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Obama turns to Bush playbook on Syria

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Obama turns to Bush playbook on Syria

Obama turns to Bush playbook on Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:13 AM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters carry weapons as they take up positions during an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President al-Assad in Aleppo's town of KhanasirAs the U.S. ponders intervention, there are similarities with the Iraq war.

Heat wave hits Midwest as kids return to school

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 09:44 AM PDT

Heat wave hits Midwest as kids return to schoolOfficials warn residents high temperatures could stick around for days.

MLK marchers remember 'one of the most electrifying moments'

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:28 AM PDT

This August 28, 1963 publicity photo provided by PBS, courtesy Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos, shows activists during The March on Washington in Washington, D.C. from the film,"Makers: Women Who Make America." The Women's Movement was influenced in part by the Civil Rights Movement. The three-hour PBS documentary about the fight for women's equality, airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, and features prominent activists including Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas. (AP Photo/PBS, Courtesy Leonard Freed, Magnum Photos)I was at the end of the reflecting pool, closest to the Lincoln Memorial. The massive, massive size of the march was incredible. It was a living thing. It was like a glacier moving down the avenue.

Ford recalls Fromme assassination attempt in video

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 07:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this file Sept. 5, 1975 file photo, shows Lynette Fromme, a woman who pointed a gun at President Gerald Ford as he walked from his hotel to the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., is taken into custody. Almost 38 years after the assassination attempt, a federal judge has allowed the release of a videotaped testimony given by Ford, that was later used in Fromme's trial. Fromme, a devoted follower of the infamous Charles Manson, wearing a red robe, stepped out from behind a tree and pointed a loaded pistol at the President. (AP Photo/File)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Newly released footage shows President Gerald Ford calmly and carefully recalling how Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson disciple, tried to kill him in a Sacramento park.

Heatwave hits Midwest as kids head back to school

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 09:59 AM PDT

Midwestern States Struggle Under Heat WaveOfficials warn residents high temperatures could stick around for days.        

Egypt's Cairo curfew sparks defiance and boredom

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 10:18 AM PDT

In this Sunday Aug. 25. 2013 photo, Egyptian men play backgammon outside a juice bar hours after a night time curfew went into effect in the Garden City neighborhood of Cairo Egypt. The curfew has been a shock to Cairo, a city where cafes stay packed into the night and parents routinely take their children out for dinners nearing midnight. The military-backed government's curfew, after violent unrest following the July 3 coup that ousted President Mohammed Morsi, slashed the typical Cairo 24-hour life to just 11 hours.(AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)CAIRO (AP) — In every corner of the Egyptian capital, a bustling city of 18 million that rarely sleeps, people are locked up in their homes at night under a military-imposed curfew that has driven people up the walls, sometimes literally.

Family of Fort Hood shooting victims talk of loss

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 10:05 AM PDT

A driver gets the thumbs-up at a security checkpoint to enter the Lawrence William Judicial Center as the sentencing phase for Maj. Nidal Hasan continues, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 of his unarmed comrades in the deadliest attack ever on a U.S. military base. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Joleen Cahill no longer hears her husband's footsteps entering their Texas home. The house has felt empty for nearly four years, she said, since her husband was fatally shot while trying to stop the gunman who killed 13 people at nearby Fort Hood.

Some school districts quit healthier lunch program

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 10:09 AM PDT

After just one year, some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses at meals packed with whole grains, fruits and vegetables that the cafeterias were losing money.

Hagel: US military stands ready to strike Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 09:37 AM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 26, 2013 file photo shows Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaking in Jakarta, Indonesia. U.S. forces are now ready to act on any order by President Barack Obama to strike Syria, U.S. Hagel said Tuesday.The U.S. Navy has four destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea positioned within range of targets inside Syria, as well as U.S. warplanes in the region, Hagel said in an interview with BBC television during his visit to the southeast Asian nation of Brunei. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces stand ready to strike Syria at once if President Barack Obama gives the order, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday as the United States prepared to declare formally that chemical weapons had been used in the Syrian civil war.

Report: Underage tobacco sales at record lows

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 07:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 1997 file photo, a sign warns minors tobacco will not be sold to them at Montgomery Grocery, in Little Hickman, Ky. New statistics show that the sale of tobacco to minors in the U.S. were held near all-time lows in 2012 under a federal-state inspection program intended to curb underage usage. (AP Photo/Breck Smither, File)RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — New statistics show that the sale of tobacco to minors in the U.S. were held near all-time lows last year under a federal-state inspection program intended to curb underage usage.

Latinos inspired by 1963 march to push for rights

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 10:35 AM PDT

In this Wednesday Aug. 21, 2013 photo, Maria Varela, 73, recollects her role in the Civil Rights movement in Alabama and Mississippi, at her home in Albuquerque, N.M. While Varela was one of a handful of Mexican-American activists involved in the civil rights movement in the South, she did not support the March on Washington because of differences within the movement. She was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later became a photographer for the group. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As thousands of marchers made their way to the nation's capital in August 1963 for what was officially billed as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Maria Varela stayed put in the Deep South with no plans to participate.

