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2013-05-31Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy toss their caps in the air during the graduation ceremony at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, May 29. President Barack Obama addressed the issue of student loan debt Friday, May 31, at the W
2013-05-31President Barack Obama salutes as he returns to the White House after a trip to Chicago on Thursday, May 30. Federal authorities searched the home of a Texas man on Friday in connection with an investigation into threatening letters, possibly tainted with
2013-05-31Arvind Mahankali, a 13-year-old from Bayside Hills, New York, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, spelling "knaidel," a dumpling, on May 30. Definitions for the words spelled were taken from Merriam-Webster. Take a look back at previous win
2013-05-30Lifeguards carry a chair into place on Monday, May 27, in Long Branch, on the first weekend of Jersey Shore beaches re-opening to the public since Superstorm Sandy devastated parts of the coastline seven months ago.
2013-05-30Leila Fowler, 8, was stabbed to death inside her Valley Springs, California, home on Saturday, April 27. Her 12-year-old brother has been charged with second-degree murder. Leila was known for her bubbly personality, and her death shook the town, where ri
2013-05-28Smoke billows from a train derailment that caused a major explosion in the Rosedale neighborhood outside of Baltimore on Tuesday, May 28. A CSX freight train collided with a commercial truck and derailed leading to an explosion that a witness said could b
2013-05-27Alex Burgess gets emotional at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Monday, May 27, as he visits the grave of a friend who was killed in Iraq. People across the country paid tribute to fallen military service members throughout the Memorial Day week
2013-05-27Members of the Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment -- also known as the "Old Guard" -- plant flags at tombstones in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington on Thursday, May 23, ahead of Memorial Day. Washington is a city of war memorials.
2013-05-27A message is left by a homeowner who lost his home in the May 20 tornado on Monday, May 27, in Moore, Oklahoma. View more photos of the aftermath in the region and another gallery of aerial shots of the damage.
2013-05-26Two cars plunged into the Skagit River in Washington State when the Interstate 5 bridge over it collapsed. Authorities estimate it will take $15 million to repair that portion of the state's main artery to Canada.
2013-05-24Jim Whittaker, left, and Sherpa Nawang Gombu summited Mount Everest together in 1963. It cemented a bond for the two men. Click through our gallery to see Whittaker's time on Everest, and how his son, Leif, has followed in his footsteps.
2013-05-24Sean Xuereb recovers a dog from the rubble of a home that was destroyed by the massive tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday, May 20. A website has been set up to help lost and found pets, and shelters have been set up to help displaced and injure
2013-05-24Frieda Stanley sits in what was once her living room. Her Oklahoma City neighborhood was hit by a deadly twister in May 1999 and again on Monday.
2013-05-23Heather Shannon helps a friend find family photos and other keepsakes at her home in Moore, Oklahoma, on May 22. People who lost their homes to the tornado on Monday continue to search through the rubble in hopes of finding some of their belongings.
2013-05-23Kyle Davis, 8, was among 24 who died during the tornado that pummeled Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday, May 20. He was at Plaza Towers Elementary School when the twister hit. His parents called him "Hammy."
2013-05-22Yellow caution tape marks off the area surrounding the heavily damaged Moore Medical Center in Moore, Oklahoma, after an EF5 tornado ripped through the area on May 20.
2013-05-22An aerial view of the destruction caused by the massive tornado that struck areas south of Oklahoma City on Monday, May 20, shows the magnitude of damage left in its path. The storm's winds topped 200 mph as it carved a 17-mile path of destruction th
2013-05-21Rescuers search through rubble in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on Monday, May 20. A tornado outbreak hit in the Midwest and Plains on Sunday and Monday, the deadliest hitting Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday.
2013-05-21Amber Landis walks among the remains of her home in Moore, Oklahoma, which was destroyed by an EF5 tornado on May 3, 1999. Forty-six people were killed in a string of tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma on May 3, 1999, the strongest of which was an EF5 t
2013-05-21Equipos de rescate buscan a sobrevivientes entre los escombros en Moore, Oklahoma.
2013-05-21Imágenes de la destrucción causada por el tornado en Moore, Oklahoma, captadas por nuestro reportero Gustavo Valdés.
2013-05-19A Connecticut state investigator examines the scene of a Metro-North train collision on Saturday, May 18, in Fairfield, Connecticut. Two commuter trains collided during rush hour on Friday, sending dozens to the hospitals and shutting down a busy section
2013-05-19Oxbow, with jockey Gary Stevens in the irons, wins the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday, May 18.
2013-05-19A retailer holds a Powerball lottery ticket at a store in Decatur, Georgia, on Friday, May 17. The multistate Powerball jackpot was $590.5 million, with a cash value of $376.9 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
2013-05-18Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, left, survey the tornado damage in the Rancho Brazos Estates subdivision near Granbury, Texas, on Friday, May 17. At least six people were killed in a string of tornadoes that struck o
2013-05-17Federal authorities on Thursday, May 16, said they had arrested David John Stevens, 58, of Salinas, and believe him to be the man in four videos allegedly depicted sexual assaults on a young girl.
2013-05-17Guantanamo Bay's detention facility opened in 2002 with 700 detainees. More than a decade later, 166 remain and more than half are in political limbo, waiting for the Obama administration and Congress to decide whether to close the prison. The froze
2013-05-16Britain's Prince Harry competes at the Greenwich Polo Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Wednesday, May 15, the sixth day of his visit to the United States.
2013-05-15An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator leaves the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Tuesday, May 14. The drone, propelled by a catapult, was the first to be launched from an aircraft carrier.
2013-05-15CNN obtained these images from Andrew Kitzenberg of the gunbattle early Friday, April 19, between police and the suspects in the Boston bombings. View more photos related to the terror attack in Boston.
2013-05-14Las imágenes muestran un patio descuidado lleno de objetos viejos arrumbados.
2013-05-14A crane demolishes the Jet Star roller coaster on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, almost seven months after it fell into the ocean during Superstorm Sandy.
2013-05-13Ice sheets pushed ashore by winds destroyed homes in Manitoba, Canada, over the weekend. Pictured, a house is overcome by the ice sheet on Sunday, May 12.
2013-05-11Ironworkers wait for the final piece of the One World Trade Center spire to be raised into position for attachment to the building in New York on Friday, May 10. The 408-foot spire brings the building to a height of 1,776 feet, making it the tallest in th
2013-05-11Deborah Knight, the grandmother of kidnapping victim Michelle Knight, participates in a community balloon-release service in Michelle's honor on Thursday, May 9, in Cleveland. Four females were found in a home on Seymour Avenue in the Clark Fulton ne
2013-05-09A collection of short stories by Upendranath Ashk. Translated by Daisy Rockwell.
2013-05-07Firefighters start a backfire into the Santa Monica Mountains to help control the Springs Fire in southeast Ventura County, California, on Saturday, May 4. The fire damaged 15 homes and five commercial properties and destroyed 25 outbuildings in the Los
2013-05-05Rosario and Orb stand in the Churchill Downs winner's circle after winning the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Kentucky.
2013-05-01Jason Collins, who played with the NBA's Washington Wizards this season, has disclosed that he is gay, making him the first active openly homosexual athlete in the four major American pro team sports. Collins (No. 33) played college ball for Stanford