| Israeli arrest of U.S. teen raises concerns Posted: 21 Aug 2014 01:35 PM PDT  The U.S. State Department says Israel appears to be targeting kin of murdered Palestinian teen.
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| Ebola: Senegal closes border with Guinea Posted: 21 Aug 2014 03:09 PM PDT  Tens of thousands barricaded in Liberia, airlines suspend flights in effort to stop virus' spread.
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| Teen says she was suspended for saying 'bless you' Posted: 21 Aug 2014 08:38 AM PDT  A high school senior in Tennessee says she was given an in-school suspension for saying "bless you" to classmate who had sneezed.
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| Ice bucket challenge goes awry, firefighters hurt Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:21 PM PDT  Four firefighters were injured — two seriously — when a fire truck's ladder got too close to a power line after they helped college students take part in an ice bucket challenge, police said Thursday.
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| ISIL activist among dozens of jihadi fighters killed in Beirut Posted: 21 Aug 2014 01:02 PM PDT  Clashes between Syria, Islamic State surround a sprawling northern airbase: officials.
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| Robin Williams' ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay Posted: 21 Aug 2014 01:59 PM PDT  Comedian Robin Williams' ashes have been scattered in the San Francisco Bay following his apparent suicide, according to a death certificate released by Marin County on Thursday. Williams, 63, was found hanged in his Tiburon, California, home last week. The "Mrs. Doubtfire" star had been suffering from severe depression, anxiety and early Parkinson's disease before his death. Williams' cremated remains were released on Aug. 12, the day after his death, according to the document.
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| Judge strikes down Florida gay marriage ban Posted: 21 Aug 2014 02:31 PM PDT  A federal judge on Thursday declared Florida's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, joining state judges in four counties who have sided with gay couples wishing to tie the knot.
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| Missouri governor orders Guard to leave Ferguson Posted: 21 Aug 2014 03:15 PM PDT  Unrest has erupted in the Missouri suburb since a black teen's fatal shooting earlier this month.
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| Court decision delayed on Marine's Iraq disappearance Posted: 21 Aug 2014 03:51 PM PDT  CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina (AP) — A U.S. defense attorney said Thursday that a Marine accused of deserting his unit a decade ago in Iraq was kept in Lebanon for eight years while he faced a military trial there.
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| U.S. diplomats barred from viral ice bucket challenge Posted: 21 Aug 2014 10:18 AM PDT  The charity stunt has lured athletes, celebrities, politicians and rock stars and gone viral on the Internet, but don't look for U.S. diplomats to get in on the fun.
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| Ireland tests body of deceased traveler for Ebola Posted: 21 Aug 2014 11:25 AM PDT Ireland is testing a dead person who recently returned from Africa for the Ebola virus, the Health Service Executive (HSE) of Ireland said on Thursday. Appropriate infection control procedures are being put in place in the community and at the mortuary in the north-west county of Donegal where the person's remains lie, pending the outcome of laboratory tests, the HSE said. "The public health department was made aware earlier today of the remains of an individual, discovered early this morning, who had recently traveled to one of the areas in Africa affected by the current Ebola virus disease outbreak," it said. |
| GAO: Pentagon's Bergdahl swap violated law Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:43 PM PDT  Congressional investigators say the Pentagon violated the law when it swapped five Taliban leaders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held prisoner in Afghanistan for five years.
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| St. Louis police release video of fatal shooting Posted: 21 Aug 2014 11:35 AM PDT  The St. Louis police chief has released 911 audio, surveillance video and cellphone video of the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man, acknowledging that tensions in nearby Ferguson have created a need for greater transparency on officer-involved shootings.
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| Irish ex-PM Albert Reynolds, peace negotiator, dies at 81 Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:00 PM PDT  Former Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds, a central figure in the Northern Ireland peace process who helped broker the 1994 IRA ceasefire, has died aged 81. Reynolds served twice as taoiseach, or prime minister: once in 1992 and then again in 1993-94. His son Philip, who announced that Reynolds had died overnight Wednesday, said his father had recently been suffering from the late stages of Alzheimer's disease. The Irish government said Reynolds would be given a state funeral on Monday, and that all government buildings would fly flags at half mast until the funeral.
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| US airstrikes targeting northern Iraq Posted: 21 Aug 2014 09:21 AM PDT  MIlitary's Central Command said focus is on Islamic militants in area of Mosul and area of key dam.
