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Experts say Oklahoma tornado's power dwarfs Hiroshima bomb, as residents ... - Fox News tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=43982064106010 Top Stories Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:11 GMT Weiner Announces Candidacy for New York Mayor in Video - New York Times tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=43982069192219 Top Stories Wed, 22 May 2013 07:27:22 GMT Garcetti, Greuel locked in tight battle for LA mayor's post - Los Angeles Times tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=43982062899975 Top Stories Wed, 22 May 2013 07:54:53 GMT Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate - Los Angeles Times tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=43982067947319 Top Stories Wed, 22 May 2013 06:01:49 GMT North Korean Leader Sends Envoy to China - New York Times tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=43982068828372 Top Stories Wed, 22 May 2013 07:34:45 GMT Xbox One: hands-on with the new controller and Kinect - The Guardian tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=43982067785262 Top Stories Wed, 22 May 2013 07:23:51 GMT The Pope and the Devil: Is Francis an Exorcist? - ABC News tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=43982064844107 Top Stories Tue, 21 May 2013 22:10:39 GMT FEMA Informs Illinois Residents That Disaster Recovery Centers are Options ... - LoanSafe tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.loansafe.org/fema-informs-illinois-residents-that-disaster-recovery-centers-are-options-rather-than-necessities Top Stories Mon, 20 May 2013 14:33:22 GMT Kerry visits Oman for arms deal, talks on Syria, Mideast - Reuters tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=43982068614300 Top Stories Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:12 GMT US Senate committee votes to arm Syrian rebels - RT tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=43982069211352 Top Stories Wed, 22 May 2013 06:10:42 GMT |
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US rescuers comb tornado-hit area. The rescue effort after the Oklahoma twister that killed 24 people nears an end, as it emerges the storm was more powerful than thought. Afghan interpreters to get UK visas. Up to 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside British troops are set to be given the right to live in the UK, in an apparent climbdown by ministers. 10% of UK wildlife 'endangered'. A stocktake of UK nature suggests 60% of animal and plant species have declined in the past 50 years - and one in 10 could end up disappearing. Coalition will go the distance - PM. Prime Minister David Cameron tells the BBC that there is still "life" in the coalition and he intends that it will continue right up until May 2015. Iodine lack 'may lower UK baby IQs'. Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers who studied 1,000 families. Cameron to warn EU summit over tax. David Cameron is to urge EU leaders to back action against the tax evasion and "aggressive" tax avoidance he says is costing all nations. US immigration bill passes hurdle. A sweeping immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally takes a stride forward in Congress. Fifty-five beaches meet new rules. Fifty five beaches in England meet tough new EU standards on water quality to achieve Blue Flag awards. 2013 cold start may mean fruit boom. UK fruit growers could enjoy a much better harvest of apples and pears this year, following the dismal crop in 2012, experts believe. HMRC to miss tax credit fraud target. The UK tax authority's failure to hit a target of reducing tax credit fraud and error has "cost the taxpayer dear", a committee of MPs says. Bowie bassist Bolder dies aged 62. Trevor Bolder, the bassist in David Bowie's legendary 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, dies from cancer at the age of 62. 'Mr Blobby' house painted in prank. A couple return from honeymoon to find their Essex home "glowing" with a spotty pink Mr Blobby-style makeover. Gandhi's will and sandals auctioned. Mahatma Gandhi's last will and testament sells for more than £50,000 as dozens of Gandhi memorabilia is sold at auction. Apple's Tim Cook defends tax claim. Apple boss Tim Cook defends its tax strategy at a Senate hearing, after the tech giant is accused of being among America's largest tax avoiders. Microsoft unveils Xbox One console. Microsoft unveils the third generation of its video games console in an event at its headquarters at Redmond, Washington. Commons votes to back gay marriage. The House of Commons votes to allow gay marriage in England and Wales, despite 161 MPs opposing the government's plans. Driver held over Commons 'breach'. A woman is detained by police after attempting to drive through the main gates of the House of Commons. NHS boss set to retire next year. The head of the NHS in England Sir David Nicholson is stepping down from the post next year. A&E units on cliff edge - NHS chiefs. A&E units are on a cliff edge, say NHS leaders as MPs start an inquiry into the state of emergency care. East End music free school approved. A music school for deprived teenagers in east London and two schools for autistic children are among the latest wave of free schools to be approved. UK shared exam system faces break up. The shared A-level and GCSE system for England, Wales and Northern Ireland should no longer be continued, says Education Secretary Michael Gove. Flickr revamp revealed by Yahoo. Yahoo revamps its Flickr photo-sharing service, offering users up to 1TB of storage if they accept adverts. Pirate movie sites blocked in UK. Big UK net firms have begun blocking access to two movie streaming sites accused of flouting copyright laws. Ant abilities could aid robot design. A study showing how ants tunnel their way through confined spaces could aid the design of search and rescue robots, say scientists. Vaccine developed for farm disease. A vaccine to protect sheep and cattle from a livestock virus spread by midges has been approved by government vets. Tearful Douglas hails Liberace role. Film star Michael Douglas breaks down in tears at a press conference in Cannes while discussing his role as flamboyant pianist Liberace. Eric and Ernie's writer Braben dies. Eddie Braben, the writer credited with contributing to the huge success of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, dies aged 82. The rise of food swapping. The food swapping movement is taking off the UK with anything from sushi to strawberries on offer. The curious story of how the lie detector came to be. The science behind the lie detector test has been disputed since its creation 90 years ago, so is there any reliable way to tell if someone is lying? Murray withdraws from French Open. Andy Murray withdraws from the French Open because of the back injury that forced him out of the Italian Open. West Ham agree £15m Carroll fee. West Ham agree a £15m fee with Liverpool for England striker Andy Carroll but the player has yet to decide on the move. Harrison makes U-turn on retirement. Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison reverses his decision to retire from boxing three weeks after quitting the sport. Motty's Premier League review: Good & the bad. Match of the Day commentator John Motson picks his highlights, low points and best players from the 2012-13 Premier League season England's top three ready for Ashes - Stewart. England's inconsistent batting displays are a concern but now is not the time to tinker, says former England captain Alec Stewart Force corruption probe bill tops £4m. The bill for investigations into alleged corruption at Cleveland Police tops £4m, three years after the allegations were first made. Mayor drives car into Tesco store. A mayor drives his car through the doors of his local Tesco Express. New evidence in killer nurse case. Fresh evidence emerges which challenges the murder conviction of so-called "Angel of Death" nurse Colin Norris. Boy, 8, killed in crash with crane. An eight-year-old boy dies after his bicycle is involved in a collision with a mobile crane. Electricity bills to increase by 18%. Power NI announces that electricity bills for households and small businesses are to increase by 18% from July. Jobs targets 'could be seen as soft'. Invest NI job performance targets could be perceived as "soft", according to a new report. Specialist hospital care plans due. A major shake-up for specialist hospital services, including A&E, will be announced later by five health boards in south Wales. April accused defence due to begin. The defence case in the trial of the man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones is expected to begin later. Nigeria to free 'terror' women. Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan orders the release of all women held over "terrorist activity" - a Boko Haram condition for holding peace talks. Sinai security hostages 'freed'. Seven members of the Egyptian security forces abducted in the Sinai peninsula last week have been freed, officials say. N Korea leader sends envoy to China. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a special envoy to Beijing, state media announces, amid cooling relations after weeks of tension. IPL cricketer denies spot-fixing. Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth, arrested last week over allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League, insists he is innocent. Notre-Dame suicide a 'political act'. France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to the man who killed himself in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying it was a "political act". Tax and energy to dominate EU summit. EU leaders will seek to curb tax evasion, which costs EU states 1tn euros a year, and bring down energy prices to boost competition. Rios Montt's conviction annulled. Guatemala's top court throws out the genocide conviction of ex-leader Efrain Rios, whose trial will now be restarted from the middle of proceedings. Spanish couple kidnapped in Colombia. Two Spanish tourists are kidnapped in north-western Colombia while driving to a tourist attraction in La Guajira, near the Venezuelan border. Key pair barred from Iran election. Two prominent figures in Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, are barred from standing in next month's presidential election. Syria and Israel in exchange of fire. Israeli and Syrian forces trade fire across the ceasefire line in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. Record closing high for US shares. Shares on Wall Street picked up on Tuesday to a new all-time high as investors bet that the US central bank would continue supporting the economy. US tax officials deny foul play. US tax officials tell a congressional hearing they did not know their agency had targeted conservative groups. Day in pictures: 21 May 2013. Twenty-four hours of news photos: 21 May In pictures: India's fading trams. India's last remaining tramcars In pictures: Monster tornado hits Oklahoma. Gigantic tornado rips through Oklahoma City Eurovision Song Contest in pictures. 58th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo Day in pictures: 20 May 2013. Twenty-four hours of news photos: 20 May In pictures: English ritual year. Idiosyncratic English rituals on camera Week in pictures: 11-17 May 2013. Some of the best news photos this week In pictures: Things come apart. Inside everyday objects and design classics VIDEO: House of Commons. MPs approve same-sex marriage plans at third reading despite significant opposition. VIDEO: Michael Douglas on playing Liberace. Film star Michael Douglas has been discussing his latest role as flamboyant pianist Liberace VIDEO: An orchestra walks into a bar.... The Cleveland Orchestra realised long ago that it needed to attract new customers in order to survive. VIDEO: South Africa's growing prosperity. Andrew Harding looks at an example of economic change at a shopping mall in the township of Alexandra. VIDEO: Afghan interpreters to get UK visas. Up to 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside British troops are to be given the right to live in the UK. VIDEO: Object thrown at train hurts driver. A train driver suffered facial injuries after his train was hit by an object thrown from a bridge. VIDEO: Royals' call to save wild animals. Prince Charles and Prince William have called for global action to save wild animals from poachers. AUDIO: Ray Manzarek 'a stellar musician'. Former Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres pays tribute to his friend, The Doors keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, who has died aged 74 after a long battle with cancer. VIDEO: UK inflation rate drops to 2.4%. The UK's inflation rate fell to 2.4% in April, according to the Office for National Statistics, down from 2.8% in March. VIDEO: Nick Clegg speech on the coalition. Nick Clegg is to insist the Liberal Democrats will not "pull the plug" on the coalition government ahead of the next general election. Is fussball coming home?. Is Wembley the cradle of German football? Wayne Rooney's baby and The K effect. Why is Wayne Rooney's baby Klay rather than Clay? Xbox One: Web reacts to new console. The internet reaction to Microsoft's launch of its new games console Is a paperless library still a library?. Getting ready for bookless libraries VIDEO: The 91-year-old DJ. Is this 91-year-old Britain's oldest DJ? Viewpoints: Higher fees and value-for-money degrees. Are university courses worth the money students have to spend? The UK's diverging school systems. Devolution has made schooling more different across the UK Unmasking Chile's hooded protesters. Spotlight on Chile's masked protest movement South Africa rising? A country of contradictions. The country's economy still caught in contradictions Papers feature Oklahoma devastation. Papers feature Oklahoma devastation Is Apple's tax avoidance rational?. Is the company’s tax avoidance rational, asks Robert Peston Why the writing was on the wall for Sir David. Why the writing was on the wall for Sir David |
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LZ: Teachers' remarkable courage. Each day more than 55 million students attend the country's 130,000 schools. Samsung Galaxy S4 gets big backing. A month after being released to mostly positive reviews, Samsung's flagship phone is getting some validation from Consumer Reports. The publication has run all its tests, kicked the phone's tires, and named the Android-powered Galaxy S4 its top rated smartphone. Photos: Women awaiting execution. Stunned woman claims $1M lottery. While checking her ticket at the store, one St. Louis County, Missouri, woman finds out she won a million dollars Shocking twist to cell phone theft. Viewer discretion: Surveillance footage shows a thief survive being hit by a bus after stealing a cell phone. 'Cheers': Where are they now?. See singer Miguel's stage jump fail. R&B singer Miguel accidentally struck a woman in the face during his performance at the Billboard Music Awards. Rating changed to most powerful EF5. The tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs spanned 1.3 miles and earned the highest rating on the scale that measures tornado intensities. FULL STORY 'It's just our job,' educator says. The twister turned Briarwood Elementary School to rubble, but no one was killed. "His teacher saved his life," a student's grateful mom said. FULL STORY Inside a tornado-ravaged school. The schoolchildren were looking forward to going home -- playing with friends, eating snacks. Then they found themselves fighting for their lives. Some lost. FULL STORY Tornado threat to 'rapidly diminish'. The powerful storm system behind the twister that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, set its sights on the Great Lakes and Tennessee Valley on Wednesday, forecasters said. Arias: Spare me -- I'll donate my hair. The jury in the Jodi Arias trial has one decision left to make: Should she live or die? Arias plans for her hair in prison. If spared the death penalty, convicted murderer Jodi Arias says she will make her life in prison worthwhile. Candy is dandy ... except at MJ trial. Every issue in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial is so disputed that even giving candy to jurors caused an argument. Immigration bill clears Senate hurdle. