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Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 03:44 PM PDT

Obama gets second chance in Egypt 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 03:44 PM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a business leaders forum in Dar es Salaam July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jason ReedCriticized for being "detached," Obama could take a new approach in helping Egypt.
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Ariz. town remembers the 4th, fallen firefighters 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 09:38 PM PDT
A young boy holds his hat as he and others stand for the national anthem before the start of the Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo, Wednesday, July 3, 2013 in Prescott, Ariz. A mile-high city about 90 miles northwest of Phoenix, Prescott remains a modern-day outpost of the pioneer spirit. It's that spirit that will guide officials as they navigate the days ahead and figure out how to honor the elite Hotshot firefighters who died in a nearby wind-driven wildfire that is still burning. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)They remembered the Fourth, but also the 19.
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Delay in Obamacare requirement puts onus on the honor system 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:34 PM PDT
A Tea Party member reaches for a pamphlet at a "Food for Free Minds Tea Party Rally" in LittletonThe Obama administration's move to delay a key element of healthcare reform has another, unintended, consequence: A crucial part of that reform will depend on consumers observing the honor system, with millions of dollars at stake.
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Steady job gains could help US economy rebound 
Friday, Jul 05, 2013 12:13 AM PDT
FILE - In this Friday, June 21, 2013 file photo, plumber Daniel Bordwell installs a kitchen faucet on a home under construction in Sacramento, Calif. Another solid month of hiring in June 2013 could signal the start of a stronger second half of the year for the U.S. economy. The Fed's low interest-rate policies have encouraged more Americans to buy homes and cars. They've also helped boost stock and home prices in the first half of the year, increasing wealth and lifting consumers' confidence to its highest level in 5½ years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)WASHINGTON (AP) — Another solid month of hiring in June could signal the start of a stronger second half of the year for the U.S. economy.
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South American leaders demand apology in plane row 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:57 PM PDT
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, right, and Bolivia's President Evo Morales acknowledge supporters during a welcome ceremony for presidents attending an extraordinary meeting in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Thursday , July 4, 2013. Leaders of Uruguay, Ecuador, Surinam, Argentina and Venezuela are meeting in Bolivia Thursday in support of Morales, who said said Thursday that the rerouting of his plane in Europe, over suspicions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was on board was a plot by the U.S. to intimidate him and other Latin American leaders. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AP) — South America's leftist leaders rallied to support Bolivian President Evo Morales after his plane was rerouted amid suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board and demanded an apology from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
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From solemn to spectacular, July 4th celebrated 
Friday, Jul 05, 2013 12:33 AM PDT
Scott Webb, of Waldorf, Md., celebrates during the finale of the Boston Pops Fourth of July Concert at the Hatch Shell in Boston, Thursday, July 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)NEW YORK (AP) — From solemn to spectacular, the nation marked its independence with the reopening of the Statue of Liberty for the first time since Superstorm Sandy, extravagant fireworks that including a 19-burst salute to Arizona's fallen firefighters, and a musical tribute in Washington to those affected by the Boston Marathon bombing.
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AP PHOTOS: Celebrating 4th with parades, fireworks 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 09:12 PM PDT
Fireworks explode over the Philadelphia Museum of Art during an Independence Day celebration, Thursday, July 4, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Fireworks lit up the sky above cities and towns across the U.S. in July Fourth celebrations. The shows followed a day of parades, concerts, and in New York City, the reopening of the Statue of Liberty, which had been shuttered by Superstorm Sandy.
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US touts democracy as Egyptian military takes over 
Friday, Jul 05, 2013 12:37 AM PDT
Supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, show victory signs during a rally in Nasser City, Cairo, Thursday, July 4, 2013. Adly Mansour, the chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, was sworn in Thursday as the nation's interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted Morsi. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration turned to its top officials to tout democracy and political transparency for Egypt, a message that took on a hollow tone as the Egyptian military installed a new leader for the country and began rounding up its ousted president and his supporters.
