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Obama may scrap Putin summit 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 11:11 AM PDT
 Chilly relations between Obama, Putin at G20?The president is 'disappointed' in Russia's asylum offer for Edward Snowden.
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Rolling Stone's newsstand sales double for Tsarnaev issue 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 10:14 AM PDT
 In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." (AP Photo/Wenner Media)Rolling Stone's controversial cover featuring the suspected Boston Marathon bomber resulted in big sales at the newsstand.
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Police offer safety if Egyptian protests end 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 09:36 AM PDT
 A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi gets relief from the afternoon heat with the help of water sprayers in front of a poster showing Morsi in a park in front of Cairo University, where protesters have installed their camp in Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Authorities offered "safe passage and protection" Thursday for thousands of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi if they end two large sit-ins in Cairo. The Interior Ministry's offer appears to be the first step by Egypt's new leadership to clear away the Morsi supporters from where they have been camped since shortly before he was toppled by the army July 3. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Authorities offered "safe passage and protection" Thursday for thousands of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi if they end their two large sit-ins in Cairo.
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Massive weapons depot blast in Syria kills 40 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:39 PM PDT
 In this image taken from video posted by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show a fireball from an explosion at a weapons depot set off by rocket attacks that struck government-held districts in the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The blasts sent a massive ball of fire into the sky, killing scores and causing widespread damage and panic among residents, many of whom are supporters of President Bashar Assad.(AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Rebels sent a wave of rockets slamming into regime strongholds in the central city of Homs on Thursday, triggering a succession of massive explosions in a weapons depot that killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens, an opposition group and residents said.
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Berlusconi definitively convicted for first time 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:14 PM PDT
 FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 29, 2012 Silvio Berlusconi smiles as he arrives at Milan's central train station, Italy. Italy's top court confirmed Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 Berlusconi tax fraud conviction, and ordered the review of a political ban contained in the sentence that was appealed by the Italian media Mogul. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)ROME (AP) — Italy's three-time former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for the first time in two decades of criminal prosecutions related to his media empire was definitively convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison Thursday by the nation's highest court.
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AP Interview: USPS eyes alcohol deliveries 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 11:51 AM PDT
 Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe poses with next to a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, the first postmaster general, after an interview with the Associated Press at his office at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Donahoe has a wish list for raising cash for his financially ailing agency. High on it is delivery of beer, wine and spirits. In an interview with The Associated Press, Donahoe also endorsed ending most door-to-door and Saturday mail deliveries as cost-saving measures. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Allowing the Postal Service to deliver beer, wine and spirits is high on his wish list for raising cash for his financially ailing agency, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Thursday.
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Disputed inscription removed from MLK Memorial 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 11:18 AM PDT
 FILE - In this July 29, 2013 file photo, sculptor Master Lei Yixin, left, surveys the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. Sculptor Lei Yixin says he has removed a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, and he is now working on a new finish for the side of the memorial statue. Plans call for Lei to carve grooves over the former words to match existing striation marks in the King memorial. Lei said Thursday he is working to deepen all of the grooves so that they will match. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chinese sculptor has removed a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial statue that he designed on the National Mall and said Thursday that he is working on a new finish for the side of the artwork.
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Military paints dire picture from budget cuts 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:45 PM PDT
 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Hagel warned that the Pentagon may have to mothball up to three Navy aircraft carriers and order more sharp reductions in the size of the Army and Marine Corps if Congress does not act to avoid massive budget cuts beginning in 2014. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Pentagon leaders offered a sober assessment Thursday of the impact of automatic spending cuts on the military, arguing that they are embarrassing and unsafe for the United States while imploring a stymied Congress to stop them.
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Illinois governor signs medical marijuana bill 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 11:53 AM PDT
 Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs a bill for medical marijuana at the University of Chicago Center for Care and Discovery in Chicago, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The measure outlines a four-year pilot program that requires patients and caregivers to undergo background checks and sets provisions for state-regulated dispensaries. The proposal says patients can be allowed up to 2.5 ounces at a time. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois became the 20th state in the nation to allow the medical use of marijuana Thursday, with Gov. Pat Quinn signing some of the nation's toughest standards into law.
