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Ex-Penn State assistant wants firing decision date

HARRISBURG, Pa.—A former Penn State assistant football coach who was a key witness in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case is disputing the university's assertion that he was fired as part of a routine changing of the guard under a new head football coach. Full Story

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	Law to protect Afghan women faces backlash One driver killed as heavy rains flood streets in San Antonio French soldier stabbed while on patrol near Paris Detroit considers selling art museum collection to pay debt Small Colorado town has law mandating gun ownership Brazil cancels $900 million in African debt Scouts' decision to allow gay youths galvanizes critics, supporters Two freight trains collide in Missouri, seven injured N.Y. attorney general targets banks over mortgage payments Officials say Mexico's drug violence, killings on the decline Sixth night of Stockholm riots as Britain, U.S. issue travel warnings Judge rules against Arizona sheriff in racial profiling suit Native American veterans memorial gets legislative push Mass. teen accused of Facebook terror post denied bail Toronto mayor says he doesn't smoke crack cocaine Months into Obama term, GOP seeks 2016 leader 3 fun, easy tips for spending your 2013 Memorial Day BBQ...with cicadas Dirty water, rubbing alcohol served as liquor by New Jersey bars

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	Niger president says attackers came from Libya NIAMEY, Mali—Niger's president says suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and a French-run uranium mine came from southern Libya. Full Story Huge crowd cheers Argentine leader's 10-year rule Roadside bomb kills 2 Yemeni soldiers Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest Suspected rebels kill 17, wound 24 in east India French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims, 1 Iraqi

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Suspected rebels kill 17, wound 24 in east India

(AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, File)

NEW DELHI—About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 17 people and wounding 24 others, police said. Full Story

Ex-sex slave says Japan mayor's remark 'absurd'

Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected

Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital

2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar

Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital

16 children, 1 teacher die in Pakistan bus fire

14 killed in new anti-terror Philippine offensive

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	Stone Temple Pilots sue ex-frontman Scott Weiland Key senators tightly control immigration debate Actor Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio schools Improving economy changes political landscape Friday furlough: 115,000 federal employees don't work, don't get paid Top 10 items found during 2012 coastal cleanup Action Comics No. 1 found in house insulation -- Holy Grail of comic books Atlanta airport: Hotel shuttle crash injures 18 IRS puts Lois Lerner on leave amid tea party controversy Washington I-5 bridge collapse caused by oversize load Bridge: May 25, 2013 No fatalities in Washington I-5 bridge collapses over Skagit River Bay Area: Scouting leaders, parents react on both sides of historic rule change to allow gay Scouts Boy Scouts vote to accept openly gay boys but retain ban on gay adults Minnesota rockslide: Second child's body recovered after field trip disaster Hurricane forecast: 2013 season may be unusually wild Climate change: Environmentalists question whether Gov. Jerry Brown's actions match his rhetoric Boy Scouts' ban on gay boys is put to vote Document: Text of Obama speech on counterterrorism, May 23, 2013 Utah teen arrested in little brothers' stabbing deaths Apple's Irish tax deal has been sweet from the start Made in the USA back in style for small businesses Jerry Lewis says he's still bothered by women in comedy Obama calls drone strikes legal and necessary but says he's haunted by civilian deaths Michigan council members abstain from vote on abstaining Hobby Lobby seeks exemption to covering morning-after pill for employees 3rd UC Berkeley law school student in Vegas exotic bird beheading takes plea New computer mogul, Tumblr founder Karp, has family roots in Marin Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs Deputies arrest man they say posed as a Disney

Europe

Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest

(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

ANKARA, Turkey—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. Full Story

French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris

Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally

UK zookeeper dies from tiger attack injuries

Pirates release German ship's 4 crew members

Priest who defied Mafia is beatified in Sicily

'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU

Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally

Latin America

Huge crowd cheers Argentine leader's 10-year rule

(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Argentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year government that she and her late husband Nestor Kirchner began in 2003. Full Story

Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner

Honduran gangs to announce truce to cut violence

Puerto Rico approves anti-discrimination bill

Mexico: far fewer people disappeared than feared

Venezuela to create new workers militia

Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US

Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations