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• Biden: Immigration crucial to American innovation
• California Chrome wins Kentucky Derby
• Senator urges Hillary Clinton to seek presidency
• Charge: Alaska man, 19, shot troopers from behind
• Decoding the latest Apple-Samsung dispute
• OSCE observers held in Ukraine released
• Rescuers struggle to help Afghans hit by landslide
• Kerry urges steps to ensure democracy in Africa
• California Chrome wins 140th Kentucky Derby
• Correspondents dinner promises a night of humor
• Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement
• Belfast police seek evidence of Adams' IRA past
• Israel's race to succeed President Peres heats up
• U.S. warns of plan to attack hotel in Lagos

Biden: Immigration crucial to American innovation Posted: 03 May 2014 02:09 PM PDT The U.S. vice president touts immigration at a college graduation ceremony in South Florida.

California Chrome wins Kentucky Derby Posted: 03 May 2014 03:43 PM PDT Louisville (AFP) - California Chrome swept to victory in the 140th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

Senator urges Hillary Clinton to seek presidency Posted: 03 May 2014 11:47 AM PDT Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia on Saturday endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, even though the former secretary of state has not announced whether she will seek the White House in 2016. Kaine, who backed Barack Obama when he beat Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, announced his support on Twitter and at breakfast meeting of the South Carolina Women's Democratic Council in Columbia, South Carolina. "Today I encouraged Hillary Clinton to run for president & pledged my support for her candidacy if she does," Kaine said in a tweet that linked to his remarks on www.readyforhillary.com, website of one of the most prominent pro-Clinton organizations.

Charge: Alaska man, 19, shot troopers from behind Posted: 03 May 2014 04:45 PM PDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old man shot and killed two Alaska state troopers from behind with an assault rifle as they struggled to arrest his father.

Decoding the latest Apple-Samsung dispute Posted: 03 May 2014 04:25 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many of today's smartphones share similar features, from responsive touchscreens that let users unlock the phone with a flick of a finger, to pop-up animations that offer a shortcut to dialing a number or storing it in a digital address book.

OSCE observers held in Ukraine released Posted: 03 May 2014 01:23 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — European military observers who were held more than a week by insurgents in eastern Ukraine walked free Saturday, with Kiev insisting the release proves Russia is fomenting unrest in Ukraine — as Moscow touted the insurgents as courageous humanists.

Rescuers struggle to help Afghans hit by landslide Posted: 03 May 2014 10:35 AM PDT ABI BARIK, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan rescuers and volunteers armed with shovels and little more than their bare hands dug through the mud Saturday after a massive landslide swept through a village the day before, turning it into an earthen tomb holding hundreds of bodies, officials said.

Kerry urges steps to ensure democracy in Africa Posted: 03 May 2014 04:03 PM PDT ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — America's top diplomat said Saturday the U.S. is ready to help increase its ties with Africa, but nations across the continent need to take stronger steps to ensure security and democracy for its people.

California Chrome wins 140th Kentucky Derby Posted: 03 May 2014 04:48 PM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A horse with a humble pedigree. A couple of working stiff owners. A 77-year-old trainer with his first Kentucky Derby horse.

Correspondents dinner promises a night of humor Posted: 03 May 2014 04:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — On at least one night a year President Barack Obama and the journalists who cover him try to find something nice — and something funny — to say about each other.

Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement Posted: 03 May 2014 09:41 AM PDT NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War.

Belfast police seek evidence of Adams' IRA past Posted: 03 May 2014 11:13 AM PDT BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Northern Ireland police are casting a wider net in their efforts to prove that Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams once commanded the outlawed Irish Republican Army and ordered the 1972 killing of a Belfast mother of 10, according to party colleagues and retired militants.

Israel's race to succeed President Peres heats up Posted: 03 May 2014 11:24 AM PDT TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Among those vying to become Israel's next president are a former defense minister, a former foreign minister, a former finance minister, a respected long-serving lawmaker and a Nobel Prize winner. Amazingly, the man they all seek to replace has held all of those titles and more during a legendary 65-year political career.

U.S. warns of plan to attack hotel in Lagos Posted: 03 May 2014 11:21 AM PDT The United States has warned its citizens of a plan to attack one of two Sheraton hotels near Lagos, Nigeria's main commercial hub which attracts many foreign business people and which so far has been spared by the country's violent Islamist militants. In a statement on its website, the State Department said those behind the plot were "groups associated with terrorism", but gave no further details. Nigeria is grappling with an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands in the past five years. Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which is fighting to carve an Islamic state out of religiously mixed Nigeria, is still mostly confined to the northeast, although it has struck across the north and in Nigeria's capital, in the center.

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