Thursday, June 13, 2013

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Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:30 AM PDT
Blast at La. plant kills 1, injures dozens 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:30 AM PDT
 1 dead, dozens injured in plant explosion southeast of Baton RougePeople near the chemical plant have been ordered to stay inside.
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Sen. Corker presses Obama on Karzai CIA cash claims 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:46 AM PDT
 Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Karzai says the director of the CIA assured him that regular funding his government receives from the agency will not be cut off. He says Afghanistan has been receiving such funding for more than 10 years and expressed hope at a Saturday news conference that it will not stop.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Sen. Bob Corker, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is still trying to get answers from President Barack Obama regarding Afghan President Hamid Karzai's claims that he has been getting deliveries of CIA cash for years. "I write again to request an explanation of the incoherent United States policy in Afghanistan made [...]
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UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 12:40 PM PDT
 FILE - This Wednesday, April 17, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a mass burial of people allegedly killed by Syrian Army snipers, in Aleppo, Syria. Syria's upwardly spiraling violence has resulted in the confirmed killings of almost 93,000 people, the United Nations' human rights office said Thursday but acknowledged the real number is likely to be far higher. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the brunt of the attacks.
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Court says human genes cannot be patented 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:21 AM PDT
 FILE - In this June 4, 2013 file photo actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the film premiere World War Z in Berlin, Germany. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotechnology industries. It throws out patents held by Utah-based Myriad Genetics Inc. on an increasingly popular breast cancer test brought into the public eye recently by actress Angelina Jolie's revelation that she had a double mastectomy because of one of the genes involved in this case. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotechnology industries.
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10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 09:03 AM PDT
 AP10ThingsToSee - Cliff diver Hector Adrian Estrada, 38, dives into the Pacific Ocean in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, June 10, 2013. Estrada has been making a living in Mazatlan for the last 26 years as a cliff diver by collecting gratuities from tourists who stop to watch Estrada and other divers peform. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, 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.
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Iran liberals ask: Snub election or take chance? 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 12:33 PM PDT
 Supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, chant slogans, as they hold a banner containing pictures of Rowhani, center, former Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, and Mohammad Khatami, during a street campaign, in Tehran, Iran,Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The presidential election will be held on June 14. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the end, Iran's presidential election may be defined by who doesn't vote.
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Turkish PM issues ultimatum, will meet protesters 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:55 AM PDT
 A woman walks past graffiti sprayed by Turkish protesters during the demonstration in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Turkey's prime minister issued a "final warning" to protesters on Thursday, demanding that they end their occupation of a park next to Istanbul's landmark Taksim Square. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's prime minister issued a "final warning" to protesters on Thursday, demanding they end their occupation of a park next to Istanbul's Taksim Square that has ignited the largest political crisis of his 10-year rule.
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Colorado wildfire destroys at least 360 homes 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 09:56 AM PDT
 Black Forest Fire Dept. officers burn off natural ground fuel in an evacuated neighborhood, prepping the area for the encroachment of the wildfire in the Black Forest area north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The number of houses destroyed by the Black Forest fire could grow to around 100, and authorities fear it's possible that some people who stayed behind might have died. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire in a dry, densely wooded area of Colorado has destroyed at least 360 homes — nearly four times the previous estimate and a number that seemed likely to climb as the flames kept burning out of control, authorities said Thursday.
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1 dead, dozens hurt in La. plant explosion 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 12:02 PM PDT
 This photo provided by Ryan Meador shows an explosion at The Williams Companies Inc. plant in the Ascension Parish town of Geismar La., Thursday, June 13, 2013. The fire broke out Thursday morning at the plant, which the company's website says puts out about 1.3 billion pounds of ethylene and 90 million pounds of polymer grade propylene a year. (AP Photo/Ryan Meador)GEISMAR, La. (AP) — An ground-rattling explosion at a chemical plant in Louisiana ignited a blaze Thursday that killed at least one person and left dozens more hurt, officials said.
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Rural America posts first-ever loss in population 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 09:41 AM PDT
 FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2004 file photo, Tom Moore rides through downtown Fernley, Nev., with his daughters, Bridget and Meara. In a reversal of fortunes due to the recent recession, rural America is now losing population, in towns like Fernley, for the first time, because of waning interest among millions of baby boomers in moving to far-flung locations for retirement and recreation. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Living in a rural Nevada town, Moe Royels recalls a more bustling time years ago when retirees poured in to enjoy the warm desert climate, nearby casinos and quiet community. But soon boom turned to bust, and years after the recession ended, Royels still wonders if things will ever fully turn around in small towns like his.
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Rupert Murdoch files for divorce from Wendi Deng 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 12:11 PM PDT
 FILE- In this Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, file photo, Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi arrive at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles. Murdoch filed Thursday, June 13, 2013, for divorce from Wendi Deng Murdoch, his wife since 1999.(AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from Wendi Deng Murdoch, his wife since 1999, citing a breakdown in the relationship. The matter doesn't alter the succession plan for the media company, which the 82-year-old founder controls through a family trust.
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Israel's PM opens exhibit at Auschwitz 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:47 AM PDT
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map showing where Jews were killed during the Holocaust at the opening of a new pavilion at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, June 13, 2013. The exhibition in Bloc 27 was curated by Israel's Yad Vashem Institute Chairman Avner Shalev. It is meant to educate visitors about the Holocaust and the Nazi Germany's quest to exterminate the Jewish people.The event closed Netanyahu's two-day visit to Poland that was steeped in symbolism, as it focused on the Jewish people's painful history there during World War II as well as on the strong relations between Poland and the Jewish state today. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — In a defiant speech from the place that symbolizes the suffering of Jews during World War II, Israel's prime minister warned on Thursday that the Jewish state will do everything to prevent another Holocaust and to defend itself against any threat.
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UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian conflict 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 09:19 AM PDT
 FILE - In this Saturday, March 10, 2012 file photo, Hana, 12, flashes the victory sign next to her sister Eva, 13, as they recover from severe injuries after the Syrian Army shelled their house in Idlib, north Syria. Syria's upwardly spiraling violence has resulted in the confirmed killings of almost 93,000 people, the United Nations' human rights office said Thursday but acknowledged the real number is likely to be far higher. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Nearly 93,000 people have been confirmed killed in Syria since an uprising against President Bashar Assad began more than two years ago, the U.N. said Thursday, a sharp rise in the death toll as the fighting turns increasingly sectarian and the carnage gripping the country appears unstoppable.
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Report: Turkey PM to meet with park protesters 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 10:50 AM PDT
 Cars and pedestrian use the Taksim Square as a few protesters gather at a barricade in Istanbul on Thursday, June 13, 2013. Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency says the prime minister will meet with representatives of the protesters occupying Istanbul's Gezi Park.
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1 dead, at least 30 hurt in La. plant explosion 
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:13 AM PDT
 This photo provided by Ryan Meador shows an explosion at The Williams Companies Inc. plant in the Ascension Parish town of Geismar La., Thursday, June 13, 2013. The fire broke out Thursday morning at the plant, which the company's website says puts out about 1.3 billion pounds of ethylene and 90 million pounds of polymer grade propylene a year. (AP Photo/Ryan Meador)GEISMAR, La. (AP) — State police say at least one person was killed and at least 30 were injured in an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Louisiana.
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