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Zimbabwe: Disputed poll poses fresh divisions 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 11:08 AM PDT
 Voters look at posted results outside a polling station in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 President Robert Mugabe's ZANU PF party said Thursday, that it has withdrawn an unauthorized message on its Twitter feed claiming a resounding victory in the country's national elections. (AP Photo)HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Allegations of vote-rigging flowed in Zimbabwe on Thursday, with reports of fake registration cards, voters turned away from the polls and people appearing on voters' lists four times with different IDs. Even before results were announced, the main opposition camp said longtime President Robert Mugabe stole the election, which his supporters denied.
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Obama meeting with lawmakers on NSA surveillance 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 11:47 AM PDT
 House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes reporters' questions on NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the economy, and the unfinished work of the House in passing a spending bill, as Congress prepares to leave for a five-week recess, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is meeting with lawmakers to discuss surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency.
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Back to budget drawing board for angry lawmakers 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:15 PM PDT
 FILE - In this July 30, 2013 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans Thursday killed a $54 billion funding bill for transportation, housing and community development grants because it exceeded the punishing spending limits required under automatic budget cuts that are the product of Washington's failure to deal with its fiscal problems. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans killed a $54 billion measure for transportation, housing and community development grants Thursday because it exceeded the spending limits required under automatic budget cuts that are the product of Washington's failure to deal with its fiscal problems.
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Italy's top court confirms Berlusconi conviction 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 11:27 AM PDT
 FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 29, 2012 Silvio Berlusconi smiles as he arrives at Milan's central train station, Italy. Italy's top court confirmed Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 Berlusconi tax fraud conviction, and ordered the review of a political ban contained in the sentence that was appealed by the Italian media Mogul. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)ROME (AP) — Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's four-year prison sentence for tax fraud, the first time the former premier and billionaire media mogul has definitely been convicted of any crime.
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AP PHOTOS: Israeli Jew is devout gay drag queen 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 05:43 AM PDT
 In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, Israeli Orthodox Jew Shahar Hadar has his makeup applied as he prepares for a show at a drag queen school in downtown Tel Aviv, Israel. Hadar, a telemarketer by day, has taken the gay Orthodox struggle from the synagogue to the stage, beginning to perform as one of Israel's few religious drag queens. His drag persona is that of a rebbetzin, a female rabbinic advisor, a wholesome guise that stands out among the sarcastic and raunchy cast of characters on Israel's drag queen circuit. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)JERUSALEM (AP) — Just shy of midnight, Shahar Hadar trades his knitted white yarmulke for a wavy blond wig and a pink velvet dress.
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Syrian weapons depot blast kills 40, activists say 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 09:57 AM PDT
 This image posted on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 purports to show Syrian President Bashar Assad walking with soldiers with during Syrian Arab Army day in Darya, Syria. Syrian state-run TV says Assad has visited a tense Damascus suburb to inspect his troops on the occasion of the country's Army Day. The visit on Thursday is Assad's first known public trip outside the capital, his seat of power, since he visited the Baba Amr district in the central city of Homs after troops seized it from rebels in March 2012. Daraya, just south of Damascus, was held by rebels for a long time and it took the army weeks of heavy fighting to regain control earlier this year. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Rockets slammed into government-held districts Thursday in the central Syrian city of Homs, setting off successive explosions in a weapons depot that killed at least 40 people, an opposition group and residents said. The blasts came hours after state TV showed President Bashar Assad making a rare visit to a former rebel bastion near the capital, Damascus, to mark Army Day.
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Spain train driver 'can't explain' why he crashed 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:19 PM PDT
 In this photo taken on Wednesday July 24 2013, Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Police say they have detained the driver of a train that crashed in northwestern Spain and killed 78 people. Galicia region National Police Chief Jaime Iglesias says driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo was officially detained in the hospital where is recovering. (AP Photo/La Voz de Galicia/Monica Ferreiros)MADRID (AP) — The driver of the train that derailed in northwestern Spain, killing 79 people, has said he was traveling at twice the speed limit when he approached a treacherous turn.
