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Gosnell horror fuels fight for abortion laws

By CNN
The depraved acts Dr. Kermit Gosnell is accused of committing have sparked a new turn in the nationwide battle over abortion laws.

Flash mobs beware! Legislators address violent incidents

By CNN
 Illinois legislators weren't thinking about harmless flash mobs, like countless renditions of the Harlem Shake or over-the-top marriage proposals, when crafting new legislation recently.

'No leaks!': Emergency spacewalk to fix ammonia seeping from space station

By CNN
Two astronauts conducted a spacewalk Saturday to address an ammonia leak in the International Space Station's cooling system, a mission that ended with NASA optimistic the potentially major problem had been fixed.

Apparently This Matters: Holding a guitar makes you sexy

By CNN
There's a great song by Todd Snider called "The Ballad of The Kingsmen." In it, he sings, "Marilyn Manson gets a lot of chicks. They're weird chicks. But they're chicks."

Honoring cops, Obama keeps pressure on gun control

By CNN
Honoring police officers at the White House on Saturday, President Barack Obama made another call on Congress to enact tough restrictions on guns.

West Wing briefly evacuated due to smoke, Secret Service says

By CNN
-- The West Wing of the White House, including the press area, was briefly evacuated Saturday out of an abundance of caution as authorities investigated the source of smoke coming out of a mechanical closet, a Secret Service spokesman told CNN.

Citing Gosnell trial, senators propose abortion resolution

By CNN
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah introduced a resolution Monday, calling on the Senate to review "public policies" following the trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who's charged with killing four babies.

Cleveland neighborhood asks, how did it happen here?

By CNN
Outwardly, there is little about the two-story, clapboard house on Cleveland's Seymour Avenue that hints at the decade of horror that authorities say played out inside its walls.

My friends' weddings are putting me deep in debt

By CNN
Wedding season is here. And for the estimated 69 million Americans who will be attending weddings this year, it means shelling out hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Source: Russia withheld details about Tsarnaev

By CNN
Russia withheld details from U.S. officials about suspicions of Boston Marathon bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011, information that could have altered the course authorities followed, a U.S. law enforcement official told CNN.