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• Israel rushes forces to Gaza border
• North Carolina's outer banks to take full force of hurricane Arthur
• Judge: No bond for dad in boy's death in hot SUV
• Detective paints grim portrait of dad in boy's hot SUV death
• Russian burger chain takes over McDonald's in Crimea
• Veteran dies waiting for ambulance at N.M. VA hospital
• Ohio man stole dead mom's Social Security for 33 years
• Jihadist Islamic State seizes key Syria oil field
• Stephen King takes on Amazon
• Georgia father accused of son's death in hot car due in court
• Data: Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity
• Iraqi Kurds: Time is ripe for independence
• Composer Williams to debut new arrangement of U.S. anthem
• Matt Bai: It's Obama's presidency, but Bush's world
• Indian officials: 50 nurses taken from Iraqi hospital
• World War II hero and Olympian Louis Zamperini dies
• Drought doesn't ground July 4 tradition
• Signed Lou Gehrig glove could sell for $200K
• Dow tops 17,000 after strong jobs report
• China and S. Korea leaders restate opposition to N. Korea's nuclear plans
• US jobs data seen reinforcing strong growth outlook
• Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to Iraq border
• Hurricane Arthur forms in the Atlantic
• Israel moves troops toward Gaza as tensions soar
• Feds booed in Calif. city after migrant standoff
• FBI: Colorado woman aimed to go to Syria for jihad
• U.S. ship sails off to destroy Syrian weapons at sea

Israel rushes forces to Gaza border Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:04 PM PDT Intense rocket fire from Palestinian territory raises prospects of tough Israeli response.

North Carolina's outer banks to take full force of hurricane Arthur Posted: 03 Jul 2014 02:57 PM PDT By Chris Keane HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C, (Reuters) - The first hurricane of the Atlantic season gained strength on Thursday as it spun toward the North Carolina coast on the verge of Category 2 status, forcing thousands of vacationers to scrap their July Fourth holiday plans amid evacuation orders. Hurricane Arthur was about 35 miles (55 km) south of Cape Fear, North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour (145 km per hour), U.S. forecasters said. The shift in the track would bring the strongest winds inland over eastern North Carolina, affecting coastal towns such as Morehead City, as well as the U.S. Marine corps base at Camp Lejeune. Arthur would be the first hurricane to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy devastated New York and New Jersey in October 2012 and caused $70 billion estimated damage.

Judge: No bond for dad in boy's death in hot SUV Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:42 PM PDT MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A judge has refused to grant bond to a Georgia man charged with murder after his toddler son died inside of a hot SUV.

Detective paints grim portrait of dad in boy's hot SUV death Posted: 03 Jul 2014 11:58 AM PDT Testimony at Georgia hearing details internet searches, nude photos and lack of emotion.

Russian burger chain takes over McDonald's in Crimea Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:02 PM PDT Crimean fans of McDonald's have plenty to chew on after a Russian burger chain said on Thursday it was taking over the US food giant's restaurants in the annexed peninsula. "A RusBurger restaurant will open in the place of an old McDonald's" in Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea, an executive of the Russian chain told AFP. McDonald's has removed the addresses of its Crimean restaurants from its website but hasn't indicated for how long it would cease operations there. The Russian director of Burger King, McDonald's fierce rival, announced in April his chain was eying up the firm's Crimean real estate, although this was later denied by a Burger King spokesperson in the United States.

Veteran dies waiting for ambulance at N.M. VA hospital Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:51 PM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque Veteran Affairs hospital cafeteria — 500 yards from the emergency room — died after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Thursday.

Ohio man stole dead mom's Social Security for 33 years Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:55 AM PDT (Reuters) - An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he collected more than $230,000 in Social Security benefits intended for his mother for 33 years after she died. Frank Pospisil admitted in U.S. District Court in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday that he had stolen his mother's Social Security survivor benefits totaling $230,479 since she died in 1981, according to federal court documents. Two attorneys listed for Pospisil did not return calls seeking comment on Thursday.

Jihadist Islamic State seizes key Syria oil field Posted: 03 Jul 2014 09:59 AM PDT The insurgent group took control of a major Syrian oil field on the Iraqi border.

Stephen King takes on Amazon Posted: 03 Jul 2014 09:54 AM PDT Hundreds of authors sound off on the online giant.

Georgia father accused of son's death in hot car due in court Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:21 PM PDT Justin Harris is charged with murder after his 22-month-old died from being left in a hot car for 7 hours.

