Labor unions stage global fast-food protests

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• Labor unions stage global fast-food protests
• Five dead in worst floods to hit Serbia, Bosnia in 120 years
• Media file lawsuit to challenge execution secrecy
• FCC votes to propose new 'net neutrality' rules
• Aaron Hernandez charged in double slaying
• EU energy chief: Progress in Ukraine gas row, more talks this month
• Car bomb kills at least 29 in northern Syria
• Crews make gains on worst of San Diego fires
• 15 crew members indicted in S. Korean ferry disaster
• Obama at 9/11 museum: Terrorism can't break us
• Matt Bai: Who's really driving the Hillary train?
• US adviser helps candidate win Panama presidency
• Bangladesh ferry capsizes with 200 passengers aboard; 12 bodies found
• Shinseki: VA 'must do better' on patient care
• GM recalls 2.7M more cars; industry on record pace
• Turkey outraged as PM's aide kicks protester
• Turkish families bury miners as toll rises to 282
• Obama, 9/11 kin, survivors due at museum ceremony
• Mass funerals, mounting anger as Turkey mourns mine workers
• Ferry carrying 200 capsizes in Bangladesh
• 17 killed in northern Syria blast
• Thousands flee raging wildfires in San Diego
• Up to 21 dead, doctor says, as anti-China riots spread in Vietnam
• School integration slipping 60 years after Brown
• Nigeria rejects swap of prisoners for schoolgirls: UK official
• South Korea indicts four ferry crew for homicide
• Smithsonian gets clearance to fly drones at D.C. festival
• Burst pipe in Jerusalem reveals murals of medieval crusades
• Christie: Bridge scandal 'will be a footnote' by 2016
• California wildfires torch at least 30 homes
• 11,000 flee new Southern California wildfire
• Group: Gov't fails kids on U.S. tobacco farms
• Frugal Americans challenge food companies' bottom line

Labor unions stage global fast-food protests Posted: 15 May 2014 10:05 AM PDT Mixed turnout at events aimed at turning up the pressure on chains to raise worker pay.

Five dead in worst floods to hit Serbia, Bosnia in 120 years Posted: 15 May 2014 09:11 AM PDT Rains also forced hundreds out of their homes and cut off power to entire towns.

Media file lawsuit to challenge execution secrecy Posted: 15 May 2014 09:29 AM PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Associated Press and four other news organizations filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the secret way in which Missouri obtains the drugs it uses in lethal injections, arguing the state's actions prohibit public oversight of the death penalty.

FCC votes to propose new 'net neutrality' rules Posted: 15 May 2014 10:29 AM PDT New rules could allow paid deals between providers and content companies.

Aaron Hernandez charged in double slaying Posted: 15 May 2014 08:41 AM PDT The former New England Patriot has been indicted in a 2012 double slaying in Boston.

EU energy chief: Progress in Ukraine gas row, more talks this month Posted: 15 May 2014 09:39 AM PDT By Barbara Lewis ATHENS (Reuters) - Europe's energy commissioner said on Thursday he saw progress in resolving the row over gas prices between Kiev and Moscow and expected one, perhaps two more rounds of ministerial talks on the issue before the end of May. In his latest letter to EU leaders, made public on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged them to do more to help Ukraine through its economic crisis and to resolve the standoff over gas, repeating a threat to cut exports if Kiev fails to pay in advance for June deliveries. There is some progress,\" Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told Reuters on the sidelines of a meeting of EU energy ministers in Athens. Putin first wrote to EU leaders last month, suggesting three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union. On Monday, Oettinger is meeting Russia's energy minister and the head of Gazprom in Berlin to set a date for further talks.

Car bomb kills at least 29 in northern Syria Posted: 15 May 2014 08:54 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb ripped through a crowded garage near a rebel-held border crossing between Syria and Turkey Thursday, killing at least 29 people in an area that has seen fierce fighting between rival rebel groups, an anti-government activist group said.

Crews make gains on worst of San Diego fires Posted: 15 May 2014 10:04 AM PDT Winds haven't reappeared in San Diego County wildfire areas and authorities say it's a window of opportunity to make gains against flames that have scorched thousands of acres and destroyed homes.

15 crew members indicted in S. Korean ferry disaster Posted: 15 May 2014 07:56 AM PDT Prosecutors indicted the captain of the sunken South Korean ferry and three crew members on homicide charges Thursday, alleging they were negligent and failed to protect more than 300 people missing or dead in the disaster. Less serious indictments were issued against the 11 other crew members responsible for navigating the vessel.

