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Ukraine asks UN council: Stop Russian 'aggression' 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 07:00 PM PST
 Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev speaks during an U.N. Security Council meeting on his country's political crisis, Saturday, March 1, 2014, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations asked an emergency session of the Security Council on Saturday "to do everything possible now" to stop Russia's "aggression" as its troops took over the strategic Crimea region.
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Obama to Putin: You violated international law 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 07:03 PM PST
 A pro-Russian supporter waves a Russian flag in front of pro-Russian armed men in military fatigues blocking the base of the Ukrainian frontier guards, in Balaklava, a small city not far from Sevastopol, on March 1, 2014President Obama called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull his troops back to their bases in Crimea.
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China blames separatists for knife attack; 33 dead 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 11:03 PM PST
 In this photo taken Saturday March 1, 2014, Chinese police officers check bodies that appear to be of assailants who attacked a railway station in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. More than 10 knife-wielding attackers slashed people at the train station in what authorities called a terrorist attack by ethnic separatists in western China, and police fatally shot four of the assailants. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTKUNMING, China (AP) — More than 10 assailants slashed scores of people with knives at a train station in southern China in what state media said Sunday was a terrorist assault by ethnic separatists from the far west. Twenty-nine slash victims and four attackers were killed and 143 people wounded.
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Storm leaves mud in California cities 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 11:30 PM PST
 Trash collects along the shore after after a rainstorm in Long Beach, Calif. on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Evacuation orders remained in effect for hundreds of homes in Los Angeles County foothill communities where fires have burned away vegetation that holds soil in place, and bursts of rain caused the mountains to belch occasional debris flows. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A thunderstorm that brought sorely-needed rain to California is winding down after sending mudslides down foothill communities, flooding roadways and opening up sinkholes.
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UN says 703 killed in Iraq in February attacks 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 10:39 AM PST
 Weaponry is on display at a weapons exhibition organized by the Iraqi defense ministry at the Baghdad International Fairgrounds in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 2014. Companies from Japan, U.S., Germany, Egypt, China and others displayed armored vehicles, sample models of aircraft and light and medium weaponry. (Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations said Saturday that violence across Iraq in February killed 703 people, a death toll higher than the year before as the country faces a rising wave of militant attacks rivaling the sectarian bloodshed that followed the U.S.-led invasion.
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US calls on Russia to withdraw forces from Ukraine 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 05:00 PM PST
 President Barack Obama arrives to speak about Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Obama's statement comes as his administration is expressing growing concern over Russian intentions in Ukraine. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a blunt warning Friday to Moscow against military moves in the country's southern Crimea region that could further inflame tensions. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to de-escalate the tense atmosphere in Ukraine by pulling his forces back to bases in the country's Crimean region and to refrain from interfering elsewhere in the former Soviet republic.
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Promise and peril in an ultra-connected world 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 11:39 PM PST
 A woman wears the new Samsung Gear 2, right, and at the Samsung Gear Fit , left, at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Expected highlights include major product launches from Samsung and other phone makers, along with a keynote address by Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — We're in the beginning of a world in which everything is connected to the Internet and with one another, while powerful yet relatively cheap computers analyze all that data for ways to improve lives.
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'12 Years a Slave' rolls at Spirit Awards 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 09:56 PM PST
 Dorothy Nyong'o and her daughter, Lupita Nyong'o, arrive at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — "12 Years a Slave" rolled at the Spirit Awards, winning five awards including best feature at the annual independent film celebration.
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Party atmosphere marks Iditarod's ceremonial start 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 10:12 PM PST
 CORRECTS SPELLING TO SEAVEY, INSTEAD OF SEAVY - Reigning Iditarod champion Mitch Seavey drives his team down the Cordova Street hill during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 1, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Dan Joling))ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Hordes of dogs, mushers and their eager fans mingled Saturday at the jovial celebratory kickoff of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage.
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Oscar Pistorius: His entire life story on trial 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 11:25 AM PST
 FILE : in this file photo taken Tuesday, June 4, 2013 double-amputee Olympian, Oscar Pistorius, looks on as he appears in the magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa at a hearing. Pistorius, now 27, faces possibly being sent to prison until he is older than 50. Pistorius goes on trial Monday March 3, 2014 charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-file)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With his past triumphs now tarnished because he shot to death his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius on Monday will enter court to be confronted with the jarring possibility that he will be sent to prison for at least 25 years.
