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AT&T to buy DirecTV in $48.5B deal

Posted: 18 May 2014 04:26 PM PDT

The headquarters building of U.S. satellite TV operator DirecTV is seen in Los AngelesThe merger is the second huge deal to shake up the U.S. television landscape this year.

Arizona GOP candidate says Democrats are behind most mass shootings

Posted: 18 May 2014 02:29 PM PDT

Gary KiehneAn Arizona rancher and Republican congressional candidate said during a primary debate Saturday that the vast majority of mass shootings in the United States are committed by Democrats.

Bosnia flooding triggers landslides, unearth mines

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:26 PM PDT

Bosnian people are rescued from their flooded houses in the village of Vidovice near Orasje 200 kms north of Sarajevo, on Sunday May 18, 2014. Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes in Bosnia and Serbia, seeking to escape the worst flooding in a century. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)Floodwaters triggered more than 2,000 landslides across much of the Balkans on Sunday, laying waste to entire towns and villages and disturbing land mines left over from the region's 1990s war, along with warning signs that marked the unexploded devices.

CANNES WATCH: Hilary brilliant, Girls get traction

Posted: 18 May 2014 04:53 PM PDT

Actress Hilary Swank, center, arrives for the screening of The Homesman at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2014. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)CANNES, France (AP) — The Associated Press is all over the Cannes Film Festival — from its glitzy premieres to the celeb parties and quirky moments in between. Here's what reporters have seen and heard:

Bosnia floods trigger landslides, unearth mines

Posted: 18 May 2014 04:30 PM PDT

Bosnian people prepare sandbags to protect the city from flooding near Orasje 200 kms north of Sarajevo, on Sunday May 18, 2014. Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes in Bosnia and Serbia, seeking to escape the worst flooding in a century. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)BRCKO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Floodwaters triggered more than 3,000 landslides across the Balkans on Sunday, laying waste to entire towns and villages and disturbing land mines leftover from the region's 1990s war, along with warning signs that marked the unexploded weapons.

AP PHOTOS: Balkans hit with record flooding

Posted: 18 May 2014 11:53 AM PDT

This image made available by the Serbian police shows the flooded area in Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, May 18, 2014. In Serbia, more than 20,000 people have been forced from their homes. Officials there fear more flooding later Sunday as floodwaters travel down the Sava and reach the country. Serbian officials said that the flood wave might be lower than initially expected, because the river broke barriers upstream in Croatia and Bosnia. Experts said they expect Sava floodwaters to rise for two more days, then subside. (AP Photo/Serbian Police)Entire towns and villages in the Balkans have been laid to waste as the region struggles to deal with the worst flooding on record.

AT&T agrees to buy DirecTV in $48.5B deal

Posted: 18 May 2014 03:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2009 file photo, the AT&T logo is on display at a RadioShack store in Gloucester, Mass. AT&T says it is buying DirecTV for $95 per share, or $49 billion, a move that gives the telecommunications company a larger base of video subscribers and increases its ability to compete against Comcast and Time Warner Cable, which agreed to a merger in February. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)DALLAS (AP) — AT&T Inc. on Sunday agreed to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV for $48.5 billion, or $95 per share, a move that gives telecommunications company a larger base of video subscribers and increases its ability to compete against rivals.

Renegade Libyan general says parliament suspended

Posted: 18 May 2014 03:55 PM PDT

In this image made from video provided by the Libyan national army via AP Television, Tripoli joint security forces on vehicles with heavy artillery stand guard on the entrance road to the parliament area after troops of Gen. Khalifa Hifter targeted Islamist lawmakers and officials at the parliament in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Forces loyal to a rogue Libyan general attacked the country's parliament Sunday, expanding his eastern offensive against Islamists into the heart of the country's capital. (AP Photo/Libyan national army)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Forces apparently loyal to a renegade Libyan general said they suspended parliament Sunday after earlier leading a military assault against lawmakers, directly challenging the legitimacy of the country's weak central government three years after the overthrow of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Libya's leadership condemned the attack and vowed to carry on.

