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Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged

Chicago Tribune - ‎22 minutes ago‎
BOSTON—. Prosecutors charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon bombings in an impromptu hearing on Monday in his hospital room, accusing him of crimes that could carry the death penalty if he is convicted.
Boston Marathon bombing suspect formally charged in hospital room
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Fugitive on FBI's Most Wanted list arrested in Nicaragua -source

Reuters - ‎51 minutes ago‎
By Ian Simpson. WASHINGTON | Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:58pm EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Washington schoolteacher on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for alleged child pornography has been arrested in the Central American country of Nicaragua, ...
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Flights are delayed at major East Coast airports as sequester-related furloughs ...

Washington Post - ‎46 minutes ago‎
After months of inside the Beltway drama, the impact of sequestration cutbacks moved to center stage America on Monday as the aviation system was slowed by the furlough of 1,500 air traffic controllers.
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JR Smith wins Sixth Man Award

ESPN - ‎1 hour ago‎
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Knicks guard J.R. Smith, who came into the season thinking he would start for New York, came away with the NBA's Sixth Man Award on Monday.
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Taliban Abduct 11 Civilians From Downed Helicopter

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
KABUL, Afghanistan - An emergency landing by a helicopter ferrying foreign engineers in eastern Afghanistan turned into a mass abduction by the Taliban, officials said on Monday, offering a stark reminder of the insurgents' continuing hold on large parts of ...
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Red Cross: At least 187 killed in Nigeria violence

Houston Chronicle - ‎21 minutes ago‎
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region since an insurgency there began three years ago, an aid agency said Monday.
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Belgorod shooting suspect still at large after killing 6, including 14yo girl

RT - ‎8 hours ago‎
Police are searching for a suspect in the Monday shooting in the Russian city of Belgorod. A gunman opened fire near an arms shop, leaving six people dead and one injured.
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Kerry to host Afghan, Pakistani leaders for talks

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
BRUSSELS -- Secretary of State John F. Kerry is to host a meeting of top Afghan and Pakistani leaders here this week in hopes of breathing new life into flagging Afghan peace efforts.
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W.Va. investigating death of Md. man

MiamiHerald.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
GLENGARY, W.Va. -- Authorities in West Virginia are investigating the death of a 28-year-old man who had been competing in an endurance course.
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Wylie Cub Scouts Awarded Arrow of Light

Dallas Morning News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Front row: Joshua Martin & Jacob TschetterCub Scout pack 5150 recently held their Annual Blue and Gold Banquet and honored all five of their Webelos II Scouts for having earned their Arrow of Light award.
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NY's Weiner Back on Twitter 2 Years...

ABC News - ‎16 minutes ago‎
Former congressman Anthony Weiner is back on Twitter. The Democrat, who resigned in disgrace two years ago after tweeting a lewd picture of himself, has launched a new Twitter account: (at)anthonyweiner.
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Home Sales See Growing Pains

Wall Street Journal - ‎41 minutes ago‎
Arthur Patterson received an unusual request from a real-estate agent in February: Would he consider selling his two-bedroom townhouse in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood to a buyer ready to place an offer—even though the home wasn't on the market?
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Netflix Reports Profit, Strong Revenue

Wall Street Journal - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Netflix Inc. added more than two million new U.S. streaming-video subscribers in the first quarter and reported a strong reception to "House of Cards," its most high-profile original series so far.
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Foreign Investors Help Fuel US Shale Boom

Businessweek
6 hours ago
Written by
Christina Larson
China has about twice the estimated shale gas reserves as the U.S., but commercial production has been slow to ramp up on the mainland—because of a combination of challenging geology and an inflexible industry structure.
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Deficits Fall in Europe, but Debt Rises

New York Times - ‎39 minutes ago‎
PARIS - An austerity push in Europe helped to reduce government budget deficits in 2012 for a fourth straight year, official data showed Monday, but debt burdens grew amid a recession that was expected to last through 2013.
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Apple Wins Case Brought by Google's Motorola Over IPhones

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
Apple Inc. (AAPL) won a patent- infringement case brought by Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit over a phone sensor, averting an order that could have hindered imports of the iPhone 4 into the U.S.. The U.S. International Trade Commission in ...
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Google boss defends UK tax record

BBC News - ‎14 hours ago‎
Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, has defended his company paying just £6m in UK corporation tax. His comments came after a committee of MPs last year denounced multinationals - including Google - who pay little tax on their UK earnings, ...
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EU Regulators Fine Google $189K for StreetView Data Privacy Violations - eWeek

eWeek - ‎1 hour ago‎
Privacy regulators in Germany levied the fine to punish Google for not giving notice that it was collecting user data using its StreetView vehicles.
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Futurama gets canceled a second time, finale to air on September 4th - Engadget

Engadget - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Bad news, everyone. Five years into Futurama's revived presence on Comedy Central, the animated sci-fi series is getting the boot for the second time in its long and tumultuous history.
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Khloe Kardashian Will Not Return toThe X Factor - Parade

PARADE - ‎42 minutes ago‎
It's official: Lopez is in and Kardashian is out. Actor and TV personality Mario Lopez will return to host the third season of The X Factor, but reality star Khloe Kardashian will not join him as co-host, Fox announced Monday.
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Burning questions about Hilton Head

ESPN - ‎18 hours ago‎
With all the hoopla surrounding Rory McIlroy, it's easy to forget that his older buddy and countryman from Northern Ireland, Graeme McDowell, was the first of the two to get a major championship with the 2010 U.S.
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NEW: Lakewood Ranch student attends White House Science Fair

Sarasota Herald-Tribune - ‎22 minutes ago‎
In this image from White House video, LeVar Burton, left, Bill Nye and Cristin Dorgelo interview Sarasota student Brittany Wenger, a senior at Out-of-Door Academy in Lakewood Ranch, at the White House Science Fair on April 21, 2013.
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Two students, two different perspectives on Earth Day

Chippewa Herald - ‎50 minutes ago‎
Every year, society is reminded on Earth Day about the importance of protecting our environment from pollution. Over the years, litter, toxins and waste have increasingly contaminated our community and students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout have had ...
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Earth Day Google Doodle Goes Interactive - Cinema Blend

Cinema Blend
1 hour ago
Written by
Jessica Rawden
The history of Earth Day is a long and storied one. After witnessing the aftermath of an oil spill in 1969, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea of a national day to promote environmental consciousness.
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Cinnamon Challenge Spreads Virally, Can Cause Harm

WBAY - ‎39 minutes ago‎
The cinnamon challenge is a dare to swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon in 60 seconds without drinking any liquids. Hundreds of thousands of people have tried it, but experts say not only is it painful, it can cause serious and lasting effects.
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NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases

Wall Street Journal - ‎17 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK - No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in the city under a proposal unveiled Monday to make it the most populous place in America to set the minimum age that high.
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