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Stephen King takes on Amazon

Stephen King takes on Amazon

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 09:54 AM PDT

Tues., June 24: Amazon Among Stocks to WatchHundreds of authors sound off on the online giant.

Georgia father accused of son's death in hot car due in court

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:17 AM PDT

Justin Harris is charged with murder after his 22-month-old died from being left in a hot car for 7 hours.

Jihadist Islamic State seizes key Syria oil field

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 09:59 AM PDT

An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on June 30, 2014, allegedly shows a member of the IS (Islamic state) militant group parading with a tank in a street in the northern Syrian city of RaqaThe insurgent group took control of a major Syrian oil field on the Iraqi border.

Data: Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:28 AM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 14, 2013 file photo provided by SeaWorld San Diego shows mother killer whale Katsaka and her calf swimming together at SeaWorld San Diego's Shamu Stadium in San Diego. A California bill that sought to end killer whale shows at SeaWorld in San Diego and phase out their captivity was put on hold Tuesday, April 8, 2014, dousing an escalating fight between animal activists and supporters of the major tourist attraction. The bill's author, Democrat Richard Bloom of Santa Monica, agreed during the bill's first hearing before the water, parks and wildlife committee to revisit his proposal after further study. (AP Photo/SeaWorld San Diego, Mike Aguilera, File)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Since the release of a highly-critical documentary last year, SeaWorld Entertainment has been condemned by animal rights activists distressed over the condition of its killer whales. But annual survival rates for some of the most common marine mammals — including killer whales — at SeaWorld's three parks are near the top of all U.S. parks and aquariums, an analysis of five decades of federal data by The Associated Press showed.

Iraqi Kurds: Time is ripe for independence

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:14 AM PDT

Iraqi Kurdish protesters wave flags of their autonomous Kurdistan region during a demonstration to claim for its independence on July 3, 2014 outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Arbil, in northern IraqTop aide speaks out on visit with U.S. officials, who want region to remain part of Iraq.

Composer Williams to debut new arrangement of U.S. anthem

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 08:23 AM PDT

John Williams conducting the National Symphony OrchestraWASHINGTON (AP) — American composer-conductor John Williams is debuting a new arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner," featuring choirs, trumpets, an orchestra and cannons on the National Mall for the nation's birthday.

Matt Bai: It's Obama's presidency, but Bush's world

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:37 AM PDT

Barack Obama speaks about IraqBelieve it or not, it was 10 years ago this month that Barack Obama, then a candidate for the U.S. Senate, introduced himself to America with a speech that shook the Fleet Center in Boston. The main theme of that Democratic convention was the litany of George W. Bush's failures — an unpopular and unending war in Iraq, a faltering image abroad, a stagnating middle class. Obama gave eloquent voice to those frustrations, arguing that all of them could be addressed if only we reunited the electorate.

Indian officials: 50 nurses taken from Iraqi hospital

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 07:52 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 an Iraqi woman inspects her damaged house after clashes between fighters of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Iraqi security forces in central Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced this week that it has unilaterally established a caliphate in the areas under its control. It declared the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of its new self-styled state governed by Shariah law and demanded that all Muslims pledge allegiance to him. (AP Photo)By Sruthi Gottipati NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nearly 50 Indian nurses from the southern state of Kerala have been taken against their will from a hospital in the militant-controlled city of Tikrit in Iraq, India's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. At a briefing with reporters, Foreign Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin declined to say who had ordered the nurses to leave the hospital or where they were taken. Asked if the nurses had been kidnapped, Akbaruddin said: "In zones of conflict there is no free will ... This is a situation where lives are at stake." A senior aide to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who spoke to the nurses on Thursday, told Reuters that "militants" had forced the nurses to vacate the hospital and board two buses.

World War II hero and Olympian Louis Zamperini dies

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:17 AM PDT

Louis ZamperiniLOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Zamperini, an Olympic distance runner and World War II veteran who survived 47 days on a raft in the Pacific after his bomber crashed, then endured two years in Japanese prison camps, has died. He was 97.

Drought doesn't ground July 4 tradition

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 07:38 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, Nathan Farmer arranges boxes of fireworks to sell at a roadside stand in Albuquerque, N.M. Officials from California to Oklahoma and New Mexico have been urging residents due to drought and high fire danger to buy only fireworks that are legal and to attend organized fireworks displays. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)While some Western locations ban fireworks, others are going in the opposite direction.

