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Chemical That Sparked Deadly Texas Explosion Found Across U.S

FILE - Forensic mappers work the crater at the site of the fire and explosion in West, Texas, April 24 2013. The plant run by West Fertilizer Co. in the small Texas town exploded on Wednesday, killing 14 people, nearly all of them emergency responders, and injuring dozens more.   REUTERS/Tom Reel/Pool

At least 800,000 people across the United States live near hundreds of sites that store large amounts of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate, which investigators are blaming as the source of last month’s deadly blast at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, a Reuters analysis shows.
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First Look: New Xbox Elegant, But Much Unknown

A group of visiting journalists try out the improved motion-detecting capabilities of the new Kinect controller for Microsoft's next-generation Xbox One entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Redmond, Wash. The new Kinect, which will come standard with the Xbox One can also see users in total darkness and has a wider field of view than the previous Kinect device in use with the Xbox 360. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Will gamers want One?
After four years of development, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One entertainment console and touted it as an all-in-one solution for playing games, watching TV and doing everything in between. Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be central to your living room and packed the new Xbox with such features as the ability to change TV channels through voice commands.
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NYC Judge: Renting Apartments Using Airbnb Illegal



A judge has ruled that a New Yorker who rented his apartment on a popular traveler site broke the law.
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Oklahoma Tornado Damage Could Top $2 Billion

A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla.,  returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any items after Monday's destructive tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished in the twister.
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After Four Years, Promises Made By Rabbi Morris Allen And Magen Tzedek Fall Short

FILE - Rabbi Morris Allen confers with colleague Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman( Filckr Suzanne A. Bring)

Four years after he predicted a minimum of 10-15 kosher meat producing companies would be carrying its label by the end of 2010, the director of Magen Tzedek, Rabbi Morris Allen, says he has “learned” not to make such “bold” predictions.
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DOT Agrees To Remove Old Meters To Free Up New Spaces In Boro Park And Midwood

:FILE - Cobble Hill Association/Dave Abraham

Based on a survey of Boro Park and Midwood which revealed that hundreds of new parking spots will become available once the city removes its old outdated coin-operated meters, the DOT has agreed to remove the old meters as soon as possible.
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AP: Power Of Moore Tornado Dwarfs Hiroshima Bomb

 National Guard troops walk amongst a destroyed neighborhood in Moore, Oklahoma, USA, 21 May 2013. The town was hit by a tornado on 20 May killing at least 24 people including seven children in one school.  EPA/TANNEN MAURY

Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.
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Israel Military Chief Warns Syria Against Further Attacks, Says Assad Will 'Bear Consequences'

FILE -  Israeli soldiers from the elite Golani Brigade take cover during a military exercise on the raids and fighting in the densely populated places in the Golan Heights, near the Syrian border, 06 May 2013. EPA

Israel’s military chief has issued a stern warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad after an Israeli military jeep came under fire from Syrian forces early Tuesday.
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Photos: 51 killed In Oklahoma Tornado; Death Toll To Rise


The Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office says 51 people among them kids have been killed by a tornado that hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott says the death toll is expected to rise.

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FBI Agents Killed In Va. Training Were Among Elite



The two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast were part of the agency’s elite hostage rescue team, a group known most recently for rescuing an Alabama boy from an underground bunker.
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2 Hospitals Treating Nearly 60 After Okla. Tornado

This combination of Associated Press photos shows left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. (AP Photo)

Officials at two hospitals say they’re treating nearly 60 patients, including more than a dozen children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.
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Kids Rescued From Rubble At Okla. Elementary

A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)

Several children have been pulled out of the rubble alive at a school in an Oklahoma City suburb.
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Two Accused of Firebombing Synagogues Attempting To Kill Rabbi Plead 'Not Guilty'

Anthony Graziano (left) and Aakash Dalal (right)Photos courtesy Bergen County Prosecutor's Office

Two New Jersey men accused in a series of firebomb attacks on synagogues across northern New Jersey have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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2013: 4 Murdered in Bank Robbery



Four people have been killed in a robbery at a branch of Bank Hapoalim today in Beersheva One of the robbers locked himself inside the branch with hostages and then shot himself dead.
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Supreme Court Will Rule On Prayer At Government Meetings

File Photo REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.
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State Dept: Reports Of Anti-Semitism Increase



The State Department has appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
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US Warns American Travelers Of Armed Robbery Threat In Bahamas



The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida’s east coast.
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Israeli Officials: First Temple-Era Archaeological Find On Palestinian Land Must Be Treated "Sensitively"

View of the recently discovered pillar (Courtesy of Binyamin Tropper/Kfar Etzion Field School)

The Israel Antiquities Authority says that the discovery of a 2,800 year old pillar dating back to the First Temple-era must be handled “delicately” and “sensitively” since it sits under a Palestinian orchard.
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Russian TV: American Accused Of Spying Flies Out

In this handout photo provided by the FSB, acronym for Russian Federal Security Service, a man claimed by FSB to be Ryan Fogle wearing a wig as a disguise, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is detained in Moscow, early Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/FSB Public Relations Center)

The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.
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Report: Yahoo Board Agrees To Buy Tumblr For $1 Billion



Yahoo Inc’s board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday.
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Broken Rail Eyed In Conn. Train Crash That Send 72 To Hospitals

Investigators from National Transportation Safety Board and officials investigate at the scene of the train collision, Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Bridgeport, Conn. Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Cathy Zuraw

The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident.

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Winning Numbers Drawn In Powerball Jackpot

A Powerball ticket is displayed at a convenience store near Yucca Valley, California USA, 17 May 2013.  EPA

Lottery officials say the winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot have been drawn.
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International Criminal Court Opens Probe Into Israel's 2010 Gaza flotilla raid

FILE - The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011. Reuters

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said she would open a preliminary examination into the events surrounding the 2010 Israel Navy raid on a Turkish-flagged aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip.
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Eight Haredim Charged, Released After Violent Draft Protest

Israeli police officers confront Ultra Orthodox Jews during a protest against a government proposal to draft them into the military in front of a recruiting office in Jerusalem on May 16, 2013. Photo by Flash90

A court in Jerusalem released on bail conditions, seven adults and one youth after they were arrested following the large haredi protest on Thursday against the government’s intention to draft haredi men into the army. 
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Israeli Police Bar Jews From Har-Habayis

Israeli Border Police stand guard on the Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem as Israeli beefs up security for Friday prayers, 15 March 2013. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

Israeli police have temporarily barred Israeli Jews and tourists from entering a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem after Palestinian demonstrations.
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