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Gary Pruitt, president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press speaks at the National Press Club (NPC) in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Pruitt, addressed a luncheon at the NPC and spoke about how the Justice Department violated its own rules in subpoenaing AP phone records. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Pruitt: DOJ broke rules in phone records seizure

The Justice Department violated its own rules when it secretly seized records for thousands of phone calls to and from journalists for The Associated Press as part of a leak investigation, the head of the company said Wednesday. AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt told a luncheon gathering of journalists ...

This comic book cover released by Noble Transmission/IDW Publishing shows an image from the five-issue mini-series “Wild Blue Yonder,” from Mike Raicht, Zach Howard and Austin Harrison of Noble Transmission.  The series centers on Cola, a skilled upstart, female teen pilot whose adventures form the tale set in a world where humanity lives among the clouds in floating airships while avoiding the broken, poisoned earth. Issue No. 1 was released on Wednesday, June 19. (AP Photo/Noble Transmission/IDW Publishing)

'Wild Blue Yonder' features sky pirates, adventure

Jet packs, sky pirates and mountaintop taverns. Such are the elements of "Wild Blue Yonder," a five-issue comic book miniseries that centers on Cola, a skilled female teen upstart pilot whose adventures form a tale set in a world where humanity lives among the clouds in floating airships away from ...

FILE - In a Sept. 2, 2005 file photo, best-selling author Vince Flynn poses with the dust jacket of his new book, "Consent to Kill," and copies of his six other books in his home in Edina, Minn. Flynn died, Wednesday, June 18, 2013, after a two-year battle with prostate cancer, a statement from Flynn's publisher, Simon & Schuster, Inc., said. He was 47. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47

Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota after a more than two-year battle with prostate cancer, according to friends and his publisher. He was 47. Flynn was supporting himself by ...

CBO: Senate bill still allows illegal immigration

Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office that also finds the measure reduces federal deficits by billions. Supporters of the legislation moving toward a vote on the Senate floor seized ...

Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison testifies during a public hearing into the June 5 building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 others, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Official: Philly not liable for private demo work

A Philadelphia deputy mayor says the city isn't responsible for demolition work done at a private site once a permit is issued. The comment comes as City Council opens its investigation into the fatal June 5 building collapse that killed six people. Council members are questioning the Deputy Mayor Everett ...

From left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Vice President Joe Biden applaud during a ceremony to dedicate the statue of Frederick Douglass, seen behind them, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in the Emancipation Hall of the United States Visitor Center on Capitol Hill in Washington. The bronze statue of Douglass is by Maryland artist Steve Weitzman. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

VP Biden pays tribute to civil rights leader

Vice President Joe Biden is hailing Frederick Douglass for his work to bring about equal justice, leading a series of tributes at the unveiling of a statue of the 19th-century orator and writer. Biden, along with Democratic Sen. Harry Reid and Democratic Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, used the U.S. Capitol ...

In this June 17, 2009 file photograph provided by ABC News, shows ABC News' Terry Moran, at the Treasury Department in Washington.  ABC News said Wednesday, June 19, 2013 that ABC News “Nightline” anchor Terry Moran is getting a new posting as the London-based chief foreign correspondent for the network. ABC said Wednesday that Moran will head overseas late this summer. (AP Photo/ABC News, Randy Sager, File)  NO SALES  MANDATORY CREDIT: Randy Sager, ABC News

'Nightline' anchor Moran heading to London for ABC

ABC News "Nightline" anchor Terry Moran is getting a new posting as the network's London-based chief foreign correspondent. Moran will head overseas late this summer, ABC said Wednesday. Moran was ABC's chief White House correspondent from 1999 to 2005 and has done many overseas and domestic stories for "Nightline," most ...

FILE - This is a Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012  file photo of  Britain's Prince William stand next to his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge as she leaves the King Edward VII hospital in central London. With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July _ and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch _ officials at Clarence House have released some of the couple’s plans, although many details are still being kept private. Kate has made several public appearances recently but is expected to keep a low profile in the final weeks of her pregnancy.  (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Palace sheds some light on Kate's baby plans

With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July — and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch — the royals' office has released some of the couple's plans, although many details are still being kept private. Kate has made ...

This TV publicity image released by Lifetime shows Tania Raymonde portraying convicted killer Jodi Arias in a scene from the Lifetime movie "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret," premiering Saturday, June 22, at 8:00 p.m. EST. (AP Photo/Lifetime, Jack Zeman)

Jodi Arias film: a new case of fatal attraction

She doesn't boil a pet bunny. But Jodi Arias displays wicked knife technique in a new Lifetime movie that could have just as well been titled, "Fatal Attraction for Cable News." Premiering Saturday at 8 p.m. EDT, "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" is a ripped-from-cable-news saga of a woman scorned ...

