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Thousands remember fallen firefighters 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 09:44 PM PDT
 A woman waves during a community vigil on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. in Prescott, Ariz. for the 19 firefighters from Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew that were killed battling a wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz. The elite crew of firefighters were overtaken by the out-of-control blaze as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields on Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)The 19 Hotshots killed in an Arizona wildfire are honored.
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Snowden fears divert Bolivia leader's plane 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 08:34 PM PDT
 Bolivian President Morales is accompanied by his aide-de-camp at the Vienna International Airport in SchwechatEvo Morales' flight from Russia is rerouted over suspicions that the NSA leaker is on board.
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Egyptian president defies army as showdown looms 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 04:08 PM PDT
 Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold sticks and wear protective gear during training outside of the Rabia el-Adawiya mosque near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Egypt was on edge Tuesday following a 'last-chance' ultimatum the military issued to Mohammed Morsi, giving the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve the crisis in the country or have the army step in with its own plan. Protesters seeking the ouster of the Islamist president remained camped out at Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, gearing up for a third day of anti-Morsi rallies. Across town, Morsi's Islamist backers have hunkered down at their own rally site, vowing to resist what they depict as a threat of a coup against a legitimately elected president. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)By Yasmine Saleh and Asma Alsharif CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi vowed to stay in power and defend constitutional legitimacy on Wednesday as generals worked on plans to push the Islamist aside within the day and suspend the constitution. In a defiant midnight television address responding to military demands that he share power with his opponents or see the army impose its own solution, Mursi warned that any deviation from the democratic order approved in a series of votes last year would lead Egypt down a dangerous path. ...
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Egypt turmoil grows as army deadline is to expire 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:13 PM PDT
 This image made from video broadcast on Egyptian State Television shows President Mohammed Morsi addressing the nation in a televised speech on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. With the clock ticking, Egypt's besieged president said Tuesday that he will not step down as state media reported that the powerful military plans to overturn his Islamist-dominated government if the elected leader doesn't meet the demands of the millions of protesters calling for his ouster.(AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)CAIRO (AP) — Turmoil and uncertainty in Egypt deepened Wednesday after the country's defiant president insisted he will not step down in the face of demands by millions of protesters, vowing to protect his "constitutional legitimacy" with his life.
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Bolivian leader's plane rerouted on Snowden fear 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 09:25 PM PDT
 FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States' central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has made it the global leader in the surveillance game . Other countries, from dictatorships to democracies, are also avid snoopers, tapping into the high-capacity fiber optic cables to intercept Internet traffic, scooping their citizens' data off domestic servers, and even launching cyberattacks to win access to foreign networks. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)VIENNA (AP) — The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was rerouted to Austria after various European countries refused to let it cross their airspace because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board, Bolivian officials said Tuesday.
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White House delays key element of health care law 
Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 12:03 AM PDT
 FILE - In this June 7, 2009, file photo, senior advisers Valerie Jarret and David Axelrod, right, walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington after returning from a trip with President Barack Obama. The Obama administration Tuesday, July 2, 2013, unexpectedly announced a one-year delay, until 2015, in a central requirement of the new health care law that medium and large companies provide coverage for their workers or face fines. Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarret cast the decision as part of an effort to simplify data reporting requirements. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care law, hailed as his most significant legislative achievement, seems to be losing much of its sweep.
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Investigators to examine why Ariz. blaze killed 19 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:15 PM PDT
 Hotshot firefighter Brendan McDonough attends a candlelight vigil in Prescott, Ariz. on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. McDonough was the sole survivor of the 20-man Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew after an out-of-control blaze killed the 19 on Sunday near Yarnell, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Shortly before flames engulfed his comrades, the Hotshot firefighters' lookout radioed his team that the blaze had shifted direction with the wind and that he was fleeing for safety.
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Obama leery of intervention in Mideast 
Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 12:03 AM PDT
 FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, anti-government protesters gathered in Tahrir (Liberation) Square, watch a screen showing U.S. President Barack Obama live on a TV broadcast from Washington, speaking about the situation in Egypt. U.S. officials say the Obama administration delivered pointed warnings Tuesday, July 2, 2013 to three main players in the latest crisis to grip Egypt as hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded Tahrir Square in Cairo to demand President Mohammed Morsi's ouster over his hard-line Islamist policies. The powerful Egyptian military appeared poised to overthrow him. The administration stopped short of demanding that Morsi take specific steps, the officials said, and instead offered strong suggestions that are backed by billions of dollars in U.S. aid to ease the tensions. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)WASHINGTON (AP) — From Egypt to Syria to Iraq and beyond, the Obama administration is determined to show it will only go so far to help save nations in chaos from themselves.
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US drone kills 16 suspected militants in Pakistan 
Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 12:32 AM PDT
 Map locates North Waziristan, Pakistan, where a U.S. drone killed 16 suspected militants; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50 mm;PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Unmanned U.S. aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan before dawn Wednesday, killing 16 suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
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Packing a picnic for this year's 4th? $6 per head 
Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 12:25 AM PDT
 FILE - In this Wednesday, July 4, 2012 file photo, Chris Andreski grills hamburgers and hot dogs in Arlington, Va. while waiting for the start of the Independence Day fireworks celebration over the National Mall in Washington. The American Farm Bureau Federation launched an informal price survey to tally up the cost of hot dogs, burgers and other Independence Day fare for 2013. The group says the average cost of a summertime picnic including hot dogs, cheeseburgers, pork spare ribs, potato salad and lemonade comes to $57.20 for 10 people, or $5.72 per person. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — How much does it cost to pack a picnic this Fourth of July? That'll be $6 per person.
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Texas House committee approves abortion rules 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:06 PM PDT
 Pro-abortion rights supporters chant at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday July 2, 2013. Gov. Rick Perry has called lawmakers back for another special session with abortion on the top of the agenda. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans voted early Wednesday to move forward with new abortion restrictions, after limiting testimony at a public hearing, refusing to consider Democratic amendments and imposing strict security precautions to prevent disruptions from protesting abortion-rights supporters.
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Guatemala case casts spotlight on indigenous group 
Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 12:13 AM PDT
 In this May 23, 2013 photo, Ixil Mayan women perform a traditional dance called "Sarabanda" in Nebaj, Guatemala. Forgotten by the state for centuries, the Ixil have recently come under the spotlight after a court found former dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide for the ruthless policies used during his 17-month-long regime against the Ixil. The sentence was later overturned by a higher court. Bereft of basic services like education, health, access to clean water and sanitation, the Ixil people carry on as they have done for generations. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Life for the indigenous Ixil Mayans in the mountains west of Guatemala City is worn and static like an old photograph.
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Bailey's 2nd no-hitter sends Reds over Giants 3-0 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 08:43 PM PDT
 Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey, right, hugs catcher Ryan Hanigan, left, after Bailey threw a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game, Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Cincinnati. Cincinnati won 3-0. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)CINCINNATI (AP) — Homer Bailey fretted for a moment as first baseman Joey Votto reached to pluck the ball out of the air for the final out. What next? Raise both arms in celebration.
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Firefighter built, tried to protect Prescott crew 
Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 12:26 AM PDT
 This 2012 photo provided by Scott Marsh shows Eric Marsh, left, superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, during a visit with his cousin Scott Marsh in North Carolina. Eric was one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew, who was killed Sunday evening above the town of Yarnell, northwest of Phoenix, Ariz., in the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Scott Marsh)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Eric Marsh built the Granite Mountain Hotshots from nothing — and died trying to protect the crew that friends say constituted his life's work.
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Band of Brothers: 3 TX siblings enter West Point 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:59 PM PDT
 From left, brothers Noah Ogrydzniak, 19, and twins Sumner and Cole, 17, of Nederland, Texas, pose during Reception Day at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Monday, July 1, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. For one of the few times in its long history, the U.S. Military Academy has accepted three siblings into the same class. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — There are brothers in arms and bands of brothers, and now there are Noah, Sumner and Cole Ogrydziak, three Texas brothers who began their cadet training together at West Point this week.
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In Africa, Obama's ventures competed with history 
Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 07:23 PM PDT
 U.S. President Barack Obama, right, walks with former president George W. Bush during a wreath laying ceremony to honor the victims of the U.S. Embassy bombing on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The president is traveling in Tanzania on the final leg of his three-country tour in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Everywhere he went in Africa, President Barack Obama was competing with history.
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