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Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:23pm

(AP) — Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two passengers on suspicion of endangering the aircraft.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:19pm

(AP) — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth."

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:18pm

(AP) — The trucking company involved in a Washington state bridge collapse says it received a state-issued permit to carry its oversized load across the bridge.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:17pm

(AP) — The price of oil was knocked below $94 a barrel Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:16pm

(AP) — FIFA's new anti-racism task force will ask soccer's governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:12pm

(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.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:09pm

(AP) — Chile's environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing "serious violations" of its environmental permit.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:06pm

(AP) — Actress Amanda Bynes was charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of an apartment window in New York City.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:01pm

(AP) — Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, says he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if elected.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 12:00pm

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

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:59am

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

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:59am

(AP) — Chile blocks Pascua-Lama mine, fines Barrick $16 million for serious environmental violations.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:58am

(AP) — Cycling's first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:57am

(AP) — Eighteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:56am

(AP) — An American man killed his uncle, aunt and cousins in the Czech Republic and then flew to the United States, where he was arrested at an airport, authorities said Friday.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:50am

(AP) — A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:48am

(AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to seal a free trade pact with the Alpine nation — the first comprehensive agreement his country has reached with a major western economy.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:45am

(AP) — Defending series champion Brad Keselowski believes he's still the fastest in Sprint Cup, even if his results four months into the season don't bear that out.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:45am

(AP) — Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police barracks.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 11:44am

(AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.