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill on Tuesday, sending the measure to the Senate floor for further consideration and giving the bill's backers their first major legislative victory. Man kills self at Notre Dame Cathedral. A man killed himself inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Tuesday, police said. Police end search for woman; dad won't. A day after local police said they are ending their 3½-year search for a missing Utah woman, her father and his attorney told reporters that federal agents and private investigators are now on the case. Teen charged after sex with girl, 14. Police say an 18 yr-old girl violated her 14 yr-old girlfriend, but one group is petitioning officials to drop charges. First ID'd victim was a 'ball of energy'. The tornado that smashed homes, schools and businesses in a 17-mile stretch of central Oklahoma on Monday took dozens of lives. 1st video of 9-yr-old storm victim. A family who lost their beloved nine-year-old girl in the Oklahoma tornado speaks with Anderson Cooper. Survivors tell harrowing stories. Kids searched in panic for parents near damaged Briarwood Elementary, where everyone made it out alive. But at Plaza Towers Elementary, seven children died. FULL STORY 24 people dead, including 9 children. Rescuers in Moore, Oklahoma, in frantic hunt for survivors 5 minutes from warning to touch down. Sixteen minutes elapsed between the time the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning and the time a tornado touched down near Newcastle, Oklahoma, on Monday afternoon. It would be another 19 minutes before the twister would devastate the nearby city of Moore. Updates: Home of singer's sister hit. At least 24 people -- including nine children -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said. So why do some buildings crumble?. CNN's Tom Foreman explains the strength of the tornado in Oklahoma and why some buildings couldn't withstand the force. Why was Moore in bull's-eye twice?. The governor of Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, says it is "hard to believe" another monster tornado could devastate the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. CNN Explains: Tornadoes. How are tornadoes formed, why are they categorized after they strike and where is "Tornado Alley"? CNN explains. Acid attack victim fights for justice. At 17, Sonali Mukherjee had everything going for her. She was a beautiful, intelligent and ambitious young woman, dedicated to excelling in her studies. Wife loses 100 lbs., stuns Army hubby. CNN's Zoraida Sambolin reports on a wife's "big surprise" for her husband after he comes back from Afghanistan. Dolphin locates rare torpedo from 1880s. A dolphin located a Howell torpedo that was one of 50 produced in the 1880s. KGTV's Bob Lawrence reports. Spotted: Stars at Cannes 2013. Travelers' picks: Top destinations. It's no surprise that travelers flock to Paris, New York and London. New show 'too white'?. HBO's 'Girls' is the latest TV show depicting life in New York City without one of its most crucial elements: diversity. Zimmerman's body language. An expert in body language says George Zimmerman showed signs of anger in court in Florida. Anderson battles on 'Jeopardy!'. CNN's Anderson Cooper reflects on the highs and lows of his past "Jeopardy" appearances and weighs his odds of winning. Steinem on GOP and women. Activist and author Gloria Steinem analyzes the "war on women" and says extremists have taken over the Republican party. Facebook fans 'lonely'?. A report on Facebook, Bill O'Reilly and the Fox "brand," Current TV"s new hire, a Pulitzer for a PA reporter, GMA rises Working moms of CNN. CNN goes behind the scenes with the working moms on Suzanne Malveaux's team to see how they juggle it all. Levon Helm remembered. Anderson Cooper takes a look back at the life of The Band's Levon Helm and his many contributions to music. Man makes dating spreadsheet. Soledad O'Brien discusses the investment banker who created an elaborate spreadsheet to keep track of his dates. Political dog tale duel. In the RidicuList, Anderson Cooper examines which candidate's dog tale will have a greater election impact. Vanessa Williams' perfect man. Entertainer Vanessa Williams talks to CNN's Piers Morgan about "being properly in love" and relationships. 'Only in America': Defending Axl Rose. Piers Morgan defends Axl Rose for deciding not to attend the Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame induction of Guns N' Roses. Rep. won't name 'Communists'. Rep. Allen West (R-FL) responds to criticism after he claimed a number of Democratic reps in Congress are Communists. RidicuList: Quest for 'sexy veggies'. CNN's Anderson Cooper riffs on a staple of Courtney Stodden's grocery list, "sexy veggies." Kim Kardashian for mayor?. Soledad O'Brien discusses Kim Kardashian's comments about running for Mayor in Glendale, California. New judge in Martin case. CNN's Erin Burnett speaks to a panel of analysts about the new judge in the Trayvon Martin shooting case. The resilience of a fifth-grader. Student tells story of surviving tornado that flattened her school, Plaza Towers Elementary School. The hero teacher who made kids sing. Anderson Cooper talks with a teacher who helped her student reunite with his mother after the Oklahoma tornado. Boy, neighbor embrace after chaos. One of the children whose school was destroyed in the Oklahoma tornado talks about his joyful reunion with a neighbor. Against the odds, she found her dog. A woman who survived the devastating tornado in Oklahoma finds her dog buried under rubble during an interview with CBS. Two EF5 twisters, 15 years apart. CNN's Jake Tapper compares the massive tornado in 1999 that tore through Oklahoma to the 2013 storm. See tornado devour roof. The National Weather Service's Paul Schlatter explains how tornadoes grow into destructive storms. Roar shocks storm chasers. Storm chasers capture the magnitude and devastation of the tornado that leveled Moore, Oklahoma. Opinion: Sky terrifies and inspires. Nathan Gunters says Okies have learned to love the big sky, but also to watch it carefully for signs of trouble. When the sky betrays us, we cope by helping one another. Cute tot brings smiles amid rubble. A last-minute decision to leave the house saves a mother and toddler from the massive Oklahoma tornado. L.A. inconsequential. Money no object for its teams. Winning is. Boo! Hiss!. Check out our favorite movie villains. Rock of aged?. Radio stations struggle for young listeners. 24 dead including 9 kids. Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs. Aerial view of path of destruction. The photo that shows the best of us. Photographer Paul Hellstern snapped his shutter just minutes after the tornado reduced Oklahoma City's Briarwood Elementary School to rubble. Oklahoma tornado. Even for a city toughened by disaster, Moore has never seen this kind of devastation. Scenes from Moore. Sun was hard to come by in Moore, Oklahoma, Tuesday. The sky still looked menacing, dark and foggy. Mist turned to rain. Lightening struck. Forecast. The powerful storm system behind the twister that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, set its sights on the Great Lakes and Tennessee Valley on Wednesday, forecasters said. How to help. For the second day in a row, violent storms have ripped through America's heartland. Jodi Arias. The jury in the Jodi Arias trial has one decision left to make: Should she live or die? Ray Manzarek. The Doors' founding keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, died in Germany Monday after a long fight with cancer, his publicist said in a statement. He was 74. Tumblr. Yahoo's purchase of hot blogging platform Tumblr, which it announced Monday, was big news for the hundreds of millions of folks who already post to the site or check in to follow those who do. IRS update. The former head of the IRS said Tuesday that he was aware of some aspects of his agency's targeting of conservative groups in the spring of 2012, and took what he called the correct action of ensuring the situation would be independently reviewed. Don't trust your memory!. You probably feel pretty attached to your memories -- they're yours, after all. They define who you are and where you came from, your accomplishments and failures, your likes and dislikes. They may have changed your life. Are slugs and memory related?. For decades, Dr. Eric Kandel has studied, at the molecular level, how we create short-term and long-term memories. Q & A on cancer gene testing. News of Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy has instantly increased awareness of hereditary forms of cancer caused by mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Primate morals. Being nice to others and cooperating with them aren't uniquely human traits. Frans de Waal, director of Emory University's Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia, studies how our close primate relatives also demonstrate behaviors suggestive of a sense of morality. |
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 - Prosecutors are considering charging Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors as a criminal enterprise engaged in a long pattern of insider trading in stocks, according to a person familiar with the matter.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3bbc1b/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co took an unusual step to fight off investors seeking more oversight of his activities - he hinted he might quit.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c39f7b5/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and thousands of survivors were homeless on Tuesday after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, wiping out whole blocks of homes and killing at least 24 people.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c2d275b/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co's outspoken chairman and chief executive, won a vote of confidence on Tuesday as shareholders recommended that he keep his chairman title, giving him a greater margin of approval than last year.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c36a98b/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may end up paying more.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c35e291/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - Convicted killer Jodi Arias asked jurors on Tuesday to spare her the death penalty and sentence her to life in prison for killing her ex-boyfriend, reversing statements she made after her sentencing that she preferred death to incarceration.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3840d4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
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![Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hosseini-discusses-novel-nyc-reading-064902137.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YVC489e3ZAI7iH8rWyWoUw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/58ef65a1251a8e11320f6a706700c079.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This book cover image released by Riverhead Books shows "And the Mountains Echoed," by Khaled Hosseini. (AP Photo/Riverhead Books)" align="left" title="This book cover image released by Riverhead Books shows "And the Mountains Echoed," by Khaled Hosseini. (AP Photo/Riverhead Books)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) — Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Star witness to stay mum for House hearing on IRS](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/star-witness-stay-mum-house-hearing-irs-080053811.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3wXsrTujKihCdBOED63i6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fe3b14cd09588511320f6a7067006ac2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Several dozen tea party activists and other concerned citizens, wave signs and small American flags as they march outside the main Internal Revenue Service office on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. The rally was one of many around the country after IRS officials acknowledged that some conservative groups received inappropriate attention and questioning. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)" align="left" title="Several dozen tea party activists and other concerned citizens, wave signs and small American flags as they march outside the main Internal Revenue Service office on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. The rally was one of many around the country after IRS officials acknowledged that some conservative groups received inappropriate attention and questioning. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Susan Powell's dad gets private eye to review file](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/susan-powells-dad-gets-private-eye-review-file-075616988.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yMUXYkSGhqxR4qyySl3wow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0f612044095f8511320f6a7067007ecc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chuck Cox, left, describes the search for his missing daughter as he stands with attorney Anne Bremner during a news conference Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Seattle. Bremner said Tuesday there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance. She made the announcement at the Seattle news conference a day after local officials in Utah said they had closed their investigation into the Susan Powell case. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" align="left" title="Chuck Cox, left, describes the search for his missing daughter as he stands with attorney Anne Bremner during a news conference Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Seattle. Bremner said Tuesday there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance. She made the announcement at the Seattle news conference a day after local officials in Utah said they had closed their investigation into the Susan Powell case. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>SEATTLE (AP) — Police say they've taken their best shot at finding missing Utah mother Susan Powell. Now, her dad is hoping a review of the newly released case file — containing tens of thousands of pages of detective reports, maps, interview transcripts and more — might turn up something the investigators missed.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![7 Egyptian security men kidnapped in Sinai freed](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/7-egyptian-security-men-kidnapped-sinai-freed-074033896.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/R7CcfOTMH0Wp6fAwTrGaIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/722ecbc308558011320f6a7067000009.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Egypt's government has built up security forces in northern Sinai as part of an effort to secure the release of six policemen and a border guard kidnapped last week by suspected militants. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Egypt's government has built up security forces in northern Sinai as part of an effort to secure the release of six policemen and a border guard kidnapped last week by suspected militants. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (AP) — Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ai-weiwei-uses-music-mock-state-power-china-050459215.