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West to Putin: Prove commitment to Ukraine peace 06/26/2014 05:04am • LYNN BERRY Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- The Kremlin on Wednesday renounced the right to send troops into Ukraine and voiced support for a peace plan, but the West said Russia must do much more to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine if it wants to avoid a new, more crippling round of sanctions.A What wealth gap? Danish welfare narrows disparity 06/25/2014 08:54am • JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- This is what it's like to live in Denmark, a nation with a narrower wealth gap than almost anywhere else: You've been jobless for more than a year. You have no university degree, no advanced skills. You have to pay a mortgage. And your husban Biden: Gay rights take precedence over culture 06/24/2014 11:10pm • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seeking to mobilize a global front against anti-gay violence and discrimination, Vice President Joe Biden declared Tuesday that protecting gay rights is a defining mark of a civilized nation and must trump national cultures and social traditions.Biden Montana to notify 1.3 million of computer hacking 06/24/2014 08:30pm • LISA BAUMANN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Montana officials said Tuesday they are notifying 1.3 million people that their personal information could have been accessed by hackers who broke into a state health department computer server.The letters are going to people whose information and Obama says US should have paid maternity leave 06/24/2014 06:06pm • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States should join the rest of the industrialized world and offer paid leave for mothers of newborns."Many women can't even get a paid day off to give birth -- now that's a pretty low bar," Obama sai UN estimates 423 killed in Ukraine's east 06/24/2014 06:00pm • EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations estimated Tuesday that 423 people were killed between April 15 and June 20 in eastern Ukraine, where the situation is rapidly deteriorating.Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic told the U.N. Security C China's gift causes big trouble for tiny Tonga 06/24/2014 03:23pm • NICK PERRY Associated Press NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) -- It's almost 10 a.m., but the barista at this tiny Pacific kingdom's domestic air terminal has yet to make a single cup of coffee.Molly Fatai says her wages at the cafe have been cut by a third since last year. Flights leaving for Tonga's outer is China's gift causes big trouble for tiny Tonga 06/24/2014 03:23pm • NICK PERRY Associated Press NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) -- It's almost 10 a.m., but the barista at this tiny Pacific kingdom's domestic air terminal has yet to make a single cup of coffee.Molly Fatai says her wages at the cafe have been cut by a third since last year. Flights leaving for Tonga's outer is Correction: Unwelcome Refugees story 06/24/2014 02:40pm • SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- In a story June 23 about a Massachusetts mayor calling for an end to refugee resettlement in his city, The Associated Press erroneously reported which mayor of Lewiston, Maine, asked Somalis in 2002 to "reduce the stress on our limited finances." That request was made by f US changes mind about deporting Missouri woman 06/23/2014 11:14pm • ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A Missouri woman who faced deportation to her native Thailand after losing her green card over a felony theft conviction will remain in the U.S. following a last-minute reversal by immigration officials.Komdown "Dow" Boyer, who moved to the U.S. a Navy college professor placed on leave over photo 06/23/2014 07:08pm • JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A U.S. Naval War College professor was accused in a complaint on Monday of taking a racy photo that was then posted online, and he was placed on leave.A May text message conversation with a photo of a penis and professor John Schindler's n Israel nabs suspects in Passover shooting 06/23/2014 02:33pm • JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli authorities on Monday announced the arrest of an alleged Hamas operative for involvement in the deadly shooting of an Israeli police officer in the West Bank over the Passover holiday in April.The announcement came as Israel pressed forward w Report: Pitch invader was neo-Nazi sympathizer 06/22/2014 08:36pm • GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The man who invaded the pitch during the Germany-Ghana match at the World Cup was a neo-Nazi sympathizer, according to a report that will be delivered to FIFA on Monday.The fans' anti-discrimination network, Fare, is preparing a report on Saturda Report: Polish minister calls US ties worthless 06/22/2014 04:10pm • VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A Polish magazine said Sunday it has obtained recordings of a private conversation in which the foreign minister says Poland's strong alliance with the U.S. was worthless and "even harmful because it creates a false sense of security."In a short t BRAZIL BEAT: Rooney trying to impress new manager 06/22/2014 09:34am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Wayne Rooney knows how to get on the right side of his new manager at Manchester United.With England already eliminated from the World Cup, Rooney is backing Louis van Gaal's Netherlands to emerge victorious next month in the Maracana. The Dutch have already secured their prog