| Library releases documents from Clinton years Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:29 AM PST  Previously confidential papers could shed light on presidency and insight into a Hillary run.
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| Mud flows hit fire-scarred California Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:08 AM PST  Weather forces authorities to close roads, but no property has been damaged—yet.
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| Ousted Yanukovych urges Russia's Putin to take firm line on Ukraine Posted: 28 Feb 2014 09:47 AM PST  By Denis Pinchuk ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) - Viktor Yanukovich urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a bolder line with Ukraine's new rulers who had ousted him, telling him on Friday that Russia could not remain indifferent to what had happened in the former Soviet republic. Appearing in southern Russia where he has taken refuge since fleeing Ukraine on February 21, Yanukovich said: "I think that Russia should act and is obliged to act. "Knowing Vladimir Putin's personality, I am surprised that he is still saying nothing. Russia cannot be indifferent, cannot be a bystander watching the fate of as close a partner as Ukraine," the 63-year-old Yanukovich said.
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| Kid plays amazing piano recital for warehouse store audience Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:43 AM PST  What, no tip jar? A young boy entertains shoppers at what looks like a Costco store by showing off his incredible skills at the piano, playing a Hungarian folk song titled "Csardas."
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| Feds point to winter weather for sluggish economy Posted: 28 Feb 2014 08:48 AM PST  (Reuters) - Despite recent signs of a possible slowdown, the growth story for the U.S. economy remains intact, top Federal Reserve officials said on Friday, suggesting they will continue to support reductions in the Fed's massive bond-buying program. Recent bad weather in large portions of the United States is having an impact on economic activity, but that is no reason for less optimism about economic prospects for the rest of the year, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard told CNBC television on Friday.
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| Reds and greens galore: U.K. treated to fantastic northern lights display Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:01 AM PST  Their act hasn't changed that much over the past several thousand years, but the northern lights still put on a dazzling show whenever they take the stage.
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| 'I intend to keep fighting' Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:36 AM PST  Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says he was forced from power by "gangsters."
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| Kerry Kennedy acquitted of drugged driving in New York Posted: 28 Feb 2014 08:28 AM PST  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Kerry Kennedy was acquitted Friday of drugged driving after she accidentally took a sleeping pill and then sideswiped a truck in a wild highway drive she said she didn't remember.
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| Tea party ready for fight with GOP establishment Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:51 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tea partyers insist they're not to blame for Republican election losses in congressional and presidential elections, faulting the GOP establishment for showing little fight.
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| Tokyo bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcy Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:57 AM PST  TOKYO (AP) — The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday and its chief executive said 850,000 bitcoins, worth several hundred million dollars, are unaccounted for.
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| AP PHOTOS: Portraits from a long march in Pakistan Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:55 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — They carried photographs of their loved ones and signs protesting their disappearance across Pakistan, a march of nearly 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) to demonstrate against security forces they alleged are responsible.
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| Doctors Without Borders expelled from Myanmar Posted: 28 Feb 2014 09:39 AM PST YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Doctors Without Borders has been kicked out of Myanmar after two decades of caring for sick people in one of the world's poorest countries, in a decision the group said Friday risks tens of thousands of lives. |
| Hollywood movie titles lost in translation Posted: 28 Feb 2014 08:57 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — David O. Russell's crime drama "American Hustle" could be a big winner at Sunday's Academy Awards. But for the movie's many international fans, it may take a little longer to realize it. In their country, there is simply no word that captures the true essence of "Hustle."
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| From Riyadh to Beirut, fear of Syria blowback Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:46 AM PST  BISARIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — The once-tranquil, religiously mixed village of Bisariyeh is seething: Two of its young men who fought alongside the rebels in Syria recently returned home radicalized and staged suicide bombings in Lebanon.
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| S&P 500 reaches further into record territory Posted: 28 Feb 2014 09:31 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks moved solidly higher Friday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index further into record territory, as investors focused on a report of surprisingly strong growth in manufacturing in the Midwest.
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| Ukraine says Russia tries to seize airports, base Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:17 AM PST  SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine accused Russia of a "military invasion and occupation" on Friday, saying Russian troops have taken up positions around a coast guard base and two airports on its strategic Crimea peninsula.
