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Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham)
Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl tr...
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In this undated photo provided by Emory University Ophelia DeVore performs on the set of "Spotlight on Harlem" with Ralph Cooper. As a model and businesswoman, DeVore worked for much of the 20th century to break down stereotypes and empower black women by giving them skills and tools to bolster their confidence and help them succeed. Emory University in Atlanta recently acquired the collected papers of the 91-year-old DeVore. (AP Photo/Ophelia DeVore papers, MARBL, Emory University)
Shrewd Ga. businesswoman fought stereotypes
ATLANTA (AP) — As a shrewd businesswoman with keen insight and endless aspirations, Ophelia DeVore worked for much of the 20th century to smash stereotypes and empower black women by teaching them ...
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This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters carrying a banner during a demonstration in Kafr Nabil in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, May 17, 2013. Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to fall to the rebels, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)
Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado
BEIRUT (AP) — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old un...
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Karima el-Mahroug's is escorted outside the Milan's Law court by two Carabinieri police officers after giving her testimony at the trial of three former Berlusconi aides accused with procuring her and other woman for prostitution, in Milan, Italy, Friday, May 17, 2013. Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring show girls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but also dressed as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of the scandal. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Woman describes Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties
MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring show girls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but also dressed as President Barack Obama and a prominent M...
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In this Thursday, March 21, 2013, file photo, Cars for export are parked at a quay to be loaded on a freighter in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo. The weaker yen could hurt sales of European companies already struggling from the continent's recession. In Europe's shrinking consumer market, competitively priced Japanese cars could squeeze General Motors' money-losing Opel brand and France's Peugeot Citroen PSA, says Stefan Bratzel, an auto analyst at the University of Applied Sciences in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
As yen falls, goods from Japan are more affordable
Japanese goods are getting more affordable. For consumers worldwide — and for Japan's economy — it's welcome news. Credit Japan's drive to pump cash into its economy to stimulate growth. The extra...
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Federal authorities search an apartment in Boise, Idaho on Cassia Drive on Thursday afternoon, May 16 2013. U.S. authorities in Idaho said they have arrested a man from Uzbekistan accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested at an apartment complex in south Boise on Thursday morning after a grand jury issued a three-count indictment as part of an investigation into his activities in Idaho and Utah. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski)
Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during his first court appearance Friday on federal charges from Idaho that he gave support, cash and other resources to help ...
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Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff, Air Force, right, looks to Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, as he testifies during the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on the Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sexual assaults across the military are a growing epidemic. In releasing a massive report Pentagon leaders continued to struggle with how to combat the problem and give victims enough confidence in the system to come forward. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
General: sex abuse trend linked to respect issue
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force's top general said Friday that sexual assaults in his branch of the military typically involve alcohol use and can be traced to a lack of respect for women. "We hav...
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Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Ousted IRS chief regrets treatment of tea party
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency's tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt s...
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DOT may sell surplus parcels of land to bring in cash for the state
by Walter C. Jones, Morris News Service
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ATLANTA -- One state agency may have found a way to cope with limited appropriations and almost limitless expenditure needs, selling surplus property. In addition to bringing in cash for the state...
Pa. coffee run leads to famous hatchet hitchhiker arrest in murder of lawyer
by KATIE ZEZIMA,Associated Press
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ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Life on the run for the Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker ended when he asked for a cup of coffee. An employee at a Starbucks in Philadelphia w...
Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered
by KEVIN McGILL,Associated Press
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Days after a burst of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of six arrests gave an organizer of the traditional even...
Former lawyer says OJ Simpson knew about guns
by KEN RITTER and LINDA DEUTSCH,Associated Press
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The lawyer who unsuccessfully defended O.J. Simpson against armed robbery charges testified Friday his client knew two companions had guns in a 2007 confrontation with memorabilia ...
Powerball jackpot grows to $600 million
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize....
Some lost everything to North Texas tornado
by DAVID WARREN and JAMIE STENGLE,Associated Press
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GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Raul Rodriguez counts himself a lucky man. For two years, the 42-year-old auto mechanic and his family have enjoyed life in his house in the Rancho Brazos Estates subdivisio...
California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot
by BARBARA RODRIGUEZ and JULIE WATSON,Associated Press
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it joined the madness over Powerball, which has seen its jackpot soar to $550 million for Saturday's drawin...
House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern
by ALAN FAM and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER,Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by t...
Tea Party Groups Prepare to Sue IRS
Conservative activists prepare to sue the federal government for the practice of targeting Tea Party groups, arguing they were singled out by the IRS and had their tax-exempt status delayed or denied.
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