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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 Thai Facebook users get censorship scare 05/29/2014 11:10am • GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's new military rulers said that a sudden interruption of access to Facebook on Wednesday was not part of a censorship policy, but due instead to a technical hitch.The afternoon blockage did not affect all users but drew a flurry of attention onlin Anonymous "HiddenCash" creates social media frenzy 05/29/2014 10:12am • TERRY COLLINS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Someone is dropping envelopes full of cash across San Francisco -- and causing an international frenzy on social media.An anonymous man with the Twitter handle @HiddenCash has been hiding money throughout the city since Friday, leading scores on a scavenger hunt. Immigration delay ups the ante on Obama, GOP 05/29/2014 03:12am • ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama announced he was looking for ways to ease deportations without going through Congress, Republicans called it a case study in overreach, arguing that it's Obama -- not Republicans -- who is undermining prospects for an immig FTC wants more transparency for data brokers 05/29/2014 01:40am • JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Companies are collecting billions of pieces of information about consumers to create individual profiles to more effectively target individuals for coupons or product offers, decide whether a would-be buyer gets a car loan or help people check out Venezuela implicates US envoy in opposition plot 05/28/2014 07:50pm • JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Venezuela alleged on Wednesday that the U.S. ambassador to Colombia has plotted to destabilize President Nicolas Maduro's rule, adding to tensions between the two countries as the U.S. House approved a measure calling for sanctions on official In Patrick, Texas may find another tea party star 05/28/2014 05:56pm • WILL WEISSERT Associated Press SALADO, Texas (AP) -- Scoffing at the issue of climate change was easy, but tea party favorite Dan Patrick also didn't miss the chance to savage the White House's purported efforts to slow it -- really working the conservative crowd into a frenzy."I understand why Obam Natali Fani-Gonzalez: Why You Should Vote For Me 05/28/2014 01:05pm • 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. First up is Natali Fani-Gonzalez, running for one of three District 18 House of Delegates seats. Below is Fani-Gonzalez’s unedited response: District Text of Obama's remarks at military graduation 05/28/2014 12:10pm • The Associated Press A text of President Barack Obama's remarks at the U.S. Military Academy graduation ceremony in West Point, New York, as provided by the White House:---Good morning. Thank you, General Caslen, for that introduction. To General Trainor, General Clarke, and the faculty and staff a China cracks down on instant messaging services 05/28/2014 09:45am • LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- China is targeting popular smartphone-based instant messaging services in a monthlong campaign to crack down on the spreading of rumors and what it calls infiltration of hostile forces, in the latest move restricting online freedom of expression.Such serv Facebook helps find abducted newborn in Quebec 05/28/2014 12:10am • MONTREAL (AP) -- The mother of a day-old infant snatched from a Quebec hospital says she's grateful to everyone who helped bring home her baby -- especially the group of people who hunted down the alleged kidnapper thanks to a Facebook post.Police issued an Amber Alert on Monday night after the newb Man held in Iranian's death in court in fraud case 05/27/2014 06:30pm • MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- A Jordanian-born man facing state murder charges in the shooting death of an Iranian student and women's rights activist was denied bond Tuesday on federal fraud charges for what authorities say was his involvement in a welfare and Social Security ben Experts: Mass murderers are hard to predict 05/27/2014 05:30pm • CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press GOLETA, Calif. (AP) -- Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes. Sandy Hook school attacker Adam Lanza. And now Elliot Rodger.All were young loners with no criminal history who went on shooting sprees, leaving devastated families in their wake.Mass murderers ten China hits activists with common-crime charges 05/27/2014 04:24pm • DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- In prosecuting the country's political and social activists, an image-conscious Beijing is shifting its tactics.Beijing is increasingly using public disorder charges to lock up those it considers as nuisances or threats to its rule, rather than filing charg A look at Egypt's 2 presidential candidates 05/27/2014 10:55am • LAURA DEAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- The two candidates in Egypt's presidential election as voters decide on the nation's next leader in two-day elections that end Tuesday.ABDEL-FATTAH EL-SISSIThe 59-year-old former military leader hails from a family of furniture makers. He grew up in the hist