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  • Lowe's 1Q profit rises, chilly spring hurts sales

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:28am

    (AP) — Lowe's first-quarter net income rose almost 3 percent, even as a wet and cool spring dampened sales of gardening products.

  • US auto factories cutting back on summer downtime

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:22am

    (AP) — Detroit auto factories are forgoing their traditional two-week summer break and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks.

  • Chinese premier visits Pakistan, praises ties

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:21am

    (AP) — China's premier began a two-day visit to Pakistan on Wednesday by praising the relationship between the two Asian powers in glowing terms.

  • EU leaders discuss fight against tax evasion

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:20am

    (AP) — The European Union's leaders are seeking to advance their fight against tax evasion and close loopholes for large corporations' creative tax avoidance schemes.

  • Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:13am

    (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, was back on the mountain Wednesday to make another attempt at the title.

  • Iran's Ahmadinejad denounces election decision

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:13am

    (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from an upcoming presidential race is an act of "oppression" and he will take the case to the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

  • Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:11am

    (AP) — Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.

  • Diplomats: Iran expands nuke technology

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:09am

    (AP) — Iran is moving ahead to update a program the West fears could be used to make nuclear weapons, diplomats said Wednesday, despite high-level diplomacy aimed at stopping it from doing so.

  • 10 Things to Know for Today

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:06am

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

  • Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:03am

    (AP) — In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."

  • Sony mulls hedge fund's entertainment sale idea

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:53am

    (AP) — Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the electronics giant's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music division.

  • Afghan students protest women's rights decree

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:49am

    (AP) — Hard-line Islamist students protested Wednesday in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its harsh treatment of women.

  • Oil below $96 before crude stocks report, Fed

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:41am

    (AP) — The price of oil fell Wednesday as investors waited for a report on U.S. crude stocks and the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.

  • Bank of England remains divided on stimulus

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:40am

    (AP) — The Bank of England's policymakers remain divided on whether to provide more stimulus to the flat-lining economy, according to the minutes of their meeting in May.

  • Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:40am

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

  • 7 Egyptian security men kidnapped in Sinai freed

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:34am

    (AP) — Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said.

  • Monroe's photos for Prague exhibition stolen

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:33am

    (AP) — A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen.

  • World stocks mixed ahead of Fed chief testimony

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:33am

    (AP) — World stock markets were mixed Wednesday, hours before Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is to deliver remarks before Congress on the state of the U.S. economy.

  • Fishermen pay price in Asia's volatile sea rifts

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:31am

    (AP) — Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control of their fishing haven last year.

  • Syrian opposition urges rebels to join key battle

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:14am

    Updated on May 22, 2013 at 5:15am

    (AP) — Syria's main opposition group is urging rebels to come from around the country to reinforce Qusair, a western town under attack by Syrian troops and members of Lebanon's Hezbollah group.