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| World pays tribute as 'improving' Mandela turns 95 Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 05:01 AM PDT  Thousands of South Africans sing "Happy Birthday" to the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Full Story | Top |
| Sandusky son requests to change name Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 08:57 AM PDT  An adopted son of disgraced former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has filed papers to have his name and the names of his family changed. Matt Sandusky, one of Jerry Sandusky's six adopted children, filed a formal name change request in Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pa., on Tuesday, a little over a [...] Full Story | Top |
| Mandela Day celebrations around the world Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 10:33 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The world is celebrating Nelson Mandela Day with acts of community service and messages of goodwill to the former South African president who remains hospitalized on his 95th birthday. Here are some of the international events: Full Story | Top |
| Political indecision weighs on economic forecasts Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 12:28 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians and economists are straining to get a clearer view of what the economy will look like a year from now, when midterm political campaigns are heating up. Republicans see the glass as half empty; Democrats view it as half full. And the economists aren't sure. Full Story | Top |
| 10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 09:01 AM PDT  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. Full Story | Top |
| Upbeat health report for Mandela on 95th birthday Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 11:43 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hospital visitors say Nelson Mandela smiled and nodded Thursday — his 95th birthday — and South Africans celebrated upbeat reports about the former president's health after weeks of worrying that he was on the verge of death. Full Story | Top |
| Perry signs sweeping Texas abortion restrictions Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 10:41 AM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed sweeping new abortion restrictions on Thursday that could shutter most of the state's clinics that provide the procedure, a final step for the Republican-backed measure after weeks of sometimes raucous protests at the state Capitol. Full Story | Top |
| Russian opposition leader sentenced to 5 years Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 12:20 PM PDT  KIROV, Russia (AP) — Alexei Navalny, the most charismatic and creative of Russian opposition leaders who challenged the Kremlin with exposures of high-level corruption and biting satire, was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday in a verdict that fueled street protests near Red Square and drew condemnation from the West. Full Story | Top |
| Pakistan to try to mend fences with Afghanistan Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 11:47 AM PDT  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan is sending a top official to the Afghan capital this weekend to try to mend fences with its uneasy neighbor, and hanging in the balance are U.S. efforts to arrange peace talks with the Taliban. Full Story | Top |
| Barbie fights for her life Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 12:36 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — As far as catfights go, this is a doozy. Full Story | Top |
| Dell delays vote on buyout, sign it lacks support Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 10:40 AM PDT  ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — Dell has delayed Thursday's vote on founder Michael Dell's plan to take the slumping computer maker private in a sign the board needs more time to rally support. Full Story | Top |
| Italy: ex-CIA Milan chief detained in Panama Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 12:28 PM PDT ROME (AP) — A former CIA base chief in Italy who was convicted in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a street in Milan has been detained in Panama, the Italian justice ministry said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Internet shows its muscle by making Emmy history Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 12:09 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmy Awards are television's biggest celebration of itself, but this year's ceremony will face an intruder: "House of Cards," the first online series to nab a top nomination with its best drama series bid Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Artists celebrate Mandela with paintings Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 09:35 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With giant portraits of Nelson Mandela and colorful posters, South African artists are celebrating the 95th birthday Thursday of the anti-apartheid leader, who remains hospitalized although his condition has improved. Full Story | Top |
| Online series 'House of Cards' makes Emmy history Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 09:49 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix's "House of Cards" made Emmy history Thursday with a top drama series nomination, the first time that television's leading awards have recognized a program delivered online as equal in quality to the best that TV has to offer. Full Story | Top |
| Mandela 'steadily improving' on 95th birthday Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 05:11 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday with acts of charity on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president's health was improving after fears that he was close to death during ongoing hospital treatment. Full Story | Top |
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