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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.

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

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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.

 
Family and dogs dead after Phoenix shooting

Authorities released details Sunday from a weekend shooting attack that left four family members and two dogs dead at a central Phoenix townhouse before the gunman turned the weapon on himself.

Challenging time for Christian adoption movement

To many Christian evangelicals, their commitment to finding homes for the world’s orphans is something to celebrate — and they will, gathering at hundreds of churches across America to direct their thoughts and prayers to these children.

Germany, France want Obama administration to agree to curb spying

Indignant at reports of U.S. electronic espionage overseas, the leaders of Germany and France said Friday they will insist the Obama administration agree by year’s end to limits that could put an end to alleged American eavesdropping on foreign leaders, businesses and innocent citizens.

Military signs up for home schooling

A growing number of military parents want to end the age-old tradition of switching schools for their kids.

Jay-Z asks for patience in Barneys flap

Jay-Z, under increasing pressure to back out of a collaboration with the luxury store Barneys New York after it was accused of racially profiling two black customers, said Saturday that he’s being unfairly “demonized” for just waiting to hear all the facts.

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