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Publicist: 'Fast & Furious' star dies in car crash 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 07:43 PM PST
File-This March 21, 2013 file photo shows actor Paul Walker wearing a creation from the Colcci summer collection at Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A publicist for actor Walker says the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series has died in a car crash north of Los Angeles. He was 40. Ame Van Iden says Walker died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. No further details were released. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)Actor Paul Walker died Saturday in a car crash that killed two people, reps confirm.
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Thanksgiving takes more Black Friday sales 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 04:23 PM PST
President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, center, and Malia, pays for his purchase the the local bookstore Politics and Prose in northwest Washington, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Thanksgiving Day is no longer all about turkey: It's eating away at Black Friday shopping.
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Unclear yet if crucial overhaul of Obamacare website a success 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 12:40 PM PST
A man looks over the Affordable Care Act signup page on the HealthCare.gov website in New York in this photo illustrationAmericans got their first look on Saturday at an overhaul of the troubled enrollment website at the heart of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, but it was unclear yet if the White House had made good on its pledge to fix the glitches. The Obama administration promised five weeks ago that by this weekend it would fix HealthCare.gov, the site designed to help people sign up for medical coverage but which has been plagued by errors, outages, and slow speeds since a disastrous October 1 launch. HealthCare.gov is a key portal for Obama's signature domestic achievement, the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, which aims to extend coverage to millions of people and reduce healthcare costs. Making Obamacare work has enormous political stakes for the administration and its Democratic allies who are heading into congressional elections next year.
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Police say more gunshots fired in Bangkok 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 07:20 PM PST
Anti-government protesters attack people they suspected of supporting the current Thai government on the bus in Bangkok,Thailand Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. A mob of anti-government protesters smashed the windows of a moving Bangkok bus Saturday in the first eruption of violence after a week of tense street protests.(AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)BANGKOK (AP) — Gunshots were fired Sunday morning in the Thai capital as authorities braced for more violence a day after aggressive political protests erupted in street fighting between supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
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Mother on crashed plane led searchers to wreckage 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 04:21 PM PST
Map locates Saint Mary’s in Alaska, where a small plane crashed, killing four.; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50 mm;ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A mother on board a plane that crashed in remote southwest Alaska made a frantic phone call for help resuscitating her 5-month-old baby, then left the fatally injured boy to lead searchers hampered by cold and fog to the crash site.
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Montana appeals teacher's rape sentence 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 06:25 PM PST
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana attorney general's office on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to throw out a 30-day sentence given to a teacher who raped a 14-year-old girl, saying the punishment was illegally lenient.
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NKorea says American apologizes for 'hostile acts' 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 01:39 PM PST
In this Nov. 9, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed Nov. 30, 2013 by the Korea News Service, U.S. citizen Merrill Newman, 85, applies his thumb print to a document which North Korean authorities say was an apology which Newman wrote and read in North Korea. Newman, an avid traveler and retired finance executive, was taken off a plane Oct. 26 by North Korean authorities while preparing to leave the country after a 10-day tour. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea state media claimed Saturday that an elderly U.S. tourist detained for more than a month has apologized for alleged crimes during the Korean War and for "hostile acts" against the state during a recent trip.
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Davis' return lifts Auburn past Bama, 34-28 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 07:52 PM PST
Auburn cornerback Chris Davis (11) returns a missed field goal attempt 100-plus yards to score the game-winning touchdown as time expired in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against No. 1 Alabama in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. Auburn won 34-28. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — That crazy tipped pass for a long game-winning touchdown is now the second-most stunning and improbable play of Auburn's wild season.
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US: American fighters in Syria a security risk 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 10:32 AM PST
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Wake County Sheriff's Office via The News & Observer, shows Basit Javed Sheikh. Sheikh, 29, of Cary, N.C., a Pakistani native living in the U.S., is facing federal charges that he sought to join an al-Qaida-linked militant group fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. He is charged in a federal criminal indictment with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He was arrested on Nov. 2 before boarding the first of a series of flights that would take him to Lebanon. (AP Photo/Wake County Sheriff's Office via The News & Observer)RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal officials say Americans are joining the bloody civil war in Syria, raising the chances they could become radicalized by al-Qaida-linked militant groups and return to the U.S. as battle-hardened security risks.
