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Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide

By PAN PYLAS and PAMELA SAMPSON May 23, 2013

LONDON (AP) -- Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago....

Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect

By KYLE HIGHTOWER May 23, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, authorities said....

Britain: Soldier slaying suspects had been probed

By PAISLEY DODDS and GREGORY KATZ May 23, 2013

LONDON (AP) -- Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London....

Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

By LARA JAKES and LOLITA C. BALDOR May 23, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is set to at least partially lift the veil of secrecy surrounding U.S.-directed drone strikes around the world, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security....

Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest _ for now

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA May 23, 2013

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him....

5 dead in Lebanon clash of Assad foes, backers

By KARIN LAUB May 23, 2013

BEIRUT (AP) -- Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was described as some of the heaviest fighting there in years, officials said Thursday....

Q&A: What is known about London attack

By The Associated Press May 23, 2013

A look at the key known facts about the Wednesday attack in south London, when two men hacked another to death near military barracks....

Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment

By DAVID CRARY and NOMAAN MERCHANT May 23, 2013

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members....

For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot

By KATHY MATHESON May 23, 2013

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot....

Youngest Okla. tornado victims remembered by kin

By SEAN MURPHY and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI May 23, 2013

MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Nine-year-old Sydney Angle was "everywhere at once" when she was out on the softball field. Kyle Davis, 8, was nicknamed "The Wall" because of his size and presence on the soccer field. JaNae Hornsby, also 9, was the life of the party....

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