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Germany considers low-tech typewriters to counter high-tech spying

Germany considers low-tech typewriters to counter high-tech spying


Germany considers low-tech typewriters to counter high-tech spying

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:20 AM PDT

Germany is considering the use of manual typewriters for sensitive documents, the Guardian reports.

Egyptian truce plan unravels after new fighting

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:47 AM PDT

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Egypt presented a cease-fire plan Monday to end a week of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has left at least 185 people dead, and both sides said they were seriously considering the proposal. The late-night offer by Egypt marked the first sign of a breakthrough in international efforts to end the conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)The truce proposal unraveled after the Islamic militant Hamas rejected the plan.


Iraqi parliament breaks deadlock to name moderate Sunni speaker

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 27, 2010 file photo, Sunni lawmaker Salim al-Jubouri speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi lawmakers broke their deadlock Tuesday and elected Sunni lawmaker Salim al-Jubouri as the new speaker of parliament, taking the first formal step toward forming a new government that is widely seen as crucial to confronting militants who have overrun much of the country. According to the constitution, parliament now has 30 days to elect a president, who will then have 15 days to ask the leader of the largest bloc in the legislature to form a government. Then a prime minister will be picked. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)Iraqi lawmakers broke two weeks of deadlock Tuesday and elected a moderate Sunni as speaker of parliament, taking the first step toward forming a new government that is widely seen as crucial to confronting militants who have overrun much of the country.


Minn. priest sex abuse cover-up runs deep, says ex-lawyer

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:37 AM PDT

In this Oct. 15, 2013 file photo, Jennifer Haselberger listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in St. Paul, Minn. Haselberger, the whistleblower who took on the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis about allegations of clergy sexual misconduct, said in an affidavit released Tuesday, July 15, 2014, that archbishops and staff ignored the 2002 pledge by Roman Catholic bishops to keep abusive clergy out of parishes. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)A canon lawyer alleging a widespread cover-up of clergy sex misconduct in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has made her most detailed claims yet, accusing archbishops and their top staff of lying to the public and of ignoring the U.S. bishops' pledge to have no tolerance of priests who abuse.


US Senate wants to double funds for Israel's Iron Dome

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:23 AM PDT

Israel's Iron Dome missile interceptor systemWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Congress is showing tangible support for longtime ally Israel as Gaza militants fire rockets, backing a measure that would double the amount of money for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system.


Backpack, laptop removal OK for evidence

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:03 AM PDT

This undated law enforcement agency photo released by the U.S. Attorney's Office and presented as government evidence Friday, July 11, 2014, during the trial of Azamat Tazhayakov in U.S. District Court in Boston, shows items that had been retrieved from a landfill in New Bedford, Mass. during the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing. Tazhayakov, a friend of bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev, is on trial on obstruction of justice charges, accused with another friend of removing items from Tsarnaev's dorm room. He is not charged with participating in the bombing or knowing about it in advance. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office)Judge: Statement to FBI by friend of accused Boston bombing suspect was voluntary.


First Israeli killed by Gaza fire

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:01 AM PDT

Palestinian Suma Abu Mahsen, 7, stands by a damaged wall of a house following an overnight Israeli missile strike to a nearby transition center for newly released convicts, that was not yet operational, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. An Egyptian truce proposal for the conflict in Gaza quickly unraveled Tuesday, after the Islamic militant group Hamas rejected the plan. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Police: A man in his 30s has been killed in the first Israeli death in more than a week of fighting.


Netanyahu: Israel will hit Hamas hard

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:19 AM PDT

Israeli army flares fall on a Palestinian enclave in Gaza, July 15, 2014Israel's leader says "great force" will be used against Hamas after their truce rejection.


Rescuers fight to help crash victims in Moscow's deepest metro

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 08:16 AM PDT

In a small park near Moscow's Victory Park metro station, five medics huddled around a man stretched out on the grass. Twenty people died and over 100 were injured in the metro derailment in a tunnel more than 80 metres underground, the deadliest accident in the transport system's history, which transformed the normally placid, affluent Victory Park neighbourhood into a disaster scene. Emergency workers were battling to free trapped bodies from the crumpled wreckage of the front carriage in a tunnel leading from Victory Park station, the city's deepest. - Day of mourning in Moscow -

US immigration activist detained in Texas

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:05 AM PDT

File - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, immigration rights activist and self-declared undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on comprehensive immigration reform. Vargas has been detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents at a South Texas airport. Border Patrol spokesman Omar Zamora says Vargas was in custody Tuesday morning, July 15, 2014, but he had no other details. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Jose Antonio Vargas stopped at airport security checkpoint, rights group he co-founded said.


