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Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill

AP US News - 8 hours 39 min ago
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.
Categories: National News from the Associated Press

5.7-magnitude quake widely felt across N. Calif.

AP US News - 8 hours 39 min ago
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.
Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Top 10 items found during 2012 coastal cleanup

AP US News - 8 hours 40 min ago
The Ocean Conservancy, a Washington DC-based environmental organization, released its 2012 list of trash collected during its International Coastal Cleanup. More than 10 million pounds of debris was collected, with nearly 1.5 million pounds in California alone. The top items found during the cleanup:
Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Older brother held in deaths of 2 younger siblings

AP US News - 8 hours 40 min ago
A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.
Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Wheelchair lift out of Wis. promises more access

AP US News - 8 hours 40 min ago
An elementary school principal has inspired the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create a new wheelchair lift that could help make more places wheelchair accessible.
Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Quotations of the day

AP US News - 8 hours 40 min ago
"We have a ton of people now. It's just like buying a refrigerator or a stove for your house. You put in a storm shelter." _ Moore, Okla. community development director Elizabeth Jones.
Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Storm took classmates, parents as it swept through

AP US News - 8 hours 40 min ago
One loved unicorns. Another, nicknamed "ladybug," sang country songs. Another dreamed of one day owning a pontoon boat.
Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Milestones for Guantanamo Bay detention center

AP Politics - 8 hours 40 min ago
President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his 2008 campaign promise to close the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries. A look the facility's history:

Text of President Obama speech on terrorism

AP Politics - 8 hours 40 min ago
Text of President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House:

Counting US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen

AP Politics - 8 hours 40 min ago
President Barack Obama said Thursday that he will engage Congress in exploring a number of options for increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.

Obama's drone policy at a glance

AP Politics - 8 hours 40 min ago
President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for Congress and the public the standards that the U.S. will use before carrying out drone attacks.

Some unions now angry about health care overhaul

AP Politics - 8 hours 40 min ago
Some labor unions that initially backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the plan that could hurt their members.

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

AP Entertainment News - 8 hours 41 min ago
J.C. Chandor may just have saved someone's life during an interview in Cannes.

Christie co-hosting 'Today' to promote NJ shore

AP Entertainment News - 8 hours 41 min ago
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is co-hosting NBC's "Today" on Friday morning as part of a campaign to proclaim that the state's shore is ready for business seven months after being devastated by Superstorm Sandy.

Britain braces for possible copycat attacks

AP Top news - 8 hours 41 min ago
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.
Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Actress Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge

AP Top news - 8 hours 41 min ago
Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.
Categories: National News from the Associated Press

6 Wyeth paintings fetch $2M at NYC auction

AP Entertainment News - 8 hours 41 min ago
Six paintings by the famous Wyeth family of artists have sold for just over $2 million at a New York City auction.

Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell'

AP Entertainment News - 8 hours 41 min ago
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.

West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'

AP Entertainment News - 8 hours 41 min ago
One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot.

87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case

AP Entertainment News - 8 hours 41 min ago
An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost.

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