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Candlelight vigil to mourn shooting victims in California

UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.

Obama pushes for gun control

2013-02-05 10:38

US President Barack Obama on Monday embarked on a campaign-style push for more gun control, visiting a police facility in Minnesota to make his case.

Chavez 'much better, recovering'

2013-02-05 10:16

Venezuela's ailing President Hugo Chavez is recovering well from a cancer operation he underwent last December in Havana, media sources reported Monday, quoting Cuban former leader Fidel Castro.

Oscar night to have something for everyone

2013-02-05 09:37

with a pledge that Oscar night will have something for everyone, the Academy Awards kicked into high gear on Monday at a luncheon for more than 160 nominees.

Alabama hostage standoff ends

2013-02-05 09:21

A man who killed a school bus driver and then held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in rural Alabama for nearly a week was killed.

Kerry urged to spell positive change on Diaoyu

2013-02-05 09:12

As new US Secretary of State started his first week, Chinese officials were optimistic a change in Washington will spell a positive change toward resolving the Diaoyu Islands issue.

Kerry starts 1st day as US secretary of state

2013-02-05 05:59

Former US Democratic Senator John Kerry on Monday formally started his first day at the State Department as the country's 68th secretary of state.

Airbus bags $9b deal

2013-02-05 03:56

The Los Angeles-based Air Lease Corporation signed a 9-billion-U.S. dollar deal for Airbus aircraft, the plane manufacturer announced on Monday.

Tour bus crash kills at least 3 in California

2013-02-04 15:30

At least three people were killed after a tour bus flipped and crashed in Yucaipa, San Bernardino County in southeastern California Sunday evening, local media reported.

Psy performs for Super Bowl commercial

2013-02-04 15:23

South Korean rapper Psy performs during the filming of a Super Bowl commercial for Wonderful Pistachios in North Hollywood, California, Jan 8, 2013, in this picture provided by Insider Images.

Fidel Castro votes in general elections

2013-02-04 13:56

Cuban former president Fidel Castro voted at the general elections held Sunday to decide the members of the national parliament and those of provincial assemblies, the official media reported Sunday.

Bus crash results in multiple deaths in California

2013-02-04 13:48

A number of people were killed and many more injured after a tour bus flipped and crashed in Yucaipa, San Bernardino County in southeastern California Sunday evening, local media reported.

3 more bodies found at Mexico Pemex blast site

2013-02-04 13:45

Mexican rescue workers found three more bodies over the weekend amid the rubble of a deadly blast that tore through state oil firm Pemex's main office complex, the government said, as search efforts appeared to near a close.

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