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Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 09:44 PM PST

Winter storm slams Great Lakes region 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 09:44 PM PST
Stranded motorists are seen during a blizzard in Overland Park, KansasThe storm snarls Chicago and Milwaukee traffic, creates near-whiteout conditions and forces hundreds of flight cancellations.
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'Missing' Calif. couple found safe in Peru 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 07:22 PM PST
Missing cyclists expected to call families soonA young California couple feared by family to have been abducted while on a cycling trip through Peru have safely surfaced on a river boat.
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2 Santa Cruz, Calif., police officers shot dead 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 07:56 PM PST
2 officers, 1 suspect dead in Santa Cruz shootingsTwo Santa Cruz police officers were shot and killed Tuesday while investigating a sexual assault, and a suspect was also fatally shot, authorities said.
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World powers wait to hear Iran response to nuclear offer 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 11:02 PM PST
Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Jalili gestures during talks on Iran's nuclear programme in AlmatyWorld powers offer to lift some sanctions if Tehran scales back nuclear activity.
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UNC responds to sex assault retaliation charges 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 06:31 PM PST
(UNC.edu/Flickr)Was an alleged rape victim charged with an honor code violation for speaking out?
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Large shark kills man in New Zealand 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 10:47 PM PST
Muriwai Beach near Auckland, New Zealand, is seen from the air Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, following a fatal shark attack. Police said a man was found dead in the water Wednesday afternoon after being "bitten by a large shark." Police and surf lifesavers recovered the man's body. The police statement said Muriwai Beach near the city of Auckland has been closed. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Chris Gorman) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUTA shark possibly 14 feet long disappears after killing a swimmer near a popular beach.
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Anti-gun Democrat shoo-in to replace Jackson Jr. 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 10:21 PM PST
Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win for Illinois' 2nd Congressional District, once held by Jesse Jackson Jr., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Matteson, Ill. After a primary campaign dominated by gun control and economic woes, voters chose Kelly over Debbie Halvorson and Anthony Beale, making her the likely replacement for Jesse Jackson Jr., three months after his legal troubles and battle with depression forced the son of the civil rights leader to resign from Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)Robin Kelly wins the Democratic nomination in the race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.
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One student dead after South Carolina university shooting 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 10:39 PM PST
One student died following a shooting at South Carolina university, and authorities were searching for a gunman.
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Ghana's Turkson is bookmakers' favorite for new pope 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 09:54 PM PST
Cardinal Turkson attends the Ash Wednesday mass at the VaticanGhana's Peter Turkson is the favorite to replace retiring Pope Benedict, say Irish bookmakers.
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Time to step in? U.S. weighs direct aid to Syrian rebels 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 07:32 PM PST
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Berlin is the second stop in Kerry’s first trip overseas as Secretary of State. (AP Photo/dpa,Maurizio Gambarini)The U.S. is for the first time considering supplying direct aid to the Free Syrian Army.
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Woman, 22, a 'person of interest' in Vegas shooting 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 05:25 PM PST
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department photograph of Tineesha Lashun Howard with Ammar HarrisTineesha Lashun Howard is believed to have been in the car during the shooting.
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Head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union arrested 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 08:44 PM PST
FILE - In this Friday July 14, 2006 file photo, teachers' union head Elba Esther Gordillo gestures as she arrives to attend a meeting with education workers a day after being expelled from Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico City. Gordillo, the head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union, was arrested at an airport outside Mexico City on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, for alleged embezzlement, with federal officials accusing her using union funds to pay for plastic surgery, buy a private plane and even pay her bill at Neiman Marcus. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, file)MEXICO CITY (AP) â€" The head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union was arrested at an airport near Mexico City Tuesday for alleged embezzlement, with federal officials accusing her of using union funds to pay for plastic surgery, to buy a house in San Diego and even to pay her bill at Neiman Marcus.
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Police: Injuries in bus crash north of Boston 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 06:29 PM PST
GEORGETOWN, Mass. (AP) â€" Massachusetts state police say a bus carrying college students from Maine has crashed on a highway north of Boston.
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Baltimore Sun editor Mary J. Corey dies at 49 
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 07:54 PM PST
This May 20, 2010 photo provided by the Baltimore Sun shows Sun editor Mary Corey. Corey, the first woman to hold the top editorial post at The Baltimore Sun newspaper, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 of breast cancer. She was 49. (AP Photo/The Baltimore Sun, Robert K. Hamilton) MANDATORY CREDIT: BALTIMORE SUN, ROBERT K. HAMILTONBALTIMORE (AP) â€" Mary J. Corey, the first woman to hold the top editorial post at The Baltimore Sun, died Tuesday of breast cancer. She was 49.
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