| Officials: Bergdahl deal hinged on secrecy Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:28 AM PDT  White House tells lawmakers Taliban threatened to kill soldier if swap went public.
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| GM axes 15 over ignition problem that dragged on 11 years Posted: 05 Jun 2014 06:35 AM PDT  Actions follow company's own probe into deadly ignition switch defect.
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| Seller cancels auction of soldier's skull found near Gettysburg Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:32 AM PDT  By David DeKok HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) - Facing wide criticism, including from the National Parks Service, an auction house has canceled plans to sell the skull of a Civil War soldier and military relics found near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. But late on Monday, auctioneer Thomas Taylor of the Hagerstown, Maryland-based company said the skull would be handed over to the National Park Service at the Gettysburg National Military Park. The park service had earlier called for the skull to be donated for burial in the Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg, alongside the bones of other unknown soldiers. The Battle of Gettysburg, which lasted three days in 1863, is often described as the turning point of the Civil War.
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| President Obama to field college debt questions on Tumblr Posted: 05 Jun 2014 08:01 AM PDT  Mad about your college loans? You have a chance to take your frustrations straight to the president on Tuesday.
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| U.S., Britain lay down new markers for Putin Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:35 AM PDT  President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron laid down new markers for Russia Thursday, giving Moscow a month to meet their conditions in Ukraine or face further sanctions.
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| Search continues for gunman in Canadian police killings Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:00 AM PDT  A man suspected of killing three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers was spotted three times but has so far eluded a massive manhunt in the normally tranquil east coast city of Moncton, police said.
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| Violence against women: What is — and is not — different this time Posted: 05 Jun 2014 03:23 AM PDT  The 25-year-old gunman entered the crowded classroom early that morning, armed with a rifle and a hunting knife. Before the 60 students could really register what was happening, he'd ordered the men to leave, then opened fire on the women, shouting, "You're all a bunch of feminists, and I hate feminists!" By the time he turned the gun on himself, he'd left 14 dead and 10 more injured.
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| Matt Bai: The tea party is after Eric Cantor. Seriously. Posted: 05 Jun 2014 03:13 AM PDT  Just how conservative do you have to be before these conservative activists will leave you alone?
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| Saving Sgt. Bergdahl Posted: 05 Jun 2014 06:43 AM PDT In murky ground between war and terror, prisoner swap causes uproar. |
| Boko Haram militants slaughter hundreds Posted: 05 Jun 2014 08:32 AM PDT  Rebels dressed as soldiers slaughtered at least 200 civilians in 3 Nigerian villages.
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| 34 injured in Staten Island blaze Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:24 AM PDT  Fire tore through three townhouses on Staten Island, injuring 34 people including two young children who were tossed out a window from a smoke-filled second-floor apartment into the arms of neighbors below, authorities and witnesses said.
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| In Nepal, thousands hug trees in world record bid Posted: 05 Jun 2014 05:12 AM PDT  More than 2,000 people, mostly students wearing their school uniforms, gathered in Nepal's capital on Thursday in a bid to set a world record for the largest tree hug.
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| Ukraine diplomacy kicks into high gear at G-7 Posted: 05 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Diplomatic efforts to resolve the months-long standoff between Ukraine and Russia might end up with a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's president-elect, France's president said Thursday.
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| McChrystal: I’m not the right person to run VA Posted: 05 Jun 2014 03:21 AM PDT  The retired general explains why he's taken himself out of the running for the job.
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| European Central Bank cuts rates to help eurozone Posted: 05 Jun 2014 05:19 AM PDT FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has cut two key interest rates, one of them into negative territory — a highly unusual step that underlines the urgency of its efforts to keep the eurozone economy from sliding into crippling deflation. |
| Pilot ejects as Navy jet crashes into sea Posted: 05 Jun 2014 06:48 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Officials say a Navy jet crashed into the sea as it prepared to make a late-night landing on an aircraft carrier, but the pilot ejected and was listed in stable condition.
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| Manhunt for suspect after 3 officers killed in Canada Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:37 PM PDT  Two other police officers were injured in a rare case of gun violence in eastern Canada.
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| GM recall probe to clear senior execs: WSJ Posted: 04 Jun 2014 09:55 PM PDT  (Reuters) - An internal probe of General Motors Co's GM.N delay in recalling cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths is expected to conclude there was no concerted coverup and clear senior management of blame, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The report will conclude that GM managers did not make connections and act on evidence of problems linked to deadly accidents, and it will recommend changes to GM culture and management, the Journal said. But GM's general counsel, Michael Millikin, who was co-lead of the internal probe with former U.S. prosecutor Anton Valukas, is expected to continue to work for the automaker and is cleared of responsibility for the mishandling of defects and the recall delay, the people told the newspaper. Barra is expected to announce the findings of the internal probe on Thursday.
