Thursday, January 31, 2013

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Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:55 AM PST
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Detroit freeway crashes kill at least three 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:55 AM PST
 A section of multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 is shown in Detroit, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Snow squalls and slippery roads led to a series of accidents that left at least three people dead and 20 injured on a mile-long stretch of southbound I-75. More than two dozen vehicles, including tractor-trailers, were involved in the pileups. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)It went from "clear to total whiteout in ... seconds," a state trooper said.
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McCain hammers Hagel on Iraq troop surge 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 07:13 AM PST
 Former U.S. Senator Hagel testifies during Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in WashingtonChuck Hagel's opposition to the Iraq surge landed him on Sen. McCain's bad side.
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Heffernan: Vine app is wicked easy, charmingly retro 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:19 AM PST
 Twitter VineTwitter's new app is pretty cool, she’s the boss’s daughter. No wonder she’s the debutante of the season.
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Photos: NASA rocket launch lights up night sky 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 09:48 AM PST
 Photos: NASA rocket launch lights up night skyThe United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, streaks past the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after launching from Space Launch Com
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Negotiators talking to Ala. captor through pipe 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:35 AM PST
 Heavily armed men move away from the suspects home at the scene of a Dale County hostage scene in Midland City, Ala. on Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Authorities were locked in a standoff Wednesday with a gunman authorities say on Tuesday intercepted a school bus, killed the driver, snatched a 6-year-old boy and retreated into a bunker at his home in Alabama. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) NO SALESThe standoff enters a second full day as police surrounded an underground bunker.
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U.N. gravely concerned by Israeli airstrike in Syria 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:28 AM PST
 An Israeli soldier stands guard next to an Iron Dome rocket interceptor battery deployed near HaifaSyria says the target was a military research center near Damascus.
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Photos: Grand Central Station celebrating 100 years 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:00 AM PST
 Photos: Grand Central Station celebrating 100 years
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Police find body that matches Phoenix shooter 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 09:32 AM PST
 A member of the Phoenix Police Department SWAT team leads a female neighbor away to safety, as the the SWAT team prepares to enter the home of a suspected gunman who opened fire at a Phoenix office building, wounding three people, one of them critically, and setting off a manhunt that led police to surround his house for several hours before they discovered he wasn't there, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Phoenix. Authorities believe there was only one shooter, but have not identified him or a possible motive for the shooting. They don't believe the midmorning shooting at the complex was a random act. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)The person who was found died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Snowmobiler Caleb Moore dies after X Games crash 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:27 AM PST
 Sad news from the Winter X Games, as the worst fears for injured snowmobiler Caleb Moore were realized.
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NRA predicts gun debate victory after Senate hearing 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 09:14 AM PST
 Despite facing a campaign to impose new gun restrictionsâ€"one backed by President Barack Obama after a string of deadly mass shootings across the countryâ€"the National Rifle Association says it has no intention of backing away from its stalwart defense of gun ownership. Indeed, the organization's leaders think it's a battle they'll win. NRA President David [...]
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Waitress fired for posting pastor's receipt online 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:38 AM PST
 An Applebee's waitress who posted a receipt with a note from a pastor complaining about the automatic gratuity added to the bill on the Internet was fired on Wednesday after the pastor complained to her manager. Chelsea Welch, the waitress, wrote in an email to Yahoo News that the pastor (who has since been identified [...]
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Calif. baby panda diagnosed with 'acute cuteness' 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:59 AM PST
 Nearly three weeks after making his public debut at the San Diego Zoo, panda cub Xiao Liwu is proving to be quite the ham.
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Photos: Artist creates mind-boggling montages 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:00 AM PST
 Photos: Artist creates mind-boggling montages
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Look out -- there's a new Lohan in town 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:52 AM PST
 Say hello to the newest member of the Lohan clan. Michael Lohan and girlfriend Kate Major welcomed a baby boy, Landon Major Lohan, Wednesday at a Florida hospital, a representative for the family told Us Weekly. Landon weighed seven pounds, five ounces.
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Defiant Iran vows to speed up nuclear work 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:59 AM PST
 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facilityBut Tehran is insisting that its nuclear ambitions are completely peaceful.
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Gross, but valuable: Man finds whale vomit on beach 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:56 AM PST
 Just because something's gross doesn't mean it isn't valuable. Case in point: Whale vomit. A man taking his dog for a walk on the beach came across a pile of (maybe! hopefully!) whale regurgitation. Now he could stand to make more than $50,000 from the find. Who would pay tens of thousands of dollars for [...]
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Pelosi guest starring on ’30 Rock’ series finale 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:05 AM PST
 Nancy Pelosi has received plenty of television airtime as leader of the House Democrats. But on Thursday she’ll score perhaps her biggest on-air cameo yet, guest-starring in the final episode of NBC’s critically acclaimed comedy series “30 Rock.” The congresswoman is set to play herself as Tiny Fey’s show has its official swan song. According [...]
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Girlfriend hoaxer says he was in love with Te'o 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:42 AM PST
 In this Jan. 24, 2013, photo provided by CBS Television Distribution/Peteski Productions, talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw, left, interviews Ronaiah Tuiasosopo during taping for the "Dr. Phil Show" in Los Angeles. The program, scheduled to air Thursday, Jan. 31, and Friday, Feb. 1, will show the first on-air interview of Tuiasosopo, the man who allegedly concocted the girlfriend hoax that ensnared Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o. (AP Photo/CBS Television Distribution/Peteski Productions)Ronaiah Tuiasosopo says he is trying to "recover from homosexuality."
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County prosecutor killed near Texas courthouse 
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 09:11 AM PST
 KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) â€" Authorities say an assistant district attorney has been shot and killed near the North Texas county courthouse where he worked.
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