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Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri are in bull's-eye

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Dana Ford - May. 19 (Breaking News) - Tornadoes touched down in three states on Sunday, ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, the National Weather Service said.

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Commuter train derails in Conn.

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Greg Botelho, Rob Frehse - May. 18 (News Report) - A Metro-North commuter train derailed Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, police said.

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Women give birth trapped in rubble

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Apr. 27 (News Report) - Bangladeshi authorities have arrested several people, including two factory owners, after at least 370 people died in a building collapse near the capital this week. Hundreds remain missing.

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Fertilizer plant explosion kills 2, forces evacuation

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Josh Levs, Lateef Mungin - Apr. 18 (Breaking News) - At least two people are dead after a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in the Texas town of West, and fire officials expect the death toll to increase significantly. FULL STORY

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Serious injuries reported, at least 6 hurt

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Apr. 16 (Breaking News) - A pair of explosions rocked the finish line at the Boston Marathon, injuring at least a half-dozen people, a CNN producer at the scene said.

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Opinion: N. Korea endgame: 3 scenarios

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Michael J. Green - Apr. 13 (Opinion) - Hyperbolic North Korean threats of war are not new. What is new is the intensity and persistence of those threats this time around. Add to that an untested 29-year-old leader who is suddenly a four-star general with lots to prove. How does this end? Consider these three possibilities:

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Texas college stabbing: 14 injured, 2 in critical condition

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Joe Sutton. Chandler Friedman, Catherine E. Shoichet - Apr. 09 (News Report) - Maya Khalil was shocked when she saw victims bleeding on the ground. Moments before, the 19-year-old had been in class at the Lone Star College's CyFair campus outside Houston, Texas. But after leaving class, Khalil watched her college campus turn into a crime scene on Tuesday.

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Warren's son lost in 'wave of despair'

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Alan Duke - Apr. 08 (Special Report) - The weekend's sermon at Saddleback Church was "Surviving Tough Times," a theme Pastor Rick Warren planned before his youngest son killed himself with a gun Friday.

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No reopening in sight for Ellis Island

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Mar. 25 (News) - The National Park Service announced that there is no projected reopening date for New York's iconic Ellis Island due to extensive damage it sustained during Superstorm Sandy last October. This uncertainty comes days after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's announcement that the Statue of Liberty is set to reopen to the public by the Fourth of July.

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Why invading Iraq was a terrible mistake

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Hans Blix - Mar. 19 (Opinion) - I headed the U.N. inspections in Iraq at the time of the war 10 years ago. Today, I look again at the reasons why this terrible mistake -- and violation of the U.N. charter -- took place and explore if any lessons be drawn. Here are my thoughts.

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Chimney raised over Sistine Chapel as cardinals prepare for conclave - CNN International

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Laura Smith-Spark, Richard Allen Greene, Dan Rivers, - Mar. 09 (News Report) - Vatican workmen scaled the roof of the Sistine Chapel Saturday, as they installed the chimney which will release the black or white smoke that signifies whether a new pope has been elected.

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This matters? The new 'SimCity'

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Jarret Bellini - Mar. 02 (Comment) - Despite the fact that basic math and science cause me to bleed from my ears, I once confidently oversaw the design and construction of a fully functional nuclear power plant that provided safe energy to thousands of people. Hell, I even placed it next to a playground. And for decades it never once experienced so much as the slightest hint of disaster.

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Reports: Ex-sniper killed at gun range

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Greg Botelho, Josh Levs - Feb. 03 (News Report) - A former Navy SEAL known for claiming a record number of sniper killings in Iraq was one of two men shot dead at a Texas gun range, allegedly at the hands of a fellow military veteran, officials say.

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Opinion: Combat experiment dangerous

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Jerry Boykin - Jan. 26 (Opinion) - On Thursday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the Obama administration would allow women to be placed in positions that will expose them more directly to fighting with enemy ground forces. It is said that this will allow women to fill hundreds of thousands of combat roles from which they are currently excluded. Substantively, this is a poor idea. Furthermore, the decision-making process used to bring this change about is deeply flawed.

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How America's top general came to endorse women in combat

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Matt Smith - Jan. 24 (News Report) - For Gen. Martin Dempsey, Thursday's move to open combat units in the U.S. military to women had its roots nearly a decade ago, on the streets of Baghdad.

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Environmentalists: Don't go to Congress

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - Jan. 24 (Comment) - Environmental advocacy groups hope President Barack Obama will live up to the words of his second inaugural address that put climate change front and center on the national agenda even though he rarely mentioned it during the presidential campaign.

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Obama ends oath with 'So help me God'

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Bill Mears - Jan. 21 () - At his request, President Barack Obama is ending his inaugural oath with: "So help me God."

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Opinion: Behind Al Jazeera's U.S. move

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Hugh Miles - Jan. 05 (News Analysis) - The controversial Qatari TV network Al Jazeera has bought Current TV, gaining access to millions more U.S. viewers and taking a major step forward in cracking the longed-for U.S. market.

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Fiscal cliff winners and losers

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By John Helton - Jan. 03 (News Analysis) - Congress went beyond the edge of the fiscal cliff to get a deal done in back-to-back, late-night sessions to avert a financial crisis, or at least to put it off for a couple months. Here are winners and losers in the deal:

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Crises averted, but more fights loom

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - Jan. 02 (Opinion) - President Obama blasts Congress, then heads back to his Hawaiian family vacation.

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Storms ground air travel in Northeast

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Josh Levs - Dec. 27 (News Report) - A powerful winter storm will again snarl air traffic in the Northeast on Thursday, canceling hundreds of flights as travelers try to get home after the Christmas holiday.

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Police ban protests after clash in India

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Harmeet Shah Singh - Dec. 23 (News Report) - Authorities put up security barriers and banned protests in central New Delhi on Sunday to prevent a repeat of the clashes that broke out during a massive demonstration a day earlier over a gang rape incident.

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Blizzard warning issued for big chunk of Midwest

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Michael Pearson - Dec. 20 (News Report) - Tens of thousands of people lost power in Iowa as the huge storm blew in, bringing heavy snow and high winds.

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Boehner's Plan B fiscal cliff bill pulled amid dissension in GOP caucus

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Deirdre Walsh, Dana Bash, Craig Broffman - Dec. 20 (News Report) - House Speaker John Boehner's proposal to avert the looming fiscal cliff's automatic tax increases failed to curry enough Republican support Thursday night, after which Congress left for the holiday with no clear end in sight in the high-stakes debate.

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Children and adults gunned down in Connecticut school massacre

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - Dec. 14 (Breaking News) - Updates about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT

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