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Unarmed officer ends brutal home invasion, shooting
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

Produced by Shoshanah Wolfson and Sara Rodriguez (CBS News) St. Louis, Mo. -- She was shot five times at point-blank range; now a brave police officer tells her riveting story of survival. Isabella ...

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Joplin emerges from tornado's devastation a year later
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

A year ago, the couple emerged from a crawl space in their heavily damaged home to find their trees gone and their close-knit neighborhood flattened. The spot where the poppy, daisy and clover seeds ...

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Facebook's Zuckerberg updates status to married
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.The 28-year-old ...

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Italians on murder charge denied bail
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

The Indian court decision came after Rome recalled its ambassador from New Delhi in an increasingly prickly diplomatic row.The court rejected the bail pleas on grounds the two men might try to ...

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2 dead as race car crashes into crowd in France
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

with the high cost of gasoline..how can anyone afford to race a car. Here in our town they have car races every Saturday and the sound of these dirt track cars can be heard for miles. If you live ...

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Iowa town wrestles with aftermath of 'Bully' documentary
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

Gass was a seventh-grader on the ride home from middle school, just sitting and talking to a friend, he says, when he turned his head and realized that a knife was being held to his neck. 'You want ...

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Making musical ends meet
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

These days, straddling musical genres is hardly a revolutionary idea, but Yoram Lachish has taken the crossover business a step further. 'There aren't too many oboists in jazz,' ...

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For Arab Lesbians, a Place to Dance Freely
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

AN unusually cold May evening left much of Greenwich Village looking abandoned, but inside Henrietta Hudson, Arabian desert rhythms were entrancing patrons. The lesbian bar was hosting the inaugural ...

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Obama's Journey to Reshape Afghan War
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

It was just one brief exchange about Afghanistan with an aide late in 2009, but it suggests how President Obama's thinking about what he once called 'a war of necessity' began to radically change ...

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Mafia link to fatal school bomb
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

The explosion, near the school named after the wife of murdered anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, occurred as pupils were starting the school day, which in Italy includes Saturdays.There was no ...

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Facebook boss in surprise wedding
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has ended a hectic week which saw his company valued at 106bn after a stock market flotation by getting married. He wed his long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan, 27, ...

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Sanctions could push oil to $160 per barrel
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

As G8 leaders voice commitment to pressuring Tehran, Iranian economy minister warns of consequences of EU oil embargo set to take effect July 1, says Iran can withstand sanctions, but other ...

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'Emerging Consensus' On Eurozone
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

U.S. President Barack Obama says there's an 'emerging consensus' that more must be done to promote jobs growth in Europe as the continent faces its debt crisis. Obama spoke to ...

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5.9 - magnitude quake strikes in Italy near Bologna
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

(AP) BOLOGNA - The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a 5.9-magnitude earthquake has struck in northern Italy near Bologna. The quake was centered 35 kilometers (21.75 miles) north-northwest ...

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At least 34 dead in new offensive
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

AT least 22 al Qaeda-linked militants and 12 Yemeni soldiers were killed in clashes and air strikes during a new US-backed offensive against insurgents in the south of the ...

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2 Americans jailed in Haiti in pro - army march
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

(AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti moved to crack down on a band of former and would-be soldiers who had been staging protests for more than a year, closing two old military bases they had occupied ...

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Tropical storm watch issued for parts of SC coast
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

Updated 11:58 PM ET (AP) RALEIGH, N.C. - Forecasters late Saturday issued a tropical storm watch for parts of the South Carolina coast after the first tropical storm of the 2012 hurricane season ...

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Mexico makes arrests over drug violence
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

The Mexican army has arrested suspects over the slaughter of 49 people who were decapitated, mutilated and left in plastic bags on the side of a highway. Among those arrested was Daniel Elizondo, ...

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China dissident arrives in New York
Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:11

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng said he was gratified by the way the Chinese government had dealt with his situation with 'restraint and calm' after arriving in the United States. ...

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