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10 Things to Know for Thursday

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 8:31pm

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:


Social network gaffes plague Japanese politicians

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 8:28pm

TOKYO (AP) — On the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in painful, awkward and at times costly fashion.


Body found near Patriot's home was homicide victim

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 8:25pm

BOSTON (AP) — A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's home had been killed, a prosecutor said Wednesday.


Cops: Disabled Pa. man dies after gruesome neglect

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 8:16pm

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman and her two daughters were charged Wednesday with murder in the death of their 32-year-old son and brother, who had Down syndrome, after officials said he was severely neglected and underfed, weighing just 69 pounds when he died.


Floods strand pilgrims in India, deaths could rise

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 8:09pm

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Monsoon flooding that has stranded thousands of people and caused landslides in northern India has killed almost 120 people, and the prime minister said the toll could rise substantially.


Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 8:05pm

By Roberta Rampton and Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear weapons, offering to cut deployed nuclear arsenals by a third, but Moscow immediately poured scorn on his proposal. Speaking in Berlin where U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan gave rousing Cold-War speeches, Obama urged Russia to help build on the "New START" treaty that requires Moscow and Washington to cut stockpiles of deployed nuclear weapons to 1,550 each by 2018. ...


Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:42pm

By Hamid Shalizi and Lesley Wroughton KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revived Afghan peace talks hit their first roadblock on Wednesday, a day after they were announced, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government would not join U.S. talks with the Taliban and would halt negotiations with Washington on a post-2014 troop pact. The United States and the Taliban had announced on Tuesday that officials from both sides will meet in Doha, the capital of Qatar, in coming days, in a step forward for a stuttering peace process after 12 years of bloody and costly war between U.S. ...


Bruins' run excites city wounded by marathon bombs

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:27pm

BOSTON (AP) — They have come to wave flags or meet the players or just appear on the video screen, invariably to a standing ovation, during the Boston Bruins' run to the Stanley Cup finals.


Obama making plans to tackle global warming

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:16pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in Berlin.


House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billion

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:15pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill.

Academy: 3 midshipmen charged with sexual assault

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:14pm
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy on Wednesday charged three midshipmen — all current or former football players — with sexually assaulting a female student at an off-campus house in Annapolis more than a year ago.

Board backs turning Astrodome into convention hall

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:13pm

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astrodome, an iconic stadium that's fallen into disrepair since it was shuttered four years ago, could see new life as a giant convention center and exhibition space under a plan recommended by a county board on Wednesday.


Leading 3-D printer firms to merge in $403M deal

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:08pm
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Stratasys, a leading maker of 3-D printers, is buying another 3-D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock.

Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:06pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that could send interest rates higher, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it next year because the economy is strengthening.


Judge sides with US in Manning document dispute

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:02pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Baltimore said Wednesday she's satisfied for now with measures the military has taken to release documents related to Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's court-martial in the Wikileaks case.

Jazz bring Jerry Sloan back as consultant

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 7:01pm
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former longtime Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan is returning to the team as a consultant.

Body near Patriot's home was semi-pro athlete's

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 6:58pm

BOSTON (AP) — A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's house was a semi-pro football player with connections to Hernandez, his family said Wednesday.


NJ cease and desist order brings scathing rebuttal

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 6:56pm
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rare is the legal rebuttal that calls a cease and desist order a "literary gag gift" and uses the phrase "big meanie."

US calls out China, Russia over human trafficking

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 6:48pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. accused China and Russia of failing to meet minimum standards in fighting human trafficking, ranking them on a par with North Korea and Syria.

Senate backs Froman as next trade representative

Wed, 06/19/2013 - 6:43pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Froman, a senior White House economic adviser and classmate of President Barack Obama at Harvard Law School, on Wednesday won Senate confirmation to be the next U.S. trade representative.