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| Library releasing documents from Clinton years Posted: 28 Feb 2014 09:52 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives plans to release about 4,000 pages of previously confidential documents involving former President Bill Clinton's administration. Some of the topics include the president's health care task force and the 9/11 Commission Report.
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| GAO report: Too few pilots or too little pay? Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:16 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's regional airlines are having trouble hiring enough pilots, the government says, suggesting one reason may be that they simply don't pay enough.
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| Officials: Al-Qaida plots comeback in Afghanistan Posted: 28 Feb 2014 06:42 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida's Afghanistan leader is laying the groundwork to relaunch his war-shattered organization once the United States and international forces withdraw from the country, as they have warned they will do without a security agreement from the Afghan government, U.S. officials say.
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| Obama to preach unity to Democrats at winter meeting Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:35 AM PST  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will lay out his approach to electing fellow Democrats in congressional campaigns this year as his party tries to overcome stiff headwinds brought about at least in part due to his signature healthcare law. The president will address the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee in Washington with the aim of maintaining a spirit of unity among party activists. Democrats are trying to face down emboldened Republicans who see a chance of capturing the Senate and building on their majority in the House of Representatives. Obama will make the case that there are still items on his agenda that he would like to see approved in an election year.
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| Nuclear dump leak raises questions about cleanup Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:42 AM PST  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — For 15 years the trucks have barreled past southeastern New Mexico's potash mines and seemingly endless fields of oil rigs, hauling decades worth of plutonium-contaminated waste to what is supposed to be a safe and final resting place a half mile underground in the salt beds of the Permian Basin.
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| Ousted Ukraine president vows to fight Posted: 28 Feb 2014 05:36 AM PST  Viktor Yanukovych host a press conference in Russia in his first public appearance.
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| Evacuations ordered ahead of Calif. storm Posted: 27 Feb 2014 03:42 PM PST  Communities near areas scarred by wildfires now at risk of flooding and mud flows.
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| Christie allies joke about another traffic jam: documents Posted: 27 Feb 2014 06:46 PM PST  By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two people at the heart of a traffic scandal dogging New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joked weeks earlier about causing traffic problems in front of the home of a rabbi, documents released on Thursday show. Christie's former deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly and David Wildstein, an ally to the governor at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, lost their jobs over their involvement in the "Bridgegate" scandal last September that is threatening Christie's White House aspirations. Documents released by Wildstein to a state legislative committee probing the incident, in which lanes were shut near the busy George Washington Bridge, causing a huge traffic jam, reveal that on August 19 he and Kelly discussed another traffic scheme. "Flights to Tel Aviv all mysteriously delayed," Wildstein wrote in reply.
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| Ukraine accuses Russia of 'armed invasion' Posted: 28 Feb 2014 11:02 AM PST  Moscow denies involvement in the seizure of two airports in Ukraine's Crimea region.
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| S. Korea calls North missile tests calculated provocation Posted: 27 Feb 2014 08:13 PM PST  South Korea on Friday labelled North Korea's test firing of four short-range missiles a calculated, provocative act timed to coincide with South-US joint military exercises. North Korea test-fired the missiles into the Sea of Japan on Thursday, three days after the joint drills kicked off in the face of vocal opposition from Pyongyang. "With the exercises underway, we see the firings as a calculated, provocative act," defence ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok told journalists.
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| Lawsuit alleges 'sadistic violence' at sprawling Chicago jail Posted: 27 Feb 2014 04:48 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — Guards at one of the nation's largest jails systematically engage in "sadistic violence and brutality" against inmates, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed on Thursday.
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| Apple Maps sends skiers to fed-up homeowner's front door Posted: 27 Feb 2014 01:06 PM PST  For the past year and a half, a grandmother in rural Pennsylvania has been turning away drivers following directions suggested by Apple Maps to a local ski area.
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| Egyptian army ridiculed after 'AIDS detector' videos go viral Posted: 27 Feb 2014 03:57 PM PST  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military leaders have come under ridicule after the chief army engineer unveiled what he described as a "miraculous" set of devices that detect and cure AIDS, hepatitis and other viruses.
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