Obama at 9/11 museum: Terrorism can't break us Posted: 15 May 2014 10:44 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama praised the new Sept. 11 museum on Thursday as "a sacred place of healing and of hope" that captures both the story and the spirit of heroism and helpfulness that followed the attacks.

Matt Bai: Who's really driving the Hillary train? Posted: 15 May 2014 02:13 AM PDT Perhaps you've noticed that Democrats in Washington get a little touchy these days where Hillary Clinton is concerned. A few weeks ago, I had the temerity to suggest that Clinton wouldn't be able to run unopposed for the Democratic nomination. This prompted an immediate response in the Daily Beast from Bob Shrum, the venerable party strategist, who argued that of course Clinton would easily clear the Democratic field and waltz to the nomination, because her situation so closely resembles that of Ulysses Grant in 1868. I'm not making this up.

US adviser helps candidate win Panama presidency Posted: 15 May 2014 08:15 AM PDT PANAMA CITY (AP) — It was billed as a battle royal between Latin America's top two spin doctors. In one corner, the campaign guru to such towering leftist leaders as Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. In the other, a strategist likened to Karl Rove who is credited with helping return the Institutional Revolutionary Party to power in Mexico after a 12-year-absence.

Bangladesh ferry capsizes with 200 passengers aboard; 12 bodies found Posted: 15 May 2014 07:58 AM PDT By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi river ferry with around 200 passengers on board capsized in a storm on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, and a rescue diver said he had seen more bodies inside the wreck. Most of the passengers were city workers and students heading home for the weekend beginning on Friday. \"We fear there will be more bodies inside the vessel and we cannot be sure of the number of passengers (on board),\" Saiful Hassan Badal, Deputy Commissioner of Munshiganj district, told Reuters by telephone from the scene. Bangladesh has a history of ferry disasters, with casualties sometimes running into hundreds due to overcrowding and lack of enforcement of safety standards such as numbers of lifeboats.

Shinseki: VA 'must do better' on patient care Posted: 15 May 2014 08:02 AM PDT Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says he is "as mad as hell" over allegations of treatment delays and preventable deaths at a Phoenix veterans hospital.

GM recalls 2.7M more cars; industry on record pace Posted: 15 May 2014 10:12 AM PDT DETROIT (AP) — General Motors recalled an additional 2.7 million vehicles Thursday as a deep dive into safety issues at the nation's biggest automaker turned up more problems with some of the cars it built over the past decade.

Turkey outraged as PM's aide kicks protester Posted: 15 May 2014 07:48 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A video showing an aide to Turkey's prime minister kicking a protester held on the ground by special forces police sparked outrage Thursday, tarnishing the Turkish leader's image ahead of his expected run for president.

Turkish families bury miners as toll rises to 282 Posted: 15 May 2014 08:40 AM PDT SOMA, Turkey (AP) — Women sang improvised ballads about the departed over freshly dug graves Thursday, even as backhoes carved row upon row of graves into the dirt and hearses lined up outside the cemetery with more victims of Turkey's worst mining disaster.

Obama, 9/11 kin, survivors due at museum ceremony Posted: 15 May 2014 03:32 AM PDT Event marks the opening of the 9/11 museum, a monument to how the terror attacks that day shaped history.

Mass funerals, mounting anger as Turkey mourns mine workers Posted: 15 May 2014 08:30 AM PDT By Ece Toksabay SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) - Loudspeakers broadcast the names of the dead as rows of graves were filled in this close-knit Turkish mining town on Thursday, while thousands protested in major cities as grief turned to anger following the country's deadliest industrial disaster. Rescuers were still trying to reach parts of the coal mine in Soma, 480 km (300 miles) southwest of Istanbul, more than 48 hours after fire knocked out power and shut down the ventilation shafts and elevators, trapping hundreds underground. At least 282 people have been confirmed dead, mostly from carbon monoxide poisoning, and hopes are fading of pulling out any more alive of the 100 or so still thought to be inside. Anger has swept a country that experienced a decade of rapid economic growth under Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted government but still suffers from one of the world's worst records of workplace safety.

Ferry carrying 200 capsizes in Bangladesh Posted: 15 May 2014 04:52 AM PDT 6 bodies have been found in the accident, reports detailed early Thursday.

17 killed in northern Syria blast Posted: 15 May 2014 05:37 AM PDT An explosion near a border crossing between Syria and Turkey killed at least 17 people and wounded many others Thursday, an activist group monitoring the Syrian civil war said.

Thousands flee raging wildfires in San Diego Posted: 15 May 2014 06:16 AM PDT Wind-driven fires covering more than 14 sq. miles scorched San Diego County Wednesday.

