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Posted on May 23, 2013 at 6:00pm

(AP) — A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:59pm

(AP) — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrowing terror threat that still imperils the nation but now is defined by smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida. He defended his controversial drone-strikes program as a linchpin of the U.S. response to the evolving dangers.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:58pm

(AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. has asked a federal appeals court for an exemption from part of the federal health care law.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:55pm

(AP) — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:53pm

(AP) — South Africa's James Kingston shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday at Wentworth to take the lead during the suspended first round of the BMW PGA Championship.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:51pm

(AP) — Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the House passed legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in a vote largely along party lines.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:51pm

(AP) — Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first campaign stop than he did from his party's leadership, who bluntly criticized his candidacy a day earlier.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:49pm

(AP) — A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers is in full view again with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of using tactics that might tempt Democrats to change Senate rules that now protect the minority party.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:48pm

(AP) — President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the country's security but not eliminated the terrorist organization trying to recruit jihadists.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:46pm

(AP) — Nushawn Williams, a New York drug dealer imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s, does not have the virus that causes AIDS, according to his attorney, who said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to get him released from prison.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:45pm

(AP) — Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a man suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:45pm

(AP) — A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:43pm

(AP) — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:43pm

(AP) — Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening more than doubled to exceed 2.5 million.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:42pm

(AP) — Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy is returning to the Colorado Avalanche as their head coach.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:40pm

(AP) — An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday — she lost.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:39pm

(AP) — The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:38pm

(AP) — Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:37pm

(AP) — Robert Griffin III's rehab started with a "cry festival." Then came a special new passcode for his cellphone and a chance to hash things out with coach Mike Shanahan.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 5:36pm

(AP) — Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say.