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  • Today in History for September 18th

    Today in History for September 18th

    Highlights of this day in history: Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act; Anthrax tainted letters sent to NBC and the New York Post. (Sept. 18)  

  • VIDEO: Mark Wahlberg Graduates from High School … Finally

    VIDEO: Mark Wahlberg Graduates from High School … Finally

    At 42, Wahlberg secured his high school diploma through an online program in June.

  • VIDEO: Another Private Spacecraft Making ISS Run

    VIDEO: Another Private Spacecraft Making ISS Run

    Astronauts at the International Space Station are waiting patiently for their next shipment of goods to arrive on a privately-owned space capsule.

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  • A man who would identify himself only as a Navy Yard employee walks to lay a bouquet of flowers by an anchor outside of the closed Washington Navy Yard in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, the day after a gunman launched an attack inside the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, spraying gunfire on office workers in the cafeteria and in the hallways at the heavily secured military installation in the heart of the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    Gunman In Navy Yard Rampage Was Hearing Voices

    WASHINGTON  — The former Navy reservist who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been hearing voices and was being treated for mental illness in the weeks before the shooting rampage, but was not stripped of his security […]

  • A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Files

    Hacker Group In China Linked To Big Cyber Attacks: Symantec

    BOSTON – Researchers have discovered a group of highly sophisticated hackers operating for hire out of China, a U.S. computer security company said on Tuesday, and it linked them to some of the best-known espionage attacks in recent years. Symantec Corp […]

  • The capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia lies on its side during the "parbuckling" operation next to Giglio Island. September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

    Wrecked Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Raised Off Rocks In Italy

    GIGLIO, Italy – Salvage crews on the Italian island of Giglio raised the Costa Concordia cruise liner early on Tuesday, completing one of the most difficult and expensive wreck recovery projects ever performed. In a 19-hour operation which ended at […]

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  • Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani gestures to the media during a news conference in Tehran June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Fars News/Majid Hagdost

    Iran Confirms Exchange Of Letters With President Obama

    DUBAI – Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that President Hassan Rouhani had exchanged letters with U.S. President Barack Obama, confirming direct communication between the leaders of the two countries. The United States and Iran cut off formal diplomatic ties […]

  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks with French President Francois Hollande, right, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, second left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague, second right, before a meeting regarding Syria, at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

    Why Is France Pushing So Hard On Syria?

    CREIL, France — In a secretive compound north of Paris, colored blips and blotches on a computer-screen map of Damascus depict an armored vehicle at a highway, tanks, a blown-up building in a suburban field. An unusual glimpse at France’s […]

  • This booking photo provided by the Fort Worth Police Department shows Aaron Alexis, arrested in September, 2010, on suspicion of discharging a firearm in the city limits. The FBI has identified Alexis, 34, as the gunman in the Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 shooting rampage at at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington that left thirteen dead, including himself. (AP Photo/ Fort Worth Police Department)

    13 Killed In Washington D.C. Navy Yard Shooting Rampage

    WASHINGTON  — A former Navy reservist went on a shooting rampage Monday inside a building at the heavily secured Washington Navy Yard, firing from a balcony onto office workers in an atrium below, authorities and witnesses said. Thirteen people were […]

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  • United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to the media after briefing the Security Council on the U.N. chemical weapons report on the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Arabic Republic at the United Nations in New York September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

    U.N. Confirms Sarin Used In Syria Attack; U.S., UK, France Blame Assad

    UNITED NATIONS – U.N. chemical investigators on Monday confirmed the use of sarin nerve agent in an August 21 poison gas attack outside the Syrian capital in a long-awaited report that the United States, Britain and France said proved government forces were […]

  • U.N. Chief Calls Syrian Attack “Worst Use Of WMD In The 21st Century”

    U.N. Chief Calls Syrian Attack “Worst Use Of WMD In The 21st Century”

    Sept. 16 – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon confirms that sarin gas was used in the Aug. 21st attack on a Damascus suburb but stopped short of assigning blame for the incident which killed over 1,400 people. Rough Cut (no […]

  • Officials: 3 Navy Yard Shooting Victims To Recover

    Officials: 3 Navy Yard Shooting Victims To Recover

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A hospital official says a police officer and two civilians wounded in the shootings at the Washington Navy Yard are expected to survive. The shooting rampage left at least 12 people dead. But the three being treated […]

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  • FILE - In this June 27, 2012 file photo, actor Liam Hemsworth, left, an honoree at the Australians in Film 8th Annual Breakthrough Awards, poses with his fiance Miley Cyrus on the red carpet in Los Angeles. Representatives for both celebrities confirmed they have called off their engagement. They met on the set of 2010’s “The Last Song.” (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

    Miley Cyrus And Liam Hemsworth Call Off Engagement

    NEW YORK  — A wrecking ball has hit Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth’s relationship. Representatives for both celebrities confirmed Monday that the couple have called off their engagement. The 23-year-old Hemsworth proposed to 20-year-old Cyrus last year. They met on […]

