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UK prince, injured US officer launch Warrior Games

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:04am

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Combat helicopter pilot Prince Harry of Britain along with Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin joined an American naval officer who had been blinded in Afghanistan in launching the Warrior Games for wounded service members.


Death toll in Turkish bombings rises to 46

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 2:57am

REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — An official says the death toll in a pair of car bomb attacks in a Turkish town near the Syrian border has increased to 46.


Armed gunman's standoff in NJ enters 3rd day

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 2:23am
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A tense standoff and hostage situation with an armed man who barricaded himself in a house extended into a third day. Police are working to negotiate a peaceful ending.

6 mortar shells hit neighborhood in Syrian capital

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 2:19am
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian official says six mortar shells have struck a neighborhood in the Syrian capital Damascus, causing damage and casualties.

Chamberlain scolds Rivera before Yankees game

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 1:18am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — New York Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain scolded teammate Mariano Rivera before Saturday night's game, telling the star closer never to "shush" him.


Refugees face uncertain future as Myanmar opens

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 12:21am

MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand (AP) — Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others — ethnic minorities from Myanmar and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighboring Thailand.


Pacers protect home court, beat Knicks 82-71

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 11:20pm

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers kept everything in front of them Saturday night.


Kenseth passes Busch for 1st Darlington victory

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 11:19pm

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Matt Kenseth is quickly showing how well he fits in at Joe Gibbs Racing.


Orpik's OT goal sends Penguins to 2nd round

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 10:45pm

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Orpik's goal would have been memorable even if wasn't in overtime and didn't put the Pittsburgh Penguins into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.


NY man finishes writing out entire Bible by hand

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 10:22pm

SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — At last, it is written.


Prison for ex-dictator soothes Guatemala

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 10:08pm

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after receiving a landmark 80-year sentence for genocide and crime against humanity.


Ginsburg says Roe gave abortion opponents target

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 9:41pm

CHICAGO (AP) — One of the most liberal members of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could be expected to give a rousing defense of Roe v. Wade in reflecting on the landmark vote 40 years after it established a nationwide right to abortion.


Mrs. Obama: Seek out those with different beliefs

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 9:29pm

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama urged Eastern Kentucky University graduates on Saturday night to reach out to people with different political beliefs, saying the country would benefit from the conversations.


AP Exclusive: IRS knew tea party targeted in 2011

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 8:51pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner.


Grizzlies take 2-1 lead beating Thunder 87-81

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 8:51pm

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies call it grit and grind, and it got them through another ugly game.


Stormy round at Players for Tiger and Sergio

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 8:38pm

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods was surrounded by four rows of fans who stood shoulder-to-shoulder, curious to see how he was going to escape from the trees on the second hole at The Players Championship. Cheers erupted when he pulled out a 5-wood, a risky shot off the pine straw through a 15-foot gap of pines.


One by one, homes in Calif. subdivision sinking

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 8:31pm

LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March.


Bloomberg bars reporters from client activity

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 8:05pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Financial data and news company Bloomberg LP says it has corrected a "mistake" in its newsgathering policies and cut off its journalists' special access to client log-in activity on the company's ubiquitous trading information terminals after Goldman Sachs complained about the matter last month.

AP Source: Hansen adds backup offer to Kings sale

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 7:59pm
SEATTLE (AP) — If the NBA Board of Governors denies the pending sale and relocation of the Sacramento Kings, the Seattle group seeking to purchase the franchise has a backup deal with the Maloof family.

Strasburg drops to 1-5 as Cubs beat Nationals 8-2

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 7:59pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Strasburg was at his dominant best in the early going Saturday, retiring 13 of the first 14 Chicago Cubs he faced, seven via strikeout.