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  • 'No guarantee of peace,' NKorean envoy warns China

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:55am

    (AP) — China told a top North Korean envoy Friday it wants a peaceful, denuclearized Korean Peninsula, and said the emissary warned there is "no guarantee of peace" but that his country was willing to hold talks with all sides.

  • Brewers team up on beer to help military families

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:54am

    (AP) — Craft breweries from around the country are teaming up to raise money for military families by selling a beer aged on baseball bats.

  • 5.7-magnitude quake widely felt across N. Calif.

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:50am

    (AP) — An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage.

  • I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on'

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:44am

    (AP) — Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."

  • Report: France backs off caps on CEO pay

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:38am

    (AP) — France's finance minister says the government is no longer planning to cap executives' salaries in the private sector, amid concerns it is antagonizing the big businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy.

  • World stocks erratic a day after big sell-off

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:35am

    (AP) — Asian shares traded erratically Friday but European markets found their footing, a day after global stocks were routed by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus.

  • Berlusconi looms large in Rome mayor election

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:34am

    (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running.

  • Czech police say US suspect in 4 murders arrested

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:29am

    (AP) — An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday.

  • Ugandan president removes army chief amid dispute

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:28am

    (AP) — Uganda's president has removed his top military commander and put him in a civilian role in a shuffle apparently prompted by an ongoing row over a rumored plan for President Yoweri Museveni to have his son succeed him.

  • German business confidence unexpectedly rebounds

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:27am

    (AP) — German business confidence rebounded this month in an unexpectedly strong showing that sends a hopeful signal for more robust growth in Europe's biggest economy, a closely watched survey found Friday.

  • Glitzy amfAR raises $25 million, goes to space

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:17am

    (AP) — With an apt rendition of "Gold-finger," singing legend Shirley Bassey roused celebrity-revelers to dig deep into their pockets at the 20th amfAR gala in the Cap D'Antibes Thursday, helping to raise an estimated $25 million for AIDS research.

  • Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:11am

    (AP) — The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver.

  • Obama's drone speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 5:10am

    (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones to kill Islamic militants was well-received in two countries most affected by the strikes — Pakistan and Yemen — but criticism of the U.S. policy remains strong.

  • JC Chandor gains a Cannes hit with 'All Is Lost'

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 4:59am

    Updated on May 24, 2013 at 5:00am

    (AP) — J.C. Chandor may just have saved someone's life during an interview in Cannes.

  • Britain braces for possible copycat attacks

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 4:57am

    (AP) — Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the slaying of a young soldier, adding some 1,200 police to potential trouble spots.

  • Jury in Arias case gives up after no consensus

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 4:51am

    Updated on May 24, 2013 at 4:52am

    (AP) — As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry."

  • Syrian state media: Rebels attack prison in north

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 4:42am

    (AP) — Syria's state media say rebels have fired mortar shells at the central prison in an embattled northern city, killing and wounding several inmates.

  • No guarantee of peace, NKorean envoy warns China

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 4:32am

    (AP) — China's state media says an envoy from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned there is no guarantee of peace on the Korean Peninsula, but also stressed that his country is willing to hold talks with all sides to find a solution.

  • Syrian govt to take part in peace conference

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 4:27am

    Updated on May 24, 2013 at 4:46am

    (AP) — The Syrian government has agreed to a conference on the country's future proposed by Russia and the United States, Russia's foreign ministry said Friday

  • Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill

    Posted on May 24, 2013 at 4:15am

    Updated on May 24, 2013 at 4:17am

    (AP) — It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage.