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Privacy board: NSA's Internet monitoring is legal 07/02/2014 03:00am • KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Security Agency programs that collect huge volumes of Internet data within the United States pass constitutional muster and employ "reasonable" safeguards designed to protect the rights of Americans, an independent privacy and civil Court orders Indiana to recognize 1 gay marriage 07/01/2014 05:42pm • CHARLES D. WILSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- At least one same-sex couple in Indiana will have their marriage recognized by the state following a federal court decision Tuesday.The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ordered Indiana to acknowledge the marriage of a lesbian couple, one Fringe parties change face of new EU Parliament 07/01/2014 11:07am • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- It is more raucous, more anti-immigration and more skeptical of the European Union: Welcome to the 28-nation bloc's new Parliament.Expressing resurgent nationalist sentiments and distrust with how the EU is run, voters in May handed almost one in three The stories of 12 Japanese abducted by North Korea 07/01/2014 06:44am • MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- A 13-year-old schoolgirl walking home after badminton practice. A 28-year-old restaurant employee sent by his boss to Vienna. A young couple on a date, driving to the beach to see the sunset. They are among at least 17 Japanese -- possibly many more than On pace: Ending veteran homelessness in D.C. 06/30/2014 05:22pm • WASHINGTON -- Alan Banks is an Air Force veteran and father. In 1996 he was married and making six figures in security and law enforcement when he experienced something he never imagined. "I had a very good income, a home built, a lot of nice toys and was living life very well," says Banks, a D.C Man sets self afire in Tokyo in apparent protest 06/29/2014 09:34am • ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- A man set himself on fire at Tokyo's busy Shinjuku railway station on Sunday in what appears to be a rare violent political protest.The man, who appeared in his 50s or 60s, was taken to the hospital after suffering serious injuries, said Daiji Kubota, FIFA keeping punishments to a minimum at World Cup 06/29/2014 03:24am • GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Despite bringing the might of FIFA discipline down on Luis Suarez for biting an opponent, football's governing body has let plenty of other incidents go unpunished at the World Cup.Apparent offenses on and off the pitch -- from elbowing an oppone Moms of youth players get football cram course 06/28/2014 01:43pm • BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Four dozen women snap selfies in the New York Giants locker room. They examine the pros' helmets and shoulder pads, then head to the field house to do drills.The women all are football moms, and they're learning about tackling techniq Shootings rise after China gives its police guns 06/27/2014 06:24am • DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- A string of shooting incidents involving Chinese police -- leaving at least four people dead -- has the public wondering if rank-and-file officers are really ready to carry guns, as mandated by new regulations.Last month, two policemen brought a loaded gun Authorities: 4-decade fugitive used dead boys' IDs 06/26/2014 06:16pm • RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Convicted armed robber Ronald Dwaine Carnes eluded authorities for nearly 41 years after escaping from a North Carolina prison. But with the help of facial recognition technology, investigators say he's been caught living in northeastern Iowa un How one man’s assassination 100 years ago caused our business travel nightmares today 06/26/2014 01:59pm • You probably haven't thought about Archduke Ferdinand lately, but his life — and especially his death — has had more impact on business travel than anyone save the Wright Brothers. As you may dimly recall from high-school history, Austria's ill-fated Franz Ferdinand was assassinated 100 Cambodian PM says 250,000 workers returned home 06/26/2014 12:40pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia's prime minister said Thursday that at least 250,000 of his countrymen who were migrant workers in Thailand returned home this month under circumstances that initially violated their human rights.Hun Sen accused Thai authorities of abusing their rights when the Cambodian PM says 250,000 workers returned home 06/26/2014 12:40pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia's prime minister said Thursday that at least 250,000 of his countrymen who were migrant workers in Thailand returned home this month under circumstances that initially violated their human rights.Hun Sen accused Thai authorities of abusing their rights when the Cambodian PM says 250,000 workers returned home 06/26/2014 12:40pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia's prime minister said Thursday that at least 250,000 of his countrymen who were migrant workers in Thailand returned home this month under circumstances that initially violated their human rights.Hun Sen accused Thai authorities of abusing their rights when the Cambodian PM says 250,000 workers returned home 06/26/2014 12:40pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia's prime minister said Thursday that at least 250,000 of his countrymen who were migrant workers in Thailand returned home this month under circumstances that initially violated their human rights.Hun Sen accused Thai authorities of abusing their rights when the