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Scant foreign support for U.S. strikes on Syria 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 12:42 AM PDT
FILE - This Oct. 27, 1983 black-and-white file photo shows two officers in the U.S. Army stationed at the Port Salines airport in Grenada confering as they walk near the tarmac. U.S. forces have set up heavy security around the perimeter of the air strip on the tiny island. President Barack Obama is poised to become the first U.S. leader in three decades to attack a foreign nation without broad international support or in direct defense of Americans. Not since President Ronald Reagan ordered an invasion of the Caribbean island of Grenada in 1983 has the U.S. been so alone in pursuing major lethal military action beyond a few attacks responding to strikes or threats against its citizens. (AP Photo/Doug Jennings, File)President Barack Obama is poised to become the first U.S. leader in three decades to attack a foreign nation without mustering broad international support or acting in direct defense of Americans.
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Syria's history of politics and conflict 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 02:09 PM PDT
Syria's history of politics and conflictMarch 8, 2005 - A Syrian soldier riding on top of a tank gestures after leaving his position, in Daher El-Baidar mountain region on the main Beirut-Damascus Highway Lebanon heading towards the Bekaa Valley during a continuing redeployment of troops near the village of Chtoura, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 8, 2005. (AP Photo/str)
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Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to preside over gay wedding 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 04:20 PM PDT
FILE - In this July 24, 2013, file photo Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for a photo in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, before an interview with the Associated Press. Ginsburg will officiate at a same-sex wedding this weekend in what is believed to be a first for a member of the nation's highest court. Ginsburg will officiate Saturday, aug. 31, 2013, at the marriage of Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser and John Roberts, a government economist. Kaiser told The Associated Press he asked Ginsburg to officiate because she is a longtime friend. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is to officiate at a wedding ceremony between two men this weekend, just two months after the court issued high-profile rulings on the highly divisive issue. A court spokesman said on Friday that Ginsburg would be officiating at the ceremony on Saturday at the Kennedy Center. Ginsburg is the first justice to preside over a wedding ceremony involving a same-sex couple. As reported by the Washington Post, Ginsburg will preside over the wedding of Michael Kaiser, the president of the John F. ...
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Filner ends tumultuous tenure as San Diego mayor 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 06:45 PM PDT
FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 file photo, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner speaks after agreeing to resign at a city council meeting in San Diego. On Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, Filner is leaving office in disgrace amid sexual harassment allegations and many unanswered questions, including how someone who acknowledged mistreating women for many years could have survived for so long in politics. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bob Filner ended his brief but tumultuous tenure as mayor Friday amid allegations that he sexually harassed women, making no public appearances on a final day that came one week after a defiant farewell speech in which the onetime civil rights activist called himself the victim of a "lynch mob."
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Teen guilty of murdering Georgia baby in stroller 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 06:23 PM PDT
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 file photo, De'Marquise Elkins appears in court during his trial in Marietta, Ga. Closing arguments began Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, in Elkins' trial. He is accused of fatally shooting a baby in a stroller in coastal Georgia. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Johnny Crawford, File)MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — An 18-year-old man was convicted of murder in the shooting of a baby who was riding in a stroller alongside his mom in a town in coastal Georgia despite the defense's attempt to cast guilt upon several others, including the child's parents.
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Clinton tops Obama in gifts from foreign leaders 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 02:28 PM PDT
FILE - In this June 27, 2012 file-pool photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton receives a gift from Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja at the Government Banquet Hall in Helsinki, Finland. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has outpaced President Barack Obama when it comes to lavish gifts from foreign leaders. State Department documents released Friday show Clinton got gold jewelry worth a half-million dollars from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, while Obama's most expensive gift was a $16,500 gold-plated clock from Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi defense minister. The gifts were among a bounty of vases, watches, art work and other items given to top U.S. officials in 2012, according to the department's Office of Protocol, which catalogs the gifts and publishes an annual listing. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton outpaced President Barack Obama last year in receiving lavish gifts from foreign leaders.
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911 calls released about deadly Ariz. joyride 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 06:05 PM PDT
A makeshift memorial on a tree is shown, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, in Phoenix. An 8-year-old boy was driving his mother's car on a nighttime joyride with his 6-year-old sister when it crashed into a telephone pole, behind the tree, fatally injuring the girl, police said Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt York)PHOENIX (AP) — A 911 call released Friday provides a dramatic account of a tragic joyride by an 8-year-old boy in his mother's car as he swerved through traffic, turned around at a convenience store and eventually slamming into a light pole, killing his 6-year-old sister.
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Progress seen at Sierra fire, but smoke spreads 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 08:37 PM PDT
Firefighter Troy Drouin takes a short break before mopping up hot spots near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. The giant wildfire burning at the edge of Yosemite National Park is 23 percent contained, U.S. fire officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly a third of the huge forest fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park was contained Friday and some small communities in the mountainous area were no longer under evacuation advisories, but smoke descending down into San Joaquin Valley cities was becoming a problem.