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| ISIL asked $132.5 million for James Foley, says official Posted: 21 Aug 2014 03:44 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The beheading of freelance journalist James Foley has forced a new debate between the longtime U.S. and British refusal to negotiate with terrorists, and Europe and the Persian Gulf's increasing willingness to pay ransoms in a desperate attempt to free citizens. The dilemma: How to save the lives of captives without financing terror groups and encouraging more kidnappings.
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| Hostess to close bakery where Twinkie was born Posted: 21 Aug 2014 09:45 AM PDT  Hostess Brands plans to close the suburban Chicago bakery where the Twinkie was invented in 1930, cutting 400 jobs and shuttering a piece of American baking history. The company said Wednesday it plans ...
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| Hostess to close bakery where Twinkie was born Posted: 21 Aug 2014 07:20 AM PDT  ·Hostess to close Schiller Park Twinkie plant ·Status update: buildings old and new ·No casino for Wabash and no walkway for you ·Grant DePorter buys $1.5 million River North condo ·Chicago ranks highest in distressed property sales ·Why sell...
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| First Malaysian bodies headed home from Ukraine crash Posted: 21 Aug 2014 08:54 AM PDT  A plane carrying the bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine in July, took off from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Dutch media reported. There was no ceremony for the departure from Schiphol airport, local news agency ANP reported, with the plane to land in Malaysia on Friday, which has been declared a day of national mourning. The plane will be met by Malaysia's king, prime minister and other dignitaries accompanied by a minute of silence at Kuala Lumpur's main international airport, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said last week. The Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine on July 17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 on board.
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| Angels lose star pitcher for playoff drive Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:53 PM PDT  Los Angeles Angels pitcher Garrett Richards will miss the remainder of the Major League Baseball season with torn left knee patellar tendon, the team announced Thursday. Richards was 13-4 this season with a 2.61 earned-run average over 26 starts for the Angels, whose 75-50 record is the best in the major leagues. The Angels lead Oakland by 1 1/2 games in the American League West division in a fight between the winningest teams of the season, so losing Richards was a setback the Anaheim-based club could ill afford in its quest to earn a home-field edge throughout the playoffs over the final weeks of the season.
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| Child reported missing in Nevada sought in Philadelphia Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:51 PM PDT  Police are looking for a child who was reported missing in Nevada but is now believed to be in the Philadelphia area.
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| Celebrity Real Estate: NBA Star Dwyane Wade's Suburban Home Facing Foreclosure Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:50 PM PDT  The former suburban Chicago home of Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade is currently facing foreclosure. According to TMZ, the NBA superstar is worth approximately $100 million, and brings in roughly $30 million a year, so what's going on? Wade...
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| Ryu bags nine birdies in Canada, grabs LPGA lead Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:49 PM PDT  South Korea's Ryu So-Yeon fired a bogey-free opening round of nine-under par 63 Thursday to seize a one-stroke lead over compatriot Choi Na-Yeon at the LPGA Canadian Women's Open. Ryu, the 2011 US Women's Open champion, hit all 14 fairways and needed only 25 putts, reaching 16 of 18 greens in regulation and chipping in with a sand save to stand atop the leaderboard. "I really feel great about that, especially because before I was going to tee off my warming up shots were really bad," Ryu said. Ninth-ranked Ryu, whose only other LPGA title came at the 2012 Toledo Classic, had 10 top-10 finishes without a victory last year and has nine more this year without lifting a trophy.
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| U.S. watchdog finds Pentagon broke law in Bergdahl transfer Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:49 PM PDT  By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department violated U.S. The Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon broke the law by using money appropriated by Congress to carry out the transfer of Guantanamo prisoners without giving lawmakers the required 30-day notice.
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| McIlroy stumbles to 74, worst start in 2 months Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:44 PM PDT  PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Rory McIlroy took a week to celebrate his blockbuster summer and paid for it in The Barclays with his worst start in two months.
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| Europeans in push for new UN resolution on Gaza Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:43 PM PDT  Britain, France and Germany have put forward key points of a new UN Security Council resolution on Gaza in a fresh bid to end six weeks of violence, diplomats said Thursday. The European initiative came as fighting flared on the ground, with Israeli airstrikes killing three top Hamas commanders and an Egyptian-led effort to broker peace talks teetering on the verge of collapse. The two-page document obtained by AFP calls for an immediate and sustainable ceasefire that would put an end to the firing of rockets and military operations in the Gaza Strip. It calls for a lifting of the Israeli blockade and a monitoring mechanism to report on ceasefire violations and verify the flow of goods into the Gaza Strip.
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| NY judge scolds Argentina, but no contempt order Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:41 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday said Argentina's plans to evade his orders by failing to make required payments to U.S. bondholders is illegal and cannot be carried out, but he stopped short of finding the South American nation in contempt of court.
