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Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:59am

(AP) — A security official says al-Qaida gunmen attacked a military position in a southern province, touching off fighting that left three militants and two soldiers dead.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:56am

(AP) — An earthquake in far northeastern California did not injure anyone but did cause moderate damage, including to a water tank that supplies hundreds of homes with drinking water, local authorities said Friday.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:53am

(AP) — President Barack Obama says sexual assault threatens the "trust and discipline" that makes the U.S. military strong and respected.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:52am

(AP) — A truck hauling a too-tall load hit an overhead girder of a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:51am

(AP) — Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a plane carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan to Britain was diverted from its original course Friday, officials said. The incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a British soldier was brutally killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:45am

(AP) — During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer easy-to-understand, color-coded maps and change the way they talk to the public.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:45am

(AP) — Kid Rock is a scalper.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:43am

(AP) — News Corp. says its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:42am

(AP) — A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. The explosion was followed by an hours-long gunbattle in the central district.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:42am

(AP) — With the help of French special forces, Niger's military on Friday killed the last two jihadists holed up inside a dormitory on the grounds of a military garrison in the desert town of Agadez, and freed at least two soldiers who had been held hostage by the extremists, according to French and Nigerien officials.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:41am

(AP) — The stock market is heading lower in early trading, putting it on track for its first weekly loss in a month.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:38am

(AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of state.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:38am

(AP) — Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the brutal slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family spoke Friday of their loss.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:36am

(AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two weeks ago.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:35am

(AP) — Slovenia's parliament on Friday adopted a cap on public spending to try to convince foreign investors that the small eurozone country will not need an international bailout.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:32am

(AP) — China has agreed to give U.S. regulators access to audit records for Chinese companies whose shares trade on U.S. stock exchanges, a step forward in a long-running dispute.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:29am

(AP) — The European Union's arms embargo to Syria should be extended while a political solution is sought in its civil war and to maintain the safety of U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, Austria's foreign minister said Friday.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:26am

(AP) — At least 22 aftershocks have struck following an earthquake in far northeastern California that was felt as far away as San Francisco and in two other states.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:20am

(AP) — Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just days a British soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:19am

(AP) — World stocks edged lower on Friday, a day after markets around the world dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus.