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Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
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Pope expresses solidarity with tornado survivors
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has expressed his "closeness to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado," with special concern for "those who lost young children."
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Top figures may be barred from Iran's June ballot
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's election process slipped into a tense holding pattern Tuesday amid speculation that candidates blocked from the ballot include a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.
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Why Rand Paul thinks Senate is 'bullying' Apple Inc
Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky thinks the US Senate is “bullying” Apple Inc. That’s what he said Tuesday during a hearing on Apple’s tax-avoidance strategies, in any case.
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Chinese escape Karachi bomb ahead of Premier Li's arrival in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded near the seafront in Karachi on Tuesday likely targeting a van full of Chinese port workers, police said, a day before Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in the capital, Islamabad. No one was hurt. Karachi, the nuclear-armed country's key port, is home to 18 million...
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Irish opposition calls for multinationals to face parliament
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish opposition party called on Tuesday for Irish-based multinationals to be questioned on corporate tax by a parliamentary committee as debate raged over how much tax the companies actually pay. Ireland has been defending its corporate tax rate after the U.S. Senate said on Monday that Apple...
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US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
HAVANA (AP) - A U.S. diplomat has become a sort of tweeter-in-chief for the U.S. mission in Cuba, reaching out to some of Washington's most vocal critics on the island.
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Intel CEO shakes up divisions, creates 'new devices' unit -source
By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp new Chief Executive Officer Brian Krzanich has re-organized key business groups and created a "new devices" unit, according to a source who has seen an internal email, shaking up the world's top chipmaker days after formally assuming control. Intel spokesman...
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Indexes edge higher on Wall Street in midday trade
NEW YORK (AP) - Stock indexes are edging higher in midday trading on Wall Street as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's next moves.
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Senate debating federal dollars for crop insurance
WASHINGTON (AP) - The farm bill the Senate is considering this week would cut some farm subsidies but also expand government-subsidized crop insurance, a safety net used by many farmers in case of bad weather or lost revenue.
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JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.
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Exclusive: Glencore's top aluminum exec to leave, first exit since takeover-sources
By Josephine Mason NEW YORK (Reuters) - Glencore Xstrata's head of aluminum, Gary Fegel, is set to leave the company, three sources said, the first high-profile departure since commodity trading giant Glencore closed its purchase of miner Xstrata this month. Fegel's departure from one of the most powerful jobs in...
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Garcia will shake Woods' hand next time feuding pair meet
By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia's feud with Tiger Woods will not stop him shaking hands with the world number one the next time they are drawn together in a tournament, the Spaniard said on Tuesday. Garcia blamed a roar from the crowd watching the 14-times major winner for an errant...
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Jodi Arias expected to address jury as it considers death penalty
By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias is expected to address jurors on Tuesday as they weigh whether to sentence her to death or life in prison for brutally killing her ex-boyfriend in Arizona five years ago. Arias, 32, was found guilty earlier this month in the premeditated murder of Travis...
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No charges in death of amputee mauled by dogs
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say no charges will be filed in the death of an 80-year-old double-amputee mauled to death by dogs earlier this month in South Carolina.
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Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb.
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Police chief: No charges likely in Va parade crash
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) - Authorities say an elderly driver is not likely to face charges for plowing into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town's parade.
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With high-tech guns, users could disable remotely
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it remotely.
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WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts GI's plea to 1 count
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Prosecutors say they will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces.
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Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on Facebook.
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Man charged in death of missing Maine teenager
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - A 20-year-old Maine man has been charged with murder in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she befriended online.
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Factbox: The 10 deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history
(Reuters) - A powerful tornado devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing 24 people, including nine children, according to the Oklahoma medical examiner's office. At one point, as many as 91 were feared dead, but authorities have since scaled back the official death toll. Here are the 10...
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Nine of 24 confirmed Oklahoma tornado dead were children: official
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Nine of the 24 people confirmed to have died in the massive tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, were children, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
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Protesters chant 'IRS has got to go' in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI (AP) - Chanting "IRS has got to go," tea party activists are rallying in Cincinnati to protest extra IRS scrutiny of their groups.
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Man accused of rape and murder that shocked South Africa is released
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of sexual violence. Prosecution spokesman Eric Ntabazalila said the man had...
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Leaked recording stirs political furor in Venezuela
By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - A recording released by Venezuela's opposition purportedly revealing graft and conspiracy in the ruling Socialist Party has stirred a new political storm in the OPEC nation's already traumatic transition after the death of Hugo Chavez. Opposition leaders on Monday played an...
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Russia angry over "stolen" Eurovision votes
By Lada Evgrashina and Steve Gutterman BAKU/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with the European Union over human rights and with NATO over security. Now another longstanding European institution is causing anger in the Kremlin and tension between Russia and Azerbaijan: the Eurovision Song Contest. Foreign...
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2nd day of riots in Stockholm suburb shakes Sweden
HUSBY, Sweden (AP) - Some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a largely immigrant suburb of Stockholm on Tuesday, the second day of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a knife.
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Petrol bombs thrown in central Milan watch robbery
MILAN (Reuters) - Six people armed with clubs robbed a luxury watch shop in central Milan on Tuesday, throwing petrol bombs in the street as they made off with their loot, Italian police said. Two employees at the shop selling Franck Muller Swiss watches were wounded in the robbery which took place in broad daylight...
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Kyrgyzstan bent on evicting US air base in 2014
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby Afghanistan.
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