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Video gamer pleads guilty in West Miami-Dade shooting, gets 25 years in prison
Miami Herald - 6 May 2014 00:11
Nianthony Martinez, who spent his days immersed in fantasy games, shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend and the woman he blamed for the breakup.
Net Neutrality Protest? Proposed FCC Rules Spark Some Criticism, But Widespread SOPA-Style Protest May Not Materialize
IBTimes - 6 May 2014 07:30
Reddit mascots are displayed at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California April 15, 2014. Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Survivor Tells What It's Like to Be Attacked by Boko Haram
ABC News - 6 May 2014 18:18
The Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram gained worldwide notoriety this week after they admitted to brutally kidnapping 300 high school girls last month and threatening to sell them into marriages. But the group has long...
FBI Poised to Help Rescue Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
ABC News - 6 May 2014 00:53
More than 270 girls remain captive after being kidnapped on April 15.
Coca-Cola Caves to Pressure from Teen to Stop Using Sketchy Ingredient
The Atlantic Wire - 6 May 2014 00:45
Coca-Cola said on Monday that it will stop using brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in all of its drinks, giving in to the request of a Change.org petition started by a teenager.
Boko Haram Leader in Nigeria: 'I Kidnapped Your Girls, I Will Sell Them'
IBTimes - 6 May 2014 05:30
The Islamist terror group Boko Haram said in a video released Monday that it would sell a group of more than 250 young girls abducted from a school in northeast Nigeria three weeks ago as bride slaves. Many fear that som...
Russia Increasing Flights Over Pacific, US Says
IBTimes - 6 May 2014 07:30
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Uruguay creates legal pot market
CNN - 6 May 2014 07:15
Can you imagine legally growing marijuana in your backyard? How about walking down to the corner pharmacy to buy a gram or two of ready-to-smoke pot?
China's mental health care crisis
CNN - 6 May 2014 07:10
Wu Yuanhong, a man suffering from schizophrenia in China's southeastern Jiangxi Province, was forced by his mother to live in a small metal cage for 11 years after he beat a young boy to death.
Tarp clue to N. Korea N-test
CNN - 6 May 2014 00:34
CNN's Barbara Starr talks about the possibility that North Korea might be planning another underground nuclear test.
Egypt's Sisi: Brotherhood will not return
Al Jazeera English - 6 May 2014 00:26
Leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says Muslim Brotherhood is "finished" in Egypt if he is elected.
Obama Celebrates Cinco de Mayo, Warns Guests 'Be Careful' of the Margaritas
ABC News - 6 May 2014 01:04
President pays tribute to "our shared history, our shared future" with Mexico.
Alibaba's Massive U.S. IPO Could Top Facebook's Debut
Time - 6 May 2014 23:59
Last year, the Chinese e-commerce business that is part-owned by Yahoo handled $248 billion in transactions, more than Amazon and eBay combined. The company's IPO could be the largest in tech history
Pay TV: You're Not Watching More Channels, But You're Definitely Paying for Them
Time - 6 May 2014 23:53Christie's to Return Cambodian Statue
The New York Times - 6 May 2014 23:53
Christie's joins several other art-world institutions in agreeing to return to Cambodia statues that were looted from a Khmer temple.
Ukraine's Battleground Blurs the Lines Between Civilian and Fighter
Time - 6 May 2014 23:53
The conflict in eastern Ukraine seems black and white to governments in Kiev and Moscow, but on the ground the boundaries separating peaceful citizens from terrorists and violent thugs is murky -- as TIME's correspondent...
War of the Words: Climate Change or Global Warming?
Discovery News - 6 May 2014 23:52
What do these terms really mean? And how did science and politics shape them?
Photos: Photographer explores the nation's health care through the lens of its nurses.
ABC News - 6 May 2014 23:51
Carolyn Jones captures portraits of 75 of the nation's finest nurses in her new
FBI agent arrested in Pakistan
CNN - 6 May 2014 23:51
An FBI agent was arrested in Pakistan after he accidentally carried ammunition with him as he attempted to board a domestic flight between Karachi and Islamabad, a U.S. law enforcement official said.
After Huge Alibaba Payday, a Test for Yahoo Executives
The New York Times - 6 May 2014 23:48
Marissa Mayer, chief of Yahoo, will have to prove to Wall Street that she has a plan to save the company after it sells its stake in Alibaba.
The Vatican Defrocked 848 Priests For Child Abuse in the Past 10 Years
The Atlantic Wire - 6 May 2014 23:48
For the first time, the Vatican has revealed a statistical picture of the internal fallout from the church's sex abuse epidemic.
Obama Administration Proposes Bypassing Congress with Immigration Reforms
The Atlantic Wire - 6 May 2014 23:47
Today, the departments of Homeland Security and Commerce announced two proposals that would allow up to 100,000 undocumented immigrants to stay, legally, in the U.S. — a move that doesn't require congressional appro...