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• Drones on U.S. soil shouldn't surprise
• Veterans speak out about talks with Taliban
• Weiner defends response voter who used gay slur
• The numbers game muddies NSA surveillance debate
• Stocks extend slide as China heightens anxiety
• FDA allows OTC morning-after pill, lifts age limit
• AP Exclusive: Taliban offer to free US soldier
• Obama nominating Comey as FBI director Friday
• Watchdog faults background check of NSA leaker
• All-women jury chosen for George Zimmerman's trial
• WHO study: Third of women suffer domestic violence
• Christian group apologizes to gay community
• AP PHOTOS: From Egypt's street, a new techno sound
• Report: NSA can keep US records indefinitely
• Stocks extend slide as China adds to worries
• Protesters gather in Brazil despite concessions

Drones on U.S. soil shouldn't surprise Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:47 PM PDT The FBI used them to watch a bunker where a boy was being held hostage.

Veterans speak out about talks with Taliban Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:29 PM PDT David Daly remembers sitting in a garden in Afghanistan two years ago and discussing military strategy with his counterparts in the Afghan army. At this point, the U.S. had spent a decade there. A Marine offered a tactical suggestion, one that made perfect sense to the Americans but not to the Afghans. Daly, then a [...]

Weiner defends response voter who used gay slur Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:34 PM PDT Armed with laser pointer and several PowerPoint slides, former Rep. Anthony Weiner sought to distinguish himself Thursday as the only Democratic mayoral hopeful willing to embrace what he called the "big" and "bold" ideas with a speech calling for a dramatic transformation of the way New Yorkers receive their health care. But all it [...]

The numbers game muddies NSA surveillance debate Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to win over public trust, the Obama administration has been throwing around a lot of numbers as it tries to describe — in as much detail as possible without jeopardizing national security — the terror plots it says were thwarted by the government's sweeping surveillance of U.S. communications.

Stocks extend slide as China heightens anxiety Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — For investors, there was no place to go on Thursday.

FDA allows OTC morning-after pill, lifts age limit Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The morning-after pill is finally going over-the-counter.

AP Exclusive: Taliban offer to free US soldier Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:03 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban proposed a deal in which they would free a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their most senior operatives at Guantanamo Bay, while Afghan President Hamid Karzai eased his opposition Thursday to joining planned peace talks.

Obama nominating Comey as FBI director Friday Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday plans to nominate President George W. Bush's former No. 2 at the Justice Department, James Comey, to lead the FBI as the agency grapples with privacy debates over a host of recently exposed investigative tactics.

Watchdog faults background check of NSA leaker Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog testified Thursday there may have been problems with the security clearance background check conducted on the 29-year-old federal contractor who disclosed previously secret National Security Agency programs for collecting phone records and Internet data.

All-women jury chosen for George Zimmerman's trial Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:44 PM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A jury of six women was picked Thursday to decide the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who says he fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in self-defense.

WHO study: Third of women suffer domestic violence Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — In the first major global review of violence against women, a series of reports released Thursday found that about a third of women have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner.

Christian group apologizes to gay community Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:36 PM PDT The leader of Exodus International, a Christian ministry that worked to help people repress same-sex attraction, has apologized to the gay community for inflicting "years of undue suffering." He plans to close the organization while launching a new effort to promote reconciliation.

AP PHOTOS: From Egypt's street, a new techno sound Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:09 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — "We tell the stories of our people, words that come up from our alleys, listen to me to understand" — from the Mahraganat song, "El-Rab El-Masri" (Egyptian Rap) by Sadat, Fifty and Haha.

Report: NSA can keep US records indefinitely Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency can keep copies of intercepted communications from or about U.S. citizens if the material contains significant intelligence or evidence of crimes.

Stocks extend slide as China adds to worries Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:33 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — For investors, there was no place to go on Thursday.

Protesters gather in Brazil despite concessions Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:44 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Demonstrators took to the streets once again across Latin America's biggest country in a new wave of protests that have mobilized hundreds of thousands of people denouncing poor public services and government corruption.

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