  • People hold their hands to their heads as they are escorted out of the building where a deadly shooting rampage occurred at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. One shooter was killed, but police said they were looking for two other possible gunmen wearing military-style uniforms. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    12 Killed In Washington Navy Yard Shootings

    WASHINGTON  — As many as two gunmen launched an attack Monday morning inside the Washington Navy Yard, spraying gunfire on office workers in the cafeteria and in the hallways at the heavily secured military installation in the heart of the […]

  • Aaron Alexis

    Officials: Navy Yard Shooter Identified As Aaron Alexis

    WASHINGTON (AP) — As many as two gunmen launched an attack Monday morning inside the Washington Navy Yard, spraying gunfire on office workers in the cafeteria and in the hallways at the heavily secured military installation in the heart of […]

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  • U.N. Report Shows Syria Government Behind Sarin Attack: U.S., UK

    U.N. Report Shows Syria Government Behind Sarin Attack: U.S., UK

    UNITED NATIONS | Mon Sep 16, 2013 2:39pm EDT (Reuters) – Britain and the United States joinedFrance on Monday in declaring that details contained in a report by U.N. investigators confirms that Syria’s government, not the opposition, was behind an August 21 attack […]

  • At Least 12 Dead In Shooting At Navy Yard In Washington D.C.

    At Least 12 Dead In Shooting At Navy Yard In Washington D.C.

    WASHINGTON  – At least 12 people were killed in a shooting on Monday at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, where one suspected gunman was among the dead and authorities were searching for two other possible assailants wearing military-style clothing, […]

  • This photo released by the United Nations shows professor Ake Sellstrom, head of the chemical weapons team working in Syria, handing over the report on the Al-Ghouta massacre to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/United Nations, Paulo Filgueiras)

    UN: ‘Convincing evidence’ Of Syria Chemical Attack

    UNITED NATIONS — U.N. inspectors said Monday there is “clear and convincing evidence” that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people. The findings represent the first […]

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  • Multiple Injuries Reported As Police Hunt For 2 Or More Possible Suspects At Navy Yard

    Multiple Injuries Reported As Police Hunt For 2 Or More Possible Suspects At Navy Yard

    WASHINGTON  — At least one gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning, and officials said six people were killed and at least four were wounded, including a law enforcement officer. Police were looking […]

  • File- This Dec. 17, 2010 file photo shows Director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers arriving for the tax cut extension bill  during a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington. President Barack Obama says he has accepted Lawrence Summers' decision to withdraw from consideration for the role of Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Obama says Summers was a critical member of his economic team and says he is grateful for his service on behalf of the country. Summers was the leading candidate to replace current Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke but faced opposition from some Democrats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    Summers Withdraws Name From Fed Consideration

    WASHINGTON  — Lawrence Summers, who was considered the leading candidate to succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman, has withdrawn from consideration, the White House said Sunday. Summers’ withdrawal followed growing resistance from critics, including some members of the Senate […]

  • French President Francois Hollande gestures while speaking during a media conference after a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. World leaders discussed Syria's civil war at the summit but looked no closer to agreeing on international military intervention to stop it. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

    French President Francois Hollande Hasn’t Ruled Out ‘Military Option’ Against Syria

    PARIS — French President Francois Hollande hasn’t ruled out the “military option” against Syria, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flies to Paris for talks Monday on how to rid Syria of its chemical weapons stockpile. In a televised […]

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  • In this image from video pretaped at the White House in Washington Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, for Sunday morning's ABC's "This Week" President Barack Obama answers questions about Syria, and other pressing national and international issues during an interview with George Stephanopoulos. Trying to lay claim to an economic turnaround, Obama acknowledged that despite progress, middle and low-income Americans have not benefited as much as the top 1 percent in the country. "We came in, stabilized the situation," citing 42 months in a row of growth, 7 1/2 million jobs created and a revitalized auto industry. He said that when it comes to a crucial deadline to raise the nation's borrowing limit next month, he would not negotiate with Republicans. (AP Photo/ABC News)

    Lawmakers Debate Whether US Was Outfoxed On Syria

      WASHINGTON  — Lawmakers assessing the agreement on Syria’s chemical weapons argued Sunday about whether President Barack Obama was outfoxed by the Russians and had lost leverage in trying to end the civil war, or whether his threat of military […]

  • Obama: Russia Doesn’t Share American ‘Values’ In Syria

    Obama: Russia Doesn’t Share American ‘Values’ In Syria

    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a U.S.-Russian agreement offers a chance to destroy Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons and promises to end the threat they pose to Syrians and the world. But the two powers are divided over the […]

  • A road crew works on a stretch of highway washed out by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colorado near Greeley, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013.  Hundreds of roads in the area have been damaged or destroyed by the floodwaters that have affected parts of a 4,500-square-mile (11,655-square-kilometer) area — an area the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut. (AP Photo/John Wark)

    Colorado Rescuers Urged Some To Leave Flooded Towns

    BOULDER, Colo.  — Rescue teams are warning people in some Colorado towns isolated by devastating flooding against remaining there, telling them that they could face weeks without basic supplies, including running water and electricity. Helicopters and truck convoys of the Colorado […]

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