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Lawmakers to investigate disabled veterans charity

Lawmakers to investigate disabled veterans charity

Posted 5:14 PM 5/23/2012 by David Fitzpatrick and Drew Griffin, CNN Special Investigations Unit

The Senate Finance Committee is launching an investigation to determine whether a charity intended to help disabled veterans deserves its tax-exempt status after doling out millions of dollars to a direct-mail company.

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, chairman of the committee, announced the (More)

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Reagan's son blasts purported sale of father's blood

Yesterday

Flotsam from Japanese tsunami hitting Alaska

Flotsam from Japanese tsunami hitting Alaska

Posted 9:38 PM 5/22/2012 by Casey Wian (CNN)

YAKUTAT, Alaska -- Residents of towns in the Alaska Panhandle have begun picking up plastic bottles, chunks of foam insulation and floating buoys from Japan's 2011 tsunami now turning up across the Pacific Ocean.

"This is urethane spray building foam," Chris Pallister, president of the (More)

Yellowstone ready for Memorial Day summer kick off

Passenger's implant claim triggers flight diversion

Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado

'Security issue' forces US Airways flight diversion

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5/21/2012

Bee Gees' Robin Gibb influenced music beyond disco

Bee Gees' Robin Gibb influenced music beyond disco

Posted 9:39 PM 5/21/2012 by Elaine Quijano - CBS News

The pop music world has lost another giant.

Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.

It happened just a few days after the death of Donna Summer.

Gibb and his brothers had a career, and influence, that went far beyond the disco (More)

Chicago braces for final day of anti-NATO protests as demonstrators march on Boeing HQ

NATO signs off on Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan

68,000 Jeep Wranglers recalled for fire risk

Four tons of marijuana pulled from ocean off California

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5/20/2012

Guard killed, several others injured in riot at Mississippi prison, officials say

Guard killed, several others injured in riot at Mississippi prison, officials say

Posted 8:18 PM 5/20/2012 by Stephanie Gallman, CNN

A prison guard was killed and several employees injured Sunday in a riot at the Adams County Correctional Facility in Natchez, Mississippi, officials said.

The 23-year-old guard appeared to suffer "blunt trauma to the head," said Adams County Coroner James Lee.

The riot, which began (More)

Police, protesters clash outside NATO summit

Law enforcement cracking down on seat belt laws