Thursday, May 23, 2013
ENTERTAINMENT
- Benefit Show for Jefferson High School Junior to Attend Berklee Summer Music Program
- The Skanner News Columnist Bill Fletcher, Jr. in Oregon this Weekend
- Prince honored with the 2013 Billboard Icon Award
- The Wolfpack Ventures to Vegas for Yetta Nudder Nutty Adventure
- Kirk Matches Wits with Rogue Commander in Intergalactic Showdown
- Kam's Kapsules: For Movies Opening May 17
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Breaking News
Chicago Board Votes to Close 50 Schools
CNN Staff
05/22/2013 04:03 pm PDT
(CNN) -- The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools, a controversial move that drew sharp criticism from the city's teachers union.
Holder: Drone Strikes Have Killed Four Americans Since 2009
Joe Johns CNN
05/22/2013 03:02 pm PDT
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Counterterrorism drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas since 2009, the U.S. government acknowledged on Wednesday, one day before President Barack Obama delivers a major speech on his administration's counterterrorism policy.
Vatican Moves to Clean Up Finances
Alanna Petroff CNN Money
05/22/2013 10:15 am PDT
LONDON (CNNMoney) -- Pope Emeritus Benedict had made cleaning up the Vatican's reputation for shady money a top priority, and Pope Francis is continuing the effort.
E.W. Jackson: Nothing 'to Rephrase or Apologize For'
CNN Political Unit
05/22/2013 09:33 am PDT
(CNN) -- E.W. Jackson, Virginia's new Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, said he has nothing to apologize for regarding his startling past comments about abortion, race and homosexuality.
Medicare Payment Rates: $15,000 for One Hospital, $26,000 for Another
Tami Luhby CNN Money
05/22/2013 09:25 am PDT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Get a hip replaced at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, and Medicare will pay the small, doctor-owned hospital $15,585, or about 13% of what Olympia charged in the bills it submitted.
Iran: President Ahmadinejad to Contest Banning of his Aide From Presidential Race
By Shirzad Bozorgmehr CNN
05/22/2013 08:51 am PDT
Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will challenge the disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential election. Only eight candidates have been approved to run for office from more than 680 candidates who had registered for the June election.
In London Suspect Arrested in 1982 IRA Attack on Royal Cavalry Officers
By Laura Smith-Spark and Stephanie Halasz CNN
05/22/2013 08:45 am PDT
A man has been charged with the murders of four members of the Royal Household Cavalry in a 1982 IRA attack in London
After Police Shooting Swedish Capital Shaken by Three Nights of Rioting
By Stephanie Halasz. Per Nyberg and Laura Smith-Spark CNN
05/22/2013 08:39 am PDT
A police shooting of a 69-year-old immigrant has triggered rioting in Sweden.