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Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:27 AM PDT
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U.S., Iran gear for historic nuclear talks 
Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:27 AM PDT
US Secretary of State John Kerry after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on September 24, 2013 in New York CityOfficials say no bilateral talks are planned but there could be some dialogue.
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Aging U.S. fighter jets to be used as drone targets 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 06:06 PM PDT
FILE - In this Thursday, June 21, 2007 file photo, an F-16 Falcon takes off from Balad Air Base, 50 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. Jordanian officials said Wednesday, June 5, 2013 that the U.S. will deploy anti-missile batteries and F-16 jet fighters in the kingdom to bolster its defense capabilities in the face of a Syrian attack. Two security officials involved in the deployment, expected in the coming days, said that Washington is deploying one or two Patriot missile launchers on the northern border with Syria and a squadron of 12 to 24 F-16 warplanes as part of the international military maneuver "Eager Lion." (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo, File)Boeing has been turning aging planes into drones that the Air Force can use in target drills.
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Feds eye Asiana response to S.F. plane crash 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 05:02 PM PDT
Feds investigate Asiana response to SF plane crashThey want to ensure the airline met legal obligations to help families of passengers.
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World powers set to test Iran on nuclear dispute 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:11 PM PDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany will meet with Iran's top diplomat on Thursday to test the Islamic Republic's apparent willingness to reach a deal to resolve international concerns about its nuclear program after years of defiance.
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FBI: Navy Yard gunman left note about radio waves 
Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:18 AM PDT
This image from video provided by the FBI, shows Aaron Alexis moves through the hallways of Building #197 at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, in Washington, carrying a Remington 870 shotgun. Alexis, a 34-year-old former Navy reservist and IT contractor, shot and killed 12 people inside a Navy Yard building last week before being killed in a shootout with police. (AP Photo/FBI)WASHINGTON (AP) — In the final months of his life, Aaron Alexis complained of hearing voices talking to him through a wall and of microwave vibrations that he said entered his body and prevented him from sleeping. His delusional belief that he was being bombarded by extremely low-frequency radio waves escalated to the point that, before embarking on a murderous rampage that killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, he left behind this note:
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Survivors wait for food, aid after Pakistan quake 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 11:47 PM PDT
Pakistani villagers look for belongings amid the rubble of their destroyed homes following an earthquake in the remote district of Awaran, Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Rescuers struggled Wednesday to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a massive earthquake in southwestern Pakistan Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, as the death toll rose to hundreds. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Hungry survivors dug through rubble to find food and thousands slept under the open sky or in makeshift shelters for a second night as the death toll from Pakistan's massive earthquake rose to 348 on Thursday.
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Egypt minister says relations with US unsettled 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:19 PM PDT
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy answers questions while being interviewed at the Egyptian Mission during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Egypt's relations with the United States are "unsettled" as the country struggles to redefine its national interests vis-à-vis other countries, the foreign minister said.
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Victim's mother says Mont. rapist eluding justice 
Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:44 AM PDT
Auliea Hanlon, speaks of her daughter, Cherice Moralez, a rape victim by a former teacher, Stacey Rambold, Wednesday Sept. 25, 2013 in Billings, Mont. Hanlon said Rambold, who raped her 14-year-old daughter is still eluding justice after being freed from prison after serving just 30 days. Rambold's sentence is being challenged by state Attorney General Tim Fox as illegal. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former Montana high school teacher due to be released Thursday after serving a 30-day prison sentence for raping a 14-year-old student is "still skating" justice six years after the assault, the victim's mother said.
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Yankees lose to Rays 8-3 and miss playoffs 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:05 PM PDT
New York Yankees' Robinson Cano looks toward the dugout during the eighth inning of the Yankees' 8-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in New York. The Cleveland Indians' win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night knocked the Yankees out of the playoff race. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — The end came quietly for this year's New York Yankees. No celebrations. No titles. No October baseball.
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George H.W. Bush witness at Maine same-sex wedding 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 10:55 PM PDT
In this Sept. 21, 2013 photo, former President George H.W. Bush, front left, former first lady Barbara Bush, right, pose for photos after wedding of longtime friends Helen Thorgalsen, center, and Bonnie Clement, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush was an official witness at the same-sex wedding, his spokesman said Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Biddle)KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush was an official witness at the same-sex wedding of two longtime friends, his spokesman said.
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House GOP considers options on possible shutdown 
Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:15 AM PDT
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks to reporters as he emerges from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013, after his overnight crusade railing against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare." Cruz ended the marathon Senate speech opposing President Barack Obama's health care law after talking for 21 hours, 19 minutes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure is building on fractious House Republicans over legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown, as the Democratic-led Senate is expected to strip a tea party-backed plan to defund Obamacare from the bill.
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Assad says he doesn't rule out US attack 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 08:04 PM PDT
In this frame grab taken from online video broadcast on Telesur television on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, Syria's President Bashar Assad, right, speaks during an interview with Telesur reporter William Parra in Damascus, Syria. The quote attributed to Assad reads in Spanish "From the beginning of the crisis the United States based themselves on lies." (AP Photo/Telesur)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that he does not discount the possibility of a U.S. military attack even though threatened action was forestalled when he agreed to give up chemical weapons.
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Shabab: Foreigners in Kenya "legitimate target" 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:15 PM PDT
Kenya mall attackJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Al-Shabab, the armed Somali Islamic extremist group that attacked a shopping mall in Kenya, said Wednesday that foreigners were a "legitimate target" and confirmed witness accounts that gunmen tried to let Muslims go free while killing or taking the others captive.
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Senators push bill to end phone record collection 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 04:24 PM PDT
FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo shows a sign outside the National Security Administration campus in Fort Meade, Md. Spying by the National Security Agency has cost the United States economically and angered allies, a bipartisan group of senators said Sept. 25, in unveiling legislation that would end the collection of millions of Americans' phone records and data on Internet usage. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Spying by the National Security Agency has cost the United States economically and angered allies, a bipartisan group of senators said Wednesday in unveiling legislation that would end the collection of millions of Americans' phone records and data on Internet usage.
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Anti-shutdown bill advances; big fight still looms 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 05:23 PM PDT
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks to reporters as he emerges from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013, after his overnight crusade railing against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare." Cruz ended the marathon Senate speech opposing President Barack Obama's health care law after talking for 21 hours, 19 minutes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Unanimous but far from united, the Senate advanced legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown on Wednesday, the 100-0 vote certain to mark merely a brief pause in a fierce partisan struggle over the future of President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
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Pakistanis struggle for food, shelter after quake 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:59 PM PDT
Pakistani villagers look for belongings amid the rubble of their destroyed homes following an earthquake in the remote district of Awaran, Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Rescuers struggled Wednesday to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a massive earthquake in southwestern Pakistan Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, as the death toll rose to hundreds. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)DALBADI, Pakistan (AP) — Survivors built makeshift shelters with sticks and bedsheets after their mud houses were flattened in an earthquake that killed 348 people in southwestern Pakistan and pushed a new island up out of the Arabian Sea.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio institutes cost-saving, vegetarian meals for inmates 
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 03:05 PM PDT
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announces newly launched program aimed at providing security around schools in Anthem ArizonaGet sent to jail in Arizona's Maricopa County and you'll be experiencing some serious life changes. And for the meat eaters, that includes going vegetarian.
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