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Wildfire rages in Southern California 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 09:42 PM PDT
Wildfire rages in Southern CaliforniaA trailer is engulfed in flames as a raging wildfire pushes towards the coast in Camarillo May 2, 2013. The wind-driven brush fire raging along the California coast north of Los Angeles prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes and a university campus on Thursday as flames engulfed several farm buildings and recreational vehicles near threatened neighborhoods.REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TRANSPORT)
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Source: Suspects planned July 4 attack 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:50 PM PDT
Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are pictured in this combination photoA law enforcement official says they advanced the date after finishing their bombs earlier than expected.
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Prosecutor in Bhutto assassination case shot dead 
Friday, May 03, 2013 12:07 AM PDT
Security officials inspect the damaged car, which prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar was travelling in, when he came under attack by unidentified gunmen, in IslamabadGunmen kill a prosecutor investigating the 2007 murder of ex-Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto.
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Engineer arrested in Bangladesh collapse; toll tops 500 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:44 PM PDT
A worker is seen through a broken cement wall as he toils in the collapsed garment factory building in search for bodies on Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of the collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities say it may take another five days to clear the rubble. In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report another 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry that supplies global retailers. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)An engineer is arrested for negligence despite having warned that the building was unsafe.
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Pentagon: N. Korea moving closer to nuke missile 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 07:20 PM PDT
A North Korean nuclear plant is seen before demolishing a cooling tower in YongbyonA report says the North might ultimately be able to reach the U.S. with an atomic weapon.
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Boeing plans to build world's longest-range passenger jet 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:32 PM PDT
A worker stands in front of an engine on the Boeing 777 at their assembly operations in EverettBoeing has shown airlines a blueprint for the world's longest-range passenger jet.
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Rhode Island is latest state to allow gay marriage 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:30 PM PDT
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee signs a gay marriage bill into law outside the State House in Providence, R.I., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Ten U.S. states now allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
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Daughter bitter at mom found after 11 years 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 06:38 PM PDT
This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, an undated driver's license photo distributed by police in 2002 of Brenda Heist, and right, an April 26, 20013 photo of Heist taken by the Monroe County, Fla. Sheriff's Office and released by the Lititz Borough, Pa. Police. Lititz Borough Police in central Pennsylvania say Heist, who disappeared after dropping off her children for school 11 years ago has been located in Florida. (AP Photo)"I ached every birthday, every Christmas," 19-year-old Morgan Heist said.
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Arizona governor vetoes bill making gold, silver legal tender 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 09:02 PM PDT
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer addresses the media about the Supreme Court's decision on SB1070 in Phoenix.By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a measure on Thursday that would have made gold and silver legal tender in the state, saying the legislation could have resulted in lost tax revenue. The Republican-controlled state legislature voted through the measure last month in a response to what backers said was a lack of confidence in the international monetary system. The bill called for Arizona to make gold and silver coins and bullion legal tender beginning in mid-2014, joining existing U.S. currency issued by the federal government. ...
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Family tried intervention for Jackson, detective testifies 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 06:02 PM PDT
FILE - This March 5, 2009 file photo shows singer Michael Jackson announcing his concerts at the London O2 Arena. Michael Jackson's mother sat in court Thursday, May 2, 2013, as a police detective testified that she told him the family had tried drug interventions for the singer, believing he was addicted to painkillers. But Detective Orlando Martinez said Katherine Jackson told him her son refused any help, saying he didn't have a drug problem. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)The singer's mother told police the family thought he was addicted to painkillers.
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Hagel: U.S. rethinking arming Syrian rebels 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 03:26 PM PDT
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond participate in a joint news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, May 2, 2013, where the talked about Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The Defense Secretary is the first official to acknowledge the reassessment.
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Judge axes suit over dry lakebed near L.A. 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 05:36 PM PDT
FILE - This July 16, 1997 file photo shows Owens Lake, Calif., about 200 miles north of Los Angeles. A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles against air quality regulators who are requiring it to do more to control dust on a lake that was siphoned dry a century ago to provide water for the booming metropolis. The conflict began in 1913, when Los Angeles began diverting water from Owens Lake, which then went dry in 1926. It has since been plagued with massive dust storms and poor air quality despite efforts by the city to keep dust down. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)Dust has been an issue from a lake that was siphoned dry a century ago.
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NRA meets in Houston after gun control blocked in Congress 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 05:26 PM PDT
Man rides down an escalator at the George R. Brown Convention Center, ahead of the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Houston, Texas"We view it as an opening battle in what will be a multi-year war," a spokesman said.
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Obama, Mexican president talk security 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 05:19 PM PDT
U.S. President Obama shakes hands with his Mexican counterpart Pena Nieto after a news conference and a bilateral meeting in Mexico CityThey will cooperate in fighting drug-trafficking and organized crime.
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U.S. sues owner of nation's biggest for-profit hospice chain 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 06:02 PM PDT
TheJustice Department is suing Chemed Corp and its hospice subsidiaries, including the biggest U.S. for-profit hospice chain, alleging false billings for Medicare hospice services.
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Till family wants to meet with Lil Wayne over lyrics 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 06:46 PM PDT
FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2013 file photo, recording artist Lil Wayne meets fans and celebrates his contemporary street wear apparel brand TRUKFIT at his hometown Macy's, in New Orleans. A letter from Lil Wayne to the offended family of Emmett Till did not go far enough and relatives of the late civil rights icon are seeking a meeting with the rapper and representatives from PepsiCo to discuss their commercial partnership. The New Orleans rapper made the brief offensive reference to Till on Future's song "Karate Chop" earlier this year. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)The family of Emmett Till says a letter from Lil Wayne fell short of an apology for his crude reference to the civil rights martyr, and they want a meeting with the rapper and representatives from PepsiCo to discuss their commercial partnership.
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Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dead at 49 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 04:58 PM PDT
The band's a co-founder of the seminal heavy metal band died in Southern California on Thursday.
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