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CNN - Top Stories: Arrest made in Miss. highway killings

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:37:00 -0500

Authorities have arrested a suspect in the case of an alleged police impersonator who is believed to have killed two motorists in Mississippi, the Tunica County Sherriff's Office said.

CNN - Top Stories: Jurors to get John Edwards case

Fri, 18 May 2012 04:27:49 -0500

The jury will begin deciding the fate of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards Friday, a day after closing arguments concluded in the corruption trial.

CNN - Top Stories: Van Halen postpones summer tour

Fri, 18 May 2012 03:52:33 -0500

Classic rockers Van Halen on Thursday abruptly postponed more than 30 tour dates, following their June 26 concert in New Orleans, representative Anna Loynes said.

CNN - Top Stories: Flesh-eating infections: Scores per year

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:07:15 -0500

A foundation devoted to education about and treatment of flesh-eating bacteria cites government figures estimating 500 to 1,500 cases occur in the United States each year. But media coverage of these cases is rare, so the story of a Georgia grad student fighting the disease may help raise awareness, the foundation's co-founder says.

CNN - Top Stories: Horses beaten, 'sored' to win shows

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:29:59 -0500

An undercover video shows horses being struck with sticks and subjected to "soring," an illegal process in which chemicals are placed on their legs to induce the trademark Tennessee Walking Horse high-stepping gait.

CNN - Top Stories: Court upholds Mississippi pardons

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:50:02 -0500

Mississippi's Supreme Court on Thursday denied the state attorney general's attempt that it reconsider its assent to controversial pardons -- several of them for convicted killers -- issued earlier this year by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour.

CNN - Top Stories: Facebook IPO: Internet glee, skepticism

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:43:56 -0500

Friends may be priceless. But 'friending' is worth $38 a share.

CNN - Top Stories: New documents, photos shed light on Trayvon Martin case

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:24:13 -0500

Newly released material in the Trayvon Martin shooting paints the most complete picture yet of how investigators built the case as well as its complexity.

CNN - Top Stories: Do voters want moderates out of D.C.?

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:38 -0500

Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner drew a hard line in the sand this week, renewing a battle over the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to significant budget cuts during what may be a lame-duck session after the November elections.

CNN - Politics: LGBT families lobby Congress

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:48:58 -0500

Tommy Starling and Jeff Littlefield say they've slowly been changing minds of people in their community when it comes to what a family looks like.

CNN - Politics: Romney repudiates potential ad

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:38:31 -0500

Mitt Romney said ads that attack personal character are the wrong course for a PAC or a campaign.

CNN - Politics: Richards: Romney no friend on women's health

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:22:56 -0500

Cecile Richards says the candidate promises to kill health reform act and "get rid" of Planned Parenthood, irresponsible threats that affect the well-being of real women.

CNN - Politics: Senators tussle over new Iran sanctions

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:21:43 -0500

Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Democrats on Thursday to pass new sanctions against Iran, complaining the final language in the bill, which they had negotiated for months, is not tough enough to deter Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapons program.

CNN - Politics: Reported anti-Obama ad sparks backlash

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:20:12 -0500

Predictions of super PAC-fueled campaign ugliness seemed to come to reality on Thursday when reports broke of a potential conservative group's ad campaign aimed at tying President Barack Obama to a controversy put to rest nearly four years ago.

CNN - Politics: Driving out moderates in Congress: Is this what voters want?

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:19:18 -0500

CNN - Top Stories: Breyer's D.C. home hit by burglary

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:05:42 -0500

Thieves must have something against Justice Stephen Breyer.

CNN - Top Stories: Opinion: Dimon's $23M isn't the problem

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:01:14 -0500

Ingo Walter and Jennifer Carpenter: Focus on changing the risk incentives of banks rather than the level of executive pay

CNN - Top Stories: Arabs giggle over French PM's name

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:51:31 -0500

France's new Socialist government is already causing ripples throughout a Europe struggling to balance government budgets without making ordinary people's lives miserable, but it has created a completely different problem in the Middle East.

CNN - Top Stories: Iran threatens to sue Google

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:28:01 -0500

Iran is taking on one of the world's biggest Internet giants, threatening to sue over something that is not on its maps.

CNN - Politics: Opinion: Grow up, Congress -- make a deal on debt

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:30:16 -0500

Congressional Republicans are threatening another game of chicken with the debt ceiling. This will get America nowhere, says John Avlon.