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| NBC to air Hillary Clinton miniseries Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 06:25 PM PDT  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A Hillary Rodham Clinton miniseries timed to precede the 2016 presidential election is part of NBC's effort to create "event" programming that will draw viewers to the shrinking world of broadcast network TV, NBC's programming chief said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Police: Gunman in Fla. standoff lived in building Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 03:13 PM PDT  HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — A man living with his mother in a South Florida apartment complex set their unit on fire and went on a shooting rampage throughout the building, killing six people before being shot to death by police. As the eight-hour standoff unfolded, horrified residents hunkered down in their homes, at times so close to the action they could feel the gunfire or hear negotiations between the gunman and police, authorities and witnesses said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Obama says choices now will govern future economy Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 03:19 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Washington's top priority must be to reverse trends like economic inequality, weakened middle-class security and global competition. He says Washington has lost focus on the economy. Full Story | Top |
| Catholics hear pope's call to shake up church Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 12:12 PM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the thick of his historic visit to Brazil this week, Pope Francis urged young Catholics to make a "mess" in their dioceses and break out of their spiritual cages. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea military parades through Pyongyang Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 08:42 AM PDT  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang's main square on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea's adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. Full Story | Top |
| Detroit bankruptcy another setback for unions Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 09:29 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing is a major setback for public employee unions that have spent years trying to ward off cuts to the pensions of millions of government workers around the country. Full Story | Top |
| 'Parenthood' cast addresses NBC support at TCA Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 06:10 PM PDT  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — It got a little awkward during NBC's "Parenthood" panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour when Craig T. Nelson was asked about whether he regrets making recent comments about the network not supporting the show. Full Story | Top |
| Obama Talks Gives Rare Interview to The New York Times Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 02:24 PM PDT  President Obama sat down with The New York Times' Jackie Chalmers and Michael Shear for an interview that focused on the economy, while also touching on racial tensions in America and the President's rocky relationship with Congress. Full Story | Top |
| Jury awards Oregon woman $18.6M over credit report Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 01:27 PM PDT A federal jury in Oregon awarded $18.6 million to a woman who spent two years unsuccessfully trying to get Equifax Information Services to fix major mistakes on her credit report. Julie Miller of Marion ... Full Story | Top |
| Bride-to-be, best man missing after NY boat crash Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 10:27 AM PDT  PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — A bride-to-be and her fiance's best man were missing in the Hudson River on Saturday after a speedboat carrying six friends crashed into a construction barge in a nighttime accident near the Tappan Zee Bridge. Four others, including the groom-to-be, were hurt. Full Story | Top |
| Wis. air show leads fight against federal fees Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 03:15 PM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — One of the nation's largest air shows begins Monday in Wisconsin, and for the first time, the federal government is charging it an air traffic control fee that amounts to about $45 for each of the 10,000 planes flying in. Full Story | Top |
| McIlroy could be the best if he sorts out problems: Player Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 10:43 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Gary Player is "perturbed" by some of the decisions being made by Rory McIlroy but the South African great believes the former world number one "could be the man" if he sorts out his problems. The 24-year-old McIlroy's game has nosedived since he changed club manufacturer at the start of the season following a switch to Nike that, according to media reports, is worth $250 million over the next 10 years. Last year the young Northern Irishman stormed to the top of the world rankings and won the orders of merit on both sides of the Atlantic. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bananas thrown at black Italian minister during speech Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 02:47 AM PDT  ROME (Reuters) - Italy's first black minister, a target of racist slurs since her appointment in April, has condemned a spectator who threw bananas towards her while she was making a speech at a party rally. Integration minister Cecile Kyenge, who was born in Democratic Republic of Congo, has angered far-right groups with her campaign to make it easier for immigrants to gain Italian citizenship. ... Full Story | Top |
| Michigan attorney general backs pensioners in Detroit bankruptcy Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 02:14 PM PDT  By Susan Kelly (Reuters) - Michigan's Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Republican, said on Saturday he would defend retirees who risk losing public pensions because of Detroit's bankruptcy, putting him at odds with the city's emergency manager appointed by fellow Republican Governor Rick Snyder. Schuette, an elected official, said the Michigan state constitution is "crystal clear" in stating that pension plans are a contractual obligation that may not be diminished or impaired. ... Full Story | Top |
| Spain train driver suspected of negligent homicide Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 06:27 AM PDT  SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — Spain's interior minister announced Saturday that the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. Full Story | Top |
| San Diego mayor's therapy plan flops with critics Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 01:51 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mayor Bob Filner's announcement that he will undergo two weeks of full-time therapy defies leaders of his own political party who demanded he resign over allegations of sexual harassment. Full Story | Top |
| California cop who pepper-sprayed students claims psychiatric damage Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 06:00 PM PDT  By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former University of California policeman who drew widespread scorn for pepper-spraying peaceful student protesters is seeking worker's compensation for psychiatric damage he said he suffered in the 2011 incident. Video footage of then-campus police Lieutenant John Pike casually dousing student demonstrators in the face with a can of pepper spray as they sat on the ground at UC Davis came to symbolize law enforcement aggression against anti-Wall Street protests at the time. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama calls Korean War a victory, honors veterans Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 03:22 PM PDT  By Matt Haldane WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War, President Barack Obama said on Saturday that U.S. troops and their allies achieved victory in that conflict despite a lukewarm reception when they returned home. The war ended in a stalemate in 1953, with the absence of a peace treaty resulting in a demilitarized zone that now separates North and South Korea. Pyongyang commemorated the day with a massive military parade and declared victory as well. "Here, today, we can say with confidence that this war was no tie. ... Full Story | Top |
| Driver charged in boat crash on NY river Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 02:30 PM PDT PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — The driver of a speedboat carrying a bride-to-be and five others that crashed on New York's Hudson River late Friday night has been charged with vehicular manslaughter. Full Story | Top |
| Sharing a birthday with the little prince Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 08:52 AM PDT  Even before the wooden double doors of St. Mary's Hospital swung open and the new parents emerged into the London summer, babe in arms, it was clear whole chapters of the day-old's life story had already been written. Full Story | Top |
| Accused Fort Hood shooter says he participated in war on Islam Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 12:38 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan said on Saturday that the United States military is engaged in a war with the Muslim religion, and he apologized for having participated in what he called "illegal and immoral aggression" against Muslims. In quotes published by Fox News from a six-page statement released to the television network, Fox said Hasan did not directly address the shooting at the Fort Hood, Texas army base in November, 2009. He is accused of opening fire on the base, killing 13 soldiers and injuring 32 people. ... Full Story | Top |
| Manslaughter charge filed in Hudson River crash Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 03:05 PM PDT PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — The driver of a speedboat that slammed into a construction barge on the Hudson River — hurling a bride-to-be and her fiance's best man into the water — has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, authorities said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Teresa Heinz Kerry leaves Boston rehab hospital Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 05:26 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, was discharged from a Boston hospital Saturday, just under three weeks after she suffered a seizure at their Nantucket home, a State Department spokesman said. Full Story | Top |
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