| U.S. Rethinks Secrecy on Drone Program |
| The Obama administration is weighing policy changes that for the first time would lift a veil of secrecy from its program of drone strikes.
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| Evidence Is Released in Florida Teen's Death |
| Prosecutors released evidence Thursday in the case of George Zimmerman, including a photograph from the night of the altercation showing Mr. Zimmerman with a swollen and bloody nose.
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| Inside J.P. Morgan's Blunder |
| James Dimon personally approved the concept behind J.P. Morgan's disastrous trades, but didn't monitor how they were executed. A behind-the-scenes account offers details about the drama inside the bank.
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| U.S. Agonizes Over Apology to Pakistan |
| White House officials have debated for nearly six months whether the U.S. should apologize for the accidental killing of Pakistani troops.
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| College Tuition Fight Surges in Texas |
| The national debate over the cost of a college degree is roiling the University of Texas's flagship campus, where the school's president has been at odds with board members and Governor Rick Perry over the wisdom of raising tuition.
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| Summits Will Test Global Response |
| President Barack Obama hosts world leaders this weekend at a pair of summits that represent the first test of how upheavals among major economies stand to influence global policies on issues from the Afghanistan war to national budgets.
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| Rosa Parks Estate Sparks Uncivil Fight |
| Who should get the money from the sale of Rosa Parks's possessions is a central issue in legal skirmishes in a Michigan probate court over the estate of the woman who became famous for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in 1955.
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| Romney Defends His Record at Bain |
| His defense of his record as a private-equity executive was his most public move to defuse Democratic attacks on him as a heartless corporate raider.
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| Disco's 'Queen' Ruled the Radio |
| Donna Summer, disco music's first superstar and one of pop's premier acts of the 1970s and early 80s, has died at the age of 63.
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| The New First Family of Real Estate |
| An $85 million L.A. mansion with a 500-worker renovation team. A $70 million London home with a bowling alley. The Ecclestone sisters are swiftly amassing a global property portfolio. The new generation of wealthy buyers.
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| | New documents, photos shed light on Trayvon Martin case |
| Newly released material in the Trayvon Martin shooting paints the most complete picture yet of how investigators built the case as well as its complexity.
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| Facebook IPO: Internet glee, skepticism |
| Friends may be priceless. But 'friending' is worth $38 a share.
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| Jurors to get John Edwards case |
| The jury will begin deciding the fate of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards Friday, a day after closing arguments concluded in the corruption trial.
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| Travolta accuser hires Gloria Allred |
| The remaining plaintiff in the sexual battery lawsuit against John Travolta fired his lawyer, bringing an end to the case, the lawyer told CNN on Thursday.
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| Flesh-eating infections: Scores per year |
| A foundation devoted to education about and treatment of flesh-eating bacteria cites government figures estimating 500 to 1,500 cases occur in the United States each year. But media coverage of these cases is rare, so the story of a Georgia grad student fighting the disease may help raise awareness, the foundation's co-founder says.
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| Do voters want moderates out of D.C.? |
| Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner drew a hard line in the sand this week, renewing a battle over the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to significant budget cuts during what may be a lame-duck session after the November elections.
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| Court upholds Mississippi pardons |
| Mississippi's Supreme Court on Thursday denied the state attorney general's attempt that it reconsider its assent to controversial pardons -- several of them for convicted killers -- issued earlier this year by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour.
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| Breyer's D.C. home hit by burglary |
| Thieves must have something against Justice Stephen Breyer.
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| Van Halen postpones summer tour |
| Classic rockers Van Halen on Thursday abruptly postponed more than 30 tour dates, following their June 26 concert in New Orleans, representative Anna Loynes said.
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| | Investors brace for Facebook debut on Wall Street |
| (Reuters) - Investors are bracing for Facebook's Wall Street debut on Friday after the world's No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history.
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| G8 leaders look to head off euro zone crisis |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to tackle a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could leave the euro zone bloc, threatening the future of the common currency.
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| China "bars" blind dissident's family choice of lawyers |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - The nephew of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has been denied his family's choice of lawyers to defend a charge of "intentional homicide" in what one said was an attempt to manipulate a case that has focused world attention on China's human rights.
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| Iran may seek "tactical gain" with U.N. nuclear deal |
| VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog are making headway towards a framework deal on how to tackle concerns about its atomic activity, diplomats say, a potential bargaining chip for Tehran in next week's negotiations with world powers.
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| Spain beset by bank crisis, downgrades, bond pressure |
| MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday and its troubled banks suffered a double blow, with shares in part-nationalized Bankia diving and 16 lenders - including the euro zone's biggest - having their credit ratings cut.
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| JPMorgan's Dimon says will testify before Congress |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon has agreed to testify before Congress over the bank's recent trading losses, which have ignited a political debate over whether large U.S. banks need to be reined in by regulators or new laws.
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| Syria's Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer |
| AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to "sow chaos" in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power.
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| Former editor says Murdoch sowed seeds of hacking scandal |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch sowed the seeds of the phone hacking scandal that has tarnished his reputation by forcing Britain's most respected newspapers into "a Faustian bargain" with the powerful, a former editor of the UK's Times newspaper said on Thursday.
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| U.S. firms eye Myanmar as sanctions suspended |
| (Reuters) - The suspension of U.S. sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor southeast Asian state gives a green light to U.S. firms queuing to scout for business in one of the last frontier markets.
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