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Ravens hold on to win wild Super Bowl 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 11:43 PM PST
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) is lifted into the air by teammates after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)The Baltimore Ravens shake off a Superdome blackout and a near-record comeback by the San Francisco 49ers.
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What caused the lights to go out at Superdome? 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 11:24 PM PST
The Superdome is darkened during a power outage in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game in New OrleansSuper Bowl XLVII suffered an extraordinary and embarrassing delay on Sunday evening when the lights at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome went out with 13:22 left in the third quarter.
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Iraq War vet charged in fatal shooting of ex-SEAL 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 05:38 PM PST
In this April 6, 2012, photo, former Navy SEAL and author of the book “American Sniper” poses in Midlothian, Texas. A Texas sheriff has told local newspapers that Kyle has been fatally shot along with another man on a gun range, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Paul Moseley)An Iraq War veteran charged with murdering former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and a friend turned a gun on the pair while they were at a Texas shooting range, authorities said Sunday.
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8 dead, 38 hurt as tour bus crashes in California 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 11:07 PM PST
A California Highway Patrol officer stands near the crash scene where at least eight people were killed and nearly two dozen were injured when a bus carrying a group from Tijuana, Mexico crashed with two other vehicles on its way back from Big Bear Lake on Highway 38 north of Yucaipa, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Both sides of the highway remained closed two and a half hours after the crash and it was unclear when it would reopen. (AP Photo/The Sun, Rick Sforza) MANDATORY CREDITA tour bus collided with a car and pickup truck, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others Sunday night on a Southern California mountain highway, authorities said.
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Obama urges Boy Scouts to end ban on gays 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 05:10 PM PST
U.S.President Obama addresses joint news conference at the White House in WashingtonPresident Obama encouraged the Boy Scouts of America to end its ban on gay members and leaders, days before the group is expected to vote on the controversial and long-standing rule. I
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South Korea, U.S. begin drills amid North Korea nuclear threat 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 07:20 PM PST
In this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea at an undisclosed location of North Korea. Kim issued “important” guidelines on how to bolster the army and protect the nation's sovereignty at the high-level ruling Workers' Party meeting, state media said Sunday, an indication Pyongyang has finalized formal procedural steps and is ready to conduct an atomic test. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONSouth Korean and U.S. troops began naval drills Monday in a show of force partly directed at North Korea amid signs that Pyongyang will soon carry out a threat to conduct its third atomic test.
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Three bodies found at Mexico oil blast site, toll reaches 36 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 08:34 PM PST
Rescue workers carry a stretcher with body of 36th victim at site of explosion at headquarters Pemex in Mexico CityMexican rescue workers found three more bodies over the weekend amid the rubble of a deadly blast that tore through state oil firm Pemex's main office complex.
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Kerry makes calls abroad in first weekend as secretary of state 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 04:39 PM PST
FILE - In this photo Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, U.S. Sen. John Kerry acknowledges applause while addressing constituents at Faneuil Hall in Boston. New Secretary of State John Kerry reached out to Israeli and Palestinian leaders in phone calls this weekend, assuring them the Obama administration will continue to pursue a Mideast peace agreement while recognizing the individual concerns on both sides. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)New Secretary of State John Kerry reached out to Israeli and Palestinian leaders in phone calls this weekend, assuring them the Obama administration will continue to pursue a Mideast peace agreement.
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Panetta: Drone strike decisions don't come lightly 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 07:31 PM PST
United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta speaks to a person on the field before the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar)Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says decisions to strike potential terrorist targets with unmanned drones don't "come lightly."
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Details emerge about man at center of Ala. standoff 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 04:13 PM PST
This photograph released by the Alabama Department of Public Safety shows Jimmy Lee Dykes, a 65-year-old retired truck driver officials identify as the suspect in a fatal shooting and hostage standoff in Midland City, Ala. (AP Photo/Alabama Department of Public Safety)As an Alabama standoff and hostage drama marked a sixth day Sunday, more details emerged about the suspect at the center, with neighbors and officials painting a picture of an isolated man estranged from his family.
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Battle-scarred skull of suspected King Richard III revealed 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 06:30 PM PST
Battle-Scarred Skull of Suspected King Richard III RevealedA battle-scarred skull discovered beneath a parking lot in England could be that of King Richard III, who died in battle in 1485.
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Iran hedges on nuclear talks with six powers or U.S. 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 02:02 PM PST
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi arrives at the 49th Conference on Security Policy in MunichIran said on Sunday it was open to a U.S. offer of direct talks on its nuclear program and that six world powers had suggested a new round of nuclear negotiations this month, but without committing itself to either proposal. Diplomatic efforts to resolve a dispute over Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is peaceful but the West suspects is intended to give Iran the capability to build a nuclear bomb, have been all but deadlocked for years, while Iran has continued to announce advances in the program. ...
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Bill Clinton to speak at Ed Koch's funeral in New York City 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 04:02 PM PST
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch says goodbye to reporters as he gets in his car after being released from the hospital in New York. Koch died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 from congestive heart failure, spokesman George Arzt said. He was 88. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Ed Koch is being remembered as the quintessential New Yorker â€" an admired but tough, colorful former mayor who will be honored at his funeral by former President Bill Clinton.
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Women's baseball star, movie inspirer 'Pepper' Paire-Davis dies 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 05:30 PM PST
FILE - Lavonne "Pepper" Paire-Davis, seen here in a file photo taken June 11, 2010, at Yankee Stadium in New York, watches the Houston Astros warm up before playing the New York Yankees. Davis, a star of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s and an inspiration for the movie “A League of Their Own,” has died in Southern California. She was 88. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" Lavonne "Pepper" Paire-Davis, a star of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s and an inspiration for the central character in the movie "A League of Their Own," has died, her son said Sunday.
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After Harvard visit, dozens injured in bus crash 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 10:14 PM PST
In this photo released by the Boston Fire Department via Twitter, firemen work to remove injured passengers from a bus that hit an bridge as it traveled along Soldiers Field Road in the Allston neighborhood of Boston Saturday night, Feb. 2, 2013. Officials said the bus carryinyg 42 people was traveling from Harvard University home to Pennsylvania when it struck the overpass. (AP Photo/Boston Fire Department)BOSTON (AP) â€" The scene could hardly have been more frightening for a Pennsylvania high school student just returning from a tour of Harvard University when the bus she was on slammed into an overpass, injuring dozens of passengers.
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Paraguay presidential hopeful Oviedo dies in crash 
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 03:42 PM PST
A woman touches a campaign poster of presidential candidate former Gen. Lino Cesar Oviedo outside the UNACE (National Union of Ethical Citizens) party headquarters in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Oviedo was killed in a helicopter crash Saturday night, authorities said Sunday, ending a dramatic political career that included coups and repeated attempts to lead Paraguay. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) â€" Paraguayan presidential candidate Lino Cesar Oviedo has been killed in a helicopter crash, authorities said Sunday, ending a dramatic political career that included coups and repeated attempts to lead this impoverished 6.5 million-person country.
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