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Police say they're zeroing in on the whereabouts of Jessica Heeringa, a Michigan mom who went missing on April 26 while working the night shift... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The eternal flame at the gravesite of former President John F. Kennedy is undergoing repairs at Arlington National Cemetery. Before the repairs... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arin-greenwood/

A mother in Tampa, Fla., was arrested after police say her 7-month-old daughter drowned when she was left unattended in the bathtub. Sierra McMillan, 22,... Hilary Hanson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

An Afghan woman has been shot dead by her father in front of a mob of hundreds, Amnesty International is reporting. Her crime? Dishonouring her... The Huffington Post Canada http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christian-cotroneo/

SANTA FE, N.M. -- New Mexico investigators are looking for more victims of an unlicensed tooth doctor found operating as a "mobile dentist" out of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eline-gordts/

Holding American citizens who have been arrested on U.S. soil in indefinite military detention is absolutely incompatible with our values. I believe military detention is not only unconstitutional, but has also proven ineffective at achieving justice and gaining intelligence. Sen. Dianne Feinstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-dianne-feinstein/

NBC's Rock Center recently showed Camden the way that most of the world sees it: dangerous, rundown and hopeless. The problem with this vantage point is that it is only the surface level. Jeff Putthoff, S.J. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-putthoff-sj/

Medical marijuana dispensaries have attracted two predictable byproducts of the valuable buds sold in an increasing number of stores: thieves and security systems. "There is... Catherine New http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-new/

Premeditated killing is not a circumstance to which we can be sensitized. To get used to death and terror would be to walk down a path that leads only to paranoia and mutually-assured destruction. Ami Fields-Meyer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ami-fieldsmeyer/

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah -- A Salt Lake City man who was serving as a referee in a recreational soccer game in Taylorsville is in critical condition... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/

OKKAN, Myanmar -- Anti-Muslim violence flared anew in central Myanmar on Tuesday as angry mobs destroyed two mosques and set fire to hundreds of homes... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carlo-davis/

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he still wants to close the military prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and that he's renewing... Ryan J. Reilly http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-j-reilly/

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says he's going to try again to close down the prison for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama says... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-goldberg/

President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his administration's handling of the Boston bombings, refuting an accusation by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that the attacks were... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/luke-johnson/

SANFORD, Fla. -- The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin told a judge Tuesday that he agrees with his defense attorneys'... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle-cadet/

Police say that an Ohio student who attempted suicide in front of 22 other students on Monday used a semiautomatic handgun. The unidentified teen, an... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

WASHINGTON -- "Only 3 basic cable channels and no nets for the basketball hoops are the least of the problems here. But the staff is... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erin-ruberry/

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Two sisters in Northern California facing charges that they endangered infants' lives by binding them too tightly in swaddling blankets have pleaded... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

Instead of sending technical parole violators back to prison for technical parole violations, the offenders are instead redirected to community corrections centers which cost the state less money than it would to incarcerate an offender in a state prison. John Bruhns http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sgt-john-bruhns/