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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Leader arrested

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 07:31 AM PDT

Egyptians celebrate after Egypt's chief justice Adly Mansour is sworn in as the nation's interim president Thursday, July 4, 2013. Arabic reads, " bye bye Morsi." The chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in Thursday as the nation's interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)The chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in Thursday as the nation's interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and launched a major crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the group from which Morsi hails.

Ohio sinkhole swallows car; driver climbs ladder

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 07:02 PM PDT

This photo provided by the Toledo, Ohio Fire and Rescue Department shows a car at the bottom of a sinkhole caused by a broken water line in Toledo, Ohio on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Police say the driver, 60-year-old Pamela Knox of Toledo, was shaken up and didn't appear hurt but was taken to a hospital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Toledo, Ohio Fire and Rescue Department, Lt. Matthew Hertzfeld)TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A northwest Ohio sinkhole has swallowed a car traveling down a street and briefly trapped the driver, who climbed out after authorities gave her a ladder.

Lady Liberty reopens July 4, but Ellis Island, damaged by Sandy, remains dark

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 03:27 AM PDT

In this June 26, 2013 photo provided by the National Park Service, workers on Liberty Island install sod around the national monument which is set to re-open on the 4th of July, in New York. Months after railings broke, docks and paving stones were torn up and buildings were flooded by Superstorm Sandy, the Statue of Liberty will finally welcome visitors again. (AP Photo/National Park Service,For more than 100 years, Ellis Island has been an important symbol of the nation's immigration system, a place where more than 12 million people passed through between 1892 and 1924 seeking a better life in America. And since 1990, when Ellis Island reopened as a museum, millions more have walked through its doors, seeking to understand its role in creating the nation's "melting pot" of culture and their own family roots.

Gandolfini leaves bulk of $70M estate to children

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 09:49 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 file photo, Michael Gandolfini, left, son of James Gandolfini, arrives for the funeral service of his father, star of "The Sopranos," in New York's the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine. James Gandolfini left the bulk of his estimated $70 million estate to his 13-year-old son, Michael, and infant daughter Liliana. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — James Gandolfini left the bulk of his estimated $70 million estate to his 13-year-old son and infant daughter.

Egypt: Interim president sworn in amid crackdown

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 08:52 AM PDT

Egyptians celebrate after Egypt's chief justice Adly Mansour is sworn in as the nation's interim president Thursday, July 4, 2013. Arabic reads, " bye bye Morsi." The chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in Thursday as the nation's interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — A senior judge was sworn in as Egypt's interim president Thursday to replace ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as the military launched a major crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood. Reeling from what it called a military coup against democracy, the group said it would not work with the new political system.

Egyptians struggle to define 'new revolution'

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 09:57 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — The chants, the impatient anger and even the symbols were the same — right down to laser-generated messages of "Game Over" that were directed at Hosni Mubarak's regime in 2011 and this week turned against the elected president carried to power by the Arab Spring.

AP Analysis: Morsi's fall a blow to Islamists

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 07:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, May 20, 2012 file photo, the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi hold a rally in Cairo, Egypt. A statement on the Egyptian president's office's Twitter account has quoted Mohammed Morsi as calling military measures "a full coup." The denouncement was posted shortly after the Egyptian military announced it was ousting Morsi, who was Egypt's first freely elected leader but drew ire with his Islamist leanings. The military says it has replaced him with the chief justice of the Supreme constitutional Court, called for early presidential election and suspended the Islamist-backed constitution.(AP Photo/Fredrik Persson, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt was the centerpiece of the Islamist movement's vault to power in the Arab world's sweeping wave of uprisings. Winning election after election here, the Islamists vowed to prove they could govern effectively and implement their vision of political Islam, all while embracing the rules of democracy.

