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Long odds for justice in Malaysia jet disaster 07/24/2014 09:56am • JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) -- Anyone hoping to bring to justice whoever downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 must face sobering facts.The wreckage scene is compromised, key evidence may have disappeared altogether and political complexities could block an international court from heari How to fill 100 water balloons in 1 minute (Video) 07/24/2014 09:17am • WASHINGTON -- What's not to like about a spirited water balloon fight? A soon-to-be available product will provide all the fun of the favorite summer activity, with little of the time parents often spend getting ready for it. With Bunch O Balloons its possible to fill and tie up to 100 water b Social Security spent $300M on 'IT boondoggle' 07/24/2014 03:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Six years ago the Social Security Administration embarked on an aggressive plan to replace outdated computer systems overwhelmed by a growing flood of disability claims. Nearly $300 million later, the new system is nowhere near ready and agency officials are struggling to salvage Michigan governor's campaign met with ambivalence 07/24/2014 02:20am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has accomplished much of what he set out to do when he was elected four years ago. He's logged improvements in the state's economic health, presided over the creation of 250,000 private-sector jobs and confronted many of Detroit's worsening financial US: Downed fighter jets part of pattern in Ukraine 07/23/2014 08:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House cast the downing of two fighter jets in Ukraine on Wednesday as part of a pattern of Russian-backed separatists using Russian weapons to pose risks to aircrafts and further destabilize the conflict in the former Soviet republic.The Ukrainian jets were downed just 2 Mixed finish for stocks...Cheaper plans drop AT&T profit...GM issues 6 recalls 07/23/2014 06:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks have come to a mixed finish on Wall Street, as investors weighed positive earnings from the technology industry against disappointing news from Boeing and other companies. Apple and Microsoft both reported results that beat forecasts. The S&P 500 rose 3.48 points to close at Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 07/23/2014 03:16pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___July 18Newsday, Melville, New York, on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17:As last week slammed to a close with searing images of a Malaysia Airlines jet smoldering in Ukrainian fields, the New constitution gives Thai junta sweeping powers 07/23/2014 10:00am • THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's new temporary constitution that gives the military government sweeping powers in the run-up to a planned October 2015 election also allows the leader of the current ruling junta to become interim prime minister, a senior army official sai Undercover probe finds health law failings 07/23/2014 04:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional investigators using fake identities were able to obtain taxpayer-subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama's law, according to testimony to be delivered Wednesday.The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office says its undercover investigators were a Vine star Mendes finds breakthrough on pop charts 07/23/2014 01:18am • MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Six seconds isn't a long time, but Vine superstar Shawn Mendes made the time count when posting cover songs on the social media platform.The teen singer says he would pick the hits he would cover -- and the sections of the tracks -- and post them on Vin Mexico's circuses caught up in animal rights spat 07/22/2014 07:50pm • MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's "circus wars" are heating up, with a growing movement to ban circus animals meeting rising anger from circus workers.There have been messages posted on social networking sites urging people to attack circuses, Armando Cedeno, the head of t 'Simpsons' marathon, digital Simpsons World coming 07/22/2014 11:30am • LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- The full 25-year run of "The Simpsons" will arrive on cable channel FXX with a summer marathon, to be followed this fall by a digital extravaganza that could turn other TV shows yellow with envy.A website and app dubbed "Simpsons World" w Russians fed conspiracy theories on Ukraine crash 07/22/2014 11:20am • LAURA MILLS Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- An assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin. A desperate ploy to draw the West into the battle for Ukraine's east. A botched mission to commit mass murder against Russian citizens.Russian news consumers are getting plenty of explanati US working on case against Russia on downed plane 07/22/2014 01:48am • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Video of a rocket launcher, one surface-to-air missile missing, leaving the likely launch site. Imagery showing the firing. Calls claiming credit for the strike. Recordings said to reveal a cover-up at the crash site."A buildup of extraordinary cir US outlines case against Russia on downed plane 07/21/2014 09:19am • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Video of a rocket launcher, one surface-to-air missile missing, leaving the likely launch site. Imagery showing the firing. Calls claiming credit for the strike. Recordings said to reveal a cover-up at the crash site."A buildup of extraordinary