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Council members abstain from vote on abstaining

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:50pm
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.

Dissidents find 'Cuba outside Cuba' in Miami

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:50pm

MIAMI (AP) — When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami, he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the Cuban-American community who do not believe in pacific opposition.


IMF chief Lagarde in court in fraud probe

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:48pm

PARIS (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde faced hours of questioning at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.


AP Interview: Rogge praises wrestling's changes

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:45pm

LONDON (AP) — Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said.


Anti-war protester shouts at Obama during speech

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:13pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama was interrupted three times by a woman who shouted about drones and detainees in Cuba as he delivered a speech on national security.


Little known about suspect in Wash. ricin case

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:13pm
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A 37-year-old janitor who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves letters containing the deadly poison ricin is a registered sex offender who lived in a rundown apartment building near downtown Spokane.

Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:13pm

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters. They were just part of life in a particularly deadly stretch of Tornado Alley.


Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:12pm

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.


Obama says terror threat has shifted, defends use of drones

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:07pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama gave a robust defense on Thursday of U.S. use of unmanned armed drones and said the threat of terrorism to the United States had shifted since the attacks on September 11, 2001. Obama said he signed a document on Wednesday that codified guidelines for the use of force against terrorists. He also said before drone strikes were taken, there must be near-certainty that no civilians would be killed or injured. (Reporting by Jeff Mason, Mark Felsenthal and Steve Holland; Editing by Eric Walsh)

Obama sets limits on drone use, steps for closing Guantanamo

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:07pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will lay out a new U.S. policy on Thursday that limits the use of armed drones to times when Americans face an "imminent" threat, administration officials said. Obama's policy will make clear that the United States respects the sovereignty of other nations and prefers to capture and detain extremists when possible. "America does not take drone strikes when we have the ability to capture individual terrorists. ...

House GOP leaders pledge action on immigration

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:04pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives are pledging to act to fix the nation's immigration system but making clear that they will not simply accept legislation passed by the Senate.


Senate confirms Obama nominee to key appeals court

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:03pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington.

Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for sex with patients

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:03pm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, has been reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress.

Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 2:01pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.


Sweden's riots raise questions about inequality

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 1:56pm

HUSBY, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week.


Jury in Jodi Arias trial resumes deliberations

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 1:55pm

PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in Jodi Arias' trial resumed deliberations Thursday, a day after they reported they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death and the judge instructed them to keep trying.


Wyden: FracFocus 'constructive' tool on drilling

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 1:53pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee says a website partially funded by the oil and gas industry is a constructive tool that could be used by federal regulators in requiring public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.

Israel to discuss military draft reform proposal

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 1:46pm
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli committee has handed the government its proposal for ending a system granting Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service.

Shareholder adviser firm paying $300,000 fine

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 1:44pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent firm in the business of advising big shareholders on how to vote in elections for company directors is paying a $300,000 fine to settle federal civil charges of failing to protect clients' confidential voting information.

Kids from tornado-hit school reunite with teachers

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 1:44pm

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Students from an elementary school flattened by a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb have reunited with their teachers and collected what belongings could be salvaged from the wrecked building.