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Bachelor party cut short after dead body found in RV
 

A group of men on their way to the Kentucky Derby for a bachelor party made a gruesome discovery after they pulled their rented RV over in southeastern Minnesota: a body inside the vehicle’s exterior cargo compartment.

 
8 circus aerial acrobats free fall in freak accident

A group of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey performers plummeted 25 to 40 feet in a “larger-than-life” circus act, causing critical injury.

 
Oklahoma wildfire forces 1,000 to flee; 1 reported dead

Firefighters facing another hot and windy forecast worked Monday to battle a large wildfire in central Oklahoma that destroyed at least six homes and left one person dead after a controlled burn spread out of control.

 
Obama quips poke fun at Washington gridlock

President Barack Obama poked fun at himself and what he called a hard year at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. “In 2008 my slogan was, ‘Yes we can.’ In 2013, it was control-alt-delete,” Obama joked.

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Santa Barbara looks to sea for water in drought

Santa Barbara thought build a $34 million desalination plant two decades ago when California withered in a severe drought. The plant was fired up for only three months and mothballed after a miracle soaking of rain. Now the plant is getting attention again.

 
Clippers move ahead with cathartic Game 7 win

Less than a week after dumping their team warmup jerseys at center court in a pregame gesture of defiance against Donald Sterling, the Los Angeles Clippers earned a cathartic 126-121 win over the Golden State Warriors and a second-round date with the Oklahoma City Thunder, starting Monday night.

 
Minnesota teen’s journal was 180-page attack plan

The 17-year-old Minnesota boy outlined his plan in a 180-page journal: kill his family, set a fire to divert first responders, then go to his school with bombs and guns and “kill as many students as he could,” according to court documents.

 
Boy’s father apologizes at funeral for not saving him

The father of a 5-year-old boy who was missing for months before his body was found by the side of a highway apologized at his funeral Saturday, saying he wished he could have saved his son.

 
31 reported dead in fire tied to Ukraine clashes

Police in the Ukrainian city of Odessa say 31 people have died as the result of a building fire that broke out during a clash between pro-Russia demonstrators and supporters of the central government in Kiev.

 
Teen takes great-grandmother to her first prom

An Ohio high school student is making headlines for taking his 89-year-old great-grandmother to her first ever prom.

 
Summer movie season presents parade of heroes, villains, scares and dares

After a pretty dismal few months at the multiplexes, the summer movie season swings into action Friday with “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” If you’re looking for subtlety, check back in September. But if you’re in the mood for superheroes, raucous comedies and stuff blowin’ up real good, this is your season.

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