Suspect arrested in deadly Miss. highway shootings

Authorities say they’ve arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate highway stretches.

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Humane Society releases video of horse abuse in Tenn. – Kingsport Times News


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By KRISTIN M. HALL,AP NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Humane Society of the United States has released video of the abuse of Tennessee walking horses that led to a federal indictment charging four people with violation of the federal Horse Protection Act.
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The Liberation of Rahm Emanuel

The Liberation of RahmIt doesn’t sound like Rahm Emanuel, the current mayor of Chicago and former Obama chief of staff, misses working in the White House all that much.


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UN observers chief calls for end to Syria violence – The Associated Press


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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The head of a UN observer team says that no amount of observers in Syria can achieve a permanent end to the violence without dialogue. Norwegian team leader Maj. Gen. Robert Mood is calling for an end to the violence so that the
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Doctor pleased with progress of California man found a week after his truck … – Washington Post


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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A doctor says a man found seriously injured in the brush a week after his pickup truck rolled off a Northern California freeway is making progress. Michael Sanchez Jr. has been hospitalized since he was found unconscious Tuesday in a
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G8l leaders seek to corral Europe crisis

Tourist pose for photographers with Oxfam activist wearing masks depicting G8 world leaders during a demonstration outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 17, 2012. President Barack Obama will welcome G8 leaders to his presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)The leaders of eight of the world’s biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, seeking to keep Europe’s debt crisis from spiraling out of control and jeopardizing fledgling recoveries in the U.S. and elsewhere.


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More firefighters heading to Colorado – Fox News

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – More firefighters are on their way to a fire that has burned across more than 11 square miles in northern Colorado and is approaching a reservoir for the city of Greeley. US Forest Service officials say the blaze about 20 miles

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Greek euro exit looms as G8 gathers

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in the hot seat at the upcoming G8 summit at Camp DavidWorld leaders will huddle at Camp David Friday with the focus on Greece as it stumbles toward an unprecedented eurozone exit that holds wildly uncertain repercussions for the global economy.


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Driver charged in crash that killed 3 BU students – Boston Globe


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By Travis Andersen and Zachary T. Sampson The 20-year-old Boston University junior who was driving a minivan that crashed, killing three other BU students in New Zealand last week, is facing charges the accident, authorities said.
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‘American Idol’ cuts Joshua Ledet and sets Jessica Sanchez vs. Phillip … – Reality TV World


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'American Idol' cuts Joshua Ledet and sets Jessica Sanchez vs. Phillip
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By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 05/18/2012 American Idol cut Joshua Ledet and determined its Final 2 eleventh-season finalists during Thursday night's live results show broadcast on Fox. Ledet, a 19-year-old from Westlake, LA, became the eleventh finalist
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Bus plunges into Vietnam river bank; 34 killed

In this photo taken on Thursday, May 17, 2012, rescuers work to search for victims of a bus accident in central highland province of Dak Lak, Vietnam. The crowded bus plunged into a river bank, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents. (AP Photo/Tuoi Tre Newspaper, Thai Ba Dung)A crowded bus plunged into a river bank in central Vietnam, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country’s deadliest road accidents.


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Pepsi drops horse show after video of animal abuse

Soft drink maker Pepsi said on Thursday that it was dropping sponsorship of a prestigious national horse show, one day after ABC News broadcast footage of a horse in training for a show being beaten by a trainer. The Walking Horse National Celebration said that Pepsi had been a sponsor since 2010 of the nation’s leading competition for Tennessee Walking Horses, a breed known for its high-stepping gait. “We have ended our sponsorship of the event,” Pepsi spokesman Vincent Bozek said on Thursday without elaborating. …

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Notorious 1980s drug dealer arrested in New York

In this photo provided by the New York City Police Department, James Corley is shown. Corley, 51, was charged with in New York on Thursday, May 17, 2012 with criminal sale of a controlled substance and other drug charges. His arrest was the result of a 15-month undercover investigation that used wiretaps and surveillance. (AP Photo/New York City Police Department)A notorious drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was known as “the ghost” has been arrested along with dozens of others on new charges, police and prosecutors said Thursday.


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Wayne Newton sued over Las Vegas home museum plans

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, Entertainer Wayne Newton performs during the 100th Anniversary celebration of Arizona's statehood, at the Capitol in Phoenix. The company that purchased the rights to convert Newton's home into Plans to turn Wayne Newton’s sprawling Las Vegas estate into a celebrity museum have shifted into an ugly legal battle citing mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment.


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Colorado wildfire grows amid erratic wind gusts

Fire burns through trees on the Hewlett wildfire in the Poudre Canyon northwest of Fort Collins, Colo., on Thursday, May 17, 2012. More than 50 homes were evacuated on Thursday. The fire has grown from 1.5 square miles to 8 square miles in the last day as erratic wind gusts of up to 50 mph moved into the area fueled by thunderstorms that didn’t produce rain. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Hundreds of firefighters worked to combat a growing blaze that was scorching terrain around a scenic canyon in northern Colorado.


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Facebook set for big first-day pop

The Facebook logo appears on a display inside the NASDAQ Marketsite in Times Square Thursday, May 17, 2012, in New York. Facebook priced its IPO at $38 per share on Thursday, at the high end of its expected range. If extra shares reserved to cover additional demand are sold as part of the transaction, Facebook Inc. and its early investors stand to reap as much as $18.4 billion from the IPO. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)Facebook Inc is set to raise up to $18.4 billion in its IPO and become the first U.S. company to be worth more than $100 billion at its debut, as investors bet on a big pop in the stock when it begins trading on the Nasdaq on Friday.


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Residents of 80 homes evacuated near growing wildfire in northern Colorado – Washington Post


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Residents of 80 homes evacuated near growing wildfire in northern Colorado
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A fire burning near a scenic canyon in northern Colorado has grown from about 1.5 square miles to more than 11 square miles amid erratic winds kicked up by dry thunderstorms. Evacuation orders were issued for about 80 homes as the
Colorado wildfire grows amid erratic wind gustsHouston Chronicle
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Video: Four kids riding in trunk of moving car

In this video from Romania, a car is driving down a highway with four children riding in the trunk. While the children appear to be having a good enough time, the conditions are obviously anything but safe. In fact, the children are using their arms to apparently hold up the door to the trunk. At [...]

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Kansas governor apologizes for century of segregation

Government officials examine package of meat product known as pink slime during a tour of Beef Product Inc's plant in South Sioux City, NebraskaGov. Sam Brownback apologized to blacks for segregation in his state in the last century as he marked the anniversary of a ruling that struck down segregation in schools.


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Documents shed new light, raise more questions in Trayvon Martin case

This Feb. 27, 2012 photo released by the State Attorney's Office shows George Zimmerman, the neighborhood†watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin, with blood on the back of his head. The photo and reports were among evidence released by prosecutors that also includes calls to police, video and numerous other documents. The package was received by defense lawyers earlier this week and released to the media on Thursday, May 17, 2012. (AP Photo/State Attorney's Office)Trayvon Martin’s autopsy shows he had marijuana in his system the night he was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, and a gunshot to his chest came from close range, according to nearly 200 pages of previously undisclosed documents released Thursday.


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