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Tributes for Maya Angelou at service

Tributes for Maya Angelou at service


Tributes for Maya Angelou at service

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:53 AM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 21, 2008 file photo shows poet Maya Angelou smiling in Washington. First lady Michelle Obama and others plan to gather to pay tribute to African-American poet and playwright Maya Angelou at a memorial service Saturday, June 7, 2014 at the university in North Carolina where Angelou taught for more than 30 years. Angelou died last week at 86. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)Family, friends and famous admirers including first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey gathered Saturday and paid tribute to poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou.


Ariz. rushes supplies to site holding migrant kids

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 09:51 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 29, 2014 file photo, Maria Eva Casco, left, and her son Christian Casco of El Salvador, sit at at the Greyhound bus terminal, Thursday, May 29, 2014 in Phoenix. Central American families arrested in Texas will continue to be flown to Arizona, and hundreds of unaccompanied minors a day are being shipped to a federal detention center in the southern part of the state, Gov. Jan Brewer's spokesman says. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)PHOENIX (AP) — Angry about the federal government sending from Texas to Arizona immigrants who are in the country illegally, Arizona officials say they are rushing federal supplies to a makeshift holding center in the southern part of the state that's housing hundreds of migrant children and is running low on the basics.


Tracy Morgan critically hurt in fatal 6-car pileup

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:08 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2010 file photo, Tracy Morgan attends Comedy Central's 'Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education' at the Beacon Theatre in New York. Morgan is in critical condition at a hospital in New Brunswick, NJ Saturday morning June 7, 2014 following a violent multi-vehicle crash on the NJ Turnpike overnight. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured in a fatal six-vehicle pileup on the New Jersey Turnpike on Saturday, hours after performing a standup routine at a show in Delaware, authorities said.


Authorities in Iraq say bombs kill 35 in capital

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:55 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Authorities in Iraq say a series of car bombs targeting commercial streets have killed at least 35 people in the capital, Baghdad.

Poroshenko sworn in as Ukraine's president

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 09:16 AM PDT

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Petro Poroshenko took the oath of office as Ukraine's president, assuming leadership of a country mired in a violent uprising and economic troubles.

From prayers to fury: The journey of Bowe Bergdahl

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, May 31, 2014 image made from video obtained from the Voice Of Jihad website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, stands with a Taliban member in eastern Afghanistan. On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, the Taliban released the video showing the handover of Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan. Bergdahl went missing from his outpost in Afghanistan in June 2009 and was released from Taliban captivity on May 31, 2014 in exchange for five enemy combatants held in the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.(AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad)Bowe Bergdahl stands, hands at his sides, his loose-fitting Pashtun smock and pants bright white against the rocky landscape. The hillsides are dotted with armed Afghans, rifles ready.


US job market recovers losses yet appears weaker

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 08:56 AM PDT

In this June 6, 2014 photo, cook Kim Jarjabka send out two lunch orders at Coppertop restaurant in Valley City, Ohio. According to research by the National Employment Law Project, restaurants and bars, temporary staffing, and retail account for more than one-third of the job gains in the current recovery. Wages in these sectors average less than $13.34 an hour. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy has finally regained the jobs lost to the Great Recession. But go easy on the hallelujahs. The comeback is far from complete.


Latin Americans journey to Brazil World Cup

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:17 AM PDT

Chile soccer fan Cristian Uribarri holds up his replica of the World Cup trophy as he decides if he should take it and where to put it in his trailer, which he built from scratch, as he packs it for the next day's journey with four friends to Brazil from Santiago, Chile, late Thursday, June 5, 2014. The shiny contraption they call their SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Planes, trains and automobiles? That's not all. With Latin American soccer fans eager to witness the sport's biggest event in their home hemisphere, travelers are taking to bikes, buses, boats and at least one homebuilt trailer.


Seattle shooting suspect reported 'a rage inside'

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 02:49 AM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — In 2010, Aaron Ybarra called 911 to report "a rage inside him" and said he wanted to hurt himself and others, according to a police report of the incident.

