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Trailblazing Israeli electric car company to foldIsraeli electric car company Better Place shutting down, ending project to rid oil dependency
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Car bomb, other attacks kill 5 in Iraqi cityCar bomb, other attacks kill 5 people in Iraq's northern city of Mosul
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Tina Taylor salvages items at her brother-in-law's tornado-ravaged home Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Obama touring Oklahoma tornado responseObama to visit Oklahoma; will see storm recovery, meet with families and first responders
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A Lebanese investigator takes pictures at a balcony where a rocket struck an apartment in a building at Chiyah district, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday May 26, 2013. Rockets slammed Sunday into two Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least 4 people, Lebanese security officials and media said. Tensions have been running high in Lebanon, and Syrian rebels have threatened to retaliate against the militant Shiite Hezbollah group for sending fighters to assist President Bashar Assad's forces in Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
2 rockets hit Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold2 rockets slam into Beirut stronghold of Lebanese Hezbollah group, wounding 4
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A collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River is seen in an aerial view Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mt. Vernon, Wash. Part of the bridge collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the water when a an oversized truck hit the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday declared a state of emergency in three counties around the bridge, saying that the bridge collapse has caused extensive disruption, impacting the citizens and economy in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Mike Siegel) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLEPI.COM OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapseThousands of bridges similar to I-5 span at risk of freak accident due to outdated designs
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A dented upper right corner and a scrape along the upper side are visible on the "oversize load" equipment casing being hauled a truck parked southbound on Interstate 5 south of the collapsed portion of the highway bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. The truck struck the four-lane bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada Thursday evening, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River. All three occupants suffered only minor injuries. At an overnight news conference, Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste blamed the collapse on the tractor-trailer carrying a tall load that hit an upper part of the span. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
NTSB says Wash. bridge collapse is wake-up callNTSB on Wash. bridge collapse: Teams must determine if dangers exist for similar spans in US
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In this Saturday, May 25, 2013 photo, an unidentified injured of a rebel attack gets treated in a government hospital in Raipur, India. About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in the country's east, killing at least 28 people and wounding 24 others, police said. (AP Photo)
Suspected rebels kill 28, wound 24 in east IndiaSuspected Maoist rebels attack convoy carrying members of India's ruling party, killing 28
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A flood gage shows waters just under 10 feet at an intersection, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
San Antonio flooding kills 2; 200-plus rescuedSan Antonio-area flooding kills 2; more than 200 people rescued from homes, cars
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Runners who were unable to finish the Boston Marathon on April 15 because of the bombings cross the finish line on Boylston Street after the city allowed them to finish the last mile of the race in Boston, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Kerry meets with runners from Boston MarathonKerry, in Africa, meets with top Ethiopian finishers from Boston Marathon
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A collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River is seen in an aerial view Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mt. Vernon, Wash. Part of the bridge collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the water when a an oversized truck hit the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday declared a state of emergency in three counties around the bridge, saying that the bridge collapse has caused extensive disruption, impacting the citizens and economy in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Mike Siegel) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLEPI.COM OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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A Lebanese investigator takes pictures at a balcony where a rocket struck an apartment in a building at Chiyah district, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday May 26, 2013. Rockets slammed Sunday into two Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least 4 people, Lebanese security officials and media said. Tensions have been running high in Lebanon, and Syrian rebels have threatened to retaliate against the militant Shiite Hezbollah group for sending fighters to assist President Bashar Assad's forces in Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Tina Taylor salvages items at her brother-in-law's tornado-ravaged home Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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FILE - In this June 5, 2011 file photo, Amanda Bynes arrives at the MTV Movie Awards, in Los Angeles. Internal Affairs officers on Saturday, May 25, 2013 were looking into allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was arrested for heaving a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment Thursday night. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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A man with a cat on his shoulder wears a mask covered by the words in Spanish "Transgenic, cancer/death" as he protests the use of genetically modified food near the offices of U.S.-based seed giant Monsanto, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Activists are taking part in a global protest "March Against Monsanto," demanding a stop to the use of agrochemicals and the production of genetically modified food, which according to them has harmful health effects, causing cancer, infertility and other diseases. Marches and rallies against seed giant Monsanto were held across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries Saturday. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Runners who were unable to finish the Boston Marathon on April 15 because of the bombings cross the finish line on Boylston Street after the city allowed them to finish the last mile of the race in Boston, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

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On May 26, 1913,

Actors' Equity Association was organized by a group of actors at the Pabst Grand Circle Hotel in New York; the union's first president was Francis Wilson.

In 1521,

Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms (vohrms) because of his religious beliefs and writings.

In 1868,

the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges.

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Ap Online National NewsOhio doctor charged in pregnant woman's deathIn this May 1, 2013 photo, Lori Ballman holds a tribute to her late daughter, Deanna, at her home in Pataskala, Ohio. Dr. Ali Salim was arrested in February 2013, and charged with kidnapping, raping and killing Ballman in July or August 2012, by injecting her with heroin, as well as killing her unborn child. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
Ap Top NewsSuspected rebels kill 28, wound 24 in east IndiaIn this Saturday, May 25, 2013 photo, an unidentified injured of a rebel attack gets treated in a government hospital in Raipur, India. About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in the country's east, killing at least 28 people and wounding 24 others, police said. (AP Photo)
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