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Can feds ensure Ferguson probe is fair?

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 12:01 PM PDT

A protester shouts as she moves away from a line of riot police in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes)The DOJ division leading the Ferguson probe hasn't had a director in more than a year.


National Guard troops post up at Texas-Mexico border

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:13 PM PDT

Gov. Rick Perry shakes hands with National Guard troops training at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. Perry visited some of the 1,000 troops he has ordered to the Texas-Mexico border but says he does not know how long they'll be deployed. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, William Luther)The first wave of National Guard troops has taken up observation posts along the Texas-Mexico border.


Worst TB outbreak in 5 years hits Alabama prisons

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 03:51 PM PDT

Tuberculosis outbreak spreading through LA's homeless population, health officials sayAlabama's prison system, badly overcrowded and facing a lawsuit over medical treatment of inmates, is facing its worst outbreak of tuberculosis in five years, a health official said Thursday.


McDaniel files challenge to Miss. Senate results

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 03:12 PM PDT

State Sen. Chris McDaniel speaks to supporters during the "Truth and Justice" tour stop at the Holiday Inn Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss., Saturday, July, 19, 2014. McDaniel lost the Republican primary runoff to incumbent U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. McDaniel continues to protest the results, alleging "irregularities" that he's not proven, and he accuses Cochran of "selling out" the conservative movement. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Greg Jenson) NO SALESJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A tea party-backed candidate asked a Mississippi court on Thursday to declare him the winner of the June 24 Republican runoff against incumbent U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran or order a new election.


Iraq's al-Maliki steps down as prime minister

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:16 PM PDT

Pro-government supporters of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, chant slogans during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug 13, 2014. Tanks and Humvees were positioned on Baghdad bridges and at major intersections on Wednesday, with security personnel more visible than usual as pro-Maliki demonstrators took to Firdous Square in the capital, pledging their allegiance to him. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)PM Nouri al-Maliki has agreed to step aside and support his nominated replacement, Haider al-Abadi.


Troopers to take over security in Ferguson

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:15 PM PDT

A protester takes shelter from smoke billowing around him Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Freguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with some people lobbing Molotov cocktails and other objects at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)Governor: Troopers to take over security in Mo. suburb where teen was fatally shot by cop.


Williams had early Parkinson's

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Robin Williams was also suffering from anxiety, depression and sober at death, wife says.


Officials seek Justice probe into N.Y. chokehold death

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 10:53 AM PDT

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, left, listens as Congressman Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference outside police headquarters on Thursday Aug. 14, 2014 in New York. Members of New York's congressional delegation are asking the Justice Department to formally investigate last month's police custody death of Eric Garner and the law enforcement strategy known as "broken windows." The strategy is based on the idea that fighting smaller crimes like drinking in public discourages more dangerous behavior. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Members of New York's congressional delegation are asking the Justice Department to formally investigate the police custody death of Eric Garner and the law enforcement strategy known as broken windows.


Obama vows ‘justice’ in Missouri shooting

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 10:31 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks about Iraq and also the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri on Martha's VineyardPresident promises to ensure "justice is done" for slain teenager Michael Brown.


Ebola crisis: U.S. orders embassy families out of Sierra Leone

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 10:06 AM PDT

A U.N. convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in AbidjanThe United States on Thursday told the families of its diplomats in Sierra Leone to leave the country to avoid exposure to the deadly Ebola epidemic. "The embassy recommended this step out of an abundance of caution," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said, citing "a lack of options for routine health care services at major medical facilities due to the Ebola outbreak." Harf said that the State Department was also "reconfiguring" its staff at the embassy in Freetown to "be more responsive" to the crisis ravaging the country. "We remain deeply committed to supporting Sierra Leone and regional and international efforts to strengthen the capacity of the country's health care infrastructure and system -- specifically, the capacity to contain and control the transmission of the Ebola virus and deliver health care," Harf said in a statement.


Jersey casino heist could be script for 'Ocean's 8'

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 09:58 AM PDT

8 arrested in Atlantic City casino heistATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A recently fired casino security guard used his knowledge of when and where large sums of money would change hands to help plan and pull off a daring robbery that netted more than $180,000, authorities said Thursday.


Police: Man strangled 2 after caught taking porno pictures

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 02:12 PM PDT

The "Porno Girls" 35mm cinema film is pictured inside the projection room at Le Beverley adult cinema in ParisA New Jersey ex-con was charged with strangling his cousin and her 10-year-old foster daughter after the woman found him taking pornographic pictures of the girl, authorities said Thursday.


Obama vows ‘justice’ in MIssouri shooting

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 07:25 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama delivers a statement on the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri and the situation in Iraq on Martha's VineyardPresident promises to ensure "justice is done" for slain teenager Michael Brown.


