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New Orleans Police make arrest in Mother's Day shooting

By (CNN) Chandler Friedman
New Orleans Police Department has arrested 19-year-old Akein Scott in connection with the shooting of 19 people on Mother's Day, according to the department's official Facebook page.

Source: Michelle Knight was Cleveland suspect's main 'punching bag'

By Pamela Brown
CLEVELAND (CNN) -- The man accused of kidnapping three Cleveland women and holding them for close to a decade abused all of them but used captive Michelle Knight as his main "punching bag," a family friend of one of the victims told C

US Army officer accused of sexually assaulting soldiers

By CNN and Anoushah Rasta
A recent report released by the Pentagon reveals a disturbing increase in sexual assaults in the military.

Many people were arrested in a huge Medicare fraud scam

By CNN
Authorities arrested dozens of people in a major Medicare fraud bust spanning eight cities.

Gosnell sentenced to life in third baby's death

By Sarah Hoye - CNN
Philadelphia abortion provider Kermit Gosnell was sentenced Wednesday to life with no parole in the death of one of three babies who died in his clinic.

Google knows which of your photos are best

By CNN: By Heather Kelly
Google is working hard to make you love Google+, its growing but still often-overlooked social network.

'Angry' Obama announces IRS leader's ouster after conservatives targeted

By CNN: By Dana Bash, Chelsea J. Carter, and Tom Cohen
President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to hold accountable those at the Internal Revenue Service involved in the targeting of conservative groups applying for federal tax-exempt status, beginning with the resignation of the agency's acting

Jodi Arias faces possible death penalty after jury's verdict

By Catherine E. Shoichet
Jodi Arias could now face the death penalty, nearly five years after she stabbed, shot and almost decapitated her ex-boyfriend,

Human odor may attract malaria-infected mosquitoes

By Elizabeth Landau, CNN
We think of malaria as a disease that infects more than 200 million people a year, with transmission happening through mosquito bites.

UPDATE: Child porn victim rescued, John Doe arrested

By U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
A nationwide manhunt for a "John Doe" suspected child pornographer ended a little more than 24 hours an alert was made by federal officials.

Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar comedy coming to CBS

By Amber Downing
 NBC has retooled its Thursday night lineup to include three new comedies, but in the fall the network will have competition in that category from CBS.

IRS to close for 5 days due to budget cuts

By CNN
Pull out your calendar and cross out May 24, June 14, July 5, July 22, and Aug. 30.

OJ Simpson takes the stand asking for new trial

By CNN
OJ Simpson took the witness stand Wednesday in a Las Vegas, Nevada courtroom.

Getting into the military is getting tougher

By Jessica Molinar Muñoz
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- In a typical week, about 10 applicants will walk into a recruiting center in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, hoping to enlist in the United States Army. Sergeant First Class Israel Herrera doesn't like to turn them away, but he often finds that six out of 10 simply don't measure up to military standards.

Google announces music subscription service

By CNN
SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- Google is taking on music-streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and Rdio with its own music subscription service called Google Play All Access.