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Packed train derails near Paris, 7 believed dead

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:16 AM PDT

Paris train derailmentDozens of others are injured when the commuter train derailed en route to the central city of Limoges.

Dreamliner fire closes Heathrow Airport runways

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:23 AM PDT

An Ethiopian Airlines' 787 Dreamliner arrives at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Kenyaís capital NairobiA fire on an empty Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane forced Heathrow Airport to temporarily close both its runways Friday. The incident comes as unwelcome news for Chicago-based Boeing Co., whose Dreamliners ...

Police: Teen in Asiana crash hit by fire truck

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:21 AM PDT

In this image from video provided by ABC7 News/KGO-TV a section of the fuselage of Asiana Flight-214 is removed at San Francisco airport early Friday morning July 12, 2013. Workers began clearing the wreckage early Friday. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/ABC7 News/KGO-TV)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the Chinese teenagers who died in the Asiana Airlines disaster was struck by a fire truck while she was covered in foam that crews had sprayed to douse the fire aboard the plane, police said Friday.

Pakistan's Malala celebrates 16th birthday with UN education appeal

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 07:16 AM PDT

Malala YousafzaiBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on Friday at the United Nations, appealing for compulsory free schooling for all children. Wearing a pink head scarf, Yousafzai told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and nearly 1,000 students from around the world attending a Youth Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York that education was the only way to improve lives. "Let us pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons. ...

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano resigning

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 07:49 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. officials say Napolitano is resigning to take a senior posting in the University of California system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who led the burgeoning Department of Homeland Security through a host of policy changes in the post 9/11 era, is resigning to head the University of California system.

Al-Qaida-linked gunmen kill Syrian rebel commander

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 09:25 AM PDT

This Tuesday, July 9, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels running during heavy clashes with Syrian soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the Salah al-Din neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Syria is entering its third year of a war that began as an uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked gunmen killed a rebel commander in northwestern Syria, an activist group and an opposition spokeswoman said Friday, in a sign of increased tensions and infighting among groups battling the Damascus regime.

Egypt: ousted president's supporters demonstrating

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 05:17 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood are demonstrating in a Cairo square, waving pictures of ousted president Mohammed Morsi.

Immigration mired, early Term II wins elude Obama

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 09:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama acknowledges House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as he hosted a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy. The uncertainty over an immigration overhaul in the House of Representatives has dimmed the White House's hopes for a summertime achievement and left President Barack Obama still in search of a marquee legislative accomplishment to mark his second term. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A dramatic tax-raising deal last New Year's looked like it might be a breakthrough, signaling improved second-term relations between newly re-elected President Barack Obama and a divided Congress. At least that's what the White House hoped.

Rising again: Bush family returns to public stage

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2012, file photo George P. Bush, right, stands with his uncle, former President George W. Bush, during the Bush Center Warrior Open in Irving, Texas. George P. Bush, the 36-year-old attorney from Fort Worth and son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, hosts a fundraising gathering in Florida this weekend. Bush is running for Texas land commissioner. Returning from the margins of American politics, the Bush family is reasserting itself. Former President George W. Bush has surfaced from a self-imposed political exile to make the case for a broad immigration overhaul and talk about his work on AIDS and cancer in Africa. His brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has written a book on immigration reform and is keeping the door open to a presidential run in 2016. And George P. Bush, Jeb's oldest son, is running for statewide office in Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)MIAMI (AP) — Returning from the margins of American politics, the Bush family is reasserting itself.

Spread of DNA databases sparks ethical concerns

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 05:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 2, 2012 file photo, DNA samples are processed at the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center in Albany, N.Y. Countries around the world are collecting genetic material from millions of citizens in the name of fighting crime and terrorism. Few nations have been more enthusiastic than Britain, where a database of DNA from criminal suspects grew by 2012 to hold samples from almost 7 million people, more than 10 percent of the population. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)LONDON (AP) — You can ditch your computer and leave your cellphone at home, but you can't escape your DNA.

Boeing plane fire closes Heathrow Airport runways

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:20 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — A fire on an empty Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane forced Heathrow Airport to temporarily close both its runways Friday.

Texas Senate on track to pass tough abortion rules

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 09:09 AM PDT

Dozens wait to enter the Senate gallery moments after the Texas State Capitol opened its doors at 7 a.m., in Austin, Texas, Friday, July 12, 2013. The Texas Senate's leader, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, has scheduled a vote for Friday on the same restrictions on when, where and how women may obtain abortions in Texas that failed to become law after a Democratic filibuster and raucous protesters were able to run out the clock on an earlier special session. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — This time when the Texas Senate takes up tough new abortion restrictions, the chamber's top Republican is determined not to let anything — or anyone — derail a vote.

Republicans to tackle cuts in food stamp program

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 12:28 AM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 16, 2012, file photo shows farmer Myles Goodrich loading a feed wagon at his farm in Danville, Vt. House Republicans strip food stamps from the farm bill in an attempt to get the legislation passed after an embarrassing defeat last month. White House has threatened a veto and Democrats are crying foul. bill had traditionally paired two programs to get bipartisan support but conservatives said original bill did not cut food stamps deep enough. Timing of House vote unclear. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — House approval of a scaled-back farm bill is setting up what could be an even bigger fight over food stamps and the role of domestic food aid in the United States.

Prosecution finishes rebuttal in Zimmerman trial

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:05 AM PDT

George Zimmerman arrives in the courtroom for his trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, in Sanford, Fla., Friday, July 12, 2013. Zimmerman is charged in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor in George Zimmerman's murder trial has ended his rebuttal, saying the neighborhood watch volunteer told a series of lies in his statements about shooting Trayvon Martin.

FDA sets new limits on arsenic in apple juice

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 07:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, an apple and a pitcher of apple juice are posed together in Moreland Hills, Ohio. The Food and Drug Administration is setting a new limit on the level of arsenic allowed in apple juice, after more than a year of public pressure from consumer groups worried about the contaminant's effects on children. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents who have been fretting over the low levels of arsenic found in apple juice can feel better about buying one of their kids' favorite drinks.

Cutting of fuselage may be to blame for smoke

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 09:04 AM PDT

In this image from video provided by ABC7 News/KGO-TV a section of the fuselage of Asiana Flight-214 is removed at San Francisco airport early Friday morning July 12, 2013. Workers began clearing the wreckage early Friday. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/ABC7 News/KGO-TV)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Heat and friction generated while crews were cutting the fuselage of Asiana Flight 214 might be to blame for smoke seen from the wreckage.
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