Data: Some SeaWorld mammals survive longer in captivity Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:28 AM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Since the release of a highly-critical documentary last year, SeaWorld Entertainment has been condemned by animal rights activists distressed over the condition of its killer whales. But annual survival rates for some of the most common marine mammals — including killer whales — at SeaWorld's three parks are near the top of all U.S. parks and aquariums, an analysis of five decades of federal data by The Associated Press showed.

Iraqi Kurds: Time is ripe for independence Posted: 03 Jul 2014 10:14 AM PDT Top aide speaks out on visit with U.S. officials, who want region to remain part of Iraq.

Composer Williams to debut new arrangement of U.S. anthem Posted: 03 Jul 2014 08:23 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — American composer-conductor John Williams is debuting a new arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner," featuring choirs, trumpets, an orchestra and cannons on the National Mall for the nation's birthday.

Matt Bai: It's Obama's presidency, but Bush's world Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:37 AM PDT Believe it or not, it was 10 years ago this month that Barack Obama, then a candidate for the U.S. Senate, introduced himself to America with a speech that shook the Fleet Center in Boston. The main theme of that Democratic convention was the litany of George W. Bush's failures — an unpopular and unending war in Iraq, a faltering image abroad, a stagnating middle class. Obama gave eloquent voice to those frustrations, arguing that all of them could be addressed if only we reunited the electorate.

Indian officials: 50 nurses taken from Iraqi hospital Posted: 03 Jul 2014 11:13 AM PDT By Sruthi Gottipati NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nearly 50 Indian nurses from the southern state of Kerala have been taken against their will from a hospital in the militant-controlled city of Tikrit in Iraq, India's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. At a briefing with reporters, Foreign Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin declined to say who had ordered the nurses to leave the hospital or where they were taken. "This is a situation where lives are at stake." A senior aide to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who spoke to the nurses on Thursday, told Reuters that militants had forced the nurses to vacate the hospital and board two buses. Most of the nurses are from the south Indian state of Kerala.

World War II hero and Olympian Louis Zamperini dies Posted: 03 Jul 2014 11:17 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Zamperini, an Olympic distance runner and World War II veteran who survived 47 days on a raft in the Pacific after his bomber crashed, then endured two years in Japanese prison camps, has died. He was 97.

Drought doesn't ground July 4 tradition Posted: 03 Jul 2014 07:38 AM PDT While some Western locations ban fireworks, others are going in the opposite direction.

Signed Lou Gehrig glove could sell for $200K Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:06 AM PDT GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — It was some 80 years ago that Lou Gehrig and the 12-year-old son of a songwriter got bored with talk of music and opted to play catch instead.

Dow tops 17,000 after strong jobs report Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:26 PM PDT New high on Wall Street after report shows much stronger hiring than economists forecast.

China and S. Korea leaders restate opposition to N. Korea's nuclear plans Posted: 03 Jul 2014 05:23 AM PDT A mutual wariness of Kim Jong-un's state bonds China & S. Korea.

US jobs data seen reinforcing strong growth outlook Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:48 PM PDT Employment growth jumped in June, unemployment rate down to near a 6-year low of 6.1%.

Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to Iraq border Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:46 AM PDT King Abdullah seeks to protect his kingdom against potential "terrorist threats."

Hurricane Arthur forms in the Atlantic Posted: 03 Jul 2014 03:11 AM PDT The storm threatens to deliver the Carolinas a glancing blow on Independence Day.

Israel moves troops toward Gaza as tensions soar Posted: 03 Jul 2014 04:02 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel began moving troop reinforcements to its border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, defense officials said, raising the possibility of an expanded military operation in the Palestinian territory in response to intensifying rocket barrages.

Feds booed in Calif. city after migrant standoff Posted: 03 Jul 2014 12:31 AM PDT MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — An overflow crowd in a Southern California community where protesters turned back Homeland Security busloads of immigrants gave a harsh reception to federal officials behind the decision to bring them to Murrieta in the first place.

FBI: Colorado woman aimed to go to Syria for jihad Posted: 02 Jul 2014 11:06 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — FBI agents tried more than once to discourage a 19-year-old suburban Denver woman who said she was intent on waging jihad in the Middle East before arresting her in April as she boarded a flight she hoped would ultimately get her to Syria, court documents unsealed Wednesday show.

U.S. ship sails off to destroy Syrian weapons at sea Posted: 02 Jul 2014 05:52 PM PDT A United States cargo vessel loaded with hundreds of tons of Syria's chemical weapons left an Italian port Wednesday to destroy the arms at sea as part of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile.

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