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Wsf83TgZvRW0D6gVKNmrTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/65a64b8024d48d11320f6a706700bd26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Artist Ai Weiwei speaks to journalists at his studio in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Ai's music video accompanying his heavy metal single “Dumbass’’ released Wednesday depicts an insensitive, overbearing state power that tramples on individual rights. The video is meant to reconstruct his 81-day secret detention in 2011, which was part of the overall crackdown by Chinese authorities on dissent. Ai later was convicted of tax evasion, which his supporters saw as punishment for his activism.(AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)" align="left" title="Artist Ai Weiwei speaks to journalists at his studio in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Ai's music video accompanying his heavy metal single “Dumbass’’ released Wednesday depicts an insensitive, overbearing state power that tramples on individual rights. The video is meant to reconstruct his 81-day secret detention in 2011, which was part of the overall crackdown by Chinese authorities on dissent. Ai later was convicted of tax evasion, which his supporters saw as punishment for his activism.(AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) — Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/restaurant-learns-online-reviews-break-072759344.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8JVHPL3ZGuTCKN7vO1j4XQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/50c8d54a25488f11320f6a70670009ff.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Monday, May 20, 2013 photo shows Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, Ariz. After a particularly ugly TV experience, Amy's is fighting back and trying to raise awareness for cyber-bullying. They are doing this after they cursed out critics of their TV experience on their Facebook page. The restaurant temporarily closed down their Scottsdale restaurant after the “Kitchen Nightmares” episode aired. (AP Photo/Matt York)" align="left" title="This Monday, May 20, 2013 photo shows Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, Ariz. After a particularly ugly TV experience, Amy's is fighting back and trying to raise awareness for cyber-bullying. They are doing this after they cursed out critics of their TV experience on their Facebook page. The restaurant temporarily closed down their Scottsdale restaurant after the “Kitchen Nightmares” episode aired. (AP Photo/Matt York)" border="0" /></a>PHOENIX (AP) — It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/militants-release-seven-egyptians-kidnapped-sinai-061831584.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ag_nnMdGz.7JYeIfRVXtgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T064119Z_1_AJOE94L0IKX00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-EGYPT-SINAI-20130522.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A helicopter flies overhead as soldiers in military vehicles proceed towards al-Jura district in El-Arish city" align="left" title="A helicopter flies overhead as soldiers in military vehicles proceed towards al-Jura district in El-Arish city" border="0" /></a>CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering Israel. Security sources said the men were freed following talks mediated by Bedouin tribal leaders. They were handed over to the army in an area south of Rafah, a town straddling the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Kerry praises $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-praises-2-1-billion-raytheon-deal-oman-074317086.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7O_fuiiFxji_LHTMvJwv0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dada44a507937d11320f6a706700e9b0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said at Bait Al Baraka in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo?Jim Young,Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said at Bait Al Baraka in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo?Jim Young,Pool)" border="0" /></a>MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Wednesday with officials in Oman to discuss their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Weak yen a help for Japan, but headache elsewhere](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weak-yen-help-japan-headache-elsewhere-065359424.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b8wn96PCSSlgJf6mFmggVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/80de447325398f11320f6a7067007da4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Dec. 20, 2012 photo, trucks for export park at a port in Yokohama, west of Tokyo. A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan’s main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world’s third-largest economy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="In this Dec. 20, 2012 photo, trucks for export park at a port in Yokohama, west of Tokyo. A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan’s main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world’s third-largest economy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (AP) — A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan's main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world's third-largest economy. It's not such good news for entrepreneurs like Thamonwan Thawornthaweewong, whose Angry Bird fish balls, squid rings and other products now cost more to sell in Japan.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/arias-speaks-case-jailhouse-interview-055458185.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GVyg3e9V6NKmghZa0.fg8A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/558b90a925118e11320f6a7067000fa4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, made a plea in court on Tuesday for life in prison, instead of execution, saying she can contribute to society if allowed to live. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)" align="left" title="Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, made a plea in court on Tuesday for life in prison, instead of execution, saying she can contribute to society if allowed to live. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)" border="0" /></a>PHOENIX (AP) — In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/germany-celebrates-composer-wagners-200th-073728787.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9b80R88K61S2gh5a3g3l1A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14c0743307c07d11320f6a7067003586.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This undated photo shows German composer Richard Wagner. The 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth is May 22, and the world's opera houses and symphony halls are filled with his music this year along with the compositions of Giuseppe Verdi, whose 200th birthday is Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Trinquart, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This undated photo shows German composer Richard Wagner. The 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth is May 22, and the world's opera houses and symphony halls are filled with his music this year along with the compositions of Giuseppe Verdi, whose 200th birthday is Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Trinquart, File)" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (AP) — Germany is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner with the unveiling Wednesday of a monument in the composer's birthplace of Leipzig.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/octogenarians-race-oldest-everest-climber-073634520.