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Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:59am

(AP) — Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the tax collection agency.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:55am

(AP) — Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest film.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:54am

(AP) — Stock prices are slightly lower at midday on Wall Street after manufacturing contracted unexpectedly in China this month.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:54am

(AP) — One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:53am

(AP) — Gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in central Iraq on Thursday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the country in a particularly bloody month.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:41am

(AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:37am

(AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:35am

(AP) — A recent spate of attacks by Islamic extremist rebels in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, business leaders and aid workers to have second thoughts about what good they can accomplish.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:31am

(AP) — The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining risks.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:29am

(AP) — President Barack Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the U.S.-directed drone program, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:24am

(AP) — A new coronavirus has now claimed 22 lives worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases, mostly in Saudi Arabia, World Health Organization officials said Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:24am

(AP) — Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the latest confrontation between the ruling party and Togo's increasingly active opposition. Demonstrators were gathering to protest the death of an opposition member, who died in jail.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:21am

(AP) — An independent panel will examine allegations that cycling's governing body was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping, UCI President Pat McQuaid said Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:19am

(AP) — A second jewelry theft has been reported in the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival, this time an expensive necklace.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:17am

(AP) — A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:15am

(AP) — An American man is suspected of killing a family of four and is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:14am

(AP) — Ladies? Don't make him laugh.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:10am

(AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that security must go hand-in-hand with development in the troubled eastern city of Goma on Thursday, arriving just hours after a rebel group fighting government forces said they would respect a cease-fire to allow the visit to proceed.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:09am

(AP) — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 11:09am

(AP) — Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.