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Friday, Jun 28, 2013 10:45 PM PDT
Egypt violence builds, American among dead 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 10:45 PM PDT
 Protesters gather as they chant anti-President Mohamed Mursi slogans during a protest in Tahrir square in CairoTwo people, one an American student, were killed when protesters stormed an office of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria.
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Will Obama meet Mandela? 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 09:06 PM PDT
 U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) arrives at Waterkloof Air Base in South AfricaThe president says he will "gauge the situation" while in South Africa.
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Plaintiffs in Prop 8 case wed in S.F., L.A. 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 08:39 PM PDT
 Sandy Stier, left, exchanges wedding vows with Kris Perry during a ceremony presided by California Attorney General Kamala Harris at City Hall in San Francisco, Friday, June 28, 2013. Stier and Perry, the lead plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban, tied the knot about an hour after a federal appeals court freed same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses for the first time in 4 1/2 years. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)The four plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban tied the knot Friday, just hours after a federal appeals court freed gay couples to obtain marriage licenses in the state for the first time in 4 1/2 years.
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Violence flares in Egypt before weekend protests 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:46 PM PDT
 Egyptian protesters wave their hands and hold national flags during anti-President Mohammed Morsi demonstration in Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 28, 2013. Tens of thousands of backers and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president held competing rallies in the capital Friday and new clashes erupted between the two sides in the country's second largest city, Alexandria, in a prelude to massive nationwide protests planned by the opposition this weekend demanding Mohammed Morsi's removal.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi rallied Friday in Cairo, and both sides fought each other in the second-largest city of Alexandria, where two people were killed — including an American — and 85 were injured while at least five offices of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood were torched, officials said.
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Susan Rice: Snowden leaks haven't weakened Obama 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 11:11 PM PDT
 In this June 25, 2013 photo provided by the United Nations, outgoing U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice speaks to reporters at her final news conference at the U.N. headquarters. Rice, who will start her new job as U.S. national security adviser on July 1, said the U.N. Security Council's failure to take action to stop the conflict in Syria is "a moral and strategic disgrace that history will judge harshly." (AP Photo/United Nations Photo, Devra Berkowitz)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice dismissed claims that Edward Snowden's highly classified leaks have weakened the Obama presidency and damaged U.S. foreign policy, insisting that the United States will remain "the most influential, powerful and important country in the world."
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Obama paying tribute to Mandela in S Africa 
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:29 AM PDT
 U.S. President Barack Obama, middle, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, react as Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, left, gestures during their arrival at Waterkloof Airbase in Pretoria, Friday, June 28, 2013. President Obama is receiving the embrace you might expect for a long-lost son on his return to his father's home continent, even as he has yet to leave a lasting policy legacy for Africa on the scale of his two predecessors. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Barack Obama is meeting with South Africa's leader at the start of a weekend visit that will pay tribute to the legacy of critically ill former President Nelson Mandela.
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Status of the states on same-sex marriage 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:49 PM PDT
 FILE - Christian Olivera, of Newark, N.J., shouts toward the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. on Thursday, June 27, 2013 as he and other advocates for gay marriage in New Jersey gather, saying they'll press their case in the legislature and the courts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that invalidates parts of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Gov. Chris Christie said he would again veto a same-sex marriage bill if it reaches his desk, and that Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on federal benefits for same-sex married couples will have no effect on New Jersey, one of a handful of states that allows civil unions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)The Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions this week with major consequences for efforts to legalize or bar same-sex marriage. One ruling opened the way for California to become the 13th state to allow gay marriage; the other struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and directed the government to recognize legally married same-sex couples.
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Pa. girl doing well after 2nd lung transplant 
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:43 AM PDT
 FILE - In this May 30, 2013 file photo provided by the Murnaghan family, Sarah Murnaghan, center, celebrates the 100th day of her stay in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with her father, Fran, left, and mother, Janet. The 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl, who underwent a double-lung transplant amid a national debate over the organ allocation process, has undergone a second transplant after the first failed and is now taking some breaths on her own, her parents said Friday, June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Murnaghan Family, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl whose parents sued to challenge national lung transplant rules received a second set of lungs after the first failed, and her family said she has taken some breaths on her own.
