| High political stakes for Clinton on Iran nuclear agreement Posted: 04 Apr 2015 09:44 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton can claim a piece of the victory if the U.S. and other world powers ultimately complete a final nuclear deal with Iran.
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| Kenya: Extremists vow more attacks; president responds Posted: 04 Apr 2015 10:11 AM PDT GARISSA, Kenya (AP) — Somalia's Islamic extremist group al-Shabab warned Saturday of more attacks in Kenya like the assault on Garissa University College that killed 148 people. |
| 5 years after coal mine blast, explosion risks persist Posted: 04 Apr 2015 02:03 AM PDT  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The nation's worst coal mine disaster in decades exposed lax safety measures at some Appalachian mines, issues that persist five years later despite the crackdown that followed, according to an Associated Press review of federal inspection records.
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| Somali militants vow to turn Kenyan cities 'red with blood' Posted: 04 Apr 2015 05:52 AM PDT  By Edith Honan GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Somali militants vowed on Saturday to wage a long war against Kenya and run its cities "red with blood" after the group's fighters killed nearly 150 people during an assault on a Kenyan university. Kenyan officials said they had arrested five men in connection with Thursday's attack by al Shabaab gunmen at Garissa university, 200 km (120 miles) from the Somali border. The raid has put Kenya on heightened alert and spooked Christian congregations, horrified by survivor tales recalling how the Islamist militants had sought out Christian students to kill, while sparing some Muslims. In a message directed at the Kenyan public, the al Qaeda aligned group said the raid was revenge for Kenya's military presence in Somalia and mistreatment of Muslims within Kenya.
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| Holes, questions remain for Iran's nuclear deal Posted: 04 Apr 2015 05:34 AM PDT  Could Iran cheat? Possibly. Would the U.S or anyone else be able to respond in time? In theory, yes.
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| Police created 'dangerous crossfire' in pursuing Boston bombers: report Posted: 03 Apr 2015 12:03 PM PDT  By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement created "dangerous crossfire situations" while trying to apprehend the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, according to a state report on the emergency response that was released on Friday. Police officers lacked "weapons discipline" during a gun battle with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, who was killed a short time later, in the early hours of April 19, 2013, the report found. The weapons problem also plagued officers arresting the younger brother, according to the 130-page report made public by the Massachusetts' emergency management agency. Tsarnaev, 21, is currently on trial in federal court for detonating two pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, killing three people and injuring 264, as well as for murdering a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer while trying to flee three days later.
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| Ferguson, Missouri, releases racist emails from former officials Posted: 04 Apr 2015 07:28 AM PDT  Officials in Ferguson, Missouri, have released the full content of racially charged and religiously insensitive emails, including about President Barack Obama, sent between the city's former court clerk and two ex-police supervisors. The emails, although dating back years before the shooting, were among evidence presented by the Justice Department in a report in March that concluded that racism pervaded the Ferguson Police Department. They were sent and received by Mary Ann Twitty, who was Ferguson's court clerk, as well as former Ferguson police Captain Rick Henke and former police Sergeant William Mudd. All three were removed from their jobs after the Department of Justice discovered the emails, which prompted an investigation by city officials.
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| Illinois convicted killer who escaped jail captured in Chicago Posted: 04 Apr 2015 05:54 AM PDT (Reuters) - Chicago police have captured a convicted killer who overpowered a jail guard, taking his keys and uniform and fleeing in his SUV south of the city three days ago, authorities said. Kamron Taylor, 23, who escaped on Wednesday from the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee, about 60 miles south of Chicago, was taken into custody by Chicago police at 9 p.m. Friday, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement. Responding to a call about a suspicious person on the city's South Side, officers approached Taylor, who fled on foot. Police caught Taylor after a brief foot chase and found he had a handgun, the department said. Taylor, who was awaiting sentencing, overpowered a jail guard early on Wednesday, taking his keys and uniform. |
| Gun-control activist and widow of James Brady dies at 73 Posted: 03 Apr 2015 09:40 PM PDT  Sarah Kemp Brady, who became an activist for gun control after her husband was shot in the head in the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, died Friday.
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| Mother, child missing in flood as storms hit South, Midwest Posted: 03 Apr 2015 07:29 PM PDT  Rescue crews lose sight of a vehicle carrying a woman and a child in eastern Kentucky.
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| Alabama man walks free after 30 years on death row Posted: 03 Apr 2015 03:46 PM PDT  An Alabama man who spent 30 years on death row for crimes he didn't commit walked free from court on Friday after his conviction for a 1985 double murder was overturned because of insufficient evidence. Anthony Ray Hinton, 58, emerged from Jefferson County Courthouse to cheers from well-wishers before being embraced by tearful friends and relatives, a day after a judge had dismissed all charges against him. "Sun do shine," an emotional Hinton said moments after his release. Hinton was released after a key piece of ballistics evidence used against him in his December 1986 trial for two separate murders during robberies in Birmingham was discredited.
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| Kenya mourns 148 dead in university attack by militants Posted: 03 Apr 2015 02:29 PM PDT  The 20-year-old student called home from the university being besieged by Islamic militants and frantically told her father, "There are gunshots everywhere! Tell Mum to pray for me — I don't know if I will survive."
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| Philadelphia woman held for trying to help IS Posted: 03 Apr 2015 02:07 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia woman was arrested Friday on charges she tried to join and martyr herself for the Islamic State group, a day after two women in New York were charged with plotting to wage jihad by building a bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type attack.
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| Netanyahu says Iran must accept Israel's existence Posted: 03 Apr 2015 08:22 AM PDT  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded that Iranian recognition of Israel's right to exist be written into an emerging nuclear deal, as he convened top officials for talks on Friday. After meeting his security cabinet, which comprises key ministers, National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen and other officials, he said they were unanimous in their opposition to the framework agreement which emerged Thursday from marathon talks in Switzerland between the Islamic republic and world powers. "Israel demands that any final agreement with Iran will include a clear and unambiguous Iranian recognition of Israel's right to exist,' he said.
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