Tuesday, April 2, 2013

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Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 05:32 PM PDT
Board: Risk of tank explosion at Hanford 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 05:32 PM PDT
 FILE -- In this March 23, 2004 file photo, workers at the tank farms on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., measure for radiation and the presence of toxic vapors. A nuclear safety board has warned a key U.S. senator that underground tanks holding radioactive waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site pose a possible risk of explosion. Concerns that hydrogen gas could build up inside the tanks and lead to an explosion at south-central Washington state's Hanford Nuclear Reservation have been known for some time.(AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, File)A safety panel has concerns about radioactive waste storage at the site.
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Hagel: 'Growing threat' from N. Korea nukes 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:40 PM PDT
 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, March 15, 2013, to announce that the Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to a West Coast-based U.S.-based missile defense system reflecting concern about North Korea's focus on developing nuclear weapons and its advances in long-range missile technology. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is calling North Korea's development of nuclear weapons a "growing threat" to the U.S. and its allies.
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Man convicted in deadly Ariz. to go free 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:13 PM PDT
 FILE - In a Dec. 20, 1970 file photo Tucson, Ariz., firefighters apply a steady stream of water during the Pioneer International Hotel fire , that resulted in 29 deaths. Louis Cuen Taylor who has spent more than four decades in prison for the hotel fire is expected to be released Tuesday, April 2, 2013, as part of a deal with prosecutors. (AP Photo/The Tucson Citizen, file )Louis Taylor is freed after reaching a deal with prosecutors amid questions about his conviction in the 1970 fire.
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Ex-Atlanta schools superintendent surrenders 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:06 PM PDT
 Photos of some of the 35 defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal decorate a board as the media wait for the defendants to turn themselves in at Fulton County Jail, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Atlanta. The defendants are named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. All 35 defendants must turn themselves in Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)Beverly Hall and nearly three dozen subordinates were indicted in what prosecutors say was a cheating scandal.
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S.C.'s ex-Gov. Sanford clears hurdle in comeback bid 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:59 PM PDT
 Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford thanks his fiance Maria Belen Chapur as he addresses supporters in Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, after winning the GOP nomination for the U.S. House seat he once held. Sanford is trying to make a comeback after his political career was derailed four years ago when he disappeared from the state only to return to admit the couple was having an affair. Sanford's wife, Jenny, later divorced him. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)Mark Sanford wins the GOP nomination for the U.S. House seat he held for three terms.
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U.N. overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treaty 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:03 PM PDT
 Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly applaud the passage of the first UN treaty regulating the international arms trade in conventional arms at the United Nations Headquarters in New YorkThe first treaty on the global arms trade seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms.
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Samoa airline introduces pay-by-weight pricing 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:11 PM PDT
 A tiny Samoa airline is offering a new reason to drop extra weight before your next trip: Tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram.
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Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket fire 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:10 PM PDT
 Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers after the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh in Israeli jail in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Abu Hamdiyeh, 64, who was serving a life sentence for his role in a foiled attempt to bomb a busy cafe in Jerusalem in 2002, died Tuesday of cancer in an Israeli jail. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)They are the first air attacks since an informal cease-fire ended eight days of fighting.
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Why some handle stress better than others 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:04 AM PDT
 Just Explain It: Students And StressJust Explain It looks at how the brain is structured.
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Family of boxing's Jack Johnson pleas for pardon 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:56 PM PDT
 The black champion was convicted in 1913 for escorting a white woman across state lines.
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Kerry to North Korea: Stop your 'reckless' provocations 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:01 PM PDT
 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se, not pictured, at the State Department in Washington, on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)The Secretary of State vows the U.S. will defend itself and its allies from their threats.
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N.M. law may help keep spaceport plan on track 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 05:16 PM PDT
 APNewsBreak: Virgin shuns binding spaceport leaseGov. Martinez signed liability-waiving legislation aimed at saving a quarter-billion-dollar investment.
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Brawl between 60 L.A. jail inmates leaves several injured 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 04:13 PM PDT
 Guards at a downtown Los Angeles jail fired rubber pellets and pepper spray to swiftly quell a racially charged brawl involving more than 60 inmates, and several injured prisoners were taken to a hospital, a jail spokesman said.
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Human remains possibly found in new 9/11 debris 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:48 PM PDT
 FILE - Construction workers and equipment excavate the southeastern corner of the World Trade Center site on in this Jan. 8, 2008 file photo taken in New York. About 60 truckloads of debris that could contain tiny human bone fragments have been unearthed by construction crews working on the new World Trade Center tower in recent years. That material is now being transported to a park built on top of the former Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island. City officials say investigators will spend 10 weeks attempting to identify the remains. Investigators began sifting through newly uncovered debris from the World Trade Center on Monday April 1, 2013 for the first time in three years. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)Investigators are sifting through World Trade Center rubble for the first time in three years.
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'Dangerous' inmates escape Texas jail 
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:30 PM PDT
 Two 'Dangerous' Inmates Escaped From Texas JailBrian Tucker and John King squeezed through a gate, authorities say.
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