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British police arrest 3 over soldier's killing

Posted: 25 May 2013 03:39 PM PDT

Floral tributes for Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, are lined at the scene of his killing in Woolwich, southeast LondonCounter-terrorism police on Saturday arrested three people suspected of involvement in the killing of a soldier hacked to death in a London street by two men shouting Islamist slogans. The killing of the soldier in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack has led to angry protests against radical Islam and fears of a possible anti-Muslim backlash. Michael Adebolajo, 28 and Michael Adebowale, 22, are under armed guard in hospital after being shot and arrested by police on suspicion of murder on Wednesday. ...


Two freight trains collide in Missouri, bringing down overpass

Posted: 25 May 2013 01:23 PM PDT

Two freight trains that collided at a rail intersection, collapsing an overpass in Missouri are pictured in this photo courtesy of KFVS12Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said.


Official: Woman killed in San Antonio flooding

Posted: 25 May 2013 02:21 PM PDT

A San Antonio metro bus sits in floodwaters after it was swept off the road during heavy rains, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Christian Bove says a 29-year-old woman was trapped in her car, got on the roof and was swept away in floodwaters


French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris

Posted: 25 May 2013 02:36 PM PDT

Police officers stand near the cordoned off spot where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the busy commercial district of La Defense, outside Paris, Saturday May 25, 2013, and France's president said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British soldier.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)A French soldier was attacked in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and France's president said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British soldier.


Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

Posted: 25 May 2013 01:27 PM PDT

Workers walk past the collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. A truck carrying an oversize load struck the four-lane bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below Thursday evening. All three occupants suffered only minor injuries. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.


Thousands walk, run final mile of Boston Marathon

Posted: 25 May 2013 09:19 AM PDT

Rachel, left, and Pam Vingsness of Newton, Mass., hug each other after crossing the finish line as runners who were unable to finish the Boston Marathon on April 15 because of the bombings were allowed to finish the last mile of the race in Boston, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She and thousands of other athletes joined victims of the blast to run and walk the last mile of the race.


Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers joins LA Galaxy

Posted: 25 May 2013 08:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 file photo, Columbus Crew's Robbie Rogers celebrates after scoring against the San Jose Earthquakes during the second half of an MLS soccer match in San Francisco. Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by gay athletes. Rogers tells The Associated Press his fears about returning to soccer were eased by the support he received from family, fans and players, including Galaxy star Landon Donovan. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports.


Key senators tightly control immigration debate

Posted: 25 May 2013 06:53 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2013, file photo, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, holds a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee about immigrant women and immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. For all the soothing words she heard from fellow Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Hirono never had a chance to win a relatively modest change to far-reaching immigration legislation. Instead, the hidden hand of the bipartisan Gang of Eight reached out and rejected her attempt to create an immigration preference for close relatives of citizens with an extreme hardship _ the same force that had already derailed dozens other proposals deemed to violate the delicate trade-offs made by the bill's bipartisan authors. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)For all the soothing words she heard from fellow Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii never had a chance to win a relatively modest change to far-reaching immigration legislation.


Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally

Posted: 25 May 2013 07:40 AM PDT

Police detain a gay rights supporter, left, and an opponent, right, who scuffle during an unsanctioned gay rally near the City Hall in Moscow, Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Kremlin initiated a bill banning "propaganda of homosexuality" and routinely banned gay rallies and parade. Russian police say they detained at least 30 gay rights campaigners and their opponents at an unsanctioned rally in Moscow. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Gay rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in Moscow but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at a demonstration which went ahead despite a court order.


What Detroit crisis? Pension fund trustees hang out in Hawaii

Posted: 25 May 2013 05:08 AM PDT

Detroit's emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr talks to members of the media about the report he delivered to the State of Michigan about Detroit's finances, in DetroitThe city of Detroit may be facing a deepening financial crisis but that hasn't stopped four trustees of its public pension funds from spending $22,000 of retirement system funds to attend a conference in Hawaii this week.


Friend of alleged soldier killer arrested at BBC

Posted: 25 May 2013 08:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 24, 2013 file photo, military boots are laid in tribute outside the Woolwich Barracks, in London, in response to the bloody attack on Wednesday when a British soldier was killed in the nearby street. Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of British soldier Lee Rigby. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a television interview telling his story about how Adebolajo may have become radicalized. (AP Photo/Bogdan Maran, File)Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the killing of an unarmed British soldier, a savage attack that has horrified Britain.


Improving economy alters political landscape

Posted: 25 May 2013 12:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The economy is clearly, if slowly, recovering on Obama's watch and robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats. But the alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies is giving the GOP something else to talk about and investigate. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama's watch and robs Republicans of a central argument against Democrats.


Arias jury foreman says life or death decision unfair

Posted: 25 May 2013 01:26 AM PDT

Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom before the verdict for sentencing was declared a hung jury for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The jury in Jodi Arias' trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a unanimous decision on whether the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend should be sentenced to life or death in a case that has captured headlines worldwide with its sex, lies, violence. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace, Pool)In the Jodi Arias trial, the jurors faced a decision that was wrenching and real, with implications that could haunt them forever.


Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

Posted: 25 May 2013 01:35 AM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. A federal judge ruled Friday, May 24, 2013, Arpaio's office systematically singled out Hispanics in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)A federal judge has ruled that the sheriff's office systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols.


As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence

Posted: 25 May 2013 12:32 PM PDT

Artist Gretchen Baer paints on a fence marking the U.S. border in NacoMexican activist Maria Elena Borquez says the fence is a symbol of hostility.


Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town

Posted: 25 May 2013 01:32 PM PDT

Sheila Pott poses with a portrait of her daughter Audrie in Los Altos, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2013. Audrie Pott committed suicide in September 2012 after being sexually assaulted by three boys during a house party in Saratoga, Calif. Photos of the incident were circulated around Pott's high school prompting the teenager to hang herself in a bathroom at home. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers.


Thousands watch as murdered anti-Mafia priest is beatified in Sicily

Posted: 25 May 2013 05:37 AM PDT

A Sicilian priest gunned down by the Mafia 20 years ago outside his home in Palermo was beatified in a seafront ceremony.

Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner

Posted: 25 May 2013 05:18 AM PDT

In this May 23, 2013 photo, security officers walk away from the entrance of the Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama facilities, in northern Chile. Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday, May 24, 2013, and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water.


Paper: Japan government says unaware of ghosts at PM residence

Posted: 25 May 2013 03:22 AM PDT

Japan's Prime Minster Shinzo Abe talks as he visits the Myanmar International Terminal Thilawa port outside YangonA delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assassinations, has revived talk of ghosts in the corridors.


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