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Alex Jones pushes tornado truther theory: ‘There’s weather weapon stuff going on’

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Report: FBI shoots and kills man in Florida connected to Marathon bombing suspect

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CNN’s Wolf Blitzer tells atheist tornado survivor: ‘You gotta thank the Lord’

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Science

British wildlife faces ‘stark’ threat as 60 percent of species assessed in ‘The State of Nature’ report decline

British wildlife is under serious threat, according to a major new study out Wednesday, which…

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Villagers find ancient sports statue in Mexico

Villagers installing a water pipe in southwestern Mexico stumbled onto an ancient granite statue depicting…

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Early humans responded to changes in climate with cultural and industrial innovation

Early humans living in South Africa made cultural and industrial leaps in periods of wetter…

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Scientists’ accidental find reveals Vitamin C kills tuberculosis bacteria

Scientists said Tuesday they had managed to kill lab-grown tuberculosis (TB) bacteria with good old…

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Tech News

American teenagers doing more to protect online privacy: study

American teenagers are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites, but taking steps…

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Rand Paul demands Congress ‘apologize’ to Apple for tax avoidance hearing

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday lashed out at fellow members of Congress for looking…

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Media

David Bowie’s ‘Spiders From Mars’ bassist Trevor Bolder dies

Trevor Bolder, the bass guitarist in David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars band, has died at…

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Obama does not want Fox News reporter James Rosen prosecuted: spokesman

President Barack Obama does not want journalists prosecuted for doing their jobs, his spokesman said…

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World

Vatican says it’s a ‘credible’ partner in war against money laundering

The Vatican on Wednesday said it was a “credible partner” in the struggle against money laundering as it published its…

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French far-right pays tribute to Notre Dame suicide of Dominique Venner

France’s far-right paid tribute to a writer and activist who shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris’s…

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Afghan interpreters who served with British forces to get UK visas

About 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan will be offered the chance to…

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Conservatives in Britain call for rejection of same-sex marriage bill

Conservative opponents of gay marriage have invited the House of Lords to reject the bill after 133 Tory MPs, including…

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Richard Wagner’s 200th anniversary reignites debate over controversial composer

To some he will never be more than a narcissist, an antisemite and a misogynist. To others he is an…

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U.S. News

Chinese restaurant owner rides out Oklahoma tornado in restaurant’s walk-in freezer

For years Anita Zhang’s neighbors joked that if a tornado ever bore down on her…

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Senate committee approves comprehensive immigration reform bill

The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability when…

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Sen. Leahy chides colleagues for killing LGBT equality in immigration bill

Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Tuesday reluctantly withheld an amendment to the comprehensive…

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Rescuers dig for life after tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma

Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a…

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Bradley Manning trial to be closed for some testimony: judge

Some testimony in the espionage trial of a US soldier who passed secret files to…

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ACLU condemns prosecution of Florida teen over lesbian relationship

In a statement released Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida condemned the statutory…

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FBI faces lawsuit over secret surveillance of prominent anti-war website

The editors of Antiwar.com on Tuesday filed a freedom of the press lawsuit against the…

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NYPD detective allegedly hacked 40 email accounts to spy on ex-girlfriend

An NYPD detective was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly spying on more than 40 email…

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