Man who beat girlfriend's 3-year-old, then took vacation, faces sentencing

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday June 10, 2014 file photo Roland Dow looks at his lawyer in Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H. Dow was convicted Thursday, June 19, 2014 of 11 charges in connection with the severe beating of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son but was acquitted on a single charge of burning the boy.(AP Photo/Jim Cole, file)BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — Prosecutors are recommending 30 to 60 years in prison for a man who beat his girlfriend's 3-year-old son and then went to the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida.


Surprising social media warning from Wa. state's police

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 10, 2014, file photo, police direct parents to waiting students arriving by bus at a shopping center parking lot in Wood Village, Ore., after a shooting at Reynolds High School, in nearby Troutdale. Police in Washington state are asking the public to stop tweeting during shootings and manhunts to avoid accidentally telling the bad guys what officers are doing. Two recent incidents led the Washington State Patrol to organize the "TweetSmart" campaign: the search for a gunman in Canada after three officers were killed and the shooting at Reynolds High School. (AP Photo/Troy Wayrynen, File)SEATTLE (AP) — Police in Washington state are asking the public to stop tweeting during shootings and manhunts to avoid accidentally telling the bad guys what officers are doing.


Severe sentence for 'Bandit Queen' killer

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 06:03 AM PDT

FILE- An April 28,1998 file photo of India's famous "Bandit Queen" Phoolan Devi, in Mumbai, India. The upper-caste killer of Devi was sentenced to life in prison by a court on Thursday, Aug.14, 2014 for gunning down the outlaw-turned-legislator who was idolized as a champion of the lower castes. (AP Photo/Sherwin Crasto, File)NEW DELHI (AP) — The upper-caste killer of India's "Bandit Queen" was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for gunning down the outlaw-turned-legislator who was idolized as a champion of the lower castes.


2 Amish girls feared abducted in NY

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 03:32 PM PDT

In this June 25, 2014 photo, a horse and buggy arrive for the Health and Safety clinic that included Measles, Mumps, & Rubella vacinations for the Mennonite community of Richland County in Shiloh, Ohio. Health officials said Ohio's current outbreak of measles consists of more than 360 cases and is the biggest in the U.S. since 1994. The outbreak started after Amish travelers to the Philippines contracted measles this year and returned home to rural Knox County, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Searchers scoured a patch of far northern New York on Thursday for two Amish girls who were apparently abducted from their family's roadside farm stand, a hunt hampered by the lack of photos of the girls for authorities to circulate among a frightened community.


Yezidi 'genocide' avoided on mountain

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 06:17 AM PDT

A doctor checks a Iraqi baby from the Yazidi community in a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border at Silopi in Sirnak on August 14, 2014Downplaying US special forces role, Pentagon says air strikes, aid drops helped Yezidis.


Pope to Koreas: Enough saber-rattling

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 08:04 AM PDT

Pope Francis waves upon his arrival at Seoul Air Base as South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, smiles in Seongnam, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Pope Francis arrived here on a visit meant to beatify 124 Korean martyrs and encourage the faithful in a church seen as a model for the future of Catholicism. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)'Greeted' by N. Korea rocket salvo, Pope Francis opens 5-day visit with reconciliation message.


Outside concert to promote peace in Philly, man shot dead

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 06:13 AM PDT

Man critically wounded in North Philadelphia shootingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man was fatally shot outside a Philadelphia concert being held to promote peace and stem violence in the city, police said Thursday.


Maliki, Iraq's rebel-turned-PM who fought to the end

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 05:07 PM PDT

Caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (3rd L) walks in the grounds of the Defence Ministry in the capital Baghdad during the funeral of Major General Majid Abdul Salam on August 13, 2014Iraq's Nuri al-Maliki, a rebel-turned-leader who rose from anonymous exile to powerful premier widely criticised as authoritarian, fought to the end for another term but lost support and ultimately his office as security collapsed. After a strong showing in April polls, the two-term premier insisted the top job should again be his, but President Fuad Masum tasked Haidar al-Abadi, a member of Maliki's Dawa party, with forming a new government instead. Maliki, a 64-year-old Shiite Arab, vowed to sue Masum, a Kurd, railed against him for allegedly violating the constitution, and ordered a massive security deployment in Baghdad. "I announce before you today... the withdrawal of my candidacy in favour of the brother Doctor Haidar al-Abadi," Maliki said in a televised address on Thursday, with his successor at his side.


