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‘Heavy but grateful heart’ on Memorial Day

Remembering Our Fallen Soldiers This Memorial DayFriends and family remember those who gave all to serve their nation.


Jersey shore opens for summer fun

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, talks to Carla Pilla, of Seaside Heights, N.J., while Robert Hilton, left, executive director of the Jersey Shore Convention and Visitor's Bureau, holds a sign, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Christie cut a ribbon to symbolically reopen the state's shore for the summer season, seven months after being devastated by Superstorm Sandy. Several beach communities have annual beach ribbon cuttings, announcing they are back in business. But this year's ceremonies are more poignant seven months after a storm that did an estimated $37 billion of damage in the state. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" welcome tourists back.


Four girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing honored

Obama signs a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating lives of four young girls killed in 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of Birmingham, Alabama, in WashingtonPresident Obama signs a law giving the highest civilian honor for the victims of the 1963 attack.


Illinois judge charged with heroin, gun possession

This October 2010 photo shows St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook during his swearing in ceremony in Belleville, Ill. Cook is under federal investigation after a former prosecutor and colleague, Joe Christ, who was found dead at Cook's cabin in rural Pike County, Ill. in March 2013 succumbed to a cocaine overdose. Cook as booted from his docket of hundreds of cases Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)Michael Cook, wearing cutoffs and a "Bad is my middle name" T-shirt, pleads not guilty.


UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, two men arrested

Passengers disembark from Pakistan International Airlines flight PK709 bound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport, north of London, England, Friday May 24, 2013. The passenger plane was diverted following an incident on board, and two men were arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort the passenger plane traveling from Pakistan to the UK, police said. (AP Photo / Chris Radburn, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESBritain scrambled fighter jets, but the incident does not appear to be terror-related.


Train engineer noted 'unusual condition' before Connecticut wreck

New Video From Commuter Train DerailmentA joint bar, used to hold two sections of rail together, was repaired last month.


Sexual assaults threaten military, Obama says
President Barack Obama on Friday warned that sexual assault in the military amounts to a national security threat as he enlisted graduating Navy ensigns and Marine second lieutenants at the U.S. Naval Academy in a campaign to stamp it out. “Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust [...]
After 'catastrophic misfire,' police issue warning on plastic gun
The DIY 3-D gun isn't ready for prime time, according to Australian authorities.
Stockholm police call for help as riots worsen

A bystander checks the debris around a row of burnt cars in the suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around StockholmYouths set cars and a school ablaze in Sweden's worst riots in years.


Western IQs drop 14 points over last century, researchers say
A new study from researchers in Europe claims that the average IQ in Western nations dropped by a staggering 14.1 points over the past century. "We tested the hypothesis that the Victorians were cleverer than modern populations using high-quality instruments, namely measures of simple visual reaction time in a meta-analytic study," the researchers wrote in [...]
Storm chasers catch Okla. twister as it forms
Viewers can see what the EF5 tornado looked like from the ground as it gains strength.
Oversized load caused I-5 bridge collapse in Washington

In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a man is seen sitting atop a car that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge there minutes earlier Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)A tractor-trailer hit an upper part of the span across the Skagit River.


Taliban attack U.N. compound in Kabul

Children run away after an explosion in KabulThere were at least four blasts interspersed by heavy shooting.