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• Ukraine crisis: Mixed signals and murky militias
• NYC council passes Cooper's Law aimed at traffic deaths
• Six rare monkeys die mysteriously at Oregon Zoo
• High school guard charged in abuse of boy in wheelchair
• Trayvon Martin's friend fulfills promise
• State orders Colorado baker to make cakes for gay weddings
• White House spokesman Jay Carney is leaving post
• Don't forget to lock the garage: 'Ferris Bueller' house finds owner
• Medicare's ban on covering sex-change surgery lifted
• U.K. syllabus reform leaves U.S. authors on the shelf, spurs protest
• Shinseki resigns amid VA scandal
• Clinton defends handling of Benghazi attack
• Google takes requests to censor results in Europe
• Obama, Shinseki to have 'serious' talk about VA problems
• U.S. charges man with obstructing Boston bombing probe
• Cracks appear on ledge at Chicago's Willis Tower
• Ballmer agrees to buy L.A. Clippers for $2B
• Shinseki addresses homeless veterans
• Zuckerberg, wife gift $120M to Calif. schools
• 2 boys declared Spelling Bee co-champs
• Shinseki resigns amid vets' health care problems
• Veterans Department to be led by career banker
• US confirms Syrian suicide bomber was American
• Medicare ban on sex reassignment surgery lifted
• Officers didn't view videos, say killer seemed OK
• Cleveland police officers indicted in large chase
• Thai coup chief: Elections could occur in 1 year
• NBA owners to vote on Clippers sale
• Are the L.A. Clippers really worth $2 billion?
• NSA finds 1 email from Snowden raising question

Ukraine crisis: Mixed signals and murky militias Posted: 30 May 2014 02:55 PM PDT Balance of power in troubled east teeters wildly after vote that earned Russia's acceptance.

NYC council passes Cooper's Law aimed at traffic deaths Posted: 30 May 2014 02:41 PM PDT NYC taxi drivers who kill or seriously injure pedestrians will have their licenses suspended immediately and revoked permanently if they are found to have broken any traffic laws, after the City Council passed a bill named after 9-year-old Cooper Stock.

Six rare monkeys die mysteriously at Oregon Zoo Posted: 30 May 2014 01:50 PM PDT By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - Six cotton-top tamarin monkeys died unexpectedly soon after their arrival at the Oregon Zoo, following the death of an orangutan that led to the firing of the zoo's director, officials said on Friday. They were in a group of nine of the squirrel-like primates that arrived at the zoo on May 22 and were placed in quarantine at its veterinarian center, which is routine procedure, officials said. Six of those nine monkeys died of unknown causes and their bodies were found by veterinarian staff two days after their arrival, officials said in a statement. Initial necropsy results were inconclusive and tissue samples have been submitted to a pathologist for analysis, said spokesman Jim Middaugh of Metro, the Portland-area regional government that owns and operates the zoo.

High school guard charged in abuse of boy in wheelchair Posted: 30 May 2014 10:14 AM PDT A security guard at an Oakland, California, high school was reportedly fired and charged with felony child abuse after he allegedly handcuffed, punched, and threw a student from his wheelchair, according to CBS San Francisco.

Trayvon Martin's friend fulfills promise Posted: 30 May 2014 11:10 AM PDT Memorable witness goes distance to earn diploma, prove critics wrong after Zimmerman trial.

State orders Colorado baker to make cakes for gay weddings Posted: 30 May 2014 12:29 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Colorado's Civil Rights Commission on Friday ordered a baker to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding his religious objections to the practice did not trump the state's anti-discrimination statutes.

White House spokesman Jay Carney is leaving post Posted: 30 May 2014 12:11 PM PDT By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After more than three years of jousting with the White House press corps, President Barack Obama's chief spokesman, Jay Carney, will step down next month to pursue yet-to-be-named opportunities, Obama announced on Friday. Carney's deputy, Josh Earnest, will take his place, the president said. Obama interrupted Carney on the podium, where he was answering questions during the White House daily news briefing, catching reporters by surprise. It was Obama's second turn on the podium on Friday.

Don't forget to lock the garage: 'Ferris Bueller' house finds owner Posted: 30 May 2014 10:01 AM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago-area home where Ferris Bueller's friend Cameron famously "killed" his father's prized Ferrari finally has a new owner.

Medicare's ban on covering sex-change surgery lifted Posted: 30 May 2014 10:35 AM PDT Transgender people receiving Medicare may no longer be automatically denied coverage for sex reassignment surgeries, a U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex.

