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• Teen missing both legs and an arm now a swim champ
• Ariel Castro's brothers released from custody
• Immigration study co-author wrote for ‘nationalist’ website
• And the most popular baby names for 2012 are ...
• Boehner demands White House release Benghazi email
• Obama launching ‘Opportunity Tour’ in Austin
• Report: 4,693 people died on the job in America in 2011
• Man hitchhikes around the world
• Police: Boston bombing suspect buried
• Patriarch of fashion brand Missoni dies in Italy
• 2 cruise passengers fall overboard off Australia
• Jobless claims fall to lowest level in almost five-and-half years
• Accused Fort Hood shooter seeks to avoid death penalty
• Young in Greece: 6 in 10 have no job
• Arizona climber and his dog apparently stung to death by bees
• Arias says in interview that she wants death
• Police: Women left house twice in decade
• Senate committee takes up immigration bill
• Dems: GOP fails to show scandal in Benghazi deaths
• Police: Women left house twice in decade
• Small helicopter crashes in downtown Honolulu
• Teen charged with homicide by assault in ref death
• Man uses spoon to break out of maximum-security prison
• Brazilian woman survives harpoon shooting
• Convicted murder Arias says she prefers death penalty

Teen missing both legs and an arm now a swim champ Posted: 09 May 2013 12:44 PM PDT Kayla Wheeler was born with three congenital amputations: missing both legs and one arm. Her doctor recommended swimming as a form of physical therapy. And now, at age 16, Wheeler is literally breaking world records. Massachusetts CNN affiliate KCPQ reports that Wheeler already has competed in Brazil, Mexico and the Netherlands and has her sights [...]

Ariel Castro's brothers released from custody Posted: 09 May 2013 12:13 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland police say the two brothers of the man accused of keeping women captive in his house have been released from custody.

Immigration study co-author wrote for ‘nationalist’ website Posted: 09 May 2013 11:13 AM PDT Heritage Foundation Analyst Jason Richwine, the co-author of a study claiming the immigration reform bill pending in the Senate would cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion, wrote two articles in 2010 for a website founded by Richard Spencer, a self-described "nationalist" who writes frequently about race and against "the abstract notion of human equality." Richwine's two stories [...]

And the most popular baby names for 2012 are ... Posted: 09 May 2013 10:41 AM PDT Top baby names for girls in 2012

Boehner demands White House release Benghazi email Posted: 09 May 2013 10:11 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the House of Representatives called on the White House on Thursday to release more information about last year's deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, as his party kept up its pressure on the Obama administration over the incident. House Speaker John Boehner urged the Obama administration to release an email sent by a State Department official relaying that she had told the Libyan ambassador the attack was conducted by Islamist militants. ...

Obama launching ‘Opportunity Tour’ in Austin Posted: 09 May 2013 09:41 AM PDT Making good on a pledge to invest in American manufacturing made during his State of the Union address in February, President Barack Obama is scheduled today to outline two executive actions geared toward job growth and boosting the economy. In a speech he's set to deliver at 1 p.m. CT in Austin, Texas—the first stop [...]

Report: 4,693 people died on the job in America in 2011 Posted: 09 May 2013 09:11 AM PDT A new labor union report says 127 workers were killed on the job in 2011 in Virginia, 20 more than the previous year. According to the report by the AFL-CIO, there were 4,693 workplace deaths nationwide ...

Man hitchhikes around the world Posted: 09 May 2013 09:11 AM PDT Egypt

Police: Boston bombing suspect buried Posted: 09 May 2013 07:40 AM PDT "A courageous and compassionate individual came forward," police said.

Patriarch of fashion brand Missoni dies in Italy Posted: 09 May 2013 07:07 AM PDT The iconic fashion brand was known for its zigzag-patterned knitwear.

2 cruise passengers fall overboard off Australia Posted: 09 May 2013 06:49 AM PDT Surveillance camera footage showed that a couple fell from the ship's mid deck.

Jobless claims fall to lowest level in almost five-and-half years Posted: 09 May 2013 05:47 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to its lowest level in nearly 5-1/2 years last week, signaling labor market resilience in the face of fiscal austerity. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 323,000, the lowest level since January 2008, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Claims for the prior week were revised to show 3,000 more applications received than previously reported. Economists polled by Reuters had expected first-time applications to rise to 335,000 last week. ...

Accused Fort Hood shooter seeks to avoid death penalty Posted: 09 May 2013 04:26 AM PDT By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Accused Fort Hood gunman Army Major Nidal Hasan is expected to ask a court on Thursday to remove the death penalty as a punishment option in his forthcoming court-martial on charges of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage. At a pre-trial hearing, judge Colonel Tara Osborn is likely to consider a request from the defense that Hasan's trial be pushed back until September 1. Selection of the panel of officers who will act as the jury is set to begin on May 29. ...

Young in Greece: 6 in 10 have no job Posted: 09 May 2013 04:07 AM PDT Greece's jobless rate has almost tripled since the country's debt crisis.

Arizona climber and his dog apparently stung to death by bees Posted: 09 May 2013 04:07 AM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona climber has been found dead, dangling from a rope on a cliff face south of Tucson, after apparently being stung to death by bees, police said on Wednesday. Steven Wallace Johnson, 55, a counselor with some 30 years experience hiking and climbing, headed into the mountains south of Tucson on Friday, Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada said. Johnson was reported missing on Monday by co-workers after he failed to show up for work. A Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office search and rescue team found his body that afternoon, Estrada said. ...

Arias says in interview that she wants death Posted: 09 May 2013 02:34 AM PDT The jury has rendered its verdict, but the trial is far from finished.

Police: Women left house twice in decade Posted: 09 May 2013 02:18 AM PDT Accused kidnapper Ariel Castro is due in court Thursday as chilling details of the captives' ordeal emerge.

Senate committee takes up immigration bill Posted: 09 May 2013 01:55 AM PDT A bill to enact dramatic changes to the nation's immigration system faces its first test.

Dems: GOP fails to show scandal in Benghazi deaths Posted: 09 May 2013 01:17 AM PDT Republicans are hammering away at Hillary Clinton's handling of the 8-month-old tragedy.

Police: Women left house twice in decade Posted: 09 May 2013 01:01 AM PDT Accused kidnapper Ariel Castro is due in court Thursday as chilling details of the captives' ordeal emerge.

Small helicopter crashes in downtown Honolulu Posted: 08 May 2013 08:55 PM PDT The aircraft came crashing down on a busy street, but no one was seriously hurt, authorities said.

Teen charged with homicide by assault in ref death Posted: 08 May 2013 08:23 PM PDT Family and friends honored the memory of a Utah soccer referee at an emotional funeral service Wednesday.

Man uses spoon to break out of maximum-security prison Posted: 08 May 2013 07:07 PM PDT One man, using only a spoon, has escaped from one of Russia's most infamous prisons. Sky News reports that 33-year-old Oleg Topalov escaped from Matrosskaya Tishina, apparently by using a single spoon to dig a hole through his cell's ceiling. He is only the fourth person in 20 years to escape from the prison. Russian [...]

Brazilian woman survives harpoon shooting Posted: 08 May 2013 06:19 PM PDT A 28-year-old woman miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth.

Convicted murder Arias says she prefers death penalty Posted: 08 May 2013 06:03 PM PDT Jodi Arias spent 18 days on the stand sharing intimate, emotional and oftentimes X-rated details of her life before a rapt television and online audience. She had hoped it all might convince a jury that she killed her one-time boyfriend in self-defense.

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