Thursday, July 11, 2013

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Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 12:29 PM PDT
Dead suspect tied to '64 Boston Strangler case 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 12:29 PM PDT
 FILE - This Feb. 25, 1967, file photo shows self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo minutes after his capture in Boston. DeSalvo confessed to the string of 1960s killings but was never convicted. He died in prison in the 1970s. Massachusetts officials said Thursday, July 11, 2013, that DNA technology led to a breakthrough, putting them in a position to formally charge the Boston Strangler with the murder of Mary Sullivan, last of the slayings attributed to the Boston Strangler. (AP Photo, File)Authorities plan to exhume Albert De Salvo's remains to determine if he was the notorious killer.
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Quebec premier takes rail chief to task 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 11:59 AM PDT
 Quebec Premier Pauline Marois, right, and Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche speak during a news conference Thursday July 11, 2013, in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Marois toured the site of Canada's worst railway catastrophe in almost 150 years, after a runaway oil train killed 50 people in a fiery explosion. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Crews worked Thursday to find the burned remains of the 50 people presumed dead in Saturday's catastrophic oil train derailment, as Quebec Premier Pauline Marois toured the traumatized town and took the American railway's chief to task for not visiting sooner.
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Obama nominee talks Europe amid Benghazi questions 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 12:09 PM PDT
 FILE - In this April 9, 2008, file photo, then-U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Victoria Nuland talks to Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski, unseen, in Macedonia's capital Skopje. A confirmation hearing for Nuland, President Barack Obama's choice as chief American diplomat for Europe, could provide some surprising fireworks Thursday, July 11, 2013, on the administration's handling of the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi attack, its plan to arm Syria's rebels, and more. Rarely is a potential assistant secretary of state expected to expound on such politically sensitive policy issues. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice as chief U.S. envoy for Europe is telling a Senate panel how she would prioritize trade and democracy. But that may not be what some Republicans want to hear.
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At Ramadan meals, Egypt weighs split in society 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 09:01 AM PDT
 In this Wednesday, July 10, 2013 photo, supporters of ousted Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi, hold posters of him as they protest during the Islamic month of Ramadan, in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. As the sun set on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, families across Cairo gathered for the fast-breaking iftar meal in a country that in the last two weeks has seen protests by millions, a coup against an elected president and the deaths of dozens of people in clashes with the military. Ramadan is traditionally a time of personal reflection and feeling a sense of brotherhood with fellow Muslims, but in the aftermath of the military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi, the divisions among Egyptians extend even down to this traditional meal. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)CAIRO (AP) — As the sun set on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, families across Cairo gathered for the fast-breaking iftar meal in a country that in the last two weeks has seen protests by millions, a coup against an elected president and the deaths of dozens of people in clashes with the military.
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Baby among 409 buried on Srebrenica anniversary 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 09:03 AM PDT
 Bosnian men carry the small coffin of Hava Muhic's baby during a mass funeral for Srebrenica victims in memorial center Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Thursday, July 11, 2013. Hava Muhic believes she should be baking a cake, with her husband and calling friends and family for the party. Instead, Muhic stood above the smallest pit in the cemetery, near her husband's grave which was dug for her baby girl who died here 18 years ago on the day of the worst massacre Europe has seen since World War II. Muhic's baby is among 409 newly identified victims of the Srebrenica massacre buried on Thursday in an annual mass funeral at the Potocari Memorial Center on the July 11 anniversary. This year's commemorations bring the total of identified victims to 6,066. Another 2,306 remain missing.(AP Photo/Amel Emric)SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hava Muhic stood Thursday above the smallest pit in the cemetery, near her husband's grave. It was dug for her baby girl — who was born and died here 18 years ago on the day of the worst massacre Europe has seen since World War II.
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Microsoft reshuffles company structure 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 10:19 AM PDT
 NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft Corp. is reshuffling its business in an attempt to promote faster innovation and a sharper focus on devices and services. The move by the world's largest software maker comes amid lukewarm response to the latest version of its flagship Windows operating system and a steady decline in demand for PCs as people turn to tablets and other mobile gadgets.
