Would-be Chicago backpack bomber sentenced to 23 years
Sami Samir Hassoun, a 25 year old Lebanese immigrant, received a 23 year prison sentence after admitting to placing a backpack he believed to contain a bomb near Wrigley Field. Prosecutors showed undercover footage and described the device as capable of destroying a city block, a comparison to the Boston Marathon attack used by the judge. Hassoun cried, apologized, and pledged to improve, while his mother expressed love.
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U.S
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Boston
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US economy grows 2.4 percent in first quarter
The Commerce Department reports GDP rose 2.4 percent annualized from January through March, modestly below the prior estimate. Consumer spending was stronger than thought, but business restocking slowed and state local cuts weighed on growth. Economists expect slower expansion into spring, with mixed outlooks for 2014.
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U.S
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Mars trip radiation a concern for NASA
NASA faces radiation risks for a Mars mission as astronauts would receive weekly CT-scan equivalent doses for about a year. The exposure could surpass NASA limits and raise cancer risk by about 3 percent, driven by galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events. Public and private groups pursue crewed deep space plans into the mid-2030s with volunteers sought.
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Spelling Bee Champion Arvind Mahankali Wins 2013 Title
Arvind Mahankali of Bayside Hills New York won the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee spelling knaidel to claim $30 000 in cash and prizes and a large trophy He became the fourth Indian American winner in a row and the first year a computer based vocabulary test helped choose finalists Pranav Shivashankar of Olathe Kansas finished second after mistaking cyano... for cyanophycean Sriram Hathwar and Amber Born were third and fourth respectively The 281 contestants narrowed to 11 finalists after a two hour final round featuring challenging German derived words and other terms
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Marblehead
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St. Augustine
Fla
Nupur Lala
Evan Vucci
Oxon Hill
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