The Wire
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Protesters chant 'Stop the IRS' in Cincinnati
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:29pm
(AP) — Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans protested outside federal buildings across the country Tuesday to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups.
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More attacks across Iraq kill 13 people
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:29pm
(AP) — New attacks in Iraq killed 13 people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives across the country.
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Police release photos from Tucson shooting rampage
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:28pm
(AP) — Authorities on Tuesday released nearly 600 photos that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others.
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Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:27pm
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Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:26pm
(AP) — Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
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Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitar
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:24pm
(AP) — A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his care.
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Syria opposition signals tough line on peace talks
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:24pm
(AP) — Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime.
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Algerian president leaves Paris military hospital
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:22pm
(AP) — Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another facility.
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Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:21pm
(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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Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on a Sinai funeral
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:20pm
(AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants.
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NFL, Xbox enhancing interactive television viewing
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:20pm
Imagine Sean Payton holding up a Surface tablet instead of a cardboard playsheet on the sideline.
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Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:19pm
(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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Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:17pm
(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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Top figures barred from Iran's June ballot
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:16pm
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 2:18pm(AP) — Iran's election overseers removed potential wildcard candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.
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US lawmakers seek Asia missile defense safeguard
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:15pm
(AP) — Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.
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Toby Keith says Okla. hometown is 'resilient'
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:15pm
(AP) — Tornadoes are a part of life in Moore, Okla., something country star Toby Keith was reminded of when a deadly, devastating one leveled parts of his hometown on Monday.
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White House: Reporters shouldn't be prosecuted
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:14pm
(AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama believes journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for doing their jobs.
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Arias tells jury what she'll do if allowed to live
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:11pm
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 2:12pm(AP) — Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she can contribute to society if allowed to live, saying she'd like to start literacy, recycling and other programs in prison.
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AP PHOTOS: Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:10pm
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 2:16pmResidents sift through the remnants of their homes and parents embrace children outside a demolished elementary school. Emergency workers tend to the wounded.
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Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:10pm
(AP) — It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.









































































































