Video of Bergdahl handover ... Mississippi Senate primary may need runoff ... Obama meeting Poroshenko

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — There's video of the Taliban releasing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan. The video, emailed to media, shows Bergdahl in traditional Afghan clothing sitting in a pickup truck. More than a dozen Taliban fighters with machine guns stand near. A Black Hawk helicopter then lands and two Taliban fighters, one carrying a white flag, lead Bergdahl half way. He is greeted and taken by three Western-looking men.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate primary race in Mississippi between a pillar of the Republican establishment and a younger, tea party-backed state lawmaker is a virtual dead heat, making a runoff more likely. Unofficial returns from 98 percent of the state's precincts show tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel with slightly more than 49 percent of the vote while incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran has just under 49 percent.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The new President-elect of Ukraine is in Poland for his first private meeting with President Barack Obama. It's hoped Petro Poroshenko can unite Ukraine and pull it out of a crisis that has reignited East-West divisions. The country has been badly fractured since pro-European protests overthrew Ukraine's pro-Russian president. Obama wants Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize Poroshenko's election and begin rebuilding trust with the West.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco commuters are wondering whether they will face a third day of an apparent sick-out by bus, train and cable car operators. The massive sick call came days after the workers overwhelmingly rejected a new labor contract. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has been running about half of its normal weekday service.

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese capital is blanketed with security today on the 25th anniversary of the bloody suppression of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in Beijing. Security forces are there to pre-empt any attempts to publicly commemorate one of the darkest chapters in recent Chinese history. Citizens aren't allowed to publicly acknowledge the protest.