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• SF Bay Area commuter rail service resumes
• Judge denies Zimmerman acquittal
• Clashes erupt in major pushback by Egypt Islamists
• Clashes erupt as Islamists push back in Egypt
• US touts democracy as Egyptian military takes over
• Relatives clash over 911 call in Fla. shooting
• US economy adds 195K jobs; unemployment 7.6 pct.
• Syrian army launches heavy barrage on city of Homs
• Pope Francis clears John Paul II for sainthood
• Spain: We were told Snowden was on Bolivia plane
• Calif. fireworks accident injures more than 30
• Mass. mom in Brazil: Custody dispute stranded me
• 'Despicable Me' tramples 'Lone Ranger' at theaters
• Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood deputy head arrested
• Toll in Egypt violence mounts to 30 nationwide

SF Bay Area commuter rail service resumes Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:41 PM PDT Service has resumed after unions called off a strike and agreed to a contract.

Judge denies Zimmerman acquittal Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:57 PM PDT Defense lawyers tried unsuccessfully to have the murder charge dropped.

Clashes erupt in major pushback by Egypt Islamists Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:22 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Enraged Islamists pushed back against the toppling of President Mohammed Morsi, as tens of thousands of his supporters marched in Cairo on Friday to demand his reinstatement and attacked his opponents. Nighttime clashes raged with stone-throwing, firecrackers and gunfire, and military armored vehicles raced across a Nile River bridge in a counterassault on Morsi's supporters.

Clashes erupt as Islamists push back in Egypt Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:12 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Enraged Islamists pushed back Friday against the toppling of President Mohammed Morsi, as tens of thousands of his supporters took to the streets vowing to win his reinstatement and clashed with their opponent in violence that killed 30 and wounded more than 200 nationwide.

US touts democracy as Egyptian military takes over Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:52 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is turning to top officials to tout democracy, political transparency and peaceful protest for Egypt, a message that took on a hollow tone as the Egyptian military installed a new leader for the country and began rounding up its ousted president and his supporters.

Relatives clash over 911 call in Fla. shooting Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:10 PM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The mothers of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman listened Friday to the same 911 recording of someone screaming for help, and each said she was convinced the voice was that of her own son.

US economy adds 195K jobs; unemployment 7.6 pct. Posted: 05 Jul 2013 02:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers are sending a message of confidence in the economy — hiring more workers, raising pay and making the job market appear strong enough for the Federal Reserve to slow its bond purchases as early as September.

Syrian army launches heavy barrage on city of Homs Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:01 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops unleashed a major artillery barrage on the city of Homs on Friday, hitting buildings near a 13th century mosque as they pressed an assault on rebel-held areas in the country's strategic heartland.

Pope Francis clears John Paul II for sainthood Posted: 05 Jul 2013 02:13 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday cleared two of the 20th century's most influential popes to become saints, approving a miracle needed to canonize Pope John Paul II and waiving Vatican rules to honor Pope John XXIII.

Spain: We were told Snowden was on Bolivia plane Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:02 AM PDT MADRID (AP) — Spain on Friday said it had been warned along with other European countries that former U.S. intelligence worker Edward Snowden was aboard the Bolivian presidential plane this week, an acknowledgement that the manhunt for the fugitive leaker had something to do with the plane's unexpected diversion to Austria.

Calif. fireworks accident injures more than 30 Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:53 PM PDT SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — When a July Fourth fireworks display exploded and sent red and white bursts into spectators at a Southern California park, Paulina Mulkern saw shrapnel heading straight for her 4-year-old cousin.

Mass. mom in Brazil: Custody dispute stranded me Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:43 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Police in Brazil have seized passports belonging to a woman and her 6-year-old daughter, stranding them in South America for more than a month in an international custody dispute with the child's father.

'Despicable Me' tramples 'Lone Ranger' at theaters Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:37 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Lone Ranger" seems to be riding into the sunset on its debut weekend.

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood deputy head arrested Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:49 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An Interior Ministry spokesman says the deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat el-Shater, considered the most powerful man in the organization has been arrested.

Toll in Egypt violence mounts to 30 nationwide Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:39 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Medical officials say at least 12 people have been killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted president in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria, bringing nationwide toll to 30.

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