Up to 21 dead, doctor says, as anti-China riots spread in Vietnam Posted: 15 May 2014 06:32 AM PDT Up to 21 people were killed in Vietnam, a doctor said on Thursday, and a huge foreign steel project was set ablaze as anti-China riots spread to the centre of the country a day after arson and looting in the south. The doctor at a hospital in central Ha Tinh province said five Vietnamese workers and 16 other people described as Chinese were killed on Wednesday night in rioting, one of the worst breakdowns in Sino-Vietnamese relations since the neighbors fought a brief border war in 1979. China's state news agency Xinhua reported that at least two Chinese nationals had died and more than 100 were hospitalized. The Planning and Investment Ministry blamed the clashes on \"extremists\" and warned that they could seriously affect the investment environment in Vietnam.

School integration slipping 60 years after Brown Posted: 14 May 2014 10:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Progress toward integrating America's schools since the landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision 60 years ago is being chipped away, a new report finds — and it's no longer just a black-and-white issue.

Nigeria rejects swap of prisoners for schoolgirls: UK official Posted: 14 May 2014 11:21 PM PDT By Isaac Abrak MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's president has rejected an offer from Islamist rebel group Boko Haram to exchange schoolgirls it abducted for imprisoned militants, but the government is open to broader talks with the rebels, a visiting British minister said. President Goodluck Jonathan is under pressure to crush the rebels who have killed thousands in their campaign for an Islamist state and to free the girls whose abduction a month ago has sparked global outrage. Government officials initially said they were exploring all options with respect to the swap proposal and later said they were willing to negotiate with Boko Haram without specifying whether any putative talks might include an exchange for the girls. Jonathan further refined that position on Wednesday during talks with Britain's Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds.

South Korea indicts four ferry crew for homicide Posted: 14 May 2014 09:21 PM PDT By Ju-min Park MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) - The captain and three senior crew members of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April, killing more than 280 passengers, many of them school children, were indicted for homicide on Thursday, a senior prosecutor said. Prosecutors also indicted the 11 other surviving crew members of the ferry Sewol on negligence charges. The crew has been under criminal investigation after they were believed to have escaped the sinking vessel before many passengers.

Smithsonian gets clearance to fly drones at D.C. festival Posted: 14 May 2014 02:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is getting some competition from the Smithsonian Institution in testing personal delivery drones for the future.

Burst pipe in Jerusalem reveals murals of medieval crusades Posted: 14 May 2014 11:47 AM PDT Wall murals portraying Crusader knights and symbols of medieval military orders have been rediscovered in a Jerusalem hospital thanks to a burst water pipe and a storeroom reorganization. These paintings were the works of a French count, Comte Marie Paul Amédée de Piellat, who believed himself to be a descendant of Crusaders. The count was a frequent visitor to Jerusalem and had the Saint-Louis Hospice built between 1879 and 1896, naming it after St. Louis IX, a king of France and leader of the Seventh Crusade between A.D. 1248 and 1254. The count returned to Jerusalem to restore his murals, but died in the hospital in 1925, his work undone.

Christie: Bridge scandal 'will be a footnote' by 2016 Posted: 14 May 2014 12:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday that he is thinking about running for president and that by the time 2016 arrives the controversy over last year's George Washington Bridge lane closures "will be a footnote."

California wildfires torch at least 30 homes Posted: 14 May 2014 02:23 PM PDT San Diego County firefighters battling several fires amid hot, dry and windy conditions.

11,000 flee new Southern California wildfire Posted: 14 May 2014 02:57 PM PDT Local TV images show what appear to be a number of homes burning in San Diego area.

Group: Gov't fails kids on U.S. tobacco farms Posted: 14 May 2014 11:51 AM PDT Report claims children as young as 7 toil long hours harvesting chemical-laced crops.

Frugal Americans challenge food companies' bottom line Posted: 14 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT By Lewis Krauskopf and Lisa Baertlein NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rebecca Sumrow is one of the customers food and restaurant company executives have in mind when they consider raising prices to offset higher costs as meat and milk soar to record highs. The 30-year-old from San Clemente, California, was out of work for a short time last year and saved money by moving in with her boyfriend and cutting back on clothes shopping and dining out. Consumers \"have gotten really good over these last four years at stretching a penny,\" said Pat Conroy, leader of the U.S. consumer products practice at Deloitte LLP. So far, we've been right.\" According to Deloitte's annual survey of food shoppers released last week, 94 percent agreed they would remain cautious and keep spending at the same level even if the economy improves.

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