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| Obama and Christie yet again; emphasis on recovery Monday, May 27, 2013 07:06 PM PDT  President Barack Obama is looking to get his groove back — at the beach. A post-Hurricane Sandy tour of the New Jersey coast line on Tuesday, gives the president a chance for a three-point play that can move him ahead of the recent controversies. Full Story | Top |
| Senator McCain meets with rebels in Syria Monday, May 27, 2013 02:47 PM PDT  Republican Senator John McCain, a former presidential candidate and an outspoken advocate for U.S. military aid to the Syrian opposition, met with some of the rebels during a surprise visit to the war-torn country on Monday, his spokesman said. McCain is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Syria since ... Full Story | Top |
| On Memorial Day, Obama pays tribute to fallen Monday, May 27, 2013 12:27 PM PDT  President Barack Obama paid tribute on Monday to fallen men and women of the U.S. armed services during a Memorial Day ceremony in which he reminded Americans that the country was still at war. Full Story | Top |
| Fighting season is testing ground for Afghan force Monday, May 27, 2013 07:28 PM PDT  This year's fighting season is the first in 12 years of war that Afghan troops are responsible for security in 90 percent of the country. With NATO and the U.S. military providing only advice and assistance on request, the Afghans' battlefield performance this year will be telling. Full Story | Top |
| Senator: New Statue of Liberty security risky Monday, May 27, 2013 12:41 PM PDT  New security plans for the Statue of Liberty could leave visitors vulnerable when it reopens July Fourth, New York officials said Monday. Sen. Charles Schumer and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly called for the National Park Service to reverse its plan. Full Story | Top |
| Fire breaks out aboard Royal Caribbean ship Monday, May 27, 2013 05:19 PM PDT  Royal Caribbean says a fire that broke out aboard a ship has forced it to cancel the rest of the cruise and that more than 2,000 passengers will be flown back to Baltimore from the Bahamas. Full Story | Top |
| Chile, Argentina order evacuation around volcano Monday, May 27, 2013 06:31 PM PDT  Authorities declared a red alert and ordered the mandatory evacuation of a 15.5-mile radius around the active Copahue volcano, which straddles the border between the two Andean nations. Full Story | Top |
| Surging wildfire forces evacuations in California Monday, May 27, 2013 07:25 PM PDT A surging wildfire forced more than 1,000 people, including Memorial Day campers, to evacuate the mountains of California's Santa Barbara County, officials said. Full Story | Top |
| Abandoned Chinese baby rescued from toilet pipe Monday, May 27, 2013 08:08 PM PDT  Firefighters in eastern China have rescued an abandoned newborn baby boy lodged in a sewage pipe directly beneath a toilet commode, state television reported. Full Story | Top |
| Search ongoing for passenger in NY plane crash Monday, May 27, 2013 07:34 PM PDT  A crew aboard a helicopter and dozens of other searchers scoured the woods and water in central New York for a third day Monday without finding a brain cancer patient who was on a volunteer medical flight that crashed last week. He is presumed dead. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. man allegedly tries to open airliner door Monday, May 27, 2013 01:54 PM PDT  A 23-year-old man was arrested on Monday after he allegedly made "unusual statements" and tried to open an airliner's emergency door in flight, the FBI said. Passengers and crew members subdued the man and restrained him. ... Full Story | Top |
| Britain: EU ends arms embargo on Syrian opposition Monday, May 27, 2013 05:14 PM PDT  The European Union said its member states within days will be able to send weapons to help Syria's outgunned rebels, seeking to pressure President Bashar Assad's regime ahead of planned peace talks mediated by the United States and Russia. Full Story | Top |
| UK police arrest 10th suspect in soldier's slaying Monday, May 27, 2013 01:33 PM PDT  British police arrested a 10th suspect Monday in connection with the vicious street killing of a soldier in London, an apparent Islamic extremist attack that has horrified the country and heightened racial tensions. Full Story | Top |
| Gunman in Texas shooting spree was stationed at Marine base Monday, May 27, 2013 02:41 PM PDT  A Texas gunman who killed one person and wounded five others before being shot to death by police was stationed at a North Carolina Marine base, the Texas Department of Public Safety said on Monday. The gunman was identified as Esteban Smith, 23. Full Story | Top |
| Toronto mayor loses two more top aides after crack scandal Monday, May 27, 2013 03:10 PM PDT  Two top aides quit Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's office on Monday as the embattled leader of Canada's biggest city faces lingering allegations he was caught smoking crack cocaine on video, accusations he has firmly denied. Full Story | Top |
| Incoming Rutgers AD has no plans to resign Monday, May 27, 2013 05:32 PM PDT Julie Hermann is not resigning as Rutgers' incoming athletic director following a report that 16 years ago she humiliated and emotionally abused players while coaching the women's volleyball team at Tennessee. And the university is standing behind her. Full Story | Top |
| Classmates: Teen accused of plot spoke about bombs Monday, May 27, 2013 01:15 PM PDT Classmates of an Oregon teenager accused of planning to blow up his high school say the 17-year-old discussed bomb-making in the weeks before his arrest, but did not speak of a plot to inflict damage. Full Story | Top |
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