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Female journalists receive bomb threats via Twitter 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 09:20 AM PDT
 In this Wednesday, July 31, 2013 photo-illustration, the home page for Twitter is displayed on an iPad and a laptop computer. If Twitter is the chirping chatterbox of the Internet, trolls are its dark underground denizens. The collision of the two is driving a debate in Britain about the scale of hatred and the limits of free speech online.The furor erupted this week after several women went public about the sexually explicit and often luridly violent abuse they receive on Twitter from trolls _ online bullies and provocateurs who send abusive or disruptive messages, often for their own amusement. Many regard trolls as an annoyance to be ignored, but there are growing calls for action when their abuse crosses over into threats. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)British police have launched an investigation after several female British journalists received bomb threats on Wednesday evening. TIME's Europe editor Catherine Mayer, Hadley Freeman, a columnist for the Guardian newspaper, and Grace Dent, a columnist for the Independent newspaper, all received identical tweets from an anonymous user or users whose Twitter handle contained a mix of letters and numbers. It appears the account has either been suspended or deleted. The threats follow threats of violence directed at other British women via their Twitter accounts.
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Boehner: 'No decisions' made to defund Obamacare 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 09:18 AM PDT
 House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Boehner elevated his criticism of fellow Republican Rep. Steve King over King's suggestion that many unauthorized immigrants are drug runners, calling the comments "deeply offensive and wrong." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Conservatives are pressuring House leaders to defund the health care law.
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Price tag for Gitmo: $2.7 million per prisoner 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 06:41 AM PDT
 GitmoThe U.S. will spend $454 million this year to maintain the facility.
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At least 40 killed in Syrian weapons depot blast 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 08:17 AM PDT
 This image posted on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 purports to show Syrian President Bashar Assad shaking hands with a solider during Syrian Arab Army day in Darya, Syria. Syrian state-run TV says Assad has visited a tense Damascus suburb to inspect his troops on the occasion of the country's Army Day. The visit on Thursday is Assad's first known public trip outside the capital, his seat of power, since he visited the Baba Amr district in the central city of Homs after troops seized it from rebels in March 2012. Daraya, just south of Damascus, was held by rebels for a long time and it took the army weeks of heavy fighting to regain control earlier this year. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Rocket attacks struck government-held districts in the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, setting off successive explosions in a weapons depot that killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens, an opposition group and residents said.
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Cleveland kidnap victim: 'I cried every night' 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 09:39 AM PDT
 Ariel Castro listens in the courtroom during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked out part of a door to end nearly a decade of captivity, Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)Michelle Knight made a statement at Ariel Castro's sentencing hearing.
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UConn basketball player gives Obama bunny ears 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 06:11 AM PDT
 Dolson puts bunny ears over U.S. President Obama during ceremony to honor the team in the East Room at the White House in WashingtonHuskies center Stefanie Dolson gave the president "bunny ears" as he posed for photos with the team.
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Snowden leaves airport after Russia grants asylum 
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 10:10 AM PDT
 In this image taken form Russia24 TV channel, Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena shows Snowden's a temporary document Russia while speaking to the media after visiting National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden at Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has received asylum in Russia for one year and left the transit zone of Moscow' airport, his lawyer said Thursday. Kucherena said after meeting with the fugitive at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he was stuck since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23, that he handed him the papers proving his status. Kucherena said that Snowden's whereabouts will be kept secret for security reasons. (AP Photo/Russia24 via APTN) TV OUTThe NSA leaker's whereabouts will be kept secret for security reasons.
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Gay marriage in R.I., Minn. is personal and political 
Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 01:19 PM PDT
 Gay marriage in Rhode Island and MinnesotaSame-sex couples share vignettes of their lives, engagements and hopes for the future.
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Prosecutor: Kidnapped Ohio women kept diaries 
Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 10:05 PM PDT
 Breaking News Headlines: Cleveland Kidnapping Victim Appears at Music FestivalA lawyer says the captives documented the horrific abuse they suffered.
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