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Fisherman's death sours relations between Taiwan, Philippines
May has been a bad month for relations between Taiwan and the Philippines, with Taiwan reacting angrily to a Philippine coast guard vessel's killing of a fisherman.
Categories: International News
Obama: U.S. won't act alone on Syria
President Obama met with Turkey's prime minister to talk about ways of handling the raging conflict in Syria, but he said "it's not gonna be something that the United States does by itself."
Categories: International News
Another massive loss for J.C. Penney
There's one great thing about J.C. Penney's last quarter: It's over.
Obama: Pentagon leaders 'ashamed' over military sexual assaults
U.S. military leaders are "angry" and "ashamed" over sexual assaults plaguing the armed forces, President Barack Obama said Thursday after ordering top Pentagon officials to "leave no stone unturned" in the effort to stop the abuse.
Categories: National News
Cigarette smuggling ring in East Coast may have terror links
A cigarette smuggling scheme that cost New York state millions of dollars in sales tax revenue may have raised funds for militant groups, authorities said.
Categories: National News
Suspect: Boston attack was payback
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon attack indicated that the bombings were designed to avenge Muslims killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, a sources tells CNN.
Categories: National News
Google Hangouts: Google Chat gets a much needed makeover
Google spent the second half of the 2000s turning Google Talk into the de facto replacement for AOL Instant Messenger. Then, over the past few years, Google stopped paying attention to it altogether.
Cause of Texas explosion 'undetermined'
Texas State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy said Thursday that the cause of the April 17 fire that led to explosions that killed 15 people is "undetermined."
Categories: National News
Feds investigate ricin-tainted letters addressed to post office, judge
Federal authorities are investigating threatening letters allegedly containing deadly ricin in Spokane, Washington, the FBI said Thursday.
Categories: National News
Gen X to be worse off than Boomers in retirement, study finds
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Texas teen bags state-record-sized alligator
Braxton Bielski didn't have a 5-pound bass on his mind when he recently took his cane pole to a reservoir in south Texas.
Categories: National News
U.S. soldier sentenced to life in prison for killing comrades in Iraq
A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for gunning down five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.
Categories: International News
U.S. soldier sentenced to life in prison for killing comrades in Iraq
A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for gunning down five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.
Categories: National News
University professor, wife killed in Nebraska
Police in Omaha, Nebraska, said Thursday that they're looking into whether there's a connection between the recent killings of a university professor and his wife and two unsolved area homicides.
Categories: National News
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Categories: National News
NASCAR's 'Dick' Trickle dies of apparent self-inflicted wound
Richard "Dick" Trickle -- who made a name for himself as a NASCAR driver -- died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, a North Carolina sheriff's office said.
Categories: National News
Prison exclusive: Bernie Madoff can't sleep
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Deadly Texas tornadoes 'hit so fast'
Six people were killed and more than 100 people were injured after tornadoes ripped through north Texas, hitting Habitat for Humanity homes the hardest.
Categories: National News
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox lands in feds' crosshairs
U.S. law enforcement officials cracked down this week on the Bitcoin economy's biggest exchange, Mt. Gox, accusing its operator of running a money transmitting business without the proper license and freezing several of its key financial accounts.
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