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Hagel to address West Pointers amid sex scandals
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is scheduled to speak to about 1,000 graduates at West Point.
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Rosberg beats Hamilton to pole
Nico Rosberg beats Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Categories: BBC World News
Mayor 'sorry' for US brothel remarks
Osaka's outspoken mayor apologises for saying US troops in Okinawa should visit legal brothels as a way of curbing sexual crimes there.
Categories: BBC World News
Kerry Presses Nigeria on Human Rights
A visit to Africa by Secretary of State John Kerry comes amid several developments on the continent, but Syria was still on his agenda.
Categories: New York Times Headlines
Improving economy changes political landscape
Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama's watch, robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats.
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Improving economy changes political landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama's watch, robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats.
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Obama sees terror threat reduced to pre-9/11 level
Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.
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Jury convicts former South Texas DA of corruption
A former Texas prosecutor and one-time candidate for Congress was convicted Friday of accepting bribes in exchange for court favors, including an $80,000 payment in a scheme that allowed a convicted murder to escape.
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Jury convicts former South Texas DA of corruption
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former Texas prosecutor and one-time candidate for Congress was convicted Friday of accepting bribes in exchange for court favors, including an $80,000 payment in a scheme that allowed a convicted murder to escape.
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News Analysis: Up, Up and Away
Helium prices are headed for the stratosphere, and Congress is part of the reason.
Categories: New York Times Headlines
News Analysis: Up, Up and Away
Helium prices are headed for the stratosphere, and Congress is part of the reason.
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'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU
Forget the European Union, many in this Croatian village are saying. The group of nations being celebrated this weekend is one that died more than 20 years ago when Yugoslavia - now fervently remembered as a haven of peace, prosperity and equality - fell apart in a cascade of ethnic wars.
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Iranian director facing jail appears in Cannes
"Manuscripts Don't Burn" tells the story of an Iranian author secretly writing his memoirs and authorities' attempts to destroy the manuscript - a topic the director, Mohammad Rasoulof, knows quite a bit about.
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No holiday weekend quick-fix for collapsed Washington state bridge
Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists with injuries. Whatever the solution, it won't come in time to help with Memorial Day's highway hoards.
Categories: Washington State News Wire
Actor Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio schools
Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in the city's South-Western schools.
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Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally
At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event.
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Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected
An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday.
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Female suicide bomber injures 11 in Russian region
A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said.
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