Signed Lou Gehrig glove could sell for $200K

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:06 AM PDT

This photo taken on Monday, June 30, 2014, shows a Lou Gehrig signed baseball mitt and autographed picture given to Howard Henderson, who played catch with Gehrig as a boy, at Henderson's Greenwich, Conn., home Monday, June 30, 2104. Gehrig, a Yankee first baseman and a friend of Henderson's songwriter father, visited his home and Henderson visited him when he had ALS. The mitt that was autographed by Gehrig with a hot instrument, will be auctioned in July, expecting to fetch $200,000 to $300,000. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — It was some 80 years ago that Lou Gehrig and the 12-year-old son of a songwriter got bored with talk of music and opted to play catch instead.

Dow tops 17,000 after strong jobs report

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:48 AM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the closing bell in New YorkNew high on Wall Street after report shows much stronger hiring than economists forecast.

China and S. Korea leaders restate opposition to N. Korea's nuclear plans

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 05:23 AM PDT

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (R) upon arriving at Seoul Air BaseA mutual wariness of Kim Jong-un's state bonds China & S. Korea.

US jobs data seen reinforcing strong growth outlook

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 07:36 AM PDT

A job seeker stands in a room of prospective employers at a career fair in New York CityEmployment growth jumped in June, unemployment rate down to near a 6-year low of 6.1%.

Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to Iraq border

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:46 AM PDT

Members of the Iraqi security forces gesture after clashes with followers of Shi'ite cleric Sarkhi in KarbalaKing Abdullah seeks to protect his kingdom against potential "terrorist threats."

Hurricane Arthur forms in the Atlantic

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:11 AM PDT

This Wednesday, July 2, 2014, satellite image taken at 3:35 p.m. EDT and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Tropical Storm Arthur moving north off the east coast of Florida. The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season prompted a hurricane warning for a wide swath of the North Carolina coast and spurred authorities to order a mandatory evacuation for visitors to the Outer Banks' Hatteras Island as of 5 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2014. Residents also were advised to leave the island. A voluntary evacuation was announced for the Outer Banks' Ocracoke Island, accessible only by ferry. (AP Photo/NOAA)The storm threatens to deliver the Carolinas a glancing blow on Independence Day.

Israel moves troops toward Gaza as tensions soar

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:02 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel began moving troop reinforcements to its border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, defense officials said, raising the possibility of an expanded military operation in the Palestinian territory in response to intensifying rocket barrages.

Feds booed in Calif. city after migrant standoff

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:31 AM PDT

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — An overflow crowd in a Southern California community where protesters turned back Homeland Security busloads of immigrants gave a harsh reception to federal officials behind the decision to bring them to Murrieta in the first place.

FBI: Colorado woman aimed to go to Syria for jihad

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:06 PM PDT

Militant Islamist fighters gesture as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa provinceDENVER (AP) — FBI agents tried more than once to discourage a 19-year-old suburban Denver woman who said she was intent on waging jihad in the Middle East before arresting her in April as she boarded a flight she hoped would ultimately get her to Syria, court documents unsealed Wednesday show.

Boy, 12, gets max sentence for N.M. shooting

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:59 PM PDT

School violenceBoy had opened fire in a New Mexico middle school gym earlier this year, injuring 2 students.

Lawsuit: Afghan subcontractor cheated medical workers

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 02:57 PM PDT

U.S. military medical workers tend to wounded after a car bomb attack in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2011. Ten years have passed since the attack of Sept. 11, 2001 led the United States to wage war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)Federal investigators are examining whether a military subcontractor underpaid scores of medical workers in Afghanistan, pocketing federal funds that the government intended the company use to pay its ...

Bergdahl venturing out in public, U.S. Army says

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:10 PM PDT

File - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. Bergdahl, who had been a prisoner of war in Afghanistan for five years, has been allowed to venture off the Texas military base where he is receiving care as part of his Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was a prisoner of war in Afghanistan for five years, has been allowed to venture off the Texas military base where he is receiving care as part of his "reintegration process" into society, a U.S. Army spokeswoman said Wednesday.

