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Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:01am

(AP) — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' families and brought quick criticism from Republicans.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:00am

(AP) — World amateur boxing association chief C. K. Wu of Taiwan has confirmed his intention to run for president of the International Olympic Committee.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 4:00am

(AP) — The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any talks.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:59am

(AP) — The Phoenix jury deciding whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or death resumes deliberations a day after reaching an impasse and being told to keep trying.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:53am

(AP) — U.S. Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:53am

(AP) — The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh's government concluded.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:51am

(AP) — The British government's emergency committee is going to meet after two attackers butchered a man in a brutal daylight attack in London amid fears that terrorism has returned to the capital.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:49am

(AP) — Contraception coverage by for-profit companies faces a prominent test in Denver.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:45am

(AP) — In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to flesh out one of the most complicated figures in piano-playing showman Liberace's life: his loving but sometimes manipulative mother Frances.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:40am

(AP) — A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged neighborhood.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:35am

(AP) — House lawmakers are ready to pass legislation that links student loan rates to the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:33am

(AP) — Nine-year-old Sydney Angle was "everywhere at once" when she was out on the softball field. Kyle Davis, 8, was nicknamed "The Wall" because of his size and presence on the soccer field. JaNae Hornsby, also 9, was the life of the party.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:33am

(AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has appeared at a special Paris court to face questioning over a controversial arbitrage deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:33am

(AP) — House lawmakers are ready to pass legislation that links student loan rates to the financial markets.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:32am

(AP) — The price of oil fell below $94 per barrel Thursday after a private survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is fading.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:32am

(AP) — Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the tax collection agency.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:31am

(AP) — A spokesman says Syria's main opposition bloc welcomes renewed calls by its foreign supporters that Syrian President Bashar Assad give up power at the start of any political transition aimed at ending the country's civil war.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:30am

(AP) — A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:24am

(AP) — It could have been the perfect matchup to cap an unforgettable game. LeBron James driving to the rim to face Roy Hibbert, one play to decide Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:17am

(AP) — For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.