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Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:59am

(AP) — Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:52am

(AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:51am

(AP) — China's premier signed economic agreements and praised Pakistan in glowing terms as he began a two-day visit Wednesday, underscoring the importance of the longstanding alliance to the two Asian powers.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:51am

(AP) — The U.N.'s atomic agency says Iran is moving ahead to update a program the West fears could be used to make nuclear weapons.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:49am

(AP) — One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There's one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil Corp.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:48am

(AP) — The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:47am

(AP) — Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:45am

(AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:43am

(AP) — The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:41am

The price of oil fell near $95 a barrel Wednesday as the nation's oil supply fell less than expected and demand for gasoline remained weak.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:40am

(AP) — The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:39am

(AP) — Star linebacker Brian Urlacher says he's retiring after spending 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:39am

(AP) — Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:38am

(AP) — Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:37am

(AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:33am

(AP) — Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:31am

(AP) — The FBI is leaving open the question of who fired the fatal shot that killed a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:31am

(AP) — In France, there's a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:30am

(AP) — The International Monetary Fund has called on Britain to do more to support the economic recovery, urging the government Wednesday to speed up investment in infrastructure and come up with a plan to privatize its bailed out banks.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:28am

(AP) — European Union leaders on Wednesday sought to advance their fight against tax fraud and close the loopholes for large corporations' tax avoidance schemes.