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Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:30pm
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19:
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Face-chewing victim continues recovery in Miami
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:29pm
(AP) — A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami says he doesn't want any more reconstructive surgery.
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Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:29pm
(AP) — Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League for the 11th straight season.
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Senate debating federal dollars for crop insurance
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:28pm
(AP) — The farm bill the Senate is considering this week would cut some farm subsidies but also expand government-subsidized crop insurance, a safety net used by many farmers in case of bad weather or lost revenue.
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Peace Corps to accept same-sex couples
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:28pm
(AP) — The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.
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Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:26pm
(AP) — Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.
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Lawmakers hand Myanmar leader prisoner list
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:25pm
(AP) — Lawmakers are asking Myanmar President Thein Sein (tane sane) to free nearly 250 political prisoners.
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UN: Drop in Syrians reaching Jordan, unclear why
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:25pm
(AP) — U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, and they are trying to quickly figure out why.
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US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:23pm
(AP) — A U.S. diplomat has become a sort of tweeter-in-chief for the U.S. mission in Cuba, reaching out to some of Washington's most vocal critics on the island.
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Protesters chant 'IRS has got to go' in Cincinnati
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:22pm
(AP) — Chanting "IRS has got to go," tea party activists are rallying in Cincinnati to protest extra IRS scrutiny of their groups.
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Rebels in C. African Republic protest conditions
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:22pm
(AP) — Some members of the rebel alliance who overthrew the president of Central African Republic are protesting outside the luxury hotel where their leader is based.
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Spain backs sending defensive arms to Syria rebels
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:18pm
(AP) — Spain says it favors a partial lifting of sanctions against Syria that would allow the delivery of "defense material" that could include arms to help protect the population.
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Kyrgyzstan bent on evicting US air base in 2014
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:17pm
(AP) — Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby Afghanistan.
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Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:17pm
(AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.
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Apple's Cook faces Senate questions on taxes
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:16pm
(AP) — Apple's CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.
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Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:16pm
(AP) — The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.
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Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:13pm
(AP) — A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on Facebook.
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South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:12pm
(AP) — There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife.
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2nd day of riots in Stockholm suburb shakes Sweden
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:11pm
(AP) — Some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a largely immigrant suburb of Stockholm on Tuesday, the second day of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a knife.
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WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts GI's plea to 1 count
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:10pm
(AP) — Prosecutors say they will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces.






































































































