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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor in Washington says investigators found more than 800 rounds of ammunition in a search of the car of Omar Gonzalez. He's the man accused of scaling a security fence and dashing across the White House lawn on Friday, getting through the front door before being stopped. They also found a machete and two hatchets. In a federal court proceeding today, the prosecutor described Gonzalez as a danger to the president. He was carrying knife when he was stopped.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Secret Service does a "great job." He's speaking in the aftermath of Friday's security breach -- which has prompted a review by the Secret Service of its security practices. A spokesman earlier said Obama was "obviously concerned" that a man was able to get through the White House front doors, a few minutes after the first family left for Camp David. (a0824, a0732)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Al-Qaida splinter group has kidnapped a French citizen in Algeria -- and it says it will execute him unless France stops taking part in air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq. The threat comes in a video appearing on social media. France's Foreign ministry confirms that kidnapping of a French citizen in Algeria, but it didn't identify him or his kidnappers. The Frenchman appears in the video, flanked by two armed masked men.
SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Fierce fighting between the Islamic State militant group and Kurdish forces in Syria is bringing a surge of tens of thousands of refugees into Turkey. It's putting increasing pressure on Turkey's government to boost its efforts to fight the Sunni extremists. Turkey doesn't want to do that -- because it's afraid that arming Kurds to fight the Islamic State militants could complicate peace talks with insurgents inside Turkey.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The fate of the tough new voter ID law in Texas is now in the hands of a federal judge. In closing arguments today, attorneys defending the law urged the judge to follow other courts by upholding the photo identification requirements. But the Justice Department argued that black and Hispanic residents are much more likely not to have an ID than white residents are.
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