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Honduran area demands DEA leave after shooting

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — People in Honduras’ predominantly Indian Mosquito coast region burned down government offices and demanded that U.S. drug agents leave the area, reacting angrily to an anti-drug operation in which a local mayor said police gunfire killed four innocent people, including two pregnant women.

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Report: Fewer US homes foreclosed upon in April

In this Friday, March 16, 2012 file photo, a "No Trespassing" sign is shown in front a neighborhood of 262 homes called Strawberry Lakes, in Lake Worth, Fla. National foreclosure trends took a positive turn in April, as the number of homes seized by banks declined and fewer properties entered into the foreclosure process RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday May 17, 2012. But state-level data point to potentially more home repossessions ahead in Florida and many of the 25 other states where courts are required to sign off on foreclosures. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — National foreclosure trends took a positive turn in April, as the number of homes seized by banks declined and fewer properties entered into the foreclosure process.

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Defense gets turn in Mich. serial stabbings trial

In a Dec. 3, 2010 photo Elias Abuelazam listens to an analyst from the Michigan State Police Crime Lab talk about evidence during his preliminary exam in the Frank Kellybrew murder trial at the Genesee County Courthouse in Flint, Mich.  Attorneys in the first murder trial stemming from a 2010 stabbing spree in Flint are poised to offer a defense on Thursday May 17, 2010.  (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Ryan Garza)

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Elias Abuelazam dutifully tended the cash register at a party store for $10 an hour. But after punching out, according to police, he was a different, dangerous guy, repeatedly faking car trouble in the wee hours and then stabbing strangers who responded to an appeal for help.

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Report: Fewer US homes foreclosed upon in April

In this Friday, March 16, 2012 file photo, a "No Trespassing" sign is shown in front a neighborhood of 262 homes called Strawberry Lakes, in Lake Worth, Fla. National foreclosure trends took a positive turn in April, as the number of homes seized by banks declined and fewer properties entered into the foreclosure process RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday May 17, 2012. But state-level data point to potentially more home repossessions ahead in Florida and many of the 25 other states where courts are required to sign off on foreclosures. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — National foreclosure trends took a positive turn in April, as the number of homes seized by banks declined and fewer properties entered into the foreclosure process.

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Thunder rally to edge Lakers 77-75 in Game 2

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, left, tumbles over Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum during the first quarter of Game 2 in an NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference semifinal, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, left, tumbles over Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum during the first quarter of Game 2 in an NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference semifinal, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Even down late, the Oklahoma City Thunder are showing that they are never out.

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