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Stocks end lower after bumpy trading day, investors reassess Fed worries, China economy

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stocks are ending the day slightly lower after recouping a big loss early on....

posted: May 23,2013

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Obama says attorney general will review guidelines in media leaks investigations

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists' records in investigations of the leak of government secrets....

posted: May 23,2013

Expect another extremely busy hurricane season this year with 13 to 20 named storms, NOAA says

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters in the United States say....

posted: May 23,2013

Obama lifts ban on the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Yemen

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he is lifting his ban on the transfer of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention centre to Yemen. And he is calling on Congress to lift its restrictions on detainee transfers, including...

posted: May 23,2013

Obama says he will consider ways of increasing oversight of drone operations beyond war zones

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says his administration is willing to consider accepting increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan....

posted: May 23,2013

Cannes crime: 2-million-euro necklace stolen in 2nd heist during Riviera film festival

PARIS - Thieves outsmarted 80 security guards in an exclusive French Riviera hotel and made off with a necklace that creators say is worth a staggering 2 million euros ($2.6 million) — in the second such jewelry heist during this year's...

posted: May 23,2013

In Jerusalem, Kerry and Netanyahu raise hopes for possible Mideast peace talks restart

JERUSALEM - The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and...

posted: May 23,2013

26 killed by MUJAO in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger targeting French mine and barracks

posted: May 23,2013

$2 billion tornado damage estimate illustrates daunting recovery for Oklahoma City suburb

posted: May 23,2013

Man killed in Fla. by FBI shares similar background to deceased Boston bombing suspect

posted: May 23,2013

Jury resumes deliberations in Arias trial a day after impasse, judge tells panel to press on

posted: May 23,2013

At Cannes Film Festival, Jerry Lewis still not laughing at female comedians

posted: May 23,2013

Distraught mom who carried daughter to safety becomes the face of the storm

posted: May 23,2013

84-year-old New Mexico woman on oxygen tank indicted on charges she was trafficking drugs

posted: May 23,2013

Convicted Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof bringing banned movie to Cannes

posted: May 23,2013

Alexander Payne debuts his black and white 'Nebraska' at Cannes Film Festival

posted: May 23,2013

Paolo Sorrentino serves up a sumptuous repast in Cannes entry 'The Great Beauty'

posted: May 23,2013

Bronx 'ghetto' tours stopped; angry residents say gritty community has survived its past

posted: May 23,2013

Brave woman tried to calm London attackers and reasoned with them before police came

posted: May 23,2013

After racial slurs become public fodder, transgressors have a common response: I'm not racist

posted: May 23,2013

FBI: Man killed had become violent during questioning on Boston bombing

posted: May 22,2013

Muslim hardliners ID suspect seen after British soldier butchered in broad daylight

posted: May 22,2013

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