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Sixty injured, 5 critically, after trains collide outside NYC

Los Angeles Times - ‎38 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK -- Five people were hospitalized in critical condition Friday and dozens more were treated for less serious injuries after a commuter train headed from New York City to suburban Connecticut derailed and hit a train headed in the opposite direction, ...
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60 hurt as Conn. commuter trains collide - USA Today - by Melanie Eversley
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Texans hope to win a record $600 million Powerball jackpot

Fort Worth Star Telegram - ‎54 minutes ago‎
The Powerball jackpot jumped Friday to $600 million. Here's a look at the top 10 world record lottery jackpots. 1. $656.0 million, Mega Millions, March 30, 2012 (3 tickets from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland).

Simpson's Former Lawyer Said OJ Knew His Pals Were Packing Heat Before ...

CBS Local - ‎1 hour ago‎
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when ...
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Pregnant Beyoncé Hits the Stage in Switzerland

E! Online - ‎2 hours ago‎
Pregnancy hasn't slowed Beyoncé down one bit. Well, exhaustion may have kept her from performing in Belgium, but she was back onstage Friday when the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour touched down in Zurich, Switzerland at Hallenstadion Arena.
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Ken Venturi, golf pro turned analyst, dies

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎1 hour ago‎
Ken Venturi, a San Francisco native who learned how to play golf at Harding Park, memorably won the 1964 U.S. Open and later built a long and distinguished career as a television analyst, died Friday in Rancho Mirage (Riverside County).
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At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight

PCWorld - ‎6 hours ago‎
Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.
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At least 60 killed in Iraq bomb attacks

ABC Online - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Officials in Iraq say at least 60 people have been killed in sectarian attacks on the deadliest day there for months. Three separate bomb attacks hit Sunni Muslim areas in and around the capital Baghdad.
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Hollande Gets the Silver Screen Treatment

Wall Street Journal - ‎May 16, 2013‎
In an unfortunate coincidence, a documentary that narrates French President François Hollande's first eight months in office was aired in French cinemas last night, after the release of new economic data showed that the country's economy slipped in its ...
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Death toll holds at 6 as Granbury digs through the damage

Dallas Morning News - ‎1 hour ago‎
What was once a room on the second floor of a home in the 2300 block of Lakeshore Drive in Cleburne lay exposed to the elements Friday.
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Possible Tornado Surprises North Alabama...

ABC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
A possible tornado has knocked down trees, flipped Dumpsters and damaged the roof of a nearby WalMart in a north Alabama city. A forecaster at the National Weather Service in Huntsville said the suspected tornado started about a mile south-southeast of ...
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Newark Mayor Discloses $1.3 Million in Speaking Fees

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
NEWARK - Mayor Cory A. Booker has turned his office into a platform for national celebrity, and he has been richly compensated for it, taking in more than $1.3 million in speaking fees over the last four and a half years.
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News of the Day From Across the Nation, May 18

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎1 hour ago‎
1 Abortion ruling: A federal judge in Little Rock granted a request Friday to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy.
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The Most Important Thing Facebook Did This Year

CNBC.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The social networking giant may have had a rough patch after its IPO, but Facebook has quickly turned things around by cashing in on its users' obsession with mobile.
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Dow, S&P end at records, stocks mark fourth week of gains

Reuters - ‎8 hours ago‎
By Leah Schnurr. NEW YORK | Fri May 17, 2013 6:01pm EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up ...
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Energy Department approves expanded LNG exports

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
The Energy Department gave a terminal near Freeport, Tex., permission Friday to ship liquefied natural gas to Japan, providing a new outlet for rising U.S.
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European car sales rise slightly in April

The Detroit News
1 hour ago
Written by
Karl Henkel
In April, for the first time in 18 months, monthly new auto registrations in Europe increased. The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association said Friday April registrations in the 27-nation European Union climbed nearly 2 percent, from 1.02 million to ...
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Tesoro is cleared to buy BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations

Los Angeles Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players - Tesoro and Chevron ...
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One issue holding up Apple iRadio: The economics of skipping songs

CNET
8 hours ago
Written by
Paul Sloan
Apple wants to roll out its streaming music service this summer, but it's still hammering out details with Sony Music over some very specific terms.
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Google's top product of I/O 2013: You

CNET
7 hours ago
Written by
Scott Stein
Instead of gadgets, the message is clear: Google's personalized services are aiming to get into your head and be a part of you...and your social life. Scott Stein. by Scott Stein May 17, 2013 3:50 PM PDT Follow @jetscott. (Credit: Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) ...
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Defense Dept. approves use of Apple devices; Yahoo may be Tumblr, report says

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
TECHNOLOGY. Pentagon approves use of Apple devices. The Defense Department said Friday that it has approved Apple devices for use on its networks, meaning that it can issue its employees iPhones and iPads at the office.
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Afrojack Cures 'Best Hangover Ever' At Hangout Music Fest

MTV.com - ‎58 minutes ago‎
GULF SHORES, Alabama - When Afrojack took the stage Friday (May 17) at Hangout Music Fest 2013, he had the festival's complete attention replete with lights, smoke and ... Instagram. Fresh off a flight, the EDM superstar alerted the audience via the ...
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'The Office' finale draws season high of 5.7 million viewers

Reuters - ‎9 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES | Fri May 17, 2013 5:47pm EDT. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The finale of NBC's "The Office" drew a season high of 5.7 million viewers, as fans tuned in to see the show's biggest star Steve Carell return for a wedding and nostalgic farewell.
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A Racer Known to Many, and Now a Mystery

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
CONCORD, N.C. - Dick Trickle had a name that was so easy to mock that anchors on ESPN's “SportsCenter” made him famous by mentioning him regularly during the network's auto racing reports in the 1990s.
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Carl Edwards wins pole, honors the late Dick Trickle

The Seattle Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
Carl Edwards captured the pole for the Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte (N. C.) Motor Speedway, paying tribute to the late Dick Trickle... PREV of NEXT. Carl Edwards · Enlarge this photo. JEFF SINER / MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS. Carl Edwards ...
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Townsend: 14-year-old phenom chalks up early tournament dismissal to ...

Dallas Morning News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Fans sit on the hills on the number 9 green during the Second Round at the HP Byron Nelson at the Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas on Friday, May 17, 2013.
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Invasive Crazy Ants Are Displacing Fire Ants, Researchers Find

University of Texas at Austin News - ‎May 16, 2013‎
Invasive “crazy ants” are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Brightest lunar explosion made moon 'glow like a star' [VIDEO]

Science Recorder - ‎42 minutes ago‎
As a lump of sterile rock, the Moon doesn't emit light. But very observant moon-watchers would have caught a flash of exceptional lunar explosion on March 17.
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Breast cancer: What is the risk?

BBC News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Angelina Jolie underwent a preventive double mastectomy after doctors estimated she had an 87% chance of developing breast cancer.
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Mild brain shock may improve math skills

CBS News - ‎12 hours ago‎
Bad at math? An electrical jolt to the brain may be just what the doctor ordered. A new study finds that painless electrical stimulation to the brain helped people perform a set of calculations faster than people who didn't receive the shocks.
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