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JMb8UvDFUVHSFhR5BaW3mA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/713496b707a37d11320f6a7067003fd5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Friday, May 17, 2013 photo distributed by Miura Dolphins, 80-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, right, and his son, Gota, rest on their way to a camp at 6,500 meters (21,325 feet) from a camp at 6,050 meters (19,849 feet) during their attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. According to his management office, Miura plans to reach the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak on Thursday, May 23 to be the world's oldest person to reach the world's highest peak. (AP Photo/Miura Dolphins) MANDATORY CREDIT" align="left" title="In this Friday, May 17, 2013 photo distributed by Miura Dolphins, 80-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, right, and his son, Gota, rest on their way to a camp at 6,500 meters (21,325 feet) from a camp at 6,050 meters (19,849 feet) during their attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. According to his management office, Miura plans to reach the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak on Thursday, May 23 to be the world's oldest person to reach the world's highest peak. (AP Photo/Miura Dolphins) MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0" /></a>KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit of Mount Everest five years ago is back on the mountain to make another attempt at the title.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Spurs can't ease up despite 2-0 lead on Grizzlies](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spurs-cant-ease-despite-2-0-lead-grizzlies-072451750.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ATcVnrCSXxD1MRblngDC_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b6a4a5a624978c11320f6a70670025a6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, reacts during the second half in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" align="left" title="San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, reacts during the second half in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" border="0" /></a>SAN ANTONIO (AP) — If the Western Conference finals seem the slightest bit over after two San Antonio wins, hold that thought for a minute.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Immigration bill heads to full Senate](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-bill-heads-full-senate-072306686.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3k.UmtII_j2JI2tGE04i9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/165aba8208968111320f6a70670021e6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, confers with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure. At the same time, several officials said the White House has made it known to Leahy that it would prefer postponing a showdown over the rights of same sex spouses until a vote in the full Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, confers with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure. At the same time, several officials said the White House has made it known to Leahy that it would prefer postponing a showdown over the rights of same sex spouses until a vote in the full Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's immigration system is headed to the full Senate, where tough battles are brewing on gay marriage, border security and other contentious issues, with the outcome impossible to predict.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Sharks hang on to beat Kings 2-1 and tie series](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sharks-hang-beat-kings-2-1-tie-series-072721442.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5DLvmpn0QRnhwKomF3AHvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0388a817245a8b11320f6a706700c7d6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="San Jose Sharks' Brent Burns (88) celebrates his goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period in Game 4 of their second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" align="left" title="San Jose Sharks' Brent Burns (88) celebrates his goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period in Game 4 of their second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks barely held off the Los Angeles Kings at the end for a second straight home win.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Bruins rally, push Rangers to brink of elimination](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bruins-rally-push-rangers-brink-elimination-072705103.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/91rx3gDjWbQpCB4GDaXHZQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3f9afec824328a11320f6a7067009d4d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Boston Bruins' Johnny Boychuk, right, and Daniel Paille (20) celebrate a goal by Boychuk during the third period in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in New York. Paille later scored the game-winner. The Bruins won 2-1 and lead the best-of-seven games series 3-0. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" align="left" title="Boston Bruins' Johnny Boychuk, right, and Daniel Paille (20) celebrate a goal by Boychuk during the third period in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in New York. Paille later scored the game-winner. The Bruins won 2-1 and lead the best-of-seven games series 3-0. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) — John Tortorella's message isn't going to change even though his New York Rangers are in an even more desperate situation than before their latest loss to the Boston Bruins.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/govt-dysfunction-may-baked-system-071925624.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x_56Bi1JMIJJUBRFUN9eUw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/97e30beb24628b11320f6a7067002c33.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, following the Democratic policy luncheon Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on filibusters, senatorial “holds” on presidential nominees and other stalling ploys. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" align="left" title="Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, following the Democratic policy luncheon Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on filibusters, senatorial “holds” on presidential nominees and other stalling ploys. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Bay Bowl: San Francisco to host 50th Super Bowl](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bay-bowl-san-francisco-host-50th-super-bowl-072421818.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pABP5w4znpX.r28MsXwwkQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dd5460d6e9106610320f6a706700a2b3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this artist drawing provided by the San Francisco 49ers, the proposed 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. is shown. NFL owners will vote on the sites of the 50th and 51st Super Bowls on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at their spring meetings. The San Francisco area, where the new stadium is being built in Santa Clara, and South Florida are competing for the the 50th edition, to be held in February 2016. The loser in that bidding will go against Houston to host the 51st game the following year.(AP Photo/San Francisco 49ers) NO SALES" align="left" title="In this artist drawing provided by the San Francisco 49ers, the proposed 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. is shown. NFL owners will vote on the sites of the 50th and 51st Super Bowls on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at their spring meetings. The San Francisco area, where the new stadium is being built in Santa Clara, and South Florida are competing for the the 50th edition, to be held in February 2016. The loser in that bidding will go against Houston to host the 51st game the following year.(AP Photo/San Francisco 49ers) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (AP) — Build a new stadium, host the Super Bowl to show it off.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gop-questions-irs-scrutiny-anti-abortion-groups-071630476.