US News - USA Today

• new'Superman' comic worth $100K found in wall of abandoned home

  

  A man who bought an abandoned home for $10K got a good investment when he found a valuable comic book being used as insulation.
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• newProtester heckles Obama over Gitmo, drones

  

  President Obama's comments on Guantanamo Bay are interrupted by a protester
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• newPentagon responds to GAO report on propaganda

  

  Pentagon responds to GAO report about military propaganda operations
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• newObama outlines counterterrorism policy

  

  President Obama delivers a major national security speech
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• newReport raps military propaganda efforts as ineffective

  

  Report obtained by USA TODAY says military propaganda programs poorly coordinated
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• newMayor who allegedly smoked crack fires chief of staff

  

  oronto Mayor Rob Ford, caught up in a scandal over a video purportedly showing him smoking crack cocaine, fired his chief of staff on Thursd...
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• newJodi Arias jury reconvenes for life-or-death decision

  

  Jodi Arias could face execution for murdering her ex-boyfriend in 2008.
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• newTwo more arrests in brutal London attack

  

  Two Muslim hardliners say one man videotaped in the attack is a Christian convert to Islam.
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• newFrom boyhood to the battlefield: Long war takes its toll

  

  Casualties in nation's longest war -- Afghanistan -- were just children when it started
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• newPhotos from Obama's 1979 prom surface

  

  'Time' magazine publishes 1979 photos of young Barack Obama.
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US News - New York Times

• newThe Lede: Remembering Young Victims of the Oklahoma Tornado

  

  As the Oklahoma chief medical examiner’s office released the names of 16 of the 24 victims of a tornado in Moore, Okla., families and friends remembered the seven children killed at Plaza Towers Elementary School.    
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• newResidents Stay Put in Tornadoes’ Cross Hairs

  

  For over a century, Moore, Okla., has taken a battering in Tornado Alley. Despite the continual destruction, people have stayed put and rebuilt, while others have moved in.    
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• newThe Caucus: Mark Mazzetti on Obama's Speech on Drone Policy

  

  One outstanding question is how transparent the Obama administration will be about drone strikes in the future.    
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:13pm -
• newFunerals Begin for Oklahoma Tornado Victims

  

  A funeral was held Thursday for a 9-year-old who died at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, in one of the state’s most destructive tornadoes in decades.    
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:27pm -
• newZimmerman’s Lawyers Release Text Messages of Trayvon Martin

  

  Lawyers for George Zimmerman released new material in an attempt to draw a negative portrait of Trayvon Martin as troubled at school and enamored of a “gangsta” culture.    
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:08pm -

National News - LA Times

• newKey IRS official refuses to testify

  

  Lois Lerner pleads the 5th Amendment after telling a congressional panel she did nothing wrong in handling the problematic screening of conservative groups applying for nonprofit status.WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and sparking a threat to bring her back for another round.    
  - 19 hours ago, 22 May 13, 7:39pm -
• newOklahoma turns to mammoth task of cleanup after tornado

  

  As details of victims emerge, residents of Moore, Okla., begin hauling away animal carcasses, trashed cars and the debris from 13,000 homes battered by the tornado.MOORE, Okla. — Under a sunny sky, residents of this Oklahoma City suburb began cleaning up debris from the monstrous tornado that inflicted death and destruction — bodies of animals, overturned cars, homes reduced to rubble — as more information emerged about the human victims.    
  - 20 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:51pm -
• newHouse feels the heat on immigration reform

  

  The Republican rank and file in the House has been cool to the Senate's approach, which would be the most comprehensive change to immigration law in a generation.WASHINGTON — Committee approval of a sweeping Senate immigration overhaul has put pressure on the House, where Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and top leaders have been pushing a bipartisan group of lawmakers to produce its own bill.    
  - 21 hours ago, 22 May 13, 5:07pm -
• newVote on Boy Scouts' gay ban brings out protesters from both sides

  

  The Boy Scout national council plans to vote Thursday on whether to lift a ban on gay Scouts. Whatever the result, both sides vow to continue their fight.GRAPEVINE, Texas — Protesters in Boy Scout uniforms staked out sides of a resort-lined street in this Dallas suburb where national Scouting leaders were meeting Wednesday to consider lifting the ban on gay Scouts.    
  - 21 hours ago, 22 May 13, 5:01pm -
• newBoston Marathon bombing suspect's friend killed by FBI agent

  

  Ibragim Todashev, a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is fatally shot by an FBI agent as he is being questioned about a triple slaying.WASHINGTON — A friend of purported Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed early Wednesday by an FBI special agent in Orlando, Fla., after lunging with a knife and injuring the agent during an interview about the April 15 explosion and an unrelated triple homicide, officials said.    
  - 22 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:19pm -

US Headlines - Washington Post

• newAfter taking 5th, Lois Lerner could be called again to testify before the House on IRS

  

  Lois Lerner, who was in charge of the Internal Revenue Service office that improperly subjected conservative organizations to additional scrutiny, refused to answer questions at a House committee hearing Wednesday. Instead, she invoked her constitutional right against self-incrimination, Ed O’Keefe and William Branigan report: Read full article >>    
  - 57 mins ago, 23 May 13, 1:32pm -
• newCrawley plans to stay in Prince George’s

  

  Prince George’s County School Board Chairman Verjeana Jacobs (District 5) said Friday that Alvin Crawley, the county’s interim school superintendent, has agreed to stay in his position until school reopens in August. Read full article >>    
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:26pm -
• new'Hybrid innovation': Clayton Christensen Institute introduces new disruption concept

  

  There's a new term in the innovation lexicon. Clayton Christensen, the Harvard Business School professor credited with coining the term "disruptive innovation," authored a white paper with colleagues Heather Staker and Michael Horn titled "Is K 12 blended learning disruptive? An introduction of the theory of hybrids." In it, the authors introduce "hybrid innovation", which is described in a release as "a fundamentally new concept [in] the world of disruptive innovation." The paper was announced by the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation (formerly the Innosight Institute) on Thursday. Read full article >>    
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• newTom Fox: Great leadership books for your summer reading list

  

  As summer approaches, there are a number of good books you may want to consider that will not necessarily make the top 10 lists but that will provide food for thought. These books are not mysteries, psychological thrillers, romance novels or historical fiction. These are books that offer keen insights into leadership and management challenges, which on a day-to-day basis can bring their own dramas, twisting plot lines and, in this city, political intrigue. Read full article >>    
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:21pm -
• newObama renews push to close Guantanamo, but hurdles are just as high as before

  

  President Obama announced a number of measures Thursday to revitalize his failed first-term commitment to close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, but a renewed effort still faces the same steep political climb: To make it work, Congress would have to accept a plan to move some detainees to the United States. Read full article >>    
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:20pm -

National News - Chicago Tribune

• newObama limits U.S. drone strikes in shift from constant war footing

  

  In a wide-ranging speech, Obama defended the use of drones, urged lawmakers to close Guantanamo and called for a media shield law.    
  - 30 mins ago, 23 May 13, 1:59pm -
• newNew York man held captive for month rescued by police

  

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said.    
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:26pm -
• newFBI shooting-review team in Orlando investigating Ibragim Todashev killing

  

  An FBI review team from Washington, D.C., was in Orlando on Thursday investigating the death of Ibragim Todashev, the Central Florida man who was shot by an agent while being questioned about a triple murder in Massachusetts and his connection to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.    
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:21pm -
• newUtah boy arrested on suspicion of killing younger brothers

  

  (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Utah boy was arrested on Thursday on suspicion he stabbed to death his two younger brothers, ages 10 and four, at the family home while their mother was out running errands, law enforcement officials said.    
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• newNew evidence in George Zimmerman case: Trayvon texted about being a fighter, smoking marijuana

  

  Defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman case today released evidence they discovered on Trayvon Martin's cell phone, including text messages in which he wrote about taking part in an organized fight, smoking marijuana and being suspended from school.    
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:10pm -

US Headlines - NY Daily News

• newLondon attack: Lee Rigby identified as British soldier hacked to death

  

  He was a doting dad, a rabid soccer fan and the life of any party. But above all, Lee Rigby was a British soldier. And a day after he was butchered on a London street — allegedly by a pair of Islamic fanatics — his heartbroken family wanted the world to know that.    
  - 57 mins ago, 23 May 13, 1:32pm -
• newMachete-wielding killer of British soldier was convert

  

  The machete-wielding madman who ranted on camera about jihad, gesticulating with blood-stained hands after a British soldier was hacked to death, was raised a Christian, converted to Islam and radicalized, according to reports.    
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:11pm -
• newPaul McCartney asks Russian court to release Pussy Riot

  

  A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.The ruling came despite letters that singers Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith have sent, urging Russia's courts to free Maria Alekhina and the other Pussy Riot still in prison, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.    
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 12:59pm -
• newObama redefines terror war, rules for drone

  

  President Obama on Thursday disclosed new curbs on targeted killing via drones and revived his failed attempt to close the terrorist detainee prison at Guantanamo.    
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:39pm -
• newLee Rigby identified as British soldier viciously killed on London street

  

  The Islamic fanatics accused of butchering a British soldier on a London street and then bragging about it to stunned witness were no strangers to law enforcement.    
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:21pm -

