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John Seigenthaler, Tennessee journalist, dies 07/11/2014 05:42pm • LUCAS L. JOHNSON II Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- John Seigenthaler, the journalist who edited The Tennessean newspaper, helped shape USA Today and worked for civil rights during the John F. Kennedy administration, died Friday at his Nashville home at age 86, his son said.In his wide-ran Pediatric doctor in child porn case gets prison 07/11/2014 03:50pm • ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A former top pediatric cancer doctor was sentenced to a year and one day in federal prison Friday following his guilty plea to a charge of accessing child pornography.Before sentencing, Christopher Pelloski told federal Judge James Brazil's new stadiums seek post-World Cup events 07/11/2014 01:24pm • STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Once the World Cup and its traveling circus leaves town, four gleaming stadiums that cost $1.6 billion and hosted massive crowds will echo noisily as their owners struggle to find a use for them or even partially fill them.In the western Brazilian Polish opposition calls for no-confidence vote 07/09/2014 07:40am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland's main opposition leader called on Wednesday for a no-confidence vote in the liberal government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk following leaks of secretly taped conversations of some ministers and officials.Jaroslaw Kaczynski asked the Parliament to oust Tusk's team and FACT CHECK: Grimes releases first negative TV ad 07/09/2014 01:30am • CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Shaky claims about Medicare were common in the 2012 campaign, from President Barack Obama on down. Now they've surfaced in this year's midterm elections, in one of the hottest Senate races in the country.Alison Lundergan Grimes, Republican Sen Girl raped, killed on overnight train in Thailand 07/08/2014 07:20pm • THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- The rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl, who was shoved off a moving train on an overnight trip from southern Thailand, has sparked public outrage and calls for capital punishment for rapists.The body of the girl was discovered early Tuesday morni UN pushes for migrants to be called refugees 07/08/2014 06:35pm • ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- United Nations officials are pushing for many of the Central Americans fleeing to the U.S. to be treated as refugees displaced by armed conflict, a designation meant to increase pressure on the United States and Mexico to accept tens of thou 'Half of a Yellow Sun' to premiere in Nigeria 07/08/2014 06:00pm • MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- The Nigerian civil war movie "Half of a Yellow Sun" will finally premier in its home country in August, the film's producer announced Tuesday. The move came after Nigerian censors had earlier refused to approve it, saying the movie could undermin NASCAR made right call to pull plug at Daytona 07/07/2014 06:29pm • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer When the sky opened for a third time during the rain-rescheduled race at Daytona, and teams pulled out car covers to wait out the weather, it seemed the right time for NASCAR to put the Coke Zero 400 out of its misery.The entire weekend was plagued by rain. Cars nev Europe takes rehab approach to Islamic extremists 07/07/2014 04:32pm • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Chris Boudreau's son Damian told her over dinner on a November evening in 2012 that he was going to Egypt to study Arabic, the language of Islam.She never saw him again."He flew to Seattle, then Amsterdam, then into Istanbul," said Boudreau. "There was a Hamas says 7 militants killed in Israeli strikes 07/07/2014 08:54am • JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel arrested six Jewish suspects Sunday in the grisly slaying of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned alive last week -- a crime that set off a wave of violent protests in Arab sections of the country.Leaders of the Jewish state appe Egypt president raises cigarette, alcohol prices 07/07/2014 02:46am • SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's president decreed an increase in sales tax on cigarettes, beer and wine, the latest in a series of price hikes that aim to ease the country's staggering budget deficit.The decision announced Sunday increases a flat tax on local and imported cigare Kuwaiti protesters arrested, police use tear gas 07/06/2014 08:40pm • HUSSAIN AL-QATARI Associated Press KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- Kuwait police fired tear gas and stun grenades Sunday in a busy historic market to disperse several thousand protesters calling for the release of an opposition activist and a purge of corrupt judges.Defying government orders not to hold unautho Neymar: World Cup dream still alive 07/06/2014 11:14am • TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil star Neymar says his World Cup may be over because of a fractured vertebra but his World Cup dream of celebrating the title with his teammates at the Maracana Stadium next Sunday is still alive.In a video released by the Brazilian f Report: NSA targeted German privacy activist 07/06/2014 09:54am • BERLIN (AP) -- German media reported Thursday that users and supporters of a popular online anonymity tool are among those automatically singled out for special attention by U.S. security services.The report by public broadcasters WDR and NDR says the code from the National Security Agency's XKeysco