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One World Trade Center, which will soon become the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, received one of its final pieces today: the spire that will sit atop the skyscraper.

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The right to bear arms is taking on a whole new look in one Texas city.

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UPDATE 2:25 p.m. EST: The suspects' names are Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev and Robel Phillipos. From The Boston Globe:
Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19 and of New Bedford, were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice by plotting to dispose of a laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks belonging to bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the US attorney’s office said in a statement.

Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge was charged with making false statements to law enforcement officials in a terorism investigation, prosecutors said.
12:10 p.m. EST: According to Boston.com, the three suspects went to school at UMass-Dartmouth with Dzhokar Tsarnaev and may have helped him in the days immediately following the bombing, which was on April 15. Two of the suspects have been charged with overstaying their student visas.

The Boston Police Department announced that it has taken into custody three new suspects as a result of its ongoing investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing.

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You’re never too old to learn.

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The Food and Drug Administration says that girls as young as 15 will be able to buy the morning after pill.

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It's sports season, and Rush Limbaugh has chimed in on the ridiculousness of it all -- from Tim Tebow saying goodbye to the Jets to the media circus over the first NBA player in history to come out as gay. And let's not forget the new NFL "Black Tax."

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Fox News reports that Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space plane blasted off on Monday for the first test flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport in California.

It was taken into the air by a mothership craft called WhiteKnightTwo and released at 46,000 feet. It's speed was Mach 1.2 which is faster than the speed of sound.

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First, Jack Hoffman ran to the end zone. Then, he kept on going until he got to the White House.

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Having your picture taken and taking a picture both require a certain degree of concentration. So when you're taking a "selfie" (and performing both of these tasks at once) you tend to be pretty oblivious to anything else going on around you.

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You might be paying more for your online purchases if Congress passes legislation aimed at equalizing online stores with brick-and-mortar shops.

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