US News - Houston Chronicle

• newWatch huge Central Texas bridge burn uncontrolled and collapse

  

  Watch huge Central Texas bridge burn uncontrolled and collapseHouston ChronicleCopyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 3:22 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013 A Lometa, Texas, volunteer firefighter shot video of an old, 900-foot railroad bridge in San Saba, Texas, collapsing like a scene in a Hollywood action movie with his cellphone.
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• newNew Jersey governor not alone when it comes to bariatric treatment

  

  New Jersey governor not alone when it comes to bariatric treatmentHouston ChronicleCopyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 2:38 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013 "The typical patient is someone middle aged who's been overweight their entire life," says Dr. Vadim Sherman, director of bariatric and metabolic surgery at The Methodist Hospital."Patients that inquire about surgery already have a great amount of knowledge about the procedures and have done extensive independent research," Sherman says."Different failure rates come with different procedures," says Dr. Erik B. Wilson, medical director of bariatric surgery at Memorial Hermann in the Texas Medical…
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• newHospitalists ease the stress of a hospital stay

  

  Hospitalists ease the stress of a hospital stayHouston ChronicleCopyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 2:37 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013 The American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospital Medicine, citing "explosive growth in hospitalist programs nationally," reports that the average length of stay has decreased by 12 percent, with no decrease in quality of care.The term "hospitalist" was coined in the New England Journal of Medicine in the mid to late 1990s for a form of high-quality, well-coordinated and cost-effective health care for hospitalized patients.Twenty years ago, Lin began his career at Kelsey-Seybold by seeing patients in the office…
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• newBipolar disorder takes center stage

  

  Bipolar disorder takes center stageHouston ChronicleCopyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 2:37 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013 The news last month of actress Catherine Zeta Jones' diagnosis of bipolar II disorder has given a very public face to a mental health issue with a history of stigma.Jones, according to reports, began to suffer the mood swings that characterize the disease within the past year, as her husband, Michael Douglas, fought throat cancer and engaged in a court battle with his ex-wife.According to the National Institute of Mental Health, bipolar disorder - also called manic-depressive disorder - is a brain disorder characterized by dra…
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• newMed student starts website for patients with rare diseases

  

  Med student starts website for patients with rare diseasesHouston ChronicleCopyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 2:35 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013 Health network links patients to answersAt 29, the clean-cut, self-assured young man had a degree from Stanford University, experience working as a Silicon Valley software engineer and an MBA underway.Doctors described it more specifically as an AVM or cerebral arteriovenous malformation - and laid out the frightening repairs ahead.Munoz was searching for an online support group when his instincts as a software engineer kicked in.In December 2007, he launched an early version of BensFriends.org, a net…
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US News - NY Post

• newTerror slay soldier ID'd as Lee Rigby - survived Afghan war only to be killed by extremist at home

  

  ZUMAPRESS.comLee Rigby was a loving father to his two-year-old son, Jack.The soldier slaughtered on the streets of London by Islamic radicals was identified today as an Afghan war veteran and loving father of a 2-year-old boy, British military officials said.Lee "Riggers" Rigby, a 25-year-old Manchester native...
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• newKate Upton said no, but check out who DID accept teen's invitation to the prom

  

  CKE Restaurants, Inc./SplashNina Agdal during her Carl's Jr. adThe Los Angeles teen who asked Kate Upton to be his prom date may have been turned down by the busty cover girl, but he found another Sports Illustrated swimsuit model willing to accompany him to the big...
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• newHurricane season is going to be wild: NOAA
  APA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration infrared satellite image of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico. The NOAA is predicting a particularly wild hurricane season.COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say.Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20...
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• newTaxi big adds new charges to suit against Bloomberg after mayor's profanity-laced tirade

  

  The taxi magnate who said he was subjected to a profanity-laced rant by Mayor Bloomberg has filed a federal lawsuit charging the mayor with threatening him and siccing TLC inspectors on his fleet in retaliation for his opposition to the “Taxi of Tomorrow” plan.The suit, filed in Manhattan federal...
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• newSext pol gets supportive reception in Harlem - 'I'm already the Weiner!'