Evidence suggests Ebola toll vastly underestimated: WHO

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 05:04 PM PDT

A U.N. convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in AbidjanBy Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Staff with the World Health Organisation battling an Ebola outbreak in West Africa see evidence the numbers of reported cases and deaths vastly underestimates the scale of the outbreak, the U.N. agency said on its website on Thursday. The death toll from the world's worst outbreak of Ebola stood on Wednesday at 1,069 from 1,975 confirmed, probable and suspected cases, the agency said. The majority were in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, while four people have died in Nigeria. "WHO is coordinating a massive scaling up of the international response, marshalling support from individual countries, disease control agencies, agencies within the United Nations system, and others." International agencies are looking into emergency food drops and truck convoys to reach hungry people in Liberia and Sierra Leone cordoned off from the outside world to halt the spread of the virus, a top World Bank official said.


Coca-Cola pays $2.2 billion for major stake in Monster Beverage

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 05:04 PM PDT

A bottle of Coca-Cola is shown in this photo illustration in Encinitas, CaliforniaBy Anjali Athavaley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co said Thursday it is making a cash payment of $2.15 billion for a 16.7 percent stake in Monster Beverage Corp as the world's largest soda maker seeks to expand into faster-growing categories such as energy drinks. Under the agreement, Coke will have two directors on Monster's board. Coke will transfer ownership of its worldwide energy business including brands like Full Throttle and Burn, to Monster. Monster will transfer its non-energy business, which includes Hansen's Natural Sodas and Peace Tea, to Coke.


Tennis - Sharapova reaches Cincinnati quarter-finals

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 05:01 PM PDT

Tennis - Sharapova reaches Cincinnati quarter-finals- French Open champion Maria Sharapova booked her quarter-final berth at the Cincinnati ATP and WTA hard court tournament on Thursday with a straight-sets win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.


Gunn Yang advances to US Amateur quarterfinals

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 05:00 PM PDT

Cameron Young, from Scarborough, N.Y., watches his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of match play at the 2014 U.S. Amateur golf tournament at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/USGA, Chris Keane)JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (AP) — South Korea's Gunn Yang advanced to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals Thursday, birdieing the final three holes to beat top-ranked Ollie Schniederjans 1 up at Atlanta Athletic Club.


Manfred elected next MLB commissioner

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 05:00 PM PDT

Major League Baseball Chief Operating Officer Rob Manfred, center, smiles after team owners elected him as the next commissioner of Major League Baseball during an owners quarterly meeting in Baltimore, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)BALTIMORE (AP) — Rob Manfred was elected baseball's 10th commissioner Thursday, winning a three-man competition to succeed Bud Selig and given a mandate by the tradition-bound sport to recapture young fans and speed play in an era that has seen competition increase and attention spans shrink.


Iraq's Maliki finally steps aside, paving way for new government

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:59 PM PDT

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, re-enter Iraq from Syria at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in FishkhabourBy Raheem Salman and Michael Georgy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nuri al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure within Iraq and beyond on Thursday and stepped down as prime minister, paving the way for a new coalition that world and regional powers hope can quash a Sunni Islamist insurgency that threatens Baghdad. Maliki ended eight years of often divisive, sectarian rule and endorsed fellow Shi'ite Haider al-Abadi in a televised speech during which he stood next to his successor and spoke of the grave threat from Sunni Islamic State militants who have taken over large areas of northern Iraq. "I announce before you today, to ease the movement of the political process and the formation of the new government, the withdrawal of my candidacy in favour of brother Dr. Haider al-Abadi," Maliki said. Maliki's decision was likely to please Iraq's Sunni minority, which dominated Iraq under Saddam Hussein's iron rule but was sidelined by Maliki, a relative unknown when he came to power in 2006 with U.S. backing.


Synthetic drug seller gets 17½ years in prison

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011, file photo, Jim Carlson, owner of Last Place On Earth, a head shop that openly sold synthetic drugs, holds a bag of "No Name" synthetic drugs in his store in Duluth, Minn. Carlson is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Prosecutors are seeking a 20-year sentence against Carlson, who was convicted on 51 felony counts last October. (AP Photo/Paul M. Walsh,File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The owner of a now-closed Minnesota head shop was sentenced to 17½ years in prison Thursday for selling synthetic drugs in a case that prosecutors said should remove any doubts that substances sold under such names as "incense," ''spice" and "bath salts" are illegal.


Samsung buys home-automation startup SmartThings

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:56 PM PDT

A man walks out of Samsung Electronics' headquarters in SeoulSamsung Electronics Co Ltd will buy SmartThings, a startup backed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin that helps connect household devices, one of its largest U.S.-startup acquisitions to date. The South Korean electronics maker joins fellow technology heavyweights Apple Inc and Google Inc in exploring ways to integrate connected household gadgets such as thermostats and lights with mobile apps, a trend commonly known as "Internet of Things." Samsung did not disclose financials. SmartThings, which lets people use a mobile app to control connected devices, says it has some 5,000 developers building devices that connect to its open platform.


Villegas takes 1-stroke lead at Wyndham

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:56 PM PDT

Camilo Villegas, of Colombia, watches his tee shot on the eighth hole during the first round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)GREENSBORO, North Carolina (AP) — Camilo Villegas got away from golf for a little while, and got his game back.