Bribe investigation nets 2 ex-Utah attorneys general

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 08:03 AM PDT

File - In this Nov. 21, 2013, file photo, Utah Attorney General John Swallow speaks during a news conference announcing that he is stepping down amid multiple investigations of bribery and misconduct, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Newly unsealed documents show an embattled businessman lent his Ferrari, luxury house boat and jet to two former Utah attorneys general. Search warrants on the Sandy homes of John Swallow and his predecessor Mark Shurtleff emerged Monday. Both former officials maintain innocence; neither has been charged. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say two former Utah attorneys general have been arrested as part of a bribery investigation.


In fight against 'dark money,' IRS throws in the towel

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 02:00 AM PDT

JUDGE WANTS IRS MYSTERY SOLVEDCuts, congressional investigations keep agency from investigating political nonprofits.


Can US superjet stay aloft long enough to make UK airshow?

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:38 AM PDT

File photo of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flying over Patuxent River Naval Air Systems Command in MarylandWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy and Air Force have approved a limited return to flight for their new-generation F-35 fighter jet, keeping alive the possibility that it could make an appearance at the Farnborough International Airshow in England this week.


Obama to showcase 'talking cars'

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 07:32 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks about the economy, in AustinIn Virginia to deliver 'positive' economic news, president set to spotlight smarter autos.


GOP says no appeal of Florida map ruling

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:24 AM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2013 file photo shows Florida Republican Congressional candidate David Jolly, right, speaking in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. The special election in this stretch of coastal beach towns and retirement communities was expected to be a referendum on President Barack Obama's health care law. Instead, in the waning days of the spirited campaign to replace the late Rep. Bill Young, another issue has roared to the forefront. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)Congressional district setup found unconstitutional; party says will regroup after 2014 elections.


Good with garlic? 2-pound African stucco-eating snails seized at LAX

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:01 AM PDT

Handout photo of Giant African Snails confiscated at Los Angeles International AirportBy Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. customs inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized a shipment of several dozen live giant African snails, considered a delicacy in Nigeria but also voracious pests that can eat paint and stucco off houses, officials said on Monday. The mollusks appeared to be packaged as a personal shipment and were marked as destined for an address in San Dimas, California, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Los Angeles, agency spokeswoman Lee Harty said. According to Customs and Border Protection, the giant snails can consume more than 500 types of plants, and will even munch on the exterior of homes if fruits and vegetables are not available. Experts identified the creatures as belonging to the giant African snail species, known by the scientific name Archachatina marginata.


Teen pilot earns worldwide attention

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:17 AM PDT

Young American pilot Matt Guthmiller, from Aberdeen, S.D. flashes a thumbs-up sign from his single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36 plane after landing at the Manila International Airport Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. Guthmiller, 17, is attempting to be the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world. He has eight more legs to complete his feat with Darwin, Australia as his next stop. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Matt Guthmiller's 29,000-mile journey may be a solo flight record.


Good with garlic? Massive stucco-eating African snails seized at LAX

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 11:02 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showing one of the snails from an air cargo shipment of 67 live snails that arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on July 1, 2014. Officials said that the 35 pounds of snails arrived from Nigeria along with paperwork stating they were for human consumption. Officials say the snails were intercepted and were subsequently identified after a sample was sent to U.S. Department of Agriculture specialists in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/USDA, Greg Bartman)LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors seized a live shipment of 67 giant African snails at Los Angeles International Airport this month.


S. Korean military: 'SpongeBob' drawing sparked rampage

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:53 AM PDT

A wounded South Korean soldier who killed five comrades in a shooting incident on a stretcher is carried from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, June 23, 2014. The South Korean army captured the soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for two days before shooting himself as pursuers closed in. The massive manhunt ended when the 22-year-old sergeant, surnamed Yim, shot himself in the upper left chest as his father and brother approached, pleading with him to surrender, a Defense Ministry official said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Sang-hack) KOREA OUTThe alleged shooter was reportedly depicted as cartoon character.