  

  APIn his first campaign event, mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner greets commuters outside a Harlem subway station this morning.Anthony Weiner put down his smartphone and picked up a baby stroller today, pressing flesh with Harlem commuters he hopes will overlook his personal indiscretions and support him at the polls...
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• newFriends and family of 12-year-old cyberbully victim speaks out on vile abuse before tragic suicide
  Gabrielle MolinaThe tragic Queens girl who hanged herself in her bedroom yesterday afternoon was mercilessly teased by classmates who called her a slut, a whore and mocked her failures with boyfriends and choices in music, friends and family said.Gabrielle Molina, 12, was found by her screaming sister at...
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:19pm -
• newObama goes on defensive over drone strikes, announces renewed push to close Guantanamo Bay
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.The president also announced a...
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:19pm -
• newNew York Post's guide to Memorial Day weekend
  Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer and the perfect time to get out and about in the gorgeous weather. Check out the Post's guide to plan your perfect weekend...
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• newBest weekend getaways
  Memorial Day kicks off the season of fun with a long weekend and a great excuse to get of town. Beat the heat and get away from it all with one of the best weekend getaways outlined below:Astrid Stawiarz for The New York PostBear Mountain is an easy and...
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:11pm -
• newNew York's best beaches
  Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer and the perfect time to start working on that tan. Here is a list of the best local beaches so break out the sun block, pack a picnic and call your friends.Paul Martinka/ photographerConey Island beach in Brooklyn.• Coney Island...
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:08pm -

US News - San Jose Mercury

• newTancredo to run for Colorado governor, calling death penalty reprieve 'the last straw'
  Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, known for his strong stances on immigration, formally announced a run for governor on a conservative talk radio show Thursday.
  - 2 mins ago, 23 May 13, 2:27pm -
• newMinnesota rockslide: Second child's body recovered after field trip disaster
  ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a boy missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured a day earlier at a St.
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• newClimate change: Environmentalists question whether Gov. Jerry Brown's actions match his rhetoric
  California Gov. Jerry Brown helped showcase scientists' new call to urgent action on climate change, but critics say he's diverting money away from that goal for the next year.
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• newHurricane forecast: 2013 season may be unusually wild
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say.
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• newObama calls drone strikes legal and necessary but says he's haunted by civilian deaths
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:13pm -
• newBoy Scouts' ban on gay boys is put to vote
  GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday on whether to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:13pm -
• newDocument: Text of Obama speech on counterterrorism, May 23, 2013
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House: ------ It's an honor to return to the National Defense University.
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:08pm -
• newUtah teen arrested in little brothers' stabbing deaths
  WEST POINT, Utah -- A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new homes and tidy lawns, police said.
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 13, 11:28am -
• newApple's Irish tax deal has been sweet from the start
  Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said.
  - 4 hours ago, 23 May 13, 10:40am -
• newNew computer mogul, Tumblr founder Karp, has family roots in Marin
  Novato resident Ken Ackerman said he suspected something big was in the works when his grandson, David Karp, paid him a visit about five weeks ago.
  - 4 hours ago, 23 May 13, 10:15am -

Daily News - Atlanta Journal

Headlines - Newark Star Ledger

• newAuthorities: Rahway woman was 'accomplice' in murder of 12-year-old
  The Rahway woman charged as an accomplice in the murder of a 12-year-old Jersey City boy made her first court appearance on the charges this afternoon.
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• newMillville Police: Man charged in 19 car burglaries
  In all, Forrest faces 19 counts of burglary, 20 counts of possession of burglar tools and 19 counts of criminal mischief.
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• newKinnelon man shoots wife, then kills himself, sources say
  The victims' identities were not immediately released and the officials did not disclose a motive in the killing.
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:23pm -
• newNo sign of a break-in at Kinnelon home where two were found dead
  Authorities have not yet released the identities of the deceased.
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• newChristie misrepresented legislative intent when defending housing funds seizure, lawmakers say
  Assembly Democrats say Gov. Chris Christie has mischaracterized their intent when defending seizure of housing funds in court.Star-Ledger File Photo   TRENTON —Lawmakers never intended for the state to seize local affordable housing funds without first giving towns guidance on...
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:01pm -

National News - Arizona Republic

• Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle
  MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters. They were just part of life in a particularly deadly stretch of Tornado Alley....
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• Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm
  MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children....
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• Kids, teachers from devastated school reunite
  MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Students from a suburban Oklahoma City elementary school destroyed by this week's tornado reunited with their teachers Thursday and collected whatever could be salvaged from the ruins....
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• Boy Scouts vote on policy toward openly gay boys
  GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday on whether to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization....
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• Storm took town's youngest as it swept through
  MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field....
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Headlines Today - Newsday

• newIndictment: 84-year-old NM woman trafficking drugs
  An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman on an oxygen tank has been indicted for drug trafficking.
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• newObama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
  President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.
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• new'Active' hurricane season predicted
  With the bad taste of superstorm Sandy still lingering, forecasters are looking ahead to "an active or extremely active" 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, starting June 1, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center.
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• newBellone announces sex offender arrests
  A controversial new law meant to intensify monitoring of sex offenders in Suffolk County helped lead to eight arrests in its first week of implementation, officials said Thursday.
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• new12 LI officials who stole public funds
  Andrea Brosnan, the former treasurer for Old Field, was charged Wednesday with stealing more than $50,000 in village funds for personal purchases and divorce lawyer fees. If true, it would hardly be the first time a Long Island official who wielded control of public funds would take advantage of his or her position.
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US News - Cleveland Plain Dealer

