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National Geographic
Forecasters See Busy Season for Hurricanes
Wall Street Journal
Forecasters say coastal residents should batten down the hatches, as this hurricane season will likely be much stronger than last year when Sandy wreaked havoc on the Northeast. Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
Hurricane forecast: Three to six 'major' storms could emerge this yearChristian Science Monitor
2013 Atlantic hurricane season forecast to be 'above normal,' 'possibly extremely ...NBCNews.com
Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic seasonBusinessweek
NPR -National Geographic -NOAA
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ABC News
The Next Steps in Jodi Arias Case
ABC News
The jury in Jodi Arias' murder trial has failed to reach a verdict against the woman they convicted of murdering Travis Alexander. The next steps: NEW JURY: The judge scheduled a retrial on the penalty phase for July 18. A new jury must be seated to decide ...
Arizona jury deadlocks over Jodi Arias sentencingReuters
Judge declares mistrial in penalty phase of Jodi Arias trialFox News
Mistrial declared in Jodi Arias penalty phaseUSA TODAY
CNN -CBS News -Plain Dealer
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RI education board approves arming university cops
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — State education officials have approved allowing the University of Rhode Island to arm its campus police officers. The state's Board of Education voted Thursday evening at a meeting at the URI campus. The proposal would leave it to ...
University of Rhode Island professor says black- or brown-skinned people are ...PolitiFact

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Montreal Gazette
Obama orders review of guidelines on investigating reporters
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday he was troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may "chill" investigative journalism and said he had asked Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. to review Justice Department guidelines for going after ...
Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalistsReuters
Obama calls for review of rules on subpoenas to the mediaWashington Post
Huffington Post: Time for Holder to goNewsOK.com
Huffington Post -The Guardian
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Wall Street Journal
Lower Payouts Likely After Tornado
Wall Street Journal
Many residents of Moore, Okla., recovering from Monday's tornado are likely to find that insurance will cover less of the tab than for past storms. Pictured, damaged homes in Moore. MOORE, Okla.—As residents here recover from a tornado likely to be among ...
Students, teachers reunite for first time after school was destroyed by Oklahoma ...Washington Post
Oklahoma tornado toll at 24 dead, 377 hurt as recovery speeds upLos Angeles Times
tornado damage numbers significantly downgradedCBS News
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth -KFMB News 8 -New York Times
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ABC News
Latest Ricin Suspect Served a Prison Term
Wall Street Journal
A man whom prosecutors charged Wednesday with sending a ricin-laced letter to a federal judge was estranged from his parents, appeared reclusive to some neighbors and had spent 18 months behind bars for a sex crime more than a decade ago, ...
Many Posts, But Little Pointing To Grudge In Online Life Of Ricin SuspectNW News Network
FBI arrest 37-year-old man in Washington state ricin letter investigationFox News
Spokane Ricin Probe Suspect Charged With Threatening Judge (1)Businessweek
Reuters -Washington Post -CNN International
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Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm
Watertown Daily Times
Jazmin Rodriguez, left, looks up at her mother, LaTisha Garcia, right, following an interview in Moore, Okla., Thursday, May 23, 2013. Garcia carried her injured daughter away from a school that was hit by a tornado on Sunday. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) ...

