Saturday, May 4, 2013

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Saturday, May 04, 2013 07:34 PM PDT
Syria: Israel strikes military research center 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 07:34 PM PDT
 This photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian President Bashar Assad, shows Syrian president Bashar Assad, right, surrounded by bodyguards as young people, wave at him during the inauguration ceremony on Saturday of a statue dedicated to "martyrs" from Syrian universities who died in the country's two-year-old uprising and civil war, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May. 4, 2013. Assad's second public appearance in a week came as Israeli officials confirmed the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria, saying it targeted a shipment of advanced missiles bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. (AP Photo)A Syrian news agency says Israeli missiles hit a site near Damascus.
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Calif. wildfire nearly 60 percent contained 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 08:12 PM PDT
 A firefighter pulls a hose line as a backfire is ignited in order to control the Springs Fire near Newbury Park, CaliforniaThe fierce wildfire had threatened 4,000 homes northwest of Los Angeles.
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NRA chief: Boston-area residents were vulnerable without guns 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 04:37 PM PDT
 Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President and CEO of the NRA, waves to members after arriving to the National Rifle Association's Annual Meeting of Members in Houston, Texas"How many Bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago?" Wayne LaPierre asked in a speech.
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China city quashes protest against petro plant 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 06:13 PM PDT
 Chinese people wear face masks with "No to Kunming PX," paraxylene, written, chant slogans as they hold protest against a planned refinery project in downtown Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province Saturday, May 4, 2013. After word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, drugstores and printing shops were ordered to report anyone making certain purchases. Microbloggers say government fliers urged people not to demonstrate, and schools were told to stay open to keep students on campus. Meanwhile, hundreds of people - many wearing mouth masks - gathered in Kunming to protest a planned refinery project in the area. The demonstrators demanded information transparency and that public health be safeguarded. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTStores were ordered to report anyone making certain purchases.
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Solar plane lands in Ariz., 1st leg of major trip 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 07:46 PM PDT
 Solar Impulse co-founder, pilot and CEO Andre Borschberg, left, greets pilot Bertrand Piccard at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, early Saturday, May 4, 2013, after completing the first leg of its coast-to-coast flights across the United States. It is the first time that a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel, will attempt to fly across America. Solar Impulse began its journey Friday in San Francisco in its attempt to reach New York. (AP Photo/Scuteri)The plane is powered by about 12,000 cells that cover massive wings and charge its batteries.
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More work ahead in Ala. for Scottsboro Boys pardons 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 07:29 PM PDT
 FILE - In this file photo taken April 19, 2013, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, left, and Clarence Norris Jr. applaud during a ceremony in Scottsboro, Ala. They are seated next to a photo of the Scottsboro Boys, the nine African American youths wrongfully convicted of raping two Caucasian women more than 80 years ago, in Scottsboro, Ala. Now that the Alabama Legislature is allowing posthumous pardons for the Scottsboro Boys, there is still much work to be done before their names are officially cleared. (AP Photo/al.com, Bob Gathany, file)The Alabama Legislature has cleared the way for posthumous pardons, but much work remains.
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Low-level eruption at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 08:04 PM PDT
 Scientists say Alaska's Cleveland Volcano is undergoing a continuous low-level eruption.
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Winds topple trees, spark fires in Central Oregon 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 08:03 PM PDT
 Winds gusting to 40 mph wreaked havoc and forced two dozen people to evacuate their homes.
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Texas plant that blew up carried $1M policy 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 06:49 PM PDT
 FILE - This April 18, 2013 file photo shows mangled debris of a West Fertilizer Company's fertilizer plant a day after an explosion leveled the plant in West, Texas. Burglars occasionally sneaked into the plant in the years before its deadly explosion last month — sometimes looking for a chemical fertilizer that can be used to make methamphetamine, according to local law enforcement records. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)The fertilizer plant exploded last month, killing 14 and injuring more than 200.
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Collector keeps his 29 boa constrictors, for now 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 02:57 PM PDT
 Thomas Cobb lets his young son Daiden hold one of his snakes as he shows off several of his exotic reptile that he keeps in a special basement room of his home, Friday, April 26, 2013 in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Cobb has been ordered by police to get rid of all but one of his 29 exotic boa constrictor snakes because he doesn't have an exotic pet permit. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Scott G. Winterton) SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OUT; MAGS OUTA man who says his rare snakes are getting a bad rap has won a temporary reprieve.
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Egypt's Christians celebrate Coptic Easter 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 05:00 PM PDT
 Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, leads the Easter Mass at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, late Saturday May 4, 2013. Egypt's Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the country's 85 million people, have long complained of discrimination by the state. They are the largest Christian community in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Pope Tawadros II led his first Easter Mass as head of the ancient Coptic Church in Egypt.
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9/11 museum officials say admission fee needed 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 03:42 PM PDT
 FILE- In this Dec. 16, 2004 artist rendering released by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the Memorial Hall looking at the South Footprint is shown. Faced with hefty operating costs, the foundation building the underground 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center has decided to charge a mandatory admission fee of $20 to $25 when the site opens in 2014. (AP Photo/Lower Manhattan Development Corp., File)The foundation building the museum has decided to charge an admission fee of $20 to $25.
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Supremacist gets 26 to life in killing of molester 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 03:50 PM PDT
 This photo provided by the Sacramento Sheriff's Dept. shows Charles Francis Gaskins. Charles Francis Gaskins a Northern California white supremacist convicted of killing a child molester has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, while his wife, convicted of being an accessory will be released from jail in about two months, Friday, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Sacramento Sheriff's Dept.)His wife — convicted of being an accessory — will be released from jail in about two months, The Sacramento Bee reports.
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American service members killed in Afghanistan 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 02:07 PM PDT
 Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Karzai says the director of the CIA assured him that regular funding his government receives from the agency will not be cut off. He says Afghanistan has been receiving such funding for more than 10 years and expressed hope at a Saturday news conference that it will not stop.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Seven U.S. service members were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans in Afghanistan in recent months and the latest of attacks against international troops since the Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive.
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What's happening at Buffett's annual meeting? 
Saturday, May 04, 2013 04:03 PM PDT
 Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, right, is watched by Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, left, as he is assisted by Harlem Globetrotter Chris Dubbed "Woodstock for Capitalists," the annual shareholder meeting revolves around the company's CEO.
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