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Court-martial trial begins Monday for leak of classified documents

By CNN
The court-martial trial begins today (Monday) for Bradley Manning who is the Army Private accused in the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history.

TSA stops using "nude" full body scanners

By CNN
Those airport scanners that gave realistic full-body images are history. The Transportation Security Administration says it has removed all 250 of the Backscatter machines from U.S. airports.

Is it a boy or a girl? Kim & Kanye now know the gender of their baby

By CNN
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend, rapper Kanye West, are having a baby girl. The baby's gender was revealed on the 8th season premiere of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," Sunday night.

IRS faces new battle on overspending

By CNN
The Internal Revenue Service is playing defense on a new front: excess spending on conferences.

Storm chasers among Oklahoma fatalities

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By CNN
Three storm chasers were among the nine people killed in powerful storms that struck Oklahoma on Friday night, relatives told CNN on Sunday.

Trayvon Martin's parents hold rally in Miami

By CNN
The parents of Trayvon Martin held a rally on Saturday in Miami, ahead of the trial of Martin’s accused killer George Zimmerman.

Canutillo family collects donations for Oklahoma tornado victims

By Anoushah Rasta
As the damage from the Oklahoma tornadoes continues to grow, so does the outpour of community support across the nation, and here at home.

Canutillo family collects donations for Oklahoma tornado victims

By Anoushah Rasta
As the damage from the Oklahoma tornadoes continues to grow, so does the outpour of community support across the nation, and here at home.

Navy football players investigated in sex assault complaint

By CNN
Three football players at the U.S. Naval Academy are under investigation for an alleged sex assault incident involving a female midshipmen almost a year ago, according to a Defense Department official.

Conservative sites tie IRS controversy to liberal group

By CNN Gregory Wallace
(CNN) -- The controversy over IRS targeting of conservative groups took a new turn this weekend when right-leaning websites drew a connection between the agency's former head and his wife's employment at a liberal group.

In El Reno, a tornado 'looking at us dead in the eye'

By CNN Ben Brumfield, Holly Yan, and George Howell
EL RENO, Oklahoma (CNN) -- David Stottlemyre was inside an oil field repair shop in El Reno, Oklahoma, when he saw a tornado "looking at us dead in the eye."

Not so secret meetings with Holder

By CNN Carol Cratty
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder's off-the-record meetings with the news media on guidelines for handling investigations of leaks to journalists suddenly are not so buttoned-up.

The Army promotes National Safety Month

By Michael J. Negard, U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center
June is National Safety Month, and senior Army leaders are asking Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians and their family members to educate one another on risk and influence behaviors surrounding the leading causes of preventable injury an

Army life captured in new reality-style TV series

By Lisa Ferdinando (ARNEWS)
 "Man, that was a rush," said 19-year-old Julian Chavez, with a grin, after firing a machine gun from a helicopter on the ground as he trained with Soldiers at Joint-Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Tornado emergency issued in Oklahoma City

By CNN
A string of tornados moved across Central and Eastern Oklahoma. The national weather service has declared a "tornado emergency" for Oklahoma City and its surrounding suburbs.