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Egypt panel begins voting on draft constitution 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 01:03 PM PST
A protester chants slogans near a Cairo court where supporters of the April 6 youth group gathered to condemn the detention of 24 activists arrested Tuesday while taking part in a protest that was not authorized by authorities, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. A top Egyptian government official, Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Bahaa-Eldin, strongly denounced a new protest law Saturday as police fired tear gas and used batons to beat back stone-throwing demonstrators in Cairo. (AP Photo/Ahmed Omar)CAIRO (AP) — The panel amending Egypt's suspended constitution began voting Saturday on some 250 changes, the first step toward democratic rule following the July military coup that ousted the country's president.
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Thai political protesters clash violently, 1 dead 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 06:16 PM PST
Anti-government protesters attack people they suspected of supporting the current Thai government on the bus in Bangkok,Thailand Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. A mob of anti-government protesters smashed the windows of a moving Bangkok bus Saturday in the first eruption of violence after a week of tense street protests.(AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's capital braced for more violence Sunday after a week of aggressive political protests erupted in street fighting between supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, leaving at least one man dead and wounding several others.
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US to destroy Syrian chemical weapons 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 12:30 PM PST
FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, gives an update on the the chemical watchdog's verification and destruction mission in Syria, during a news conference in The Hague. Uzumcu says the United States has offered to help destroy some of the most lethal parts of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, Uzumcu said in a statement Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, the U.S. government has offered to contribute "a destruction technology, full operational support and financing to neutralize" the weapons offshore, most likely on a ship in the Mediterranean Sea. The operation is to be completed with Syrian assistance by Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's government will try to move the most lethal components of its chemical weapons program to a port city by the end of the year, and the U.S. has offered to pick up and destroy the hazardous material at an offshore facility, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and Syrian officials said Saturday.
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Bulger belongings could land on auction block 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 03:35 PM PST
FILE - This file June 23, 2011 booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James "Whitey" Bulger, captured in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run. Bulger could soon see some of his jewelry, clothes and other belongings on the auction block. The U.S. Marshals Service will auction off many of the items seized from Bulger's California apartment after his arrest two years ago, The Boston Globe reported Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)BOSTON (AP) — Former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger could soon see some of his jewelry, clothes and other belongings on the auction block.
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Villagers rush to aid rural Alaska crash survivors 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 03:46 PM PST
Map locates Saint Mary’s in Alaska, where a small plane crashed, killing four.; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50 mm;ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A passenger on a crashed airplane in rural Alaska unsuccessfully tried to revive her baby and then walked nearly a mile to lead searchers to the wreckage near the village of Saint Marys.
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Ukrainian demonstrators converge outside monastery 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 12:46 PM PST
Ukrainian riot police push people to an underground crossing after dispersing a rally at the Independence Square in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. Police in the Ukrainian capital broke up a large anti-government demonstration in the city center before dawn Saturday, swinging truncheons and injuring many. The riot police used tear gas when they dispersed the crowd of about 400 protesters who were demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych, demonstrators said. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — About 10,000 anti-government demonstrators angry about Ukraine's refusal to sign a pro-European Union agreement converged Saturday on a square outside a monastery where protesters driven away in a pre-dawn clash with police were taking shelter.
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Scottish holiday marred by police helicopter crash 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 12:47 PM PST
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scotland's official holiday was transformed into a grim day of mourning Saturday as emergency crews searched the wreckage of a riverside pub smashed by a falling police helicopter. At least eight people died and more than a dozen remained hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Chemical watchdog says US to destroy Syria stockpile at sea 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 10:31 AM PST
A United Nations arms expert collects samples on August 29, 2013, as they inspect the site where rockets had fallen in Damascus' eastern Ghouta suburb during an investigation into a suspected chemical weapons strike near the capitalThe United States will destroy the most dangerous of Syria's chemical weapon stockpile on a ship at sea, the world's chemical watchdog said on Saturday. "The neutralisation operations will be conducted on a US vessel at sea using hydrolysis," the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a statement. "Currently a suitable naval vessel is undergoing modifications to support the operations and to accommodate verification activities by the OPCW," The Hague-based watchdog added. The ship operation will destroy what is known as "priority chemical weapons", the most dangerous of Syria's total arsenal and ones that have to be out of the country by December 31 under an international deal agreed to avert military strikes on Damascus.
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China claims victory in scrubbing Internet clean 
Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 01:35 AM PST
FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, computer users sit near a display with a message from the Chinese police on the proper use of the internet at an internet cafe in Beijing, China. The Chinese government has declared victory in its recent campaign to clean up what it considers rumors, negativity and unruliness from online discourse, while critics say the moves have suppressed criticism of the government and ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has declared victory in cleaning up what it considers rumors, negativity and unruliness from online discourse, while critics say the moves have suppressed criticism of the government and ruling Communist Party.
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