Photos: 2 Cambodian generals killed in copter crash

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:08 AM PDT

Photos: 2 Cambodian generals killed in copter crashSoldiers use a crane to lift aft section of a helicopter retrieved from a pond following its crash in Prey Sar village at the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 14, 2014. The chopper went down about 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Phnom Penh on Monday, sinking in a muddy pond surrounded by rural land and rice fields. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

89 killed in suicide blast in Afghanistan

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 06:52 AM PDT

Afghan security personnel investigate a damaged vehicle after it was hit by a remote-controlled bomb on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Gul Agha Hashimi, the chief of criminal investigations with the Kabul police, says the explosion struck a minivan carrying seven staffers of the palace's media office on Tuesday morning. The blast killed two passengers and also wounded five people, including the driver. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)The car bombing has injured 40 others.


Israel restarts airstrikes on Gaza

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:20 AM PDT

Israel continues Gaza airstrikes, death toll risesHamas militants violated de-escalation brokered by Egypt that was supposed to lead to cease-fire.


19 dead, 150 injured in Moscow subway derailment

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:43 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — A rush-hour subway train derailed Tuesday in Moscow, killing 19 people and sending at least 150 others to the hospital, many with serious injuries, Russian emergency officials said.

Hamas rejects Egypt truce offer, fires rockets

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 02:09 AM PDT

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Egypt presented a cease-fire plan Monday to end a week of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has left at least 185 people dead, and both sides said they were seriously considering the proposal. The late-night offer by Egypt marked the first sign of a breakthrough in international efforts to end the conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Israel accepted the plan, but warned it would strike Gaza hard if Hamas didn't abide by it.


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Militia shells Tripoli airport, U.N. pulls staff out of Libya

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 07:26 PM PDT

Smoke rises near buildings after heavy fighting between rival militias broke out near the airport in TripoliBy Feras Bosalum and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - A militia shelled Tripoli airport, destroying 90 percent of planes parked there, a Libyan government spokesman said, as heavy fighting between armed groups prompted the United Nations to pull its staff out of the North African country. At least 15 people have been killed in clashes in Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi since Sunday, and a Libyan official said several Grad rockets hit the Tripoli International Airport on Monday, damaging the control tower. Government spokesman Ahmed Lamine said 90 percent of the planes parked at the airport were destroyed. Three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has slipped deeper into chaos with its weak government and new army unable to control brigades of former rebel fighters and militias who often battle for political and economic power.


Arizona protesters hope to stop immigrant transfer

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:06 AM PDT

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeau addresses immigration protesters on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 in Oracle, Ariz. Dozens of protesters on both sides of the immigration debate showed up in Oracle, a small town near Tucson, on Tuesday after the sheriff said the federal government plans to transport about 40 immigrant children to an academy for troubled youths. Anger has been spreading throughout the U.S. Southwest since a massive surge in unaccompanied Central American children crossing the border illegally began more than a month ago. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)ORACLE, Ariz. (AP) — Dozens of protesters on both sides of the immigration debate showed up in a small town near Tucson on Tuesday after the sheriff said the federal government plans to transport about 40 immigrant children to an academy for troubled youths.


Schools a haven for kids who crossed border alone

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:53 AM PDT

This photo taken July 1, 2014 shows Milsa Martinez, 20, in Arlington, Va. After 14 years of separation from her parents and a harrowing journey across the US border, Martinez finds solace in the northern Virginia high school where she's perfecting her English and learning civics and math. Tens of thousands of "unaccompanied" children and teens are crossing the border like Martinez did two years ago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Teacher Michael Coughlin sometimes learns about his students' harrowing trips across the border alone and what they left behind from the essays they write. Other times, they'll mention a court date or ask for help finding an immigration attorney.


89 killed in worst Afghanistan bombing since 2001

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:50 AM PDT

Afghan doctors assist civilians who were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle near a crowded market and a mosque, in the main hospital in Sharan, capital of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. An Afghan general said scores of people were killed and over 40 wounded in a bombing in the country's eastern Paktika province. He said the military is providing helicopters and ambulances to transport the victims to the provincial capital, Sharan. Taliban sent a statement to media denying their involvement in the attack. (AP Photo)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near a busy market and a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 89 people in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.


Kerry cites big gaps in nuclear talks with Iran

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:27 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry leaves a press conference after closed-door nuclear talks on Iran in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Intense negotiations with Iran have yielded VIENNA (AP) — The fate of a possible landmark nuclear deal with Iran sank further into limbo Tuesday, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry noting "very real gaps" ahead of a July 20 target date for a deal meant to put firm curbs on Tehran's atomic program.


