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| Feds showing little enthusiasm for Detroit bailout Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 04:25 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — During the bleakest days of the Great Recession, Congress agreed in bipartisan votes to bail out two of Detroit's biggest businesses, General Motors and Chrysler. Full Story | Top |
| Obama's remarks on race resonate with many Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 12:05 AM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — When President Barack Obama told the nation on Friday that slain black teenager Trayvon Martin could have been him 35 years ago, many black Americans across the nation nodded their head in silent understanding. Full Story | Top |
| Trayvon Martin's parents lead protests over Zimmerman verdict Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 11:12 AM PDT  By Edward Upright and Tom Brown NEW YORK/MIAMI (Reuters) - Trayvon Martin's parents joined celebrities and hundreds of protesters on Saturday in rallies across the country to express anger over the acquittal of the man who shot and killed the unarmed black teenager. Singing the civil rights protest song "We Shall Overcome," a crowd gathered around Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, in Miami exactly one week after a Seminole County jury in central Florida acquitted George Zimmerman of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the incident, where the 17-year-old Martin was shot through the heart. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Justice for Trayvon' rallies set for 100 cities Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 08:40 AM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — One week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, people began to gather for nationwide rallies to press for federal civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader. Full Story | Top |
| Fox Tried Seven Times to Get the Brother of Zimmerman to Criticize Obama (It Didn't Work) Friday, Jul 19, 2013 03:51 PM PDT  Seven times, Fox News anchor Jamie Colby tried to get George Zimmerman's brother to criticize the president and his speech about Trayvon Martin. And seven times, he declined to do so. Full Story | Top |
| Creators, stars reveal 'Marvel's Agents of SHIELD' Friday, Jul 19, 2013 04:10 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fans expecting to see a snippet of the new "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." television show Friday at Comic-Con got a surprise instead — the chance to see the entire debut episode. Full Story | Top |
| Cops: 4 men found held in 'deplorable' Texas home Friday, Jul 19, 2013 02:31 PM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — Four men found living in "deplorable conditions" in a Houston garage on Friday told police that they were being held captive after being lured by promises of food and cigarettes so that their captor could cash their public-assistance checks, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Jamie Foxx backs Trayvon Martin's mom 'forever' Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 08:39 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hours after President Barack Obama delivered remarks about Trayvon Martin and the George Zimmerman trial, Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson addressed the racially charged case at Comic-Con in San Diego. Full Story | Top |
| Obama opens up about race, Trayvon Martin trial Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 12:58 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama kept his own counsel after the six women deciding whether George Zimmerman deserved prison time for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin delivered their verdict, releasing just a written statement appealing for calm the day after the ex-neighborhood watchman had been cleared of all charges. Full Story | Top |
| Taliban-style edict for women spreads alarm in Afghan district Friday, Jul 19, 2013 10:44 PM PDT  By Rob Taylor and Folad Hamdard KABUL/DEH SALAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women, in another sign of returning conservatism as NATO forces leave the country. Just days after the United States launched a $200 million program to boost the role of women in Afghanistan, a senior member of the country's top religious leaders' panel said he would not intervene over a draconian edict issued by clerics in the Deh Salah region of Baghlan province. ... Full Story | Top |
| Across US, people rally for 'Justice for Trayvon' Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 12:29 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — One week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, people gathered for nationwide rallies to press for changes to self-defense laws and for federal civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader. Full Story | Top |
| Jimenez leads, Woods lurks in Muirfield dogfight Friday, Jul 19, 2013 02:13 PM PDT  By Ed Osmond GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - Wily Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez led the way and Tiger Woods ground out a second-round 71 to stay right in the mix as the British Open turned into a dogfight at Muirfield on Friday. The early starters enjoyed the best conditions on another sun-drenched day but the course bared its teeth in the afternoon to throw up a congested leaderboard heading into the weekend. ... Full Story | Top |
