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'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez Dies In Prison

Friday, June 07, 2013

Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker, has died of natural causes in California, the AP reports, citing corrections officials.

KRON-TV reports that Ramirez was on death row in California's San Quentin prison. The station adds:

"Ramirez terrorized Southern California in the mid-80′s with a ...

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As Tropical Storm Andrea Heads North, East Coast Is Drenched

Friday, June 07, 2013

The Eastern Seaboard is getting drenched this morning, as Tropical Storm Andrea moves north along the coast.

Check out this rainfall map put out by the Weather Prediction Center:

It shows that in the next 24 hours, a wide swath of the Mid-Atlantic will get hammered with about 3 ...

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Oops! France's François Hollande Confuses China And Japan

Friday, June 07, 2013

It is as embarrassing a diplomatic gaffe as you can make: French President François Hollande was in the same room as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, this morning, when he offered the "Chinese people" condolences for the 10 citizens it lost during the Algerian hostage crisis in January.

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Mexican Authorities Free 165 Immigrants Near Border

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Mexican authorities announced today that their military freed 165 immigrants being held captive just across the border from McAllen, Tex.

Government spokesman Eduardo Sánchez Hernández said the military followed a tip into a house in the municipality of Diaz Ordaz on Tuesday. There they found people who said they ...

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WATCH: Rep. Trey Gowdy Gets Emotional During IRS Hearing

Thursday, June 06, 2013

On Thursday, the House Oversight Committee held a hearing looking into an Inspector General's report that found lavish spending on conferences by the IRS.

As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) asked the question on a lot of people's minds when they watched a pair of ...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Wife Call It Quits

Thursday, June 06, 2013

After a 30-year marriage, Vladimir Putin announced on state television that he was divorcing his wife, Lyudmila.

Russia Today reports Putin and Lyudmila attended the Esmeralda ballet at the Grand Kremlin Palace, where they broke the news.

According to Russia Today, the country's official English-language news outlet, Putin said ...

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In Letter To Senators, DoJ Explains How Secret Court Works

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Back in October of 2011, then-Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich wrote a letter to Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) concerning section 215 of the USA Patriot Act.

As NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reported earlier today, the senators had expressed concern about a "secret interpretation of ...

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Microsoft, FBI Say They've Disrupted $500 Million Botnet

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Working jointly with the FBI, Microsoft says it has disrupted a botnet responsible for stealing more than $500 million from bank accounts worldwide.

In a blog post published late last night, Microsoft said this was its "most agressive botnet operation to date" and the "first time that law enforcement ...

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Tropical Storm Andrea Strengthens, Heads Toward Florida

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Andrea, the first named storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season, strengthened overnight and is forecast to make landfall along Florida's Big Bend area later today.

The National Hurricane Center has issued tropical storm warnings for a wide swath of the western coast of Florida. The system is forecast to move ...

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The Bradley Manning Trial: A Short(ish) Guide To Understanding The Case

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

For the next 12 weeks, a military judge in Fort Meade, Md. will consider the case of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. It's bound to be a complicated, long-running and often secretive process that kicked off on Monday.

Before we get too far into the court-martial, we wanted to ...

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U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty In 2012 Afghan Shooting Rampage

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

The United States soldier charged with the murder of 16 Afghan villagers entered a guilty plea on Wednesday during a court hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales pleaded guilty to 16 counts of premeditated murder, The Seattle Times reports, but he pleaded not ...

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Hilarious: Israeli Education Minister Can't Stop Laughing

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Tuesday was a funny day in the Israeli Knesset. According to Haaretz, Education Minister Shai Piron stood before the parliament set to deliver a speech about prison contraband.

Piron then explained the penalties for the "penetration of" dangerous objects into prison cells. He lost his composure and just could ...

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Syrian Government Seizes Control Of The Key City Of Qusair

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

The Syrian government claimed an important victory today, wresting control of Qusair, a key city near the Lebanese border, from rebel fighters.

CNN reports:

"State-run TV credited an offensive 'that led to the annihilation of a number of terrorists,' the government's term for rebels.

" 'Our heroic armed ...

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British Phone Hacking Scandal: Rebekah Brooks Pleads Not Guilty

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive and former top editor at the tabloid News of the World, pleaded not guilty to five charges related to the phone hacking scandal that has rocked England.

The Guardian reports that Brooks made an appearance on Wednesday at the Southwark crown ...

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Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Apologizes To Protesters

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Trying to placate protesters, Turkey's deputy prime minister issued an apology today.

"The use of excessive force shown against the people who initially started this protest with the motive of protecting the environment was wrong," Bulent Arinc said in a press conference. "And it was unfair. So I apologize to ...

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Judge Accepts James Holmes' Insanity Plea In Colo. Shootings

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

The judge presiding over the case of James Holmes, who is accused of a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, has accepted a not guilty plea by reason of insanity.

This sets the table for a potentially lengthy mental examination of Holmes. The AP reports:

"The next ...

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Jill Kelley Files Suit Against Feds Over Petraeus Scandal

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Jill Kelley, the Florida socialite whose complaints to the FBI sparked the discovery of an extramarital affair that led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government.

In the lawsuit, Kelley and her husband, Scott, are seeking unspecified damages and an apology ...

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AP: Top Obama Officials Use Secret Email Accounts

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

After months of wrangling with government agencies over Freedom of Information Act requests, The Associated Press has an interesting bit of news today: Some of Obama's most important appointees use non-public email addresses to conduct official business.

The AP calls those email addresses "secret," and they are different from ...

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Pistorius Murder Trial Postponed Until August

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

After a brief 15-minute hearing today in a courthouse in Pretoria, South Africa, a magistrate agreed to postpone the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius until August.

Pistorius, if you remember, is the so-called blade runner who made history during the London Olympics. He became the first double-amputee to compete in ...

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Darrell Issa Calls White House Press Secretary A 'Paid Liar'

Sunday, June 02, 2013

Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican from California, took a heavy shot at White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today on CNN.

Issa said Carney was a "paid liar." He said Carney was "making things up" when he said the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups was undertaken by "rogue" local ...

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