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Security tight on eve of Tiananmen anniversary 06/03/2014 05:40pm • CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Beijing put additional police on the streets and detained government critics Tuesday as part of a security crackdown on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the crushing of pro-democracy protests centered on the capital's Tiananmen Square.Police mann Shield law backers sense momentum after House vote 06/03/2014 04:28pm • ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supporters of legislation to protect reporters from being compelled to name confidential sources are claiming new momentum after a recent surprise vote in the GOP-controlled House and in advance of a possible Senate debate this summer.Last week's 225 Thailand's junta warns over 'Hunger Games' salute 06/03/2014 04:26pm • THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's military rulers said Tuesday they are monitoring a new form of silent resistance to the coup -- a three-fingered salute borrowed from "The Hunger Games" -- and will arrest those in large groups who ignore warnings to lower their arms.Desp Turkey restores access to YouTube 06/03/2014 02:01pm • ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkish authorities say they have restored access to YouTube five days after the country's highest court ruled that the two-month ban on the video-sharing website violates freedom of expression.Turkish news reports said that the court's decision was delivered to the country's teleco Craig Cummings,co-founder and chairman of RideScout 06/03/2014 08:46am • Learn how Craig Cummings, co-founder and chairman of RideScout, credits the Army to help him build a successful business. .inline_audio { float:none !important; } Download Craig Cummings is the Co-Founder and Chairman of RideScout, the "Kayak" of Ground Transportation. 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Hundreds of demonstrators came out and several were detained, bu Security matrix prevents another Tiananmen 05/31/2014 11:34pm • CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- When visiting friends in China's capital, environmental activist Wu Lihong must slip away from his rural home before sunrise, before the police officers watching his home awaken. He rides a bus to an adjacent province and jumps aboard a train just Barbour faces off with tea party at GOP conference 05/31/2014 05:44am • BILL BARROW Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Even as Republicans preach the need for solidarity, divisions between the tea party and the GOP establishment are clear at a national conservative summit.Former Republican Party Chairman Haley Barbour played the part of elder statesman Friday, warning Turkey highest court: YouTube ban violates rights 05/30/2014 04:40am • SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's highest court on Thursday ruled that the country's two month-old ban on YouTube violates constitutional rights to freedom of expression, a setback for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who wanted to shut down the video-sharing website.T Behind landslide, a generation divide in Egypt 05/30/2014 02:56am • SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- "El-Sissi will leave no one wanting!" the 50-year-old shopkeeper in a Cairo slum barked when a younger man criticized the landslide victor of Egypt's presidential election, former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.Their heated argument -- even though both Man accused in Iranian's death depicted as violent 05/29/2014 07:20pm • JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- A Jordanian-born man facing a state murder charge in the 2012 shooting death of an Iranian student and women's rights activist also played a role in his son-in-law's death 11 months later, a federal prosecutor alleged Thursday.During a detention hearin Hillshire Brands and Twitter are big market movers 05/29/2014 05:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEThe Hillshire Brands Co., up $7.95 to $52.76Two days after a takeover bid for the food producer from Pilgrim's Pride, Tyson Foods comes over the top with a $7 bi Children increasingly victimized by terrorists, not just targets 05/29/2014 01:54pm • WASHINGTON - As terrorism proliferates around the world, children are increasingly victimized, not only as targets but also as pawns, like the Nigerian girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram. "Children are vulnerable. In many cases, they're easy to get a hold of and they can't put up much of a fight a