| Despite 7 arrests, Gov. Nixon sees 'solid step forward' in Ferguson Posted: 17 Aug 2014 06:24 AM PDT  After seven people arrested and one person critically wounded after a midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew was imposed, Gov. Jay Nixon called it "a solid step forward" on Sunday.
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| Iraq: Kurdish forces retake parts of largest dam Posted: 17 Aug 2014 07:01 AM PDT  Kurdish forces took over parts of Iraq's largest dam on Sunday less than two weeks after it was captured by the Islamic State extremist group, Kurdish security officials said, as U.S. and Iraqi planes aided their advance by bombing militant targets near the facility.
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| Liberia: Ebola fears rise as clinic is looted Posted: 17 Aug 2014 09:49 AM PDT  MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian officials fear Ebola could soon spread through the capital's largest slum after residents raided a quarantine center for suspected patients and took items including bloody sheets and mattresses.
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| Ukraine says troops entered rebel-held city Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:41 AM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Army troops have penetrated deep inside a rebel-controlled city in eastern Ukraine in what could prove a breakthrough development in the four-month-long conflict, the Ukrainian government said Sunday. |
| Palestinian divisions emerge in truce talks Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:31 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinians appeared divided Sunday as the clock was winding down on the latest Gaza cease-fire, with officials saying Hamas was still opposed to a compromise Egyptian proposal that would ease the closure of the territory, while other factions, including delegates representing President Mahmoud Abbas, were inclined to accept. |
| Ukraine says its troops make breakthrough in rebel stronghold Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:47 AM PDT  By Natalia Zinets and Thomas Grove KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk which was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine's efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists. Ukrainian officials said however the rebels were fighting a desperate rearguard action to hold on to Luhansk - which is their supply route into neighbouring Russia - and that the flow of weapons and fighters from Russia had accelerated. The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were meeting in Berlin and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said talks would focus on how to achieve a ceasefire and prevent weapons and fighters crossing into eastern Ukraine.
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| Man City, Liverpool start with narrow wins Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:45 AM PDT  Manchester City and Liverpool, last season's top two in the Premier League, were both made to sweat by determined opposition before opening their campaigns with hard-fought victories on Sunday. David Silva and Sergio Aguero scored as champions City began their title defence with a 2-0 success at Newcastle United, after Daniel Sturridge had struck late in the game to earn Liverpool a 2-1 win at home to Southampton. The two rivals joined five other teams, including Arsenal, on maximum points, ahead of their showdown at the Etihad Stadium a week on Monday in the first major head-to-head of the season. "It was very important for us to start with a win," said City manager Manuel Pellegrini.
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| PNB letter removal hits snag in Center City Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:44 AM PDT  The task of removing the iconic PNB letters from Philadelphia's skyline began Sunday, but will not end in the same day as planned.
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| Attack on Liberia isolation clinic highlights Ebola denial Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:43 AM PDT  Seventeen Ebola patients are missing after fleeing an attack on an isolation ward in Monrovia by armed youths claiming the epidemic does not exist, training the spotlight on the struggle to raise awareness in the fight against the deadly virus. The attackers, mostly young men armed with clubs, shouted that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf "is broke" and "there's no Ebola", she said. The head of Health Workers Association of Liberia, George Williams, said the unit housed 29 patients who "had all tested positive for Ebola" and were receiving preliminary treatment before being taken to hospital. The raid is a dramatic illustration of aid workers' warnings about denial of Ebola in some of the worst-affected areas in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
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| Map: The states where bartending is most and least common Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:30 AM PDT  America's most bartended state is … Montana, followed by Nevada, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics database.
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| Air raids kill 31 jihadists in Syria's Raqa: NGO Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:29 AM PDT  At least 31 Islamic State militants and eight civilians died in Syrian air force raids Sunday in the northern province of Raqa, a stronghold of the jihadist fighters, a monitoring group said. The air force carried out 16 raids on the city of Raqa and several more on the town of Tabqa in Raqa province, killing at least 31 jihadists and eight civilians, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based group's head, Rami Abdel Rahman, said the raids were the regime's "most intensive" against the Islamic State since the jihadists joined the more than three-year-old conflict in Syria in spring 2013.
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| Peek into brain shows how kids learn math skills Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:27 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometime in elementary school, you quit counting your fingers and just know the answer. Now scientists have put youngsters into brain scanners to find out why, and watched how the brain reorganizes itself as kids learn math.
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| Abducted Amish girls were sexually abused by captors: New York Times Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:23 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Two young Amish sisters whose abduction touched off a frantic search in northern New York were sexually abused by their captors, the New York Times reported. The girls, aged 12 and 7, were kidnapped on Wednesday from a family farm stand some 10 miles (16 km) from New York's border with Canada and released Thursday. Police have charged two suspects, Stephen Howells II, 39, and Nicole Vaisey, 25, with two counts each of first-degree kidnapping. In remarks to the New York Times late on Saturday, St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain said the girls had suffered sexual abuse during their captivity at Howells' home in Hermon, New York.
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| AP PHOTOS: A look at the pope's visit to S. Korea Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:21 AM PDT  Pope Francis outlined his priorities for the Catholic Church in Asia during a meeting of about 80 of the region's bishops on Sunday, urging them to engage with people of different cultures empathetically. "In this spirit of openness to others, I earnestly hope that those countries of your continent with whom the Holy See does not yet enjoy a full relationship may not hesitate to further a dialogue for the benefit of all," he said.
