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CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME -- In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)
Questions linger in shooting of NY college studentQuestions linger over events preceding police shooting of NY college student during standoff
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A wrecked truck is removed from the site of a car bomb attack in front of a crowded popular restaurant in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. Two car bombings in the southern city of Basra, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said. Iraq has seen a spike of attacks, including bombings hitting both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the last week. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)
Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spilloverAttacks across Iraq kill 95 in hints of sectarian spillover from Syria
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Ex-NFL WR Johnson arrested on probation violationEx-NFL WR Chad Johnson arrested on charges he violated probation in domestic violence case
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Miami Heat's Chris Bosh (1) drives to the basket as Chicago Bulls' Jimmy Butler, right, defends during the first half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Miami. At left is Bulls' Carlos Boozer. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Bosh aiming to be impactful against PacersA year removed from missing most of Heat-Pacers, Bosh eager for the rematch in East finals
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Publicist: Founding member of The Doors dies at 74Publicist: Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74 from cancer
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GOP leaders say impeachment talk prematureRNC chairman on impeachment: 'There's a few chapters before we get to the last one'
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June McFarland reacts to the first sight of storm damage in rural Osage, Iowa on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful weather system moved through the area on Sunday afternoon triggering tornado warnings, high winds and hail. (AP Photo/The Globe Gazette, Arian Schuessler)
Police: School near OKC directly hit by tornadoPolice: Elementary school in Oklahoma City suburb takes direct hit from mile-wide tornado
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FILE - This recent image from video provided by CAPA and Canal+ television on Monday April, 8, 2013 shows Tunisian Femen activist Amina Tyler . Outspoken Tunisian feminist  Amina Tyler who scandalized the country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested and may be charged for conducting "provocative acts" at a religious center where police prevented hardline Islamists from holding their annual conference, the Interior Ministry said Monday May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Benoit Chaumont and Akim Rezgui/ CAPA/Canal+)
Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocationTunisian feminist arrested for 'provocative' appearance in holy city
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Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping deviceStudy of athletes who play despite heart-zapping device suggests intense activity OK for some
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On May 20, 1927,

Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.

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President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming.

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