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Republicans walk fine line when targeting Clinton in Benghazi probe

Republicans continued to put Hillary Clinton at the center of their inquest into last September's attack in Benghazi, claiming Sunday the former secretary of state wasn't assigned enough blame in an independent probe of the incident.

Second case of challenging virus reported in France

-- A person who shared a hospital room with a patient who has a newly discovered and sometimes deadly virus also has tested positive for the infection, the French Health Ministry said Sunday.

Police believe body is that of 18-month-old Kansas girl

The body of an 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead last week along with two others may have been discovered Saturday, police in Kansas said.

NBC names Seth Meyers as Late Night Host in 2014

NBC has named Seth Meyers as host of Late Night When Jimmy Fallon takes of the Tonight Show in 2014

Female veterans in Congress decry military's handling of sexual assaults

The way the military has prosecuted sexual assaults within its ranks is deplorable, two congresswomen who have served in the armed forces said Sunday, calling for a new system for reporting those kinds of crimes.

Lawyer: Ohio women just want to be with families

The three women whom police say were abducted for more than a decade by a man in Cleveland are pleading for privacy "so that they can continue to heal and reconnect with their families," according to a statement read to reporters Sund

Mother, son, and suspect dead as 3 hostages freed

Police burst into a home early Sunday in Trenton, New Jersey, finding a woman and her 13-year-old son dead, and three of her other children being held hostage, authorities said.

Source: IRS officials knew of agents' tea party targeting in 2011

Officials at the Internal Revenue Service knew in June 2011 that their agents were targeting conservative groups for additional scrutiny on tax documents, an inspector general report to be released this week is expected to say, according to a c

Brother of 8-year-old California girl arrested in her stabbing death

Detectives on Saturday arrested the 12-year-old brother of Leila Fowler on a homicide charge in connection with his 8-year-old sister's death, Calaveras County, California, Sheriff Gary Kuntz said.

4 dead bodies found shot in southern Indiana home

Four bodies with gunshot wounds were found in a southern Indiana home late Saturday night, authorities said. Officials are investigating their deaths as a quadruple homicide, Bartholomew County Sheriff Mark Gorbett said.

Gosnell horror fuels fight for abortion laws

The depraved acts Dr. Kermit Gosnell is accused of committing have sparked a new turn in the nationwide battle over abortion laws.

Sheriff: Tamerlan Tsarnaev's burial was handled properly

The sheriff of a small Virginia county, where residents and officials alike had expressed dismay over the burial of a Boston bombing suspect within their midst, said Saturday that it appears "all paperwork is in order at this point,"

Flash mobs beware! Legislators address violent incidents

 Illinois legislators weren't thinking about harmless flash mobs, like countless renditions of the Harlem Shake or over-the-top marriage proposals, when crafting new legislation recently.

Turkey blames Syria for bombings in border town

A top Turkish official blamed Syria and its secret police for Saturday's bombings in the southern Turkish town of Reyhanli in which dozens of people were killed and scores were wounded.

Flash mobs beware! Legislators address violent incidents

Illinois legislators weren't thinking about harmless flash mobs, like countless renditions of the Harlem Shake or over-the-top marriage proposals, when crafting new legislation recently.