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Russia orders expulsion of U.S. diplomat accused of being CIA agent

By Alla Eshchenko. Laura Smith-Spark and Nick Paton Walsh-CNN
 

Stocks: Bulls back in the driver's seat

By Ben Rooney - CNN
 A growing sense of optimism about the U.S. economy pushed stocks to record levels Tuesday, even as the market's fear gauge flashed red.

Abortion doctor convicted of murder waives appeal, avoids death sentence

By Sarah Hoye - CNN
A Philadelphia abortion provider found guilty of first-degree murder has agreed give up his right to appeal in exchange for avoiding a possible death sentence, Philadelphia's district attorney's office announced Tuesday.

AP blasts feds for phone records search

By Matt Smith and Joe Johns-CNN
 

Federal safety officials consider lowering blood alcohol level that constitutes drunk driving to 0.05

By Mike M. Ahlers CNN
A decade-old benchmark for determining when a driver is legally intoxicated -- the 0.08 blood-alcohol content rate -- should be lowered to 0.05, reducing the amount a motorist can imbibe before being presumed to be drunk, federal safety officia

Photographs give a glimpse of Ariel Castro's yard

By Randi Kaye - CNN
Bicycles. Barbed wire. A chain. Those are of just some of the items found in kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro's Cleveland yard, according to photographs taken over the weekend by a neighbor and obtained by CNN.

Judge: Good cause for insanity plea in Aurora shootings

By Jim Spellman-CNN
A judge said Monday there is good cause to let Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. But Judge Carlos Samour Jr.