| Passenger train derails in India; at least 19 dead Posted: 04 May 2014 05:36 AM PDT A passenger train derailed in western India on Sunday, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 100, police said.
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| Police: Gerry Adams to be freed, charges unlikely Posted: 04 May 2014 09:59 AM PDT BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams is expected to be released without charge after five days in police custody, but detectives will send a file of evidence against him to British prosecutors for potential charges later, a senior policeman said.
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| Ukraine claims advances on rebel-held positions Posted: 04 May 2014 03:25 AM PDT Authorities said government forces reclaimed a television tower during a security operation in the eastern town of Kramatorsk.
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| Odessa police free 67 detained in deadly clashes Posted: 04 May 2014 09:45 AM PDT ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed police headquarters in Odessa on Sunday and won the release of 67 people detained after deadly clashes in the Ukrainian port city.
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| US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students Posted: 04 May 2014 09:10 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students.
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| Mideast airline Etihad offers bed and bath suites Posted: 04 May 2014 08:45 AM PDT ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Talk about some serious legroom.
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| 1st openly gay Episcopal bishop to divorce husband Posted: 04 May 2014 08:13 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The first openly gay Episcopal bishop, who became a symbol for gay rights far beyond the church while deeply dividing the world's Anglicans, plans to divorce his husband.
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| Focus now on Afghan families displaced by slide Posted: 04 May 2014 09:45 AM PDT ABI BARIK, Afghanistan (AP) — As Afghans observed a day of mourning Sunday for the hundreds of people killed in a horrific landslide, authorities tried to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village.
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| Ultra-Orthodox quietly joining Israeli military Posted: 04 May 2014 04:21 AM PDT BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Moshe Prigan starts his day off just like many other men in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak with his morning prayer. It's only later that the routine takes an unexpected twist, when he puts on his air force uniform and heads to the Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv.
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| LA stage show fuses Mexican wrestling, striptease Posted: 04 May 2014 08:45 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's hard to say which zany circus-like act wins over the audience at Lucha VaVoom.
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| Pistorius trial: What's ahead Posted: 04 May 2014 08:36 AM PDT PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius' chief defense lawyer predicted that he would wrap up his case by the middle of May, giving the double-amputee athlete about two more weeks to show a judge that his story that he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake is reasonable and possible — the test the defense must pass.
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| Assad to face 2 others in Syrian presidential poll Posted: 04 May 2014 09:14 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad will face two other candidates in the coming June presidential election, the country's Supreme Constitutional Court announced Sunday, a vote he's widely expected to win amid the country's raging civil war.
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| Obama takes funny jabs at health care stumble Posted: 03 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT Little was sacred when President Obama took the podium at a White House event.
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| Politics and Hollywood collide at 'nerd prom' Posted: 03 May 2014 03:47 PM PDT  Actress Sofia Vergara poses as she arrives on the red carpet at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, May 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) |
| California Chrome wins Kentucky Derby Posted: 03 May 2014 03:43 PM PDT Louisville (AFP) - California Chrome swept to victory in the 140th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
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| NBA to appoint CEO to supervise Clippers Posted: 03 May 2014 06:35 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA said Saturday it will appoint a chief executive officer to supervise the Los Angeles Clippers' operations after banning owner Donald Sterling from the league for life.
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| Biden: Immigration crucial to American innovation Posted: 03 May 2014 02:09 PM PDT The U.S. vice president touts immigration at a college graduation ceremony in South Florida.
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| Images from White House Correspondents' Dinner Posted: 03 May 2014 06:52 PM PDT  President Barack Obama smiles while making a joke during his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) |
| Senator urges Hillary Clinton to seek presidency Posted: 03 May 2014 11:47 AM PDT Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia on Saturday endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, even though the former secretary of state has not announced whether she will seek the White House in 2016. Kaine, who backed Barack Obama when he beat Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, announced his support on Twitter and at breakfast meeting of the South Carolina Women's Democratic Council in Columbia, South Carolina. "Today I encouraged Hillary Clinton to run for president & pledged my support for her candidacy if she does," Kaine said in a tweet that linked to his remarks on www.readyforhillary.com, website of one of the most prominent pro-Clinton organizations.
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| U.S. warns of plan to attack hotel in Lagos Posted: 03 May 2014 11:21 AM PDT The United States has warned its citizens of a plan to attack one of two Sheraton hotels near Lagos, Nigeria's main commercial hub which attracts many foreign business people and which so far has been spared by the country's violent Islamist militants. In a statement on its website, the State Department said those behind the plot were "groups associated with terrorism", but gave no further details. Nigeria is grappling with an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands in the past five years. Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which is fighting to carve an Islamic state out of religiously mixed Nigeria, is still mostly confined to the northeast, although it has struck across the north and in Nigeria's capital, in the center.
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