Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 5:54 pm
Obama's Counsel Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago - Wall Street Journal
The White House's chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday. That disclosure has prompted ...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 6:16 pm
Yahoo Deal Shows Power Shift - Wall Street Journal
Yahoo Inc. has agreed to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr, a six-year-old company with more than 100 million users but very little revenue, a deal that highlights the shifting balance of power in the technology business.Yahoo Is Planning to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 BillionNew York TimesWhat Is Tumblr?TIME5 Reasons Tumblr + Yahoo is Good For UsersForbes
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 6:39 pm
Strong storms hit Plains, Midwest; tornadoes reported - USA Today - USA TODAY
The severe storms are expected to linger into the beginning of the workweek. recropped tornado. An apparent tornado touches down southwest of Wichita, Kan., near the town of Viola. The tornado was part of a line of storms that passed through the central ...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 6:31 pm
Powerball winner faces a radically changed life, analyst says - Palm Beach Post
A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, and lottery officials speculated the jackpot would continue to soar in the ...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 5:08 pm
Obama gets personal about race and manhood in Morehouse College speech - Washington Post
President Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility for their families and their ...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 6:11 pm
FBI agents die in Virginia training accident - The Guardian
Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite hostage rescue team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia. The FBI's national press office said the accident happened off the coast of Virginia Beach on Friday. No other details were given and the ...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 5:32 pm
Syria Sweeps Into Rebel Stronghold - Wall Street Journal
Syrian rebel fighters on Sunday gather in Qusayr, near Homs, in an image provided by Qusair Lens and authenticated by the Associated Press. DAMASCUS—Syrian government forces, backed by members of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, launched a ...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 12:03 pm
AP president blasts "unconstitutional" phone records probe - CBS News
(CBS News) The Associated Press doesn't question the Justice Department's right to have seized two months' worth of its phone records, the organization's president and CEO Gary Pruitt said Sunday on "Face the Nation." It was the methodology - "so ...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 -- 7:57 pm
New York slaying considered hate crime - CNN
New York (CNN) -- Police are investigating the slaying of a 32-year-old man in the Greenwich Village neighborhood early Saturday as a hate crime because the gunman made multiple anti-gay comments, they said. It is the third violent attack in two weeks ...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 6:05 pm
Andrea Rebello, slain Tarrytown student, remembered by priest, Westchester's ... - Newsday
The reverend who gave Andrea Rebello her first Communion said Sunday the family of the 21-year-old Tarrytown resident and Hofstra University student killed in a police standoff two days earlier was distraught but finding solace in their faith. "The family is ...Hofstra honors slain student Andrea Rebello during commencement ceremonyNew York's PIX11 / WPIX-TVHofstra Student Killed by Police During Break-in ShootoutABC NewsOfficer who shot NY student faced harrowing choiceHouston Chronicle (blog)KpopStarz -News 12 Westchester -myfoxny.comall 220 news articles »
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