By CAROLINE LEE, UPI.com Mexico's huge volcano Popocatepetl erupted a column of gas and ash that may send an ash cloud to Mexico City.
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DENVER, June 18 (UPI) -- A confirmed tornado Tuesday afternoon sent travelers at Denver's airport scurrying for cover, but no injuries or damage was reported, officials said.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y., June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. probation officers in Syracuse, N.Y., were disciplined after an accused child pornographer was charged with murder, a judge says.
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DETROIT, June 18 (UPI) -- A judge in Detroit Tuesday declared a mistrial in the case of a police officer charged in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl during a raid.
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LOUGH ERNE, Northern Ireland, June 18 (UPI) -- The handover of authority in Afghanistan was one of the major topics of a meeting Tuesday with French President Francois Hollande, U.S. President Obama said.
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ZARQA, Jordan (AP) -- Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria....
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MARDAN, Pakistan, June 18 (UPI) -- Police in Pakistan were trying to determine if a suicide bombing Tuesday that killed 20 mourners at a funeral was aimed at one victim, a provincial legislator.
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By CAROLINE LEE, UPI.com 14-year-old Jared Marcum was already suspended and arrested for wearing an NRA shirt to school. Now, he faces a year in jail.
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WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife say if both are sentenced to prison for wire and mail fraud, Jackson would prefer to serve first.
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WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday he will not bring an immigration reform bill to a vote unless it has majority support in his Republican caucus.
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WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- Google asked a special court in Washington Tuesday to let it make public information it's being forced to give to the government.
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OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich., June 18 (UPI) -- A cadaver dog that's part of an FBI search team has flagged a location in a Michigan field where an aging mobster says Jimmy Hoffa is buried, officials said.
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(Reuters) - Industry executives and some corners of the U.S. intelligence community are pushing back against possible legislative moves to curb contractors' access to classified information.
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UNITED NATIONS, June 18 (UPI) -- The United Nations said Tuesday an ongoing crisis in Nigeria has caused more than 6,000 refugees to flee to neighboring Niger and Cameroon.
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(Reuters) WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday identified two of the more than 50 classified cases in which they say National Security Agency eavesdropping helped thwart terrorist plots including a planned attack on the New York Stock Exchange.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 18 (UPI) -- A United Nations official says more needs to be done to support the estimated 1 million Syrian refugees who will have fled to Lebanon by year's end.
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By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com Using a new scanning technology, researchers were able to uncover a vast and heretofore unseen ancient Cambodian city.
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SAO PAULO, June 18 (UPI) -- The mayor of Sao Paulo Tuesday tried to defuse protests that started with a complaint a week ago against city bus fares and blossomed into a national movement.
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PERUGIA, Italy, June 18 (UPI) -- Explaining reasons the acquittals of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were overturned, Italy's supreme court suggested the two were engaged in erotic games.
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By Bettina D'AlessandroBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (GPI)-- Under the guidance of health professionals, residents of Buenos Aires meet weekly to discuss personal problems and do activities that promote mental health. About 3,000 people participate in the program, which operates under a public hospital. Volunteers conceive and lead the workshops to rebuild social ties lost in the big city.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Internet search company Yahoo! says it received up to 13,000 secret requests for user data from law enforcement agencies in the previous six months.
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WARSAW, Poland, June 18 (UPI) -- Ukrainian and Polish representatives say they are in talks to draft a joint resolution marking the ethnic cleansing of Poles in Volhynia during World War II.
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ATLANTA, June 18 (UPI) -- The number of Americans who think the White House ordered the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative political groups is growing, a poll found.
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ROME, June 18 (UPI) -- Thirteen people have been arrested in northern Italy after they tried to smuggle thousands of protected and hallucinogenic plants, police said Tuesday.
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By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com The investigators searching for the body of Jimmy Hoffa may have had a breakthrough Tuesday, when a cadaver dog had a "hit" and a concrete slab was pulled from the dig site.
Posted 2 hours 6 minutes ago - 06/18/13 - Full Story