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Turkey’s leader meets with protesters

The talks between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erogan and the protesters were an effort to resolve a sit-in at Taksim…

June 13, 2013

U.S. whites falling to minority in under-5 age group

These two milestones, revealed in 2012 census estimates released Thursday, are the latest signs of a historic shift in which…

June 13, 2013

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Terrorists change tactics after leaks

Lawmakers say America less safe since Snowden’s disclosures

June 13, 2013

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1 dead, dozens hurt in La. plant explosion

This photo shows an explosion at The Williams Companies Inc. plant in the Ascension Parish town of Geismar La., Thursday.…

June 13, 2013

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Santa Monica gunman’s weapon assembled in bedroom

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said the semi-automatic weapon appears to have…

June 13, 2013

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Obama OKs increase of military support to Syrian rebels

A Syrian woman cries near Dar El Shifa hospital while the body of her brother, killed by Syrian Army, lies…

June 12, 2013

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Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case

Attorney Craig Weintraub addressed the death penalty issue after his client, 52-year-old Ariel Castro, pleaded not guilty to hundreds of…

June 12, 2013

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Iran nuke policy ‘unchangeable’ no matter who wins

A banner showing Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, a nuclear negotiator, is carried at a campaign rally, two days prior…

June 12, 2013

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Pa. girl’s double-lung transplant a success

Ten-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, center, received a lung transplant Wednesday at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.Murnaghan Family, File/Associated Press Sarah Murnaghan, who…

June 12, 2013

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Texas executes man who confessed to killing 5

Elroy Chester, 44, said that he didn’t want relatives of his victims to have “hate in your heart for me.”…

June 12, 2013

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Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes

Some of the victims’ families also vowed to keep up the pressure for stricter gun control as they met with…

June 12, 2013

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Kuwaiti premier visits Iraq, tightening bonds

The warming bonds between Shiite-led Iraq and Sunni-ruled Kuwait are noteworthy in a region increasingly plagued by the sectarian divisions…

June 12, 2013

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NY judge: Fed plan for morning-after pill sales OK

The finding by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman came in response to a Department of Justice decision this week to…

June 12, 2013

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Fukushima plant steps closer to fuel-rod removal

Plant chief Takeshi Takahashi told journalists on a plant tour Wednesday that workers have cleaned up much of the debris…

June 12, 2013

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Southern Baptists officially oppose gay Scout rule

While some action against the Scouts was widely anticipated, given the denomination’s very public opposition to the change, the resolution…

June 12, 2013

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CIA deputy director Michael Morell retires

When President Barack Obama named a successor to former CIA Director David Petraeus last January, Morell was passed over in…

June 12, 2013

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South Africa: Mandela ‘responding better to treatment’

President Jacob Zuma told parliament that he is happy with the progress that the 94-year-old is making following his hospitalization…

June 12, 2013

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Syrian extremist rebels raid Shiite village

In the raid, which comes at a time when the West is worried that extremists are increasingly joining the rebellion,…

June 12, 2013

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Calm for now in Turkey protests as both sides talk

Protests spread across the country after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered police to clear a peaceful sit-in of Turks…

June 12, 2013

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NSA director defends surveillance

Programs disrupted dozens of attacks, Alexander says

June 11, 2013

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N.J. town to restrict baggy pants

The sagging pants trend was popularized by hip-hop artists and has been embraced by youths.Wayne Parry/Associated Press The city is…

June 11, 2013

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Congress briefed about spy programs

But the country’s main civil-liberties organization wasn’t buying it, filing the most significant lawsuit against the sweeping phone-record collection program…

June 11, 2013

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Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon

Except that the students in this case were al-Qaida fighters in Mali. And the manual was a detailed guide, with…

June 11, 2013

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1 man dead in 27-car Nevada sandstorm pileup

Humboldt County sheriff’s dispatchers called in virtually every medical, law enforcement and fire worker in the sparsely populated area after…

June 11, 2013