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Gunman identified in shooting that killed TSA agent, injured 3 others
 

A man carrying a note that said he wanted to “kill TSA” pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot his way past a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, cutting down one Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding at least three others, authorities said.

 
Children rescued after bus topples into creek in Kansas

Ten Kansas children and a school bus driver were pulled to safety from a fast-moving creek Thursday after the bus toppled into the water and landed half-submerged on its side.

 
Snowden asks for world’s help against U.S. spying charges

Edward Snowden is calling for international help to persuade the U.S. to drop its espionage charges against him, and said he would like to testify before the U.S. Congress about National Security Agency surveillance.

 
Snowden leaves Moscow airport after Russia grants asylum

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden left the transit zone of a Moscow airport and officially entered Russia after authorities granted him asylum for a year, his lawyer said Thursday.

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Cleveland kidnapper sentenced to life without parole

The Ohio man convicted of holding three women captive in his Cleveland house over a decade and raping them repeatedly was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 1,000 years.

 
Portable shelters couldn’t save 19 firefighters

Trapped by a wildfire that exploded tenfold in a matter of hours, a crack team of firefighting “Hotshots” broke out their portable emergency shelters and rushed to climb into the foil-lined, heat-resistant bags before the flames swept over them.

 
Obama suggests spying on allies is common; Snowden applies for political asylum in Russia

Pres. Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting that all nations spy on each other. Meanwhile, American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to still be at Moscow’s international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia.

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