US House backs variable-rate student loans

WASHINGTON — Dismissing a veto threat from President Obama, lawmakers in the House passed legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in a vote largely along party lines.

Store clerk stabbing

Tucson police have recovered the backpack carried by the man who stabbed store clerk Erick Bridges on May 17.

Store clerk stabbing

Tucson police have recovered a hooded sweatshirt investigators believe was worn by a man who stabbed store clerk Erick Bridges on May 17.

Store clerk stabbing

Police have recovered a backpack carried by a man who stabbed store clerk Erick Bridges on May 17.

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Boy scouts de EU aceptan a homosexuales

GRAPEVINE, Texas. (AP) -- El Consejo Nacional de los Niños Exploradores (Boy Scouts) de Estados Unidos aprobó el jueves flexibilizar una añeja prohibición y aceptará a jóvenes abiertamente homosexuales.

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Boy Scouts plan: Keep ban on gay leaders, but gay boys OK

In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation’s leading youth organization.

Persisten ejecuciones extrajudiciales en Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Las ejecuciones extrajudiciales persisten en Colombia y aunque han cambiado las modalidades tales crímenes dejaron al menos 12 muertos en el 2012, reveló el jueves un grupo de derechos humanos.

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'The Rookie' to screen for free in Oro Valley in June

Late spring nights and baseball go well together. As do late spring nights and baseball movies. Oro Valley is taking a swing at the latter by showing a free screening of "The Rookie."

AP, others fight for details in Maine girl's death

News organizations are challenging a judge's decision to keep the public from seeing details of how and why police believe a 15-year-old girl from Maine was killed by a 20-year-old man.

Pandora posts in-line 1Q loss, upbeat sales

Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening more than doubled to exceed 2.5 million.

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she di…

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. holds up a document as he speaks to IRS official Lois Lerner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during the committee's hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative gr…

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny the IRS gave to Tea Party and other …

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

From left, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, and Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Wash…

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

IRS official Lois Lerner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Ler…

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

IRS official Lois Lerner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Ler…

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups.

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

China's Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, delivers a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

China's Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, leaves the podium after delivering a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

Photos: Largest Lego model unveiled

Visitors to New York's Times Square saw the unveiling of the world's largest LEGO Model, a 1:1 replica of the LEGO Star Wars X-wing Starfighter that took 32 Model Builders, 5.3 million LEGO bricks and over 17,000 hours to complete.

Little known about suspect in Wash. ricin case

During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apartments near the intersection of First Avenue and Oak Street in Browne's Addition on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Spokane, Wash. The search warrant…