VIDEO: Republicans Seize on IRS Failings to Attack Obamacare
Oregon Rep. Greg Walden says 2014 will be crucial year for new healthcare law
2013-05-17
By Deirdre Walsh CNN Senior Congressional Producer
The House of Representatives passed a measure to repeal Obamacare entirely on Thursday -- a move the GOP-led chamber has done twice already. But the latest scandal involving the IRS, one of the key agencies charged with enforcing the health care law, is adding fuel to the political fire over the controversial new law. Read the complete article
Columbia University Seeks to Change Whites-Only Fellowship
The fellowship was established in 1920 by Lydia C. Roberts
2013-05-16
Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Columbia University is seeking to alter the 1920 charter of one of its graduate school fellowships which is still limited "to persons of the Caucasian race," though the fellowship has not been granted in years. Read the complete article
Police Arrest Suspect in New Orleans Mother's Day Shooting
The police department identified the man taken into custody as Akein Scott, 19
2013-05-16
Lateef Mungin CNN
NEW ORLEANS (CNN) -- New Orleans police said they arrested a suspect in the Mother's Day shooting that left 19 people wounded this week. Read the complete article
Western Influence at All Costs: Buckets of KFC Smuggled Under Gaza Border
There are no Western fast-food franchises in the occupied territory
2013-05-16
Brad Lendon CNN
(CNN) -- A confluence of a hankering for fried chicken and hard times in the smuggling business means buckets of KFC are showing up on tables in Gaza. Read the complete article
China Eyes Arctic Options in Energy, Transport
Arctic Council granted permanent observer status to China and five other nations Wednesday
2013-05-16
Geoff Hiscock CNN
(CNN) -- The decision to grant permanent observer status to China and five other nations by the Arctic Council meeting in Sweden Wednesday reflects the heightened interest by some of the world's most powerful economies in an area rich in oil, gas, minerals, fish and new transport possibilities. Read the complete article
Tornadoes Hit North Texas; Six dead, Dozens Injured
It was not clear whether the toll would rise
2013-05-16
Lateef Mungin CNN
(CNN) -- Rescue crews searched Thursday for seven people missing after overnight tornadoes struck North Texas, killing at least six. Read the complete article
Civilians, Coalition Forces Killed in Kabul
The U.S. and Coalition forces have occupied Afghanistan since 2001
2013-05-16
Masoud Popalzai and Joe Sterling CNN
(CNN) -- A suicide car bombing in the heart of Afghanistan's capital on Thursday killed and injured dozens of civilians and a half-dozen ISAF forces, a coaliton official said. Read the complete article
Cyclone Mahasen Pulls its Punch
At least 12 people were killed, thousands of houses were damaged and trees were uprooted
2013-05-16
Tom Watkins and Jethro Mullen CNN
(CNN) -- Tropical Cyclone Mahasen jogged northward Thursday prior to striking the coast of Bangladesh, averting the widespread disaster that government authorities had prepared for. Read the complete article
Chinese Police Crack Down on Anti-Refinery Protests
Opponents fear the chemical plant would produce tons of paraxylene, a carcinogenic chemical
2013-05-16
Ivan Watson, Dayu Zhang and Lucrezia Seu CNN
BEIJING (CNN) -- Demonstrators braved a heavy police presence and the threat of arrest by massing Thursday in the streets of Kunming, China, to protest the planned construction of a chemical plant, they said. Read the complete article
VIDEO: AG Eric Holder in Dark as Justice Department Spied on the Associated Press
AP chief says Justice department intelligence gathering cast a wide net
2013-05-15
By Tom Cohen and Michael Pearson CNN
Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that his decision to remove himself from the Justice Department investigation into a leak that led it to surreptitiously collect telephone records from the Associated Press leaves him unable to respond to questions about it. The news agency revealed Monday that federal agents had secretly collected two months of telephone records for some of its reporters and editors. Read the complete article