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Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 06:36 PM PDT
 Ten-year-old Easton Martin, of Mesa, Ariz., stops to cool off in a misting fan while walking along The Strip with his family, Friday, June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas. A blazing heat wave expected to send the mercury soaring to nearly 120 degrees in Phoenix and Las Vegas settled over the West on Friday, threatening to ground airliners and raising fears that people and pets will get burned on the scalding pavement. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)PHOENIX (AP) — A blazing heat wave expected to send the mercury soaring to nearly 120 degrees in Phoenix and Las Vegas over the weekend settled across the West on Friday, threatening to ground airliners and raising fears that pets will get burned on the scalding pavement.
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Sears, Penney sever ties with Paula Deen 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 04:33 PM PDT
 FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2010 file photo, Paula Deen speaks in Pasadena, Calif. Sears Holdings Corp. announced Friday, June 28, 2013, that it is cutting ties with Southern celebrity chef Deen, adding to the list of companies severing their relationship following revelations that Deen used racial slurs in the past. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Paula Deen's media and merchandising empire is collapsing.
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End of era as Celtics rebuild without Pierce 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 04:55 PM PDT
 FILE - Boston Celtics center Kevin Garnett, right, chats with teammate Paul Pierce on the bench during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors in Boston, in this March 13, 2013 file photo. The Brooklyn Nets will acquire Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett from the Boston Celtics in a deal that was still developing as the NBA draft ended, according to a person with knowledge of the details. The trade can't be completed until July 10, after next season's salary cap is set, so pieces were still being discussed early Friday June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)BOSTON (AP) — Letting Doc Rivers go to the Los Angeles Clippers was the first sign. Getting rid of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett clinched it.
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Millions of fans fete victorious Blackhawks 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 02:01 PM PDT
 Fans cheer during a rally in Grant Park for the NHL Stanley Cup hockey champion Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, June 28, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — From the jubilant parade all the way to the boisterous rally, millions of excited fans spent a sun-drenched Friday celebrating another Stanley Cup title for the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Mandela family feud over where he should be buried 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 12:18 PM PDT
 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela addresses the media in front the house of her former husband and former South African President Nelson Mandela in Soweto, Friday, June 28, 2013. Members of Nelson Mandela's family as well as South African Cabinet ministers have visited the hospital where the 94-year-old former president is critically ill. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition in hospital Friday, a family feud over where the 94-year-old former president should be buried went to the courts, according to South Africa's national broadcaster.
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Neighbor testifies about Martin-Zimmerman fight 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 03:00 PM PDT
 George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom court for the day in his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Jacob Langston, Pool)SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Two neighbors and a police officer gave accounts Friday in George Zimmerman's murder trial that seemed to bolster the neighborhood watch volunteer's contention that he was on his back and being straddled by Trayvon Martin during their confrontation.
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Obama's ties to Mandela loom over S. Africa visit 
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 11:29 AM PDT
 FILE - This two-picture combination of file photos shows Nelson Mandela on Aug. 8, 2012, left, and President Barack Obama on May 31, 2013. It was as a college student that President Barack Obama began to find his political voice. Inspired by Nelson Mandela's struggle against South Africa's apartheid government, the young Obama joined campus protests against the white racist rule that kept Mandela locked away in prison for nearly three decades. Now a historic, barrier-breaking figure himself, Obama will arrive in South Africa Friday to find a country drastically transformed by Mandela's influence, and a nation grappling with the beloved 94-year-old's mortality. (AP Photo/File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Inspired by Nelson Mandela's struggles in South Africa, a young Barack Obama joined campus protests in the U.S. against the racist rule that kept Mandela locked away in prison for nearly three decades.
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