Ferry disaster makes South Korea question progress

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:49 PM PDT

In this May 3, 2014, photo, Park Jong-dae, father of Danwon High School Junior, Park Su-hyun, who was killed in the sinking of ferry Sewol, closes his eyes during an interview in Ansan, South Korea. The tragedy, one of the worst maritime disasters in this country's history, has prompted Koreans to question the very foundations of their society, their strong faith in authority, and the price of the rapid growth South Korea has seen over the last half century. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)ANSAN, South Korea (AP) — Park Si-chan had trouble sleeping the night before the biggest trip of his young life, a four-day journey with his entire junior high school class to a lush volcanic island known here as the "Hawaii of Korea."

Pyongyang building collapse leaves many casualties

Posted: 18 May 2014 09:58 AM PDT

In this Saturday, May 17, 2014 photo, families of victims of an accident at an apartment construction site in Pyongyang, North Korea grieve during a gathering in the capital where senior officials apologized and took responsibility. The word of the collapse in the secretive nation's capital was reported Sunday morning by the North's official Korean Central News Agency, which gave no death toll but said that the accident was "serious" and upset North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean officials offered a rare public apology for the collapse of an apartment building under construction in Pyongyang, which a South Korean official said was believed to have caused considerable casualties that could mean hundreds might have died.

3 face charges in Turkey mine disaster amid anger

Posted: 18 May 2014 01:30 PM PDT

Miners close an entrance to their coal mine in Soma, Turkey, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Eighteen people, including company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.(AP Photo/Depo Photos)ISTANBUL (AP) — In the face of widespread anger over Turkey's worst mining disaster, prosecutors arrested three people, including a company manager, on charges of negligence Sunday.

Kerry: Diverse Yale class is Sterling's nightmare

Posted: 18 May 2014 02:20 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry delivers the Class Day address at Yale University, Sunday, May 18, 2014, in New Haven, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry took a poke at the NBA's controversy surrounding Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling during a speech at Yale University's Class Day.

Tea party losing races but tugging GOP rightward

Posted: 18 May 2014 01:19 PM PDT

Darrell Uhls, left, shakes hans with Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Mitch McConnell during a campaign stop Saturday, May 17, 2014, at the Tanglewood Farms Restaurant in Franklin, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday's high-profile primary elections may extend a streak of sorts for tea party Republicans: losing individual races but winning the larger ideological war by tugging the GOP rightward.

Turkey prosecutor: 3 face charges in mine disaster

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:23 PM PDT

Miners close an entrance to their coal mine in Soma, Turkey, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Eighteen people, including company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.(AP Photo/Depo Photos)Three people were arrested on charges of negligence in the Turkish mining disaster that killed 301 people, a prosecutor said Sunday. The suspects are among 19 people still in custody.

Swiss reject plan for world's highest minimum wage

Posted: 18 May 2014 09:09 AM PDT

Voters cast their ballots in Bern, Switzerland Sunday May 18, 2014. Swiss voters were casting ballots Sunday on a nationwide referendum to introduce the world's highest minimum wage of 22 Swiss francs (US $24.70) an hour. Voters also were deciding on three other citizen-inspired referendums, which are a frequent fixture of Switzerland's unique system of popular rule that involves a weak federal government and 26 strong cantonal (state) governments. The other referendums, if passed, would provide the Swiss Air Force with 22 of Saab's new Gripen fighter jets; impose a lifetime ban on convicted pedophiles working with children; and amend the constitution to support more family doctors in rural areas. (AP Photo/Keystone,Peter Klaunzer)GENEVA (AP) — Worried about upsetting Switzerland's strong economy or driving its high costs even higher, more than three-quarters of Swiss voters rejected a plan Sunday to create the world's highest minimum wage and slightly more than half spurned a request to outfit the Swiss Air Force with 22 new fighter jets.

Vietnam clamps down on anti-China protests

Posted: 18 May 2014 03:31 AM PDT

Security staff guard the entrance to a Singaporean factory in an industrial park in Binh Duong province, Vietnam Saturday, May 17, 2014, after mobs attacked foreign owned factories following anti-China protests. Vietnam's prime minister ordered an end Saturday to all "illegal protests" in the country after a week of violent demonstrations against China's deployment of an oil rig in a disputed section of the South China Sea. Banner reads: "This is a Singaporean owned company. We love Vietnam". (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam smothered anti-China protests on Sunday with a massive security clampdown after deadly riots triggered by a territorial dispute with Beijing spooked foreign investors and the country's authoritarian leadership alike.

