Sense of 'normal' returns to Gaza

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• Sense of 'normal' returns to Gaza
• Hawaii residents stock up as Julio and Iselle threaten
• D.C. voters will decide pot legalization issue on Nov. 4
• Sources: Fears Russia will Invade Ukraine
• Despite expanded search, Wash. state 6-year-old still missing
• Spain catches its navy running cocaine from Colombia
• Change your password! Russian gang's record setting cyberhack
• Houston airport worker dies after 45-foot fall
• Trainside crowd comes together, frees man's leg
• Wildfires force temporary evacuation of alien hunters' search facility
• Target endorses gay marriage
• United Boeing 777 cites fire aboard, lands in Canada
• US drone said to kill 7 militants in Pakistan
• US general killed in Afghan attack was engineer on first war mission
• Pistorius murder trial nears verdict; runner due in court
• George Takei's Hiroshima visit: Recalls time in U.S. internment camp
• Rosetta probe makes space history in rendezvous with comet
• Missouri inmate executed for killing neighbor
• Court hearing gay marriage arguments from 4 states
• Afghan official: General's killer hid in bathroom
• Obama, African leaders talk security, governance
• Israel-Palestinian talks on Gaza underway in Cairo
• Comet chaser reaches target after 10-year pursuit
• GOP establishment on a roll over tea party
• Walgreen turns down inversion to cut tax bill
• Air strike hits Ukrainian rebel city
• Obama, Bush 1st ladies press for girls' education
• Feinstein puts Obama on the spot over CIA's ‘torture report’ edits
• Palestinian suspect held over killed teens
• Russian hackers steal 1.2B passwords
• U.S. general killed in Afghanistan identified
• 14 injured in tour bus collision in NYC's Times Square
• Obama pledges $33B in commitments for Africa
• 21st Century Fox withdraws Time Warner bid
• Russia threatens to force fly-around for airlines
• Landslide hits Utah neighborhood, destroys home
• Ex-cop charged with homicide says suitcase death accidental
• U.S. terrorism database doubles in recent years
• Hawaii stocks up on water as storms Iselle, Julio loom

Sense of 'normal' returns to Gaza Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:06 AM PDT Kids are playing. Stores are open. There's mourning, too.

Hawaii residents stock up as Julio and Iselle threaten Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:43 AM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii residents were furiously stocking up on essentials as two hurricanes churned toward the islands Wednesday and weather officials asked the whole state to prepare for flash flooding.

D.C. voters will decide pot legalization issue on Nov. 4 Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:39 AM PDT By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An initiative to legalize marijuana possession in the District of Columbia was cleared on Wednesday for a Nov. 4 vote in the U.S. capital, an election board spokeswoman said. Dr. Malik Burnett, District policy manager for the Drug Policy Alliance, which backs the initiative, said in a statement, "It is clear from the number of signatures the campaign was able to submit that citizens want a major change in D.C.'s marijuana laws." Initiative 71 allows adults over the age of 21 to possess up to 2 ounces (56 grams) of marijuana. It allows for the cultivation of up to six marijuana plants at home. The ballot measure does not touch on the sale of marijuana.

Sources: Fears Russia will Invade Ukraine Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:34 AM PDT US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and NATO pointing to increased border troop buildup.

Despite expanded search, Wash. state 6-year-old still missing Posted: 06 Aug 2014 07:57 AM PDT BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Officers in Washington state worked through the night, asking residents of an east Bremerton mobile home park about a missing 6-year-old girl, but Jenise Wright remains missing.

Spain catches its navy running cocaine from Colombia Posted: 06 Aug 2014 06:50 AM PDT MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have seized 127 kilograms of cocaine from Spanish navy training ship, which allegedly carried the drug from Colombia and dropped off some in New York.

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Houston airport worker dies after 45-foot fall Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:40 AM PDT HOUSTON (AP) — A contract worker has died after falling about 45 feet from an elevated rail track at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.