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Analysis: Limited US, European options in Ukraine 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 12:18 PM PST
 A man in unmarked uniform looks from atop of a military vehicle while standing guard as troops taking control the the Coast Guard offices in Balaklava, outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify them as belonging to the Russian military. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of sending new troops into Crimea, a strategic Russia-speaking region that hosts a major Russian navy base. The Kremlin hasn't responded to the accusations, but Russian lawmakers urged Putin to act to protect Russians in Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite blunt warnings about costs and consequences, President Barack Obama and European leaders have limited options for retaliating against Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the former Soviet republic now at the center of an emerging conflict between East and West.
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Saturated slopes worry California cities 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 07:52 PM PST
 Trash collects along the shore after after a rainstorm in Long Beach, Calif. on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Evacuation orders remained in effect for hundreds of homes in Los Angeles County foothill communities where fires have burned away vegetation that holds soil in place, and bursts of rain caused the mountains to belch occasional debris flows. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Saturated mountainsides loomed over foothill communities on Saturday as a storm centered off California rotated bands of rain into a state that sorely needs the moisture but not at such dangerously high rates.
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Attack on China train station leaves 33 dead 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 05:53 PM PST
 The body of a victim is inspected by police officers outside a railway station, after an attack in Kunming, in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Saturday March 1, 2014. China's official Xinhua News Agency says authorities consider the attack by a group of knife-wielding assailants at a train station in southwestern China in which at least 27 people died to be an act of terrorism. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTBEIJING (AP) — More than 10 knife-wielding attackers slashed people at a train station in a southwestern city in what authorities called a terrorist attack by ethnic separatists in western China, and police fatally shot four of the assailants, leaving 33 people dead and 130 others wounded, state media said.
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Pakistani Taliban announces 1-month cease-fire 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 10:12 AM PST
 FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, center, flanked by his bodyguards, talks to reporters at an undisclosed location in Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan along Afghanistan border. The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that the group will observe a one-month cease-fire as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the government, throwing new life into a foundering peace process. Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said in a statement emailed to reporters that the top leadership of the militant group has instructed all of its units to comply with the cease-fire. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that the group will observe a one-month cease-fire as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the government, throwing new life into a foundering peace process.
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China: Train station attack an act of terrorism 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 04:11 PM PST
 The body of a victim is inspected by police officers outside a railway station, after an attack in Kunming, in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Saturday March 1, 2014. China's official Xinhua News Agency says authorities consider the attack by a group of knife-wielding assailants at a train station in southwestern China in which at least 27 people died to be an act of terrorism. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTBEIJING (AP) — More than 10 knife-wielding attackers slashed people at a train station in southwestern China late Saturday in what authorities called a terrorist attack by Uighur separatists, and police fatally shot five of the assailants, leaving 34 people dead and 130 others injured, state media said.
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Spirit Awards to give dressed-down Oscar preview 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 11:50 AM PST
 This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Cate Blanchett in a scene from the film, "Blue Jasmine." Blanchett is nominated for an Oscar for her performance as an actress in a leading role. The 86th Academy Awards are held on Sunday, March 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, file)SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The Oscars will get a dressed-down, beach-side rehearsal at Saturday's 29th annual Spirit Awards.
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California governor signs $687M drought relief legislation 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 05:46 PM PST
 California Governor Brown announces emergency drought legislation at the CalO ES State Operations Center in MatherCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed into law a $687 million drought-relief package to deal with a water shortage he has called the worst in the state's modern history. The largest share of the drought relief package - $549 million - comes from accelerated spending of bond money voters previously approved in two ballot propositions. Those measures will fund storm water recapturing, expanded use of recycled water, better management of groundwater storage and stronger water conservation measures. While much of the United States has been pummeled by a series of snow storms, California in recent months has struggled with a drought that threatens to inflict the worst water crisis in recorded state history.
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Russian troops take over Ukraine's Crimea region 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 04:38 PM PST
 Troops in unmarked uniforms stand guard in Balaklava on the outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify them as belonging to the Russian military. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of sending new troops into Crimea, a strategic Russia-speaking region that hosts a major Russian navy base. The Kremlin hasn't responded to the accusations, but Russian lawmakers urged President Putin to act to protect Russians in Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops took over the strategic Crimean peninsula Saturday without firing a shot. The newly installed government in Kiev was powerless to react, and despite calls by U.S. President Barack Obama for Russia to pull back its forces, Western governments had few options to counter Russia's military moves.
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James Tague, key JFK assassination witness, dies 
Saturday, Mar 01, 2014 09:57 AM PST
 JFK assassination witness James TagueJames Tague, a material witness whose testimony contributed to the controversial "magic bullet theory" in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died. He was 77.
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