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Health care thorny issue in immigration debate

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 3:22pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health care coverage for newly legalized immigrants is emerging as a thorny issue in Congress' drive to remake the nation's immigration system, posing hard-to-solve problems for Senate negotiators and threatening a bill-writing effort in the House.


Source: Rep. Pallone entering US Senate race in NJ

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 3:19pm

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A person with knowledge of U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone's campaign details says the congressman plans to announce that he is entering the race to complete the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg.


US consumer borrowing up $11.1 billion in April

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 3:17pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans borrowed more in April to attend college and buy cars and were a little less cautious with their credit cards than the previous month.

AP PHOTOS: Where your online data get stored

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 3:13pm

Internet companies such as Apple, Facebook and Google have vast amounts of data on you.


Stock market rises sharply after hiring picks up

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 3:12pm

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is closing sharply higher after the government reported a pickup in hiring last month.


IMF approves $1.75 billion loan for Tunisia

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 2:08pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has approved a $1.74 billion loan for Tunisia to ease the country's economic strains more than two years after the revolution that toppled the former regime.

Nadal outlasts Djokovic in French Open epic

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 2:06pm

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal won an epic semifinal against Novak Djokovic at the French Open to remain the King of Clay — for another couple of days, at least.


AP sources: Texas actress arrested in ricin case

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 2:04pm

DALLAS (AP) — A pregnant Texas actress who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been arrested for orchestrating the scheme herself, law enforcement officials said Friday.


Stuck on China tarmac, Pa. orchestra plays concert

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 2:03pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A string quartet from The Philadelphia Orchestra has made a lengthy flight delay quite enjoyable for a plane full of lucky passengers in China.

Police in Vegas clear Canseco in sex assault case

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:58pm

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas won't seek criminal charges against former major league slugger Jose Canseco after an investigation of a woman's rape claim, a department spokesman said Friday.


NM gov. glad Whole Foods reviewing language rule

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:57pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she's glad Whole Foods Market is reviewing its employee language policy after two of its Spanish-speaking workers in Albuquerque were suspended.


Zimmerman judge considers allowing voice experts

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:52pm

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — An expert hired by an Orlando newspaper testified Friday that screams for help on 911 calls don't match neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman's voice.


Peru justice minister: Fujimori not pardoned

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:47pm
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's justice minister says President Ollanta Humala has decided not to grant a humanitarian pardon for jailed former leader Alberto Fujimori.

Nigerian Islamists retreat, apparently to fight another day

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:47pm

By Joe Brock KIRENOWA, Nigeria (Reuters) - All that remains of the Islamist fighters who once bedded down in this sandy enclave are charred clothes, burned out trucks and surgical equipment left beneath a thorny tree. Hausari Camp - 300 square meters of baking wilderness near Nigeria's border with Chad - was until last month a base for militants from Boko Haram, whose four-year-old insurgency has left thousands dead and destabilized Africa's top oil producer. ...


US employers add 175K jobs, rate up to 7.6 pct.

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:39pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May— a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts if not enough to reduce still-high unemployment.


Suicide blasts kill 19 in Iraq, including Iranians

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:38pm

BAGHDAD (AP) — Suicide attackers rammed car bombs on Friday into a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims and a police checkpoint west of Baghdad, killing 19 people in all, in the latest bout of violence to rattle Iraq.


Model, 'Bama QB still dating but not engaged

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:34pm
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Model and reality TV actress Katherine Webb said Friday she and the University of Alabama's quarterback remain an item, but they're not engaged.

UN launches record appeal for victims of Syrian war

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:32pm

By Crispian Balmer and Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations warned on Friday half of all Syrians would need humanitarian aid by the end of 2013 and launched what it said was the biggest emergency appeal in history to cope with the civil war crisis. "Syria as a civilization is unraveling," said the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, announcing the call for some $5 billion before the end of the year. The joint statement by U.N. ...


Ferrer beats Tsonga to reach French Open

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:31pm

PARIS (AP) — David Ferrer advanced to his first Grand Slam final by beating Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the French Open, 6-1, 7-6 (3), 6-2 Friday.


Obama defends phone data collection program

Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:24pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama vigorously defended the government's newly disclosed collection of massive amounts of information from phone and internet records on Friday as a necessary defense against terrorism, and assured Americans, "Nobody is listening to your telephone calls."