Man charged in Mounties' death obsessed with guns

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:47 AM PDT

MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) — A chilling portrait of a man obsessed with guns and anti-government rhetoric began to emerge as people in this eastern Canadian city struggled to reconcile the knowledge that the person charged with murdering three Mounties was the same one who had seemingly lived quietly among them.

Smooth sailing continues for California Chrome

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 12:14 AM PDT

Exercise rider Willie Delgado gallops California Chrome around the track during a workout at Belmont Park, Friday, June 6, 2014, in Elmont, N.Y. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner will attempt to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 when he races in the146th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race on Saturday. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)NEW YORK (AP) — So far, so smooth for California Chrome.


Tracy Morgan in intensive care after 6-car crash

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 05:51 AM PDT

Tracy Morgan critically injured in NJ Turnpike crashThe actor and comedian was injured when the limousine bus in which he was riding in was involved in a multivehicle accident on the New Jersey Turnpike.


Agencies: Putin orders guards to reinforce Ukraine border

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 04:56 AM PDT

A pro-Russian militant guards a border check-point near the small city of Krasnopartizansk, in the Lugansk region of eastern Ukraine, on June 6, 2014Putin issued the order for border guards to take all necessary measures to prevent illegal crossings, Russian news agencies reported.


Jury to decide life or death for ex-soldier who killed 5-year-old

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 07:37 PM PDT

This Nov. 10, 2003 photo released by Tarshia Williams shows Williams' daughter Talia Williams in Orangeburg, S.C. Jurors are considering whether to sentence Naeem Williams, a former Hawaii soldier, to death or life in prison after he was convicted of beating his daughter Talia to death. (AP Photo/Tarshia Williams)HONOLULU (AP) — A federal prosecutor asked for the "ultimate punishment" for a former soldier convicted of his 5-year-old daughter's murder, while a defense attorney asked for mercy.


Acting VA chief: Payback will be punished

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 04:20 PM PDT

Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson speaks to the media during a visit to the Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center, Friday, June 6, 2014, in San Antonio. Gibson warned VA administrators on Friday that intimidation or retaliation against anyone who calls attention to problems within the veterans' health system will not be tolerated. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Watchdog reports alleged retaliation against workers who filed "whistleblower" complaints.


CIA outwits impersonators by embracing Twitter, Facebook

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 02:05 PM PDT

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters BuildingThe spy agency says it plans to share unclassified documents and other "historical artifacts" with the public through social media.


Brazilians seem immune to World Cup fever

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 12:57 PM PDT

Members of Brazil's Homeless Workers' Movement block a road during a protest in front of Sao Paulo's World Cup stadiumDour mood prevails as nation gets ready to host event it has always celebrated from afar.


Police: Seattle suspect wanted to kill many

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 03:09 PM PDT

SPU President Dan Martin, center, prays with university trustee Matt Whitehead and Geoff Smith, right, in the Free Methodist church after a shooting at Seattle Pacific University on Thursday, June 5, 2014. A man that shot students was disarmed by others at the scene. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)Attorney says Aaron Ybarra has long had mental health problems and is on suicide watch.


Can Sen. Mitch McConnell make a scandal out of nothing?

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 11:51 AM PDT

McConnell campaign image of factoryInside the Kentucky nonscandal of using stock photos on the campaign trail


North Dakota gets 'symbolic' challenge to gay marriage ban

Posted: 06 Jun 2014 05:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 27, 2013 file photo, demonstrators hold flags and chant in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on the second day of gay marriage cases before the court. The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on same-sex marriage has private employers around the country scrambling to make sure their employee benefit plans comply with the law. The impact of the decision is somewhat clear in the 13 states and the District of Columbia where gay marriage is currently legal - same-sex married couples must be treated the same as other spouses under federal laws governing tax, health care, pensions and other federal benefits. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Seven couples filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in North Dakota, making it the last state in the country to be sued by couples seeking the right to marry in their home state.


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