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  1. Authorities say a Saudi Arabian teen swung at flight attendant, sang about Osama bin Laden during flight: apne.ws/x434zc -CJ 1 minute ago via SocialFlow
  2. Report: Former Maryland resident held at Guantanamo reaches plea deal in terror plot case: apne.ws/yiQ8S7 -CJ 4 minutes ago via SocialFlow
  3. Jurors find former apne.ws/z1E22J. lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder in ex's slaying: apne.ws/y8wTed -CJ 37 minutes ago via SocialFlow
  4. Stepmother & grandmother charged in death of 9-year-old girl who witnesses say was forced to run as punishment: apne.ws/x1yzzp about 1 hour ago via SocialFlow
  5. Texas man who tortured ex-neighbor, held her captive, sentenced to life in prison: apne.ws/w0nhcC -CJ about 1 hour ago via SocialFlow
  6. Oregon teenager dies after inhaling helium from a tank at a drinking party: apne.ws/z4vbPj -CJ about 2 hours ago via SocialFlow
  7. Congressional offices & some media organizations receive threatening letters with suspicious powdery substance: apne.ws/xGc5LM -CJ about 2 hours ago via SocialFlow
  8. Poll: President Obama benefits from the economy's slow climb, earns better grades, higher approval: apne.ws/zZg9xh -CJ about 2 hours ago via SocialFlow
  9. AP VIDEO: 7 dead as Afghan forces clash with protesters furious over the burning of Muslim holy books at U.S. base: apne.ws/wHatA1 about 3 hours ago via SocialFlow
  10. Prosecutor tells San Diego jury that 2 alleged members of a Mexican drug gang dissolved their victims in acid: apne.ws/zpfkyN CJ about 3 hours ago via SocialFlow
  11. U.N. Secretary General sending humanitarian chief to #Syria to renew call for aid access: apne.ws/yWj8sg -CJ about 3 hours ago via SocialFlow
  12. Federal judge: Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell emergency contraceptives: apne.ws/xj6Za4 -CJ about 3 hours ago via SocialFlow
  13. US meth lab seizures rose again last year, according to new @AP survey. Missouri was tops with 2k busts: apne.ws/yroxGv -EF about 4 hours ago via SocialFlow
  14. New Jersey Gov. Christie calls report of NYPD spying on NJ Muslims 'disturbing,' says he wasn't told about it: apne.ws/z1Miz8 -CJ about 4 hours ago via SocialFlow
  15. AP VIDEO: Mother of journalist Marie Colvin says she had important story in Syria to finish, was to leave today: apne.ws/xQKh7w about 4 hours ago via SocialFlow
  16. As AP food writer @jm_hirsch heads to the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, follow his tasty updates: apne.ws/zboHOE. #SOBEWFF about 5 hours ago via SocialFlow
  17. Newark mayor and top police official say NYPD misled them, wouldn't have authorized spying on Muslims: apne.ws/y9jgjE -EF about 5 hours ago via SocialFlow
  18. NYPD built secret files on muslims in New Jersey, Long Island. Newark mayor Booker says even he didn't know: apne.ws/xG8gGa -EF about 5 hours ago via SocialFlow
  19. Judge tells Lindsay Lohan her probation is nearing an end: "You seem to be getting your life back on track." apne.ws/AzhFFm -EF about 5 hours ago via SocialFlow
  20. Team Coco lives on. TBS renews Conan O'Brien's late-night show for 2 more years, through April 2014. apne.ws/xo5xro -EF about 6 hours ago via SocialFlow
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