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    Broke no laws, IRS official says — then takes 5th

    IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill Wednesday 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 did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers’ questions.

    May 22, 2013 7:31 PM

    At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself.

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    FMan shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

    FBI investigators walk near the crime scene of an apartment where a man was shot by an FBI agent Wednesday in Orlando, Fla. The man who was shot and killed by the agent early this morning was friends with the Boston bombings suspects, according to a friend of the victim.

    May 22, 2013 7:23 PM

    A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.

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    Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview

    Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, made a plea in court on Tuesday for life in prison, instead of execution, saying she can contribute to society if allowed to live.

    May 22, 2013 10:45 AM

    In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."

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    Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down

    Rebekah Stuck hugs her son, Aiden Stuck, 7, after she found him in front of the destroyed Briarwood Elementary after a tornado struck south Oklahoma City and Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. Aiden Stuck was inside the school when it was hit.

    May 22, 2013 9:22 AM

    With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time." Parents had a gut-wrenching choice: Trust the safety of the seemingly solid school buildings or drive frantically ahead of a massive tornado and attempt to take their children safely home.

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    Brutal attack in London blamed on radical Islam

    Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured in London Wednesday.

    May 22, 2013 7:55 PM

    Two men with butcher knives hacked man another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody.

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    Kirk announces support for Pritzker at Commerce

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    Broke no laws, IRS official says — then takes 5th

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