Some polygamous families face eviction over fees

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:48 PM PDT

FILE-This Aug. 2006 file photo shows Warren Jeffs is led by guards into a courtroom in Las Vegas on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. Officials are moving forward with plans to evict families in 14 homes in Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona border as authorities attempt to crack down on families who have failed to pay occupancy fees for years. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch,File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Fourteen families who live in a community once controlled by polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs could be evicted from their homes on the Utah-Arizona border in the coming weeks if they don't begin paying a $100-a-month fee to authorities appointed to oversee their property.


Exec to succeed Selig as MLB chief

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:47 PM PDT

Rob Manfred speaks at a news conference at MLB headquarters on November 22, 2011 in New York CityMajor League Baseball will have a new boss from January after chief operating officer Rob Manfred was elected Thursday to succeed the long-serving Bud Selig as commissioner. US media reported that MLB executive vice president of business Tim Brosnan withdrew before the first ballot. Selig, 80, was owner of the Milwaukee Brewers before he took over as the interim commissioner in 1992 after owners voted out Fay Vincent. He was named to the job on a permanent basis in 1998 and during his tenure Major League Baseball has grown into a $9 billion business.


Cousins hurts knee in US practice, not serious

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:46 PM PDT

USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski talks with injured DeMarcus Cousins after a practice of the men's U.S. National basketball team Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Chicago. The U.S. team will face the Brazilian team in an exhibition game at the United Center in Chicago Saturday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)CHICAGO (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins had a big bag of ice on his right knee while he watched the end of Thursday's practice. He briefly covered his face with a towel as trainers milled around his table next to the folded gym bleachers.


50 Cent's SMS Audio is making earphones that listen to your heart

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:46 PM PDT

50 Cent's SMS Audio is making earphones that listen to your heartHeadphones don't care if you're listening to terrible music while exercising, but a new pair from 50 Cent's SMS Audio might judge your workout. The company's just announced BioSport In-Ear, a set of wired earbuds with biometric capabilities to record heart rate using built-in optical sensors. The earbuds draw power from the headphone jack and promise to stay in ears during activity with a "hook" shape, as well as keep sweat and water out with an IPX4 liquid rating.


New Orleans clears out homeless camp of 160 people

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:40 PM PDT

Rose Frazier, who is homeless and lives with up to 150 others under the Pontchartrain Expressway overpass, sits among her possessions in New Orleans, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. The city's health department put up notices Monday giving the estimated 150 homeless people 72 hours to leave the area, citing health hazards. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — City workers wearing gloves — and a few in face masks — threw sofas, armchairs and quilts into garbage trucks Thursday, clearing out a homeless encampment of about 160 people. Officials said it attracted rats and called it a public health hazard.


Secret Service 'Aware' of Apparent ISIS Flag Photo in Front of the White House

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:39 PM PDT

Secret Service 'Aware' of Apparent ISIS Flag Photo in Front of the White HouseOn a Smartphone, a Hand Holds Up a Black Flag on Pennsylvania Ave.


Slain US general buried with honors at Arlington

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:37 PM PDT

Retired Col. Susan Myers, right, stands with her daughter Amelia Greene and salutes as the casket of her husband, Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, is carried by an honor guard during a burial service at Arlington National Cemetery, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Arlington, Va. Greene was killed when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on ISAF troops, wounding about 15 including a German general and two Afghan generals. He is the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be killed in America's post-9/11 wars. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The highest-ranking U.S. military officer killed in combat since the Vietnam War was buried with full honors Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery in a ceremony attended by his family and platoons of fellow warriors.


Surging Royals rally past A's for 7-3 win

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:34 PM PDT

Kansas City Royals' Norichika Aoki hits a two-run triple in the seventh inning during a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals didn't let Jarrod Dyson's defensive miscue slow them down on Thursday.


On its 25th birthday, which Sega Genesis games did you love the most?

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:30 PM PDT

On its 25th birthday, which Sega Genesis games did you love the most?The first time I saw a Sega Genesis, I was working for a computer magazine company in England.


Chemical-filled tea burns woman at Utah restaurant

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 04:25 PM PDT

Attorney Paxton Guymon holds a photograph of Jim and Jan Harding during a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Jan Harding, 67, is in critical condition at a Salt Lake City hospital's burn unit, unable to talk and fighting for her life, Guymon said. She drank sweet tea containing a toxic cleaning chemical, severely burning her mouth and throat at a Utah restaurant after an employee mistook the substance for sugar and mixed it into a dispenser, Guymon said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jan Harding and her husband had just arrived at a Utah restaurant for a relaxing lunch with friends when she filled her cup with sweet tea from a self-serve beverage station.


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