• newLos Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti says he'll focus on economy
  Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti says he's going to focus like a "laser beam" on the economy when he takes office July 1.
  - 18 hours ago, 22 May 13, 8:37pm -
• newPlastic particles give Youngstown baby a better chance to breathe, treat birth defect
  In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy from Youngstown. In the case of Kaiba Gionfriddo, doctors didn't have a moment to spare. Because of a birth defect, the little boy's airway kept collapsing, causing his breathing to stop and often his heart, too.
  - 18 hours ago, 22 May 13, 8:09pm -
• newDid Boston bombing suspect and a man killed by the FBI Wednesday murder 3 people in 2011?
  Ibragim Todashev was shot to death by authorities in central Florida early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.
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• newAs deadly tornado approached, 10 neighbors huddled together
  In the darkened 5-foot-by-6-foot shelter with Dan Garland were his wife and 91-year-old mother, along with five neighbors and two friends -- 10 people and two dogs. As the EF5 tornado advanced, bricks from nearby homes pounded on the steel hatch in a deafening staccato and the ten waited for what would happen next.
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• newRep. Tim Ryan and new wife purchase spacious home in Howland Township
  One real-estate listing said the house on a private cul-de-sac has a "breathtaking 2 story foyer with dramatic staircase," as well as a "magnificent kitchen with granite countertops, hardwood floors, pantry, center island with eating bar, cooktop and built in oven." The kitchen opens to a "vaulted great room featuring gorgeous fireplace."
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National Headlines - Seattle Times

• new`I'm not racist': Common claim after racial slurs
  It's almost a cliche. First, someone talking about blacks makes reference to fried chicken, watermelon, monkeys or dogs - or even uses the indefensible N-word. Then, along with the inevitable apology, comes the kicker: I'm not racist.
  - 9 mins ago, 23 May 13, 2:20pm -
• newLatest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle
  Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters. They were just part of life in a particularly deadly stretch of Tornado Alley.
  - 11 mins ago, 23 May 13, 2:18pm -
• newLittle known about suspect in Wash. ricin case
  A 37-year-old janitor who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves letters containing the deadly poison ricin is a registered sex offender who lived in a rundown apartment building near downtown Spokane.
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• newMaine governor moves out of office over TV dispute
  Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the IRS to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television screen.
  - 13 mins ago, 23 May 13, 2:16pm -
• new84-year-old NM woman indicted for drug trafficking
  An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman who uses an oxygen tank has been indicted for drug trafficking.
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US Headlines - STL Dispatch

• newDriver in Ill. van wreck had license supsensions
  A New Jersey ex-convict behind the wheel of a van that overturned on an Illinois freeway, killing five passengers returning from a California ministry gathering, had his driving privileges sus…
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:55pm -
• newMo. motorcycle riders had good legislative year
  Missouri motorcyclists would benefit from several bills awaiting the governor's signature this year, but a top-tier priority to waive the state's helmet law for most adults didn't make it out …
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:35pm -
• newCounty sheriff's pot busts draw ire in Columbia
  A Columbia lawyer says a local ordinance that treats marijuana possession as a municipal violation isn't being followed by Boone County sheriff's deputies patrolling within city limits.
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:14pm -
• newCarnival worker accused of stabbing co-worker
  One carnival worker is badly injured and another in jail following an altercation in eastern Missouri.
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• newSpringfield police end investigation into death
  The death of a 27-year-old woman whose body was found in a trash can has been ruled a homicide, but no further action will be taken because the suspect is dead, Springfield police said Thursday.
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Nation & World News - Baltimore Sun

• newSyrian opposition scrambles to save credibility ahead of peace talks
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition in exile met on Thursday to decide whether to attend a peace conference that the United States and Russia see as a crucial path to ending two years of civil war.
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• newStores shut, schools close amid curfew by Rio drug dealers
  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics.
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• newIMF's Lagarde questioned over French arbitration case
  PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by French magistrates on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
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• newInsight: In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
  LONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for many Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar accent.
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• newIslamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger
  NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 21 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading in West Africa.
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US News - Miami Herald

