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Some damage reported from 5.7 quake in N. Calif.
An earthquake in far northeastern California did not injure anyone but did cause moderate damage, including to a water tank that supplies hundreds of homes with drinking water, local authorities said Friday.
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Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military
President Barack Obama says sexual assault threatens the "trust and discipline" that makes the U.S. military strong and respected.
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Wash. I-5 bridge collapse caused by oversize load
A truck hauling a too-tall load hit an overhead girder of a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries.
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Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge
During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer easy-to-understand, color-coded maps and change the way they talk to the public.
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IRS replaces official who revealed targeting
The Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two weeks ago.
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Clarification: Fossil Fuels-Divestment story
In a story May 22, The Associated Press reported 72 percent of Harvard University's student body voted in favor of the school's endowment divesting from fossil fuel companies. The story should have made clear that the vote was held only among undergraduates and that of the ballots cast, 72 percent...
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Evacuated residents of ND city returning home
Residents of a northeastern North Dakota city who evacuated their homes when rain-fed floods threatened to overwhelm a nearby dam began returning home Friday, bringing with them a huge sense of relief.
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Spanish court opens tax probe into king's daughter
Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, is under investigation for possible tax fraud and money laundering, the latest blow to the Spanish royal family's reputation.
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Jury foreman says Arias testimony didn't help her
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry."
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This Week in the Civil War
This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 26: Fighting for control of the lower Mississippi River.




