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President Barack Obama designates the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the four young girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing of 1963, on Friday in the Oval Office of the White House. Standing, from left are, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and Lisa McNair. Seated at right is Thelma ‘Maxine’ Pippen McNair, the mother of Denise McNair, who was killed in the bombing. <br> The Associated Press
Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims
President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to award Congress’ highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement. He called it a tragic ...
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A wrecked airport shuttle bus is shown Friday, May 24, 2013 in College Park, Ga.. The bus collided with a truck near Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport injuring 16 people who were taken to area hospitals. (AP Photo/Ray Henry)
16 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport
UPDATE: Sixteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport.
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In this May 23, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama talks about national security, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. The president left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself vast power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions
National security experts say it's imperative to leave some room in the guidelines, given the evolving fight against terrorism. But civil rights advocates argue too little has been revealed about t...
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A battered sign stands outside the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children were killed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla., Thursday, May 23, 2013. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Oklahoma gets far more than its share of disasters
The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74th presidential disaster declared in the Sooner state in the past 60 years. Only much-larger and more-populous California and Texas have had more.
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Former Cub Scouts den leader Jennifer Tyrrell, who was ousted from Scouting because she is openly gay, wears a button on her uniform shirt that reads "We Support All Boy Scouts" as she responds to a reporters question Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization — one of the most dramatic moves the organization has made in a century. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
UPDATE: Many conservatives within the Scouts are distraught at the outcome of the vote and some are threatening to defect. A meeting is planned for next month to discuss the formation of a new orga...
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In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a man is seen sitting atop a car that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge there minutes earlier Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)
Company says it has permits to cross span
UPDATE: The tractor-trailer of Mullen Trucking in Alberta was hauling a housing for drilling equipment southbound when the top right front corner of the load struck several trusses on the north end...
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Damage reported from magnitude-5.7 quake in California
UPDATE: A moderate earthquake centered in rural northeastern California and felt in two other states damaged some homes and ruptured a tank that supplies residential drinking water in the densely f...
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Jodi Arias listens as the verdict for sentencing is read for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz., on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The jury in Jodi Arias' trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a unanimous decision on whether the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend should be sentenced to life or death in a case that has captured headlines worldwide with its sex, lies, violence. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace, Pool)
Jury foreman says Arias testimony didn't help her
Judge Sherry Stephens gave a heavy sigh as she announced a mistrial in the penalty phase of the case Thursday. A conference with the judge and attorneys was set for June 20 to determine how both si...
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Georgia News Roundup
Today's stories include - Macon woman arrested in death of 3-year-old son - Ex-Augusta State Medical Prison guard guilty in contraband scheme - Jesup man sentenced in death of girlfriend's son
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  • Lawyers for death row inmate ask SCOTUS to step in
    by Kate Brumback, Associated Press
    05.23.13 - 11:40 pm
  • Atlanta mayor: Savannah harbor will get deepened
    by Russ Bynum, Associated Press
    05.23.13 - 11:40 pm
  • Alabama mystery illness solved: it's common flu
    by Kathy Wingard Associated Press and Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer
    05.23.13 - 05:45 pm
  • Senator: Assaults let military culture continue
    by Michael Hill, Associated Press
    05.23.13 - 05:30 pm
  • NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
    by Alicia Chang, AP Science Writer
    05.23.13 - 04:45 pm
  • Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
    by Julie Pace, Associated Press and Lara Jakes, Associated Press
    05.23.13 - 03:15 pm
  • Police: Man who killed wife, self also raped teen
    by Associated Press Wire
    05.23.13 - 01:00 pm
  • Thunderstorms slow Oklahoma tornado cleanup
    by Christopher Sherman, Associated Press and Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press
    05.23.13 - 12:37 pm
  • Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment
    by David Crary, Associated Press and Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press
    05.23.13 - 12:31 pm
  • 4 Americans reported killed in drone strikes by U.S. since 2009
    by Lara Jakes, AP National Security Writer and Pete Yost, Associated Press
    05.23.13 - 12:32 am
    • Hurricane center warns of storm surge
    During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don’t understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope...
