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Tornado touches down at Denver airport6/18/2013 5:25 PM

This photo provided by Mark Sarlo shows debris covering the streeet after severe weather passed through the area on Monday, June 17, 2013 in La Junta, Colo. National Weather Service spokeswoman Nezette Rydell said the tornado knocked down power poles in an industrial park near La Junta on Monday, but no injuries have been reported. More storms are expected on Tuesday. La Junta Fire Chief Aaron Eveatt said high winds raked the city, knocking down power poles in town and forcing the closure of a U.S. Highway 50, a main highway. (AP Photo/Mark Sarlo)Radar indicated a tornado briefly touched down over the east runways.


Journalist Michael Hastings dead at 336/18/2013 6:23 PM

Journalist Michael Hastings Dead at 33Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist whose explosive 2010 Rolling Stone profile of U.S. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal ("The Runaway General") led to McChrystal's resignation, died Tuesday in an early morning car accident in Los Angeles, the magazine said. He was 33. "Hard-charging, unabashedly opinionated, Hastings was original and at times abrasive," Rolling Stone, where he [...]


CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy6/18/2013 8:52 PM

People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.


US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war6/18/2013 5:18 PM

Muhammad Naeem a representative of the Taliban speaks during a press conference at the official opening of their office in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. In a major breakthrough, the Taliban and the U.S. announced Tuesday that they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan as the Islamic militant movement opened an office in Qatar. American officials with the Obama administration said the office in the Qatari capital of Doha was the first step toward the ultimate U.S.-Afghan goal of a full Taliban renouncement of links with al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.


10 Things to Know for Wednesday6/18/2013 7:00 PM

Top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Joseph Dunford, talks to media representatives at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June, 18, 2013. Dunford said NATO will support any positive movement to bring reconciliation between the Afghan people and Taliban. American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:


House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill6/18/2013 6:38 PM

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act. Republicans in the House of Representatives on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change U.S. abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.


NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled6/18/2013 10:21 PM

From left, Deputy Attorney General James Cole; National Security Agency (NSA) Deputy Director Chris Inglis; NSA Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander; Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce; and Robert Litt, general counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing regarding NSA surveillance. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.


3 charged with enslaving disabled Ohio mom, child6/18/2013 8:00 PM

FBI Assistant special agent Eric Smith, right, answers questions during a news-conference Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Cleveland. U.S. attorney Steven M. Dettelbach, left, listens. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the victims. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" — then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along with her young daughter, at the hands of three people, authorities said Tuesday.


Selma Blair abruptly exits 'Anger Management'6/18/2013 8:19 PM

It's Official: Anger Management's Selma Blair Abruptly Exits in Midst of Show's 90-Episode RunLOS ANGELES (AP) — Selma Blair is making a sudden exit from the Charlie Sheen sitcom "Anger Management."


Police visit home of Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez6/18/2013 8:57 PM

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez (81) holds his helmet as he steps onto the field before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. State and local police spent hours at the home of Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before.



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Movie Trailers Are Getting Insanely Fast. Trust Us, We Counted the Cuts6/18/2013 10:00 PM
Life's getting faster, and so are movie trailers. Just look at how the number of cuts has increased over time. Yeah, we actually counted. That wild outlier in 1964? Dr. Strangelove -- with an epileptic 136 cuts per minute.
    


Justice Department Fought to Conceal NSA's Role in Terror Case From Defense Lawyers6/18/2013 5:16 PM
When a senior FBI official told Congress the role the NSA's secret surveillance apparatus played in a San Diego terror financing case today, nobody was more surprised to hear it than the defense attorney who fought a long and futile court battle to get exactly the same information while defending the case in court.
    


Being Electric Doesn't Keep This Plane From Serious Aerobatics6/18/2013 3:30 PM
The Airbus A380 is among the biggest stars of the Paris Air Show, but no less impressive is the sleek electric aerobatic trainer that is it distant cousin.
    


Google Challenges FISA Gag Orders on Free Speech Grounds6/18/2013 2:47 PM
Google filed a legal challenge today against gag orders that come with the FISA court orders it receives from the FBI and NSA, on grounds that the silence orders impinge on the company's First Amendment rights to speak freely about the data requests it receives for user data.
    


The NSA Hearing, by the Numbers6/18/2013 1:00 PM
A federal hearing today on NSA surveillance programs leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden produced some interesting numbers about the scope of the data collections and other issues. We've produced a roundup below of some of the interesting stats and intelligence gleaned from the discussion.
    


NSA Disruption of Stock Exchange Bomb Plot Disputed6/18/2013 12:35 PM
Did the government really disrupt a bomb plot targeting the New York Stock Exchange? The FBI deputy director said that today in a Spygate hearing where the government for the first time said the secret spy techniques publicly disclosed two weeks ago had halted some 50 terror attacks in 20 countries.
    


Amazon Makes Your Boring Facebook Birthday Posts Worth Something6/18/2013 11:56 AM
Posting a Facebook birthday greeting is the lowest level of well wishing. Now you can take the laziest birthday greeting and add something tangible, an Amazon gift card.
    


'Heavybit' Teaches Hackers How to Be Business Savvy6/18/2013 11:00 AM
Hackers are starting to build new companies "by developers, for developers." But while this generation of entrepreneurs may know how to build products, they don't always know how to build businesses. That's why one startup veteran has started Heavybit Industries, a training ground for developers turned entrepreneurs.
    


Charge Your Phone for Free at One of These Solar-Powered Stations6/18/2013 9:47 AM
New York City is getting 25 solar-powered smartphone charging stations across the city.
    


Thinking of Home Makes It Harder to Learn a Foreign Language6/18/2013 9:00 AM
Reminders of one's homeland can hinder the ability to speak a new language. The findings could help explain why cultural immersion is the most effective way to learn a foreign tongue, and why immigrants who settle within an ethnic enclave acculturate more slowly than those who surround themselves with friends from their new country.
    



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