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- Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on
- National Zoo welcomes new elephant into herd
- Once prominent swim coach to be sentenced for sex abuse
- Spotsylvania man accused of having relationship with girl
- Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell'
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Brittany Brown rushes to get aid after finding her grandmother's cat buried in tornado rubble in Moore, Okla.
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- For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot
- Goat on the lam snarls NJ's Pulaski Skyway traffic
- Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball
- Thailand urged to explore edible insect market
- Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
- Column: Taking an electric motorcycle for a test drive (Video)
- Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
- Most expensive house in the U.S. listed at $190M
- Terminally ill teen's song and story go viral online
House to vote on variable rate student loans
House set to OK pegging student loan rates to financial markets despite a veto threat
Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs
Nixon presidential library hosts reunion for 200 Vietnam POWs 40 years after their release
Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
When is it OK for wunderkinds to drop out of school? (Hey, it worked for Tumblr's founder!)
School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
Schools build more 'safe rooms,' but storm protection is spotty in many tornado-prone areas
Conn. bill gives families say over Newtown records
Connecticut bill would allow Newtown families to decide fate of massacre records
Mais non! French universities may teach in English
Sacre bleu! Proposal to legalize English-language courses at French universities stirs debate
College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds
Inspired by anti-apartheid movement, US college students urge divestment from fossil fuels
Suit filed over Conn. gun law passed after Newtown
Pro-gun groups file lawsuit over Conn. gun law passed after Newtown school shootings
Toronto mayor fired from coaching job
Toronto mayor from job as football coach for reason unrelated to scandal, officials say
Bill allows Newtown families to release records
Bill being crafted in Conn. would allow Newtown families to decide fate of shooting records
Puerto Rico legislator targets parents of dropouts
Puerto Rico legislator seeks to reduce dropout rates through increased fines, jail time
Puerto Rico's Culebra awaits new hospital, school
Puerto Rico promises Culebra island more independence with hospital, school, recycling center
Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
Budget office: Obama would veto House Republicans' student loan plan
Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 50 schools
Chicago Board of Education votes to close 50 schools amid falling enrollment
Boy achieves family dream with geography bee win
Mass. boy, 12, takes care of brother's 'unfinished business' to win National Geographic Bee
12-year-old Mass. boy wins National Geographic Bee
12-year-old boy from Massachusetts wins National Geographic Bee
DC schools chancellor orders shakeup of 2 schools
Schools chancellor orders shakeup at 2 DC schools; teachers must reapply for jobs
Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend
Gay Fla. teen facing charges of having sexual contact with 14-year-old girlfriend
Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
As tornadoes bear down, parents face choice: Get kids out of school or wait for storm to pass?
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