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• Kate, William start whirlwind U.S. tour
• George W. Bush weighs in on his 'sister-in-law': Hillary Clinton
• Survivors gather to remember Pearl Harbor attack
• NYC braced for more protests over police violence after West Coast clashes
• Survivors commemorate 73rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
• U.S. couple released by Qatar in child death celebrate their return
• Yemen says U.S.-led raid killed 10 al-Qaida fighters
• Survey: U.S. gas prices fall 12 cents per gallon
• Obama on America's racial divide: 'We have made progress'
• Bachmann ready to leave Congress, but not politics
• Protests over Garner's death turn violent in Berkeley
• 1st ID from remains in case of Mexico's missing 43
• U.S. sends Uruguay 6 men from Guantanamo prison
• N. Korea denies Sony hack but calls it 'righteous deed'
• Prince William, Kate to break new ground with U.S. trip
• No major damage in Philippine typhoon; 3 dead
• US protests turn violent after NY man killed by police buried
• Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu defeated
• Berkeley protesters smash windows; 2 officers hurt
• Chokehold death protest gets violent in California
• At home and cured of Ebola, Cuban doctor vows return to Africa

Kate, William start whirlwind U.S. tour Posted: 07 Dec 2014 03:23 PM PST The British royals arrive in NYC amid a series of protests against police violence.

George W. Bush weighs in on his 'sister-in-law': Hillary Clinton Posted: 07 Dec 2014 11:06 AM PST The former president says he's saddened that race continues to play a divisive role in the United States, and is dismayed that African Americans don't trust the police.

Survivors gather to remember Pearl Harbor attack Posted: 07 Dec 2014 03:11 PM PST Veterans who survived the Japanese attack attend the 73rd anniversary ceremony.

NYC braced for more protests over police violence after West Coast clashes Posted: 07 Dec 2014 11:16 AM PST By Sebastien Malo and Emmett Berg NEW YORK/BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - A fifth day of nationwide protests against police violence was set to begin on Sunday after overnight clashes in two West Coast cities as New York's police commissioner said an internal investigation into a chokehold death could last four months. ...

Survivors commemorate 73rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack Posted: 07 Dec 2014 01:02 PM PST By Treena Shapiro HONOLULU (Reuters) - For the fifth year in a row, Lou Conter made the trip to Honolulu from his Alta Sierra, California, home to remember his USS Arizona shipmates who died in the surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Before the 73rd commemoration ceremony started on the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center's main lawn on Sunday morning, Conter said that he and other survivors started gathering in Honolulu in 1991, and he now plans to come every year that he's able. It's not about him, he noted. ...

U.S. couple released by Qatar in child death celebrate their return Posted: 07 Dec 2014 01:25 PM PST By Daina Beth Solomon PASADENA, Calif. (Reuters) - An American couple convicted and later cleared in Qatar of wrongdoing in the death of their adopted African-born daughter celebrated their return to Los Angeles with a jubilant church service on Sunday morning. When the pastor announced the arrival of Matthew and Grace Huang along with their children Josiah and Emmanuel, the congregation of 3,000 people applauded and cheered. ...

Yemen says U.S.-led raid killed 10 al-Qaida fighters Posted: 07 Dec 2014 11:04 AM PST A high-risk, U.S.-led raid attempting to rescue hostages in Yemen a day earlier killed 10 al-Qaida militants, Yemeni security officials said Sunday.

Survey: U.S. gas prices fall 12 cents per gallon Posted: 07 Dec 2014 12:19 PM PST A national survey reveals the average price of regular gasoline has plunged another 12 cents a gallon over the past two weeks, to $2.72. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the decline continues ...

Obama on America's racial divide: 'We have made progress' Posted: 07 Dec 2014 07:41 AM PST In an interview with BET, the president says the race issues spotlighted by recent grand jury decisions are not going to be solved overnight, but that it's also important to recognize the progress the United States has made on civil rights.

Bachmann ready to leave Congress, but not politics Posted: 07 Dec 2014 11:06 AM PST An audacious conservative, Rep. Michele Bachmann stood out from the moment she was first elected to Congress in 2006. Democrats were ascendant and Bachmann was a stridently Republican new arrival with a homespun Minnesota twang.

Protests over Garner's death turn violent in Berkeley Posted: 07 Dec 2014 05:17 AM PST Peaceful protests over the chokehold death of Eric Garner took a violent turn in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, when several masked protesters smashed store windows and hurled objects at police officers who used smoke and teargas to disperse the crowd.

1st ID from remains in case of Mexico's missing 43 Posted: 07 Dec 2014 04:56 PM PST More than two months after they disappeared, concrete evidence is beginning to emerge on the fate of 43 college students whose case has caused a political crisis in Mexico. At least one of them has been identified among charred remains found several weeks ago near a garbage dump, family and government officials say.

U.S. sends Uruguay 6 men from Guantanamo prison Posted: 07 Dec 2014 04:13 AM PST The deal had been delayed for months by security concerns in the Pentagon and political considerations in the South American country.

N. Korea denies Sony hack but calls it 'righteous deed' Posted: 07 Dec 2014 12:37 AM PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea released a statement Sunday that clearly relished a cyberattack on Sony Pictures, which is producing an upcoming film that depicts an assassination plot against Pyongyang's supreme leader.

Prince William, Kate to break new ground with U.S. trip Posted: 07 Dec 2014 10:25 AM PST London (AFP) - Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate head to New York on Sunday for a glitzy visit that marks a step-up in their role representing Britain abroad, royal commentators said.

No major damage in Philippine typhoon; 3 dead Posted: 07 Dec 2014 07:34 AM PST LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, left at least three people dead and sent nearly 900,000 into shelters before it weakened Sunday, sparing the central Philippines the type of massive devastation that a monster storm brought to the region last year.

US protests turn violent after NY man killed by police buried Posted: 07 Dec 2014 05:22 AM PST Several officers were injured, and buildings and cars were vandalized or looted, said police spokeswoman Jennifer Coats. The angry demonstration took place hours after mourners gathered at the New York funeral of an unarmed black man shot dead by police in New York on November 20. Akai Gurley, 28, father of a two-year-old daughter, was killed when a police officer opened fire in a dimly lit staircase at a Brooklyn apartment building where he was walking with his girlfriend. Friends and relatives filed past Gurley's open gray casket to pay their respects at the Brown Memorial Baptist Church, before the lid was closed and a huge spray of red and white flowers was placed on top of it.

Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu defeated Posted: 06 Dec 2014 09:59 PM PST BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu on Saturday, denying her a fourth term and extending the GOP's domination of the 2014 midterm elections that put Republicans in charge of Capitol Hill for the final two years of President Barack Obama's tenure.

Berkeley protesters smash windows; 2 officers hurt Posted: 07 Dec 2014 12:50 AM PST Protests in California over police killings of unarmed black men in Missouri and New York turned violent.

Chokehold death protest gets violent in California Posted: 07 Dec 2014 05:21 AM PST Masked demonstrators smashed windows and threw objects at police in Berkeley.

At home and cured of Ebola, Cuban doctor vows return to Africa Posted: 06 Dec 2014 06:44 PM PST HAVANA/GENEVA (Reuters) - A Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was cured after experimental treatment in a Swiss hospital vowed on Saturday to return to West Africa and continue treating patients. "I will finish what I started. I am returning to Sierra Leone," Felix Baez, 43, told reporters at Havana's Jose Marti airport shortly after landing, the official website Cubadebate reported. It was not immediately clear if Cuban health officials would allow Baez to go back to Africa. ...

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