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| No injuries in California military jet crash Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT IMPERIAL, Calif. (AP) — A Marine jet crashed into a residential area and destroyed two homes in a Southern California desert community Wednesday, but no one was injured, authorities said. |
| McChrystal: Don't rush to judge Bergdahl Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:44 PM PDT  Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal led Afghanistan war effort at time of soldier's vanishing.
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| Putin calls Hilary Clinton 'weak,' cracks wise about women Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:38 PM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin waded into US politics Wednesday describing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- and possible 2016 presidential candidate -- as "weak" in some sarcastic comments about women. In an interview with French television, Putin was asked about Clinton's recent remarks that the Russian leader was trying to redraw the boundaries in eastern Europe just like Adolf Hitler did in the 1930s. "It's better not to argue with women," Putin replied, adding: "But Mrs. Clinton has never been too graceful in her statements." Putin remarked that he met Clinton when she was the US top diplomat "and had cordial conversations at various international events.
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| Will it be 'lights out' for Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran? Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:18 PM PDT  National Republicans find themselves in a political jam over the looming Senate runoff in Mississippi, with some establishment operatives now wishing that tea party challenger Chris McDaniel had just won outright or that six-term incumbent Thad Cochran hadn't run at all. The National Republican Senatorial Committee is in the most uncomfortable spot, as the top institutional defender of incumbents. It is pledging its full support to Cochran while also having to grapple with the reality that McDaniel, who may well win the nomination, is a political figure it can't control, and giving Democrats reason to dream about a seat in Mississippi for the first time since Dixiecrats fell out of vogue.
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| APNewsBreak: VA health care nominee withdraws Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:53 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to be the top health official at the Veterans Affairs Department withdrew his nomination Thursday, saying he feared his confirmation could spark a prolonged political battle.
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| GM: Incompetence, negligence led to delayed recall Posted: 05 Jun 2014 09:20 AM PDT  WARREN, Mich. (AP) — General Motors says a pattern of incompetence and neglect, not a larger conspiracy or cover-up, is to blame for a long-delayed recall of defective ignition switches.
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| 10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos Posted: 05 Jun 2014 08:57 AM PDT  Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
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| Obama, Cameron set new Russia sanctions deadline Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:19 AM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron laid down a new deadline for Russia on Thursday, giving Moscow a month to meet their conditions in Ukraine or face further sanctions. |
| Israel approves new settlement construction Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:22 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel gave the final go-ahead Thursday to build nearly 1,500 homes in Jewish settlements, saying the construction was a response to the formation of the Palestinian unity government backed by the Islamic militant group Hamas.
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| Cochran, McDaniel rumble in Miss. GOP runoff Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:26 AM PDT  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — National tea party organizations are rushing back into Mississippi Republican primary runoff as challenger Chris McDaniel tries to finish off Sen. Thad Cochran's bid for a seventh Senate term.
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| New York City stabbing suspect eyed in 3rd attack Posted: 05 Jun 2014 11:04 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A recently released convict suspected of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy and injuring a 7-year-old girl in a Brooklyn elevator is also being eyed in the stabbing of a homeless man days later at a Manhattan subway platform, a police official said Thursday.
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| Safety board faults key device in BP oil spill Posted: 05 Jun 2014 09:58 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal board investigation into the 2010 BP oil spill concludes that a last-ditch safety device on the underwater well had multiple failures, wasn't tested properly and still poses a risk for many rigs drilling today.
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| Study: At-home dads down slightly since recession Posted: 05 Jun 2014 09:27 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. fathers home with their kids full-time is down, from a peak 2.2 million in 2010, the official end of the recession, to about 2 million in 2012, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.
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| Mountain of dirt suspected in Delaware bridge closure Posted: 04 Jun 2014 03:02 PM PDT  DOVER, Del. (AP) — A contractor in Delaware says his company dumped a massive amount of dirt next to a heavily traveled interstate bridge, and state officials say that may have made the span unsafe for drivers.
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| Climate data: U.S. hot spots revealed Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:50 PM PDT  Analysis shows nation is warming fastest at two corners, the Northeast and the Southwest.
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| Cosby dons sweats at tribute to classmate killed in jet crash Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:55 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There was no missing Bill Cosby at a memorial for businessman and philanthropist Lewis Katz.
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| Videos train police how to react to 'man's best friend' Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:21 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The majority of shootings in most U.S. police departments involve animals, usually dogs, and experts say a new series of videos can help change often quick-trigger decisions fueled by fear.
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