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Students trapped in sinking ferry send heartbreaking texts

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 02:38 PM PDT

A rescued passenger from a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast, is carried by police and rescue teams on his arrival at Jindo port in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Dozens of rescue boats and helicopters are scrambling to save more than 470 people, including many high school students, caught on a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast, officials said. There are no immediate reports of causalities. (AP Photo/Park Chul-heung, Yonhap) KOREA OUTMessages to parents offer glimpse into desperate situation aboard sinking S. Korean ferry.

Ex-official leaves huge debt for California city

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 04:19 PM PDT

Robert Rizzo, left, leaves court after being sentenced, Wednesday April 16, 2014 in Los Angeles. Rizzo, the former city manager of Bell, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison and ordered to make restitution of $8.8 million in a corruption scheme that nearly bankrupted the small, blue-collar city. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former city official who became a symbol of municipal greed was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison — less than half the time it will take the nearly bankrupt Los Angeles suburb of Bell to dig itself out of the estimated $150 million in debt he left behind.

Experts say video doesn't show Earhart wreckage

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 04:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo, Amelia Earhart stands next to a Lockheed Electra 10E, before her last flight in 1937 from Oakland, Calif., bound for Honolulu on the first leg of her record-setting attempt to circumnavigate the world westward along the Equator. American aviator Earhart's disappearance in 1937 is among aviation's most enduring mysteries. Earhart, the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean, vanished over the Pacific with Fred Noonan during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Seven decades later, people are still transfixed with the mystery. Theories range from her simply running out of fuel and crashing to her staging her own disappearance and secretly returning to the U.S. to live under another identity. (AP Photo/File)CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Experts retained by an aircraft preservation group say underwater video shot in the South Pacific yields no evidence of the wreckage of the missing plane piloted by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.

Orange and black ribbon holds clue to eastern Ukraine's chaos

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 11:24 AM PDT

A ribbon of St. George is seen on a pram as people queue to apply for Russian passports at a passport office in the Crimean port of SevastopolAs pro-Russia protests spread in eastern Ukraine, a strip of striped orange-and-black fabric has become as ubiquitous as the armed men in unmarked military fatigues. Its name is the Ribbon of Saint George. Imbued with history, it's a powerful symbol in the ongoing information battle over Ukraine. For Russians it's a mark of allegiance to the state – both the fearsome, expansionist Russian state of old and its modern successor under President Vladimir Putin.

Lab loses vials containing SARS virus, raising security concerns

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 01:21 PM PDT

French Lab Loses SARS VialsVials Containing SARS Fragments Not Dangerous, But Hint at Vulnerability

Nigerian military: Most of more than 100 abducted schoolgirls freed

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 04:33 PM PDT

Women and children cram into a car's trunk as villagers flee the village of Jakana, outside Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, on March 6, 2014Still searching for eight students abducted by anti-education Islamist militants.

What's on the new 'real world' SAT?

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 12:40 PM PDT

New SAT Questions Coming in 2016Sample questions from the redesigned college entrance exam released.

Chelsea Clinton: I might run for office someday

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 01:16 PM PDT

Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation Chelsea Clinton speaks during a student conference for the Clinton Global Initiative University, Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. More than 1,000 college students are gathered at Arizona State University this weekend as part of the Clinton Global Initiative University's efforts to advance solutions to pressing world challenges. (AP Photo/Matt York)NEW YORK (AP) — Chelsea Clinton says she's happy right now with her elected representatives — but might come for their jobs if that changes.

Separatists take armor from Ukraine forces

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 04:54 PM PDT

An armed man stands guard in SlavianskPro-Russian separatists humiliated a Kiev government operation to recapture eastern towns.

Families face agonizing wait after South Korea ferry disaster

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 08:52 AM PDT

Family members of missing passengers who were on the South Korean ferry "Sewol" which sank in the sea off Jindo wait for a rescue team's arrival at a port where family members of missing passengers gathered in JindoBy Narae Kim JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) - For the parents of the many teenagers still missing after the Sewol ferry capsized off the coast of South Korea, the wait for news - good or bad - is almost unbearable. Park Seong-ho, father of a 17-year-old boy on board the ferry, but who had not been in contact, said: "I have to go now.

Lawyer: Family issues key in Boston suspect's defense

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 01:22 PM PDT

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect #2 in the Boston Marathon explosion is pictured in this undated FBI handout photoBOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said Wednesday that understanding Tsarnaev's family is key to their case, offering a glimpse of the defense strategy as they prepare to defend him against charges that carry the possibility of the death penalty.

Protector of Congo gorillas and endangered animals seriously wounded

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 10:56 AM PDT

Emmanuel de Merode, Virunga National Park director and chief wardenDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Belgian royal who, as director of a vast national park in eastern Congo has defended endangered mountain gorillas and other animals from poachers and the forests from illegal logging, was shot and seriously wounded as he drove through the park, officials said Wednesday.