SpaceX Dragon departs space station after month

Posted: 18 May 2014 08:56 AM PDT

FILE - This April 22, 2014 file photo provided by NASA shows a photo of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station and was photographed by one of two spacewalking astronauts. On Sunday, May 18, 2014, after a one-month visit, the SpaceX cargo ship was for return to Earth. The astronauts released it using the International Space Station's big robot arm. (AP Photo/NASA, File)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The commercial cargo ship Dragon left the space station on Sunday, heading home with nearly 2 tons of science experiments and old equipment.

Bosnia floods create new land-mine risk in Balkans

Posted: 18 May 2014 03:10 AM PDT

Map shows extent of flooding in Bosnia and Serbia; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm;SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Record-high floods and landslides have swept away people, homes and roads in the Balkans over the past week, but in Bosnia another deadly menace is hiding in the flood rubble: land mines.

In Georgia race, Republicans cry foul over taxes

Posted: 18 May 2014 02:21 AM PDT

Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga, and candidate for US Senate talks to a voter during the "Grillin with the Governor" campaign event Saturday, May 17, 2014 in Buford, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)ATLANTA (AP) — Former Dollar General CEO David Perdue says his chief rivals in the GOP race for Georgia's open Senate seat are falsely accusing him of being the worst kind of Republican — one who wants to raise taxes.

‘World’s biggest dinosaur’ discovered in Argentina

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:30 PM PDT

This 2014 photo released on Saturday, May 17, 2014 by the Museo Paletontológico Egidio Feruglio, shows a team of paleontologists working at the site where the bones of a sauropod dinosaur were unearthed, near Trelew, Argentina. Paleontologists from the Museo Paletontológico Egidio Feruglio announced Friday, May 16, 2014, the discovery of what they believe are the fossil remains of the world's largest dinosaur, near Trelew. (AP Photo/Museo Paletontológico Egidio Feruglio)The newly discovered titanosaur fossils belonged to a species believed to have stood over 65-feet-tall.

Calmer winds help firefighters gain control

Posted: 17 May 2014 10:57 AM PDT

Fire crews gain ground on swarm of San Diego firesThe blaze raced through nearly 20,000 acres of San Diego County brush land.

California Chrome wins Preakness

Posted: 17 May 2014 04:31 PM PDT

California Chrome, ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, wins the 139th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)BALTIMORE (AP) — California Chrome repelled one challenger and then put away another in the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, setting up a Triple Crown try in three weeks.

West Africa leaders vow to wage 'total war' on Boko Haram

Posted: 17 May 2014 11:19 AM PDT

By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - West African leaders on Saturday agreed to work together to wage "total war" on Boko Haram saying the Nigerian Islamist group had become a regional al Qaeda that threatened all of them. Nigeria's neighbors Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin, and Western officials, met in Paris to flesh out a plan enabling them for the first time to share intelligence, coordinate action and monitor borders. Although Boko Haram has been fighting for five years, carrying out bombings and attacks on civilians and the security forces, the kidnapping last month of more than 200 girls from a school in the northeast has focused world attention on them. "Boko Haram is no longer a local terrorist group, it is operating clearly as an al Qaeda operation, it is an al Qaeda of West Africa," Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan told a news conference in Paris following the meeting.

A Short History of Gay Marriage, Which Turns 10 Today

Posted: 17 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT

Ten years ago today in Massachusetts, same-sex couples began to marry, becoming the first ones to do so in the United States.

State could bring back firing squad

Posted: 17 May 2014 11:02 AM PDT

Lethal injection pioneer talks about his influence on capital punishmentUtah may consider the draconian method in light of the botched execution in Oklahoma.

Gunfire in east Ukraine; talks on crisis go on

Posted: 17 May 2014 05:54 AM PDT

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained gunfire was heard throughout the night near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, the stronghold of pro-Russia fighters, ahead of a second round of European-brokered talks on Saturday aimed at resolving the crisis.

Obama allies revive push for Obamacare CEO

Posted: 17 May 2014 07:15 AM PDT

A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationA group of healthcare experts is urging the Obama administration to appoint a new chief executive officer to safeguard the next open enrollment period.

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