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Armenians were massacred by forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. In this instance, the heads of the victims were placed on stakes.

World News

A Century After Atrocities Against Armenians, An Unresolved Wound

8:38am April 24, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Some 1.5 million Armenians were killed or deported in the violence unleashed by Ottoman Turks starting in 1915. Turkey and Armenia still disagree on how to define these terrible events.

Delinquent Mines: Congress Revives Bill To Hold Mine Owners Accountable

7:01am April 24, 2015

by Howard Berkes

The measure, first proposed in 2010, would shut down mines if owners fail to pay fines for safety violations.

A screenshot of a striptease act at a funeral in February in China's Hebei province.

World News

China's Latest Target: Funeral Strippers

5:32am April 24, 2015

by Frank Langfitt

In some parts of rural China and in Taiwan, hiring strippers to perform at the funeral of a loved one isn't considered absurd, but a good idea.

A color-enhanced cerebral MRI showing a glioma tumor.

Thoughts Can Fuel Some Deadly Brain Cancers

7:03pm April 23, 2015

by Jon Hamilton

A doctor-scientist's long quest to help children with a rare form of brain cancer has led to the discovery that high levels of brain activity can make glioma tumors grow faster.

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Work partners Jon Chintanaroad (left) and Mike Prestano are all smiles now, but founding a tech startup together threatened their friendship — and their business.

Couples Counseling Catches On With Tech Co-Founders

7:03pm April 23, 2015

by April Dembosky

Friction between close business partners is the reason many startups fail. But increasingly in Silicon Valley, co-founders of companies are turning to therapists before things go south.

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Bull breeder Donnell Brown chats with 9-year-old Cody Hays, who is helping his father, Craig, ultrasound the rib-eyes of about 400 bulls.

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How Texas Ranchers Try To Clinch The Perfect Rib-Eye

7:03pm April 23, 2015

by John Burnett

The rib-eye is the bestselling cut of beef in America both at the supermarket and the steakhouse. Once a year, breeders bring their stock into the barn to take a peek at the steak using ultrasound.

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Marchers gather at the Baltimore Police Department's Western District police station during a march for Freddie Gray on Wednesday in Baltimore.

Maryland Governor Sends State Troopers As Protests Grow In Baltimore

6:31pm April 23, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Protesters took to the streets demanding justice, after a black man suffered a deadly injury to his spine after being arrested.

An air traffic control tower at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Should The Government Get Out Of The Air Traffic Control Business?

6:20pm April 23, 2015

by Brian Naylor

Efforts to replace air traffic control's aging radar-based system have been stuck in the Federal Aviation Administration's bureaucracy and lacked funding from Congress.

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An aviation technician works on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in the Washington National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Looming Budget Cuts Pit National Guard Against The Army

5:49pm April 23, 2015

by Patricia Murphy

In Washington state, a friendly family rivalry is taking place at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord as the National Guard and active Army lobby to protect their interests against deep budget cuts.

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The Army spent $300 million to upgrade Camp Atterbury and the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center — seen here in this aerial photo from 2012 — for Indiana's National Guard to use to prepare for the wars and Iraq and Afghanistan. But now that troops are

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National Guard Seeks New Mission After War

5:45pm April 23, 2015

by Steve Walsh

Indiana's National Guard is fighting to stay relevant after the base has quieted dramatically now that troops have come home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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