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Calif. victim's dad blames 'idiots'

Calif. victim's dad blames 'idiots'


Calif. victim's dad blames 'idiots'

Posted: 26 May 2014 08:40 AM PDT

Jose Cardoso cries in front of a makeshift memorial for UCSB student Christopher Michael-Martinez in Isla VistaTargets politicians who failed to tighten gun laws after mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.


Editor who criticized Islamists shot dead in Benghazi

Posted: 26 May 2014 10:30 AM PDT

smoke rises over the parliamentTRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Gunmen shot dead a newspaper editor who was an outspoken critic of Islamists in Libya's volatile east on Monday, in a targeted killing that came hours after he warned the Islamist-led parliament of a civil war if it didn't bow to widespread demands to disband and allow early elections.


Old West outlaw's pistol goes up for auction

Posted: 26 May 2014 10:12 AM PDT

This image provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society shows Al Jennings in the Winter of 1913-1914. A pistol and other possessions belonging to the one-time Old West outlaw who later ran for governor of Oklahoma and became a film actor are going up for auction next month. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Historical Society)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A pistol and other possessions belonging to a one-time Old West outlaw who later ran for governor of Oklahoma and became an actor are going up for auction next month.


Ukraine launches swift airstrikes on airport

Posted: 26 May 2014 10:11 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the airport outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched airstrikes Monday against the separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, suggesting that fighting in the east is far from over. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Assault against pro-Russian rebels follows new leader's vow to reassert control in east.


Kim and Kanye in surprise Irish honeymoon

Posted: 26 May 2014 08:08 AM PDT

US reality TV star Kim Kardashian (L) and American singer Kanye West (R) leave their residence in Paris on May 23, 2014, ahead of their weddingKanye West and Kim Kardashian have caught the world's paparazzi off-guard by choosing to secretly honeymoon in the rain-sodden Irish countryside, according to media reports Monday. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were married in a private ceremony in the presence of family and friends in the Italian city of Florence on Saturday. Media reports suggest the couple landed at Cork airport in southern Ireland at 2:00 GMT the following day and were whisked away by a fleet of limousines. It is rumoured that rapper West, 36, and reality TV star Kardashian, 33, will be based at a luxury rural estate in the southern Munster region.


Crews search for 3 people in Colorado mudslide

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:09 AM PDT

3 people missing after large mudslide in western ColoradoCOLLBRAN, Colo. (AP) — Rescue teams were searching Monday for three men reported missing after a ridge collapsed in a remote part of western Colorado following heavy rain.


U.S. veterans honored over Memorial Day weekend

Posted: 26 May 2014 07:23 AM PDT

U.S. veterans honored over Memorial Day weekendRaymonde Murphy walks past the flag-adorned graves after visiting the grave of her husband, William Murphy, a World War II veteran, at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Train accident kills at least 40 in northern India

Posted: 26 May 2014 08:19 AM PDT

Indian officials and rescuers gather around the wreckage after the Gorakhpur Express passenger train slammed into a parked freight train Chureb, near Basti, Uttar Pradesh state,, India, Monday, May 26, 2014. According to officials dozens were killed. (AP Photo)Most victims in remote crash had been poor farm workers returning to their homes.


After anti-EU parties surge, what's ahead?

Posted: 26 May 2014 07:55 AM PDT

Nigel Farage leader of Britain's UK Independence Party (UKIP) laughs as he arrives to hear results of the south east region European Parliamentary Election vote at the Guildhall in Southampton, England, Sunday, May 25, 2014. From Portugal to Finland, voters of 21 nations cast ballots Sunday to decide the makeup of the next European Parliament and help determine the European Union's future leaders and course. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe's voters have spoken, and the result "is a shock, an earthquake," France's prime minister said.


Hacking case belies profitable US links with China

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, American and Chinese flags fly along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington. The Justice Department's indictment last week of five Chinese military officials charged them with trying to pilfer confidential information from American companies. But even some of the alleged U.S. corporate victims of the hackers have little incentive to cheer any trade rupture with China. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — China may be trying to steal trade secrets from U.S. businesses, as federal prosecutors allege. Yet for many U.S. companies, China's vast market remains an irresistible source of business.


Ukraine launches air strikes at eastern gunmen

Posted: 26 May 2014 09:20 AM PDT

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's new president-elect promised Monday to negotiate an end to a pro-Russia insurgency in the east and said he was willing to begin talks with Moscow. Yet he described the separatists as "Somali pirates" and authorities in Kiev launched an airstrike against the militants occupying a major eastern airport.

Thai coup leader: Don't protest, it's no use

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:27 AM PDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Bolstered by an endorsement from Thailand's king, the nation's new military ruler issued a stark warning Monday to anyone opposed to last week's coup: don't cause trouble, don't criticize, don't protest — or else the nation could revert to the "old days" of turmoil and street violence.

Obama leads country in celebrating Memorial Day

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:04 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. Obama, who returned just hours earlier from a surprise visit with U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, paid tribute to those lost in battle there and elsewhere over history as he commemorated Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama led the nation in commemorating Memorial Day, declaring the United States has reached "a pivotal moment" in Afghanistan with the end of war approaching.


After Euroskeptic rise, EU leaders step into fray

Posted: 26 May 2014 09:21 AM PDT

A graphic shows the estimate results of the European elections, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Exit polls showed the far right and Eurosceptics making sweeping gains in European Parliament elections Sunday, signaling a major political shift toward parties that want to slash the European Union's powers or abolish it altogether. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)BRUSSELS (AP) — Euroskeptics celebrated across the continent on Monday, from Britain to France and beyond, over their unmatched success in the European Parliament election. Now they are keen to put up internal borders again, keep foreigners out of their labor markets, abolish the common euro currency and let their nations go it alone in a globalized world.


