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Boat’s Owner Hailed As A Hero After Bombing Suspect Tsarnaev Is Found

Enlarge image i A view from a police helicopter shows a law enforcement vehicle being used to investigate the boat that held Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday night. Massachusetts State Police A view from a police helicopter shows a law enforcement vehicle being used to investigate the boat that held Boston bombing suspect […]

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Shots Fired At Colorado Pot Gathering

Enlarge image i A crowd numbering tens of thousands gather for the Denver 4/20 pro-marijuana rally at Civic Center Park on Saturday. Brennan Linsley/AP A crowd numbering tens of thousands gather for the Denver 4/20 pro-marijuana rally at Civic Center Park on Saturday. Brennan Linsley/AP Gunfire erupted at a Denver pot celebration Saturday, injuring two

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First Residents Allowed To Return To Damaged Homes In West, Texas

Enlarge image i Debby Keel holds her grandchild, Kennedy, as Texas Highway Patrol officers record the entry of residents who are allowed to return to their homes near the site of the April 17 fertilizer plant blast in West, Texas. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Debby Keel holds her grandchild, Kennedy, as Texas Highway Patrol officers

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Fertilizer Shows Its Deadly Side

Enlarge image i Workers at a cooperative farm near Shanghai scatter fertilizer across fields of winter wheat. Image from the May issue of National Geographic magazine. © Peter Essick/National Geographic Workers at a cooperative farm near Shanghai scatter fertilizer across fields of winter wheat. Image from the May issue of National Geographic magazine. © Peter

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FAA OKs Boeing’s 787 Battery Fix

Enlarge image i A part of a charred battery from a Japan Airlines 787 on display at the NTSB headquarters in January. Mark Wilson/Getty Images A part of a charred battery from a Japan Airlines 787 on display at the NTSB headquarters in January. Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration has approved changes to

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Stubbornly, Manchin Maintains Background Checks Optimism

Enlarge image i Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, meets on April 10 in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. A bipartisan plan to expand background checks for gun buyers was defeated Wednesday in the Senate. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, meets on

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From Vine To Pen: There’s More Than One Way Wine Fuels Writing

Enlarge image i Ernest Hemingway, seen here while writing For Whom The Bell Tolls, once said, “A man does not exist until he is drunk.” AP Ernest Hemingway, seen here while writing For Whom The Bell Tolls, once said, “A man does not exist until he is drunk.” AP Sure, we all know alcohol has

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North Korea: End U.N. Sanctions And Talks Can Resume

North Korea on Thursday says it is ready to resume talks with the U.S. and South Korea if they end joint military exercises and the United Nations drops sanctions. The official KCNA news agency carried the statement from North Korea’s National Defense Commission calling for a resumption of dialogue. “The first step will be withdrawing

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Gun Control Battle: Any Room For Political Leeway?

Gun control advocates are regrouping after the Senate’s failure to pass new gun regulations on Wednesday. Host Michel Martin talks about the political news of the week with analysts Maria Teresa Kumar, Lenny McAllister and NPR’s senior Washington editor, Ron Elving. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2013/04/18/177765539/-gun-control-battle-any-room-for-political-leeway?ft=1&f=1001

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The Pitch For More No. 42s

Enlarge image i Jackie Robinson during spring training at Vero Beach, Fla., in March 1956. It would be Robinson’s 10th and last year with the Brooklyn Dodgers. AP Jackie Robinson during spring training at Vero Beach, Fla., in March 1956. It would be Robinson’s 10th and last year with the Brooklyn Dodgers. AP Yet another

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Lionfish Attack The Gulf Of Mexico Like A Living Oil Spill

Lionfish, like this one spotted in the Bahamas, are a non-native predatory fish that can decimate native fish populations. Cammy Clark/MCT/Landov A gluttonous predator is power-eating its way through reefs from New York to Venezuela. It’s the lionfish. And although researchers are coming up with new ways to protect some reefs from the flamboyant maroon-striped

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Seeking Oakland’s Soul In The "New Oakland"

Enlarge image i Ten years ago, you wouldn’t have seen a sight like this — three white guys playing old-timey music — on the streets of Downtown Oakland on a Friday night. Shereen Marisol Meraji/Shereen Marisol Meraji Ten years ago, you wouldn’t have seen a sight like this — three white guys playing old-timey music

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