12 soldiers struck by lightning in U.S.

A lightning strike from a fast-moving storm in Colorado injured 12 soldiers on Wednesday.



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Celebrate NSA 'connecting dots'

Michael Hayden says the controversy over NSA surveillance is obscuring the facts about limits to snooping



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Jihadists focus on prison breaks

Peter Bergen says jihadist militants are attacking prisons and freeing huge numbers of inmates, scoring new followers and propaganda coups.



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Turkey: Police block statement on teen

Turkish riot police used batons, water cannons and chemical sprays to prevent the parents of a wounded 14-year-boy from making a public statement about their comatose child.



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Zimmerman pulled over for speeding

George Zimmerman -- who was acquitted earlier this month on murder charges tied to Trayvon Martin's death -- was stopped this weekend for speeding in northern Texas, according to police.



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Musharraf to be indicted in Bhutto case

Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf is expected to be indicted next week in connection with the death of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, his lawyer said.



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New Snowden leak: 'XKeyscore'

You've never heard of XKeyscore, but it definitely knows you. The National Security Agency's top-secret program essentially makes available everything you've ever done on the Internet — browsing history, searches, content of your emails, online chats, even your metadata — all at the tap of the keyboard.



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