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Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 06:02 PM PDT

USS Nimitz carrier group rerouted 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 06:02 PM PDT
USS Nimitz aircraft carrier sails about 150 miles north of the island of Oahu during the RIMPAC Naval exercises off HawaiiOfficials say the aircraft carrier and other ships are heading toward the Red Sea.
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Obama's history-defying decision on Syria 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 07:32 AM PDT
US President Barack Obama speaks about Syria outside the White House in Washington, DC on August 31, 2013His decision to seek congressional approval represents a historic turning point not seen since Truman.
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U.S. swimmer forges on with Cuba-Florida crossing 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 01:38 PM PDT
US swimmer Diana Nyad jumps into the water at the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 31, 2013Legendary US distance swimmer Diana Nyad forged ahead Sunday with her quest to become the first person to cross from Cuba to Florida with no shark cage.
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Mandela discharged from hospital, returns home 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 12:10 PM PDT
An ambulance transporting former South African president Nelson Mandela arrives at the home of the former statesman in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. Mandela has been in hospital for more than two months fighting a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo / Denis Farrell)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela went home in an ambulance on Sunday after nearly three months in a hospital that became the focus of a global outpouring of concern, but authorities said the health of the former South African president remained critical and sometimes unstable.
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David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies at 74 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 01:28 PM PDT
File - Former US President Richard M. Nixon, right, with broadcaster David Frost in California in this 1977 file photo. Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 his family said in a statement Sunday Sept. 1 2013. (AP Photo, file)LONDON (AP) — David Frost had sparred with Richard Nixon for hours, recording a series of interviews with the former president three years after he stepped down in disgrace over Watergate. But as the sessions drew to a close, Frost realized he still lacked something: an acknowledgement by Nixon that he had been wrong.
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David Frost's most memorable interviews 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 09:15 PM PDT
File - David Frost, left, talks with former President Richard Nixon in this March 1977 b/w file photo prior to the taping of his interview with the former President. Veteran broadcaster David Frost, who won fame around the world for his interview with former President Richard Nixon, has died, his family told the BBC. He was 74. Frost died of a heart attack on Saturday night aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship, where he was due to give a speech, the family said. The cruise company Cunard says its vessel had left the English port of Southampton on Saturday for a 10-day cruise in the Mediterranean. (AP Photo, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLYLONDON (AP) — Veteran British broadcaster David Frost set a milestone in TV history when he drew extraordinary admissions from disgraced former President Richard Nixon in 1977. Armed with ambition, talent and a remarkable contacts book, Frost sat down with many other world leaders and the biggest names in show business over half a century. Here are some highlights from some of his most prominent interviews.
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Sierra wildfire now California's fourth-largest 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 09:15 PM PDT
In this Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, a member of the Bureau of Land Management Silver State Hotshot crew from Elko, Nevada, walks through a burn operation on the southern flank of the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park in Calif. The wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park has become the fourth-largest conflagration in California history. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service, Mike McMillan)YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park has become the fourth-largest conflagration in modern California history, fire officials said Sunday as clouds and higher humidity helped crews further contain the biggest blaze in the United States this year.
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Egypt's Morsi to be tried for inciting violence 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 04:25 PM PDT
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi delivers a speech in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's state news agency said Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, the country's top prosecutor has referred ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to trial on charges of inciting the killing of opponents protesting outside his palace while he was in office. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's top prosecutor on Sunday referred ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to trial on charges of inciting the killing of opponents protesting outside his palace while he was in office, the state news agency said.
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Nyad makes steady progress toward Florida 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 08:25 PM PDT
U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, greets her support team before her swim to Florida from Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Endurance athlete Nyad launched another bid Saturday to set an open-water record by swimming from Havana to the Florida Keys without a protective shark cage. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — U.S. endurance simmer Diana Nyad's representatives say she's covered about two-thirds of her route from Cuba to Florida.
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AP PHOTOS: Dragon Con draws huge sci-fi crowd 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 03:02 PM PDT
Forrest Gardner, of Atlanta, dressed as the video game character Lollipop Chainsaw, rides a crowded elevator during the annual Dragon Con sci-fi and fantasy convention on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/ Ron Harris)ATLANTA (AP) — Wookies, Daleks and scantily-clad comic book characters called Atlanta home this weekend while attending the annual Dragon Con science fiction and fantasy convention. It's the rough equivalent of three consecutive days of Halloween held in high-rise Atlanta hotels.
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FAMU band back at football game after suspension 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 02:43 PM PDT
The Florida A&M University band performs at half time Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, in Orlando, Fla., during FAMU's season-opening football game against Mississippi Valley State, its first appearance in a football stadium in nearly 22 months after the 2011 hazing death of a drum major. All band performances were halted for FAMU's famed Marching 100 shortly after Robert Champion collapsed and died following a hazing ritual on a bus parked at an Orlando hotel in November 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nearly two years after a drum major's hazing death silenced the music at Florida A&M football games, the famed Marching 100 band returned to the field Sunday with its familiar booms, drum rattles and other tones for the school's season-opener.
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Analysis: Obama's credibility on line in reversal 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 10:57 AM PDT
President Barack Obama arrives to make a statement about Syria in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Delaying what had appeared to be an imminent strike, Obama abruptly announced Saturday that he will seek congressional approval before launching any military action meant to punish Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons in an attack that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a week, the White House had been barreling toward imminent military action against Syria. But President Barack Obama's abrupt decision to instead ask Congress for permission left him with a high-risk gamble that could devastate his credibility if no action is ultimately taken in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack that crossed his own "red line."
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Beyonce closes 1st day of Jay-Z's Philly festival 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 05:55 AM PDT
Luke Steele from the band Empire of the Sun performs on Day 1 of the 2013 Budweiser Made in America Festival, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Beyonce closed the first day of her husband Jay-Z's second annual music festival with a 90-minute set that featured hits like "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" and "Crazy In Love."
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Indian spiritual leader arrested on rape charge 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 03:12 AM PDT
Controversial spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, center, is brought for interrogation by police at Jodhpur airport in Jodhpur, India, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. Bapu was arrested early Sunday on a rape charge filed by a teen-age girl in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, police said. The case is the latest in a series of high-profile rape cases in India that have fueled public protests and raised questions about how police handle the cases and treat the victims. (AP Photo/Sunil Verma)JAIPUR, India (AP) — A controversial spiritual guru was arrested early Sunday on a rape charge filed by a teenage girl in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, police said.
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David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 09:09 AM PDT
File - Former US President Richard M. Nixon, right, with broadcaster David Frost in California in this 1977 file photo. Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 his family said in a statement Sunday Sept. 1 2013. (AP Photo, file)LONDON (AP) — David Frost may be best remembered for his post-Watergate interviews with former President Richard Nixon, but the veteran British broadcaster was equally at ease as a satirist, game show host and serious political journalist.
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Pope announces day of fasting for peace for Syria 
Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 09:38 AM PDT
Pope Francis waves to faithful after reciting the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. Francis is asking people to join him next weekend in a day of fasting for peace in Syria. The pontiff invited people of all faiths to join him Saturday evening in St. Peter's Square to invoke the "gift" of peace for Syria, the rest of the Middle East and worldwide where there is conflict. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the use of chemical weapons, but he called for a negotiated settlement of the civil war in Syria, and announced he would lead a worldwide day of fasting and prayer for peace there on Sept. 7.
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