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Yemeni bombmaker may be key to understanding latest underwear bomb
News traveled fast on Monday when word first broke that U.S. intelligence officials had seized a bomb meant to take down a U.S.-bound jetliner. Now, attention is shifting to the man believed to be behind the bomb, the same man believed to be behind the attempting bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight in 2009.
Senate deals a blow to college students' hopes of keeping student loan interest rates low
The Senate won't take up a Democrat-backed bill to keep student loan interest rates low after Republicans blocked the measure over how the bill is paid for. Republicans have their own proposal to do the same thing, funded in a way Democrats reject....
Greece's future uncertain after voters reject austerity supporters
Greek voters threw out the most prominent political parties, the two parties that have backed austerity measures, in favor of far-right and far-left politicians who promised an end to EU-mandated budget cuts and tax increases. But there's no indication anyone will be able to form a government....
VIDEO: Foreign markets shift as world reacts to Francois Hollande's victory in French election
Francois Hollande will be the next president of France, the winner of a run-off election on Sunday between himself and Nicholas Sarkozy. Hollande, a Socialist, has promised to rollback, or at least modify, the austerity measures championed by his predecessor....
Defendants in military tribunal over 9/11 attacks set to return to court
Saturday marks the return to court of five men accused of playing various roles in the attack that took down the World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon and sent a jetliner meant for the White House or the Capitol into a Pennsylvania field. The arraignment and a related hearing will be held at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba....
Toronto ground zero for debate on supporting cyclists on roads
Toronto elected a new mayor back in 2010 on promises of halting the war on the car. His target? Bicycles. Since his election, he's followed through and now cyclists say the city can be downright dangerous to ride your bike through....
U.S. pitching in to help British city make special pie for queen's diamond jubilee
In the United Kingdom, the city of Gloucester has a tradition of presenting a pie to the king or queen. But this isn't just any pie, it's a pie made with lamprey. Unfortunately, lamprey were fished nearly to death in the U.K. and are a protected species now. So Gloucester has to look to the former colonies to get the pie's key ingredient....
Supreme Court considering constitutionality of life sentences for juveniles
Joe Donovan was 17 when someone he was hanging out with stabbed and killed an MIT student. Donovan received a life sentence with no chance of parole. The Supreme Court is considering whether Donovan and perhaps 5,000 others like him should have a chance at release — whether juveniles can ever be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of release....
Obama set to address the nation from Afghanistan Tuesday night
President Barack Obama will make an address on Afghanistan and other national security matters Tuesday night his office announced this afternoon. The 10-minute address will be his first since his national address as Congress grappled with increasing the nation's debt ceiling last summer....
Londoners facing prospects of major disruptions as Olympic games near
London residents are being asked to give blood, ride their bikes and make deliveries in the dead of night, just some of the inconveniences they're being asked to consider as the city tries to prepare for the upcoming Summer Olympics. Keep calm and carry on, as they say....
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