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• North Korea concludes investigation into failed rocket launch
• Ousted Secret Service agent posted pictures of Sarah Palin on Facebook
• Guinea-Bissau coup leaders announce transition president
• Truck raises questions about China's role in North Korea's missile program
• George Zimmerman's attorney to ask for bond
• Sudan president vows to 'punish' South Sudan
• New Olympus board faces scrutiny
• Conservationists in a flutter: How saving rare butterflies can generate profits
• Feds scour basement where Etan Patz met carpenter, sources say
• 2 Secret Service supervisors ousted in prostitute scandal identified
• Venezuelan official: Ex-judge 'sold his soul' to the DEA
• On the line for Secret Service chief: Agency's reputation, his job
• Official: Penn State paid Paterno's estate $5.76 million after his death
• Undercover funeral home sting turns up 'significant violations'
• Small plane with unresponsive pilot crashes into Gulf of Mexico
• World Bank: 75% of poor don't have bank accounts
• Libya has 'great evidence' against Gadhafi's son, ICC prosecutor says
• Task force to consider 'stand your ground' after Trayvon Martin death

North Korea concludes investigation into failed rocket launch Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:11 PM PDT North Korea says its scientists have concluded their investigation into the failure of the country's long-range rocket launch last week, but it declined to divulge why the flight ended in a trail of debris strewn across the sea.

Ousted Secret Service agent posted pictures of Sarah Palin on Facebook Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:11 PM PDT More Secret Service employees could leave the agency Friday because of a prostitute scandal, said House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Peter King.

Guinea-Bissau coup leaders announce transition president Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:06 PM PDT Guinea-Bissau political parties announced a president to lead a transitional government that would rule for up to two years, the proposed timeframe for planning new elections.

Truck raises questions about China's role in North Korea's missile program Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:00 PM PDT After weeks of military analysts examining the latest North Korean rocket before and after its failed launch, the focus now has turned to a truck.

George Zimmerman's attorney to ask for bond Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:58 PM PDT An attorney will ask a Florida judge on Friday to allow George Zimmerman to post bond despite ongoing concerns about his safety amid a national uproar over his role in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Sudan president vows to 'punish' South Sudan Posted: 19 Apr 2012 09:23 PM PDT The Sudanese president has vowed to "never give up" a disputed oil-rich region that has escalated tensions with South Sudan and sparked fears of the two neighbors' return to war.

New Olympus board faces scrutiny Posted: 19 Apr 2012 09:22 PM PDT Shareholders of the Olympus Corp. approved a new board Friday despite objections from a vocal minority of shareholders seeking new management that can distance the company from the $1.7 billion cover-up that rocked Japan Inc.

Conservationists in a flutter: How saving rare butterflies can generate profits Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:10 PM PDT One of the U.K.'s most critically endangered butterflies is making a comeback thanks to a profit making partnership between private landowners and conservation organizations.

Feds scour basement where Etan Patz met carpenter, sources say Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:59 PM PDT More than 30 years after six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared in New York City on his way to the bus stop, police and federal authorities were tearing apart a Lower Manhattan basement Thursday in search of clues as to what happened to the boy who became the face of missing children in America.

2 Secret Service supervisors ousted in prostitute scandal identified Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:56 PM PDT Two Secret Service supervisors who have lost their jobs in a prostitute scandal during a recent trip to Colombia are David Chaney and Greg Stokes, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN National Security Contributor Fran Townsend on Thursday.

Venezuelan official: Ex-judge 'sold his soul' to the DEA Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:47 PM PDT An ex-judge accusing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of manipulating court rulings is a fugitive who "sold his soul to the devil" when he agreed to talk with U.S. investigators, the nation's foreign minister said Thursday.

On the line for Secret Service chief: Agency's reputation, his job Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:41 PM PDT "Worthy of trust and confidence" is the motto of the almost 150-year-old U.S. Secret Service, and Director Mark Sullivan now faces the dual task of proving it true and keeping his job.

Official: Penn State paid Paterno's estate $5.76 million after his death Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:29 PM PDT Penn State University has paid out $5.76 million to the estate of Joe Paterno, its heralded head football coach who lost his job as part of a spiraling sex abuse scandal involving one of his former assistants, a school athletic official said Thursday.

Undercover funeral home sting turns up 'significant violations' Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:21 PM PDT An undercover investigation by the Federal Trade Commission found funeral homes nationwide deceived customers into making purchases they weren't required to make and failed to give up-front pricing to customers.

Small plane with unresponsive pilot crashes into Gulf of Mexico Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:18 PM PDT A small plane with an unresponsive pilot sank in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday after circling above the ocean for more than two hours, then crashing, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

World Bank: 75% of poor don't have bank accounts Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:20 PM PDT Three quarters of the world's poor are living without a bank account, impeded by physical distance from banks and by bureaucratic roadblocks, according to a World Bank report.

Libya has 'great evidence' against Gadhafi's son, ICC prosecutor says Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:30 PM PDT Libyan prosecutors have gathered "great evidence" against the son of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday, reopening the controversial question of where Saif al-Islam Gadhafi will be tried.

Task force to consider 'stand your ground' after Trayvon Martin death Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:08 PM PDT Florida authorities have picked 17 people to tackle a heated question brought on by the killing of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin: whether the state's "stand your ground law" should be changed.

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