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Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:20 PM PDT
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'Stand Your Ground' law hearings 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 07:20 PM PDT
An opponent of Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law wears a button against handguns outside a meeting o the law in Longwood, FloridaFlorida lawmakers will hold hearings this fall on the state's "Stand Your Ground" law.
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CBS, Time Warner Cable fight escalates 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 06:40 PM PDT
The Time Warner Cable office is shown in CarlsbadThe network takes action after it went dark for millions of subscribers.
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Will the Snowden chill start a new Cold War? 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 02:07 PM PDT
ugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, Sarah Harrison, a legal researcher for WikiLeaks, Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena and his assistant Valentina walk at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airportIf U.S.-Russia tensions worsen, it won't be (just) because of the NSA leaker.
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Egyptian forces to cordon off protest sites 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 06:49 PM PDT
Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chants slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during protest in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Authorities outlined plans Friday to break up two sit-ins by supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi, saying they would set up a cordon around the protest sites, and riot police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators threatening a TV complex.
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Cruz seeks grassroots move against health care law 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 03:58 PM PDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A grassroots effort against President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could persuade skittish Republicans to deny money for the law and overcome arguments that any resulting shutdown of the government would be the GOP's fault, Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday.
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DA: Death of potential witness unrelated to Bulger 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 05:40 PM PDT
FILE - In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes smiles outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Rakes, who said he had been extorted by James "Whitey" Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial, was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, and that 69-year-old William Camuti, of Sudbury, is charged with attempted murder in his death. Rakes' body was found July 17 in the woods in suburban Boston the day after he learned he would not be called to testify. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — Cyanide-laced iced coffee led to the death of a man who'd just found out he wouldn't get to testify against reputed Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, authorities said Friday, but linked the man's death to a business associate who owed him money, not to Bulger.
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Time Warner Cable drops CBS in NY, LA, Dallas 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 05:35 PM PDT
A television screen shows the CBS channel with an announcement by Time Warner Cable in Los Angeles on Friday, Aug. 2,2013. Three million Time Warner Cable customers in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas are losing the CBS channel, as the cable provider says it is dropping the network in a dispute over fees. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three million Time Warner Cable customers in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas lost access to CBS programming in a fee dispute Friday, threatening their ability to watch popular shows like "Under the Dome" or see Tiger Woods pursue his 8th win at the Firestone Country Club.
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Michael Ansara, who played original Klingon, dies 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 06:50 PM PDT
FILE - This 1960 photo shows actor Michael Ansara on location for the TV series, "Law of the Plainsman." A longtime friend and spokesman for Ansara says the actor died Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at his home in California after a long illness. He was 91. (AP Photo, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The actor who played the original Klingon on TV's "Star Trek" has died.
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A-Rod homers with drug penalties likely Monday 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 08:11 PM PDT
A fan holds a sign that reads "CHEATER," as New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez is surrounded by members of the media while singing autographs before the start of a Class AA baseball game with the Trenton Thunder against the Reading Phillies, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was back with the Trenton Thunder on Friday and hit what might be his last home run in a while.
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Senate seeks numbers from NSA on phone collection 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 12:55 PM PDT
FILE - In this June 10, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Struggling to salvage a massive surveillance program, Obama faced congressional critics of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' telephone records Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, as snowballing concerns made new limitations on the intelligence effort appear increasingly likely. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Exactly how many phone records of Americans does the National Security Agency collect in its massive surveillance program?
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Tiger Woods makes run at 59 at Bridgestone 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 03:09 PM PDT
Tiger Woods tees off on the third hole during the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Woods tied a course record with a round of 9-under par 61 and leads the tournament at 13-under. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Tiger Woods had a shot at making history with a magical 59.
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Jack White denies threatening estranged wife 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 04:14 PM PDT
FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2008 file photo, musician Jack White, left, and Karen Elson arrive on the red carpet for the Royal World Premiere of the 22nd James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace" in London. White denies making any threats against his estranged wife, who got a temporary restraining order against him in their contentious divorce case. British singer and model Karen Elson filed for divorce from White last year and recently got a temporary restraining order against him, which is pending an upcoming court hearing. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jack White denies making any threats against his estranged wife in a court filing Friday that responds to her request for a temporary restraining order.
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Suspect in Mass. poisoning pleads not guilty 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 01:52 PM PDT
FILE - In this June 6, 2013 photo, Stephen Rakes smiles outside the liquor store he once owned in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. Rakes, who said he had been extorted by James "Whitey" Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial, was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, and that 69-year-old William Camuti, of Sudbury, is charged with attempted murder in his death. Rakes' body was found July 17 in the woods in suburban Boston the day after he learned he would not be called to testify. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — A man who said he had been extorted by James "Whitey" Bulger and hoped to testify at his trial was given iced coffee laced with cyanide that killed him, authorities said Friday, and a Massachusetts man was charged with attempted murder in his death.
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American economy adds modest 162,000 jobs in July 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 03:14 PM PDT
FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is steadily adding jobs — just not at a consistently strong pace.
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Miss. law requires cord blood from some teen moms 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 01:41 PM PDT
In this July 31, 2013 photo, Chancery Judge Janace Harvey Goree, sits in her Yazoo City, Miss., chambers, expresses her grave concern to learn several middle school girls have become pregnant in recent years in Holmes County, where she lives. Goree, who oversees child support cases, says that often, it is not middle school boys that are getting the middle school girls pregnant. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won't name the father, a new Mississippi law — likely the first of its kind in the country — says authorities must collect umbilical cord blood and run DNA tests to prove paternity as a step toward prosecuting statutory rape cases.
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APNewsBreak: Sikhs added to hate crime stats 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 03:03 PM PDT
FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH SIKH TEMPLE SHOOTING ANNIVERSARY STORIES - FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2012, file photo worshipers from the Sikh community gather for a candle light vigil after prayer services in Brookfield, Wis. Twelve months ago, a white supremacist walked into a the temple and opened fire on worshippers he didn't know, killing six and devastating a Sikh community whose religion is based on peace and forgiveness. Monday is the one-year anniversary of the shooting. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will begin keeping numbers on hate crimes committed against Sikhs and six other groups, in connection with Monday's one-year anniversary of the killing of six Sikh worshippers in Oak Creek, Wis.
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Michelle Knight returns to Cleveland house of captivity 
Friday, Aug 02, 2013 01:19 PM PDT
Live on Five Michelle Kinight visits Seymour AvenueKnight Returned to Seymour Avenue Day After She Told Kidnapper: 'Your Hell Is Just Beginning'
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