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Liz Cheney announces Senate bid

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 03:47 PM PDT

Liz Cheney announced plans to run for the U.S. Senate in 2014 (AP)The daughter of the former vice president will seek to represent Wyoming in 2014.

AG Holder: 'Stand your ground' laws create dangerous conflict

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 01:16 PM PDT

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the NAACP convention in OrlandoAttorney General Eric Holder told the NAACP convention in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday that the Justice Department is still investigating whether to bring federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, who was declared not guilty just three days ago by a Florida jury.

Obama: Immigration debate will slip into the fall

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 04:20 PM PDT

In this July 15, 2013, photo President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony to present the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award to Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, from Union, Iowa, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama on Tuesday, July 16, conceded that an immigration overhaul cannot be achieved by his August deadline. With House Republicans searching for a way forward on the issue, the president said he was hopeful a bill could be finalized this fall - though even that goal may be overly optimistic. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday conceded that an immigration overhaul cannot be achieved by his August deadline. With House Republicans searching for a way forward on the issue, the president said he was hopeful a bill could be finalized this fall — though even that goal may be overly optimistic.

Egypt Cabinet has women, Christians; no Islamists

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 02:48 PM PDT

This image released by the Egyptian Presidency on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 shows interim President Adly Mansour, center, with his new cabinet ministers at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's interim president has sworn in a new Cabinet, the first since the ouster of the Islamist president by the military nearly two weeks ago. The new government, sworn in Tuesday, is led by Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi, an economist, and features the promotion of Defence Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who ousted Mohammed Morsi on July 3, to deputy prime minister. He also retains the defence portfolio. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interim leader swore in a Cabinet on Tuesday that included women and Christians but no Islamists as the military-backed administration moved swiftly to formalize the new political order and present a more liberal face that is markedly at odds with the deposed president and his supporters.

Iraq attacks make for deadly start to holy month

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 01:17 PM PDT

In this picture taken on Sunday, July 14, 2013, security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, Iraq. Ramadan is shaping up to be the deadliest in Iraq since a bloody insurgency and rampant sectarian killings had the country teetering on the edge of civil war more than half a decade ago. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)BAGHDAD (AP) — Ramadan this year is shaping up to be the deadliest in Iraq since a bloody insurgency and rampant sectarian killings pushed the country to the edge of civil war in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

Health law's rule delay could hamper enforcement

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 01:23 PM PDT

FILE - In an Oct. 11, 2012, photograph, a basket of medical supplies await storage by King's Daughters Medical Center emergency room staff in Brookhaven, Miss. Enforcement of the health care overhaul's central mandate _ that individual Americans must have coverage _ could be weakened by the Obama administration's delay of a requirement that larger employers provide medical insurance. That's because the delayed rule also requires companies to report health insurance details for employees. Without employers validating who's covered, a scofflaw could lie, and the government would have no easy way to check.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)WASHINGTON (AP) — There's a bit of a domino effect undercutting President Barack Obama's health care law.

Coroner: 'Glee' actor Monteith died of overdose

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 04:52 PM PDT

A pedestrian walks past photographs and flowers placed at a memorial for Canadian actor Cory Monteith outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, July 15, 2013. Monteith, 31, was found dead in his room at the hotel on Saturday, according to police, who have ruled out foul play. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — "Glee" actor Cory Monteith, who had struggled for years with substance abuse and once said he was lucky to be alive, died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia coroner's office said Tuesday.

Panama finds suspected weapons on N. Korean ship

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 04:52 PM PDT

Military equipment lays in containers aboard a North Korean-flagged ship at the Manzanillo International container terminal on the coast of Colon City, Panama, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. A North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)PANAMA CITY (AP) — A North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is barred by United Nations sanctions from importing sophisticated weapons or missiles, Panamanian officials said Tuesday.

Judge ponders September trial date for Arias

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 11:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty, during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. As she awaits a decision by prosecutors on the future of her murder case, Arias and her attorneys are returning to court Tuesday, July 16, 2013 to ask the judge to throw out the jury's finding that made her eligible for the death penalty. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool, File)PHOENIX (AP) — A new jury could be impaneled to decide whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death or life in prison sometime in late September, a judge said Tuesday, as attorneys continue to file motions and keep mum on any talk of a deal to resolve the case without another trial.

Senate steps back from brink in nominations fight

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 04:12 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., joined by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., right, speak to reporters after the Senate stepped back from the brink of a political meltdown, clearing the way for confirmation of one of President Barack Obama's long-stalled nominations, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate stepped away from the brink of a meltdown on Tuesday, confirming one of President Barack Obama's long-stalled nominees, agreeing to quick action on others and finessing a Democratic threat to overturn historic rules that protect minority-party rights.

Helmet water leak aborts spacewalk; astronaut OK

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 03:16 PM PDT

In this image from video made available by NASA, astronauts discuss the aborted spacewalk aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. A dangerous water leak in the helmet of Luca Parmitano, bottom center facing camera in white suit, drenched his eyes, nose and mouth, preventing him from hearing or speaking as what should have been a routine spacewalk came to an abrupt end. (AP Photo/NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In one of the most harrowing spacewalks in decades, an astronaut had to rush back into the International Space Station on Tuesday after a mysterious water leak inside his helmet robbed him of the ability to speak or hear and could have caused him to choke or even drown.

LA to deploy more police to prevent disturbances

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 04:43 PM PDT

A woman holds up a sign during a demonstration in reaction to the acquittal of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman on Monday, July 15, 2013, in Los Angeles. Anger over the acquittal of a U.S. neighborhood watch volunteer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager continued Monday, with civil rights leaders saying mostly peaceful protests will continue this weekend with vigils in dozens of cities. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a spate of vandalism and violence, Los Angeles police vowed Tuesday to crack down with quick action and arrests if further disturbances arise from street protests over the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of a black Florida teenager.

Obama says bill must resolve immigrants' status

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 03:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is suggesting he would not sign an immigration bill without a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally.

Capture of Zetas leader unlikely to quell violence

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 03:14 PM PDT

In this combo of three photos released on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 by the Mexican Navy, are Zetas drug cartel leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, center, Ernesto Reyes Garcia, left, and Abdon Federico Rodriguez Garcia, right, after their arrests in Mexico. Trevino Morales, 40, was captured before dawn Monday by Mexican marines who intercepted a pickup truck with $2 million in cash in the countryside outside the border city of Nuevo Laredo, which has long served as the Zetas' base of operations. The truck was halted by a marine helicopter, and Trevino Morales was taken into custody along with a bodyguard and an accountant and eight guns, government spokesman Eduardo Sanchez told reporters. (AP Photo/Mexican Navy)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's most brutal drug cartel leader built a business empire stretching from the Southwest United States to Central America, but Miguel Angel Trevino Morales' final days of freedom were spent lying low in the hinterlands of Tamaulipas state, traveling only at night over back roads as Mexican marines closed in on his trail.

On Martin case, Obama shifts from passion to calm

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 09:02 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony to present the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award to Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, from Union, Iowa, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2013. White House spokesman Jay Carney says it would be inappropriate for President Obama to express an opinion on how the Justice Department deals with Zimmerman after the neighborhood watch volunteer's acquittal in the shooting of the unarmed 17-year-old last year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama first addressed the death of Trayvon Martin last year, he did so passionately, declaring that if he had a son, he would look like the slain 17-year-old. His powerful and personal commentary marked a rare public reflection on race from the nation's first black president.

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