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| Bay Area transit workers vow to strike in 72 hours Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 08:18 PM PDT  Two transit unions are set to go on strike if there isn't a new contract. Full Story | Top |
| Surveillance critics face Obama in Oval Office Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 07:53 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling to salvage a massive surveillance program, President Barack Obama faced congressional critics of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' telephone records Thursday as snowballing concerns made new limitations on the intelligence effort appear increasingly likely. Full Story | Top |
| Morsi supporters defy police warnings to disperse Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 05:15 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed government offered protection Thursday to supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi who end their two sit-ins — widely seen as a first step toward dispersing the vigils on opposite sides of Cairo. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio man who kidnapped 3 women gets life in prison Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 04:26 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — Standing before the man who kidnapped her and raped her for a decade, Michelle Knight described how the world had changed in the three months since they last saw each other. The captive, she said, was now free and the oppressor would be locked away forever to "die a little every day." Full Story | Top |
| Threat closes US embassies in Muslim world for day Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 08:06 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is shuttering its embassies and consulates throughout the Muslim world on Sunday after receiving an unspecified threat, officials said. Full Story | Top |
| Budget plans imploding, Congress is heading home Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 06:12 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaving piles of unfinished business for the fall, Congress began exiting Washington Thursday for a five-week vacation with its accomplishments few, its efforts at budgeting in tatters and its collective nerves frayed by months of feuding. Full Story | Top |
| Dying 2-year-old son to be Pa. couple's best man Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 02:58 PM PDT  JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) — A 2-year-old boy with only weeks to live will serve as best man when his parents wed this weekend. Full Story | Top |
| Study: Hotter temperatures lead to hotter tempers Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 02:59 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — As the world gets warmer, people are more likely to get hot under the collar, scientists say. A massive new study finds that aggressive acts like committing violent crimes and waging war become more likely with each added degree. Full Story | Top |
| Ramsay holds his tongue working with kid chefs Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 05:23 PM PDT  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Gordon Ramsay's, dare we say it, softer side comes out when the formidable chef presides over aspiring kid cooks on a new reality show. Full Story | Top |
| Monday MLB drug deal deadline as playoffs loom Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 06:05 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Looming playoffs could force an end to negotiations in baseball's latest drug scandal as pressure builds to impose penalties so stars can still make the postseason. Full Story | Top |
| Berlusconi conviction upheld; prison term sticks Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 03:38 PM PDT  ROME (AP) — For the first time in decades of criminal prosecution, a conviction against former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi finally stuck on Thursday, leaving the media mogul with a four-year prison sentence for tax fraud with all of his appeals exhausted. Full Story | Top |
| GOP prepares bill to cut food stamps by 5 percent Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 02:35 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are preparing legislation that would cut food stamps by as much as $4 billion annually in an effort to downsize a program that many conservatives say has become too bloated in recent years. Full Story | Top |
| Despite boom, higher costs push Big Oil into slump Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 04:02 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — New troves of oil have been found all over the globe, and oil companies are taking in around $100 for every barrel they produce. But these seemingly prosperous conditions aren't doing much for Big Oil: Profit and production at the world's largest oil companies are slumping badly. Full Story | Top |
| Man repays insurance money with 4 tons of coins Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 04:07 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — An Illinois businessman outraged by a court order that he return more than $500,000 in insurance money related to a 2001 wreck that killed his teenage son wanted to pay the money back in pennies in protest, only to recognize that was unfeasible. Full Story | Top |
| Surveillance critics confront Obama in Oval Office Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 03:59 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling to salvage a massive surveillance program, President Barack Obama was confronted by congressional critics of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' telephone records Thursday as snowballing concerns made new limitations on the intelligence effort appear increasingly likely. Full Story | Top |
| 'This is a disgrace to Chile's justice system' Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 05:35 PM PDT  An inquiry into the collapse that trapped 33 miners for months ends with no charges filed. Full Story | Top |
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