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Poll: More Americans oppose Snowden's actions 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 03:41 PM PDT
This still image from video recorded on June 6, 2013, and released to AFP on June 10, 2013, shows Edward Snowden speaking during an interview with The Guardian newspaper at an undisclosed location in Hong Kong.One third of respondents disagree with his decision to flee the U.S. and leak NSA secrets.
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'Brady Brunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 05:04 PM PDT
Ann B. Davis Dead -- Alice From 'The Brady Bunch' Dies At Age 88 ... After Falling At HomeSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Emmy-winning actress Ann B. Davis, who became the country's favorite and most famous housekeeper as the devoted Alice Nelson of "The Brady Bunch," died Sunday at a San Antonio hospital. She was 88.
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Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg calls for stricter gun laws 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 08:53 AM PDT
New York City Mayor Bloomberg examines a confiscated gun during a 2012 news conference in New York on major firearms trafficking cases.Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg weighed in on the rampage in California.
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US defends captive swap with Taliban, critics stir 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 12:56 PM PDT
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, is seen aboard a U.S. Military Aircraft before speaking to members of the media during his flight, Sunday, June 1, 2014. Hagel spoke about the released of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl who was held hostage in Afghanistan, and who was handed over Saturday morning by members of the Taliban in exchange for five Afghan detainees held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years a captive from the Afghanistan war, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is back in American hands, freed for five Guantanamo terrorism detainees in a swap stirring a sharp debate in Washington over whether the U.S. should have negotiated with the Taliban over a prisoner exchange.
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EPA seeks to cut power plant carbon by 30 percent 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 09:04 PM PDT
FILE - In this July 1, 2013, file photo smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont. The Obama administration on Monday, June 2, 2014, will roll out a plan to cut earth-warming pollution from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, setting in motion one of the most significant actions to address global warming in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday will roll out a plan to cut earth-warming pollution from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, setting in motion one of the most significant actions to address global warming in U.S. history.
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10 Things to Know for Monday 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 06:02 PM PDT
An Egyptian supporter of ousted former President Hosni Mubarak celebrates an appeal granted by a court, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. A court granted Hosni Mubarak's appeal of his life sentence in a Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 hearing, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president on charges that he failed to prevent the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that toppled his regime nearly two years ago. The ruling came one day after a prosecutor placed a new detention order on Mubarak over gifts worth millions of Egyptian pounds (hundreds of thousands of US dollars) he and other regime officials allegedly received from Egypt's top newspaper as a show of loyalty while he was in power. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
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Philly Inquirer co-owner among 7 dead in jet crash 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 11:13 AM PDT
FILE - In this May 27, 2014, file photo businessman Lewis Katz arrives for a closed-door auction to buy the The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz is among the seven people killed in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, the newspaper's editor said Sunday, June 1, 2014. Katz was 72. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz was killed along with six other people in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, just days after reaching a deal that many hoped would end months of infighting at the newspaper and restore it to its former glory.
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'Brady Bunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 06:59 PM PDT
FILE - In this April 14, 2007, file photo, Florence Henderson, from left, Susan Olsen, Maureen McCormick, Lloyd Schwartz and Ann B. Davis of the television show "The Brandy Bunch" accept the Pop Culture Award during the 5th Annual TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. Emmy-winning actress Davis has died at a San Antonio hospital on Sunday, June 1, 2014. She was 88. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas, File)Emmy-winning actress Ann B. Davis, who became the country's favorite and most famous housekeeper as the devoted Alice Nelson of "The Brady Bunch," died Sunday at a San Antonio hospital. She was 88.
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Official: Recovering fallen climbers too dangerous 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 05:25 PM PDT
This photo provided by the National Parks Service, shows the Liberty Ridge Area of Mount Rainier as viewed from the Carbon Glacier, Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Washington state. Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow thousands of feet below their last known location, a national park official said Saturday. (AP Photo/National Park Service)MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — It's too dangerous right now to search for the bodies of six climbers who likely plummeted to their deaths while attempting one of the more technical and physically grueling routes to the peak of Mount Rainier in Washington state, park officials said Sunday.
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Suspect in Jewish museum killings went to Syria 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 03:46 PM PDT
FILE - In this hand out file photo distributed on Sunday, May 25, 2014 by the Belgian Federal Police, a surveillance camera shows a man shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday, May 24, 2014. The Paris prosecutor's office said a man has been arrested Friday May 30, 2014 in the investigation of the shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead. (AP Photo/Belgian Federal Police, File)PARIS (AP) — A suspected French jihadist who spent time in Syria has been arrested over the shooting deaths of three people at a Belgian Jewish museum, prosecutors said Sunday, crystalizing fears that European radicals will parlay their experiences in Syria into terrorism back home.