• newChristian Brothers reach deal in US abuse claims
  The Christian Brothers have agreed to pay more than $16 million to people who were molested as children by members of the U.S. religious order.
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• new2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border
  Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug dealing.
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• newDallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
  A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on Thursday.
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• newDallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
  A Dallas man who drowned two of his sons in a creek has been sentenced to death.
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• newPa. woman convicted in fiance's wedding day death
  A Pennsylvania woman accused of stabbing her fiance to death on their wedding day has been convicted of murder.
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National News - Pittsburgh Post

• Venezuela's Chavez in new cancer battle
  Hugo Chavez was heading back to Cuba on Sunday for a third cancer surgery after naming his vice president as his choice to lead the country.
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• Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett values unexpected moment with Justice Scalia
  On a weekend when Pennsylvania political types mingle on a grand scale, even Gov. Tom Corbett had a chance encounter that left him impressed
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• Same-sex wedding wave begins in Washington
  Scores of same-sex couples crowded Seattle City Hall for a day of wedding ceremonies Sunday, the first day they could marry under new law.
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• Allies rescue American MD from Taliban
  An American doctor kidnapped by the Taliban was rescued Sunday by Afghan and coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.
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• Scalia, Kennedy central in showdown on gay rights
  For more than two decades, the defining battles within the Supreme Court over social and moral controversies have been fought between two.
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US Headlines - Kansas City Star

• new2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border
  Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug dealing.
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• newChristian Brothers reach deal in US abuse claims
  The Christian Brothers have agreed to pay more than $16 million to people who were molested as children by members of the U.S. religious order.
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• newMarijuana is drug most often linked to crime, study finds
  Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a "bumper-sticker approach" that should be avoided.
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• newDallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
  A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on Thursday.
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• newDallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
  A Dallas man who drowned two of his sons in a creek has been sentenced to death.
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Headlines - Columbus Dispatch

• newUnused parking garage collapses in Maryland, killing one
  BETHESDA, Md. -- Fire and rescue officials say a parking garage that was closed to the public has partially collapsed outside a shopping mall in Bethesda, Md., killing one person and severely injuring another.
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• new$250K bail on hold in infant's faith-healing death
  PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and have had two sons die of pneumonia will remain in custody on murder charges until a bail hearing Friday. Herbert Schaible, 44, and his 43-year-old wife, Catherine, were charged yesterday with third-degree murder in the April death of their 8-month-old son, Brandon.
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• newLatest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle
  MOORE, Okla. -- Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters. They were just part of life in a particularly deadly stretch of Tornado Alley. She always thought the closet just inside her front door was good enough for shelter, and on Monday it was again. But after an EF5 twister barreled through town, killing 24 people, Bryen and others in this disaster-prone community say they would never build a house without a storm cellar.
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• newFarm bill: Senate rejects GMO labeling amendment
  WASHINGTON -- The Senate today overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would allow states to require labeling of genetically modified foods. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, said his amendment was an attempt to clarify that states can require the labels, as several legislatures have moved toward putting such laws into place.
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• newFBI arrests suspect in Wash. state ricin case
  SPOKANE, Wash. -- The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining risks. Matthew Ryan Buquet, 37, appeared in federal court in Spokane after the FBI said agents arrested him yesterday afternoon. He pleaded not guilty to mailing a threatening communication.
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Headlines Today - Tampa Tribune

• newSweden's riots raise questions about inequality

  

  
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• newMilitary calls UK attack victim a model soldier

  

  
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• newCockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

  

  
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• newSwim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse

  

  
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• newStorm took town's youngest as it swept through

  

  
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Daily News - Orlando Sentinel

• newFlorida pays off federal loan for jobless benefits

  

  Florida officials this week finished paying back about $3.5 billion the state had borrowed from the federal government to make unemployment payments during the worst of the recession.    
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• newFBI team in Orlando investigating Ibragim Todashev killing

  

  An FBI review team from Washington, D.C., was in Orlando on Thursday investigating the death of Ibragim Todashev, the Central Florida man who was shot by an agent while being questioned about a triple murder in Massachusetts and his connection to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.    
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• new89-year-old woman in ER after dog attack | 911 Audio

  

  An 89-year-old woman was recovering Thursday after she was attacked by a neighbor's "dangerous" dog in rural Seminole County, officials said.    
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• newUniversal Studios to add restaurants, shops based on 'Simpsons'

  

  Borrowing a page from its Harry Potter playbook, Universal Orlando said Thursday that it will soon add a collection of themed shops and restaurants from the world of the long-running animated television show "The Simpsons."    
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• newFHP: Orlando police car involved in minor crash with school bus

  

  No one was injured but five students were on board.An Orlando police patrol car was involved in a minor crash with a school bus on State Road 408 this afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol is reporting.    
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Top Stories - Las Vegas Review

