Briefly 2 charged in New Orleans parade attack
In New Orleans two brothers were charged with attempted murder of 20 people during a Mother's Day parade shooting. Four others were arrested for harboring the fugitives as authorities pursued suspects near the French Quarter. The parade is known as a second line.
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Los Angeles
New Orleans
Mitch Landrieu
Ronal Serpas
Orleans Parish
Leon A. Cannizzaro Jr
Colleges offer steep discounts amid enrollment shortfalls
Forbes reports 50 colleges still accepting freshmen amid falling enrollments and a price discount race. Universities brace rebates to attract students as Kepler telescope loses precise pointing, limiting exoplanet observations.
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U.S
Forbes
Princeton Review
United States
Matt Schifrin
Forbes Media
Military warns of sexual assault crisis in armed forces
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey warned of a crisis of confidence among women soldiers amid rising sexual assault cases. President Obama urged leaders to curb the problem at the White House, as lawmakers push to shift prosecution of felony cases out of the chain of command and speed justice for victims.
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U.S
Martin Dempsey
Barack Obama
White House
Dempsey
Joint Chiefs of Staff
NATO
Brussels
Obama
Defense
Chuck Hagel
Pentagon
Army
Fort Campbell
Kentucky
Sen
Susan Collins
Euters
Secretary of Defense
Kabul car bombing in Afghan capital leaves multiple dead
A bomber in Kabul detonated hazardous materials beside a NATO convoy, killing at least six Americans and nine Afghan civilians, with 39 others injured. The attack claimed by Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin marks a major offensive step and threats of more such incidents. DynCorp contractors among the American dead, all workers training Afghan security forces.
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Afghanistan
NATO
Our Party
Zubair Sediqgi
Hezb-e-Islami
Gulbuddin
Pakistan
International
Security Assistance Force
U.S
DynCorp International
DynCorp
Kanishka Turkistani
Afghan Public Health Ministry
Republicans press IRS over Tea Party targeting probe
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa says five IRS employees will be questioned as part of a fact finding into the agency's scrutiny of Tea Party and conservative groups. The IRS will cooperate, while Danny Werfel is named to lead the agency temporarily starting May 22.
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Internal Revenue Service
Tax Agency
IRS
Darrell Issa
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
U.S
House of Representatives
Barack Obama
White House
Danny Werfel
Office of Management and Budget
CDC reports up to one in five U S children have mental disorder
A CDC study of children ages 3 to 17 finds as many as 20 percent suffer from a mental disorder, costing about 247 billion dollars annually in medical, education, and juvenile justice costs. ADHD tops the list at 6.8 percent, with anxiety and autism among others. disorders often co occur.
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New York
United States
U.S. Center For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Ruth Perou
Reuters
Perou
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