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Justin Bieber performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Justin Bieber's monkey to become German propertyJustin Bieber's pet monkey set to become property of Germany after singer misses deadline
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CORRECTS TORNADO MEASUREMENT TO NUMBER REPORTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as half a mile (1.6 kilometer) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on the elementary school. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
AP photographer describes destroyed Okla. schoolAP photographer describes rescuers pulling kids out of rubble at Okla. school hit by tornado
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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012, file photo, then-Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shulman heads to Capitol Hill on May 21, 2013, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups. Lawmakers want to know what Shulman knew and when he knew it. They also want to know why Shulman didn’t tell Congress that agents had been singling out conservative political groups for additional scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status _ even after he was briefed.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandalLawmakers get first crack at IRS commissioner who was in charge when tea party targeted
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FILE - In this May 13, 2013, file photo, the screen on the phone console is seen at the reception desk at The Associated Press Washington bureau. The Justice Department’s latest effort to examine who journalists are talking to _ the secret subpoena of Associated Press phone records from April and May of last year _ demonstrates how government investigators are guided more by policy and the judgments of high-ranking officials than by specific laws or, in this case, the need to satisfy an independent federal judge.  (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Policy, discretion guide media sources probesIn absence of federal shield law, discretion guides pursuit of reporters' records
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Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in AfghanistanOfficial: Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in western Afghanistan
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Charismatic Las Vegas mob lawyer mayor pens memoirIn memoir, Oscar Goodman reflects on rise from mob lawyer to hard-drinking mayor of Las Vegas
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West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, left, makes remarks during a news conference Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Police close Susan Powell case, offer new detailsPolice close active investigation of Susan Powell's disappearance, offer new details in case
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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2012, file photo, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks during Sen. Tom Harkin's annual fundraising steak fry in Indianola, Iowa. His latest legislative achievements put him on the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He was a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country. Little-known outside his home state, O'Malley has methodically checked the necessary boxes toward earning the reputation of good Democratic soldier as he considers whether to run for president in 2016 _ a White House bid that would face long odds. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016O'Malley taking steps to explore potential 2016 White House bid
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Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of Arias' murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, AZ.  Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)
Arias speaks on own behalf as jury considers deathJodi Arias to address jurors in penalty phase of murder trial as panel considers life or death
The Associated Press(1 hour ago)
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