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How to fix college
Thu, 23 May 2013 05:39:26 -0400

Graduate watches through rain-soaked glasses as U.S. President Obama delivers commencement address at Morehouse College in AtlantaTen things Washington, and you, could do to make college cheaper.



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Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech
Thu, 23 May 2013 08:35:59 -0400

FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida?s top leaders as the U.S. tries to safeguard against attacks like last month?s deadly Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)The administration revealed a fourth American citizen had been killed in drone strikes.



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Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers
Thu, 23 May 2013 07:57:11 -0400

Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)A scout leader has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack.



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U.S., Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
Thu, 23 May 2013 07:03:12 -0400

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any talks. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)So far, John Kerry has made little progress getting back to the negotiating table.



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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
Thu, 23 May 2013 06:31:46 -0400

Accused Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes listens at his arraignment in CentennialJames Holmes is accused of spraying gunfire inside an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater.



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Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube
Thu, 23 May 2013 08:52:28 -0400

Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tubeAn airway splint saved the life of a baby boy.



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Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
Thu, 23 May 2013 07:36:53 -0400

A team of climbers led by 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura stand on the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Miura on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team said. The photo was taken with a telephoto lens from an altitude of 5,550 meters (18,208 feet). It is not clear which of the climbers in the photo is Miura. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITAn 80-year-old man became the oldest person to conquer the 29,035-foot peak.



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Czech police search for American suspected of killing family
Thu, 23 May 2013 06:10:12 -0400
The man, who police believe is 20-years-old, is the only suspect.
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Colorado killer's reprieve sharply criticized
Thu, 23 May 2013 04:03:56 -0400

Religious leaders from Colorado, from left, Dr. Jim Ryan, Colorado Council of Churches, Dean Peter Eaton, St. John's Cathedral, Rabbi Steven Foster and Catholic Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila listen as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, that he was granting a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap from his death sentence. Dunlap was scheduled to be executed in August for the murders of four people in 1993 at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. Hickenlooper only referred to Dunlap as Offender NO. 89148. He would not use Dunlap's name. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block a convicted killer's execution infuriates many.



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Russian court denies punk rocker's parole
Thu, 23 May 2013 08:48:16 -0400

FILE - In this Monday Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Alekhina went on hunger strike Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in protest at not being allowed to attend her own parole hearing in Perm province. In letters dated Monday and posted online by the group's supporters, McCartney asks for parole to be granted to Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, currently serving two-year sentences for an impromptu protest in Moscow's main cathedral. The judge in Mordovia province to whom the Beatles frontman Paul McCartney addressed two letters in Pussy Riot support, denied Tolokonnikova parole last month. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, file)MOSCOW (AP) ? A Russian court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.



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Feds investigate after plane parts hit Ga. home
Thu, 23 May 2013 08:15:27 -0400
ELLENWOOD, Ga. (AP) ? Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from its right wing that landed on a woman's house.
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Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
Thu, 23 May 2013 00:23:59 -0400

HOLD FOR RELEASE 12:01 A.M. 05/23/13: Graphic shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2011 by stateIn 22 states, teen Hispanic birth rates plunged at least 40 percent.



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Urban renewal? Big U.S. cities showing strong growth
Thu, 23 May 2013 00:22:17 -0400

Chart shows 15 fastest-growing large citiesCensus estimates show most large U.S. cities further enhanced their allure last year.



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Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster
Thu, 23 May 2013 01:18:23 -0400

FILE - In this Sunday, May 12, 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi soldiers stand amid the rubble of the garment factory building that collapsed on April 24 as they continue search operation in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A government investigation said poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous, File)A probe blames "extremely" poor quality construction materials for the tragic collapse.



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Ohio rape investigation grand jury resumes work
Thu, 23 May 2013 03:15:46 -0400
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? An eastern Ohio grand jury examining whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two high school football players prepared to resume work Thursday after a three-week break.
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Nissan to recall 841,000 vehicles due to steering wheel glitch
Thu, 23 May 2013 01:55:31 -0400

Nissan Motor Co's logo is pictured at the company headquarters in YokohamaTOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd will recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide including the Micra compact car, also known as the March, as a result of a steering wheel glitch, Japan's No.2 automaker said on Thursday. Nissan is recalling certain models of the Micra compact car produced in Britain and Japan between 2002 and 2006, as well as the Cube, produced in Japan around the same period. It is pulling back vehicles in Japan, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. ...



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Teen who penned web-hit farewell song dies
Wed, 22 May 2013 22:50:22 -0400

Zach Sobiech, left, walks with his girlfriend, Amy Adamle, between classes at Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Minn., on Dec. 3, 2012. "She's strong enough to share the load with me, said Sobiech. Sobiech, the Lakeland, Minn. teenager whose song "Clouds" became an Internet sensation, died early Monday, May 20, 2013 at his home, surrounded by family and his girlfriend, according to a CaringBridge post by Zach's mother. He was 18. Sobiech, who had a rare form of bone cancer, began writing songs of farewell to family and friends last fall. His first song, "Clouds," went viral and has received almost 3 million hits on YouTube. (AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, Ben Garvin)Zach Sobiech's "Clouds" became a YouTube sensation with more than 4 million views.



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Man linked to Boston bombing suspect killed by FBI in Florida
Wed, 22 May 2013 23:10:57 -0400

Handout booking photo of Ibragim TodashevBy Barbara Liston and Mark Hosenball ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his possible links to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed by a federal agent in Florida on Wednesday after he suddenly turned violent, the FBI said. A friend of the dead man identified him to Reuters as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, who had previously lived in Boston and knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of the two brothers suspected of planting two bombs at the marathon on April 15, killing three people and injuring 264. ...



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4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
Wed, 22 May 2013 22:45:12 -0400

FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida?s top leaders as the U.S. tries to safeguard against attacks like last month?s deadly Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.



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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West
Thu, 23 May 2013 02:01:37 -0400

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facilityBy Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. In another development likely to worry the United States and its allies, the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran had added to its capacity to refine uranium, which can also provide the fissile core of a bomb if enriched to a high level. The IAEA also said Iran had asphalted a part of a military site, Parchin, that the U.N. ...



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Firefighters unprepared for Texas blast
Wed, 22 May 2013 21:41:10 -0400

File phooto shows housing complex after it was destroyed by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in WestA report shows responders didn't adequately train for the situation.



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Woman praised for distracting attack suspects in London
Wed, 22 May 2013 19:53:08 -0400

Brutal attack in London heightens terror fearsThe horrific daylight attack that left one person dead could have been worse.



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Heffernan: Latest tax dodge dulls Apple's luster
Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:59 -0400

Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations as lawmakers examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. Lawmakers want to know the tax strategy of how Apple, the world's most valuable company, based in Cupertino, Calif., holds a billion dollars in an Irish subsidiary as a tax strategy, according to a report issued this week by the subcommittee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Even teens who once craved iPhones are turning on the company.



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