Serena Williams sorry after rape case comments

Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." "I am currently reaching out to the girl's family to let her know ...

Feds: 2 NY men tried to make X-ray weapon

Federal authorities have accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon they intended to use against opponents of Israel. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford, of Galway, and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight, of Hudson, have been charged with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists following a ...

FBI chief: Agency uses drones but very seldom

FBI Director Robert Mueller says the U.S. law enforcement agency uses drones for surveillance but does so rarely. In an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mueller says the bureau is developing guidelines for drones and that the privacy implications of using drones are, in Mueller's words, worthy of debate ...

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 1997 file photo, FBI agents and New York state police guard the reconstruction of TWA Flight 800 in Calverton, N.Y. Flight 800 exploded and crashed July 17, 1996 while flying from New York to Paris, killing all 230 people aboard. Former investigators on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 called on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the cause, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe

Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. The New York-to-Paris flight crashed July 17, 1996, just minutes ...

Madonna attends the world premiere of "Madonna: The MDNA Tour" at the Paris Theatre on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Madonna premieres tour film, talks secret project

Madonna said there were days she was exhausted during her recent "MDNA" world tour, but she decided to press on. You won't see those behind-the-scenes battles in her new concert film, "The MDNA Tour," which premieres Saturday on the online and cable network Epix. But you will see the 54-year-old ...

Madonna attends the world premiere of "Madonna: The MDNA Tour" at the Paris Theatre on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Madonna premieres tour film, talks secret project

Madonna said there were days when she was exhausted during her recent "MDNA" world tour, but she decided to press on. You won't see those behind-the-scenes battles in her new concert film, "The MDNA Tour," which premieres Saturday on the online and cable network Epix. But you will see the ...

A guide to the life and mystery of Jimmy Hoffa

The FBI has spent this week digging up a field in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. He was last seen outside a restaurant about 20 miles from the digging site where he was to meet with a New ...

US senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet

Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build. Chairing the hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin lamented that the F-35 already has cost taxpayers billions more than ...

FILE -- In this file photo taken on Jan. 12, 2013, Italian fashion designers Stefano Gabbana, left, and Domenico Dolce bow to the audience after presenting their Dolce & Gabbana men's Fall-Winter 2013-14 collection in Milan, Italy. A Milan court convicted fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. The pair were found guilty Wednesday of failing to declare euros 1 billion ($1.3 billion) in income to authorities. The court sentenced them both to one year and eight months in jail. Prosecutors argued that the pair had evaded taxes on income of 416 million euros each and 200 million euros through a Luxembourg-based company. The statute of limitations ran out on a charge of misrepresenting income. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Dolce and Gabbana convicted of tax evasion

A Milan court on Wednesday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. They were found guilty of failing to declare 200 million euros ($268 million) through a Luxembourg company to authorities and given a one year and eight months suspended jail sentence. They were ordered to ...

A Christie's employee adjusts Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress, designed by the legendary costume designer Helen Rose, at the auction house Christie's in London, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The wedding dress is part of the auction 120 years of Pop Culture, which is showcasing important memorabilia dating from every decade of the past century of popular culture from the ubiquitous industries of film and music. The estimated price is 30,000 – 50,000 pound (46,000-78,000 dollars). (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress up for sale

The gown Elizabeth Taylor wore at the first of her eight weddings is for sale. You'll need at least 30,000 pounds ($47,000) to buy it and a tiny waist to wear it. Christie's auction house is offering the seed pearl-encrusted satin dress — compete with waist-cinching built-in corset — designed ...

This film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Henry Cavill as Superman in "Man of Steel." Warner Bros. enlisted Christian-focused marketing firm Grace Hill Media to promote "Man of Steel" to faith-based groups by inviting them to early screenings and creating trailers that highlight the film’s religious themes. They also enlisted a Pepperdine University professor to create a Superman-centric sermon outline for pastors. The tale of Superman has long been associated with religious allegories. "Man of Steel" doesn't shy away from that theme, including portraying the character as 33 years old and having him seek counsel at a church in a time of crisis.  (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Clay Enos)

'Man of Steel' promoted from the pulpit

Seems Warner Bros. has taken movie marketing to a whole new level — even higher than a bird or a plane. The studio enlisted Christian-focused firm Grace Hill Media to promote "Man of Steel" to faith-based groups by inviting them to early screenings and creating trailers that highlight the film's ...

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