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Wildfires force temporary evacuation of alien hunters' search facility Posted: 06 Aug 2014 06:07 AM PDT The wildfire that has consumed more than 31,000 acres in northern California forced the temporary evacuation of a telescope facility used to monitor the skies for extraterrestrial life.

Target endorses gay marriage Posted: 06 Aug 2014 08:18 AM PDT Retailer joins Starbucks, Apple, Intel in taking public stand on same-sex unions.

United Boeing 777 cites fire aboard, lands in Canada Posted: 06 Aug 2014 06:04 AM PDT HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A spokesman for the airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, says a United Airlines Boeing 777 airliner on its way to Brussels from the U.S. has made an emergency landing after a fire on the aircraft.

US drone said to kill 7 militants in Pakistan Posted: 06 Aug 2014 04:05 AM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a sprawling compound in a northwestern tribal region of Pakistan on Wednesday, killing seven militants, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.

US general killed in Afghan attack was engineer on first war mission Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:23 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Harold J. Greene, the two-star Army general who became the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be killed in either of America's post-9/11 wars, was an engineer who rose through the ranks as an expert in developing and fielding the Army's war materiel. He was on his first deployment to a war zone.

Pistorius murder trial nears verdict; runner due in court Posted: 06 Aug 2014 04:47 AM PDT The murder trial of fallen South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius resumes Thursday for closing arguments after months of gripping testimony that captured the world's attention. It will be a final showdown between two of the country's top legal minds: defence lawyer Barry Roux, and senior state prosecutor Gerrie Nel, nicknamed "Bulldog" because of his brutal style of questioning. The hearing is set down for two days before Judge Thokozile Masipa, who is then expected to adjourn the case for a couple of weeks before delivering her verdict. South Africa does not have trial by jury.

George Takei's Hiroshima visit: Recalls time in U.S. internment camp Posted: 06 Aug 2014 02:27 AM PDT The "Star Trek" actor opens up about revisiting the site where an atomic bomb killed two of his relatives, and he recounts his time spent in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.

Rosetta probe makes space history in rendezvous with comet Posted: 06 Aug 2014 08:22 AM PDT The space probe Rosetta made a historic rendezvous with a comet on Wednesday, climaxing a 10-year, six-billion-kilometre (3.7-billion-mile) chase through the Solar System, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. It marks the first time a spacecraft has been sent into orbit around a comet, a wanderer of the Solar System whose primeval dust and ice may hold insights into how the planets formed. Rosetta's rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was confirmed at 0929 GMT at distance of 400 million km from Earth, according to signals received at ground stations. On its Twitter page, the Rosetta mission said "Hello, comet!" in each of the languages of the agency's 20 nations.

Missouri inmate executed for killing neighbor Posted: 05 Aug 2014 11:50 PM PDT BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate was put to death Wednesday for raping and killing a college student in 1995, making him the first U.S. prisoner put to death since an Arizona lethal injection went awry last month.

Court hearing gay marriage arguments from 4 states Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:47 AM PDT CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court was set to hear arguments Wednesday in six gay marriage fights from four states — Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee — in the biggest such session on the issue so far.

Afghan official: General's killer hid in bathroom Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:52 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan soldier who killed a U.S. two-star general and wounded other top officers hid in a bathroom before his assault and used a NATO assault rifle in his attack, an Afghan military official said Wednesday.

Obama, African leaders talk security, governance Posted: 06 Aug 2014 10:06 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and dozens of African leaders opened talks Wednesday on two key issues that threaten to disrupt economic progress on the continent: security and government corruption.

Israel-Palestinian talks on Gaza underway in Cairo Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:37 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Indirect Israel-Palestinian negotiations over extending a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and ending a blockade of the territory got underway in Cairo on Wednesday, with positions from both sides maximalist and much jockeying expected ahead.

Comet chaser reaches target after 10-year pursuit Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:58 AM PDT DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) — After a journey of 6.4 billion kilometers (4 billion miles), Europe's unmanned Rosetta probe reached its destination Wednesday, a milestone in mankind's first attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet.

GOP establishment on a roll over tea party Posted: 06 Aug 2014 06:44 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Add Kansas to the list of states where tea partyers tried and failed to knock out Senate Republicans this year. Next up: Tennessee, and the odds for the upstarts are no better.

Walgreen turns down inversion to cut tax bill Posted: 06 Aug 2014 08:39 AM PDT Walgreen plans to keep its roots firmly planted in the United States, saying it will no longer pursue an overseas reorganization that would have trimmed its U.S. taxes but drew political scorn.

Air strike hits Ukrainian rebel city Posted: 06 Aug 2014 05:59 AM PDT DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Air strikes and artillery fire between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops in the eastern city of Donetsk have brought the violence closer than ever to the city center, as Kiev's forces move in on the rebel stronghold.

Obama, Bush 1st ladies press for girls' education Posted: 06 Aug 2014 08:57 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama and Laura Bush, first ladies from different generations and opposing political parties, spoke with one voice Wednesday on the importance of educating women and girls worldwide, saying countries will be more prosperous as a result.

Feinstein puts Obama on the spot over CIA's ‘torture report’ edits Posted: 05 Aug 2014 03:19 PM PDT The chief author of the Senate's "torture report" urged President Obama on Tuesday to make more of the document available to the public, over the objections of the CIA. She charged that the intelligence agency's edits "eliminate or obscure key facts" about controversial interrogation practices during the George W. Bush administration.

Palestinian suspect held over killed teens Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:21 PM PDT Man suspected of leading the group that kidnapped and murdered 3 Israelis in June.

Russian hackers steal 1.2B passwords Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:12 PM PDT U.S. companies, others targeted in what could be world's biggest data breach to date.

U.S. general killed in Afghanistan identified Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:24 PM PDT Maj. Gen. Harold Greene is the highest-ranking U.S. officer killed in combat since 1970.

14 injured in tour bus collision in NYC's Times Square Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:18 PM PDT 2 double-decker buses collided in Times Square at height of summer tourist season: police.

Obama pledges $33B in commitments for Africa Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:04 PM PDT Seeking to strengthen America's financial foothold in Africa, President Barack Obama announced $33 billion in commitments Tuesday aimed at shifting U.S. ties with Africa beyond humanitarian aid and toward more equal economic partnerships.

21st Century Fox withdraws Time Warner bid Posted: 05 Aug 2014 03:26 PM PDT Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is abandoning its attempt to take over Time Warner in a proposed deal that would have combined two of the world's biggest media companies.

Russia threatens to force fly-around for airlines Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:04 PM PDT Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threatened on Tuesday to retaliate for the grounding of a subsidiary of national airline Aeroflot because of EU sanctions, with one newspaper reporting that European flights to Asia over Siberia could be banned. Low-cost carrier Dobrolyot, operated by Aeroflot, suspended all flights last week after its airline leasing agreement was cancelled under European Union sanctions because it flies to Crimea, a region Russia annexed from Ukraine in March.

Landslide hits Utah neighborhood, destroys home Posted: A landslide struck an upscale suburban Salt Lake City community on Tuesday, destroying a home and forcing evacuations as a rain-soaked hillside tumbled from above.

Ex-cop charged with homicide says suitcase death accidental Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:37 PM PDT Suspect is charged with homicide in the death 1 of 2 women whose bodies were found in suitcases.

U.S. terrorism database doubles in recent years Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:41 PM PDT A government database of known or suspected terrorists doubled in size in recent years, The Associated Press has learned. The growth is the result of intelligence agencies submitting names more often after a near-miss attack in 2009.

Hawaii stocks up on water as storms Iselle, Julio loom Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:56 PM PDT Hawaii residents loaded up on bottled water and canned meat Tuesday in preparation for the unusual threat of a hurricane and tropical storm barreling toward the islands.

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