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Investigators seek cause of commuter train crash

Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in BridgeportFederal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of them critically.



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North Korea fires three short-range missiles

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in PyongyangNorth Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defence Ministry said, prompting Western powers to urge Pyongyang to exercise restraint.



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Plane makes emergency belly landing

In this image taken from video and provided to WABC TV News by an airport source, emergency personnel spray foam on the fuselage of a US Airways Express commuter plane after it made a belly landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Newark, N.J. The turboprop plane reportedly left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m., Friday, and landed safely at Newark with its landing gear retracted at about 1 a.m., Saturday. There were no injuries. (AP Photo/WABC TV News) MANDATORY CREDIT; NYC OUTAn airline official says a US Airways Express flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble.



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Powerball jackpot closing in on another record

Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again.



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Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies and political triage by the administration.



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Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

In this May 2, 2013 photo, a leatherback turtle heads back into the ocean after burying her clutch of eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. In years past, poachers from Grande Riviere and nearby towns would ransack the turtles? buried eggs and hack the critically threatened reptiles to death with machetes to sell their meat in the market. Now, the turtles are the focus of a thriving tourist trade, with people so devoted to them that they shoo birds away when the turtles first start out as tiny hatchlings scurrying to sea. (AP Photo/David McFadden)Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad.



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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

FILE - In this May 16, 2013 file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama?s health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it?s unclear whether they will. ?Now we?ve learned that the IRS, which is tasked with enforcing this very unpopular bill of Obamacare, the IRS admitted they targeted Americans,? Bachmann said during floor debate this week on repealing the health care law. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.



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Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights

FILE - In this Thursday, April 11, 2013 file photo, an Afghan woman peers through the the eye slit of her burqa as she waits to try on a new burqa in shop in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan. Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday, May 18, 2013 that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outside of marriage. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience.



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Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe

Pope Francis meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, made a quick trip to Rome Saturday for a private meeting with Pope Francis.



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Mystery of moon's magnetic field deepens

Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field DeepensThe moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports.



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Amazing videos in the face of tornadoes

Watch: Amazing footage of Texas tornadoA roundup of some of the best footage of the Texas twisters.



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Memorial Day countdown: Will the Jersey Shore be ready?

Memorial Day Countdown: Will the Jersey Shore Be Ready?Sometimes, numbers are the only way to tell the true tale of a disaster incomprehensible in scale and indescribable in words.



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Activists: Rebel groups clash in northern Syria

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows black smoke rising from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase which is besieged by the rebels, in the northern province city of Idlib, Syria, Friday May 17, 2013. Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to fall to the rebels, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)A wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting between rebels.



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IRS probe ignored most influential groups

In this photo taken June 29, 2011, photo Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Whitehouse is among a small group in the Senate pushing campaign finance reform measures that would force outside groups to disclose their donors. The Internal Revenue Service has endured withering criticism for its scrutiny of conservative political groups during the 2012 elections. "The IRS goes AWOL when wealthy and powerful forces want to break the law in order to hide their wrongful efforts and secret political influence," he says. "Picking on the little guy is a pretty lousy thing to do." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.



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Ex-NBA player stabbed, seriously injured in fight

FILE - In this July 3, 2005 file photo Predrag Danilovic, center, challenges for the ball with Antonello Riva, left during an basketball match, in Belgrade, Serbia. Danilovic, former basketball star who played for NBA?s Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, has been seriously injured in a bar fight. Police say Danilovic was stabbed during a brawl early Saturday in a cafe in a residential part of the capital, Belgrade. Doctors say Danilovic underwent an operation after suffering serious injuries to his abdomen, head and arms. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight.



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O.J.'s ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns

Defense attorney Patricia Palm, left, and O.J. Simpson appear at an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool)O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial.



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Spin meter: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash

House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., center, questions the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service Steven Miller, lower right, as the Republican-run committee held a hearing on the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, Friday, May 17, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Top row, from left are, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp , R-Mich., and the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Sander Levin, D-Michigan, D-Mich. Front row, from left are, Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., Kelly, and Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees.



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