| G.O.P. WON'T ATTRACT BLACK VOTERS WITH BIGOTS IN ITS MIDST Friday, Jul 19, 2013 10:01 PM PDT As a matter of history, black Americans -- at least those who were allowed to vote -- were Republicans for decades after the Civil War. But some found Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal attractive, and most found Lyndon Johnson's support for civil rights irresistible. They left the Republican Party.And they've stayed away since the 1960s, alienated by the GOP's Southern strategy of race-baiting and pandering to the prejudices of right-wing Neanderthals. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mich. judge calls Detroit bankruptcy unconstitutional; AG to appeal Friday, Jul 19, 2013 01:08 PM PDT It took less than 24 hours for the legal wrangling to start around filing of bankruptcy for Detroit. Full Story | Top |
| Mini-cow born at Roy farm looks like panda bear Friday, Jul 19, 2013 02:37 PM PDT  ROY, Wash. (AP) — John Bartheld has been breeding miniature cows on his farm for seven years, hoping to recreate black and white markings in the pattern of a panda to make a "panda cow." Full Story | Top |
| Retirees could bear brunt of Detroit bankruptcy Friday, Jul 19, 2013 06:47 PM PDT  By Joseph Lichterman and Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT (Reuters) - When Paula Kaczmarek moved to Detroit in 1978 to work for the city's public library system, a guarantee of good retirement benefits was a key sweetener that convinced her to leave her previous job in Boston. "I basically came here for future security," said Kaczmarek, who retired in 2012, two years earlier than she planned, as the public library was facing potential layoffs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Secret court OKs continued US phone surveillance Friday, Jul 19, 2013 03:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A secret U.S. intelligence court renewed an order Friday to continue forcing Verizon Communications to turn over hundreds of millions of telephone records to the government each day in its search for foreign terror or espionage suspects. Full Story | Top |
| Vet returns to NKorea for 1st black Navy aviator Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 02:23 AM PDT  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Two years after he made history by becoming the Navy's first black pilot, Ensign Jesse Brown lay trapped in his downed fighter plane in subfreezing North Korea, his leg broken and bleeding. His wingman crash-landed to try to save him, and even burned his hands trying to put out the flames. Full Story | Top |
| Boston bomb photos shed light on end of manhunt Friday, Jul 19, 2013 08:18 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — After a week of chaos, the suspect in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings emerged from his hiding spot bloodied and seemingly exhausted — the red dot of a sniper's rifle lighting his forehead. Photos of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev released by a state police officer give a long-awaited glimpse into the end of an episode that kept the city and its suburbs on edge. Full Story | Top |
| Champion Els shows his frustration after error-ridden show Friday, Jul 19, 2013 01:02 PM PDT  By Tony Jimenez GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - Defending champion Ernie Els was in a foul mood after struggling to an error-ridden 74 in the second round of the British Open at Muirfield on Friday. The 43-year-old South African took out his frustration on a group of journalists after toiling on the bouncy, fast-running East Lothian links course. Els initially described the lightning-quick greens at the par-four 14th and 15th holes as "getting out of hand" and "not very playable" before backtracking later. "I never said that. ... Full Story | Top |
| Stallone, Schwarzenegger take on Comic-Con Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 08:36 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Is San Diego the new Hollywood? Full Story | Top |
| Political world reacts to Obama’s 'Trayvon' moment Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 05:28 AM PDT President Obama says he doubts whether he or any other politician could play a lead role in a national "conversation" about race in America today. Full Story | Top |
| King David-Era Palace Found in Israel, Archaeologists Say Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 07:12 AM PDT  Archaeologists say they've uncovered two royal buildings from Israel's biblical past, including a palace suspected to have belonged to King David. Full Story | Top |
| Andie MacDowell stars in Hallmark Channel show Friday, Jul 19, 2013 06:01 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Life mirrored art when Andie MacDowell was offered the chance to star in a new Hallmark Channel series. Full Story | Top |
| Peter King Says Hillary Clinton Would 'Destroy' Rand Paul and Ted Cruz Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 05:29 AM PDT  If you're a 2016 GOP presidential hopeful, watch out for Rep. Peter King's right hook. While discussing his boxing skills with ABC News' Rick Klein, King, R-N.Y., who has been talking up his potential presidential ambitions, took jabs at other possible 2016 contenders. "I'm going... Full Story | Top |
| Marine ordered freed in Iraq war crime case Friday, Jul 19, 2013 05:53 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps released a sergeant Friday whose murder conviction was overturned in a major blow to the military's prosecution of Iraq war crimes. Full Story | Top |
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