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Saudi man arrested at Detroit Airport with altered passport & pressure cooker

By Steve Garagiola -NBC
A man travelling from Saudi Arabia was arrested after a pressure cooker was found in his luggage at Detroit Metro Airport. The man, Hussain Al Kwawhir, is also accused of using an altered passport and lying to Customs and Border Protection Agents.

Retail sales rise unexpectedly

By CNN
Retail sales rose slightly in April, as strong car sales and spending on building supplies helped make up for weakness in other sectors.

It's a Mason Jar. It's a cocktail shaker. It's a hit!

By Parija Kavilanz - CNN
When college buddies Eric Prum and Joshua Williams tinkered with an empty Mason Jar early last year, and transformed it into a hip-looking cocktail shaker, they had no inkling they'd created a potentially million-dollar idea.

Funny-looking plane designed to make history

By Thom Patterson - CNN
Call it a historic technological achievement. Call it a victory lap across America. Call it a shameless promotion for a controversial energy agenda. Its owners simply call it Solar Impulse.

Astronaut sings Bowie's 'Space Oddity' in zero gravity

By Brandon Griggs - CNN
Chris Hadfield has conquered space. Now he's conquering the Internet, too.

Justice subpoenaed AP phone records, news service says

By Matt Smith and Joe Johns - CNN
The Justice Department secretly collected two months of telephone records for reporters and editors at The Associated Press, the news service disclosed Monday in an outraged letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.

Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dies

By Steve Almasy - CNN
Popular American psychologist Joyce Brothers has died, her daughter said Monday. She was 85. "She passed away peacefully and in her home ... with her family all around her," Lisa Brothers said.

O.J. Simpson begins bid for new trial

By Ted Rowlands and Matt Smith - CNN
Disgraced football legend O.J. Simpson was in a Las Vegas courtroom Monday in a bid to get his robbery, assault and kidnapping convictions thrown out.

NBC keeps 'Community,' unveils fall schedule

By Breeanna Hare - CNN
We hope you didn't get too attached to NBC's new comedies last fall, because the network has cleaned house.
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Doctor found guilty of first-degree murder in Philadelphia abortion case

By Sarah Hoye - CNN
A jury Monday found a Philadelphia abortion provider guilty of three counts of first-degree murder.

IRS targeted more than tea party groups, document shows

By From CNN Washington Bureau
The Internal Revenue Service targeted other groups focused on government spending and the federal debt that were seeking tax-exempt status, in addition to tea party organizations, documents set to be released this week by the agency's watch

Tesla sales beating Mercedes, BMW and Audi

By Peter Valdes-Dapena CNN Money
You know the Tesla Model S, the $70,000 (and-up) electric car that "nobody can afford"? Well, evidently, more than a few people can afford it.

Time travel: Can it really be done?

By Paul Davies Special for CNN
Ever since H. G. Wells' trailblazing novel "The Time Machine," time travel has been a staple of science fiction.

Boston bombing victim Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried in central Virginia cemetery

By Kurt Gregory-NBC
Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been laid to rest at Al Barzakh Cemetery in central Virginia, following an interfaith effort to find a burial plot.

Edited talking points are focus of the Benghazi investigation

By Tracie Potts-NBC
Inside emails show there was a lot of concern about what the public would hear, and lots of changes made from the C.I.A.'s original assessment of who was responsible.