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OIkvGdL21q0XII3QGGFD9g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4671f7c125068e11320f6a7067001e2b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Coalition for Life of Iowa president Sue Martinek holds a sign in her home, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When the Coalition applied for tax-exempt status in 2008, the tiny group thought getting IRS approval would be easy. But the group faced months of delay, was ordered to provide details about its prayer events outside the local Planned Parenthood clinic, and even directed to sign a sworn statement pledging it would not organize protests there. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" align="left" title="Coalition for Life of Iowa president Sue Martinek holds a sign in her home, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When the Coalition applied for tax-exempt status in 2008, the tiny group thought getting IRS approval would be easy. But the group faced months of delay, was ordered to provide details about its prayer events outside the local Planned Parenthood clinic, and even directed to sign a sworn statement pledging it would not organize protests there. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /></a>IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![W. Bank pledges $1 bln to aid peace in Africa's Great Lakes](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/w-bank-pledges-1-bln-aid-peace-africas-064257101.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LilMsA3s8bip_gihRv_kLw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T064514Z_1_AJOE94L0IRG00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-W-BANK-20130522.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kim President of the World Bank Group gestures during an interview with Reuters at 66th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva" align="left" title="Kim President of the World Bank Group gestures during an interview with Reuters at 66th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva" border="0" /></a>KINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in conflict. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim unveiled the proposed aid financing for one of Africa's most intractable conflict regions on the first day of a trip with U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/okla-residents-come-home-pick-pieces-071747748.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BxJmRR5AfbTCiyN8a5_V1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/113aa34124758b11320f6a7067008d8e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any items after Monday's destructive tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)" align="left" title="A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any items after Monday's destructive tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)" border="0" /></a>MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Fishermen pay price in Asia's volatile sea rifts](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fishermen-pay-price-asias-volatile-sea-rifts-071908894.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lVzvQYFHtzZ3RNfVAGBenQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/37a70802252b8f11320f6a7067002e27.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 7, 2013 photo, a Filipino fishermen carries a load of fish from a boat in the coastal town of Infanta, Pangasinan province, northwestern Philippines. Since China took control of the Scarborough Shoal last year, which Beijing calls Huangyan Island, Filipino fishermen say Chinese maritime surveillance ships have shooed them from the disputed waters in the South China Sea and roped off the entrance to the vast lagoon that had been their fishing paradise for decades. Now, they say, they can't even count on the Chinese to give them shelter there from a potentially deadly storm. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" align="left" title="In this May 7, 2013 photo, a Filipino fishermen carries a load of fish from a boat in the coastal town of Infanta, Pangasinan province, northwestern Philippines. Since China took control of the Scarborough Shoal last year, which Beijing calls Huangyan Island, Filipino fishermen say Chinese maritime surveillance ships have shooed them from the disputed waters in the South China Sea and roped off the entrance to the vast lagoon that had been their fishing paradise for decades. Now, they say, they can't even count on the Chinese to give them shelter there from a potentially deadly storm. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0" /></a>MASINLOC, Philippines (AP) — Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control of their fishing haven last year.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/parents-face-tough-choice-tornadoes-bear-down-072150387.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zvVHHJgU4nxmlKKjafFlcA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b18645bb24748b11320f6a7067006f09.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This aerial view shows an entire neighborhood destroyed by Monday's tornado, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" align="left" title="This aerial view shows an entire neighborhood destroyed by Monday's tornado, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Parents in a suburban Oklahoma City school district received a text message as an ominous tornado approached. Their children were being held at school until the storm passed or their parents picked them up.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/senate-bid-lure-rogers-house-seat-071524240.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YL43bgdYZUEdXCQFimyYKg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aa2db20924638b11320f6a7067008c84.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., pauses to speak with reporters at the Capitol as Senate and House leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch agreement to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, in Washington. Rogers has pulled off a somewhat rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress: He’s created a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation’s many spy agencies. The question now is whether Rogers sticks around in the House or fulfills GOP hopes and runs for the U.S. Senate seat from Michigan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., pauses to speak with reporters at the Capitol as Senate and House leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch agreement to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, in Washington. Rogers has pulled off a somewhat rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress: He’s created a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation’s many spy agencies. The question now is whether Rogers sticks around in the House or fulfills GOP hopes and runs for the U.S. Senate seat from Michigan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Officials say Benghazi suspects under surveillance](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/officials-benghazi-suspects-under-surveillance-070856121.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t8DPzk0RPXtz9O8EiH1_.w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b59c7e26089f8111320f6a7067004e9f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of U.S. consulate burnt out offices after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. has identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists _ but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian criminal court, the process the Obama administration prefers, U.S. officials said. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of U.S. consulate burnt out offices after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. has identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists _ but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian criminal court, the process the Obama administration prefers, U.S. officials said. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to seize them as terrorist suspects, officials say, but prefers to wait until investigators have enough evidence to try them in a U.S. civilian courtroom.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-wants-450m-guantanamo-prison-221620893.