Obama to bring "urgent" peace agenda to Israel

JERUSALEM President Obama will bring an "urgent" peacemaking agenda to Israel on his upcoming visit, focusing on the region and the resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro said Wednesday. Shapiro spoke a day after the White House announced Mr. Obama will visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan in the spring, at the beginning of both his second term in...

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Lance Armstrong Under Criminal Investigation

Federal investigators are in the midst of an active criminal investigation of disgraced former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, ABC News has learned.The revelation comes in stark contrast to statements made by the U.S. Attorney for Southern California, Andre Birotte, who addressed his own criminal inquiry of Armstrong for the first time publicly on Tuesday. Birotte's...

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Richard III still the criminal king

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Parliament debates WP's proposals on labour participation

SINGAPORE: A considerable amount of time was spent debating the Workers' Party's (WP) proposals put forward on Monday by its party chairman Sylvia Lim.The opposition party had proposed that the growth of foreign worker numbers can be reined in by increasing the labour force participation rate of Singaporeans.Member of Parliament (MP) for Aljunied Group Representation Constituency Chen...

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Police: Suspect said he had PTSD

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Routh told his sister he'd killed two men, "traded his soul for a truck," an arrest warrant saysThe ex-Marine faces murder charges in deaths of veterans Chris Kyle and Chad LittlefieldRouth's family called cops in 2012; he was mad because his father planned to sell his gunThe 25-year-old told police he had PTSD, was hurting and his family didn't understand Read a version of this...

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Signs of runaway heat seen in Dreamliner batteries

TOKYO An investigation into a lithium ion battery that overheated on a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found evidence of the same type of "thermal runaway" seen in a similar incident in Boston, officials said Tuesday. The Japan Transportation Safety Board said that CAT scans and other analysis found damage to all eight cells in the battery that overheated on the All Nippon Airways 787 on Jan....

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Boy Safe, Abductor Killed After Standoff

The 5-year-old boy held hostage in a nearly week-long standoff in Alabama is in good spirits and apparently unharmed after being reunited with his family at a hospital, according to his family and law enforcement officials.The boy, identified only as Ethan, was rescued by the FBI Monday afternoon after they rushed the underground bunker where suspect Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, was...

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Should we still fear al Qaeda?

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Singaporean photographer nabbed in Japan for alleged obscenity

TOKYO - Tokyo-based Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee was arrested Monday on suspicion of obscenity after selling books containing pictures of male genitals at a gallery in Tokyo, police said.The 41-year-old photographer, known for his pictures of Japanese pop stars including Ayumi Hamasaki, Yumi Matsutoya and Kumi Koda, was arrested along with two Japanese publishing firm employees.The...

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Several killed in California tour bus wreck

From Paul Vercammen, Chandler Friedman and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN updated 6:45 AM EST, Mon February 4, 2013STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Authorities identify the bus company; safety records indicate it's "satisfactory"A patrol officer says he expects the death toll to riseAt least 42 are injured from the crash in San Bernardino CountyAmbulances take turns on one lane of a mountainous roadSan Bernardino,...

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