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Boehner sees will to act on immigration in House 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 10:05 AM PDT
 Mario Melgar, 5, who was born in Prince Georges County, Md., joins his Guatemalan mother, not in picture, during a rally for citizenship on Capitol Hill in in Washington, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, coinciding with the GOP House Caucus meeting. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday the "vast majority" of House Republicans believe they need to deal with immigration, but that they'll take a methodical, step-by-step approach and won't be held to any deadlines.
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Dead Russian lawyer Magnitsky found guilty 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 11:38 AM PDT
 Bailiffs stand near a cage in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, 11, 2013. Russian news agencies say a court in Moscow has found dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky guilty of tax evasion, concluding an unusual posthumous trial. Magnitsky died in prison of untreated pancreatitis in 2009, months after alleging that organized criminals colluded with corrupt Interior Ministry officials to claim a $230 million tax rebate through illegally obtained subsidiaries of Browder's Hermitage Capital investment company. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)MOSCOW (AP) — More than three years after he died in prison, whistle-blowing Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was found guilty of tax evasion by a Moscow court Wednesday.
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Asiana passengers called 911 begging for help 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 10:10 AM PDT
 A group of people stand in front of the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, as buses that were reported to be carrying passengers and family members are parked next to it on a tarmac at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Two passengers were killed and many others were injured in the crash. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Passengers who called 911 minutes after a Boeing 777 crashed at San Francisco International Airport said not enough help had arrived and they were doing their best to keep the critically injured alive, according to 911 calls that portray a scene of desperation.
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Patriots' Dennard accused of DUI in Nebraska 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 09:51 AM PDT
 FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2013 file photo, New England Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard walks along the sideline during the second half of the NFL football AFC Championship football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Foxborough, Mass.Dennard has been arrested and accused of driving drunk in Lincoln where he once starred as a Nebraska defensive back. Lincoln police say 24-year-old Dennard was pulled over southeast of downtown Lincoln just before 2 a.m. Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Alfonzo Dennard of the New England Patriots was arrested Thursday in Nebraska and accused of driving drunk in the state where he once starred as a defensive back.
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Study: Youth attitudes shift in Great Recession 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 07:39 AM PDT
 Drew Miller, poses for a photograph, at a building under construction, Wednesday, July 10, 2013 in Silver Spring, Md. Miller quit a steady government contract job to take a chance on a company that's using "smart technologies" to help big corporations cut lighting costs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)CHICAGO (AP) — Drew Miller clearly remembers the day his father was laid off.
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Quebec premier arrives at rail disaster site 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 10:06 AM PDT
 Angry citizens heckle Rail World Inc. president Edward Burkhardt as he tours Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. A Rail World oil train train crashed into the town, killing at least 15 people. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Quebec Premier Pauline Marois renewed her attacks on a railway chief for demonstrating deplorable attitude in the face of Canada's worst rail disaster in almost 150 years, during a visit to the town where 50 people were killed in a fiery explosion over the weekend.
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Jury in Zimmerman case may consider manslaughter 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 10:26 AM PDT
 George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom during a recess in his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A judge said Thursday that jurors in the George Zimmerman case can consider the lesser charge of manslaughter, but she denied a request for the jury also to consider third-degree murder after a defense attorney called the proposal "outrageous."
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Deadly accidents in Canada in the last 150 years 
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 09:29 AM PDT
 FILE - This Dec. 12, 1985, file photo, shows the wreckage of Arrow Air Flight 1285 after the plane crashed in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 passengers and crew on board. The plane crash was among Canada's deadliest accidents in the last 150 years, killing 256. Police say 50 people are presumed dead following a July 6, 2013, fiery oil train crash in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, making it Canada's worst railway crash in nearly 150 years. (AP Photo, File)LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Police say 50 people are presumed dead following Saturday's fiery oil train crash that incinerated the downtown area of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, making it Canada's worst railway crash in nearly 150 years. Here is a list of some past accidents in Canada — including air crashes, shipwrecks, mining disasters and derailments — with high death tolls.
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