North Korea complains over British stylist's 'bad hair' ad

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 09:58 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by M&M Hair Academy in South Ealing, west London, shows barber Karim Nabbach standing next to a poster poking fun at North Korean leader Kim Jong-un unusual hairstyle. North Korean diplomats have asked the British government take action against a London hair salon's poster poking fun at distinctively coiffured leader Kim Jong Un. The Foreign Office said Wednesday it had received a letter from the country's embassy objecting to the poster, and was considering its response. The Evening Standard newspaper reported that the letter urged Britain to take LONDON (AP) — North Korea has made a diplomatic appeal to the British government to get a London salon out of its hair.

'My tears have dried up'

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 04:59 PM PDT

A South Korean passenger ship that has been sinking is seen at the sea off JindoFamilies wait in agony as rescue crews search for hundreds missing from S. Korea ferry.

Four dead, hundreds missing after S. Korea ferry sinks

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 05:58 AM PDT

Rescue helicopters fly over a sinking South Korean passenger ferry that was carrying more than 450 passengers, mostly high school students, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, off South Korea's southern coast. Hundreds of people are missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue by dozens of ships and helicopters. At least four people were confirmed dead and 55 injured. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUTNearly 300 people are missing and officials worry the death toll will rise.

Bloomberg to spend $50M on gun control

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 06:44 AM PDT

Bloomberg talks to reporters after meeting with Obama and business and civic leaders for an event to discuss his "My Brother's Keeper" initiative at the White House in WashingtonThe former New York City mayor aims to battle the NRA.

Boston bomb hoax suspect due in court

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 08:09 AM PDT

Boston Marathon's finish line on TuesdayOn the anniversary of the Boston attacks, police arrest a man carrying a backpack containing a rice cooker near the Boston Marathon finish line.

Classes resume at Pa. high school after mass stabbing

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 07:02 AM PDT

Several injured in Pittsburgh high school stabbingArmed with two kitchen knives, a student attacked 21 others and a security guard last week.

Pistorius trial: Defense tries to build case

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 06:08 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius reacts as he listens to forensic evidence being given in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Gianluigi Guercia, Pool)The prosecutor responds by questioning the credentials, findings of a forensic expert for the defense.

Nigerian authorities search for more than 100 abducted girls

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 02:57 PM PDT

Villagers walk through razed homes in Mainok, outside Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, on March 6, 2014The mass abduction by heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists late Monday came just hours after a bomb exploded in Abuja, killing 75 people.

Calgary stabbing suspect is policeman's son

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 05:29 AM PDT

Police remove a body from the scene of a multiple fatal stabbing in northwest Calgary, Alberta, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Police say five people are dead after the stabbing at a house party. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Larry MacDougal)A fatal stabbing at a house party in Calgary, Canada, on Tuesday left five people dead and has been deemed the worst mass slaying in the city's history.

Ukraine says pro-Russian separatists seize six troop carriers

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 06:21 AM PDT

Pro-Russian gunman jump from a combat vehicle in downtown Slovyansk on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The troops on those vehicles wore green camouflage uniforms, had automatic weapons and grenade launchers and at least one had the St. George ribbon attached to his uniform, which has become a symbol of the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Equipment is later located in Slaviansk with unknown militants, officials report.

Army: Jordan air force strikes cars near Syria

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 04:55 AM PDT

A Syrian man carrying a child makes his way amid rubble following reported air strikes by government forces in the Aleppo district of Ansari, in the southwest of the city, on April 15, 2014Jordan's air force on Wednesday attacked cars at the kingdom's border with Syria, army officials said.

Man charged with hoax near marathon finish line

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 02:46 AM PDT

Boston Marathon's finish line on TuesdayBOSTON (AP) — A man taken into custody near the Boston Marathon finish line late Tuesday, the anniversary of the deadly pressure cooker bombings, had a rice cooker in his backpack and was being charged with possession of a hoax device, police said.

Ferry sinks off South Korea; 6 dead, 290 missing

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 01:46 PM PDT

South Korean coast guard officers try to rescue passengers from a ferry sinking in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The ferry carrying 459 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving nearly 300 people missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue by dozens of ships and helicopters. At least four people were confirmed dead and 55 injured. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUTMOKPO, South Korea (AP) — Koo Bon-hee could see the exit. For half an hour, as the doomed ferry filled with water and listed severely on its side, the crew told passengers to wait for rescuers.

Pro-Russian gunmen make inroads in eastern Ukraine

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 04:35 PM PDT

A combat vehicle with pro-Russian gunman on top runs through downtown Slovyansk on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The troops on those vehicles wore green camouflage uniforms, had automatic weapons and grenade launchers and at least one had the St. George ribbon attached to his uniform, which has become a symbol of the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The well-armed, Moscow-backed insurgency sowing chaos in eastern Ukraine scored a new victory Wednesday, seizing armored vehicles and weapons from underequipped government forces, then rolling through two cities to a hero's welcome.

