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NTSB: Asiana crew 'did not fully understand' flight systems

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NTSB: Asiana crew 'did not fully understand' flight systems

NTSB: Asiana crew 'did not fully understand' flight systems

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 6, 2013 aerial file photo, the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 lies on the ground after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Nearly a year after Asiana Flight 214 crashed while landing in San Francisco, the National Transportation Safety Board is meeting to determine what went wrong, who's to blame and how to prevent future accidents. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Investigators cite pilot mismanagement and confusion in San Francisco crash that killed 3.

Putin calls for Ukraine cease-fire extension

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 08:59 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Sunday, June 22, 2014, Russian Vladimir Putin takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Russian news agencies say President Vladimir Putin has asked parliament to cancel a resolution that sanctions the use of military force in Ukraine. Putin wrote to the head of parliament's upper house asking that a March 1 request authorizing the use of force in neighboring Ukraine be withdrawn. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Russian leader says end of hostilities must be come with talks between gov't and rebels.

Shipwreck hunter: Lake Michigan debris may be 1679 vessel

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 07:15 AM PDT

Griffin ShipwreckTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A debris field at the bottom of Lake Michigan may be the remains of the long-lost Griffin, a vessel commanded by a 17th-century French explorer, said a shipwreck hunter who has sought the wreckage for decades.

New warning on climate change's costs

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 02:20 AM PDT

In this April 21, 2014 photo, people walk along one of the beaches in Key Biscayne, Fla. While there is a wide open beach now, many officials fear that in years to come, rising sea levels may destroy the open area. On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, members of the U.S. Senate are taking a field trip to Miami Beach for a hearing on the coastal effects of climate change. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)Report says U.S. will face multibillion-dollar bill from climate change over next 25 years.

Ukraine military copter downed by rebel fire; 9 feared dead

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:50 AM PDT

Ukrainian servicemen stop a car at a checkpoint outside the eastern Ukrainian town of SlavianskBy Pavel Polityuk and Aleksandar Vasovic KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Rebels shot down a Ukrainian helicopter carrying technicians who had been installing equipment to monitor violations of a peace plan in Ukraine's rebellious east on Tuesday, killing all nine people on board, a military spokesman said. The technicians had been returning from setting up specialised equipment when their Mi-8 cargo helicopter was struck by a rebel missile near Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine, government forces spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov said. The incident took place just hours after pro-Russian separatists on Monday night announced a ceasefire until June 27 to match a week-long truce by government forces which has been ordered by President Petro Poroshenko. It was the second time a helicopter has been brought down by rebel fire from Slaviansk, a separatist stronghold.

Mother held at Sudan airport hours after death row reprieve

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 07:04 AM PDT

In this file image made from an undated video provided Thursday, June 5, 2014, by Al Fajer, a Sudanese nongovernmental organization, Meriam Ibrahim breastfeeds her newborn baby girl that she gave birth to in jail last week, as the NGO visits her in a room at a prison in Khartoum, Sudan. Sudan's official news agency, SUNA, said the Court of Cassation in Khartoum on Monday, June 23, canceled the death sentence against 27-year-old Meriam Ibrahim after defense lawyers presented their case. The court ordered her release. (AP Photo/Al Fajer, File)A Sudanese Christian woman was arrested Tuesday at Khartoum airport a day after a court annulled her death sentence for apostasy and released her from prison, a source familiar with the incident said. "The National Security took her and Daniel," said the source, referring to Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, 26, and her American husband Daniel Wani. He could not give more details except to say they were taken to a facility of the powerful National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). Born to a Muslim father and an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian mother, Ishag was convicted under Islamic sharia law that has been in force in Sudan since 1983 and outlaws conversions on pain of death.

LeBron James to opt-out of contract with Miami

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World 3.0: Lifesaving drones

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 02:22 PM PDT

Drones for Good: How these unmanned vehicles can help 1 billion peopleDrones have gotten a pretty bad reputation. The word conjures up images of war, surveillance and "collateral damage," which means civilian deaths. This week on World 3.0, we're introducing you to one company offering a kinder, gentler drone.

As wars wind down, small-town police inherit armored vehicles

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 02:06 AM PDT

Warren County Undersheriff Shawn Lamouree poses in front the department's mine resistant ambush protected vehicle, or MRAP, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, in Queensbury, N.Y. The hulking vehicles, built for about $500,000 each at the height of the war, are among the biggest pieces of equipment that the Defense Department is giving to law enforcement agencies under a national military surplus program. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)Robert Shellmyer was relieved to see last week at his hometown's 175th anniversary celebration that the local police department's new prized possession was not driving alongside the tractors and floats in the parade.

