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Japan tsunami debris floats toward Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) ― Up to 20 million tons of tsunami debris floating from Japan could arrive on Hawaii’s shores by early 2013, before reaching the West Coast, according to estimates by University of Hawaii scientists.A Russian training ship spotted the junk ― including a refrigerator, a television set and other appliances ― in an area of the Pacific Ocean where the scientists from the university’s International Pacific Research Center predicted it would be.The biggest proof that the debris is from t

Oct. 26, 2011

Japan tsunami debris floats toward Hawaii

Thais face drowning, disease in disastrous floods

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thais enduring the nation's worst floods in decades have faced marauding crocodiles and threat of snake bites and electrocution, but health experts say the top risks are drowning and disease.Three months into a crisis that has ravaged the kingdom and is now encroaching on the capital

Oct. 26, 2011

Teenager pulled out of Turkish quake rubble

ERCIS, Turkey (AP) — Searchers working under floodlights early Wednesday pulled out an 18-year old university student from the ruins of an apartment building 61 hours after a devastating earthquake struck eastern Turkey.They used tiny cameras mounted on sticks to locate Eyup Erdem and broke in

Oct. 26, 2011

Teenager pulled out of Turkish quake rubble

In final weeks, Gadhafi between rage and despair

MISRATA, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's all-powerful leader for four decades, spent his final weeks shuttling from hideout to hideout in his hometown of Sirte, alternating between rage and despair as his regime crumbled around him, said a regime insider now in custody.Gadhafi, his son M

Oct. 26, 2011

US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs — a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima — is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War. A weapons trainer talks to

Oct. 26, 2011

US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled

Yemen troops fire at anti-regime protest; 2 killed

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni troops loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire Tuesday at thousands of protesters calling for his ouster in the capital Sanaa, killing two, a medical official said.The protesters marched through the streets surrounding Change Square, a central int

Oct. 25, 2011

Libyans bury Gadhafi in secret location at dawn

MISRATA, Libya (AP) -- Longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, his son Muatassim and a top aide were buried in an Islamic ceremony at dawn Tuesday in a secret location, with a few relatives and officials in attendance, officials said.The burial closed the book on Gadhafi's nearly 42-year rule

Oct. 25, 2011

U.S. pulls envoy out of Syria, citing safety

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The Obama administration has pulled its ambassador home from Syria, arguing that his support for anti-Assad activists put him in grave danger ― the most dramatic action so far by the United States as it struggles to counter a Mideast autocrat who is withstanding pressure that has toppled neighboring dictators.Syria responded quickly Monday, ordering home its envoy from Washington.American Ambassador Robert Ford was temporarily recalled on Saturday after the U.S. received “credi

Oct. 25, 2011

U.S. pulls envoy out of Syria, citing safety

Panetta says U.S. at turning point to refocus on Asia

TOKYO (AP) ― The winding down of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan marks a pivot point for the U.S. military, which must now focus on looming threats such as the rising military might of China, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday.Panetta used his first visit to Japan as Pentagon chief to sound an emerging theme of the Obama administration: America will remain a global economic and military power despite coming budget reductions, and the Asia-Pacific region will be central to U.S. national secu

Oct. 25, 2011

U.K. turns down referendum to leave EU

British Prime Minister suffers from ‘rebellion’ within his ConservativesLONDON (AP) ― British lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly rejected a motion to hold a national referendum on leaving the European Union, but Prime Minister David Cameron suffered a bruising as several Conservative Party lawmakers rebelled against his orders and supported the bid.The revolt within the ruling Conservative Party ranks underscored discontent with Cameron’s stewardship ― an unhappiness that has grown following his

Oct. 25, 2011

Police seek ID of body found in U.S. storage unit

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- A man who died this month at age 80 took a secret to his grave -- a secret that was discovered only after his family went through his belongings in a storage unit.Inside an unplugged freezer, they found a set of human remains that investigators believe may be those of his gir

Oct. 25, 2011

Thailand declares holidays to cope with flood crisis

Thailand on Tuesday declared a three-day holiday in Bangkok and other flood-affected areas as high tides are forecast to flow up the city's main river and worsen floods creeping into the city.Schools, businesses and government offices will shut on Thursday and Friday, and the following Monday, creat

Oct. 25, 2011

[Photo] 'Sun Drop Diamond'

An auction house worker poses for the photographers holding a ring with the 'Sun Drop Diamond', 110.03 carat pear-shaped Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond, which according to the house is the most impressive and largest diamond ever to come to auction, in London, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Sotheby's will hold

Oct. 25, 2011

Pew study: Tablet users don't want to pay for news

NEW YORK (AP) _ Although tablet owners spend more time consuming news than poking around on Facebook, they're reluctant to pay for news content.That's according to a study from the Pew Research Center's Project for the Excellence in Journalism, due out on Tuesday. It found that 11 percent of America

Oct. 25, 2011

Japanese nurse sentenced to hanging in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) _ A Malaysian court has sentenced a Japanese nurse to death by hanging for drug trafficking.The High Court in central Selangor state found 37-year-old Mariko Takeuchi guilty of transporting 7.7 pounds (3.5 kilograms) of methamphetamine in a suitcase when she flew from Dub

Oct. 25, 2011

Winfrey interviews Ralph Lauren live in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) _ When Ralph Lauren sat down for a little chat Monday night with Oprah Winfrey, they picked up a discussion they started on TV back in the spring, when the fashion designer helped close out Winfrey's long-running talk show with an exclusive peek inside his Colorado estate.But this time

Oct. 25, 2011

Obama offers mortgage relief on Western trip

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief on Monday to hundreds of thousands of Americans, his latest attempt to ease the economic and political fallout of a housing crisis that has bedeviled him as he seeks a second term.Under Obama's proposal, homeowners who are still current

Oct. 25, 2011

[Photo] Hunt for survivors after Turkey quake

Emergency crews work to rescue people from the debris and rubble of collapsed buildings in Ercis, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Dozens of people were trapped in mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris after hundreds of buildings in two cities and mud-brick homes in nearby

Oct. 25, 2011

[Photo] Hunt for survivors after Turkey quake

Libyan official says Gadhafi burial likely Tuesday

MISRATA, Libya (AP) — A spokesman for the fighters holding Moammar Gadhafi's body says the slain dictator will probably be buried on Tuesday in an unmarked grave in a secret location.Ibrahim Beit al-Mal, a spokesman for the Misrata military council, told The Associated Press Monday that he's "

Oct. 25, 2011

Indiana identical twins give birth on same day

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) -- Two identical twins in Indiana now have another birthday in common: They delivered babies on the same day at the same hospital.The Herald-Times reports 21-year-old Jessica and Jennifer Patterson gave birth Wednesday at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital.Jenni

Oct. 25, 2011