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Stocks fade, post first weekly loss in a month

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 3:11pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks prices are closing mostly lower on Wall Street, giving the market its first weekly loss in a month.


Latest 'Bachelorette' won't say if she's engaged

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 3:07pm

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC's newest "Bachelorette," Desiree Hartsock, says it's not hard to keep the details of her experience on the show a secret from her friends.


Oil ends week down 2 pct on tepid demand outlook

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 3:05pm
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil fell 2 percent this week, as oil traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program.

DA: Tenn. victims shot after drugs handed over

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 3:04pm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former police officer, accused of killing two people during a robbery at an east Tennessee pharmacy, gunned down his victims after they complied with his demands for painkillers, a prosecutor said Friday.

Snooki: NJ Gov Christie 'just doesn't like us'

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 3:02pm
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV's "Jersey Shore," saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light.

Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:55pm

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth."


Oklahoma gets far more than its share of disasters

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:52pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central.


Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:51pm

CANNES, France (AP) — For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."


Budget cuts mean unpaid day off for many in gov't

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:49pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS. Forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at any of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide.


Hezbollah: EU making big mistake

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:46pm
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's deputy chief says the European Union would be making a "big mistake" to label the Lebanese Shiite militant group "terrorist."

Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid skepticism

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:37pm

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong skepticism persists on both sides.


Teixeira expects to play in minors Wednesday

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:30pm
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira says he expects to play in a minor-league game Wednesday with Double-A Trenton.

UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:28pm

LONDON (AP) — Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who allegedly threatened to destroy the plane.


Venezuela to create new workers militia

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:25pm

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's president has ordered the creation of a new workers' militia to defend the country's "Bolivarian revolution" at a time when the government faces economic problems and political turmoil.


AP Source: Jets RB Goodson to practice Tuesday

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:24pm
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that Jets running back Mike Goodson is expected to return to practice Tuesday despite his legal troubles.

Co-op Bank stops lending to new corporate clients

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:21pm

By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - The Co-operative Bank has stopped offering loans to new business customers, part of measures designed to quell growing concerns over its capital position. The bank's parent, the Co-operative Group, said on Friday it was undertaking an extensive review of the bank, examining its capital and lending position and its commercial strategy. Credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded Co-op Bank's debt ratings earlier in May and warned it could need taxpayers' money to plug a capital shortfall which some analysts have said could be as high as 1.8 billion pounds. ...


'Horrified' trucker watches I-5 bridge collapse

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:02pm

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major route between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the interstate into the river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror.


Man charged with stalking Jennifer Lawrence's kin

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:46pm
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Jennifer Lawrence after authorities say he repeatedly insisted that the man put him in touch with the Oscar-winning actress so he could protect her, according to court documents.

A-Rod sells Miami Beach home for $30M

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:45pm
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has sold his Miami Beach home for $30 million.

Bayern, Dortmund await all-German Wembley final

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:39pm

LONDON (AP) — Bayern Munich is approaching its third Champions League final in four years with the calm of a team fully in control after a season of dominance.