National News
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Seven injured in Missouri as trains collide, trigger highway bridge collapse
25 May 2013 | 10:28 amTwo freight trains collided and derailed early Saturday in southeast Missouri, then triggered the collapse of a highway overpass when several rail cars struck a support pillar.Seven people were injured, including two personnel on the trains and five individuals in[…]
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Xbox? More like Xbody: Future game consoles will get under your skin
25 May 2013 | 9:49 amImagine playing through a level of the popular zombie shooter "Left 4 Dead" on a system that tracks your heart rate, eye movements, even how clammy your skin is getting, all to measure just how scared you are.For 250 lucky[…]
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'Open season' for sex at Alaskan base, military officials say
25 May 2013 | 9:38 amAn Army battalion commander at the Space and Missile Defense Command at Fort Greely, Alaska, is under investigation for allegedly "condoning" adultery and creating an "open season" climate when it comes to sexual activity among the troops, military and defense officials[…]
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Turkey builds wall at Syrian border after deadly bombings
25 May 2013 | 7:21 amANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey is constructing 1.5-mile twin walls at a border crossing with Syria to increase security at the frontier following three deadly bombings this year.The concrete walls will be built on either side of the road leading from[…]
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Vogue of the speedway: How motorsports improve what we drive
25 May 2013 | 4:46 amWhen the field lines up on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track this weekend, they’ll begin with a pace lap behind a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray driven by San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh.Although Harbaugh might be more used to a[…]
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Gov. Christie boosts Jersey Shore with Memorial Day weekend road trip
25 May 2013 | 3:12 amAfter famously telling hurricane-weary tourists in 2011 to “get the hell back on the beach," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is on another, softer, mission to lure visitors back to his state’s sandy shores.With the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy[…]