The Wire
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UK eyes giving visas to 600 Afghan interpreters
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:27am
(AP) — Britain is proposing to give around 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the U.K. in recognition of the risks to their personal safety.
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Target's 1Q profit drops 26 pct on weak sales
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:25am
(AP) — Target Corp. reported a 26 percent drop in first-quarter profit as cool temperatures and financial pressures limited customers' appetite for spending.
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Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:19am
(AP) — Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.
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Irishman charged with 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:19am
(AP) — A 61-year-old Irishman was charged in Britain Wednesday with the Irish Republican Army bombing of the queen's ceremonial cavalry in Hyde Park in 1982, a strike at a top London tourist attraction that killed four soldiers and seven horses.
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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:17am
(AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the Internal Revenue Service asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational.
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Oil stays near $96 before crude stocks report, Fed
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:15am
The price of oil was little changed above $96 a barrel Wednesday as investors waited confirmation of a rise in U.S. crude stocks and the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.
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Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:13am
(AP) — Lowe's Cos. said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 percent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring gardening sales.
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AP Interview: Rogge cites need for targeted tests
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:07am
(AP) — Olympic officials agree that more targeted, out-of-competition testing in high-profile sports is needed to catch the drug cheats who are escaping the net, IOC President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday.
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Iraqi PM orders army shakeup after deadly attacks
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:05am
(AP) — An Iraqi government spokesman says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered changes in senior ranks of the military in the wake of bloody attacks that have killed dozens of people in the past few days.
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EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:04am
(AP) — Two officials say Britain has launched a bid to formally have the European Union declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization.
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Canet seeks gritty New York in 'Blood Ties'
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:02am
(AP) — The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter.
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Iceland forms new center-right government
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:01am
(AP) — Progressive Party leader Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has been chosen as Iceland's new prime minister.
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7 Egyptian security men kidnapped in Sinai freed
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 8:01am
(AP) — Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said.
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Syrian opposition urges rebels to join key battle
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 7:58am
(AP) — Syria's main opposition alliance on Wednesday urged fighters to come from around the country to reinforce a rebel-held town under attack by President Bashar Assad's troops and their allies from the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad denounces election decision
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 7:54am
Updated on May 22, 2013 at 7:57am(AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Trial for captain in deadly shipwreck in Italy
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 7:52am
(AP) — A judge in Italy has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia to stand trial in the shipwreck of the cruise liner, which struck a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people.
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FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 7:52am
(AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says U.S. officials are "going neighborhood to neighborhood" to make sure Oklahoma gets the help it needs.
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Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 7:50am
(AP) — The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement.
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Futures rise; all eyes on the Fed
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 7:43am
(AP) — U.S. stock futures are rising with the nation's central bank seemingly committed to ushering along a financial rebound and the housing market nearing an important milestone.
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Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 7:40am
(AP) — With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."

















































































