Geneva talks on Ukraine face steep hurdles

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 12:05 PM PDT

Soldiers from the Ukrainian Army sit atop combat vehicles as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents commandeered six Ukrainian armored vehicles along with their crews and hoisted Russian flags over them Wednesday, dampening the central government's hopes of re-establishing control over restive eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)MOSCOW (AP) — Thursday's high-level talks in Geneva on Ukraine come as the country's eastern regions are awash in turmoil and pro-Russian insurgents have seized police stations and government buildings in at least nine cities.

NATO ups military presence amid Russian threat

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 04:48 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is strengthening its military footprint along its eastern border immediately in response to Russia's aggression in Ukraine, the alliance's chief said Wednesday.

NYC police rolling back some counterterror efforts

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 01:24 PM PDT

protesting the NYPD's program of infiltrating and informing on Muslim communitiesNEW YORK (AP) — The move by New York City's new police commissioner to disband a unit that spied on the everyday activities of Muslims could be just the first step in a dismantling of some of the huge post-9/11 intelligence-gathering machinery built by his predecessor.

Man charged with marathon hoax is held on bail

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 12:40 PM PDT

Kevin Edson is arraigned in Boston Municipal Court, Wednesday, April 16 2014, in Boston. Edson was arrested Tuesday near the Boston Marathon finish line carrying a backpack containing a rice cooker on the anniversary of the bombings. Edson was sent to a state psychiatric facility for an evaluation Wednesday following his initial court appearance and ordered held on $100,000 bail. He is due back in court on May 7. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Wendy Maeda, Pool)BOSTON (AP) — The man arrested near the Boston Marathon finish line carrying a backpack containing a rice cooker was sent to a state psychiatric facility for an evaluation Wednesday after an initial court appearance.

Armed robber was never told to report to prison

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 12:51 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Cornealious Anderson. Anderson was convicted of armed robbery in 2000, sentenced to 13 years in jail and told to await instruction on when to report to prison. Those instructions never came and he went on about his life until the clerical error was caught in 2013. Anderson's attorney says Anderson was not a fugitive, was never on the run and has filed an appeal seeking the release of the married father of three he described as a model citizen. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections)ST. LOUIS (AP) — After he was convicted of armed robbery in 2000, Cornealious Anderson was sentenced to 13 years behind bars and told to await instructions on when and where to report to prison. But those instructions never came.

Sub makes 2nd dive to search for Malaysian plane

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 03:50 AM PDT

In this map provided on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, details are presented in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. A robotic submarine looking for the lost Malaysian jet continued its second seabed search on Wednesday as up to 14 planes were to take to the skies for some of the final sweeps of the Indian Ocean for floating debris from the ill-fated airliner. (AP Photo/Joint Agency Coordination Centre) EDITORIAL USE ONLYPERTH, Australia (AP) — As a robotic submarine dived into the ocean to look for lost Flight 370, angry Chinese relatives stormed out of a teleconference meeting Wednesday to protest the Malaysian government for not addressing them in person.

Mini-sub aborts again in new setback for MH370 search

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 12:42 AM PDT

Fact file on the Bluefin-21 undersea search vehiclePerth (Australia) (AFP) - The hunt for a missing Malaysian plane suffered another setback Wednesday when a second seabed search by a mini-submarine was cut short due to "technical" troubles after the first also aborted in very deep water. Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) issued a brief statement which spoke of an unspecified "technical issue" with the unmanned Bluefin-21 sonar device. The first mission which began Monday night aborted automatically after breaching the machine's maximum operating depth of 4,500 metres (15,000 feet). "The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bluefin-21, was forced to resurface this morning to rectify a technical issue," JACC said.

Rivals flex muscles on streets of east Ukraine

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 08:07 AM PDT

Map of Ukraine locating eastern cities hit by separatist actions as Ukraine sends more troops to the regionSlavyansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian and pro-Russian forces flexed their military muscles in the restive east of the country on Wednesday, a day ahead of high-level international talks on the escalating crisis. A concerned NATO said it planned to deploy more forces in eastern Europe and called for Russia to stop "destabilising" the former Soviet satellite, which has been in deep turmoil since the ouster of the pro-Kremlin leadership in February. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Kiev's decision to send in troops this week to put down a separatist uprising in its industrial heartland had dragged the country to the brink of civil war. An AFP reporter in the flashpoint town of Slavyansk saw at least six APCs and light tanks, some flying Russian flags, in the city centre with dozens of armed men in camouflage stationed around them claiming to be volunteers and Ukrainian army defectors.

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