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Spain backs sending defensive arms to Syria rebels
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:59pm
(AP) — Spain favors a partial lifting of sanctions against Syria that would allow the delivery of "defense material" to rebel groups to help protect the population, its foreign minister said Tuesday.
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Burberry's profit hit by perfume deal's demise
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:58pm
(AP) — British luxury brand Burberry said Tuesday that rapidly improving business in developing markets was offset by the end of a perfume licensing deal, dragging net profit down 3 percent for the year.
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Markets choppy ahead of Bernanke testimony
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:57pm
(AP) — Markets were choppy Tuesday as investors remained cautious in the run-up to a much-anticipated statement from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
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ESPN cutting workforce, 'smartly managing costs'
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:56pm
(AP) — ESPN says that it is cutting its workforce.
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Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:56pm
(AP) — Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure.
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Toby Keith says Okla. hometown is 'resilient'
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:55pm
(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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SAfrican court acquits brother of Oscar Pistorius
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:55pm
(AP) — One Pistorius brother is free of charges — acquitted Tuesday of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend.
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Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:53pm
(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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Top figures may be barred from Iran's June ballot
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:53pm
(AP) — Iran's election process slipped into a tense holding pattern Tuesday amid speculation that candidates blocked from the ballot include a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.
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Pope expresses solidarity with tornado survivors
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:52pm
(AP) — Pope Francis has expressed his "closeness to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado," with special concern for "those who lost young children."
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Man charged in death of missing Maine teenager
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:51pm
(AP) — Police charged a 20-year-old Maine man with murder Tuesday in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she met on Facebook.
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Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:49pm
(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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Avs mum on report Patrick Roy may be next coach
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:45pm
(AP) — Avalanche fans are talking about the possibility of Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy becoming the next coach of the Colorado team.
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JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:45pm
(AP) — Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.
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Limited, slower Conn. rail service starts Tuesday
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:44pm
(AP) — Connecticut says limited, slower train service is about to resume, four days after a derailment injured scores of commuter rail passengers.
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Los Angeles picking mayor after low-drama campaign
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:41pm
(AP) — Citizens of Los Angeles are choosing a new mayor.
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Germany's SAP to recruit tech staff with autism
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:40pm
(AP) — German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process information.
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Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on a Sinai funeral
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:40pm
(AP) — Egyptian officials say troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai during a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants.
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Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:35pm
(AP) — Flying high above Europe's economic crisis, a local lightning-fast pigeon called Bolt became the world's most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman.
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South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:35pm
(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.






































































