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AP PHOTOS: Teams, fans counting down to World Cup 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 09:02 PM PDT
In this May 30, 2014, photo, Carlos Lucas kicks a ball along a dirt road in the Santa Luzia favela, in Brasilia, Brazil. The 2014 Brazil World Cup is set to begin in just a few weeks, beginning on June 12, with Brazil and Croatia competing in the opening match. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's just 10 days away. The World Cup's opening match is coming June 12 in Sao Paulo, and the final days before soccer's most important tournament have seen a flurry of on- and off-field action.
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Kings beat Blackhawks 5-4 in OT in Game 7 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 08:48 PM PDT
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez (27) celebrates the game winning goal with his teammates during the overtime period in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Sunday, June 1, 2014, in Chicago. The Kings won 5-4 in the overtime. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)CHICAGO (AP) — Alec Martinez scored at 5:47 of overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals Sunday night.
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Fabien Cousteau plans 31-day underwater mission 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 10:13 AM PDT
This 2012 photo provided by Mission 31, Fabien Cousteau sits inside Aquarius Reef Base in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Beginning Sunday, June 1, 2014, the filmmaker and Jacques Cousteau's grandson plans to spend 31 days living underwater at the lab, making a documentary and leading a five-person crew on science experiments. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Mission 31)ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — Like viewers worldwide, Fabien Cousteau was entranced by his famous grandfather's films about marine life and human exploration underwater. Now he's adding to his family's sea stories with a 31-day underwater expedition in the Florida Keys.
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Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner dead in plane crash 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 06:54 AM PDT
FILE - In this May 27, 2014, file photo businessman Lewis Katz arrives for a closed-door auction to buy the The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz is among the seven people killed in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, the newspaper's editor said Sunday, June 1, 2014. Katz was 72. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz was killed along with six other people in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, his business partner said Sunday.
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France: Suspect in Brussels' Jewish Museum shooting arrested 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 04:27 AM PDT
FILE - In this hand out file photo distributed on Sunday, May 25, 2014 by the Belgian Federal Police, a surveillance camera shows a man shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday, May 24, 2014. The Paris prosecutor's office said a man has been arrested Friday May 30, 2014 in the investigation of the shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead. (AP Photo/Belgian Federal Police, File)PARIS (AP) — A man has been arrested in southeast France in the investigation of a shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead, the Paris prosecutor's office said Sunday.
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Officials: 7 aboard NJ-bound plane die in crash 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 12:54 AM PDT
7 killed in Atlantic City-bound plane crashAll aboard a private plane that crashed on takeoff in a Massachusetts air field were killed, authorities said.
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Chuck Hagel: Captive's life was in danger 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 02:26 AM PDT
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham, center, and Marine General Joseph Dunford, left, commander of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), during his arrival to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, POOL)The defense secretary cited Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's health and safety as major reasons the U.S. moved swiftly to arrange a prisoner swap with the Taliban.
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Thai protesters come out again despite junta's ban 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 05:17 AM PDT
Protesters wear masks during an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, June 1, 2014. Hundreds of demonstrators shouting "Freedom!" and "Democracy!" gathered Sunday near a major shopping mall in downtown Bangkok to denounce the country's May 22 coup despite a lockdown by soldiers of some of the city's major intersections. The words on a mask, left, means "Scary." (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Thailand's army deployed thousands of troops to the streets of Bangkok and detained demonstrators, but there was no violence.
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Official: 6 climbers likely died in mountain fall 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 11:27 AM PDT
This photo provided by the National Parks Service, shows the Liberty Ridge Area of Mount Rainier as viewed from the Carbon Glacier, Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Washington state. Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow thousands of feet below their last known location, a national park official said Saturday. (AP Photo/National Park Service)SEATTLE (AP) — Six climbers on Mount Rainier likely fell thousands of feet to their deaths in what would be among the worst alpine accidents ever on the iconic Washington mountain.
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U.S. soldier freed in Afghanistan, 5 Taliban prisoners leave Gitmo 
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 12:59 PM PDT
AMERICAN POW RELEASED BY TALIBANBy Warren Strobel and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sole American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday after being freed in a swap deal for five Taliban militants who were released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had been held for nearly five years and his release, following years of on-off negotiations, suddenly became possible after harder-line factions of the Afghan Taliban shifted course and agreed to back it, U.S. officials said. "As I said and explained before, Sergeant Bergdahl was a prisoner of war.
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