The Wire
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The 50th Super Bowl goes to San Francisco Bay Area
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:58pm
(AP) — The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Muppets creator's items head to NYC museum
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:58pm
(AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens.
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US lawmakers seek limits on Russia cooperation
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:58pm
(AP) — Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks.
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San Francisco Bay Area picked to host 50th Super Bowl in 2016
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:52pm
(AP) — San Francisco Bay Area picked to host 50th Super Bowl in 2016.
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Lawyer: Feds investigate Susan Powell case
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:51pm
(AP) — The lawyer for the family of a missing Utah woman says there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance.
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Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:49pm
(AP) — Carole King isn't done with music — not yet anyway.
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Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun, knife
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:47pm
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 2:47pm(AP) — Photos taken in the aftermath of the attack that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords show the handgun, high-capacity pistol magazines and knife that Jared Lee Loughner carried with him as he carried out the January 2011 attack.
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In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:44pm
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 2:45pm(AP) — The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside an Oklahoma City area church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.
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Sprint to listen to Dish offer
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:44pm
(AP) — Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.
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Gandhi's 'blood sample' fails to sell in Britain
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:42pm
(AP) — Dozens of Mohandas Gandhi's personal items have been sold at an auction, but a sample of blood purportedly from the Indian independence leader didn't draw high enough bids.
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With high-tech guns, users could disable remotely
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:40pm
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 2:42pm(AP) — A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved — and disable it remotely.
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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:40pm
(AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one.
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Knicks unsure about Stoudemire's role
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:35pm
(AP) — Amare Stoudemire will go into next season with $45 million left on his contract and no guarantee of a starting job.
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Sprint boosts buyout offer for Clearwire
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 2:31pm
(AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp. has raised its buyout offer for the stake in wireless data network operator Clearwire Corp. it does not already own by 14 percent, but a large shareholder said the offer was still inadequate.
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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
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 2:30pm(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
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 2:25pm(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.












































































































