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Slovenes hold referendum on communist-era files 06/08/2014 05:30pm • ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) -- A referendum in Slovenia on Sunday to decide whether sensitive personal information like sexual or religious orientation in communist-era state security files should be open to the public has failed after too few people turned out to vote.The S Hundreds of couples rush to marry in Wisconsin 06/08/2014 01:04pm • M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Dozens of gay couples married Saturday at courthouses in Milwaukee and Madison, taking advantage of what most believed would be a small window in which to get hitched before a judge's decision overturning the state's same-sex marriage ban was put on ho Peru mining boom leaves highlanders behind 06/08/2014 12:20pm • FRANK BAJAK Associated Press SAN ANTONIO DE JUPROG, Peru (AP) -- The Marzano-Velasquez clan lived a simple, pastoral life on a mountain that happened to sit atop the world's largest known copper-and-zinc deposit.It wouldn't make them rich. Maria Magdalena Velasquez signed away her family's share of Man charged in Mounties' death obsessed with guns 06/08/2014 04:37am • PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) -- A chilling portrait of a man obsessed with guns and anti-government rhetoric began to emerge as people in this eastern Canadian city struggled to reconcile the knowledge that the person charged with murdering three Mounties was the same Doughty gaining fame while leading LA Kings 06/07/2014 05:18pm • DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a city overflowing with movie stars, television personalities, musicians and every other kind of celebrity imaginable, Drew Doughty enjoyed a degree of anonymity that other high-profile players in the NHL or any professional sports league could o APNewsBreak: UNCF to receive $25 million Koch gift 06/07/2014 06:10am • KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United Negro College Fund announced a $25 million grant Friday from Koch Industries Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation -- a large donation from the conservative powerhouse Koch name that Democrats have sought to vilify heading into the 20 Dana Beyer: Why You Should Vote For Me 06/06/2014 09:10am • We asked local candidates in contested primary elections to write a sub-750 word essay describing why residents should vote for them on June 24. Next we shift to the District 18 state Senate race, where Dana Beyer is running in the Democratic primary. Below is Beyer’s unedited response: I&#821 U.Va. email accidentally exposes student info 06/06/2014 08:40am • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- The University of Virginia says a law school administrator accidentally sent an email with the personal information of 155 students.Officials say the email sent earlier this week via a school mass mailing list included a spreadsheet that contained GPAs, class ranks and p Justice for Hamas, Fatah victims costly, elusive 06/06/2014 07:26am • IBRAHIM BARZAK Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Foes Hamas and Fatah managed to set aside some of their differences to form a Palestinian unity government, but the hardest part of reconciliation may still lie ahead -- settling demands of justice for hundreds killed and wounded in fight Wal-Mart faces big hurdles 06/05/2014 10:14pm • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer The world's largest retailer faces new challenges at a time when low prices and one-stop shopping can be a few clicks away on a tablet computer or mobile phone.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. built its reputation on everyday low prices and convenient supercenters that allow c Recognition of Utah gay marriages to stay on hold 06/05/2014 08:14pm • BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- More than 1,000 couples who rushed to wed after a judge overturned Utah's gay marriage ban will have to keep waiting for many of the legal benefits of being married following an appeals court decision Thursday.The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea Mourning, tight security on Tiananmen anniversary 06/05/2014 03:32am • GILLIAN WONG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Yin Min held the ashes of her son and wept, she said, as she marked 25 years since he was killed in the crackdown by Chinese tanks and troops on protests at Tiananmen Square. Outside, guards kept a close eye on her home while police blanketed central Bei Mental exam ordered for San Francisco bomb suspect 06/04/2014 05:01pm • PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered a mental health evaluation of a San Francisco social media expert in an explosives case.Ryan Chamberlain II, 42, was arrested Monday in San Francisco after a three-day manhunt prompted by the discovery Mourning, tight security on Tiananmen anniversary 06/04/2014 02:20pm • BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police and paramilitary troops have been making sure today that there are no public commemorations of the events from 25 years ago. That's when troops moved in on reform-minded protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, killing hundreds -- if not thousands -- or protesters and AP WAS THERE: Troops storm Tiananmen Square 06/04/2014 09:40am • JOHN POMFRET BEIJING (AP) -- EDITOR'S NOTE -- On June 4, 1989, AP reporter John Pomfret was in central Beijing when Chinese soldiers attacked pro-democracy protesters on Tiananmen Square.Demonstrators had occupied the square, China's symbolic political heart, for three weeks demanding greater socia