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Seth Meyers gets 'Late Night' host gig

By Alan Duke CNN
"Saturday Night Live" writer-performer Seth Meyers will take over NBC's "Late Night" show next year when current host Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show," NBC announced Sunday.

Gosnell horror fuels fight for abortion laws

By Josh Levs CNN
The depraved acts Dr. Kermit Gosnell is accused of committing have sparked a new turn in the nationwide battle over abortion laws.

Man spends two days in twisted wreckage after truck crash

By Jack Madison - NBC
An Alabama man is lucky to be alive after being trapped in the twisted wreckage of his truck for several days. Emergency crews freed 54-year-old Michael Worthey on Tuesday.

Teen hospitalized after swallowing barbecue grill brush bristle

By Heather Graf-NBC
It's often viewed as one of the first signs of summer - a backyard barbecue. Now, a little known grilling hazard has re-surfaced, and even sent a local teen to the hospital.

Jacob and Sophia top Social Security’s most popular baby names list

By Social Security Administration
Jacob and Sophia are repeat champions as America’s most popular baby names for 2012. This is the fourteenth year in a row Jacob tops the list for boys and the second year for Sophia.

Man goes for drunken ride on zamboni inside Oklahoma City arena

By Bree Steffen - NBC
It's one more reason why you shouldn't drink and drive.

Kids eat Niacin pills they thought were candy

By Sandra Ali-NBC
Two students at Lincoln Elementary school in Warren, MI were sickened by doses of the supplement niacin, which they were told was candy.

Second grader suspended from school after pointing pencil & making gun noises

By Anne McNamara-NBC
A Suffolk, Virginia school suspended a second grader for pointing a pencil at another student and making gun noises.

University of Arizona's Latino students celebrated for high degree of success

By Sean Mooney - NBC
 The Hispanic population is the fastest growing minority in America, but it also has the lowest college graduation rate of any other group.

The FCC wants to make in-flight Wi-Fi less awful

By Adrian Covert - CNN
If you hate paying $15 for Wi-Fi on your flight, only to have it move at the approximate speed of a sloth, the FCC has good news: It wants to speed up your internet above the clouds.

Whatever happened to the ringtone?

By Breeanna Hare - CNN
 Rebecca May couldn't resist. When she got her first cellphone about a decade ago, one of the first things she did was go to her service provider's website and stock up on ringtones.

Japanese yen hits new 4-year low

By Ben Rooney - CNN
The Japanese yen fell to a four-year low against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as investors continue to welcome moves by the Bank of Japan to boost the nation's economy.

High school baseball players lift car off of student pinned in crash

By Mallory Hoff - NBC
A California high school baseball team are being called heroes after lifting a car off the ground, freeing a student trapped underneath on Wednesday.

Authorities discover more than 60 horse carcasses on Wisconsin farm

By Charles Benson - Reporter
After a search of a Wisconsin farm where five horses were initially found dead, police say they have now located the bodies of 55 horses, 12 goats and two cows in two separate grave sites on the property.

Senators in standoff over EPA nominee

By Gregory Wallace CNN
The top Democrat on the committee considering President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency indicated late Friday she may attempt to break an impasse over the nomination this week.