• newMining tax measure placed on 2014 statewide ballot
  With Assembly approval on Thursday, Nevada voters next year will be asked if the mining industry’s constitutional limit on the taxes they pay for extracting gold and other precious metals should be repealed.
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• newReid introduces bill to create Gold Butte national conservation area
  An effort was launched in Congress on Thursday to designate 350,000 acres of government-protected conservation land and wilderness northeast of Las Vegas.
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• newNearly all U.S. states see hefty drop in teen births; Nevada rate falls 30 percent
  NEW YORK -- The nation’s record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.
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• newNevada Legislature advances gay marriage resolution
  A constitutional amendment that would let voters decide whether to legalize gay marriage passed the final hurdle of the 2013 legislative session Thursday but still has a long way to go.
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• new87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case
  CHICAGO — An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday — she lost.
  - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 1:28pm -

Nation & World News - Sun Sentinel

• Merkel risks setback, challenger seeks boost as state vote kicks off Germany's election year

  

  BERLIN (AP) — A major state election on Sunday could shake up the campaign for Germany's national election later this year, with the center-left opposition hoping for a morale-boosting victory over Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition.
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• Islamists leave Malian town of Diabaly after days of French airstrikes

  

  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Video from a Malian town which radical Islamists fled after days of French airstrikes shows the street dotted with burned out vehicles and scattered bullets.
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• West African leaders gather for Mali summit as French-led military operation enters 2nd week

  

  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West African leaders headed to a special Mali summit in Ivory Coast on Saturday to discuss how to step up their role as the French-led military intervention to oust Islamic extremists from power entered its second week.
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• South Africa's poaching epidemic sees rise in wounded rhinos, and vets race to treat them

  

  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A high-value target survives two attempts on her life. After recovering from multiple gunshot wounds, she is secretly moved to an undisclosed location in hopes that the killers won't track her down again.
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• With Olympic Games approaching, Rio's love hotels clean up for tourists

  

  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One worker strips mirrored paneling off the ceiling, as another pries up the fiberglass shell of a whirlpool bath. A third man takes a sledgehammer to a life-size statue of Venus de Milo posing topless with a swirl of plaster robes hanging from her waist.
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Top Stories - Sacramento Bee

• newKids, teachers from devastated school reunite

  

  Students from a suburban Oklahoma City elementary school destroyed by this week's tornado reunited with their teachers Thursday and collected whatever could be salvaged from the ruins.Cody Cannon looks at tornado destruction in his neighborhood from the second floor of his parent's home that once was his bedroom Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues two days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses.This undated handout photo provided by Brandie Candelaria shows Antonia Candelaria. Candelaria was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Texas on Monday, May 20, 2013.An unidentified man tosses debris as residents sort through their tornado-ravaged homes Wed…
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• newDallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
  A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on Thursday.
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• newHurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season

  

  Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say.FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood in LaPlace, La. as Hurricane Isaac staggered toward central Louisiana, its weakening winds driving storm surge into portions of the coast and the River Parishes between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. The outlook on Thursday, May 23, 2013 calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what’s considered an average Atlantic season.FILE - This Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005 file photo shows a National…
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• newStocks edge lower as investors reassess Fed fears

  

  Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.Trader Randy Biller, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, May 23, 2013. A global stock market slump is continuing on Wall Street as traders worry about how committed the Federal Reserve remains to keeping up its bond-buying program.Trader John Song works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, May 23, 2013. A global stock market slump is continuing on Wall Street as traders worry about how committed the Federal Reserve remains to keeping up its bond-buying program.Trader John Panin, second left, adjusts his glasses as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, May 23, 2013. A global stock market slump i…
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• newStocks end lower as investors reassess Fed worries
  Stocks are ending the day slightly lower after recouping a big loss early on.
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Headlines - Cincinnati Enquirer

• What's buried in Kasich's budget plan?
  It's not a grain, nor a vegetable, nor meat. Though it doesn't seem to fit in any food group, in Ohio bottled water will be a food under Gov. John Kasich's budget plan.
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• Oil boom prompts rush on heavy equipment
  Now able to deftly handle a giant truck and its 1,200-pound dirt load, a Lebanon woman sees the oil boom brewing in Ohio and plans to use it to fuel her next career.
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• Speaker's scars a cautionary tale
  A woman who lost her arm in a drunk driving crash nine years ago speaks to students about how it changed her life.
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• Man charged with murder of adult stepson
  A southwest Ohio sheriff says a man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of his adult stepson.
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• Woman charged with abusing elderly patient
  A caretaker is accused of beating her elderly patient with a broom, according to Elmwood Place police.
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National News - Charlotte Observer

