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Polanski laments leveling of sexes as 'idiotic'
CANNES, France (AP) - Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women.
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Dozens rescued from flooded San Antonio area
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Officials say about 60 people have been rescued from their San Antonio-area homes as floodwaters continue to rise.
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NTSB investigating cause of SE Mo. train crash
CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven people.
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Brewers closer Henderson out with hamstring injury (Yahoo! Sports)
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Brewers manager Ron Roenicke says closer Jim Henderson is expected to be out ''a while'' with a pulled hamstring.
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Quick, long-term fixes in works for Wash. bridge
SEATTLE (AP) - It's going to take time to find both short- and long-term fixes for the bridge that collapsed on Interstate 5, Washington state officials said Saturday as federal inspectors scoured for clues that may impact bridge safety across the nation.
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Cold start to 1st summer after Sandy at NJ shore
MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) - The first summer season after Superstorm Sandy is underway at the Jersey shore, parts of which were devastated by the October storm.
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High-water rescues reported in San Antonio area
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - San Antonio firefighters have pulled people from submerged cars and rescued passengers whose bus was swept away in floodwaters.
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Rebuilding rules as rain soaks Jersey shore
MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) - Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues - under covered porches - as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey shore since Superstorm Sandy roared through.
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Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorities' admonishment of a couple that kissed in public.
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Egypt top court rules against religious slogans
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Saturday against parts of an election law approved by the Islamist-led legislature that had lifted a long-standing ban on the use of religious slogans during campaigning.
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Roadside bomb kills 2 Yemeni soldiers
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where high-level intelligence officers have been assassinated in the past.
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Suspected rebels kill 16, wound 25 in east India
NEW DELHI (AP) - Suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire Saturday on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 16 people and wounding 25 others, police said.
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Obama, Hagel tell young officers: You must lead in ridding US military of sexual assault
Speaking to the nation’s future military leaders this Memorial Day weekend, their Commander in Chief and Secretary of Defense made a point of addressing an important issue in today’s armed services: sexual assault.
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Clinton leads 2016 poll in Iowa, but Rand Paul is close
Hillary Clinton for president in 2016?
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Obama's drone rules provide limits, ambiguity
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.
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Obama: Nation must do more for fallen heroes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day.
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Cambodian film on Pol Pot rule wins Cannes prize
CANNES, France (AP) - A French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot's dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, has won the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
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AP Sources: Coyotes sale approved, hurdle remains
PHOENIX (AP) - The NHL has approved the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to a group of Canadian-led investors, but the deal is contingent on reaching a lease agreement with the city of Glendale, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
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Brewers closer Henderson out with hamstring injury
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Brewers manager Ron Roenicke says closer Jim Henderson is expected to be out "a while" with a pulled hamstring.
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Bomb in Yemeni military vehicle kills two and injures six
ADEN (Reuters) - A remotely-detonated bomb planted in a military vehicle killed a soldier and a civilian and injured six other soldiers in the Hadramaut region of eastern Yemen on Saturday evening, a local security official said. The explosion took place in the town of al-Shehr as the vehicle drove along a main...
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Both quick, long-term fixes in works for WA bridge
SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state officials say it's going to take time to find both short- and long-term fixes for the bridge that collapsed on Interstate 5 on Thursday.
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Museum starts night tours of signs from Vegas past
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip.
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Nasrallah says Hezbollah will bring victory to Syrian ally Assad
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanese guerrilla movement Hezbollah said on Saturday his group would stay in the Syrian war "to the end of the road" and bring victory to its ally President Bashar al-Assad. Hassan Nasrallah, head of the militant Shi'ite Muslim group, said in a televised speech that Syria and...
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Nigerian army says rescues hostages taken by Islamists
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has freed a number of women and children held hostage by Islamist sect Boko Haram, the army said on Saturday, after its offensive in the northeast of the country overran three of the insurgents' camps. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video earlier this month that the...
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French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris
PARIS (AP) - France's military spokesman says a soldier has been stabbed in the throat in the French commercial district of La Defense outside Paris.
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Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa visit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.
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As Memorial Day arrives, Americans plan 'chill' vacations
Michael Ray Smith and his wife, Barbara Jean, are exceedingly pleased about what they are not going to do on their coming vacation: travel or sightsee; visit museums; go to plays, movies, or amusement parks; window-shop; gamble. The list goes on: They will not visit family or friends, play cards, hike, water-ski,...
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Six tornado survivor stories
They say you should never make a big decision when you're emotional. But what if there's barely a moment to think and a life-or-death choice looming?
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Orioles place RHP Strop on 15-day DL (Yahoo! Sports)
TORONTO (AP) -- The Baltimore Orioles placed right-hander Pedro Strop on the 15-day disabled list with a strained lower back and recalled right-hander Steve Johnson from Triple-A Norfolk before Saturday's game against the Blue Jays.
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A controversial victory lap for Lewis at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) - Jerry Lewis, so beloved in France, isn't quite overcome with emotion now that he's back at the Cannes Film Festival.
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