| Senator's Crimea plan: Don't redo our maps Posted: 09 Apr 2014 09:28 AM PDT  Republican Dan Coats seeks to pass series of steps to send message to Russia on annexation.
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| Alarms sounded on Brazil's readiness to host 2016 Olympics Posted: 09 Apr 2014 10:30 AM PDT  BELEK, Turkey (AP) — With sports federations demanding a "Plan B" because of the chronic delays in Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it was "premature" to speculate about taking the 2016 Games away from Brazil.
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| Obama to speak at Sharpton's NYC conference Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:08 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton opened his annual civil rights conference, which will include a speech by President Barack Obama, amid revelations about his cooperation with the FBI in a 1980s mob investigation.
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| Pings raise hopes Malaysia Airlines plane will be found Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:03 AM PDT  PERTH, Australia (AP) — The frustrating monthlong search for the Malaysian jetliner received a tremendous boost when a navy ship detected two more signals that most likely emanated from the aircraft's black boxes. The Australian official coordinating the search expressed hope Wednesday that the wreckage will soon be found.
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| Police: Pa. student flashed two knives Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:47 AM PDT  It will take several days to process the bloody crime scene inside the high school, authorities say.
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| Prosecutor demands Pistorius view graphic image of dead girlfriend Posted: 09 Apr 2014 09:18 AM PDT  By Joe Brock PRETORIA (Reuters) - A South African prosecutor forced Oscar Pistorius on Wednesday to look at a forensic photograph that showed the head of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after it was blown open by a hollow-point bullet fired by the Olympic and Paralympic track star. In a dramatic opening to his cross-examination of Pistorius, prosecutor Gerrie Nel made him admit he had killed Steenkamp then later confronted him with the photograph showing the side and back of her skull, her hair matted with blood and brains. Pistorius responded by burying his head in his hands in the witness stand, rocking from side to side and weeping. The double amputee sprinter, once revered across the world for his triumph over adversity, faces life in prison if convicted in the Pretoria High Court of the murder of Steenkamp, a 29-year-old law graduate and model.
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| UMass basketball player Gordon comes out as gay Posted: 09 Apr 2014 07:30 AM PDT  AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — UMass guard Derrick Gordon has become the first openly gay player in Division I men's basketball.
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| Peaches Geldof post-mortem tests inconclusive, police say Posted: 09 Apr 2014 05:56 AM PDT  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A post-mortem examination into the death of Peaches Geldof, the second daughter of Band Aid founder and musician Bob Geldof, has proved inconclusive "pending toxicology tests", British police said on Wednesday. Geldof, 25, a media and fashion personality in her own right and a mother of two young children, was found dead at her home in Wrotham, Kent, in southern England, on Monday. Peaches was the daughter of television presenter Paula Yates and Bob Geldof, the Irish singer who rose to prominence as the leader of the 1970s-1980s band the Boomtown Rats, and later organized the charity Band Aid and the Live Aid concerts to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Bob Geldof said the loss of Peaches, the latest untimely death to befall the family, had left them "beyond pain".
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| Underwater pings relocated in hunt for missing jet Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:13 PM PDT  An Australian official says equipment on a ship searching for the missing Malaysian jet has relocated an underwater signal that is consistent with a plane's black boxes.
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| Some docs getting millions from Medicare Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:13 AM PDT  Newly released records show one physician was paid nearly $21 million in a single year.
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| Police: Student goes on stabbing spree at Pa. high school Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:04 AM PDT  Three school mates and adult suffer serious injuries in the attack.
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| Pistorius testifies about killing girlfriend Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:19 AM PDT  PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius testified at his murder trial on Wednesday that girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp died in his arms after he shot her in his home last year.
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| Hillary Clinton says she's 'thinking' about White House run Posted: 09 Apr 2014 03:49 AM PDT  Asked again the question on the mind of everyone who follows U.S. politics, Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she was "thinking" about running for president in 2016.
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| BREAKING: One in custody after Pa. school stabbings Posted: 09 Apr 2014 05:42 AM PDT  As many as 20 people were injured in attack at Pittsburgh-area school.
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| Ex-President Carter: US 'dormant' on inequality Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:57 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday night lamented continuing inequalities between black and white Americans during a 50th anniversary celebration of the Civil Rights Act in Texas that will feature four of the five living U.S. presidents this week.
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| Inside a Guantanamo parole hearing Posted: 09 Apr 2014 05:51 AM PDT  The prison President Obama vowed to close still holds 154 men 12 years after it opened.
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| GM is late getting recall fix to dealers, answers to Congress Posted: 08 Apr 2014 04:19 PM PDT  General Motors Co is running two days behind Chief Executive Mary Barra's plan to begin shipping replacement ignition switches in its massive recall, dealerships and the company said on Tuesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also said on Tuesday that GM had missed an April 3 deadline to respond to the agency's request for information about the recall. GM said it was cooperating fully. The automaker, which recalled 2.6 million vehicles including the Chevrolet Cobalt, Saturn Ion and other models, said no parts to dealerships had been shipped as of late Tuesday afternoon.
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| What's behind the increase in stay-at-home moms? Posted: 08 Apr 2014 02:28 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The rising cost of child care is among likely reasons for a rise in the number of women staying home full-time with their children, according to a new Pew Research Center report released Tuesday.
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| Screeners discover WWI artillery shells at O'Hare airport Posted: 08 Apr 2014 01:59 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Baggage screeners at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have discovered two World War I artillery shells in checked luggage that arrived on a flight from London.
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| Does the White House have a gender pay gap? Posted: 08 Apr 2014 11:41 AM PDT  In the latest round in a long, bitter duel between Democrats and Republicans over which party is more on the side of women voters, White House press secretary Jay Carney was hit with questions on Monday from reporters about a report finding that the salary for the average median White House female staffer is about 12 percent lower than that for a male staffer. The median woman working in the White House makes about $65,000, almost $9,000 less than her male counterpart, according to the report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative group. That difference divides out to women in the White House making about 88 cents for each dollar that men in the administration make, the report said. But it is back and getting tossed like a hot potato to Democrats – just as President Obama is observing National Equal Pay Day on Tuesday by signing two executive orders that address the gender pay gap.
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| White House: Iran’s U.N. envoy pick ‘not viable’ Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:48 PM PDT  Hamid Aboutalebi could be barred from U.S. over alleged ties to embassy hostage crisis.
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| How this man manages the social images of the world famous Posted: 08 Apr 2014 10:18 AM PDT  Social management is evolving from managing content to actually creating content for famous clients around the world.
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| California senator denies Chinatown scam Posted: 08 Apr 2014 11:34 AM PDT  A California state senator denied Tuesday plotting to smuggle guns from the Philippines and trading political favors for cash, in a colorful case centred on San Francisco's Chinatown underworld. Appearing in a federal courthouse, now-suspended Democratic Senator Leland Yee pleaded not guilty to eight felony charges for which he could face life in prison if convicted. The five-year FBI sting that ensnared the politician was initially aimed at triad gangs linked to the West Coast city's renowned Chinatown. He is accused of offering a man he believed to be a mafia member -- actually an undercover agent -- his services as an arms trafficker.
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