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Woman claims FBI visited after Web searches for pressure cookers

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Pressure cooker bombs have been connected to recent terrorist attacks. And now a New York woman says her innocent search for the cooking device led to a visit from law enforcement (ABC News)Authorities however deny investigating the NY-based journalist's home.

See what happens when young libertarians meet Ted Cruz

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 02:02 PM PDT

Cruz speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, MarylandRand Paul, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee compete for the support of young libertarians.

Obama may scrap Putin summit

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 11:11 AM PDT

Chilly relations between Obama, Putin at G20?The president is 'disappointed' in Russia's asylum offer for Edward Snowden.

Ohio man who kidnapped 3 women gets life in prison

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 04:26 PM PDT

Ariel Castro rubs his nose in the courtroom during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked out part of a door to end nearly a decade of captivity, Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)CLEVELAND (AP) — Standing before the man who kidnapped her and raped her for a decade, Michelle Knight described how the world had changed in the three months since they last saw each other. The captive, she said, was now free and the oppressor would be locked away forever to "die a little every day."

Morsi supporters defy police warnings to disperse

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 03:14 PM PDT

A Supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi plays drum during a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr City in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Arabic writing on the banner on the right side reads, "Peaceful." (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed government offered protection Thursday to supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi who end their two sit-ins — widely seen as a first step toward dispersing the vigils on opposite sides of Cairo.

GOP prepares bill to cut food stamps by 5 percent

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 02:35 PM PDT

Chart shows federal food stamp participation since 1969; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm;WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are preparing legislation that would cut food stamps by as much as $4 billion annually in an effort to downsize a program that many conservatives say has become too bloated in recent years.

Berlusconi conviction upheld; prison term sticks

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 03:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 29, 2012 Silvio Berlusconi smiles as he arrives at Milan's central train station, Italy. Italy's top court confirmed Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 Berlusconi tax fraud conviction, and ordered the review of a political ban contained in the sentence that was appealed by the Italian media Mogul. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)ROME (AP) — For the first time in decades of criminal prosecution, a conviction against former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi finally stuck on Thursday, leaving the media mogul with a four-year prison sentence for tax fraud with all of his appeals exhausted.

Dying 2-year-old son to be Pa. couple's best man

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 02:58 PM PDT

Christine Swidorsky holds her son, Logan Stevenson, 2, with her husband-to-be and Logan's father Sean Stevenson, for a portrait on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in their Jeannette, Pa., home. The Pennsylvania couple plans to have their dying toddler serve as the groom's best man when they wed on Saturday, Aug. 3. The couple had planned to wed next year, but decided to move the ceremony up to Saturday so the boy, who has leukemia and other complications, could participate. Logan has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease that often results in cancer. Doctors last week gave the boy two to three weeks to live. (AP Photo/Tribune-Review, Eric Schmadel)JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) — A 2-year-old boy with only weeks to live will serve as best man when his parents wed this weekend.

Despite boom, higher costs push Big Oil into slump

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 04:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, an oil pump operates in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain, at sunset. New troves of oil are being found all over the globe and each barrel produced is selling for more than $100, as of Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. But profits and production at the world's biggest oil companies are slumping badly. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)NEW YORK (AP) — New troves of oil have been found all over the globe, and oil companies are taking in around $100 for every barrel they produce. But these seemingly prosperous conditions aren't doing much for Big Oil: Profit and production at the world's largest oil companies are slumping badly.

Monday MLB drug deal deadline as playoffs loom

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 04:47 PM PDT

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez arrives to workout at the Yankees minor league complex Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Tampa, Fla. Major League Baseball is threatening to kick A-Rod out of the game for life unless the New York star agrees not to fight a lengthy suspension for his role in the sport's latest drug scandal, according to a person familiar with the discussions. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 on condition of anonymity because no statements were authorized. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)NEW YORK (AP) — Looming playoffs could force an end to negotiations in baseball's latest drug scandal as pressure builds to impose penalties so stars can still make the postseason.

