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In brief: Meyers to take over NBC’s ‘Late Night’
May 13, 2013 on Page A4 Seth Meyers is moving from his “Weekend Update” desk to his own late night show on NBC. The network said Sunday that the longtime “Saturday Night Live” cast member will … 3
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In brief: Volcano ramps up, spewing steam
May 13, 2013 on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – Seismic activity has increased at the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City, leading authorities to alert towns in two central states and the capital. Mexico’s National Disaster Prevention …
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Sharif faces tough choices
May 13, 2013 on Page A4 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s overwhelming victory in weekend parliamentary elections returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan’s powerful military …
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Turkey vows to stay out of Syrian civil war
May 13, 2013 on Page A4 ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s prime minister vowed Sunday his country won’t be drawn into Syria’s civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group …
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17 hurt in New Orleans parade shooting
May 12, 2013 Gunmen opened fire as dozens of people marched in a Mother’s Day second-line parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 17 people, police said. 38
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Tough recovery looms for women held in captivity
May 12, 2013 on Page A1 Year after year, the clock ticked by and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper into an isolated nightmare. Now, … 3
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Report: IRS knew of flagging
May 12, 2013 on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general’s report obtained by the … 227
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Chrysler recalls 469,000 Jeep SUVs
May 12, 2013 on Page A2 DETROIT – Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup. The recall affects 2005 to 2010 Grand Cherokees and 2006 to … 2
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Paramedic denies link to explosion
May 12, 2013 on Page A3 HOUSTON – A paramedic arrested for possessing bomb-making materials after he responded to the massive fertilizer plant fire in West, Texas, has denied any connection between the fire and the … 1
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Hasty spacewalk a success
May 12, 2013 on Page A3 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak. The …
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Panel votes to raze, replace Sandy Hook
May 12, 2013 on Page A3 Faced with what one official called a “gut-wrenching” decision, a task force has voted to tear down the old Sandy Hook Elementary School and build a new one in its …
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In brief: Al-Qaida suspects arrested
May 12, 2013 on Page A4 CAIRO – Egypt’s interior minister said Saturday that security authorities have arrested three suspected al-Qaida-linked militants who were planning to carry out suicide attacks on vital installations and an unspecified …
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Sharif claims victory
May 12, 2013 on Page A4 ISLAMABAD – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup …
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Blasts in Turkey kill 43, wound 140
May 12, 2013 on Page A4 REYHANLI, Turkey – In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 …
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Brown’s art has neighbors seeing red
May 12, 2013 on Page A4 Grammy-winning musician Chris Brown’s neighbors are unhappy with the art he’s chosen to have painted along the curb of his Hollywood Hills home. A neighborhood group said the grimacing, sharp-toothed, …
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Sandy-damaged NYC crane fixed
May 12, 2013 on Page A8 NEW YORK – Workers in New York City carefully replaced the boom of a massive crane on Saturday, more than six months after it was twisted and warped by Superstorm …
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Mathematicians map out the physics behind bubbles
May 12, 2013 on Page A9 Bubbles are a serious business. While they’re beloved as a childhood pastime and a bathtub luxury, the physics behind the delicate, iridescent clusters remains remarkably complex. Now mathematicians have pinned …
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Prince Harry helps launch Warrior Games
May 12, 2013 on Page A9 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Escorted by Britain’s Prince Harry and swimming superstar Missy Franklin, a U.S. Navy officer blinded by an improvised bomb in Afghanistan lit an Olympic-style cauldron Saturday …
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Smoke clears White House; no one hurt
May 12, 2013 on Page A9 WASHINGTON – Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room. President … 2
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In brief: Brother arrested in girl’s stabbing
May 12, 2013 on Page A11 VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. – Authorities on Saturday arrested the 12-year-old brother of an 8-year-old girl who was mysteriously stabbed at her home in a rural Northern California community last month. …
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Technology may change gun policy
May 12, 2013 on Page A11 SAN JOSE, Calif. – The white-hot debate in Congress over background checks, assault weapons and high-capacity magazines has cooled for now. But a new, futuristic “arms race” is afoot that …
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Man finishes hand-copying Bible
May 12, 2013 on Page A11 SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. – At last, it is written. Four years after he began his project to write out every word of the Bible, Phillip Patterson penned the very last lines …
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Judge to render verdict on soldier who killed five
May 12, 2013 on Page A11 JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The court-martial of Army Sgt. John Russell concluded Saturday with a military judge asked to decide whether the 14-year Army veteran was deluded by depression …
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Man kills Milan passerby with pickaxe, 4 wounded
May 11, 2013 ROME (AP) — An immigrant from Ghana went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan at dawn Saturday, killing a passerby and wounding four others in an apparently random … 27
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DNA test shows Ohio kidnap suspect fathered girl
May 11, 2013 CLEVELAND (AP) — As relatives of the Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect recounted claims of his unnerving paranoia and violent outbursts, DNA testing confirmed the man accused of holding three … 2
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IRS targeted interest groups
May 11, 2013 on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for … 190
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Malcolm X’s grandson killed in Mexico
May 11, 2013 on Page A2 MEXICO CITY – Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a violent dispute in a bar, Mexican authorities said Friday. He was 28. City …
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Woman pulled from building after 17 days
May 11, 2013 on Page A3 SAVAR, Bangladesh – For 17 days, the seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-90sShe rationed food … 1
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Spacewalk planned to fix ammonia leak
May 11, 2013 on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Two astronauts will make a hastily planned spacewalk today to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station. The leak in …
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Greenhouse gas CO2 reaches new milestone
May 11, 2013 on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday. Carbon … 11
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