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Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado
A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the anniversary of a tornado that ripped the city in half.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:18:34Z
Witness says he saw Clemens at Canseco pool party

Former Major League baseball trainer Brian McNamee leaves federal court in Washington, Monday, May 21, 2012, after testifying in the Roger Clemens perjury trial. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Star-struck at 11 when he saw pitching great Roger Clemens, a 25-year-old man became a witness for prosecutors seeking to convict the former baseball player of lying to Congress.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:11:03Z
Chicago police get high marks for NATO protests

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy address the news media during a protest march to Boeing corporate offices for a demonstration as a part of the NATO summit Monday, May 21, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The sight of Chicago police raising billy clubs against demonstrators Sunday was the kind of image that has dogged the city's police force longer than most of those who clashed with protesters have been alive.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:24:45Z
Pakistan disciplines officers over base attack

Heavily armed militants stormed the naval base in the country's biggest city on May 22, 2011

Pakistan is to discipline three navy officers for negligence a year after a 17-hour militant assault on a military base in the heart of Karachi, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:19:28Z
Everest will be crowded again days after 4 killed

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, the last light of the day sets on Mount Everest as it rises behind Mount Nuptse as seen from Tengboche, in the Himalaya's Khumbu region, Nepal. Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shrestha said Monday, May 21, 2012, that a German, a Nepal-born Canadian and a Korean died Saturday while descending from the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)

Days after four people died amid a "traffic jam" of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's little they can do to control it.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:25:32Z
Legion No. 1 admits he knew of priest's kid in '05
The head of the embattled Legion of Christ religious order admitted Tuesday to covering up news that his most prominent priest had fathered a child and announced a review of all past allegations of sexual abuse against Legion priests amid a growing scandal at the order.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:22:52Z
Private rocket maker tries again to launch

The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket stands on space launch complex 40 ready for another launch attempt at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, May 21, 2012. After an aborted attempt with a half-second remaining before liftoff last Saturday, SpaceX is set to launch early on Tuesday, May 22. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

This time, private rocket maker SpaceX is hoping for an actual liftoff for its history-making flight to the International Space Station.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:12:37Z
Indian passenger train rams freight train; 15 die
A passenger train rammed into a freight train before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 15 people in the collision and fire, officials said.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:00:14Z

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