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Ex-CIA officer convicted in New York Times leak case
 

A former CIA officer was convicted in federal court in Virginia on Monday of leaking classified information to a New York Times reporter about a failed U.S. effort to undermine Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the Washington Post reported.

Miss Nevada becomes runner-up Miss Universe

Miss USA Nia Sanchez, a 24-year-old tae kwon do instructor from Las Vegas, was named first runner-up to winner Miss Colombia in the nationally televised Miss Universe pageant on Sunday night.

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Millions of Americans in path of ‘potentially historic’ storm

A monster snowstorm is expected to slam into the Northeast on Monday and Tuesday, dumping what could be up to 3 feet of snow in Boston and New York, along with freezing rain and strong gusts possibly reaching hurricane level.

 
ISIS demands release of convicted terrorist for Japanese hostage

The Islamic extremist group’s latest grisly communication drew international condemnation and left Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wrestling with the unfolding crisis.

 
Japan condemns Islamic State for hostage video

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called the apparent killing of a Japanese captive by Islamic State militants “outrageous and impermissible,” and again called for the group to release a second Japanese national they are holding.

 
Bomb threats force 2 U.S. airline flights to land

Bomb threats against two U.S. airline flights on Saturday prompted North American air defense fighter planes to scramble to accompany them to their destination in Atlanta, an airport spokesman said.

 
TSA took over 2,000 guns in 2014

A record number of firearms was found at U.S. airport security checkpoints in 2014, and more than four out of five guns were loaded, the Transportation Security Administration said on Friday.

 
Drug-carrying drone crashes near US-Mexico border

A smuggler’s drone flying from Mexico crash-landed just south of the U.S. border city of San Ysidro, California, in a failed drug delivery this week, Tijuana Municipal Police said.

 
It got a little weird when YouTube stars interviewed Obama

In his continuing effort to connect to a younger audience, President Barack Obama sat down Thursday with and took questions from three YouTube stars: GloZell Green, Bethany Mota and half of the vlogbrothers, Hank Green.

 
Video shows NJ officer shooting man with hands raised

A New Jersey police department released a video this week of a man being fatally shot by police as he got out of a car with his hands raised during a traffic stop.

Clinton ahead of all potential GOP candidates in new poll

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton isn’t just the prospective Democratic frontrunner — she’s favored over every top potential Republican candidate, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Thursday.

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