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Several people injured in Massachusetts explosion

1 hour 9 min ago
An explosion erupted shortly after noon Friday in an unoccupied portion of a condominium complex that was under construction in Norfolk, Massachusetts, injuring a number of people, an official said.

Phoenix police: 45 protestor arrests

1 hour 32 min ago
PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) -- The Phoenix Police Department arrested 45 people during widespread protests Thursday against a controversial immigration law, police spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson said Friday.

New BP boss discusses long-term Gulf recovery

1 hour 40 min ago
Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley is expected to discuss the oil giant's long-term recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico during a news conference in Mississippi on Friday.

Blast destroys Los Angeles welding shop

2 hours 5 min ago
An explosion at a welding shop in south Los Angeles injured at least two people Friday morning, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Third blaze ignites in CA wildfires

2 hours 33 min ago
Hundreds of firefighters battled a third wildfire in the Los Angeles area early Friday as two more raged within 60 miles of one another.

NOAA Confirms Record Breaking Hailstone in South Dakota

2 hours 42 min ago
A hailstone that fell from a severe thunderstorm in South Dakota has been officially declared the largest ever recorded in the United States, in terms of both diameter and weight, according to the NOAA National Climate Extremes Committee. The stone was 8.0 inches in diameter, 18.62 inches in circumference, and weighed one pound, 15 ounces.

YouTube wants your 15 minutes of fame

4 hours 20 min ago
Good news for everyone out there who's ever thought to themselves: "A 10-minute video of my cat eating ribs on the kitchen floor is just too short."

WikiLeaks head to Gates: 'Disappointed'

4 hours 30 min ago
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Friday he was disappointed by criticism from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

Racing team owner Roush's plane cartwheeled, NTSB says

4 hours 40 min ago
When NASCAR team owner Jack Roush crashed his plane at an Oshkosh, Wisconsin, airport Tuesday night, the aircraft "cartwheeled" an undetermined number of times and ended up facing the opposite direction, National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said Wednesday.

New York AG: Insurance firms defrauded military families of millions

4 hours 51 min ago
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is launching a fraud investigation into the life insurance industry for "practices that appear to have denied grieving military families and others of millions in life-insurance cash," Cuomo's office announced Thursday.

Army private moved in leak probe

6 hours 14 min ago
An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos and other documents, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.

Ethics panel charges 20-term Democrat

6 hours 59 min ago
A New York Democratic colleague of Rep. Charles Rangel told CNN on Thursday that Rangel and the House ethics committee are "close to a settlement" involving Rangel's alleged violations of House rules.

Crews fight damage from abandoned leaking well off Louisiana

9 hours 32 min ago
An abandoned well struck by a barge in southeastern Louisiana early Tuesday is still spewing a mixture of oil, gas and water, and it could take 10 days before it is capped.

Protests mark 1 year of hikers in Iran

10 hours 1 min ago
A protest Friday afternoon outside Iran's U.N. mission in New York kicks off a weekend of events demanding the country release three American hikers it has held for one year.

Lou Gehrig's victim: Kill me for my organs

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 20:15
A Georgia man suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease says he wants to die by having his organs harvested rather than wait for his degenerative nerve ailment to kill him.

Two New Orleans police officers indicted in 2005 beating death

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 18:30
Two officers in the troubled New Orleans Police Department have been indicted in connection with the beating death of a civilian in 2005, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

WikiLeaks may have blood on their hands

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 17:43
The top U.S. military officer said Thursday that Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was risking lives to make a political point by publishing thousands of military reports from Afghanistan.

Obama shares highs, lows on The View

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 17:19
President Barack Obama was "charming as usual" during a taping of a segment with "The View" set to air Thursday, said Joy Behar, one of the co-hosts.

Health officials urge evacuations near Michigan oil spill

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 16:38
Officials in Michigan Thursday urged residents living near the Kalamazoo River oil spill to evacuate the area because of health concerns.

Firefighters gain ground against blazes in Kern County, California

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 16:00
Hundreds of fire personnel appeared to be making progress against the wildfires ripping across Kern County, California. The southern California community was hit this week by two wildfires 60 miles apart: the Bull Fire, southeast of the town of Tehachapi, and the West Fire, north of Tehachapi in the Sequoia National Forest.