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Mandela remains in hospital, condition unchanged 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 12:46 AM PDT
A South African man, right, walks past a T-shirt bearing the image of former South African President Nelson Mandela displayed for sale by a vendor, not pictured, in Soweto township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 1, 2013. Former president Nelson Mandela remained in a critical condition at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria on Monday . (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela remains hospitalized in a critical but stable condition, the office of South Africa's president said Saturday.
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Mixed emotions from NFL players on settlement 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 05:37 PM PDT
FILE - In this April 9, 2013, file photo, former NFL player Kevin Turner, left, suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, speaks as former players Dorsey Levens, center, and Bill Bergey listen during a a news conference in Philadelphia. Some former players and others think the league is getting off cheap in its tentative settlement with victims of concussion-related brain injuries. Other former players, like Turner, didn't seem as concerned about the amount of money, saying that getting medical coverage now for their peers, or themselves, who suffer from a variety of brain ailments and other health problems is essential. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The hundreds of millions of dollars the NFL is ready to pay former players sounds great, until you stretch it out over 20 years and divide it among thousands of people.
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South Africa: Mandela remains in hospital 
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 12:38 AM PDT
Well wishers sing songs in support of former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Sunday, July 7, 2013. South Africa's anti-apartheid hero, who was admitted June 8 for a recurring lung infection, has now spent a month in the hospital. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The office of South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela remains hospitalized in a critical but stable condition.
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UN experts leave Syria 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 09:44 PM PDT
BEIRUT (AP) — U.N. chemical weapons experts have left Syria and crossed into neighboring Lebanon.
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Ex-church janitor pleads guilty to lewd proposal 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 03:09 PM PDT
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office shows Israel Shalom Castillo, 23, a former employee of the Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, Okla. Castillo, who is accused of sending lewd Facebook messages to a child is expected to enter a blind plea on the charges Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Tulsa County Sheriff's Office)TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An ex-janitor at a 17,000-member Tulsa megachurch pleaded guilty Friday to making a lewd proposal to a 14-year-old girl, less than a week before his trial was set to begin.
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UN experts on way out of Syria 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 09:38 PM PDT
BEIRUT (AP) — U.N. chemical weapons experts have left Syria and crossed into neighboring Lebanon.
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Syrians bracing for possible US strike 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 09:43 PM PDT
In this image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in the Situation Room of the White House, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, in Washington, including from left national security adviser Susan Rice; Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)WASHINGTON (AP) — Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing "limited and narrow" action as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,429 people — far more than previous estimates — including more than 400 children.
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UN's Syria samples to undergo meticulous scrutiny 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 04:15 PM PDT
A UN arms expert collects samples during an inspection of a site in Damascus' eastern Ghouta suburb on August 29, 2013THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — They've endured repeated delays, unrelenting scrutiny and even snipers' bullets in Damascus. Now U.N. inspectors, who have been gathering evidence of a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria, are poised to return to the Netherlands in coming days, setting in motion a meticulous process of analyzing samples at specially accredited laboratories.
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Senator says Obama must make his case for an attack 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 03:26 PM PDT
Ron Johnson On Waiting For TommyThe president must make the case first and foremost to the American public and then naturally make the case to Congress," Johnson told Yahoo News.
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Obama: I won't be ‘paralyzed’ on Syria 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 12:18 PM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in WashingtonThe frustrated president promises a "limited, narrow" response.
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Activists' video lends evidence to chemical weapons claims 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 01:05 PM PDT
U.N. chemical weapons experts prepare before collecting samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in ZamalkaVideos show UN inspectors visiting a strike site in Zamalka, geolocated to the site of missile strike
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Rubio booed at conservative conference in his home state 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 01:01 PM PDT
FILE - In this June 13, 2013 file photo Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks in Washington. Get your face on TV and write a book: Check. Start meeting the big money people: Check. Visit Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina _ Israel, too: Check. Deny any of this has to do with running for president: Check. For politicians planning or tempted to run for the presidency in 2016, the to-do list is formidable. What's striking is how methodically most of them are plowing through it while they pretend nothing of the sort is going on. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)The former tea party darling is booed at a conservative conference in his home state.
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Polls: Americans oppose Syria strike, but would support limited action 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 11:12 AM PDT
Polls: Americans Don't Want to Attack Syria, but Could Support Limited Action That Did Not Risk American LivesMost Americans Say They Oppose a Strike on Syria, but Opinions Change When Ground Troops Not Involved
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Kerry: Assad guilty of 'crime against humanity' 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 10:27 AM PDT
U.S. Secretary of State Kerry speaks about the situation in Syria at the State Department in WashingtonBut the Secretary of State gave no hint of a timetable for U.S. action.
