U.N. official says deal close on Iran nuclear inspections 22.05.2012, 22:27:00 Yukiya Amano, chief of the IAEA, says the nuclear watchdog agency is close to reaching a deal with Iran to give inspectors access to some nuclear sites. AMMAN, Jordan — The United Nations' atomic watchdog agency said it was close to a deal giving inspectors access to some of Iran's disputed nuclear sites, providing a dose of optimism as diplomats prepared for new talks to overcome their standoff with the Islamic Republic.
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Regulators looking into Morgan Stanley role in Facebook IPO 22.05.2012, 21:46:00 NEW YORK -- Securities regulators are amping up their interest in Facebook's lackluster initial public offering.
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2 charged in slayings of USC graduate students 22.05.2012, 18:52:00 Two men were charged Tuesday in the slaying of two USC graduate students from China in what officials are calling a botched robbery.
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Missing teen Sierra LaMar believed dead, sheriff says 22.05.2012, 16:40:00 Investigators said Tuesday that "direct and circumstantial" evidence leads them to believe that a 21-year-old man kidnapped and killed 15-year-old Sierra LaMar, a high school cheerleader who disappeared in March on her way to school.
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U.N. nuclear chief reports tentative deal with Iran 22.05.2012, 16:01:00 The chief of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog agency said Tuesday he expects to sign a deal with Iran opening the way for fuller investigation of Tehran's disputed nuclear program, in a potential sign of hope for world powers' efforts to curb the Iranian efforts.
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New investigation of L.A. assessor sought after arrest 22.05.2012, 15:10:00 Los Angeles City Council members Dennis Zine and Paul Krekorian are proposing an independent examination of property value assessments that were significantly reduced during the term of Assessor John Noguez.
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U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan leaving post a year early 22.05.2012, 15:50:00 Ryan Crocker, a respected diplomat who came out of retirement to become the United States ambassador to Afghanistan, is leaving his post this summer, a year ahead of schedule.
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Ann Romney and dressage: A pricey private world 22.05.2012, 12:00:00 Testimony in a lawsuit — from which she was eventually dropped — reveals the would-be first lady's passionate engagement in dressage, a sport she believes helps her deal with multiple sclerosis. It was the end of a long day in a stuffy Simi Valley office building. Ann Romney had been under oath for more than four hours, testifying in a sometimes contentious deposition about a pricey horse she sold that may or may not have been afflicted with a condition that made him unrideable.
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