Yellen says economy still needs Fed support

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:53 AM PDT

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, before the Senate Banking Committee. Yellen said Tuesday that the economic recovery is not yet complete and for that reason the Fed intends to keep providing significant support to boost growth and improve labor market conditions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the economic recovery is not yet complete and for that reason the Fed intends to keep providing significant support to boost growth and improve labor market conditions.


Germany World Cup heroes return to huge fan party

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 08:19 AM PDT

German soccer players Mario Goetze, left, Julian Draxler ,center, and Kevin Großkreutz celebrate in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Tuesday July 15, 2014. Germany's World Cup winners shared their fourth title with hundreds of thousands of fans by parading the trophy through cheering throngs to celebrate at the Brandenburg Gate on Tuesday. An estimated 400,000 people packed the "fan mile" in front of the Berlin landmark to welcome home coach Joachim Loew's team and the trophy — which returned to Germany for the first time in 24 years. (AP Photo/dpa,Hendrik Schmidt)BERLIN (AP) — At a party 24 years in the making, hundreds of thousands of Germans showed their admiration and adoration for their World Cup winners in a parade to the Brandenburg Gate on Tuesday.


Rush-hour Moscow subway derails: 21 dead, 136 hurt

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:42 AM PDT

In this frame grab from video provided by the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations, rescue teams work inside the tunnel in Moscow where a rush-hour subway train derailed Tuesday, July 15, 2014, killing at least 20 people and sending 150 others to the hospital, many with serious injuries, Russian officials said. Officials vigorously dismissed terrorism as a possible cause. (AP Photo/Russian Emergency Situation Ministry)MOSCOW (AP) — A subway train derailed Tuesday deep below Moscow's streets, twisting and mangling crowded rail cars at the height of the morning rush hour. At least 21 people were killed, Russian officials said, and 136 were hospitalized, many with serious injuries.


Officials: Ukraine airstrike kills civilians

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:24 AM PDT

SNIZHNE, Ukraine (AP) — An airstrike demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 11 civilians, regional officials said. The attack adds to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over four months in a dogged pro-Russian insurgency.

Federal Reserve's Yellen giving Congress good news

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 07:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 2, 2014, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks at the International Monetary Fund in Washington. Yellen testifies to a Senate committee to deliver the Fed's twice-a-year report to Congress on interest-rate policy and the economy on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the economic recovery is not yet complete and for that reason the Fed intends to keep providing significant support to boost growth and improve labor market conditions.


Vote deal will work, Afghan candidate tells AP

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 03:49 PM PDT

Afghan presidential candidate and former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 14, 2014. Ahmadzai said that a U.S.-brokered deal for a full ballot audit pulled the country back from the brink and put government legitimacy back on track. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)Declaring his nation "is not Iraq," one of two contestants in Afghanistan's deadlocked presidential election told The Associated Press on Monday that both he and his rival are committed to lead their war-ravaged nation inclusively in cooperation with international partners.


Oscar Pistorius Involved in South African Club Scuffle

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 03:33 PM PDT

Oscar Pistorius Involved in South African Club ScuffleOscar Pistorius Was Involved In An Argument At a Trendy Nightclub On Saturday Night


Man claims self-defense in shooting seen on video

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 02:12 PM PDT

This booking photo released by the Stamford Police Department shows Dayron Wills, charged with spraying gunfire into a crowd early Sunday, July 13, 2014, outside a downtown Stamford, Conn., nightclub. Five were injured, and the incident was captured in video taken on a mobile phone by someone standing near the shooting. (AP Photo/Stamford Police Department)A man caught on video spraying gunfire into a crowd outside a nightclub, injuring five people, was ordered held on $1 million bail Monday while insisting he was defending himself during a fight with other people.


APNewsBreak: Missing pregnant woman's ex indicted

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 06:36 PM PDT

FILE-This undated file photo released by the Maui Police Department shows Carly Scott from Maui. The ex-boyfriend of Scott who was pregnant and disappeared in February, has been indicted on a murder charge in the case. A Maui grand jury indicted Steven Capobianco on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Scott. She was never found. (AP Photo/Maui Police Department,File)The ex-boyfriend of a Maui woman who was five months pregnant when she disappeared in February has been indicted on charges of killing her and torching her SUV to cover up the crime.


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