U.K. syllabus reform leaves U.S. authors on the shelf, spurs protest Posted: 30 May 2014 11:00 AM PDT Britain's education minister says he has not killed a mockingbird, but many literature-lovers don't believe him.

Shinseki resigns amid VA scandal Posted: 30 May 2014 08:38 AM PDT After meeting on widespread lapses, Obama accepts resignation "with considerable regret."

Clinton defends handling of Benghazi attack Posted: 30 May 2014 01:08 PM PDT Hillary Clinton wrote in her new book that she won't be part of "a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans."

Google takes requests to censor results in Europe Posted: 30 May 2014 03:39 PM PDT Google is starting to accept requests from Europeans who want to erase unflattering information from the results produced by the world's dominant search engine.

Obama, Shinseki to have 'serious' talk about VA problems Posted: 30 May 2014 08:15 AM PDT Obama announced meeting plans moments after Shinseki publicly apologized for issues at VA facilities.

U.S. charges man with obstructing Boston bombing probe Posted: 30 May 2014 12:21 PM PDT U.S. officials charged a Kyrgyzstan national who bought dinner for the accused Boston Marathon bombers the night of the attack with interfering with the investigation into the deadly bombing.

Cracks appear on ledge at Chicago's Willis Tower Posted: 30 May 2014 06:08 AM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Alejandro Garibay says he knows now he wasn't in danger when the ledge he was sitting on high above downtown Chicago started to crack — but when he first heard what sounded like breaking ice, he thought he was going to die.

Ballmer agrees to buy L.A. Clippers for $2B Posted: 30 May 2014 11:55 AM PDT Shelly Sterling confirms that she plans to sell the team to the ex-Microsoft CEO.

Shinseki addresses homeless veterans Posted: 30 May 2014 02:48 AM PDT The VA secretary faces calls to resign from congressional members due to an escalating scandal.

Zuckerberg, wife gift $120M to Calif. schools Posted: 30 May 2014 03:01 PM PDT MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $120 million to public schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.

2 boys declared Spelling Bee co-champs Posted: 30 May 2014 06:48 AM PDT For the first time in 52 years, two competitors share the National Spelling Bee title.

Shinseki resigns amid vets' health care problems Posted: 30 May 2014 01:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama's Cabinet Friday, taking the blame for what he decried as a "lack of integrity" in the sprawling health care system for the nation's military veterans.

Veterans Department to be led by career banker Posted: 30 May 2014 02:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — After less than four months at the Veterans Affairs Department, Sloan D. Gibson suddenly finds himself in charge of fixing the problems that led to the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.

US confirms Syrian suicide bomber was American Posted: 30 May 2014 02:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department confirmed Friday that a U.S. citizen from Florida launched a suicide bombing against Syrian government troops earlier this week in what is believed to be the first time an American has been involved in such attacks since the start of the Syrian civil war.

Medicare ban on sex reassignment surgery lifted Posted: 30 May 2014 03:29 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Medicare can no longer automatically deny coverage requests for sex reassignment surgeries, a federal board ruled Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures are medically necessary for some people who don't identify with their biological sex.

Officers didn't view videos, say killer seemed OK Posted: 30 May 2014 02:36 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Law enforcement officers who visited Elliot Rodger three weeks before he went on a deadly rampage in a California college town knew he had posted disturbing videos but didn't check them out because he seemed OK when they visited him at his apartment.

Cleveland police officers indicted in large chase Posted: 30 May 2014 04:04 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — Six officers in Cleveland's troubled police department were indicted Friday in a November 2012 car chase that ended with two unarmed suspects dying in a hail of 137 shots, was decried as a racially motivated execution and is part of a wide-ranging federal investigation.

Thai coup chief: Elections could occur in 1 year Posted: 30 May 2014 01:00 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — In his first address to the public since taking control of Thailand in a bloodless coup, the head of the military junta said Friday that it could take more than a year for new elections to be held because peace and reforms must be achieved first.

NBA owners to vote on Clippers sale Posted: 30 May 2014 04:43 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA has called off a hearing to oust embattled Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling in advance of a vote on a potentially record-breaking deal negotiated by his wife Shelly Sterling to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.

Are the L.A. Clippers really worth $2 billion? Posted: 30 May 2014 03:08 PM PDT A high-profile NBA franchise in a major media market was suddenly available. A handful of power brokers from the technology, entertainment and venture capital fields were lining up for a chance to join the party.

NSA finds 1 email from Snowden raising question Posted: 29 May 2014 07:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Edward Snowden says he repeatedly raised constitutional concerns about National Security Agency surveillance internally, but an NSA search turned up a single email in which Snowden gently asks for "clarification" on a technical legal question about training materials, agency officials said Thursday.

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