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Tech Crunch | SpaceX is not deterred in their attempt to be the first privately owned entity to ferry cargo, as well as people, into space.

Reuters | Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari asks for a "permanent solution" to U.S. drone strikes during NATO summit.

The News Tribe | Fighting between regime troops and armed rebels doesn't stop for U.N. monitors

CHICAGO — New lung-cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.

The advice applies only to those aged 55 to 74. The risks of screening younger or older smokers or nonsmokers outweigh any benefits, according to ...

NEW YORK — It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbledon.

But according to the 1940 census, the trailblazing athlete didn't even exist.

There's no record ...

CBS Local Chicago | As per the usual routine, police claim the violence was allegedly instigated by protesters.

JEFFERSON CITY — The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more than 1,300 homeless pets: $372,000.

The tornado that tore through Joplin a year ago already ranks as the deadliest twister in ...

MAINE

WATERVILLE — A handful of protesters briefly interrupted a Maine college graduation speech by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair calling for world unity.

Mr. Blair addressed more than 400 Colby College graduates and their guests Sunday morning at the school's 191st commencement in Waterville.

Police say the protesters ...

Reuters | Mexican investigators hold retired Mexican Army General and retired Lieutenant Colonel in Mexico City pending investigation into cartel connections.

VOA News | Taiwanese President begins second term pledging deeper relations with China.

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

As grateful as I am for President Obama's profound, nonsensical meditations on the meaning of "hope," I am even more grateful that The One has come to make the world fair, and to tell us what fairness really means.

Mr. Obama has spent a lot of his time lately ...

NBC | Rubio states Obama is "a very different person" than the person who ran in 2008.

Democracy Now | Surveillance video from a 2009 cop stomp beating of Chad Holley does not land the officers in jail.

Richard E. Ralston | Care for the individual must be subordinated to supervision by a multitude of administrators.

Radley Balko | Police officer told her the dog had alerted to the presence of narcotics on the bills.

LA Times | Obama: “The loss of life continues in Afghanistan. There will be hard days ahead, but we’re confident that we’re on the right track.”

Time | Romney's Chicago Tribune op-ed tries to save face for NATO and perpetuates the illusion that the public has a choice in the election.

CBC News | Canadian protesters are arrested Saturday night after authorities declared the protest illegal.

CHICAGO (AP) — A diverse crowd of protesters began streaming into a downtown Chicago park Sunday for one of the city's largest demonstrations in years — a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic NATO summit.

Peace activists joined with war veterans and people more focused on the ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors charged two more activists Sunday with crimes tied to the two-day NATO summit, accusing one of saying he wanted to blow up a downtown Chicago bridge and a second with seeking to build pipe bombs.

The Cook County state's attorney's office charged Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, of ...