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    FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy
    Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated steroids from Main Street Family Pharmacy.
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    In this Aug. 11, 2009 file photo provided by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows Matt Durham, center, pulling in a large patch of sea garbage with the help of Miriam Goldstein, right, in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics discarded by people often end up in the ocean, creating coastal pollution that harms marine life and gathers out at sea in what's become known as the great Pacific garbage patch. Now, California state lawmakers have introduced a law that if passed would require makers of plastic bottles, bags and packaging to replace plastics with more environmentally friendly alternatives. (AP Photo/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Mario Aguilera, File)
    Plastic ocean debris the target of new California bill
    UPDATE: Each year cleanup crews throughout the U.S. collect millions of pounds of plastic trash from beaches and coastal waterways, with the biggest numbers coming from California's 1,100-mile coas...
    May 24, 2013 03:15 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Arellano Felix drug cartel figure pleads guilty
    The last of the Arellano Felix brothers who founded an infamous Mexican drug cartel has pleaded guilty in San Diego to helping ship hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United States.
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    In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he has selected a new acting head of the division, staying within the IRS to find new leadership. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    IRS replaces official who revealed targeting
    Lois Lerner who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed t...
    May 24, 2013 11:20 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Legal woes piling up for Georgia Democratic Party chair
    A lawsuit filed in Gwinnett County this week accuses Mike Berlon of failing to distribute nearly $1 million from a trust he created for a friend and his son. Earlier this week, the Georgia Supreme ...
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    On Thursday, May 23, 2013 Sherry Wells stands near the storm shelter where she took cover when a tornado destroyed her home on Monday May 20, 2013 in Moore, Okla. Wells said she and her husband won a lottery draw to receive a government-subsidized rebate to install the storm shelter. A contractor finished work on the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage about three weeks before the tornado hit. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
    Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states
    After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery — for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing th...
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    In this undated image released Thursday May 23, 2013, by the British Ministry of Defence, showing Lee Rigby known as ‘Riggers’ to his friends, who is identified by the MOD as the serving member of the armed forces who was attacked and killed by two men in the Woolwich area of London on Wednesday. The Ministry web site included the statement "It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that the soldier killed in yesterday's incident in Woolwich, South East London, is believed to be Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers." (AP Photo / MOD)
    Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack
    A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a bann...
    May 23, 2013 05:45 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Georgia News Roundup
    Today's stories include - Conference set to settle Savannah dredging suits - Arrest made in slaying of former NFL player - Savannah man sentenced to life in rape case
    May 23, 2013 05:20 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    This Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005 file photo shows a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration infrared satellite image of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico. There are six lists used in rotation for storms in the Atlantic. The 2013 list will be used again in 2019. Names are taken off the list and replaced to avoid confusion if a hurricane causes a lot of damage or deaths. For example, the name of Hurricane Katrina was retired after it devastated New Orleans in 2005. (AP Photo/NOAA)
    Hurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season
    UPDATE: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average hurricane season. The season starts June 1 and lasts...
    May 23, 2013 05:10 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
    by Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer
    05.23.13 - 03:45 pm
  • Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
    by Lara Jakes, AP National Security Writer and Julie Pace, AP White House Correspondent
    05.23.13 - 02:55 pm
  • Arias jury deadlocked but must keep deliberating
    by Brian Skoloff, Associated Press and Josh Hoffner, Associated Press
    05.22.13 - 04:10 pm
  • CDC chases cause of mystery illness in Southeast Alabama
    by Associated Press Wire
    05.22.13 - 04:02 pm
  • Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
    by Christopher Sherman, Associated Press and Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press
    05.22.13 - 03:55 pm
  • Cameron: 'Indications' London attack terror
    by Cassandra Vinograd, Associated Press and Paisley Dodds, Associated Press
    05.22.13 - 03:42 pm
  • Pentagon to seek new vets record system
    by Lolita C Baldor, Associated Press and Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press
    05.22.13 - 03:00 pm
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