Column: Play ball with Goodell and NFL _ or else

The NFL is free to twist arms, just like anybody else. So maybe it's just coincidence that all five of the new stadiums that will come on line during Roger Goodell's brief tenure as NFL commissioner have now been awarded Super Bowls. (   05/22/2013 3:27 AM )

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Kerry praises $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Wednesday with officials in Oman to discuss their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon. (   05/22/2013 3:45 AM )

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Kerry praises $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Wednesday with officials in Oman to discuss their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon. (   05/22/2013 3:45 AM )

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Afghan students protest women's rights decree

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Hard-line Islamist students are protesting in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. (   05/22/2013 3:39 AM )

• Police defend officer who shot NY college student

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• Pedestrian struck, killed by school bus in Mass.

• Police defend officer who shot NY college student

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. (   05/21/2013 8:58 PM )

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