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  • Bills DE Williams says texts taken out of context

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:27pm

    (AP) — Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams denies ever contemplating suicide, and says private comments he made in text messages are being taken out of context by his ex-fiancee in a lawsuit over the possession of a $785,000 diamond engagement ring.

  • US urges Egypt gov't to defend political speech

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:23pm

    (AP) — The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind.

  • Arias trial wraps for day, continues Tuesday

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:09pm

    (AP) — The Jodi Arias murder trial has wrapped up for the day and will continue Tuesday with the defendant speaking to the jury.

  • Deadliest attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:07pm

    (AP) — Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011:

  • Saudi Arabia reports latest death from new virus

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:03pm

    (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16.

  • State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:00pm

    (AP) — The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.

  • Arias returns to court for penalty phase of trial

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:57pm

    (AP) — Jodi Arias' lawyers have asked to withdraw from the case and say they won't call any witnesses in the penalty phase of her trial.

  • Arias lawyers again ask to withdraw; judge says no

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:53pm

    (AP) — Jodi Arias' lawyers have asked to withdraw from case and say they won't call any witnesses in penalty phase of her trial.

  • Archie Comics' gay kiss a poke at real controversy

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:50pm

    It's a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for openly gay character Kevin Keller in Archie Comics.

  • Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:50pm

    (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times.

  • Annotated 'Harry Potter' 1st edition on auction

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:48pm

    (AP) — A first edition copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that contains author J.K. Rowling's notes and original illustrations is going on sale at a charity auction.

  • South Africa: Mandela name pulled into politics

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:38pm

    (AP) — Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun.

  • Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:34pm

    (AP) — Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill.

  • Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:32pm

    (AP) — Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market.

  • Barbra Streisand to receive honorary PhD in Israel

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:32pm

    (AP) — A leading Israeli university says it will present singer Barbra Streisand with an honorary Ph.D. when she visits Israel next month.

  • Ryanair keeps growing, reports record profits

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:32pm

    (AP) — Ryanair reported record profits Monday as Europe's largest budget airline expanded its route network across the continent and into North Africa.

  • Blackstone group offers to take Pactera private

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:23pm

    Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, along with Pactera's CEO and other managers, have offered to take Pactera private in a deal that values the Chinese technology consulting and outsourcing firm at $680.4 million.

  • Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:20pm

    (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Monday to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.

  • Split-second choice ended with NY student dead

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:20pm

    (AP) — The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.

  • Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:20pm

    (AP) — Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have been planning a terrorist act in Moscow.