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On San Diego mayor's last day, questions remain 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 07:09 AM PDT
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner steps away from the podium after addressing a special meeting of the San Diego city council following his resignation as the city's mayor, in San DiegoSAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is leaving office in disgrace amid sexual harassment allegations and many unanswered questions, including how someone who acknowledged mistreating women for many years could have survived for so long in politics.
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Obama considering 'narrow' Syria action 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 11:45 AM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in WashingtonBut the president says he has not come to a final decision.
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U.N. experts finish gathering evidence in Syria 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 01:49 PM PDT
U.N. vehicles, carrying United Nations chemical weapons experts, arrive at Yousef al-Azma military hospital in DamascusThe team will leave on Saturday, but will return to investigate other alleged gas attacks.
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Syrian-Americans divided over U.S. intervention 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 08:58 AM PDT
Demonstrators calling for help from US President Obama for Syria, protest in front of the White House August 21, 2013Syrian-Americans are split on whether it's a good idea for the Obama administration to intervene in Syria
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Snowden leaks hurt UK's national security, could expose spies 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 07:46 AM PDT
Copies of the Guardian newspaper are displayed at a news agent in LondonBy Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Leaks by a fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor have damaged Britain's national security, and the data he gave journalists includes information that might expose the identities of British spies, a government official told the High Court in London. The official said Brazilian David Miranda, the partner of a Guardian newspaper journalist, was carrying a computer hard-drive containing 58,000 highly classified intelligence documents when he was detained at Heathrow airport earlier this month. ...
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U.S., France, but no Britain? Not a surprise 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 07:54 AM PDT
Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Francois Hollande in the Oval Office at the White House on May 18, 2012A Franco-U.S. partnership against Damascus is rooted in history.
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N. Korea cancels trip by U.S. envoy seeking American's release 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 08:19 AM PDT
Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, stands in front of campaign posters during a meeting in TokyoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea canceled a planned trip for a U.S. envoy to travel to Pyongyang on Friday and Saturday to seek the release of imprisoned and ailing American missionary Kenneth Bae, the U.S. State Department said. "We are surprised and disappointed by North Korea's decision," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said of the North's decision to withdraw its invitation to Robert King, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues. "We remain gravely concerned about Mr. Bae's health and we continue to urge the DPRK authorities to grant Mr. ...
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Holiday trips on hold because of Sierra fire 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 10:36 AM PDT
Cattle stand in a field as a smoke from the Rim Fire rises near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. The giant wildfire burning at the edge of Yosemite National Park is 23 percent contained, U.S. fire officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With the last big travel weekend of the summer arriving, some nervous tourists are keeping an eye on the huge Sierra Nevada wildfire, wondering whether it will interfere with their travel plans to destinations like Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe.
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Russian, NORAD forces unite for exercise 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 08:36 AM PDT
This photo made Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, over the Bering Strait near Alaska shows three Russian Federation Air Force SU-27s intercepting a passenger plane that was hijacked during a simulation to test the response of NORAD and Russian Federation forces. The exercise among Canadian and U.S. forces from NORAD, along with the Russian Federation, saw the Canadians successfully hand off the hijacked plane to Russian fighters over the Bering Strait. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)OVER ALASKA (AP) — Flying at 34,000 feet over the Bering Strait, the Russian pilots had a singular focus: making sure they smoothly received the hand-off of a "hijacked" jetliner from their U.S.-Canadian counterparts.
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Feds give their blessing for Wash., Colo. pot reformers 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 01:15 AM PDT
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, left, is joined by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson as he talks to the media in Olympia, Wash. about the federal government's announcement that it will not sue to stop Washington and Colorado from taxing and regulating recreational marijuana for adults, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Last fall, voters made both states the first in the country to legalize the sale of marijuana to adults over 21 at state-licensed stores. The states are creating rules for the system, with sales expected to begin early next year. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)SEATTLE (AP) — For generations, pot crusaders have called for an end to the nation's prohibition of marijuana, citing everything from what they say are the government's exaggerated claims about its dangers to the racial disparities in who gets busted for drug possession.
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Western doubts grow as Syria strike looms 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 02:25 AM PDT
Demonstrators protest against potential military involvement in Syria outside Parliament in London on August 29, 2013Nations were shocked over use of chemical weapons, but support for an attack is not universal.
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France remains committed to Syria response 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 04:48 AM PDT
France's President Francois Hollande pictured at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on August 29, 2013Punitive military strikes are still an option, says President Francois Hollande.
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UK's Syria rejection a setback for Cameron 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 03:53 PM PDT
Demonstratorsa protest against potential British military involvement in Syria, in London on August 29, 2013The British prime minister is dealt a severe blow to a "special relationship" with the U.S.
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