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| School clerk says she coaxed suspect to give up Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 05:56 PM PDT  Antoinette Tuff says suspected gunman Michael Brandon Hill appeared "ready to kill." Full Story | Top |
| Report: NSA surveillance covers 75 percent of U.S. Internet traffic Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 08:49 PM PDT  The National Security Agency's surveillance network has the capacity to reach around 75 percent of all U.S. Internet communications in the hunt for foreign intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Citing current and former NSA officials, the newspaper said the 75 percent coverage is more of Americans' Internet communications than officials have publicly disclosed. The Journal said the agency keeps the content of some emails sent between U.S. citizens and also filters domestic phone calls made over the Internet. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wildfire near Yosemite National Park expands Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 06:51 PM PDT  A destructive wildfire on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park on Tuesday threatened more than 2,000 structures, forced the evacuation of camps and remote rural homes, and brought the shutdown of a main highway into the park. Full Story | Top |
| State officials cleared in Benghazi security gaps Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 04:30 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four State Department officials have been cleared of security failures that led to an attack last year on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, authorities said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Man, 20, charged in Georgia school shooting Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 09:01 PM PDT  DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A school bookkeeper says she came face-to-face with a gunman at an Atlanta-area elementary school and talked him into surrendering after he fired shots at police. Full Story | Top |
| Afghan massacre victim takes stand, curses gunman Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 05:52 PM PDT  JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (AP) — An Afghan farmer shot during a massacre in Kandahar Province last year took the witness stand Tuesday against the U.S. soldier who attacked his village, cursing him before breaking down and pleading with the prosecutor not to ask him any more questions. Full Story | Top |
| Al-Jazeera America debuts as newest news network Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 07:48 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Al-Jazeera America signed on with a brisk hello from anchor Tony Harris before he got down to business with his network's first stories: continued turmoil in Egypt, shots fired at an Atlanta elementary school and more wildfires in the West. Full Story | Top |
| 3 teens charged in death of Australian player Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 07:51 PM PDT  DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) — With a motive that's both chilling and simple — to break up the boredom of an Oklahoma summer — three teenagers randomly targeted an Australian collegiate baseball player who was attending school in the U.S. and killed him for fun, prosecutors said Tuesday as they charged two of the boys with murder. Full Story | Top |
| Judge to announce Manning's sentence Wednesday Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 02:52 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military judge said she'll announce on Wednesday the sentence for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who gave reams of classified information to WikiLeaks. Full Story | Top |
| 20-year-old charged in Ga. school shooting Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 06:57 PM PDT DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A man with an assault rifle and other weapons exchanged gunfire with officers Tuesday at an Atlanta-area elementary school before surrendering, a police chief said, with dramatic overhead television footage capturing the young students racing out of the building, being escorted by teachers and police to safety. No one was injured. Full Story | Top |
| Phillies' top farm club announces funeral winner Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 07:21 PM PDT ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies' top farm club on Tuesday offered a free funeral to an eastern Pennsylvania fan recently diagnosed with ALS. Full Story | Top |
| Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87 Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 02:00 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — He was the master of his genre, the Dickens of Detroit, the Chaucer of Crime. Full Story | Top |
| Dempster suspended 5 games for hitting A-Rod Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 05:58 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Boston's Ryan Dempster accepted his punishment without admitting any misdeed. Full Story | Top |
| British paper details confrontation with UK spies Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 03:42 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper released new details of its confrontation with the country's intelligence service on Tuesday, saying it destroyed hard drives containing material leaked by Edward Snowden in order to insulate the former American intelligence worker from potential prosecution and to keep reporting on his leaks. Full Story | Top |
| 3 teens charged after Australian player slain Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 05:28 PM PDT  DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma prosecutors have charged two teenage boys with first-degree murder in the random killing of an Australian baseball player as he jogged on a tree-lined road. A third teenager was charged with being an accessory. Full Story | Top |
| Police ID suspect in Ga. school shooting Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 05:10 PM PDT DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Police say the suspect in a shooting at an Atlanta-area elementary school is 20 years old and faces several charges, including aggravated assault on a police officer. Full Story | Top |
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