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Philly.com
Nixon presidential library hosts reunion for 200 Vietnam POWs 40 years after ...
Washington Post
YORBA LINDA, Calif. — U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. Burns broke three vertebrae when he ...
Vietnam POWs Honored at Nixon LibraryKTLA
Cheers, escort greet POWs for reunionOCRegister (subscription)
Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWsWJTV
KSRO
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Houston Chronicle
Drug cartel boss pleads guilty to murder in US agent's death
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — A Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder in a 2011 ambush south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and which sharply strained U.S.-Mexico relations.
Suspected killer pleads to killing special agentSan Antonio Express
Mexico drug cartel commander pleads guilty in murder of US officialReuters
4 plead guilty in murder of US immigration agentCNN International
Washington Times -Houston Chronicle (blog) -MYfoxLUBBOCK.COM
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AFP
IRS replaces official involved in tea party controversy
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Embroiled in scandal, the IRS has replaced the official who supervised agents involved in targeting tea party groups. Lois Lerner, IRS director of exempt organizations, refused to answer questions by a House committee Wednesday, saying ...
IRS replaces head of division that targeted conservative groupsLos Angeles Times
IRS official at center of scandal put on leaveReuters
IRS Official Who Refused to Testify Is SuspendedNew York Times
Chicago Tribune -Politico -AFP
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CBS News
Boy Scouts of America vote ends long-standing ban on gay scouts
Reuters
By Marice Richter. GRAPEVINE, Texas | Thu May 23, 2013 7:30pm EDT. GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a ban on openly gay scouts that had been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history, ...
Boy Scout Leaders Vote to Allow Gay YouthWall Street Journal
Boy Scouts vote to lift ban on gay youthNBCNews.com
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay membersFox News
ABC News -Christian Science Monitor
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Christian Science Monitor
New evidence in Zimmerman case: Trayvon texted about fighting, smoking ...
Orlando Sentinel
Defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman case today released evidence they discovered on Trayvon Martin's cell phone, including text messages in which he wrote about taking part in an organized fight, smoking marijuana and being suspended from ...
Trayvon Martin texts, photos: Might they change Zimmerman trial?Christian Science Monitor
Zimmerman defense releases texts about guns, fighting from Trayvon Martin's ...NBCNews.com (blog)
Zimmerman defense releases new photos of Trayvon MartinUSA TODAY
Fox News -Fall River Herald News
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San Francisco Chronicle
Authorities: No sign killing of 2 kids was planned
Houston Chronicle
WEST POINT, Utah (AP) — A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new houses and tidy lawns, police said. Authorities believe the boys died from knife wounds ...
Raw: Utah teen arrested in death of his brothersUSA TODAY
Utah boy, 15, arrested in deaths of two younger brothersNew York Daily News
Two Utah brothers, 4 and 10, found dead; oldest brother, 15, arrestedCNN
Reuters -UPI.com
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ABC News
Distraught Mom Becomes Face of Oklahoma Storm
ABC News
A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children. And so she raced against the storm. She had 30 miles to cover from her job in Edmond to Plaza Towers Elementary School, where ...

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San Francisco Chronicle
Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park
Houston Chronicle
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide. Mayor Chris Coleman announced the indefinite closure after ...
Body of missing student recovered from Minnesota parkDetroit Free Press
Body of 2nd Child Found in Deadly Minn. LandslideABC News
Body of missing student recovered from Minn. parkUSA TODAY
Pioneer Press -CBS News -KARE
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ABC News
NY businessman held for ransom, tortured for month
USA TODAY
NEW YORK (AP) — A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in ...
New York man held captive for month rescued by policeChicago Tribune
NYPD says 3 kidnapping suspects fled to EcuadorWall Street Journal
Police: Accomplices In Brutal Queens Kidnapping, Ransom Plot Flee The CountryCBS Local
TimesLedger -New York Times -New York Daily News
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ABC News
Investigator: Missing Iowa Girl's Blood Found
ABC News
Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said Thursday. DNA testing confirmed ...
Dayton abduction suspect's 1991 victim speaks outThe Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
Missing Iowa girl's blood found at hog confinementWQAD.com -- Quad Cities News & Weather from WQAD
Tests determine Shepard's blood found at siteFort Dodge Messenger
Iowa Public Radio -The Republic
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ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
Unused parking deck partially collapses, killing 1 outside shopping mall in ...
Washington Post
BETHESDA, Md. — A parking garage has partially collapsed outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials say one construction worker who was trapped has died. Montgomery County rescuers were working to stabilize the structure to free a ...
One Person Dead After Parking Garage Collapse In MarylandSeattle Post Intelligencer
1 killed after parking garage collapse at Montgomery Mall in BethesdaMyFox Washington DC
Worker crushed to death after Montgomery Mall garage collapsesWashington Examiner

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Politico
Rep. Jo Bonner to resign from House for university job
CBS News
Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala., will resign from Congress on Aug. 15 to work at the University of Alabama System as their vice chancellor of government relations and economic development. "While I had every intention of completing this term, sometimes ...
GOP Rep. Jo Bonner to resign from CongressUSA TODAY
Rep. Jo Bonner resigning to take Ala. college postThe Seattle Times
U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala., leaving Congress in AugustUPI.com
The University of Alabama Crimson White -Politico
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ABC News
Jersey Shore to celebrate re-opening 7 months after Sandy
Today.com
People walk past open attractions along the newly rebuilt boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J. this month. Seven months after being devastated by the worst storm in New Jersey history, most of the beaches and boardwalks of the Jersey Shore are back and ...
Obama to visit Jersey Shore with Christie TuesdayNorthJersey.com
Jersey Shore, slammed by Sandy, is back in businessUSA TODAY
Obama and Christie to Visit Jersey Shore on TuesdayPatch.com
Vending Times -Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com -New York Daily News
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