Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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FBI seeks DNA of Tsarnaev's widow
Did Boston bomb suspect's wife tip him off?Agents walked out of Katherine Russell's family home with bags of samples.



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Colbert Busch, Sanford exchange verbal jabs in debate
This photo combination shows Elizabeth Colbert Busch posing outside her campaign headquarters in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, left, and Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaking with reporters at Hay Tire & Automotive in Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Monday, April 22, 2013. Sanford and Colbert Busch will share the stage for the first time in their race for the state’s vacant 1st Congressional District seat. The two meet Monday evening, April 29, 2013 at The Citadel in a debate. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith and Mic Smith)The candidates for a vacant Congressional seat had a lively discussion in S.C.



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N.Y.'s Cuomo: Clinton no bearing on 2016 thinking
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that he's not talking about running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 and he's not waiting to see if Hillary Clinton runs.



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President phones Jason Collins to express support
FILE - Boston Celtics center Jason Collins battles Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard (12) for a rebound during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in Los Angeles. NBA veteran center Collins has become the first male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay. Collins wrote a first-person account posted Monday, April 29, 2013 on Sports Illustrated's website.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)The NBA veteran is the first openly gay male athlete in a major professional team sport.



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Jackson's life recounted in opening of civil trial
FILE - In this April 27, 2011 file photo, Katherine Jackson poses for a portrait in Calabasas, Calif. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday April 29, 2013, in Jackson’s lawsuit against concert giant AEG Live over her son Michael’s 2009 death. Katherine Jackson claims the company failed to properly investigate the doctor who was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for the singer’s death, but the company denies all wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)Michael Jackson's struggle against drug addiction was on display Monday during opening statements in his mother's wrongful death case against concert promoter AEG Live.



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Lawyer: Former ricin suspect's home is unlivable
FILE - In this April 23, 2013 file photo, Kevin Curtis speaks to reporters as his brother Jack Curtis looks on in Oxford, Miss. Kevin Curtis' house is uninhabitable after investigators searched it but failed to find evidence of the deadly poison ricin, a lawyer said Monday, April 29, 2013 arguing that the government should repair the home. (AP Photo/Bert Mohr, File)A Mississippi man's house is uninhabitable after investigators searched it but failed to find evidence of the deadly poison ricin, a lawyer said Monday, arguing that the government should repair the home.



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Superstorm Sandy: Six months later
Superstorm Sandy: Six months later(New Jersey Governor's Office)


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Sources: FBI questions link between Va. gov, donor
Two people close to a federal investigation of a nutritional supplements manufacturer say the FBI is examining the relationship the company and its chief executive have with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife.

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Rural California community on lockdown as killer sought
Calif. Manhunt for 8-Year-Old Leila Fowler's KillerAuthorities have identified the parents of the 8-year-old girl who was killed in her rural Northern California home Saturday.



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Bangladesh police interrogate building's owner
Firefighters and army personnel continue to work as dusk falls as they dislodge the debris and fallen ceiling of the garment factory building which collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, April 29, 2013. Rescue workers in Bangladesh gave up hopes of finding any more survivors in the remains of a building that collapsed five days ago, and began using heavy machinery on Monday to dislodge the rubble and look for bodies. At least 381 people were killed when the illegally constructed, 8-story Rana Plaza collapsed in a heap on Wednesday morning along with thousands of workers in the five garment factories in the building. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)A Bangladesh court has given police 15 days to interrogate the owner of a building that collapsed last week, killing at least 384 people.



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Lawmakers advance bill to halt oil fracking
Critics of hydraulic fracturing urged lawmakers Monday to impose a moratorium on the controversial drilling technique, saying there is too much uncertainty about its health and environmental effects. More ...

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1 found dead after 2 small planes collide near LA
Authorities say one person has died after a midair collision over Southern California that sent one plane crashing into a ridge and forced another plane to land on a golf course.

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Police investigate baby found on Oahu beach
Dating website offers Waianae $12 million to change nameA baby girl was found abandoned on a Hawaii beach hours after birth.



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Ala. mother fatally shot while holding newborn
Police in Alabama are asking for the public's help in finding the gunman who fatally shot a woman who was holding her 10-day-old son.

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Man wounded after pulling gun in Utah police lobby
Members of the West Valley City Police Forensics Unit examine bullets holes in a window at the West Valley City Police Department Monday, April 29, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Authorities in a Salt Lake City suburb say a man shot after pulling a gun in a police lobby told officers months ago that he wanted to be shot by police. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)A man who told authorities months ago that he wanted to be killed by police entered a suburban Salt Lake City police station Monday and pointed a gun at an officer and a records clerk, prompting another officer to open fire on him, wounding the man in the arm.



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Pro-gun billboard with Native American theme draws criticism
Two billboards in which images of Native Americans are used to make a gun rights argument are causing a stir with some Colorado residents who say the image is offensive and insensitive.

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Kerry seeks Arab support for Israeli-Palestinian peace
Secretary of State John Kerry, second from right, with the Arab League lead by Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, second from left, and Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby speaks to the media following their meeting at Blair House in Washington, Monday, April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)The Secretary of State has hopes of reviving peace talks which broke down in 2010.



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3 dead in Mich. school golf team van crash
Michigan police say a minivan carrying a high school golf team broadsided another van, killing the coach, a player and a passenger in the other vehicle.

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Christie: Obama kept every Sandy promise
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2012 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gives 9-year-old Ginjer Doherty a pep talk outside the Port Monmouth fire station in Port Monmouth, N.J., where he visited residents and first responders a week after Superstorm Sandy devastated New Jersey. In an essay Ginjer recently had published in Time magazine she wrote, “My house was all messed up, and people told us we couldn’t stay there anymore,” she wrote. “The governor told me not to worry - that my parents would take care of everything _ and he looked very serious and sad, and he cried. At left, wiping her eye, is Ginjer's mom, Gail. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Clem Murray, Pool, File)But the N.J. governor has had his political disagreements with the president.



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