http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.general News Fri, 24 May 2013 20:06:30 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:24:56 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/EU--Britain-Attack/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_EU--Britain-Attack c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-70e7 LONDON (AP) — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:58 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/EU-Britain-Plane/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_EU-Britain-Plane c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-703a LONDON (AP) — Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who allegedly threatened to destroy the plane. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:52:18 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US--Arizona.Sheriff-Racial.Profiling/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US--Arizona.Sheriff-Racial.Profiling c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6d11 PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:41:46 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US--I-5.Bridge.Collapse/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US--I-5.Bridge.Collapse c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-70ed MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River. Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:25 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US--Obama-Drone.Policy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US--Obama-Drone.Policy c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6e2c WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:38:43 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/ML--Syria/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_ML--Syria c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-7081 BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong skepticism persists on both sides. Fri, 24 May 2013 16:32:43 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US--Boy.Scouts-Gays/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US--Boy.Scouts-Gays c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-714d The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:45:06 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US-XGR--Plastic.Ocean.Debris/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US-XGR--Plastic.Ocean.Debris c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-70c1 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:45:31 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/CN-Canada-Mayor-Video/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_CN-Canada-Mayor-Video c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6e2d TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used crack. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:21:17 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/SOC-Champions-League-Final/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_SOC-Champions-League-Final c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6cf8 LONDON (AP) — Bayern Munich is trying to downplay being the favorite. Thu, 23 May 2013 20:58:31 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/23/US--Boy.Scouts-Gays/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US--Boy.Scouts-Gays c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-78d3 GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors. Thu, 23 May 2013 17:57:37 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/23/EU--Britain-Attack/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_EU--Britain-Attack c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-7887 LONDON (AP) — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday. Fri, 24 May 2013 09:19:12 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US--Boyfriend.Slaying/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US--Boyfriend.Slaying c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-70e4 PHOENIX (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." Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:05 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/10-Things-to-Know-Friday/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_10-Things-to-Know-Friday c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-727f Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:53 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/23/US-Obama-Leaks-Investigations/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US-Obama-Leaks-Investigations c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-7529 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists' records in investigations of the leak of government secrets. Fri, 24 May 2013 06:40:53 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US-Summer-Travel/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US-Summer-Travel c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-70a2 NEW YORK (AP) — The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:55:56 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US-Obama/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US-Obama c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6fa9 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth." Fri, 24 May 2013 10:38:07 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US--IRS-Political.Groups/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US--IRS-Political.Groups c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-7122 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two weeks ago. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:20:31 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2013/05/24/US-Furlough-Friday/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_general_US-Furlough-Friday c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6e4a WASHINGTON (AP) — No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. 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