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In first public acknowledgement, Holder says 4 Americans died in US drone strikes

NBCNews.com - ‎14 minutes ago‎
By Michael Isikoff National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News. The Obama administration publicly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that U.S.
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Lois Lerner invokes Fifth Amendment in House hearing on IRS targeting

Washington Post - ‎37 minutes ago‎
The official who disclosed that the Internal Revenue Service had used inappropriate criteria to examine groups seeking tax- exempt status insisted on Wednesday that she did nothing wrong but also declined to answer questions from lawmakers, saying she ...
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A Killing Puts UK on Guard for Terror

Wall Street Journal - ‎23 minutes ago‎
One person has died and at least two people were wounded in a violent attack near a military training barracks in London, as Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency meeting in response.
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Major Nelson teases E3 for Xbox One news

PCWorld
3 hours ago
Written by
Alex Cocilova
Anyone expecting major bombshells about the newly announced Xbox One during an online chat featuring the Microsoft executive known as Major Nelson probably came away disappointed.
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Tradition helps ease loss of Urlacher

ESPN - ‎23 minutes ago‎
We don't know much about quarterbacks in Chicago; how could we if the best one we ever had played so long ago he wore a leather helmet?
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Review: 'Hangover Part III' is just one long headache

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Who let the dogs out? In 2009 the Baha Men's lyrics felt caustic, clever, comical and slightly subversive, perfect for the debauched Las Vegas bachelor party that was about to unfold.
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Young Lebanese fighters leaving Syria for battle closer to home

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - While the Syrian opposition urges more men to assist embattled rebels in the fight for the key town of Qusair, dozens of young Lebanese fighters are leaving Syria to join a battle closer to home.
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North Korea sends 'special envoy' to China amid tension

Fox News - ‎11 hours ago‎
PYONGYANG, North Korea - After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most ...
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Gun rights advocates sue over state law

Ct Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
HARTFORD -- The state's gun lobby is asking a federal court to overturn sweeping controls adopted early last month by the Connecticut Legislature in response to the Newtown school massacre.
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In Cross Hairs of Tornadoes, a Town's Residents Stay Put

New York Times - ‎22 minutes ago‎
MOORE, Okla. - Along a nearly 20-mile path of caved-in buildings, upside-down cars and muddy rubble, there was a different sort of stunning sight on Wednesday - homeowners, brooms in hand, sweeping the driveway, trying to make at least one patch of ...
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Official: Dead Boston bombings suspect involved in 2011 slayings

CNN - ‎36 minutes ago‎
(CNN) -- Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple homicide outside Boston along with a Chechen killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in ...
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FBI arrest 37-year-old in ricin letter investigation

Fox News - ‎45 minutes ago‎
SPOKANE, Wash. - A 37-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a case in which a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week.
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Bernanke Says Premature Fed Tightening Would Endanger Recovery

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the central bank's record stimulus program under questioning from lawmakers, telling them that ending it prematurely would endanger a recovery hampered by high unemployment and government ...
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AAA: More traffic this Memorial Day weekend

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
Slightly more travelers are expected to drive to their getaway destinations this Memorial Day holiday weekend, AAA reports. While 31.2 million people will drive during the holiday, up 0.25% from last year, only 2.3 million will take leisure flights, down 7%.
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Sales of Existing US Homes Climb to 2009 High: Economy

Bloomberg - ‎5 hours ago‎
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes climbed in April to the highest level in more than three years even as the market remained constrained by a lack of inventory and strict borrowing rules.
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Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

PCWorld
2 hours ago
Written by
Zach Miners
Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process. The system, called Login Verification, gives users the option to have a verification code sent to their mobile phone every time they log in to ...
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Jennifer Lopez to Open Cellphone Stores

ABC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
"Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand.
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Better search finds its way into Android Chrome

CNET - ‎6 hours ago‎
An update to Google Chrome for Android brings better search, with an update to iOS Chrome in the offing. Seth Rosenblatt. by Seth Rosenblatt.
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Apple levels its latest patent complaints at Samsung's Galaxy S4

Ars Technica - ‎2 hours ago‎
Apple is yet again pursuing patent infringement claims against Samsung (and Samsung is counter-suing Apple too). The pair's newest patent battle is happening in the US District Court of Northern California and it's a similar lawsuit to the infringement case ...
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'Man Of Steel': Is Zod Superman's Khan?

MTV.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
In the latest trailer for "Man Of Steel," mysterious evildoer General Zod demands that the people of Earth hand over Superman... "or else." But who exactly is Zod, and why should humanity be afraid? Well, because he's Superman's Khan, that's why. Of course ...
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Justin Bieber may sue guests if they break his home's NDA

Los Angeles Times
44 minutes ago
Written by
Nardine Saad
Justin Bieber may sue guests who visit his home if they violate his non-disclosure agreement. It's all so very hospitable. The 19-year-old pop star is asking for $5 million in damages if guests violate a waiver he's having everyone who visits his Calabasas home ...
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Change golf's climate

ESPN
22 minutes ago
Written by
Jemele Hill
I don't know what's worse -- the fact that Sergio Garcia resorted to the tired fried chicken jab or that he dishonored a food that most people, regardless of ethnicity, think is delicious.
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San Francisco 49ers' Michael Crabtree has surgery for torn Achilles

San Jose Mercury News
19 minutes ago
Written by
Cam Inman
SANTA CLARA -- While Michael Crabtree recovered in a Stanford Hospital room after Wednesday's surgery on a torn Achilles, quarterback Colin Kaepernick searched for a new go-to receiver on the 49ers' practice field.
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Scientists sequence Norway spruce DNA. The tree's genome is LONG

Los Angeles Times
3 hours ago
Written by
Eryn Brown
Researchers reported Wednesday that they had sequenced the genome of the Norway spruce, a giant evergreen native to Europe that has also been planted widely in parts of North America.
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Massive elliptical galaxy merger a 'train wreck' in early universe

Los Angeles Times
4 hours ago
Written by
Amina Khan
Astronomers have pulled back curtains of space dust to find a star-spangled show: a massive pair of galaxies smashing into each other to eventually form an even bigger elliptical galaxy, one that's 10 times the size of the Milky Way, in which stars are forming ...
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Doctors use 3-D printer to custom-design implant for baby

USA TODAY - ‎5 hours ago‎
Researchers at the University of Michigan have used a 3-D printer to create a custom-made, life-saving implant for baby boy, they report in a letter in 'The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Merck's insomnia drug moves a step closer to US approval

Reuters - ‎48 minutes ago‎
By Toni Clarke. WASHINGTON | Wed May 22, 2013 9:02pm EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Merck & Co's experimental insomnia drug moved a step closer to U.S.
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Tech Giant Recruiting Autistic Workers

ABC News - ‎5 hours ago‎
Autism advocates are praising a German software company for its plan to hire people with autism as software testers, programmers and data quality assurance specialists.
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Health officials probe deadly respiratory illness in Alabama

Reuters - ‎4 hours ago‎
By Verna Gates. BIRMINGHAM, Alabama | Wed May 22, 2013 5:49pm EDT. BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illness that has killed two of 10 people hospitalized with it in ...
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