| Brazil leader breaks silence about protests Posted: 21 Jun 2013 05:15 PM PDT  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — More than a week of massive, violent protests across Brazil finally broke the near-silence from President Dilma Rousseff, who said during a prime time TV broadcast Friday that peaceful demonstrations were part of a strong democracy but that violence could not be tolerated.
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| Criminal complaint filed against Edward Snowden Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:59 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has charged former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden with espionage and theft
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| Floods kill two, forces 75,000 from Calgary homes Posted: 21 Jun 2013 05:06 PM PDT  CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena.
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| U.S. files complaint against Snowden Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:34 PM PDT  Authorities have also asked Hong Kong to detain the former NSA contractor.
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| Facebook admits data breach exposed 6 million users Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:08 PM PDT  By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has inadvertently exposed 6 million users' phone numbers and email addresses to unauthorized viewers over the past year, the world's largest social networking company disclosed late Friday. Facebook blamed the data leaks, which began in 2012, on a technical glitch in its massive archive of contact information collected from its 1.1 billion users worldwide. As a result of the glitch, Facebook users who downloaded contact data for their list of friends obtained additional information that they were not supposed to have. ...
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| Justice official: Complaint filed Edward Snowden Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A sealed criminal complaint has been filed against Edward Snowden in the National Security Agency surveillance case, a Justice Department official said Friday.  |
| Bug exposes contacts of some on Facebook Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:26 PM PDT  Facebook says a bug in its system caused 6 million users' contact information to be inadvertently exposed.
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| Heat, LeBron securing places in history Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:29 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade was walking down the hallway toward the Miami Heat locker room in the wee hours of Friday morning, still in uniform and fussing with the new championship hat atop his head as his team and their families were in the midst of partying the night away.
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| Calgary flooding forces 75,000 from homes Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:26 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Flooding forced the western Canadian city of Calgary to order the evacuation of its entire downtown Friday, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena.  |
| Congress struggles with ending the war in Afghanistan Posted: 21 Jun 2013 02:31 PM PDT  The war in Iraq is over, everybody knows that. "I promised to end the war in Iraq—and I did" was one of President Barack Obama's best-received stump speech applause lines last year. Except it's not. First, most obviously, because bombings and other acts of violence have killed more than 2,000 people there this year, as [...]
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| Brazil leader to break silence about protests Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:50 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — More than a week of massive, violent protests across Brazil invited only stoic silence Friday from President Dilma Rousseff, even after she had called an emergency meeting with a top Cabinet member in response to the growing unrest.  |
| Jon Stewart appears on Egyptian satirical TV show Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:00 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Jon Stewart took the guest's seat Friday on Egypt's top satirical TV show, modeled after his own program "The Daily Show."
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| Flooding forces 75,000 from western Canadian homes Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:23 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Flooding forced the western Canadian city of Calgary to order the evacuation of its entire downtown Friday, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena.  |
| Final push to save landmark 'flying saucer’ terminal Posted: 21 Jun 2013 12:58 PM PDT  Anthony Stramaglia has many fond memories of JFK Airport's iconic Terminal 3. For one, it was the first place he ever got on a plane. "I was only 2 years old," said Stramaglia of his first trip through Pan American World Airways' "Jetsons"-esque structure, the Worldport. "I'm dating myself here, but it must have been [...]
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| Rocket near Beirut brings Syrian war closer Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:51 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — A rocket slammed into a suburb of Beirut on Friday, bringing the conflict in neighboring Syria closer to Lebanon's bustling capital and reviving bitter memories of the country's own devastating civil war.
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| Paula Deen dumped by Food Network after N-word admission Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:55 PM PDT The Food Network said on Friday it would not renew celebrity chef Paula Deen's contract when it expires at the end of June, following revelations that the cooking star admitted to using a racial slur in the past.  |
| 100,000 Morsi backers stage show of force in Egypt Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:01 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — More than 100,000 supporters of Egypt's Islamist president staged a show of force Friday ahead of massive protests later this month by the opposition, chanting "Islamic revolution!" and warning of a new and bloody bout of turmoil.
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| FAA moving toward easing electronic device use Posted: 21 Jun 2013 02:52 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is moving toward easing restrictions on airline passengers using electronic devices to listen to music, play games, read books, watch movies and work during takeoffs and landings, but it could take a few months.
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| Food Network won't renew Paula Deen's contract Posted: 21 Jun 2013 02:47 PM PDT  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Food Network said Friday it's dumping Paula Deen, barely an hour after the celebrity cook posted the first of two videotaped apologies online begging forgiveness from fans and critics troubled by her admission to having used racial slurs in the past.
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| Photo Gallery: Yoga, dance greet summer solstice Posted: 21 Jun 2013 12:52 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — People around the world were up at the crack of dawn on Friday to celebrate the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
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