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Defensive forwards center stage in NHL playoffs

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:34pm

CHICAGO (AP) — Pavel Datsyuk is one of the NHL's most feared scorers, a wizard with the puck who is equally adept at setting up his teammates for easy plays. Jonathan Toews has at least 23 goals in each of his six seasons in the league, and Patrice Bergeron is one of the top offensive threats for one of the league's best teams.


Top-ranked Djokovic beaten by Berdych in Rome

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:31pm

ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic can't seem to find any consistency on clay courts. And with the French Open less than 10 days away, he will enter Roland Garros on the back of two early defeats.


Failing Ga. student accused of faking kidnapping

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:23pm
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — A college student in suburban Atlanta is accused of faking his own kidnapping to avoid telling his parents he was failing a class.

Woodson says he's look for fit in Raiders visit

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:23pm
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Charles Woodson pushed back a visit to Oakland to pursue a reunion with the Raiders because extending his career in the NFL isn't his only mission.

Unemployment rates drop in most states, Illinois climbs

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:22pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unemployment rates dropped in 43 out of the 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia in April from a year before, according to Labor Department data released on Friday. A handful of states, including Illinois, Delaware, Indiana, Wisconsin, Mississippi and New Hampshire saw their jobless rates rise over the year. Illinois' rate fell in April to 9.3 percent from 9.5 percent in March but rose from 8.8 percent a year before. "April data reflects the unevenness of this recovery," said the director of the Illinois employment department, Jay Rowell, in a statement. ...


'Mother's instincts': NM woman chased abductor

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:22pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A mother who chased down an abductor and ran into his car after he grabbed her 4-year-old said Friday her "mother's instincts" kicked in when she launched her pursuit.


Mourners gather to remember Malcolm X's grandson

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:21pm

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the late grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X as mourners said Malcolm Shabazz was well on his way to cementing his own legacy.


After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:20pm

By Roberta Rampton and Mark Felsenthal BALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday sought to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda back to his top priority - the economy - and announced he will try to cut in half the time it takes to get federal approval for large job-creating projects. Obama traveled to Baltimore, a short helicopter ride from the White House, to talk about steps he is taking to streamline permits for infrastructure, early childhood education, and positive signs in the economy. ...


IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:18pm

By Andy Sullivan and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. But during the first hearing into a growing IRS scandal that could preoccupy Washington for months, Republicans did learn that a top official in President Barack Obama's administration knew that the IRS was looking into targeting by the tax agency nearly a year ago. ...


U.N. Security Council mulls Syria cross-border aid push

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:18pm
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is considering a plea from senior U.N. aid officials to demand aid access in war-torn Syria, a move that could lead to a showdown between Russia and Western states over humanitarian cross-border deliveries, U.N. diplomats say. As neighboring Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq struggle to cope with the influx of Syrian refugees that the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday has surpassed 1.5 million, U.N. officials have told the Security Council there are millions more people in need of aid inside Syria. ...

College student, intruder killed in NY break-in

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:11pm

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — A Hofstra University junior sharing an off-campus house with her twin sister and several other college students was shot and killed during an early morning break-in Friday that also left the armed intruder dead, police said.


AP source: McIlroy to set up own management group

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:05pm

Two-time major champion Rory McIlroy is leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management to set up his own management group.


SAC Capital won't fully cooperate with government: letter

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:04pm

By Emily Flitter and Katya Wachtel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors told investors on Friday it would no longer cooperate "unconditionally" with the U.S. government's insider trading investigation. In a brief letter to investors, the $15 billion hedge fund did not elaborate but said it believes the next few months will be critical in the investigation. The firm said that "over the coming months there will be more clarity about the outcome of these matters. ...


8-year term for Bulger girlfriend upheld in Mass.

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:04pm
BOSTON (AP) — The longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger lost her bid to reduce the eight-year prison sentence she received for helping Bulger during his 16 years as a fugitive.

Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:53pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions about the panel's findings behind closed doors.


Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG export plan

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:48pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural gas.


DA to retry Central Texas man in deadly '86 fire

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:46pm
WACO, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors plan to retry a Central Texas man whose 25-year-old conviction for setting a fire that killed his two young stepsons was set aside due to issues raised later with the science used to find him guilty.

Busch will understand if Kahne retaliates soon

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:44pm

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch holds a 3-0 advantage over Kasey Kahne this season and understands Kahne may be planning some retaliation.


Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:43pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again.


Stocks rise on hopeful signs for the US economy

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:41pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Encouraging news about the U.S. economy extended the stock market's rally Friday.