Man repays insurance money with 4 tons of coins

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 04:07 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, July 31, 2013 photo, workers deliver bags of quarters to a law office in Marion, Ill. The coins were delivered on behalf of Roger Herrin, of Harrisburg, Ill., who was paying off a portion of a court-ordered legal settlement with nearly four tons of quarters packed into dozens of bags. The settlement was related to a 2001 car accident in which his teenage son died. (AP Photo/The Southern, Paul Newton)ST. LOUIS (AP) — An Illinois businessman outraged by a court order that he return more than $500,000 in insurance money related to a 2001 wreck that killed his teenage son wanted to pay the money back in pennies in protest, only to recognize that was unfeasible.

Surveillance critics confront Obama in Oval Office

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 03:59 PM PDT

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., expresses his dismay at Russian Vladimir Putin leader granting asylum to American secrets leaker Edward Snowden, at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Defying the United States, Russia granted Edward Snowden temporary asylum on Thursday, allowing the National Security Agency leaker to slip out of the Moscow airport where he has been holed up for weeks in hopes of evading espionage charges back home. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling to salvage a massive surveillance program, President Barack Obama was confronted by congressional critics of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' telephone records Thursday as snowballing concerns made new limitations on the intelligence effort appear increasingly likely.

Ohio man who enslaved 3 women gets life in prison

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT

Ariel Castro rubs his nose in the courtroom during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked out part of a door to end nearly a decade of captivity, Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)CLEVELAND (AP) — Standing before the man who enslaved and raped her for a decade, Michelle Knight described how the world had changed in the three months since they last saw each other: The captive, she said, was now free and the oppressor would be locked away forever to "die a little every day."

Ex-trader 'Fabulous Fab' found liable in SEC case

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 03:54 PM PDT

Former Goldman Sachs vice president Fabrice Tourre walks to Manhattan federal court with his attorneys, in New York, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Tourre's three-week trial stems from allegations the Securities and Exchange Commission made in 2010 against him and Goldman Sachs. It has been called the most significant legal action related to the mortgage securities crisis that helped push the country into recession. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — A former Goldman Sachs trader who earned the nickname "Fabulous Fab" was found liable Thursday in a fraud case brought by federal regulators in response to the 2007 mortgage crisis that helped push the country into recession.

Rajskub, Sutherland to reunite on '24' miniseries

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 01:24 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2010 file photo shows Mary Lynn Rajskub, left, and Kiefer Sutherland, at the premiere screening for season eight of the television drama "24" in New York. Rajskub is reteaming with Kiefer Sutherland for a 12-episode run of "24: Live Another Day" to debut next May on Fox. The network said Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at the Television Critics Association meeting that Rajskub will reprise her role as Chloe O'Brien, the faithful counter-terrorist sidekick of Sutherland's Jack Bauer character. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Fan favorite Mary Lynn Rajskub is reteaming with Kiefer Sutherland for a 12-episode run of "24: Live Another Day" to debut next May on Fox.

Berlusconi definitively convicted for first time

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 01:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 29, 2012 Silvio Berlusconi smiles as he arrives at Milan's central train station, Italy. Italy's top court confirmed Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 Berlusconi tax fraud conviction, and ordered the review of a political ban contained in the sentence that was appealed by the Italian media Mogul. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)ROME (AP) — Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi says the Italian Supreme Court's decision to uphold his tax fraud conviction and jail sentence is "baseless" and robs him of his political rights.

Rolling Stone's newsstand sales double for Tsarnaev issue

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 10:14 AM PDT

In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." (AP Photo/Wenner Media)Rolling Stone's controversial cover featuring the suspected Boston Marathon bomber resulted in big sales at the newsstand.

Some U.S. embassies overseas to close Sunday over security

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 01:11 PM PDT

A view of the main building of the U.S. Embassy in downtown Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Russia's security services said Tuesday that they detained a U.S. diplomat they claim is a CIA agent after they caught him red-handed trying to recruit a Russian agent. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf says an unspecified number of U.S. embassies and consulates around the globe will be closed Sunday due to security concerns.

Spain train driver 'can't explain' why he crashed

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 03:23 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Wednesday July 24 2013, Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Police say they have detained the driver of a train that crashed in northwestern Spain and killed 78 people. Galicia region National Police Chief Jaime Iglesias says driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo was officially detained in the hospital where is recovering. (AP Photo/La Voz de Galicia/Monica Ferreiros)MADRID (AP) — The driver of the train that derailed in northwestern Spain, killing 79 people, has said he was traveling at twice the speed limit when he approached a treacherous turn.

