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Weiner launches comeback bid to become NYC mayor
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:30pm
(AP) — Anthony Weiner knows there may be a lot of New Yorkers who would never consider voting for him again, but he says he's running for mayor because he wants to bring his ideas to the fore — and win.
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Broke no laws, IRS official says _ then takes 5th
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:30pm
(AP) — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself.
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Okla. tornado damage: Thousands of homes, $1.5-$2B
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:25pm
(AP) — The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation.
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Zach Johnson always feels good at Colonial
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:23pm
(AP) — Zach Johnson always feels good when he gets to Colonial.
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Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:21pm
(AP) — Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early.
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Arias jury deadlocked but must keep deliberating
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:20pm
(AP) — Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep on trying.
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In Arias trial, TV cameras never far behind
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:15pm
Updated on May 22, 2013 at 6:17pm(AP) — The Jodi Arias trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court — and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set up jailhouse interviews with his most famous inmate.
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Inaugural tournament cut to 54 holes
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:11pm
(AP) — Stacy Lewis brings more value to the LPGA Tour that just her golf.
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Publisher: Sen. Warren book coming out in 2014
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:09pm
(AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a book deal.
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Carney: Criticism of IRS response 'legitimate'
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:08pm
(AP) — President Barack Obama's spokesman says the White House is facing "legitimate criticisms" for its shifting accounts about who knew what about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups, and when they knew it.
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Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:08pm
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 who used to stop breathing nearly every day.
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Stocks fall on news Fed weighed cutting stimulus
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:05pm
(AP) — The Federal Reserve took financial markets for a ride Wednesday, pushing stock prices up in the morning then sending them down in the afternoon.
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Bears LB Urlacher announces his retirement
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:05pm
(AP) — Brian Urlacher wasn't sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he's calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.
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WikiLeaks case file fight moves to federal court
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:04pm
Updated on May 22, 2013 at 6:04pm(AP) — The WikiLeaks organization and a handful of journalists are asking a federal judge in Baltimore to order greater transparency in the court-martial of an Army private who has acknowledged sending reams of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.
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Douglas, Damon dramatize a steamy showbiz affair
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 6:01pm
(AP) — The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself.
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Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:56pm
(AP) — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states.
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Congo fighting persists as UN chief arrives
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:56pm
(AP) — M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city.
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Pentagon: New record plan won't help vet backlog
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:54pm
(AP) — The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a "long-term modernization" effort and would not help ease the backlog in VA disability claims.
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Kerry: US, allies ready to step up aid to rebels
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:53pm
(AP) — The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid.
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Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:52pm
Updated on May 22, 2013 at 5:54pm(AP) — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.















































































































