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Obama launches public push on power plant rules 05/31/2014 02:44pm • JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama launched a show of support Friday for new emissions rules for power plants, putting the weight of the White House behind the government's controversial strategy for combating climate change.Three days before his administration Police knew of but didn't view killer's videos 05/31/2014 01:26pm • MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Law enforcement officers who visited Elliot Rodger three weeks before he went on a deadly rampage in a California college town knew he had posted disturbing videos but didn't check them out because, when they visited him at his apartment, he seemed Early entry into draft costly for some 05/31/2014 09:02am • BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Far from the spotlight at Radio City Music Hall where the next generation of NFL players was being selected, more than three dozen early entrants to the draft were waiting at home, jobless.Forget grabbing one of those lucrative contracts or any of Motorola to close Texas smartphone factory 05/31/2014 07:34am • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Google's Motorola Mobility handset unit announced Friday it will shutter its North Texas factory by the end of this year, barely a year after it opened with much fanfare as the first smartphone assembly plant in the U.S.At the time, Google had 25 years on, no fading of Tiananmen wounds, ideals 05/31/2014 02:26am • LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Some went missing. Some lost their freedom. Some can't escape the images inside their head, or the guilt they feel for surviving.The June 4, 1989, military crackdown to end weeks-long student protests is a key moment in the history of Communist-ruled Chin 10 Things to Know: This Week's Takeaways 05/31/2014 12:07am • The Associated Press Looking back at the stories to remember from the past week:1. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CHIEF RESIGNS AMID VETS' HEALTH CARE PROBLEMSFaced with growing evidence that patient delays were covered up, Veterans Administration Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday and apologized for News Guide: What Benghazi means in US politics 05/30/2014 04:56pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- To congressional Republicans, "Benghazi" is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it as the hollow sound of pointless investigations.It is, in fact, a Mediterranean port city in Libya that was the site of an attack on an American dipl US concerned over China blogger who met Kerry 05/30/2014 04:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. has expressed deep concern about the reported firing of a Chinese blogger who had met with Secretary of State John Kerry and urged the U.S. to challenge China's Internet restrictions.Zhang Jialong reported on finance for Tencent Finance, part of China's largest social med France restricts coverage of D-Day anniversary 05/30/2014 04:40pm • PARIS (AP) -- Millions of viewers worldwide could miss live coverage of the commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day next week because the French president's office reversed a decision to grant international news agencies free access to the broadcast.The administration of Francois Hollan Israel solves water woes with desalination 05/30/2014 04:24pm • JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press SOREK, Israel (AP) -- After experiencing its driest winter on record, Israel is responding as never before -- by doing nothing.While previous droughts have been accompanied by impassioned public service advertisements to conserve, this time around it has been greeted Parenting: How do you teach proper digital behavior? 05/30/2014 12:40pm • WASHINGTON -- Technology has made today's children digital citizens of the world; they have everything at their fingertips. But as Uncle Ben once told Peter Parker in "Spider-Man," "With great power comes great responsibility." How do parents teach kids to behave responsibly online? Crista Sum Apple's Beats buy joins tech and street-wise style 05/30/2014 08:34am • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Beats Electronics' colorful, oversized headphones serve as a fashion accessory to cool kids riding the New York City subway, but as tech companies such as Apple, Samsung and others are discovering, wearable gadgets like smartwatches and Google Gl 5 things to know about Apple's duet with Beats 05/30/2014 06:30am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook looked like he wanted to dance Wednesday as he discussed his company's $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics. The deal, by far the most expensive in Apple's 38-year history, will give the iPhone and iPod maker a SF ISO ambitious charmer; SM seeks amusing looker 05/30/2014 03:32am • JENNIFER AGIESTA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- In dating, money may be the biggest taboo.An Associated Press-WE tv poll finds that two-thirds of Americans think it's tougher to talk money with your romantic partner than it is to talk sex. Three in 10 say sex is the harder conversation.And when Heat, Pacers readying for Game 6 of East finals 05/30/2014 03:26am • TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) -- By now, Lance Stephenson's list of egregious acts from Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals are well-known: He blew air into LeBron James' ear, interrupted a Miami Heat huddle and got caught flopping for the second time.And on Thursday, the Heat tri