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  • Earlier this week, Michael Strahan got into a Twitter feud with Cowboys fans.Strahan said that if he'd played for the Dallas Cowboys during his career…
  • Melissa Block has more about Katie Danis, a 7th grader from Gastonia, N.C., who wanted to sing her word at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
  • It isn't clear yet whether U.S. regulators will approve the takeover of the iconic American company by China's Shuanghui International. There are concerns that Shuanghui could ratchet up production to feed the growing demand for meat in China.
  • Colombia's FARC rebels are engaged in peace talks with the government, but the group is also stepping up recruitment of child soldiers. Thousands of children may have become rebels in recent years, and efforts are underway to rehabilitate some of them.
  • What's the most effective way to protest? Teenage Palestinian boys have a long tradition of throwing stones at, and getting arrested by, Israeli soldiers. Palestinian girls say they are no less patriotic, but most don't believe that stone throwing is the best way to achieve their goals.
  • Amazon asked subscribers of its video-streaming service to do the jobs usually left to focus groups and executives. The company released 14 pilot TV shows, then looked at customer reviews and view counts. Amazon announced five pilots have been approved for a full season.
  • The creature has part bird and part reptile traits. An international team says it should now be considered a bird.
  • Also: Don Share is named the new editor of Poetry magazine; Malcolm Gladwell hates the New York Public Library.
  • President Obama is expected to nominate James Comey to be the next FBI director. As a top official in the Justice Department during President George W. Bush's administration, James Comey became famous for standing up to a White House effort to reauthorize a controversial wiretapping program.
  • The newborn boy's rescue from a pipe below a public toilet captured headlines around the world. Officials now tell local news outlets that the mother is unlikely to face charges. It was an accident, officials believe, that the frightened woman initially lied about.
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