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Hradecka, Cermak win French Open mixed doubles

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:47am

PARIS (AP) — Five years after teaming up, Frantisek Cermak and Lucie Hradecka won their first doubles title together at the French Open.


LONMIN SAYS HAS RECEIVED NO ULTIMATUM FROM UNION AMCU REGARDING THREATENED STRIKE

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:47am

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lonmin Plc has significantly increased the number of security staff at its South African mines to manage growing labour tension, a senior executive said on Thursday. "There is an increased police presence in the area and Lonmin itself has significantly increased the amount of security personnel we have on the property," Mark Munroe, executive vice president for mining, told reporters on a conference call.


Markets drift as ECB's Draghi holds line

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:46am

LONDON (AP) — The failure of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to hint at any further easing in monetary policy weighed on stock markets Thursday but shored up the euro.


2 suspected in Danish police data hacking

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:44am
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Swedish founder of the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is suspected along with a Dane of hacking into a company handling sensitive information for the Danish police, officials said Thursday.

Senate Republicans: Give governors more school say

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:42am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan would see his authority greatly cut and governors would have final say over their schools under legislation introduced Thursday by Senate Republicans.

McD's mixes breakfast and burgers _ for night owls

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:35am
NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's is taking a small step toward offering breakfast items outside of its usual breakfast hours — at least if you're a night owl.

Report: US collecting huge number of phone records

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:33am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has been secretly collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top secret court order, according to a document disclosed by a British newspaper. The Obama administration defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, but critics said it was a huge over-reach.


Average rate on 15-year US mortgage above 3 pct.

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:31am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The average U.S. rate on a 15-year fixed mortgage rose above 3 percent this week for the first time in a year, while the rate on the 30-year fixed loan approached 4 percent.

NCAA 'pleased' lawsuit by Pa. governor thrown out

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:29am

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The NCAA says it's "exceedingly pleased" that a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed against it by Pennsylvania's governor over penalties against Penn State related to Jerry Sandusky.


French leftist beaten in fight with skinheads

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:27am

PARIS (AP) — A group of skinheads attacked a French far-left activist in the heart of Paris' shopping district, leaving the young man brain-dead in the hospital Thursday, officials said, in an attack that raised fears of increased far-right violence.


Fill-in host Oliver to keep the news fake, funny

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:26am

NEW YORK (AP) — Since 2006, John Oliver has proved his mettle as a phony journalist on "The Daily Show."


Senate Republicans introduce education overhaul

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:20am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan would see his authority greatly cut and governors would have final say over their schools under Republican-sponsored legislation.

Putin: Navy in Mediterranean not saber-rattling

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:20am

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says Russia will permanently keep a navy squadron in the Mediterranean Sea to protect its interests.


Hezbollah's Syria victory risks wider Sunni-Shi'ite conflict

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:19am
By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - The capture of Qusair by Syrian troops spearheaded by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi'ite Islamist militia, risks turning the war in Syria into a wider sectarian battle between Sunni and Shi'ite forces that will sweep through the country's neighbors. The fall of the town after weeks of fighting has emboldened the Syrian government and left the rebels contemplating their biggest defeat in a two-year-old war that has killed 80,000. In Damascus, the victory lifted the morale of a government under siege. ...

EU commits another 400 million euros of aid to Syria

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:18am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will send another 400 million euros ($523 million) of aid to Syria and its neighbors, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday, calling Syria "a stain on the world's conscience". Barroso said the EU was already the biggest humanitarian donor in response to the crisis, committing more than 840 million euros to alleviate what he called "the most dramatic humanitarian situation in the last decade". "But the worsening of the situation requires extraordinary measures. ...

Kenyan joy: Britain apologizes for colonial abuse

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:14am

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The wrinkled faces of the elderly Kenyans who gathered in a downtown Nairobi hotel registered gratitude, relief and joy as Britain's high commissioner say what many waited decades to hear: Britain is sorry.


IRS head pledges taxpayer money to be spent wisely

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:11am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service is telling lawmakers he'll do "everything possible" to make sure taxpayer money is spent wisely.


Russia's Norilsk Nickel to double dividend payout

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:05am
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel said on Thursday it will pay $2 billion, or 90 percent of its 2012 net profit, in dividends to shareholders.

Administration defends collecting phone records

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:04am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, calling such information "a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats."


Britain to compensate Kenyans for colonial-era torture

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:03am

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Britain expressed regret on Thursday about the abuse of Kenyans by colonial forces during the Mau Mau insurgency in the 1950s and announced a compensation package for more than 5,200 survivors worth a total of 20 million pounds. The deal, settled out of court after three elderly Kenyan torture victims won the right in October to sue the British government, could encourage people in other former colonies to press claims over grievances dating back to the days of Empire. ...