Clock ticks for artifacts trapped in rapidly-melting Swiss glaciers

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:24 AM PDT

Alvier mountain in the Swiss AlpsGENEVA (AP) — Swiss scientists say only decades remain for alpinists and hikers to retrieve items covered for hundreds or even thousands of years by ice which is now melting.

Nigerian villagers: 60 girls and women, 31 boys abducted

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:20 AM PDT

Members of the #BringBackOurGirls Abuja campaign group attend a sit-in protest in AbujaMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys in weekend attacks on villages in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said Tuesday, another sign of the Nigerian military's failure to curb an Islamic uprising.

Report: Putin canceling threat of force

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:05 AM PDT

Local citizens lineup to get free food in besieged Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, MondayMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament Tuesday to cancel a resolution sanctioning the use of military force in Ukraine, his spokesman said.

US special forces face complex challenge in Iraq

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 01:09 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teams of special forces going into Iraq after a three-year gap will face an aggressive insurgency, a splintering military and a precarious political situation as they help Iraqi security forces improve their ability to battle Sunni militants.

Kurdish leader cites 'new reality' in Iraq

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 08:24 AM PDT

Kurdish President Massoud Barzani, right, shakes hands for photographers with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the presidential palace in Irbil on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The president of Iraq's ethnic Kurdish region declared Tuesday that IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's top Kurdish leader warned visiting Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday that a rapid Sunni insurgent advance has already created "a new reality and a new Iraq," signaling that the U.S. faces major difficulties in its efforts to promote unity among the country's divided factions.

Putin: cease-fire in Ukraine should be extended

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 08:59 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Sunday, June 22, 2014, Russian Vladimir Putin takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Russian news agencies say President Vladimir Putin has asked parliament to cancel a resolution that sanctions the use of military force in Ukraine. Putin wrote to the head of parliament's upper house asking that a March 1 request authorizing the use of force in neighboring Ukraine be withdrawn. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)MOSCOW (AP) — The weeklong cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president should be extended and accompanied by talks between the government and the rebels, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.

Primary showdowns in Miss., NY for Cochran, Rangel

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:01 AM PDT

Alec Jones straightens a Chris McDaniel signs outside the voting booths at the Oxford Conference Center in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Voters go to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Republican primary runoff election between incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran and McDaniel. The winner will face Democrat Travis Childers in November's general election. (AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman) MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDITWASHINGTON (AP) — Six-term Sen. Thad Cochran struggled against a challenge from state Sen. Chris McDaniel in Mississippi's Republican primary runoff Tuesday, testing the appeal of decades of delivering federal largesse against conservative demands to slash government spending.

Egypt president refuses pardon for journalists

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:29 AM PDT

This image released by Egypt's official Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as he is saluted by a female cadet at a military graduation in Cairo, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. President el-Sissi said Tuesday he will not interfere in court rulings, rebuffing calls from the United States and other Western governments that he pardon or commute the sentences of three Al-Jazeera journalists handed heavy prison terms a day earlier.(AP Photo/MENA)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Tuesday rejected calls from the United States and other Western governments that he pardon or commute the sentences of three Al-Jazeera journalists who were handed heavy prison terms a day earlier in a court ruling that raised international outrage.

Brooks cleared of UK hacking, Coulson convicted

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:32 AM PDT

Andy Coulson, background, former News of the World editor leaves the Central Criminal Court in London, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Coulson was convicted of phone hacking Tuesday, but fellow editor Rebekah Brooks was acquitted after a trial centering on illegal activity at the heart of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire. A jury at London's Old Bailey unanimously found Coulson, the former spin doctor of British Prime Minister David Cameron, guilty of conspiring to intercept communications. Brooks was acquitted of that charge and of counts of bribing officials and obstructing police. The nearly eight-month trial was triggered by revelations that for years the News of the World used illegal eavesdropping to get stories, listening in on the voicemails of celebrities, politicians and even crime victims. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)LONDON (AP) — It was a simple trick — punching in passcodes to listen to messages left on other people's phones.

UK queen visits Belfast set of 'Game of Thrones'

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:12 AM PDT

A local youth takes a selfie photograph in front of Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to St George's indoor market on in Belfast Tuesday June 24, 2014. The Queen is on a 3 day visit to Northern Ireland . (AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, Pool)BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — For Queen Elizabeth II, one throne is enough.

FIFA hails 'milestone' ESPN rating for US-Portugal

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:54 AM PDT

United States' Clint Dempsey, left, celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the group G World Cup soccer match between the USA and Portugal at the Arena da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday, June 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — FIFA has hailed the TV rating in the United States for the World Cup match between the Americans and Portugal as a milestone for the sport.

