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(AP) The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.The Kulluk was under tow and bound from the Aleutian ...
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(AP) Circumstances surrounding the grounding of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge off a remote Alaska island will be explored in a public hearing in Anchorage.The Coast Guard says a marine casualty investigation into the grounding of the Kulluk (CUL'-uk) ...
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(AP) The federal judge overseeing the stop-and-frisk trial that has put New York Police Department officers in the spotlight says she knows she's not the government's favorite judge.But U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin says she strives to treat the government exactly ...
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(AP) Israel has completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel.France 2 network's images from Sept. 30, ...
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(AP) Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful.About 200,000 people turned out Sunday for Mass celebrated by Francis, about the ...
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(AP) Zimbabwe's prime minister says his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services and will make sure the services uphold the country's new constitution which demands impartiality in their duties.Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ...
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(AP) They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards.Today's biggest stars _ from Taylor Swift to fun. to Maroon 5 _ are the key finalists at Sunday's awards show, airing live ...
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(AP) Lawmakers in a number of states are scrambling to cut the cost of preparing mentally ill criminal defendants for trial.Dozens of states have authorized outpatient programs. And several others, including Texas, are considering plans to provide treatment in jail.Courts order ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama will address the legality of his administration's controversial drone program during a speech this week.A White House official says Obama will also address other counterterrorism policies, including stalled efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.Obama pledged ...
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(AP) In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.At the rally, Dr. Reginald Hawkins warned city leaders that if something ...
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(AP) A Russian capsule carrying mice and lizards has returned to Earth after spending a month in space.Scientists say the experiment is intended to test the effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on cell structure.Russian state television showed ...
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(AP) Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him.The former ...
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(AP) A British lawmaker widely viewed as a rising star in the Labour Party says the United Kingdom should more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's growing economies.While leading a trade mission to Nigeria and Ghana this week, 34-year-old Chuka Umunna ...
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(AP) Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny _ a claim that tea ...
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(AP) Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday.Following a tip, investigators raided the apartment where the couple was staying in the Githurai ...
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(AP) The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.Why were a diplomatic outpost and ...
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(AP) An aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will seek military aid from India during a three-day visit this week. Karzai's trip comes during escalating border tension with Pakistan, India's archrival.Karzai spokesman Aimal Faizi says the president will discuss ...
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(AP) A Chinese state media report and a boat owner say unidentified North Koreans have taken one of his fishing boats and its crew and are demanding a ransom.Yu Xuejun said on a verified microblog that his boat was in Chinese ...
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(AP) Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.Now, unlikely heroes may ...
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(AP) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has announced plans to use $300 million in federal funding to buy out homeowners whose properties have flooded repeatedly, especially during Superstorm Sandy.Christie announced the buyout plan Thursday, just before appearing in Sayreville, where about ...
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(AP) A gay teacher challenging her firing by an Ohio Catholic school says the local union for Catholic educators has decided not to proceed with her complaint.Carla Hale said Monday the grievance committee for the Central Ohio Association of Catholic Educators ...
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(AP) An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel.The official says CIA chief John Brennan met Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon. He did not disclose other details.The official spoke ...
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(AP) Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential election.Retired Gen. Antonio Rivero said he would "take care of my health" as he was freed late Friday.Opposition leaders said ...
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(AP) A driver who tried to escape arrest by claiming political connections was charged with manslaughter Tuesday after the woman she hit with her Porsche last week in Mexico City died of her injuries.Mexico is experiencing a backlash against the common ...
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(AP) Malaysia's leader has named a new Cabinet challenged with restoring confidence in a long-ruling coalition that won national elections this month with a weaker majority.Prime Minister Najib Razak's list of ministers comprises a mix of experienced officials and fresher faces ...
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