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OJ bid for new trial starting in Las Vegas court

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:20am

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The last time O.J. Simpson was in a Las Vegas courtroom, he stood next to defense attorney Yale Galanter before being handcuffed and hauled off to prison for up to 33 years.


Report: Detroit's finances crumbling; future bleak

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:09am

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit is broke and faces a bleak future given the precarious financial path it's on, according to a new report out by the city's state-appointed emergency manager.


Futures dip in big week for retail

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:04am

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures slipped Monday to begin a week loaded with hints about the health of the country's retailers.


US retail sales edge up 0.1 percent in April

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:01am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans increased their spending in April at retail businesses, buying more cars and clothes after cutting purchases sharply in March. The rebound suggests consumers may help boost growth again in the April-June quarter.

Bangladesh collapse survivor gives up garment work

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:57am

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building said Monday that she will never again work in a Bangladesh garment factory.


Iran expects 'progress' in U.N. nuclear talks, West skeptical

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:50am

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran expects progress will be made in talks this week with the United Nations' atomic agency, Tehran's nuclear envoy said on Monday, but Western diplomats held out little hope of an end to the deadlock. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been trying for more than a year to coax Iran into letting it resume a stalled investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Tehran, which denies any aims to make nuclear weapons. ...


Pakistan's Sharif wants good relations with US

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:49am

RAIWIND, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani politician poised to become the country's next prime minister said Monday that Islamabad has "good relations" with the United States, but called the CIA's drone campaign in the country's tribal region a challenge to national sovereignty.


Merkel shrugs aside new book on communist-era past

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:49am

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a new book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously thought, saying she's never hidden anything.


Euro finance ministers to discuss Italy, Portugal

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:45am

BRUSSELS (AP) — European finance ministers are set to discuss on Monday the economic plans of Italy's new government and assess the outlook for bailed-out countries like Portugal, Greece and Cyprus.


Syrian troops take full control of strategic town

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:13am

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops have taken full control of a town near the highway linking the capital Damascus with Jordan, a new advance in the regime's campaign to drive rebels from the strategic south, an activist group said Monday.


Gaddafi cousin goes on trial in Egypt for attempted murder

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:07am

CAIRO (Reuters) - A cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial in Egypt on Monday on charges of attempted murder in a case that has blocked his extradition to Libya. Ahmed Gaddaf Alddam is accused of opening fire on police when they went to detain him at his residence in Cairo in March in accordance with an Interpol arrest warrant. He is wanted in Libya for alleged counterfeiting, forgery, fraud and money laundering. Gaddaf Alddam is also charged with "resisting the authorities" and being found in possession of unlicensed guns and ammunition. ...


Ugandan general faces arrest for talking politics

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:05am
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A general who asked questions about President Yoweri Museveni's succession plans faces charges stemming from the alleged breach of an official code of conduct, a spokesman for the military said Monday, the latest twist in the unfolding saga of a senior army officer accused by some of harboring presidential ambitions.

Syria blames 'murderer' Erdogan for bombings: Russian TV

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:01am
By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria's information minister has blamed Turkey's government for deadly car bombings near the Syrian border and branded Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan a "murderer", state-run Russian TV company RT reported on Monday. The bombings took place as prospects appeared to improve for diplomacy to try to end the war in Syria, after Moscow and Washington announced a joint effort to bring government and rebels to an international conference as soon as possible. ...

Fox schedule includes its first miniseries

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:01am
NEW YORK (AP) — The Fox network is betting big on its first miniseries and shows from heavyweight producers Seth McFarlane and J.J. Abrams for next season.

Bangladesh to end search for collapse victims

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:48am

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's military is ending its search for bodies in the wreckage of an eight-story garment factory building that collapsed last month because no more victims are expected to be found, officials said Monday.


Futures dip ahead of retail data this week

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:46am

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are falling at the start of a week that will be loaded with hints about the health of the country's retailers.


Ohio suspect's brothers: Hope he 'rots in jail'

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:43am

CLEVELAND (AP) — The two brothers of the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for about a decade say they have no sympathy for him. One called him a "monster" who he hopes "rots in jail."


Philippine midterm vote ends with less violence

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:40am

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Less violence than usual and expected glitches in voting machines marked Monday's congressional and local elections in the Philippines, which will gauge popular support for the president's anti-corruption drive and other reforms.


Benghazi depositions to examine Clinton's role

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:35am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House oversight panel is asking a veteran diplomat and a former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff for sworn testimony about their investigation into the deaths of four Americans at a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya.


Liechtenstein ready to relax banking secrecy

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:08am
BERLIN (AP) — Liechtenstein's prime minister says the principality is prepared to discuss an automatic exchange of bank client information with the European Union.