LeBron tells Heat he will become free agent

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 07:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2014 file photo, Miami Heat's LeBron James gestures as he answers a question during a news conference in Miami. A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that James has decided to opt out of the final two years of his contract with the Heat and become a free agent on July 1. Opting out does not mean James has decided to leave the Heat, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because neither the four-time NBA MVP nor the team had made any public announcement. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James is heading back to free agency.

Alaskans evacuate after 8.0 quake

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 03:47 PM PDT

All tsunami advisories canceled after Alaska quakeQuake was widely felt in communities along Alaska's sparsely populated Aleutian Islands.

Husband of slain Iraqi woman sentenced

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:40 PM PDT

In this March 27,2012 file photo, Kassim Alhimidi, right, speaks alongside his son, Mohammed Alhimidi, during a memorial for his wife, Shaima Alawadi, at a mosque in Lakeside, Calif. Alhimidi Alhimidi was sentenced Monday, June 23, 2014 in San Diego County Superior Court to 25 years to life in prison for his wife's fatal beating, which initially drew international condemnation when authorities believed it was a hate crime. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)A Calif. Iraqi immigrant was sentenced to 26 years-to-life for his wife's fatal beating.

Nearly 170 children rescued in sex-trafficking crackdown

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:35 PM PDT

FBI rescues 168 trafficked children in nationwide sweepAccording to the FBI, 281 pimps were arrested in connection with the case.

Iraq’s Sunni 'war of liberation’

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2014, file photo, Kurdish peshmerga fighters takes their positions behind sand barriers at the village of Taza Khormato in the northern oil rich province of Kirkuk, Iraq. The insurgents came at midday, walking across a canal, advancing under cover of mortar fire toward the cluster of three Iraqi villages. Within eight hours, Shiite residents who fled said the Sunni insurgents had expelled thousands of them from the majority-Sunni province, helped by local Sunnis in neighboring villages. The expulsions show how Iraq's sectarian mosaic is unraveling in particularly hateful ways, unseen since the mid-2000s when sectarian killings nearly plunged the country into civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Sectarian fighting threatens to trap the U.S. in the middle of a civil war in Iraq.

Mormon church bans prominent women's group founder

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 05:00 PM PDT

Kate Kelly receives a hugThe Mormon church excommunicated the prominent founder of a Mormon women's group, Ordain Women announced Monday afternoon.

U.S. memo justifying drone killings cites al-Qaida law

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:52 PM PDT

A U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone prepares to land at the Misawa Air Base in Misawa, northern Japan, Saturday, May 24, 2014. The U.S. began sending long-range Global Hawk surveillance drones to Japan this month for rotational deployments. They are intended to help step up surveillance around the disputed islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, a source of heated debate between the two countries over claims to the remote territories. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, NO SALESSecret document made legal case for using drones to kill American terror suspects overseas.

Lawyer in campus attack eyes insanity defense

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 03:20 PM PDT

Shooting suspect Aaron Ybarra is led to a court hearing at a King County Jail courtroom Friday, June 6, 2014, in Seattle. Ybarra was arrested in the killing of a 19-year-old student and wounding of two other young people Thursday at Seattle Pacific University. Police say Jon Meis and other students subdued Ybarra until officers arrived and handcuffed him moments later. Meis, the 22-year-old building monitor, pepper-sprayed and tackled the gunman Thursday in Seattle Pacific University's Otto Miller Hall, likely preventing further carnage, according to police and university officials. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)An attorney gave notice that an insanity defense was being considered for a man charged with killing one student and wounding two others at a Seattle university.

Friend of Boston bombing suspect refuses plea deal

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 11:11 AM PDT

This undated photo added on April 18, 2013 to the VK page of Dias Kadyrbayev shows, from left, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, from Kazakhstan, with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Times Square in New York. Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov, two college buddies of Tsarnaev, were jailed by immigration authorities the day after Tsarnaev's capture. They are not suspects, but are being held for violating their student visas by not regularly attending classes, Kadyrbayev's lawyer, Robert Stahl said. They are being detained at a county jail in Boston. (AP Photo/VK)A lawyer for a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect said Monday that he rejected a plea deal offered to his client, whom he said "knows he's not guilty."

37 arrested in Israel as search for missing teens drags on

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:01 AM PDT

The mother of Mohammed Tarifi, a 30-year-old Palestinian man who was shot dead during early morning clashes with Israeli troops, reacts outside a hospital on June 22, 2014 in the West Bank city of RamallahIsraeli troops detained 37 Palestinians in the West Bank during the night as its arrest campaign entered its 11th day, with no sign of three teenagers thought kidnapped by Hamas.

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