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/U66_Jsf3MCPp0zuJqMIbUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ac14bb6d09dc8711320f6a70670013a2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE – In this March 30, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility of Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)" align="left" title="FILE – In this March 30, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility of Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-society-hits-100-us-cancer-rate-falls-063716332.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xw0FZ0ss60aUWdD6.VUM5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fc80843025038e11320f6a7067003c27.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 15, 1979 file photo, United States Surgeon General Dr. Julius B. Richmond, at the microphones, kicks off the third annual "Smokeout" rally sponsored by the American Cancer Society in Washington, D.C. as a part of the "Great American Smokeout Day." (AP Photo)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Nov. 15, 1979 file photo, United States Surgeon General Dr. Julius B. Richmond, at the microphones, kicks off the third annual "Smokeout" rally sponsored by the American Cancer Society in Washington, D.C. as a part of the "Great American Smokeout Day." (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) — The American Cancer Society — one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups — is 100 years old this week.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Kerry pushes $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-pushes-2-1-billion-raytheon-deal-oman-070718534.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7O_fuiiFxji_LHTMvJwv0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dada44a507937d11320f6a706700e9b0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said at Bait Al Baraka in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo?Jim Young,Pool)" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said at Bait Al Baraka in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo?Jim Young,Pool)" border="0" /></a>MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is talking with officials in Oman about their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Maine man charged in death of missing teen](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/maine-man-charged-death-missing-teen-065744786.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fd4bx7Krw9xCI1iZQqeStw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/15ea409808fb8311320f6a70670017c8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This June 2012 photo provided by the Penobscot County Jail via Maine State Police shows Kyle Dube, of Orono, Maine. Dube, 20, was charged Tuesday, May 21, 2013 with murder in the death of Nichole Cable, who was last seen May 12, 2013. Police say a body found in the woods on Monday night is likely that of the high school student. (AP Photo/Penobscot County Jail via Maine State Police)" align="left" title="This June 2012 photo provided by the Penobscot County Jail via Maine State Police shows Kyle Dube, of Orono, Maine. Dube, 20, was charged Tuesday, May 21, 2013 with murder in the death of Nichole Cable, who was last seen May 12, 2013. Police say a body found in the woods on Monday night is likely that of the high school student. (AP Photo/Penobscot County Jail via Maine State Police)" border="0" /></a>BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A 15-year-old girl found dead in woods north of Bangor knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports that before her disappearance she'd headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she recently met on Facebook.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
 - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering Israel.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3d3bcf/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Iranian authorities barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3cc391/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3c9c70/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Rescue efforts in the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City suburb of Moore continued through the night into Wednesday morning, with officials increasingly confident that everyone caught in the disaster had been accounted for.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3a5dbd/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may end up paying more.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3b1cd8/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - A Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, setting up a spirited debate next month in the full Senate over the biggest changes in immigration policy in a generation.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3a035a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about the targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny, plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressional committee on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3a3d8f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Prosecutors are considering charging Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors as a criminal enterprise engaged in a long pattern of insider trading in stocks, according to a person familiar with the matter.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c39ff0e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Iranian authorities barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c387a23/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about the targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny, plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressional committee on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c2e1c90/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - A series of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq killed more than 40 people on Tuesday, a day after over 70 died in violence targeting majority Shi'ites that has stoked fears of all-out sectarian war with minority Sunnis.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c394ce9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and increase trade between Asia's fastest growing economies in his first trip overseas since taking office.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c38e5a1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - The decision by prosecutors to compel Steven A. Cohen to testify before a federal grand jury about allegations of insider trading at his $15 billion hedge fund is leaving many criminal defense lawyers scratching their heads.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c3908ec/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, U.N. experts said on Tuesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c390561/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Two senior Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday played down the chances that the U.S. central bank would signal a readiness to reduce its bond buying at its meeting next month, dampening speculation the Fed's ultra-easy monetary policy might end soon.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c385b76/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Intel Corp's new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, has launched a sweeping company reorganization and created a unit aimed at growing its market share in mobile technology.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c383cbd/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Syria's opposition and the government of President Bashar al-Assad seem to be preparing to take part in an international peace conference against a background of some of the worst fighting this year.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2c37ec2c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}