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| Ugandan gays who fled to Kenya still feel danger Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:17 AM PDT  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When a Ugandan court overturned the country's Anti-Homosexuality Act this month, rights activists worldwide claimed a victory. But not gay Ugandans who fled persecution to live in a refugee camp in neighboring Kenya.
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| Usain Bolt wins 100-meter race on Rio beach Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:14 AM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt won a 100-meter race on a Rio de Janeiro beach with a time of 10.06 seconds on Sunday.
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| Israel warns on security as Gaza truce talks resume Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:11 AM PDT  Israel warned on Sunday it would not countenance any long-term truce deal that did not answer its security needs as Gaza ceasefire talks resumed in Cairo. Egyptian-brokered indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians are taking place during a five-day lull in the fighting which is due to expire at midnight (2100 GMT) on Monday. "The Israeli delegation in Cairo is acting with a very clear mandate to stand firmly on Israel's security needs," said Netanyahu. "Only if there is a clear answer to Israel's security needs, only then will we agree to reach an understanding."
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| Iraqi Kurds retake country's main dam from jihadists: officials Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:08 AM PDT  Al-Qosh (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by US air strikes on Sunday retook the country's largest dam from jihadist militants who seized it the previous week, officials said. "Mosul Dam was liberated completely," Ali Awni, an official from Iraq's main Kurdish party, told AFP, adding that fighting was now taking place in the nearby Tal Kayf area. A peshmerga officer and another political party official also confirmed that Kurdish forces were in control of Mosul Dam, which provides electricity and irrigation water for farming to large areas of Iraq's northern Nineveh province. The recapture of the dam marks the biggest major prize won back from the Islamic State jihadists since they launched their sweeping offensive in northern Iraq in early June.
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| Man City, Liverpool open Premier League with wins Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:03 AM PDT  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Two days into the English Premier League season and there is a familiar sight at the top of the standings.
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| Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfew Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:02 AM PDT  The first night of a state-imposed curfew in Ferguson, Missouri, ended with tear gas and arrests of some protesters, but it wasn't the curfew violation that precipitated the confrontation.
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| UN: Iran ready to cooperate on nuclear probe Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:02 AM PDT  VIENNA (AP) — Iran's president has promised to back a United Nations probe into suspicions that the country secretly worked on nuclear arms, the U.N.'s chief nuclear inspector said Sunday after talks in Tehran.
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| Ex-host David Gregory praised on 'Meet the Press' Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:01 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell has paid tribute on "Meet the Press" to its abruptly departed host, David Gregory.
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| Minecraft creator steps up to the Ice Bucket Challenge for a cold hit Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT  The Ice Bucket Challenge is making its way through the gaming industry and has soaked another participant: Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson.
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| Google Maps is tracking everywhere you go Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT  Google probably already knows your age, your interests, and everything you've looked at online. Google's location tracking site shows exactly where you and your cell phone have been. For Google to record data on your phone's location, you must have enabled both location reporting and location history.
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| Man City starts title defense with 2-0 win Posted: 17 Aug 2014 09:57 AM PDT  NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Manchester City began its Premier League title defense with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle at St. James' Park on Sunday.
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| PNB letters being removed from Philadelphia skyline Posted: 17 Aug 2014 09:57 AM PDT A fixture in Philadelphia's skyline is in the process of coming down. |
| Brazil honors candidate killed in plane crash Posted: 17 Aug 2014 09:56 AM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — Thousands in Brazil have gathered to say goodbye to a presidential candidate who was killed in a plane crash less than two months before elections.
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| Iran won't accept nuclear restraints 'beyond IAEA rules' Posted: 17 Aug 2014 09:51 AM PDT  Iran will reject any restraints on its nuclear operations outside the international rules set by the industry watchdog, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday. "We will only accept the legal controls of the IAEA within the framework of the Non-Proliferation Treaty," the president said during a visit by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano. Amano made a one-day visit to Tehran ahead of an August 25 deadline for Iran to answer decade-old allegations of past nuclear weapons research. He held morning talks with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before meeting Rouhani, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.
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| Kiev forces push into rebel city ahead of Russia, Ukraine talks Posted: 17 Aug 2014 08:06 AM PDT  Kiev (AFP) - Kiev forces battled into a key rebel bastion Sunday as Moscow denied fresh claims that Russian rocket launchers had crossed over into Ukraine to bolster the separatists' flagging insurgency.
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| Texas Gov. Perry calls indictment politically motivated Posted: 16 Aug 2014 06:08 PM PDT  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2016, said on Saturday an indictment against him for abuse of power was a political move that he intends to fight. Perry was indicted on Friday by a grand jury in Travis County, a Democratic stronghold in the heavily Republican state, on two counts of abuse of power and coercion over a funding veto he made last year that was seen as being intended to force a local prosecutor to resign. "This indictment amounts to nothing more than an abuse of power and I cannot and I will not allow that to happen," Perry told reporters in Austin, Texas.
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| Texas Gov. Perry says indictment is abuse of power Posted: 16 Aug 2014 02:12 PM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry vowed Saturday to fight a criminal indictment in a defiant response that showed an old slice of swagger that he's kept holstered lately while seeking to remake his image for a potential 2016 presidential run.
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| Tensions rise in Ferguson ahead of curfew Posted: 17 Aug 2014 09:48 AM PDT  Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in the rain, and the mood was defiant.
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