen following a train derailment causing explosions of railway cars carrying crude oil Sunday, July 7, 2013 in Lac Megantic, Quebec. Two more bodies were discovered overnight after a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed in eastern Quebec, igniting explosions and fires that destroyed a town's downtown center. The confirmed death toll is now three, and is expected to rise further. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul ChiassonLAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — As firefighters doused still burning oil tanker cars, more bodies were recovered Sunday in this devastated town in eastern Quebec, raising the death toll to five after a runaway train derailed, igniting explosions and fires that destroyed the downtown district. With dozens of people reported missing, authorities feared they could find more bodies once they reached the hardest-hit areas.


Splits in Egypt leadership amid new protests

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:21 AM PDT

Opponents of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7, 2013. Egypt's new leadership wrangled over the naming of a prime minister, as both the Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents called for new mass rallies Sunday, renewing fears of another round of street violence over the military's ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Photograph in the back shows Egyptian Army Chief Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Feuding erupted within Egypt's new leadership on Sunday as secular and liberal factions wrangled with ultraconservative Islamists who rejected their choice for prime minister, stalling the formation of a new government after the military's ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.


Social media infiltrates Zimmerman trial

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 07:49 AM PDT

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin's fatal shooting garnered worldwide attention when the man who fatally shot him wasn't arrested for weeks — a backlash fueled largely by social media. Now, social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have permeated George Zimmerman's trial both inside and outside the courtroom.

Jordan charges Muslim cleric deported from UK

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 09:21 AM PDT

Radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada, sits in the back seat of a police vehicle, as he leaves to Jordanian military court, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, July 7, 2013. A Jordanian military prosecutor says he has charged a radical Muslim preacher with conspiring to carry out al-Qaida-linked attacks on Americans, Israelis and other Westerners in this key U.S. ally. Abu Qatada, 53, arrived in Jordan earlier Sunday after being deported from Britain. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A radical Muslim preacher described as a key al-Qaida operative in Europe rejected terrorism charges Sunday linked to alleged plots targeting Americans and Israelis in Jordan, his lawyer said, hours after Britain deported him to bring an end to a decade-long legal saga over his extradition.


Procession brings home fallen Ariz. firefighters

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 03:07 AM PDT

A fire truck carrying friends and family members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew leads the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade Saturday, July 6, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. The firefighters were killed battling a wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz., Sunday, June 30. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Just as they were taken one at a time from the scene of their deaths, 19 firefighters killed in a wildfire a week ago will be returned to their home in the Arizona mountains on Sunday.


Murray wins Wimbledon, beats Djokovic in 3 sets

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:23 AM PDT

Andy Murray of Britain reacts after winning against Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the Men's singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON (AP) — From the lawns of Wimbledon to the lochs of Scotland, all of Britain can celebrate.


No. 1 Djokovic, No. 2 Murray building Slam rivalry

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 02:03 AM PDT

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after missing a return to Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during their Men's singles semifinal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday, July 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are building their own Grand Slam rivalry, one that perhaps someday will merit mention alongside Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal, or Djokovic vs. Nadal.


Rolling Stones return to Hyde Park after 44 years

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 03:58 AM PDT

Mick Jagger of Rolling Stones performs at British Summer Time at Hyde Park in London on Saturday, July 6, 2013. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP Images)LONDON (AP) — The Rolling Stones returned to London's Hyde Park after 44 years with a concert that saluted both the band's past and the fleetingly idyllic English summer. Mick Jagger even donned a frock for the occasion.


Egypt mobilizes for more street protests

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 05:46 AM PDT

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi waves in front of a car turned into a stand selling shoes in Nasser City, suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7, 2013. Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority and regain control of the streets Saturday even as his Islamist opponents declared his powers illegitimate and issued blood oaths to reinstate Mohammed Morsi, whose ouster by the military has led to dueling protests and deadly street battles between rival sides. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's new leadership wrangled over the naming of a prime minister, as both the Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents called for new mass rallies Sunday, renewing fears of another round of street violence over the military's ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.


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