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| Pope Francis calls Foley family: priest Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:39 PM PDT  Pope Francis called the family of slain US journalist James Foley on Thursday to offer his condolences, a Catholic priest close to the family said. The gruesome video of Foley's beheading, released Tuesday by the Islamic State, a jihadist group operating in Iraq and Syria, has caused worldwide revulsion and outrage. "Pope Francis phoned the family of #JamesFoley this afternoon at their residence in New Hampshire.
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| Abandoned Florida panther kitten gets new home in state park Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:38 PM PDT  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - A rare Florida panther, found near death as a 1-pound newborn in January, bounded into its permanent new fenced home in a state park on Thursday, now a lively, nearly 50-pound kitten. "He's really a miracle cat," said Susan Strawbridge of the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. A critically endangered animal, only 100 to 180 Florida panthers are believed to be in existence. State biologists working at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Naples stumbled by chance on the kitten that had been abandoned by its mother in her den, according to Karen Parker of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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| UN's top Ebola official wants preparations for 'flareup' Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:36 PM PDT  Conakry (AFP) - The United Nations' new pointman on Ebola said Friday he was preparing for a possible flareup of the epidemic in West Africa.
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| Mo'ne Davis brings big ratings to Little League Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:35 PM PDT  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Pitching sensation Mo'ne Davis' latest start drew record-setting television viewership for the Little League World Series.
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| On the Racked: Hottest Trainer Heats Up; Black V-Necks for Billionaires; More! Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:35 PM PDT  Welcome to On the Racked, where Racked SF editor Robyn Hagan Cain shares the top fashion, beauty and fitness news of the week. EVERYWHERE— Hottest Trainer polls open August 21. Check out the contenders, and don't forget to cast your...
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| Ice Bucket Challenge injures firefighters in US Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:35 PM PDT  Four US firefighters were injured, two seriously, Thursday as they were helping run a so-called Ice Bucket Challenge at a Kentucky university. "We express heartfelt sympathy and prayers for the families of the firefighters who were injured," Campbellsville University university president Michael Carter said in a statement. Local media said that two firefighters were moving the apparatus after the student challenge when a power arc occurred near the power lines, striking and seriously injuring them. The Ice Bucket Challenge, in support of Lou Gehrig's disease research, has sparked a worldwide craze that has taken in everyone from billionaires to sports star and former US presidents.
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| Switcheroos: Jason Stratton's Eight-Month-Old Aragona Will Shutter in September, Reopen As Vespolina Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:34 PM PDT  Aragona, the eight-month-old Spanish restaurant from Jason Stratton, will close in early September. But it's not the end: As any devotee of the chef's two Capitol Hill Italian concepts Spinasse and Artusi can attest, Stratton kills it when it...
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| Emmys comedy race takes edgy turn as cable outnumbers networks Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:34 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When ABC's "Modern Family" vies for its fifth consecutive best comedy Emmy award on Monday, not only will it battle the beloved geeks of CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" but also a bunch of irreverent, foul-mouthed characters from cable and Netflix. "Modern Family" made waves when its contemporary family dynamic and gay couple appeared on Walt Disney Co's ABC in 2010. The network stalwarts are joined by two previous cable nominees: the dark and sometimes melancholy comedy "Louie" on Twenty-First Century Fox's basic cable FX, and HBO's "Veep," a political satire rich with curse words from U.S.
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| Some US colleges calling students back from Israel Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:34 PM PDT  HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — Some U.S. colleges are pulling students from overseas study programs in Israel as the Gaza war rages, though the relative calm beyond the immediate battle areas is raising questions in some quarters about why they had to leave.
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| Obits: Designer Deborah Sussman Defined the Way We See a Lot of LA Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:33 PM PDT  With the death earlier this week of designer Deborah Sussman, Los Angeles lost a figure who LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne once called "a key link between the L.A. design world...
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| Irish peacemaker, ex-premier Reynolds dies at 81 Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:33 PM PDT  DUBLIN (AP) — Albert Reynolds, the risk-taking Irish prime minister who played a key role in delivering peace to Northern Ireland but struggled to keep his own governments intact, died Thursday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 81.
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| Under Construction: Geary's: "We Will be Charging for Samples" at Tasting Room Posted: 21 Aug 2014 04:32 PM PDT  Home of the upcoming Geary's tasting room. It was rumored back in June that Geary's, the oldest brewery in Maine, was working on a tasting room. The company recently confirmed via blog post that the brewing facility at 38 Evergreen...
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