National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is getting help from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
On a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Mr. Assange confirmed reports that WikiLeaks is helping Mr. Snowden’s effort to gain asylum in Iceland.
“We have been in contact with Snowden and have been helping him,” he said. “I feel a great deal of personal sympathy with Mr. Snowden.”
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Cars and trucks are rolling again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge, restoring the traffic flow on the main route between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.
A temporary span opened Wednesday morning, replacing a section of the bridge that collapsed May 23 when it was struck by a truck with an oversize load.
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Officials remain baffled as to how a dark, slick substance that forced dozens of swimmers out of the water at a northwest Indiana beach mysteriously vanished.
"They checked the beach, and they can't find any evidence of it," Indiana Department of Environmental Management spokesman Barry Sneed told ABCNews.com. "[Authorities] figure it may have sunk, or moved farther north. It's a strange phenomenon."
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Move over Mark Wahlberg and David Beckham, there is a new underwear model making waves, and he is more than just a guy on a billboard with a rocking body.
Alex Minsky is a 24-year-old U.S. Marine whose right leg was amputated by a roadside bomb in 2009 while he was serving in Afghanistan. Minsky spent 47 days in a coma and suffered traumatic brain injuries and severe burns to his body from the explosion.
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College graduation day is a momentous occasion for students already, but when you throw in the extra-special surprise of being handed your diploma by your brother, who is a Marine, whom you haven't seen in about a year and wasn't expecting to be in attendance, that's the icing on the cake.
Kacy Watson, 28, of Norman, Okla., was graduating from Mid-America Christian University May 4, when she was completely caught off guard hearing the presenter announce her brother's name, Staff Sgt. Michael Burkhart.
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From "it" bags to mass-market designer collaborations, fashion items often aren't trendy until they're all sold out. Part of human nature is to want what we can't have. Sometimes that's an Hermes Birkin, other times it's Missoni for Target clothing. Today it's a $2.99 Home Depot reusable tote. Yes, really.
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(CNN) — The United States Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tuesday 22,737 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled on fears that they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
Read on.... http://wtvr.com/2013/06/18/22737-pounds-of-beef-recalled-on-e-coli-fears/The recall is categorized by the FSIS as “Class I”: a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- An unemployed teacher was driving home after dropping her cat off at a veterinarian when she noticed a bag on the street. She stopped but doubted it contained anything, but soon discovered the bag was holding about $20,000.
Candace Scott said the bag had a Chase bank label, so she promptly delivered it to a nearby branch.
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Investigators from the first probe of doomed TWA Flight 800 called Wednesday for a new examination of the tragedy, resurrecting old claims that a missile downed the plane.
A half-dozen people involved in the original inquiry into the July 17, 1996, blast that killed 230 people on a Paris-bound flight out of JFK Airport claimed new evidence supports the oft-suggested missile theory.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WFLX) - West Palm Beach Police have confirmed two bodies were discovered inside the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Wednesday morning in West Palm Beach.
West Palm Beach Police and West Palm Beach Fire Rescue crews responded to the school just before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning where they entered a window at the rear of the building.
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