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Report: CIA paid millions in 'ghost money' to Afghan leader 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 07:00 PM PDT
Afghanistan's President Karzai speaks during opening ceremony of the third year of the Afghanistan parliament in KabulBags of cash were sent to the office of President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, says the New York Times.
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Bombing suspects' mother draws heavy scrutiny 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 03:45 PM PDT
In this image taken from a video, an undated family photo provided by Patimat Suleimanova, the aunt of USA Boston bomb suspects, shows Anzor Tsarnaev left, Zubeidat Tsarnaev holding Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Anzor's brother Mukhammad Tsarnaev. Now known as the angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Zubeidat Tsarnaev is drawing increased attention after federal officials say Russian authorities intercepted her phone calls, including one in which she vaguely discussed jihad with her elder son. In another, she was recorded talking to someone in southern Russia who is under FBI investigation in an unrelated case, U.S. officials said. (AP Photo/Patimat Suleimanova)Russian authorities told the U.S. they intercepted a phone call in which she vaguely discussed jihad with her elder son.
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Last pieces of One World Trade Center are rising 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:51 PM PDT
FILE - One World Trade Center rises above the lower Manhattan skyline, April 13, 2013 in New York. It is already New York's tallest building. But when the last pieces of its spire go up to the roof Monday, April 28, the 104-floor skyscraper will be one step away from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)It's already NYC's tallest building and it will soon be the highest in the Western Hemisphere.
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No more survivors likely in Bangladesh tragedy 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:41 PM PDT
Women hold photographs of their missing relatives as they plead for help at the site where the garment factory building collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday April 28, 2013. At least 377 people are confirmed to have died in the Wednesday collapse of a shoddily-constructed building this week. The death toll is expected to rise but it is already the deadliest tragedy to hit Bangladesh's garment industry, which is worth $20 billion annually and is the mainstay of the economy.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)Rescue workers gave up hopes of finding anyone else alive in the rubble.
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:57 PM PDT
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the General Dynamics Land System shows the production of an Abrams tank in Lima, Ohio. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past two years to build improved versions of the 70-ton Abrams, which the Army refers to with a moniker that befits their heft: the M1A2SEPv2. The upgraded tanks cost about $7.5 million each, according to the Army, and service officials say they have plenty of them. (AP Photo/General Dynamics Land System, File)The Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving hard to beat in a budget battle.
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In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:56 PM PDT
In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Lauren Howie, 27, poses outside the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time. In Ohio, a battleground state where the share of eligible black voters is more than triple that of other minorities, Howie didn't start out thrilled with President Barack Obama in 2012. She felt he didn't deliver on promises to help students reduce college debt, promote women's rights and address climate change, she said. But she became determined to support Obama as she compared him with Romney. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)Blacks voted at a higher rate than other minorities in 2012 and surpassed white turnout.
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Per-student pre-K spending lowest in decade 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:23 AM PDT
Teacher Audrey Benes speaks to her kindergarten class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, IllinoisStates are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, says a new report.
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Obama to tap Charlotte mayor to run Transportation 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:33 AM PDT
FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Foxx as his new transportation secretary, a White House official said Sunday, April 28, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is nominating Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, a rising star in Democratic politics, to run the Transportation Department, a White House official said.
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California police search for suspect in fatal stabbing of girl 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 10:19 PM PDT
(Reuters) - Authorities were searching on Sunday for a man suspected of stabbing an 8-year-old girl to death at a home in a northern California suburb, officials said. Residents of Valley Springs, California, 60 miles southeast of Sacramento, were warned to stay inside their homes with their doors locked as investigators fanned out across the region, hunting for the girl's attacker. ...
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U.S. consumers keep spending despite reduced pay 
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:02 AM PDT
US consumers keep spending despite reduced payThis year got off to a sour start for U.S. workers: Their pay, already gasping to keep pace with inflation, was suddenly shrunk by a Social Security tax increase. Which raised a worrisome question: Would ...
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Pyongyang glitters, but rest of North Korea still dark 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 06:49 PM PDT
In this April 22, 2013 photo, the sun rises over Juche Tower in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon.
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Officials: Cyberattack suspect had bunker in Spain 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 09:31 PM PDT
MADRID (AP) — A Dutch citizen arrested in northeast Spain on suspicion of launching what is described as the biggest cyberattack in Internet history operated from a bunker and had a van capable of hacking into networks anywhere in the country, officials said Sunday.
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Court may limit use of race in college admissions 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 09:30 PM PDT
Tourists walk in front of the Supreme Court building in WashingtonSince 1978, the Supreme Court has been at the center of disputes over when schools may consider applicants' race.
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Man stabs 4 people at church in Albuquerque 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 03:05 PM PDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say a man stabbed four people at a Catholic church in Albuquerque as a Sunday mass was nearing its end.
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In abortion debate, both sides point to Philadelphia trial 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 09:04 PM PDT
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Fighting reported near suspected chemical arms site in Syria 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 06:48 PM PDT
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Fighting erupted in Damascus on Sunday near a complex linked to Syria's chemical weapons program, on the third day of an offensive by President Bashar al-Assad's forces aimed at driving rebels from main sectors of the capital, activists said. The fighting occurred near the Scientific Studies and Research Centre on the foothills of Qasioun Mountain in the northern Barzeh district, opposition sources said from Damascus. ...
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