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There's No Ignoring This 800-Pound Gator

5.16.13 at 7:45pm by Scott Neuman

A Houston-area high school senior bags a 14-foot beast that could be 50 years old, setting a new record for the largest alligator ever caught in Texas.

A New Front In The War On Obamacare: Twitter

5.16.13 at 7:45pm by Frank James

Republicans slammed Obamacare with a barrage of three-word tweets. But the White House trolled them in response.

Gerard Depardieu To Star In Two Chechnya-Based Films

5.16.13 at 7:45pm by Corey Flintoff

The actor accepted Russian citizenship in January after he denounced a proposed new tax on the rich in his native France. The Chechen connection is likely to rile human rights groups that have accused the president of the Russian republic of gross human rights violations. Depardieu will appear opposite Elizabeth Hurley in the first of the films.

Who Are The Terrorism Informants In Witness Protection?

5.16.13 at 7:45pm by Margot Williams

Known or suspected terrorism suspects who cooperated with federal authorities in at least six major investigations have wound up in the witness protection program.

Bipartisan House Group Says It's Reached Immigration Deal

5.16.13 at 7:45pm by Scott Neuman

The group of eight Republicans and Democrats says that it has overcome obstacles and agreed on a tentative plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system.

No More Smuggling: Many Cured Italian Meats Coming To America

5.16.13 at 6:00pm by Sylvia Poggioli

Culatello. Capocollo. Sopressata. It will soon be legal to import a whole new world of Italian cured pork products, thanks to the USDA's decision to end a decades-long ban. Every Italian region and province, and even many towns have their own distinctive salumi.

Brazil Looks To Build A 10,000-Mile Virtual Fence

5.16.13 at 6:00pm by Paula Moura

Brazil's economic growth has brought about more illegal immigration and drug trafficking so the country is hoping to make it borders more secure. But the experience in the U.S. shows that it can be a difficult undertaking.

Congress: Where Food Reforms Go To Die?

5.16.13 at 6:00pm by Dan Charles

As Congress gets to work on the farm bill, two common-sense, bipartisan reform measures seem to have gotten run over somewhere along the way. The first would set minimum standards for housing egg-laying chickens. The second sought to change how the U.S. provides food aid to people in foreign nations.

U.S. Airlines Forecast A Sunnier Summer

5.16.13 at 4:15pm by Marilyn Geewax

The number of passengers planning to fly this summer will rise 1 percent from 2012, climbing back to the highest level since 2008, an industry group said Thursday. After years of instability, airlines welcome an easing in jet fuel prices. Even customers' complaints are quieting down.

After Daughter Is Taken, Mother Rams Abduction Suspect's Car

5.16.13 at 4:15pm by Bill Chappell

Police in Albuquerque, N.M., are interviewing a man they say is a "person of interest" in the abduction of a five-year-old girl. After the girl was taken Wednesday evening, her mother chased down and rammed the car she had been in; a suspect fled on foot. The girl is reportedly safe.

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