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  Surgeons Remove Tiger's Basketball-Sized Hairball

  

  Posted 7:04 PM 5/22/2013 by Associated Press

  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself. The 17-year-old tiger named Ty underwent the procedure Wednesday at a veterinary (More)

  
  

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  Ex-Marine Detained for Anti-Government Facebook Posts

  Posted 4:27 PM 5/22/2013 by Associated Press

  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists. (More)

  
  

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  Arias Jury Deadlocked But Must Continue Deliberations

  

  Posted 2:16 PM 5/22/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial told the judge Wednesday that they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether the convicted murderer should be get life or death for killing her boyfriend, prompting the judge to send them back to the deliberation room to work through (More)

  
  

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  Corpus Christi Based Customs Flight Crew Helps Stop Cocaine Shipments

  

  Posted 2:14 PM 5/22/2013

  CORPUS CHRISTI - A Customs and Border Protection flight crew from Corpus Christi took part in operations last week resulting in the seizure of 10,000 pounds of cocaine coming from South America.

  The P-3 aircraft was out in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on May 15th when the crew spotted a (More)

  
  

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  Lawmakers Displeased with IRS Official's Refusal to Testify

  

  Posted 1:52 PM 5/22/2013 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Lois Lerner says she's "done nothing wrong" and hasn't "broken any laws." And she says she hasn't provided any false information to Congress. But that is about all that Lerner is willing to say. She otherwise invoked her Fifth Amendment right against (More)

  
  

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  Deliberations Resume in Arias Trial Penalty Phase

  

  Posted 1:13 PM 5/22/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - The Phoenix jury deciding whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or death has resumed deliberations. The case went to the panel Tuesday afternoon, and jurors deliberated for about an hour before adjourning for the day. They resumed Wednesday (More)

  
  

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  Oklahoma Tornado Damage Could Top $2 Billion

  

  Posted 12:22 PM 5/22/2013 by Associated Press

  MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished in the twister. (More)

  
  

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  FBI: Man Fatally Shot in Boston Bombing Probe

  

  Posted 11:18 AM 5/22/2013 by Associated Press

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned (More)

  
  

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  Star Witness To Stay Mum For House Hearing On IRS

  Posted 7:58 AM 5/22/2013

  WASHINGTON - A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness.IRS official Lois Lerner will invoke her constitutional right to not answer questions on (More)

  
  

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  Sisters Ejected From Mall Over Cancer Hats

  Posted 7:55 AM 5/22/2013

  KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - Three sisters say they were kicked out of a suburban Philadelphia mall after refusing to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of breast cancer.Zakia Clark and Tasha Clark had been at the King of Prussia Mall on Sunday shopping for funeral dresses (More)

  
  

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  Marathon Bombing Victims Urged To Apply For Funds

  Posted 7:53 AM 5/22/2013

  BOSTON - The administrator of the Boston Marathon victims' compensation fund says so far just five people have filed applications for a portion of the $30 million the One Fund has already collected.Kenneth Feinberg tells the Boston Herald that the families of the four people killed in (More)

  
  

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  First Look: New Xbox Elegant, But Much Unknown

  Posted 7:48 AM 5/22/2013

  REDMOND, Wash. - Will gamers want One?After four years of development, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One entertainment console and touted it as an all-in-one solution for playing games, watching TV and doing everything in between. Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be central to your (More)