• newNOAA expects ‘above normal’ hurricane season
  Expect another busy Atlantic hurricane season, government forecasters said Thursday.Click to Continue »
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• newUS: Lock up ex-Michigan justice for bank fraud
  Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send a former Michigan Supreme Court justice to prison for bank fraud.Click to Continue »
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• newDallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
  A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on Thursday.Click to Continue »
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• newIowa kidnapping suspect probed in cousins' deaths
  The man suspected of kidnapping a still-missing 15-year-old Iowa girl and her friend as they walked home from school is being scrutinized in last year's unsolved kidnapping of two young…Click to Continue »
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• newProsecutor: IPad theft defendants ambushed victim
  Two men accused of killing a high school freshman who refused to let go of his iPad were like wild animals ambushing a weak victim, a prosecutor said Thursday.Click to Continue »
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US Headlines - Hartford Courant

• newObama limits U.S. drone strikes in shift from constant war footing

  

  In a wide-ranging speech, Obama defended the use of drones, urged lawmakers to close Guantanamo and called for a media shield law.    
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• newNew York man held captive for month rescued by police

  

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said.    
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• newFBI shooting-review team in Orlando investigating Ibragim Todashev killing

  

  An FBI review team from Washington, D.C., was in Orlando on Thursday investigating the death of Ibragim Todashev, the Central Florida man who was shot by an agent while being questioned about a triple murder in Massachusetts and his connection to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.    
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• newUtah boy arrested on suspicion of killing younger brothers

  

  (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Utah boy was arrested on Thursday on suspicion he stabbed to death his two younger brothers, ages 10 and four, at the family home while their mother was out running errands, law enforcement officials said.    
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• newNew evidence in George Zimmerman case: Trayvon texted about being a fighter, smoking marijuana

  

  Defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman case today released evidence they discovered on Trayvon Martin's cell phone, including text messages in which he wrote about taking part in an organized fight, smoking marijuana and being suspended from school.    
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:10pm -

US News - Wall Street Journal

• newObama Narrows Scope of Counterterrorism Fight
  Obama outlined the next phase of his administration's counterterrorism efforts, detailing tighter standards for the use of unmanned drone strikes and making the case for closing the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay.
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• newSenate Clears Obama Pick for D.C. Circuit Court
  For the first time, Obama has succeeded in placing a judge on a key Washington appeals court. The Senate unanimously confirmed Justice Department lawyer Sri Srinivasan for a seat on the court.
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• newForecasters Predict Busy Hurricane Season
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its hurricane forecast for the Atlantic basin, predicting up to 20 named storms and up to six major hurricanes.
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• newTodashev's Widow Details FBI Interview
  The wife of a Chechen man killed during an FBI interrogation in Orlando said authorities also questioned her but never asked about a 2011 triple murder that agents now suggest involved her husband and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:24pm -
• newStudent-Loan Bill Clears House
  The House passed a bill that would peg the interest rates on federal student loans to the government's borrowing costs and allow them to vary annually, replacing the practice of Congress setting fixed rates.
  - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:21pm -
• newDetails Released on California Health Exchange
  Average premiums in California's new online health-insurance marketplace for consumers won't be as high as predicted by actuaries, though they will vary widely, according to the agency setting up the exchange.
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• newHouse Passes Bill to Speed Keystone Approval
  House Republicans attempted to push through approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, passing a bill that would circumvent the need for a special permit from President Obama.
  - 3 hours ago, 23 May 13, 11:41am -
• newSummer Air-Travel Survival Guide
  Infrequent travelers will be in for plenty of surprises over the next three months and ought to prepare to avoid frustration.
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• newAuto Makers to Skip Summer Closings
  U.S. auto makers are accelerating production lines and, in some cases, even canceling the North American industry's traditional summer factory shutdowns to pump out more vehicles and meet strong demand.
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National News - Star Tribune

• newNH woman convicted of videotaping teenage daughter in child porn sentenced to 40 years
  
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• newAttorney says NY man at center of 1990s HIV scare is not HIV-positive; seeks client's release
  
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• newTea party storm largely contained within IRS, but investigations just getting started
  
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• newPolice look for link between suspect in kidnapping of 2 Iowa girls, slaying of 2 cousins
  
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• newUS wants ex-Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway sentenced to prison for bank fraud
  
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• newDallas father sentenced to death for drowning 5-year-old, 3-year-old sons in creek
  
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• newStudents, teachers reunite for first time after school was destroyed by Oklahoma tornado
  
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• newLaw-firm partner, ex-federal prosecutor Fardon nominated to head Chicago US attorney's office
  
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• newStudy finds for first time frogs and other amphibians declining at alarming rate around US
  
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• newLatest monster storm brings new test for tornado-toughened Moore, Okla.
  
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