• Teen who penned web-hit farewell song dies May 23, 2013
  Zach Sobiech's "Clouds" became a YouTube sensation with more than 4 million views.
• 1 child dead, 1 missing in park landslide May 23, 2013
  A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others.
• Firefighters unprepared for Texas blast May 23, 2013
  A report shows responders didn't adequately train for the situation.
• FBI make arrest in Wash. ricin letter scare May 23, 2013
  A 37-year-old man arrested Wednesday has pleaded not guilty to mailing a threatening communication, after a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week.
• Arias jury adjourns for day after impasse May 23, 2013
  Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death.
• Woman praised for distracting attack suspects in London May 22, 2013
  The horrific attack that left a U.K. soldier dead on the streets of London could have been worse.
• Youth violence in Stockholm shock Sweden May 22, 2013
  Hundreds of youth have torched cars and attacked police in four nights of riots in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to solve youth unemployment and resentment among asylum seekers.
• Chicago board approves largest school closing May 22, 2013
  The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American neighborhoods have drawn protests by parents and teachers union leaders who say the closures will expose children to greater gang […]
• Cruise industry adopts passenger bill of rights May 22, 2013
  It promises full refunds for trips that are canceled due to mechanical failure.
• Pocket-dialing 911 leads to Fla. murder charge May 22, 2013
  Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911.
• Heffernan: Latest tax dodge dulls Apple's luster May 22, 2013
  Even teens who once craved iPhones are turning on the company.
• What's next for the immigration bill? May 22, 2013
  It seeks to legalize most of the country's 11 million unauthorized residents.
• Holder: U.S. killed four Americans overseas in drone strikes May 22, 2013
  Attorney General Eric Holder informed Congress on Wednesday that the U.S. had killed four Americans in drone strikes since 2009 – radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and three others who were “not specifically targeted.”
• Faith healers charged with murder after second son's death May 22, 2013
• Officials: Man shot by FBI was about to sign murder confession May 22, 2013
  Ibragim Todashev was linked to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and an unsolved triple murder in 2011.

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