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Qatar ruler hands power to son to mark ‘new era’

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 file photo, Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, attends the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Doha. Qatar’s emir moves to hand power over to his son, aiming to bring a youthful new face to rule in a tiny Gulf nation that has become one of the most powerful in the Middle East, aggressively spreading its influence through cash. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad, File)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s ruler formally handed power Tuesday to his 33-year-old son to cap a carefully crafted transition that puts a younger generation in charge of the Gulf nation’s vast energy wealth and rising political influence after the upheavals of the Arab Spring.

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Winfrey to speak at Harvard commencement exercises

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2013 file photo, Oprah Winfrey attends the premiere of "Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Winfrey is the featured speaker at Harvard University's 362nd commencement on Thursday, May 30, 2013. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)The media mogul is the featured speaker at the Ivy League school’s commencement.

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Ted Cruz avoids controversy in NYC speech

FILE - In this March 16, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks in National Harbor, Md. Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ahead to the state's "first in the South" primary _ still three years away. Vice President Joe Biden and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz arrive to whip up their parties' faithful before Tuesday's special congressional election featuring the high-profile former governor. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is a rising star Republican who has irked even members of his own party with his conservative views on immigration reform and gun control. But Cruz made no mention of those hot-button topics in his official debut on the New York political stage Wednesday, using a speech before the […]

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Gadhafi’s son appears in court; case postponed

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam makes a victory sign as he appears at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya. The imprisoned son of Libya’s slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi appeared in court on Thursday, May 2, 2013 on charges of harming state security, but the judge adjourned his hearing until Sept. 19 to allow defense lawyers time to study the case. Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the ousted leader’s longtime heir apparent, wore a sky blue safari suit and a pair of sandals. He remained standing throughout the 15-minute hearing in the western Libyan town of Zintan. He smiled at times.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)ZINTAN, Libya (AP) — The imprisoned son of Libya’s slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi appeared in court on Thursday on charges of harming state security, but the judge adjourned his hearing until Sept. 19 to allow defense lawyers time to study the case.

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Pyongyang glitters, but rest of North Korea still dark

In this April 22, 2013 photo, the sun rises over Juche Tower in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon.

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Russia caught bomb suspect on wiretap

Boston terror: Anatomy of a failure in intelRussian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.

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Man arrested for ricin thought he had found body part conspiracy

A Prince George's County, Md. firefighter, left, gets dressed in a protective suit before going into a government mail screening facility in Hyattsville, Md., Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Police swept across the U.S. Capitol complex to chase a flurry of reports of suspicious packages and envelopes Wednesday after preliminary tests indicated poisonous ricin in two letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Paul Kevin Curtis claimed “parties within the government” were trying to ruin him.

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NY judge OKs $405M payout to some Madoff victims

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has cleared the way for investors who lost $1.2 billion to Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme to receive $405 million in payouts.

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Nation’s largest public utility could be put up for sale

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Obama administration’s 2014 budget is calling for a strategic review of the Tennessee Valley Authority, opening the possibility that the largest U.S. public utility could be sold.

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Hostage-taker at Clinton’s 2007 campaign office escapes

Clinton bids farewell to the State Department in WashingtonA man who took several hostages in 2007 was reported missing from a halfway house.

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