1963 march inspired Latinos in civil rights fight

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:19 AM PDT

In this Wednesday Aug. 21, 2013 photo, Maria Varela, 73, recollects her role in the Civil Rights movement in Alabama and Mississippi, at her home in Albuquerque, N.M. While Varela was one of a handful of Mexican-American activists involved in the civil rights movement in the South, she did not support the March on Washington because of differences within the movement. She was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later became a photographer for the group. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As thousands of marchers made their way to the nation's capital in August 1963 for what was officially billed as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Maria Varela stayed put in the Deep South with no plans to participate.

Syria vows to defend itself as pressure grows

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:07 AM PDT

A U.N. team, that is scheduled to investigate an alleged chemical attack that killed hundreds last week in a Damascus suburb, leaves their hotel in a convoy, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. An Associated Press photographer saw the U.N. members, wearing body armor, leaving in seven SUVs. It was not clear if the team headed to the suburb where the alleged attack occurred. (AP Photo)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's foreign minister said Tuesday his country would defend itself using "all means available" in case of a U.S. strike, denying his government was behind an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus and challenging Washington to present proof backing up its accusations.

Widows of Fort Hood slain describe lost moments

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:57 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows Maj. Nidal Hasan. Hasan has been convicted of murder for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others. Hasan and many of his victims seem to want the same thing - his death. But while survivors and relatives of the dead view lethal injection as justice, the Army psychiatrist appears to see it as something else - martyrdom. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department, File)FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — One of Angela Rivera's saving graces after her husband was fatally shot at Fort Hood was his voicemail greeting. For years after Maj. Eduardo Caraveo was killed in 2009, Rivera had his cellphone kept active so she could call it and hear his voice telling her to leave a message.

Robinson pays tribute to Motown's chief of charm

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 06:34 AM PDT

"Motown: The Musical" Broadway Opening Night - After PartyDETROIT (AP) — She didn't sing a note or write a lick of a lyric, but Smokey Robinson contends that Maxine Powell was as essential to Motown Records' operation as the legendary label's songwriters, producers and musicians.

Cooler temps expected to aid Yosemite firefight

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:03 AM PDT

A firefighter stands on top of a fire truck at a campground destroyed by the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Crews working to contain one of California's largest-ever wildfires gained some ground Monday against the flames threatening San Francisco's water supply, several towns near Yosemite National Park and historic giant sequoias. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a massive wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park grew overnight, but they are still making progress in containing it.

Britain recalls Parliament to discuss Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 05:25 AM PDT

This Monday, Aug. 26, 2013 image taken from amateur video footage provided by the Media Office Of Moadamiyeh purports to show medics assisting a man lying on a bed who appears to be shaking uncontrollably as a UN inspection team visits a makeshift hospital in Moadamiyeh, a suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus. Doctors Without Borders said 355 people were killed in an artillery barrage by regime forces on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 that included the use of toxic gas. The media office of Moadamiyeh is a loosely organized Anti-Assad activist group based in Moadamieyh which posts video and still images of violence and other developments from the region. (AP Photo/Media Office Of Moadamiyeh)LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday recalled Parliament for an urgent discussion and vote on a possible military response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria.

West could hit Syria in days

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 10:12 AM PDT

A member of the Islamist Syrian opposition group Ahrar al-Sham during clashes in Raqqa province on August 25, 2013Envoys tell rebels to expect action to deter Assad regime's use of chemical weapons.

Bernice King: ‘African Americans are still not free’

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:56 AM PDT

Bernice King: 'African Americans Are Still Not Free' 150 Years After Slavery's EndPower Players The Rev. Bernice King says that 50 years after her father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, his dream is still a work in progress. "When he framed the speech he said '100 years later the Negro is still not free,'" [...]

Syria vows to defend itself from strikes

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 10:07 AM PDT

A video grab shows an opposition fighter on August 26, 2013 during clashes over the strategic area of KhanasserRussia warned that any use of force would have "catastrophic consequences."

Zimmerman lawyer to ask Florida to pay up to $300,000 in legal costs: report

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 09:26 PM PDT

George Zimmerman to be reimbursed for legal fees?(Reuters) - George Zimmerman, whose acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin sparked protests across the United States, will ask Florida to pay up to $300,000 of his legal expenses, his attorney told the Orlando Sentinel on Monday. Zimmerman will rely on state law that allows a defendant who has been found not guilty to be reimbursed for costs associated with a case, the paper reported. ...

Crews report progress against Yosemite fire

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:18 AM PDT

A firefighter stands on top of a fire truck at a campground destroyed by the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Crews working to contain one of California's largest-ever wildfires gained some ground Monday against the flames threatening San Francisco's water supply, several towns near Yosemite National Park and historic giant sequoias. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Flames reach San Francisco's main reservoir, but officials expect no disruptions.

Sheriff: Missing Arizona teen found dead in Oregon

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 03:07 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by Monica Croom shows her son, 18-year-old Johnathan Croom. Authorities on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 were searching for the missing Arizona teenager whose car was found abandoned in southwest Oregon. (AP Photo/Courtesy Monica Croom)PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The father of an Arizona teenager whose body was found near his abandoned SUV in the woods of southern Oregon said his son was "a young man who had a broken heart."

Kerry warns Syria chemical arms use has consequences

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 04:17 AM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria. Kerry said chemical weapons were used in Syria, and accused Assad of destroying evidence. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says there is "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria, with intelligence strongly pointing to Bashar Assad's government — a claim Assad calls "preposterous."

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