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Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade

Sat, 5/18/2013 6:41 PM
An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town.
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Official: `Amazing' no one died in train crash

Sat, 5/18/2013 6:41 PM
Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
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Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent

Sat, 5/18/2013 6:41 PM
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.
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Witnesses: Car drives into crowd at Va. parade

Sat, 5/18/2013 5:41 PM
Witnesses said a car drove into a crowd at a parade in a small southwestern Virginia mountain town Saturday and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.
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Syria's Assad says he won't step down

Sat, 5/18/2013 5:41 PM
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war.
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Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try

Sat, 5/18/2013 5:41 PM
Orb is ready for his whirl at history.
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10 Things to Know about the Preakness _ and beyond

Sat, 5/18/2013 5:41 PM
There are only two outcomes when it comes to Saturday's Preakness Stakes _ either the Kentucky Derby winner Orb wins the race to set up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, or another horse pulls an upset and prevents a shot at history.
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Official: `Amazing' no one died in train crash

Sat, 5/18/2013 4:36 PM
Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
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SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles

Sat, 5/18/2013 4:36 PM
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.
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Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges

Sat, 5/18/2013 4:36 PM
The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad."
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Official: `Amazing' no one died in train crash

Sat, 5/18/2013 3:41 PM
Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
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Syria's Assad says he won't step down

Sat, 5/18/2013 3:41 PM
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections are held, rejecting a demand by the country's opposition that any talks on ending the nation's civil war lead to his ouster.
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Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot

Sat, 5/18/2013 3:41 PM
It's all about the odds.
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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

Sat, 5/18/2013 2:36 PM
Officials are describing a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut. They say it's fortunate no one was killed.
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Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on

Sat, 5/18/2013 2:36 PM
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.
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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Sat, 5/18/2013 2:36 PM
Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.
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SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles

Sat, 5/18/2013 2:36 PM
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.
Categories: U.S., World

Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot

Sat, 5/18/2013 1:36 PM
It's all about the odds.
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Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot

Sat, 5/18/2013 12:41 PM
Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million drawing.
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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

Sat, 5/18/2013 12:41 PM
Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in a crash that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.
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