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FILE - This recent image from video provided by CAPA and Canal+ television on Monday April, 8, 2013 shows Tunisian Femen activist Amina Tyler . Outspoken Tunisian feminist  Amina Tyler who scandalized the country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested and may be charged for conducting "provocative acts" at a religious center where police prevented hardline Islamists from holding their annual conference, the Interior Ministry said Monday May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Benoit Chaumont and Akim Rezgui/ CAPA/Canal+)
Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocationTunisian feminist arrested for 'provocative' appearance in holy city
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President Barack Obama gestures toward Myanmar's President Thein Sein during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013. Thein Sein is the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Obama cites Myanmar reforms during leader's visitObama cites movement toward political, economic reforms in Myanmar during Oval Office visit
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Bernard Waber, children's author, dies at age 91Bernard Waber, author and creator of beloved Lyle the crocodile, dies at age 91
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Marlena Hodson walks out of her home as her grandsons, Campbell Miller, 10, and Dillon Miller, 13, at right, help her sort through belongings after a tornado damaged her home in Carney, Okla., Sunday, May 19, 2013. Hodson and her family left the home to escape the tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Bryan Terry)
Tornado in Oklahoma City suburb causes destructionTornado moves through Oklahoma City suburbs, causing major destruction
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Jeff Smisek, Chairman, President and CEO, United Airlines, left, and Jim McNerney, Chairman and CEO, The Boeing Company, pose for photographers after the pair arrived on United Airlines Flight # 1, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from, Houston, Texas, at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Monday, May 20, 2013.  The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
United restarts 787 flights after groundingUnited Airlines resumes 787 flights after 4-month halt, with flight from Houston to Chicago
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Cleveland Indians' Yan Gomes watches his ball after hitting a game-winning three-run home run off Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Charlie Furbush in the tenth inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Cleveland. Michael Brantley and Drew Stubbs scored. The Indians won 10-8. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Indians rally to beat Mariners 10-8Yan Gomes hits 3-run homer in 10th as Indians rally for crazy 10-8 win over sloppy Mariners
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Idaho couple and Sun Valley land in Twitter tussleIdaho couple and Sun Valley Resort embroiled in Twitter tussle over social network handle
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FILE - This May 12, 2011 file photo shows the marquee for "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" outside the Foxwoods Theatre in New York. Ambassador Theatre Group said Monday, May 20, 2013, it has acquired The Foxwoods Theatre, the current home of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” The theater has about 2,000 seats.  (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, file)
Broadway's biggest theater sold to British groupBroadway's biggest theater sold to British company Ambassador Theatre Group
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Warren Buffett gives young entrepreneurs 10 sharesYoung entrepreneurs pitch ideas to investor Warren Buffett, win prizes for their businesses
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