The Wire
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Man who kidnapped 2 Iowa girls had long record
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 3:01pm
(AP) — Police say a man who enticed two girls to enter his pickup truck near a rural Iowa bus stop had a long criminal history and was ordered for sex offender treatment when he was a teenager.
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Arias jury deadlocked but must continue
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 3:01pm
(AP) — Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial told the judge they've been unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life or death.
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Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 3:01pm
(AP) — The U.S. and several key allies sought Wednesday 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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Fiat Industrial aims to shift tax home to Britain
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:57pm
(AP) — Fiat Industrial disputed as "absolutely false" reports Wednesday that Italy would lose 500 million euros ($646 million) in tax revenues if it moves its tax base to Britain after it completes a merger with its U.S.-based subsidiary CNH Global NV.
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Jurors in Jodi Arias case say they're unable to reach decision; judge sends them back
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:57pm
(AP) — Jurors in Jodi Arias case say they're unable to reach decision; judge sends them back.
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Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:54pm
(AP) — A dam that threatened to give way and flood a North Dakota town was holding back the water on Wednesday, though the 1,300 residents of Cavalier were still being told to stay away from their homes.
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Attorney: Donald Trump lied on stand
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:51pm
(AP) — The attorney for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told Chicago jurors on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed by the "Apprentice" star whom he said lied on the witness stand.
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Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:48pm
(AP) — Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June — if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials appeared at odds over what evidence would demonstrate such gains.
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EU steps up fight against tax evasion by end 2013
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:46pm
(AP) — The European Union's leaders took a major step in tackling tax-dodgers Wednesday by pushing to end bank secrecy across the bloc's 27 members by the end of the year.
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AP Source: Coach K returning to US men's team
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:45pm
Mike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team.
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Greuel thanks supporters after failed LA mayor bid
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:44pm
(AP) — Wendy Greuel is thanking supporters who tried to make her Los Angeles' first woman mayor.
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Clark future uncertain if PGA follows anchor ban
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:43pm
(AP) — Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke.
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Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:41pm
Updated on May 22, 2013 at 2:44pm(AP) — The tornado that tore through an Oklahoma City suburb destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and may have caused $2 billion in overall damage, officials said Wednesday.
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Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:32pm
Updated on May 22, 2013 at 2:36pm(AP) — In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."
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Global, local issues for Iran in upcoming election
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:31pm
Main domestic and international issues facing Iran ahead of its June 14 presidential election:
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Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:27pm
(AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs.
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NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:27pm
(AP) — They hesitated at first, but then they came from all over the church: young women in black shuffling out of the pews and down the side aisles to the altar, some of them sobbing.
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Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:26pm
(AP) — As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries.
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Cameron: 'Indications' London attack terror
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:23pm
(AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron says there are "strong indications" that a brutal attack in London is terror-related.
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Redford swept away in shipwreck saga 'All Is Lost'
Posted on May 22, 2013 at 2:19pm
(AP) — Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost."














































































