Pro-military fervor at polls as Egyptians vote

Posted: 26 May 2014 10:03 AM PDT

Presidential hopeful Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi arrives to a polling site to cast his ballot on the first day of voting in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 26, 2014. Egyptians are choosing a new president on Monday in an election that comes nearly a year after the military's ouster of the nation's first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi. The man who removed Morsi, retired military chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is practically assured of a victory in the vote, which is being held over two days, Monday and Tuesday.(AP Photo/Lobna Tarek, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUTCAIRO (AP) — Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's supporters danced to pop tunes praising the military and sported T-shirts bearing his image as they cast ballots Monday in a presidential election that is seen certain to vault the retired field marshal to office.


Things to know about this week's election in Egypt

Posted: 25 May 2014 10:03 PM PDT

Egyptian shoppers walk under a poster supporting presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the country's former military chief, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Considered all but certain to win is el-Sissi, the man who removed the former president, Mohammed Morsi. El-Sissi, who for the past 10 months has been the most powerful figure in Egypt, faces one other candidate in the race, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, who finished third in the 2012 presidential election. Arabic reads, "Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, presidential candidate number 1." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians are voting on Monday and Tuesday in elections to choose a new president after the military's ouster last year of the country's first democratically elected leader, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi.


Pope wraps up delicate Mideast pilgrimage

Posted: 26 May 2014 10:49 AM PDT

Pope Francis, center, attends a mass at the site known as the Cenacle, or Upper Room, where Christians believe Jesus had his last supper, in Jerusalem on Monday, May 26, 2014. Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and other attacks and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors as he capped his three-day Mideast trip with poignant stops Monday at some of the holiest and most haunting sites for Jews. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up his Mideast pilgrimage Monday with a balancing act of symbolic and sometimes spontaneous gestures to press his call for peace between Israel and the Palestinians and friendship between Jews and Muslims in the land of Jesus' birth.


White House mistakenly reveals CIA official's name

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:19 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration accidentally revealed the name of the CIA's top official in Afghanistan in an email to thousands of journalists during the president's surprise weekend trip to Bagram Air Field.

AP PHOTOS: Brazil in countdown for World Cup start

Posted: 26 May 2014 09:26 AM PDT

In this May 13, 2014, photo,This aerial view shot through an airplane window shows the Maracana stadium behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As opening day for the World Cup approaches, people continue to stage protests, some about the billions of dollars spent on the World Cup at a time of social hardship, but soccer is still a unifying force. The international soccer tournament will be the first in the South American nation since 1950. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — About 300,000 visitors from around the world are expected to attend World Cup matches across Brazil, from the steamy Amazon region in the north to the chillier pampa climes in the south to Rio de Janeiro, where the Christ the Redeemer statue spreads his arms high above the Maracana stadium where the tournament's final game will be.


US honors veterans over Memorial Day weekend

Posted: 25 May 2014 11:11 PM PDT

Marine veteran, retired Staff Sgt. Tim Chambers salutes riders in the annual Rolling Thunder 'Ride for Freedom' motorcycle rally in Washington, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps' chaplain, speaking to a congregation that has tied gold ribbons on the church's fence in honor of fallen soldiers since the Iraq War began, lauded the sacrifice of veterans around the world as President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan for Memorial Day.


Thai junta leader says king endorses coup

Posted: 25 May 2014 09:59 PM PDT

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks at the start of his first press conference since Thursday's coup Monday, May 26 , 2014. Thailand's coup leader said Monday that the country's king had officially endorsed him to run the nation after the armed forces seized power last week. The announcement came one day after the junta warned protesters it was ready to crackdown on civilian opposition to its takeover. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Thailand's army chief says the military junta was officially endorsed by the king, and he warned rivals to avoid inciting division.


Train accident kills at least 40 in north India

Posted: 26 May 2014 03:14 AM PDT

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — An express train slammed into a parked freight train in northern India on Monday, killing at least 40 people, officials said.

Obama hopeful on Afghan security pact

Posted: 25 May 2014 07:46 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama tells U.S. troops based in Afghanistan that he'll shake hands with each of them at the end of his remarks, at Bagram Air Base in KabulPresident Obama intends to keep a small number of troops in Afghanistan.


Alaska wildfire grows, spurs evacuations

Posted: 25 May 2014 08:48 PM PDT

Haze from smoke covers a highway in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Residents in Anchorage woke up Thursday to a smokey haze and the smell of a campfire over the state's largest city. The smoke is from wildfires burning on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A massive wildfire pushed by wind in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage continued to explode in size, leading to mandatory evacuations of 1,000 structures, officials said Sunday.


France's far-right leads EU eurosceptic 'earthquake'

Posted: 25 May 2014 06:15 PM PDT

French far-right Front National (FN) party president Marine Le Pen reacts at the party's headquarters in Nanterre, outside Paris, on May 25, 2014France's far-right National Front stormed European Parliament polls as eurosceptic parties dished up a harsh reality check that sent shockwaves across the EU and beyond. The Parliament's own projections showed the extent of the anti-EU breakthrough, with eurosceptic parties set to win around 140 seats in the 751-seat assembly. The most emphatic results came in France where the National Front (FN) won around 26 percent of the vote, according to official figures, and in Britain where early results suggested a solid victory for the United Kingdom Independence Party. The anti-EU Danish People's Party was also victorious, while far right groups had strong showings in Hungary and Greece, among others.


Ryan Hunter-Reay wins Indy 500

Posted: 25 May 2014 12:39 PM PDT

Ryan Hunter-Reay wins Indy 500INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 25: Ryan Hunter-Reay, driver of the #28 DHL Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara, celebrates with hid son Ryden after winning the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 25, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

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