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• Two of three women held in Cleveland finally return home
• Deal could reduce sentence for ex-Enron CEO
• Teen charged with homicide by assault in referee's death
• NRA blasted for 'ex-girlfriend’ target at convention
• Tsarnaev relative a prominent Islamist In Dagestan
• Hawking snubs Israeli conference to back Palestinians
• Puppy survives almost a month in locked car
• Facebook scam alert: What really happens when you 'like'
• Confusion as Hawking pulls out of Israeli conference
• APNewsBreak: US to provide $100M in new Syria aid
• Benghazi hearing promises fireworks
• Castro had padlocked doors inside house
• Belgium says 31 detained in $50m diamond heist
• Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery
• Pakistan politician Imran Khan has 3 fractured vertebrae
• Lew's signature gets a makeover before it goes on dollars
• France reports SARS-like virus as new cases appear in Saudi Arabia
• Boston One Fund hits $29 million, but can't make victims 'whole'
• Stephen Hawking boycotts Israeli conference
• How did Ohio ordeal go undetected so long?
• Israeli forces detain top Palestinian cleric
• Italy cargo ship slams into Genoa port, kills 3
• Conspiracy suspect's dad: 'He is not a terrorist'
• Bangladesh garment disaster death toll reaches 761
• Last-minute stay in Mississippi execution; Texas executes inmate

Two of three women held in Cleveland finally return home Posted: 08 May 2013 12:59 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — Two of the women held captive for a decade at a run-down Cleveland house were welcomed home by cheering crowds of loved ones and neighbors with balloons and banners Wednesday as police built a case against the three brothers under arrest.

Deal could reduce sentence for ex-Enron CEO Posted: 08 May 2013 12:27 PM PDT Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced to more than 24 years for his role in the energy giant's collapse.

Teen charged with homicide by assault in referee's death Posted: 08 May 2013 11:53 AM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teen accused of punching a soccer referee who later died was charged Wednesday with homicide by assault, a count issued when an attack unintentionally causes death.

NRA blasted for 'ex-girlfriend’ target at convention Posted: 08 May 2013 11:37 AM PDT Glenn Beck's speech comparing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Hitler wasn't the only controversy to emerge from the National Rifle Association convention in Houston held May 3-5. Anti-violence groups are criticizing the NRA for allowing a vendor at its annual conference display "The Ex," a scantily-clad, blood-splattered female shooting-range target. According to Zombie [...]

Tsarnaev relative a prominent Islamist In Dagestan Posted: 08 May 2013 11:17 AM PDT Magomed Kartashov founded a group that campaigns for sharia law.

Hawking snubs Israeli conference to back Palestinians Posted: 08 May 2013 11:01 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of a prestigious Israeli conference as part of an academic boycott to protest against Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands, Cambridge University said on Wednesday. After conflicting explanations were given for Hawking's decision, a spokesman for the British university confirmed that the wheelchair-bound scientist was snubbing the annual event, organised by President Shimon Peres, as part of the boycott. ...

Puppy survives almost a month in locked car Posted: 08 May 2013 10:25 AM PDT A 12-week-old puppy has miraculously overcome a harrowing ordeal and survived being locked inside an impounded car for nearly a month. The Kansas City, Mo., animal shelter now caring for the terrier and schnauzer mix they've named Kia, said she survived by eating trash left in the car from a McDonald's restaurant. However, she apparently [...]

Facebook scam alert: What really happens when you 'like' Posted: 08 May 2013 09:37 AM PDT Becky Worley explains the ins and outs of "Like Farming" - the dangers, and how to avoid them.

Confusion as Hawking pulls out of Israeli conference Posted: 08 May 2013 09:06 AM PDT Different reasons were given for the scientist's absence.

APNewsBreak: US to provide $100M in new Syria aid Posted: 08 May 2013 08:45 AM PDT ROME (AP) — The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only and not linked to any decision on arming Syrian rebels.

Benghazi hearing promises fireworks Posted: 08 May 2013 08:45 AM PDT Did Obama's administration do everything it could to save Americans?

Castro had padlocked doors inside house Posted: 08 May 2013 08:13 AM PDT The suspect's son said he was not close with his father.

Belgium says 31 detained in $50m diamond heist Posted: 08 May 2013 07:25 AM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Authorities claimed a major breakthrough on Wednesday in their investigation of a spectacular $50 million diamond heist, detaining at least 31 people in a three-nation sweep some three months after robbers pulled off the theft with clockwork precision at Brussels Airport

Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery Posted: 08 May 2013 07:05 AM PDT Evidence was not included in Japan's investigation of the issue.

Pakistan politician Imran Khan has 3 fractured vertebrae Posted: 08 May 2013 05:36 AM PDT Imran Khan took a dramatic fall at a political rally.

Lew's signature gets a makeover before it goes on dollars Posted: 08 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT The Treasury Secretary illegible slinky-like signature seems to be going away.

France reports SARS-like virus as new cases appear in Saudi Arabia Posted: 08 May 2013 04:43 AM PDT Saudi Arabia has reported 23 confirmed cases in total, the WHO said.

Boston One Fund hits $29 million, but can't make victims 'whole' Posted: 08 May 2013 04:09 AM PDT The administrator of a fund for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings is warning that, although One Fund Boston is generously endowed, it doesn't appear set to cover all the costs for those who were injured or lost loved ones in the tragedy.

Stephen Hawking boycotts Israeli conference Posted: 08 May 2013 04:09 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of an Israeli conference, joining an academic boycott of Israel to protest against its occupation of Palestinian lands, Cambridge University said on Wednesday. The wheelchair-bound Hawking, who has won international recognition for his work on black holes, had been due to speak at a prestigious conference in June organized by Israeli President Shimon Peres that draws hundreds of leading world figures. ...

How did Ohio ordeal go undetected so long? Posted: 08 May 2013 02:52 AM PDT Euphoria over the rescue of three women gives way to questions about how their captivity went unnoticed for a decade.

Israeli forces detain top Palestinian cleric Posted: 08 May 2013 02:36 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police detained on Wednesday the Palestinians' top Muslim religious leader from his Jerusalem home, a day after a scuffle between Palestinians and Israelis outside the city's main al-Aqsa mosque. Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, serves under the Palestinian Authority which exercises limited rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as well as neighboring Jordan, long a custodian over Jerusalem's Muslim holy places. ...

Italy cargo ship slams into Genoa port, kills 3 Posted: 08 May 2013 02:06 AM PDT ROME (AP) — A cargo ship slammed into a control tower in the port in Genoa, toppling it into the harbor and killing at least three people, rescue officials said Wednesday.

Conspiracy suspect's dad: 'He is not a terrorist' Posted: 08 May 2013 02:06 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — The father of a student charged with conspiracy in the Boston Marathon bombing case insists his son is not a terrorist and said the 19-year-old believes his friend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is "not a human" if he's responsible for the attacks.

Bangladesh garment disaster death toll reaches 761 Posted: 08 May 2013 12:00 AM PDT DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary and other benefits to the survivors in the country's deadliest industrial disaster.

Last-minute stay in Mississippi execution; Texas executes inmate Posted: 07 May 2013 11:44 PM PDT By Emily Lane JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - A Mississippi inmate due to be executed on Tuesday was granted a last-minute reprieve because of overstated evidence, while Texas executed a man convicted of killing another person during a robbery in 2003, authorities said. The Mississippi state Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Willie Jerome Manning, 44, after federal authorities said they had overstated the strength of hair and gun evidence in his trial for the killing of two college students. ...

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