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Associated Press/Farah Abdi Warsameh - Somali government soldiers gather in front of the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013.

Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game.

A war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general has died in a car accident in Los Angeles , The Associated Press reported..

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK - The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.

He admits to killing 20 people during his career as a criminal, but former James "Whitey" Bulger cohort John Martorano insists he's a "nice guy."

As of Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at least 2,103 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

Journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for just doing their jobs and informing the public.

Civil rights lawyers urged a federal judge to declare the New York Police Department's widespread spying programs directed at Muslims to be unconstitutional, order police to stop their surveillance and destroy any records in police files.

Cuomo and legislative leaders hold private talks on Monday and reveal very little.

This is the home in NE Minneapolis where 94 year old Michael Karkoc lives. He is accused of being a top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to ... (more)

Not that there should be tighter oversight of the Louisiana chemical industry or anything, but there were fatal blasts at two different Louisiana chemical plants last week.

In this June 25, 2005 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring belonging to New England Patriots NFL football team owner Robert Kraft during a meeting of American business executives at the 18th century Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia.

CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson appeared on "CBS This Morning" on Monday and said she was "outraged" by her computer being hacked.

In this June 11 photo, specialist Christopher Carella works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

The New York state Senate's Independent Democratic Conference is countering Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10-point women's rights bill with one that drops the abortion proposal threatening to sink Cuomo's proposal.

In a four-paragraph "Big Story" item time-stamped 10:48 a.m. , Stephen Braun at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press , names several Sunday news program guests who he writes are "are supporting the government's collection of phone and Internet data following new revelations about the secret surveillance programs aimed at disrupting ... (more)

Erin Brady of South Glastonbury, Conn., won the beauty pageant Sunday night after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests.

By FRANK ELTMAN Associated Press UPTON, N.Y. - A 50-foot-wide electromagnet built in suburban New York is headed on a five-week journey to Chicago.

An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that... An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest ... (more)

Since the beginning of June, the public has been privy to an ever-expanding flower of information springing from the NSA tagged with the code name PRISM.