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Learn more about our <a href="http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/terms">Terms of Use</a>. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_NATIONAL_SECURITY?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida.... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:19:17 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_NATIONAL_SECURITY?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JULIE PACE and LARA JAKES 2013-05-23T23:19:17Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOY_SCOUTS_GAYS?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders - a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.... Fri, 24 May 2013 00:55:22 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOY_SCOUTS_GAYS?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAVID CRARY and NOMAAN MERCHANT 2013-05-24T00:55:22Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/1/10_THINGS_TO_KNOW_FRIDAY?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:22:29 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/1/10_THINGS_TO_KNOW_FRIDAY?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By The Associated Press 2013-05-24T02:22:29Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_I_5_BRIDGE_COLLAPSE?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping several vehicles into the water as authorities investigated the cause of the collapse that cut off the state's main north-south thruway and sent three people to the hospital.... Fri, 24 May 2013 04:58:26 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_I_5_BRIDGE_COLLAPSE?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKER 2013-05-24T04:58:26Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ATTACK?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:55:37 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ATTACK?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By PAISLEY DODDS and GREGORY KATZ 2013-05-23T21:55:37Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_NIGER_ATTACK?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release.... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:17:01 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_NIGER_ATTACK?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DALATOU MAMANE and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI 2013-05-24T02:17:01Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups.... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:18:50 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER 2013-05-23T23:18:50Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOYFRIEND_SLAYING?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PHOENIX (AP) -- Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias' fate couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking case of sex, lies and violence to another 12 people.... Fri, 24 May 2013 03:13:42 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOYFRIEND_SLAYING?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By BRIAN SKOLOFF and JOSH HOFFNER 2013-05-24T03:13:42Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_COCKROACH_WARS?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong.... Thu, 23 May 2013 18:06:16 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_COCKROACH_WARS?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MALCOLM RITTER 2013-05-23T18:06:16Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PEOPLE_AMANDA_BYNES?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.... Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:15 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PEOPLE_AMANDA_BYNES?SITE=UTOGD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 2013-05-24T05:00:15Z