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Unexpected twists in Texas plant blast
White House rebuffs Boehner on Benghazi-related emails
Neighborhood of Cleveland's last gruesome crime still struggling
SAT tests canceled in all of South Korea
Shapiro: Obama’s Bush-league mistakes, from Benghazi to Syria
Relatives: Castro used life-size manneqin to scare people
White House calls for IRS investigation
200 sick after dining at popular Vegas restaurant
Man, angry with neighbors, takes bulldozer to homes
Ahead of Mother's Day, Obama rallies women around health law
Cop reunites with man he saved on Golden Gate Bridge
Analyst who questioned Hispanic intelligence resigns
Poachers kill at least 26 elephants in Central Africa
Man awarded $59K for incorrect death diagnosis
Movie theater publicity stunt results in police response
American Heart Association: Dogs are good for the heart
Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, dies
Uncle: Marathon bombing suspect buried in Virginia

Posted: 10 May 2013 12:44 PM PDT

A paramedic was charged with possessing bomb-making materials.

White House rebuffs Boehner on Benghazi-related emails

Posted: 10 May 2013 02:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama's standoff with congressional Republicans over Benghazi escalated on Friday as the White House rebuffed House Speaker John Boehner's demand that it turn over unclassified internal emails linked to the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack. Press secretary Jay Carney rejected the request and again accused Republicans of trying to milk the tragic death [...]

Neighborhood of Cleveland's last gruesome crime still struggling

Posted: 10 May 2013 12:45 PM PDT

CLEVELAND—The neighborhood around the dilapidated home where three women were held prisoner for a decade continued to bustle with police and media activity on Friday amid a steady stream of curious onlookers. Police stand guard over the vicious crime scene on Seymour Avenue, where the women—Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus—were allegedly raped, beaten [...]

SAT tests canceled in all of South Korea

Posted: 10 May 2013 02:37 PM PDT

It's the first time the college prep exam has been called off in an entire country.

Shapiro: Obama’s Bush-league mistakes, from Benghazi to Syria

Posted: 10 May 2013 12:05 PM PDT

It's simple: Don't make threats until you've worked out how they'll be enforced.

Relatives: Castro used life-size manneqin to scare people

Posted: 10 May 2013 01:27 PM PDT

Nobody was ever allowed past the living room at his house, say family members.

White House calls for IRS investigation

Posted: 10 May 2013 10:52 AM PDT

The agency apologized for placing heavier scrutiny on conservative groups.

200 sick after dining at popular Vegas restaurant

Posted: 10 May 2013 03:25 PM PDT

It's the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in a decade.

Man, angry with neighbors, takes bulldozer to homes

Posted: 10 May 2013 03:38 PM PDT

Sheriff's deputies say a man angry at his neighbors went on a rampage in a bulldozer on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, damaging four homes, knocking one off its foundation, and cutting power to thousands of people.

Ahead of Mother's Day, Obama rallies women around health law

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:33 AM PDT

There is 'so much misinformation' surrounding the law, the president said.

Cop reunites with man he saved on Golden Gate Bridge

Posted: 10 May 2013 10:15 AM PDT

On March 11 2005, Kevin Berthia wanted to take his own life.

Analyst who questioned Hispanic intelligence resigns

Posted: 10 May 2013 01:28 PM PDT

Jason Richwine, a Heritage Foundation analyst and the co-author of a study that measured the cost of an immigration reform bill, resigned from the conservative public policy organization after news organizations reported he had authored a dissertation asserting that Hispanics had lower IQs than whites and wrote for a website founded by white nationalists. "Jason [...]

Poachers kill at least 26 elephants in Central Africa

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:56 AM PDT

All the elephants, including four calves, had their tusks removed.

Man awarded $59K for incorrect death diagnosis

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:16 AM PDT

It's everyone's worst nightmare: Being diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only months to live. Of course, there's always the extremely rare chance it was all a mistake. Luckily for a traumatized Mark Templin, it was an incorrect diagnosis—one that resulted in an almost $60,000 settlement. In 2009, Templin had gone to the Fort [...]

Movie theater publicity stunt results in police response

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:28 AM PDT

The manager of a movie theater in Jefferson City, Mo., is defending himself after a publicity stunt resulted in a police response last weekend. KMIZ reports that management of Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters hired an actor to dress in full tactical gear (complete with a fake gun) and walk into the movie theater during the [...]

American Heart Association: Dogs are good for the heart

Posted: 10 May 2013 01:37 PM PDT

The American Heart Association (AHA) has declared that pets, especially dogs, are good for a person's heart. Further proof that dogs are among the best friends a person could have. Dr. Glenn N. Levine, director of Baylor University's cardiac care unit, was quoted in a press release from the AHA saying, "Pet ownership, particularly dog [...]