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 09:11 AM PDT

AP10ThingsToSee - Fireworks light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi celebrate in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Morsi was removed from office by the military on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

Statue of Liberty reopens as US marks July Fourth

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 09:37 AM PDT

American Idol 2013 winner Candice Glover sings during a dress rehearsal for PBS's 2013 "A Capitol Fourth" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. As the nation marks 237 years of independence, thousands of Americans will gather on the National Mall to watch a 17-minute fireworks display and listen to performances by Glover, Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond and John Williams conducting music from the movie NEW YORK (AP) — The Statue of Liberty finally reopened on the Fourth of July months after Superstorm Sandy swamped its little island as Americans across the country celebrated freedom and President Barack Obama urged citizens to live up to the words of the Declaration of Independence.

GOP has tough choices on Voting Rights Act

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 08:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2013 file photo, Virginia Republican Gubernatorial candidate, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli speaks in Richmond, Va. When the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights act last week, it handed Republicans tough questions with no easy answers over how, and where, to attract voters even GOP leaders say the party needs to stay nationally competitive. The decision caught Republicans between newfound state autonomy that conservatives covet and the law's popularity among minority, young and poor voters who tend to align with Democrats. It's those voters that Republicans are eyeing to expand and invigorate the GOP's core of older, white Americans. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)ATLANTA (AP) — When the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights act last week, it handed Republicans tough questions with no easy answers over how, and where, to attract voters even GOP leaders say the party needs to stay nationally competitive.

Mandela on life support as family grave restored

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 10:49 AM PDT

Family members of former South African President Nelson Mandela carry a coffin of a deceased child to be buried near his house in Qunu, South Africa, Thursday, July 4, 2013. In a macabre family feud fought as Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition, a South African court ruled Wednesday that the former president's grandson must return the bodies of the 94-year-old's three deceased children to their original burial site. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces "impending death," court documents show, as his family gravesite was restored Thursday.

What now? Q&A about latest snag in health care law

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 10:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures during a statement about the Affordable Care Act, Friday, in San Jose, Calif. Nothing's ever easy with President Barack Obama's health care law. The latest hitch gives employers an additional year before they must offer medical coverage to their workers or pay a fine. What does the delay mean for workers? And struggling businesses? And is it a significant setback for a law already beset by court challenges, repeal votes and a rush of deadlines for making health insurance available to nearly all Americans next year? (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing's ever easy with President Barack Obama's health care law.

Syria's Assad boasts opponents failed to oust him

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 09:41 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, July 2, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel fires his weapon during heavy clashes with Syrian soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad near Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo, Syria. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting was fiercest in towns and villages in the strategic Aleppo. The province abuts the Turkish border, and is an important gateway for rebel fighters to bring in weapons and supplies. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Thursday that his government had fended off everything his enemies had thrown at him and that the only remaining threat to his rule was a far-off — and improbable — foreign intervention.

Mandela children reburied at original gravesite

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 08:32 AM PDT

Family members of former South African President Nelson Mandela carry a coffin of a deceased child to be buried near his house in Qunu, South Africa, Thursday, July 4, 2013. In a macabre family feud fought as Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition, a South African court ruled Wednesday that the former president's grandson must return the bodies of the 94-year-old's three deceased children to their original burial site. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The remains of Nelson Mandela's three deceased children were reburied at their original resting site on Thursday, a day after a court ordered their return two years after Mandela's grandson moved the bodies.

Bolivia's Morales arrives home after plane flap

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 01:31 AM PDT

Bolivia's President Evo Morales is welcomed upon his arrival home after an unplanned 14-hour layover in Vienna at the airport in El Alto, Bolivia, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The European rerouting of the Bolivian presidential plane over suspicions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was aboard ignited outrage Wednesday among Latin American leaders who called it a stunning violation of national sovereignty and disrespect for the region. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales called the rerouting of his plane over suspicions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was aboard a provocation to Latin America and urged European countries to "free themselves" from the United States.

Industry panning Obama's climate change push

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:51 AM PDT

In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 photo, Gary Long, president and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Service of New Hampshire speaks during a news conference in Hooksett, N.H. about new plans for the Northern Pass project. Long says that New England states have already invested billions of dollars in cleaner energy, agreed to cap their own carbon pollution, and crafted plans to import Canadian hydroelectric power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)BOW, N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama's push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry across the industrial Midwest, where state and local economies depend on the health of an energy sector facing strict new pollution limits.
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