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Concern rises over Pakistan plan to halt extremism 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 11:31 PM PDT
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants killed at least 160 people during the new Pakistani government's first month in office, fueling concern that the country's leaders lack a coherent strategy to fight the pervasive problem of violent extremism.
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AP PHOTOS: Relatives search for Bangladesh missing 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 11:35 PM PDT
In this picture taken Friday, June 14, 2013, Bangladeshi Jahanana Begum holds a picture of her daughter Liza Aktar, who was a garment worker and is missing following the collapse of the Rana Plaza building as she poses next to the rubble in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry killed 1,129 people, but hundreds more are still missing almost three months after the collapse. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)The deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry killed 1,129 people, but hundreds more are still missing almost three months after the factory building in Bangladesh collapsed.
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Police say missing Madeleine McCann may be alive 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 11:53 AM PDT
Composite photos showing three-year-old Madeine McCann, left, with a computer generated age progression image of the missing child as she might look now, right, issued Thursday July 4, 2013. British police say Thursday July 4, 2013 they have launched a full investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and want to trace 38 "persons of interest" in the case. Detectives say it's possible that Madeleine, who vanished from a Portuguese holiday resort six years ago, is still alive. (AP Photo/PA, Metropolitan Police, Teri Blythe) MANDATORY CREDIT ONE TIME USE ONLY UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVELONDON (AP) — British police say they have launched a full investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and want to trace 38 "persons of interest" in the case.
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Egypt's Brotherhood calls for protests Friday 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:31 PM PDT
Egyptian soldiers secure the area around Nasser City, where Muslim Brotherhood supporters have gathered to support ousted president Mohammed Morsi, in Cairo Thursday, July 4, 2013. Adly Mansour, the chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, was sworn in Thursday as the nation's interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted Morsi. According to military decree, Mansour will serve as Egypt's interim leader until a new president is elected. A date for that vote has yet to be set. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called for a wave of protests Friday, furious over the military's ouster of its president and arrest of its revered leader and other top figures, underlining the touchy issue of what role the fundamentalist Islamist movement might play in the new regime.
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Deen parts with agent after racial slur fallout 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:00 PM PDT
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, celebrity chef Paula Deen poses for a portrait in New York. Deen announced Thursday, July 4, 2013 that she has cut business ties with the agent who helped make her a Food Network star and launch a media and merchandising empire that has largely crumbled in the wake of her admission that she used racial slurs in the past. She gave no reason for her parting with Weiner in a prepared statement. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Paula Deen announced Thursday that she has cut business ties with the agent who helped make her a Food Network star and launch a media and merchandising empire that has largely crumbled in the wake of her admission that she used racial slurs in the past.
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July 4th saluted with fireworks, parades, parties 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:46 PM PDT
Scott Webb, of Waldorf, Md., celebrates during the finale of the Boston Pops Fourth of July Concert at the Hatch Shell in Boston, Thursday, July 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)NEW YORK (AP) — Extravagant displays of Fourth of July fireworks lit up the skies around the nation, including 19 single bursts in Arizona to remember the firefighters killed in a wildfire, the Statue of Liberty reopened eight months after it was shuttered by Superstorm Sandy, and President Obama urged citizens to live up to the words of the Declaration of Independence.
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In his final days, Morsi was isolated but defiant 
Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 04:48 PM PDT
FILE - In this file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency Monday, July 1, 2013, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, meets with Prime Minister Hesham Kandil, center, and Egyptian Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left in Cairo, Egypt. "Over my dead body!" Mohammed Morsi told his army chief who came to him asking the Islamist president to step down on his own and not resist a military ultimatum and the demands of giant crowds out in the streets. Morsi found himself isolated, with trusted aides abandoning him, and in the end, the ring of Presidential Guards protecting him simply stepped away to allow the military to take him under its custody, according to army, security and Brotherhood officials giving The Associated Press an account of his last hours.(AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency, File)CAIRO (AP) — The army chief came to President Mohammed Morsi with a simple demand: Step down on your own and don't resist a military ultimatum or the demands of the giant crowds in the streets of Egypt.
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