U.S. ship sails off to destroy Syrian weapons at sea

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 05:52 PM PDT

The U.S. cargo vessel MV Cape Ray leaves the Gioia Tauro port, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Cargo containers carrying hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons were loaded onto a U.S. cargo ship Wednesday for destruction at sea, one of the final phases of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile. The chemicals had crossed the Mediterranean aboard the Danish ship Ark Futura, which steamed into the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro as the sun rose Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)A United States cargo vessel loaded with hundreds of tons of Syria's chemical weapons left an Italian port Wednesday to destroy the arms at sea as part of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile.

Governor admits to meeting with people tied to domestic terror

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:19 PM PDT

Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the meetings were routine and that he does not endorse the allegedly extremist views of the groups that the FBI says are tied to acts of domestic terrorism.

Stephen Gaskin, founder of 'The Farm' commune, dies at 79

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:50 PM PDT

Stephen GaskinStephen Gaskin, a counterculture visionary who led a caravan of hippies from California to establish one of the country's longest lasting communes in rural Middle Tennessee and later sought the Green Party nomination for president, has died. He was 79.

American soccer ref dies after being punched during a match

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An amateur soccer referee who was punched in the head while refereeing an adult-league soccer match on Sunday has died.

Man uses video game gun to stop home robbery

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Video games are often accused of causing violence, but in Pittsburgh, they may have prevented some.

U.S.: Hobby Lobby ruling backs nonprofits' birth control plan

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:38 AM PDT

Demonstrator react to hearing the Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby case outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Ruling aligns with government's position in ongoing disputes with nonprofits, the Obama administration says.

U.S. implementing 'enhanced security' at overseas airports

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:28 PM PDT

Johnson testifies at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on unaccompanied minors crossing the border into the U.S., on Capitol Hill in WashingtonThe United States will increase security measures at overseas airports that have direct flights to the United States, the Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday. The department did not specify which airports or what countries would be affected, nor did it say what triggered the enhanced measures. "We are sharing recent and relevant information with our foreign allies and are consulting the aviation industry," DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement. U.S. ...

Foreign ministers agree on steps for resuming Ukraine cease-fire

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:38 PM PDT

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, greets Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists fought with heavy weapons in the country's east Tuesday, and the rebels captured the Interior Ministry headquarters in a major city after an hours-long gun battle, a day after the president said rebels weren't serious about peace talks and ended a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Presidential Press Service, Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France established the series of steps during a Berlin meeting.

U.K. investigates Facebook over psych experiment

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 01:14 PM PDT

Facebook tampered with the system used to create news feeds for 700,000 users to test "emotional contagion" for one week in 2012 without their knowledgeBritish data protection authorities are investigating revelations that Facebook conducted a psychological experiment on its users. The Information Commissioner's Office said Wednesday that it wants to ...

Harley-Davidson rolls out the Tesla of motorcycles

Posted: 03 Jul 2014 06:14 AM PDT

An electric Harley Davidson motorcycle that is part of "Project Livewire" stands as part of display in company's store in New YorkRick Newman takes Harley's new electric motorcycle, Project LiveWire, out for a test drive in Lower Manhattan

Missouri governor vetoes 72-hour abortion wait

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 02:29 PM PDT

Missouri Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon speaks during an event at Gateway Hubert Wheeler School Thursday, May 1, 2014, in St. Louis. Nixon said during the event he plans to veto legislation that would cut income taxes for more than 2 million Missourians and thousands of business owners, citing concerns about its potential hit on school funding. The Republican-led Legislature has vowed to try to override his veto. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)Gov. Nixon: Legislators showed a "callous disregard for women" by granting no exception for rape and incest victims.

Woman named Amelia Earhart honors famous namesake

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A Colorado woman is flying around the world to honor aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.

Berlin talks bring Russia, Ukraine closer to resuming cease-fire

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:44 AM PDT

Russian President Putin meets with German Chancellor Merkel in Deauville, Northern FranceThe foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine agreed in Berlin on Wednesday to hold three-way talks involving pro-Moscow rebels by Saturday to pave the way for a new ceasefire, despite continued fighting that Kiev says has now killed 200 of its troops.

11 killed in blast in Afghan capital

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 10:20 AM PDT

Afghanistan's security forces personnel stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. A suicide bomber attacked an air force bus in Kabul early Wednesday, killing at least four people, security officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)A Taliban suicide bomber struck a bus carrying Afghan military personnel in Kabul, killing at least 11 people, officials said, as the militants step up their campaign of violence aimed at undermining the Western-backed government.

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