Female journalists receive bomb threats via Twitter

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, July 31, 2013 photo-illustration, the home page for Twitter is displayed on an iPad and a laptop computer. If Twitter is the chirping chatterbox of the Internet, trolls are its dark underground denizens. The collision of the two is driving a debate in Britain about the scale of hatred and the limits of free speech online.The furor erupted this week after several women went public about the sexually explicit and often luridly violent abuse they receive on Twitter from trolls _ online bullies and provocateurs who send abusive or disruptive messages, often for their own amusement. Many regard trolls as an annoyance to be ignored, but there are growing calls for action when their abuse crosses over into threats. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)British police have launched an investigation after several female British journalists received bomb threats on Wednesday evening. TIME's Europe editor Catherine Mayer, Hadley Freeman, a columnist for the Guardian newspaper, and Grace Dent, a columnist for the Independent newspaper, all received identical tweets from an anonymous user or users whose Twitter handle contained a mix of letters and numbers. It appears the account has either been suspended or deleted. The threats follow threats of violence directed at other British women via their Twitter accounts.

Boehner: 'No decisions' made to defund Obamacare

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 09:18 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Boehner elevated his criticism of fellow Republican Rep. Steve King over King's suggestion that many unauthorized immigrants are drug runners, calling the comments "deeply offensive and wrong." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Conservatives are pressuring House leaders to defund the health care law.

Price tag for Gitmo: $2.7 million per prisoner

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 06:41 AM PDT

GitmoThe U.S. will spend $454 million this year to maintain the facility.

At least 40 killed in Syrian weapons depot blast

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 08:17 AM PDT

This image posted on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 purports to show Syrian President Bashar Assad shaking hands with a solider during Syrian Arab Army day in Darya, Syria. Syrian state-run TV says Assad has visited a tense Damascus suburb to inspect his troops on the occasion of the country's Army Day. The visit on Thursday is Assad's first known public trip outside the capital, his seat of power, since he visited the Baba Amr district in the central city of Homs after troops seized it from rebels in March 2012. Daraya, just south of Damascus, was held by rebels for a long time and it took the army weeks of heavy fighting to regain control earlier this year. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Rocket attacks struck government-held districts in the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, setting off successive explosions in a weapons depot that killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens, an opposition group and residents said.

Cleveland kidnap victim: 'I cried every night'

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 09:39 AM PDT

Ariel Castro listens in the courtroom during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked out part of a door to end nearly a decade of captivity, Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)Michelle Knight made a statement at Ariel Castro's sentencing hearing.

UConn basketball player gives Obama bunny ears

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 06:11 AM PDT

Dolson puts bunny ears over U.S. President Obama during ceremony to honor the team in the East Room at the White House in WashingtonHuskies center Stefanie Dolson gave the president "bunny ears" as he posed for photos with the team.

Snowden leaves airport after Russia grants asylum

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 10:10 AM PDT

In this image taken form Russia24 TV channel, Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena shows Snowden's a temporary document Russia while speaking to the media after visiting National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden at Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has received asylum in Russia for one year and left the transit zone of Moscow' airport, his lawyer said Thursday. Kucherena said after meeting with the fugitive at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he was stuck since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23, that he handed him the papers proving his status. Kucherena said that Snowden's whereabouts will be kept secret for security reasons. (AP Photo/Russia24 via APTN) TV OUTThe NSA leaker's whereabouts will be kept secret for security reasons.

Camp gives deaf teenagers a chance to learn from filmmaking pros

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 07:10 AM PDT

CampA Deaf Film Camp in upstate New York gives deaf teenagers a chance to express themselves by making movies.

Prosecutor: Women kept diaries

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 10:05 PM PDT

Ariel Castro looks down during court proceedings Friday, July 26, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, who imprisoned three women in his home, subjecting them to a decade of rapes and beatings, pleaded guilty Friday to 937 counts in a deal to avoid the death penalty. Defense attorney Jaye Schlachet is on the right. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)CLEVELAND (AP) — Three women held captive in a run-down home for a decade kept diaries documenting the horrific physical and sexual abuse they suffered on a daily basis, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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