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  • bridge collapse
  • The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed.
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  • london terror attack
  • A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations.
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  • The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership voted to allow openly gay boys as Scouts.
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  • jodi arias
  • The judge in the Jodi Arias murder trial declared a mistrial in the penalty phase Thursday.
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  • urban growth
  • New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year.
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  • washington state ricin arrest
  • The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining risks.
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  • president obama
  • President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy.
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  • terror plot
  • Two men accused of plotting to blow up and derail a passenger train as it headed into Canada from New York are due in court Thursday.
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  • faith healers
  • A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine were charged with murder after a second young child died.
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  • london terror attack
  • Two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks in London Wednesday.
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  • Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegations that former baseball player Jose Canseco Jr. sexually assaulted her.
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  • breaking news
  • The man shot dead by an FBI agent in Orlando, Florida early today was "about to sign a statement" admitting to a role, along with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in an unsolved triple murder in Massachusetts in 2011, two people with direct knowledge of the case told ABC News.
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  • It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways.
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  • immigration reform
  • Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan vote Tuesday night.
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  • oklahoma tornado
  • A list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900.
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  • iraq bombings
  • A string of car bombs and shootings tore through Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials said.
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  • oj simpson back in court
  • The latest high-stakes court hearing for O.J. Simpson in the glitzy capital of big gambles has come to a close with the former football star's defense team feeling confident that their client is closer to getting out of prison.
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  • The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.
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  • eric holder associated press phone records
  • Gary Pruitt on Sunday called the Justice Department's actions "unconstitutional" and said the AP hasn't ruled out legal action.
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  • north korea missile test
  • It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.
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  • powerball ticket sold in fla
  • 1 winning ticket sold for record Powerball Jackpot was sold in Florida, according to Lottery officials
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  • obama gives inspirational speech
  • President Barack Obama gives Morehouse College graduates an inspirational speech during their commencement ceremony.
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  • Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.
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  • granbury texas tornado
  • Habitat for Humanity's work was largely undone during an outbreak of 13 tornadoes Wednesday night in Texas.
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  • solider dog reunited
  • A Marine made good on that vow, with help from some sentimental state officials in Iowa who know how to pull off a surprise.
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  • pot robbery caught on camera
  • Police in Portland, Oregon, are searching for a man caught on camera robbing a medical marijuana dispensary at gunpoint.
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  • california wildfire
  • A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north of Los Angeles.
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  • aimee copeland new hands
  • A woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.
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  • Tamerlan Tsarnaev
  • Sunday marks 30 days since Tsarnaev was arrested following the April 15 twin bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260.
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  • oj simpson back in court
  • Yale Galanter, according to Simpson, advised the former football star that it was his legal right to retrieve personal items from two memorabilia dealers.
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  • granbury texas tornado
  • Habitat for Humanity's work was largely undone during an outbreak of 13 tornadoes Wednesday night in Texas.
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  • afghanistan suicide blast
  • A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including two coalition troops, four civilian contractors and two children, officials said.
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  • alaska volcano
  • Steam and ash clouds are occasionally rising to 20,000 feet from an active Alaska volcano.
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  • Authorities have arrested the suspect wanted in a Mother's Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people in New Orleans, police said.
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  • oj simpson back in court
  • O.J. Simpson, a former star athlete who once lived for the spotlight, was back on stage telling the grim story of the Las Vegas afternoon in 2007 that sent him to prison.
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  • benghazi conspiracy investigation
  • The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about Benghazi has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans, who are demanding more information.
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  • jodi arias
  • The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder one week ago, found her eligible for the death penalty.
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  • abortion doctor kermit gosnell found guilty of murder
  • A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies will be formally sentenced for two of the deaths Wednesday.
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  • The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador to Russia on Wednesday to submit a formal protest over Moscow's claim that it caught a U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig trying to recruit a counterintelligence officer for the CIA.
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  • Tamerlan Tsarnaev
  • A new criminal defense lawyer for the widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev says his client will continue to cooperate with investigators.
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  • crone carrier launch
  • A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world.
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  • army sex abuse
  • A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact."
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  • eric holder associated press phone records
  • Attorney General Eric Holder declared he had played no role in it, but said it was justified as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak.
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  • dwi threshold
  • States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half- from .08 blood alcohol level to .05 the NTSB recommended.
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  • The National Transportation Safety Board said states should shrink the standard from the current .08 blood alcohol content to .05 as part of a series of recommendations aimed at reducing alcohol-related highway deaths.
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  • A Soyuz space capsule with a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station landed safely Tuesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
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  • ariel castro mugshot
  • The man charged with holding three women captive for about a decade had been accused of threatening his neighbors, attacking his common-law wife and committing violations during his career as a school bus driver, according to records released Monday.
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  • Police are identifying a suspect in the shooting of 19 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans.
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  • pottsville fire
  • Four children and two adults were found dead in a house fire in eastern Pennsylvania early Monday morning and authorities were searching for the cause.
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  • mexico volcano
  • Seismic activity has increased at the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City, leading authorities to alert towns in two central states and the capital.
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