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US may stop spying on allied leaders

The Obama administration is considering ending spying on allied heads of state, a senior administration official said, as the White House grappled with the fallout from revelations that the U.S. has eavesdropped on German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Price of spying missteps: Europe considers sanctions on U.S.

The United States could lose access to an important law enforcement tool used to track terrorist money flows, German officials said Monday, as Europe weighed a response to allegations that the Americans spied on their closest European allies.

 
Felony assault charge reduced, Chris Brown released

A charge against Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Chris Brown has been reduced to a misdemeanor and he has been ordered released.

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ABC apologizes for child’s joke on Kimmel’s show

An unscripted joke that came from a child during a segment of Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show prompted a network apology. A boy joked about killing Chinese people to help erase the U.S. debt

Doctors: Limit kids’ screen time for entertainment to 2 hours

Violence, cyberbullying, school woes, obesity, lack of sleep … doctors see connections to these symptoms and online activity. They advise parents to wake up to what their kids are doing online, and start putting limits on what’s allowed.

Stabbings of Chinese woman, children, a gruesome scene

The brutal killings of a Chinese immigrant mother and her four young children in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood left neighbors and police officers with gruesome images of the suspect, Mingdong Chen, 25, dripping in blood.