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Li Na Wins A Second Grand Slam At Australian Open

Saturday, January 25, 2014

China's Li Na has won her second Grand Slam title in a women's singles victory over Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova at the Australian Open.

The New York Times reports from Melbourne:

"Cibulkova arrived at their matchup having defeated a series of favorites along the way. Cibulkova defeated the No. ...

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New Study Shakes Up Science On Midwest Quake Zone

Friday, January 24, 2014

One of the biggest earthquakes in U.S. history didn't occur in California. Or Alaska. It happened in the country's midsection some 200 years ago in an area where today seven states straddle the Mississippi River Valley.

And seismologists from the United States Geological Survey believe they've uncovered evidence that the ...

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Pakistani Judge Orders Death For Man Who Claimed To Be Prophet

Friday, January 24, 2014

A mentally ill British national held in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for blasphemy after claiming to be the Prophet Muhammad.

Mohammed Asghar, 69, was arrested in Rawalpindi, near the Pakistani capital Islamabad, in 2010 shortly after returning from a trip to the U.K., where he was treated ...

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Nadal Sweeps Federer To Advance To Australian Open Final

Friday, January 24, 2014

Rafael Nadal beat out rival Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open final for the third time in what The New York Times describes as "a breezy 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-3 win" Friday in Melbourne. Nadal will face No. 8-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland for the title.

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At Least 3 People Killed In 40-Vehicle Pileup In Indiana

Friday, January 24, 2014

More than 40 vehicles, many of them semitrailers, were involved in a massive pileup on a slippery stretch of Interstate 94 in northwestern Indiana that killed at least three people and injured 23 others.

The accident occurred near Michigan City, Ind., about 60 miles from Chicago around 3:30 p.m. ...

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Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Might Be Heading For U.K.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

A ghost ship full of diseased, cannibalistic rats could be nearing landfall somewhere in the British Isles.

No, it's not the plot for a new horror film. According to The Independent, the 300-foot cruise liner Lyubov Orlova, which has been drifting, crewless, around the North Atlantic for nearly a ...

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South Sudan Signs Cease-Fire With Rebels

Thursday, January 23, 2014

A cease-fire deal has been reached between the government of the nascent country of South Sudan and rebel forces to end five weeks of fighting that has claimed more than 10,000 lives.

The agreement for a countrywide cease-fire was signed Thursday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. NPR's Gregory Warner, ...

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Golden Or Not? Tell Us What You Think Of New U.S. Olympic Uniforms

Thursday, January 23, 2014

We're not exactly fashionistas here at The Two-Way, but even with our skewed sense of style, we're not sure what to make of the Ralph Lauren-designed uniforms to be worn by the U.S. Olympic team at the opening ceremony in Sochi on Feb. 7.

As one of our colleagues said, ...

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FBI Arrests Reputed Mobsters Linked To 1978 'GoodFellas' Heist

Thursday, January 23, 2014

The FBI nabbed five alleged mobsters in a series of predawn raids in New York on Thursday in connection with the infamous 1978 Lufthansa heist that netted $6 million in cash and jewels and that inspired the film GoodFellas.

Among those arrested was Vincent Asaro, 78, who is allegedly ...

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Pentagon Relaxes Uniform Rules To Allow Religious Headgear

Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Department of Defense has released new regulations that relax prohibitions on the wearing of religious headgear, as well as beards, tattoos or piercings with religious significance, while service members are in uniform.

"The military departments will accommodate individual expressions of sincerely held beliefs (conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs) ...

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DOJ Alleges Fraudulent Security Checks By Firm That Vetted Snowden

Thursday, January 23, 2014

The private contractor that signed off on background checks for both NSA leaker Edward Snowden and Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis is being accused of fraud by the Justice Department for allegedly submitting more than 650,000 incomplete investigations.

The Two-Way's Eyder Peralta first reported in September that ...

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Two Killed, Others Hurt In Omaha Plant Explosion

Monday, January 20, 2014

Update at 9:02 p.m. EST. All Workers Account For:

In a press conference Monday evening Omaha Police Lt. Darci Tierney said all of the 38 workers in the building have been accounted for. Officials say two died, 10 were hospitalized and seven others were hurt but refused treatment. The remaining ...

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New Zealand Quake Shakes Eagle Sculpture From Airport Perch

Monday, January 20, 2014

Travelers at Wellington Airport in New Zealand may have felt a bit like Bilbo Baggins on a quest through Middle Earth when a giant eagle descended from the ceiling during a strong 6.3-magnitude quake that shook North Island on Monday.

The eagle — a sculpture, actually — was one of ...

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Oxfam: World's Richest 1 Percent Control Half Of Global Wealth

Monday, January 20, 2014

Just 1 percent of the world's population controls nearly half of the planet's wealth, according to a new study published by Oxfam ahead of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.

The study says this tiny slice of humanity controls $110 trillion, or 65 times the total wealth of the ...

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Rosetta Space Probe Gets Interplanetary Wake-Up Call

Monday, January 20, 2014

... That's the message received from a bleary-eyed comet-chasing space probe on Monday, much to the relief of ground-based controllers who sent it a long distance wake-up call after nearly a three-year nap.

The European Space Agency received the communique from deep space on schedule at 1 p.m. ET from ...

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N.J. Lt. Gov. Denies Strong-Arming Mayor Over Sandy Relief Funds

Monday, January 20, 2014

New Jersey's Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno is firing back at Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, who says Superstorm Sandy recovery funds to her city were held up when she refused to sign off on a politically connected real estate deal.

Zimmer said over the weekend that during a mall opening event ...

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U.S., EU Lift Some Iran Sanctions After Assurances On Uranium

Monday, January 20, 2014

This post was updated at 11:40 a.m. ET.

The United States and European Union say they will lift some sanctions against Iran after reports from international inspectors that Tehran has suspended high-level enrichment of uranium under an interim pact to scale back its nuclear program.

The Associated Press reports:

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U.N. Rescinds Offer For Iran To Take Part In Syrian Peace Talks

Monday, January 20, 2014

This post was updated at 4:35 p.m. ET.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has withdrawn an invitation to Iran to participate in Syrian peace talks after groups opposing President Bashar Assad's regime threatened a boycott of the discussions if Tehran got a seat at the table.

The change of heart comes ...

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American Held In North Korea Asks U.S. To Secure His Release

Monday, January 20, 2014

American missionary Kenneth Bae, who's been held for more than a year in North Korea following his arrest and trial on espionage charges, spoke to reporters for Western media on Monday, calling for the U.S. government to help win his freedom.

Bae, 45, who was wearing a gray prison ...

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Five Changes To The NSA You Might Hear In Obama's Speech

Thursday, January 16, 2014

A committee tasked by the White House with reviewing U.S. electronic surveillance has come up with 46 proposed changes to National Security Agency spying practices. Here are arguments for and against five recommendations that President Obama may take up in a speech announcing policy changes Friday:


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