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Caterpillar 1Q profit shrank; cuts 2013 outlook
A slowdown in the mining business is digging a hole in Caterpillar's profits.
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Officials: Dead Boston suspect's name in database
The name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect was included in a federal government travel-screening database in 2011 after the FBI investigated the man at Russia's request, two law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press on Monday.
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Red Cross: At least 187 killed in Nigeria violence
Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region since an insurgency there began three years ago, an aid agency said Monday.
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Marlins-Twins game postponed a day due to weather
The Minnesota Twins pre-emptively postponed their game against the Miami Marlins, due to approaching inclement weather.
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Marlins-Twins game postponed a day due to weather
The Minnesota Twins pre-emptively postponed their game against the Miami Marlins, due to approaching inclement weather.
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Obama pedals bike at 3rd White House science fair
It was an offer President Barack Obama couldn't refuse.
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5 dead in Federal Way shooting
TED S. WARREN The Associated Press Gunfire erupted at a Federal Way apartment complex Sunday night where five people were shot to death, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers, police said. Officers responding to an emergency call at 9:30 p.m. at the Pine Village Apartments encountere
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Hasbro says Monopoly contest helped lift sales
Hasbro reported first-quarter results Monday that beat Wall Street expectations as the toy maker benefited from an online contest that let people vote to eliminate one of its Monopoly tokens and introduce a new one.
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Bombing might provide leads in 2011 slaying
Authorities in a Boston suburb said they would investigate if any links turn up between a suspect in last week's Boston Marathon bombing and an unsolved 2011 slaying.
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Oil, gold futures rise; grains and copper fall
Gold and silver closed higher as traders cautiously shifted money back into precious metals following a rout last week.
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Revis happy to begin new chapter with Buccaneers
Darrelle Revis walked into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers weight room and received a round of applause from some of his new teammates.
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Pat Summitt's life chronicled in film 'Pat XO'
Pat Summitt smiled, laughed and shook her head at times.
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Revis happy to begin new chapter with Buccaneers
Darrelle Revis walked into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers weight room and received a round of applause from some of his new teammates.
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Stocks edge higher as energy stocks rebound
Stocks edged higher on Monday as energy stocks got a lift from recovering oil prices.
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On the Road: More Fliers May Qualify for Security Shortcuts - On the Road
The T.S.A. is looking into expanding enrollment in its PreCheck program, which provides less-stringent security reviews for those who pass background checks.
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Life after North Korea
The defectors who have to master phones, computers and cars
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U.S. and China Hold Military Talks, With Cybersecurity a Focus
A Chinese general said he pledged to work with America on cybersecurity because the consequences of a major attack might be “as serious as a nuclear bomb.”
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What next for Boston bombing suspect?
By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A decision to charge the Boston Marathon bombing suspect in a civilian rather than a military court means he will face the same legal process as other federal criminal defendants in U.S. courts. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was charged on Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. The White House said earlier that Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen who is a naturalized U.S. ...
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Fugitive on FBI's 10 Most Wanted list arrested in Nicaragua
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan police said on Monday they had arrested a U.S. man on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list suspected of child pornography offences, and handed him over to U.S. officials for extradition. The suspect, former Washington schoolteacher Eric Justin Toth, was arrested on Saturday in Esteli, a city some 150 km (90 miles) north of Managua, said police chief Aminta Granera, adding that Toth had entered Nicaragua in February. Granera said Toth had been caught with a fake U.S. passport, a fake driving license, and fake bank and credit cards. ...
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Utah elementary school evacuated after pipe bomb found
By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - Nearly 800 students and teachers were evacuated from a suburban Utah elementary school on Monday after a custodian found a pipe bomb on the roof, a school official said. No one was injured and police detonated the bomb using a high-pressure water cannon at Mountain View Elementary School in Layton, about 25 miles north of Salt Lake City, said school district spokesman Christopher Williams. The custodian removed the bomb from the roof and then alerted the school principal, who called police, said Williams. "Why he did that and where he took it, we're not sure. ...
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