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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called on Russia on Wednesday to ship professed National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden back to the U.S., saying his alleged disclosures had done "damage ... to this country."In his first public remarks on Snowden since The Guardian and The Washington Post published documents describing widespread government gathering of the telephone records of millions of Ame...    

Wal-Mart has moved to sever ties with Paula Deen, the fourth company to do so after a week of scandal that’s knocked the queen of Southern comfort off her throne. Home Depot followed suit shortly after."We are ending our relationship with Paula Deen Enterprises and we will not place new orders beyond those already committed,” Wal-Mart spokesperson Danit Marquardt said on Wednesday. “We will work w...    

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez drove his friend to a remote spot in an industrial park in the dead of night — still fuming from a fight at a nightclub three nights earlier — before the man was murdered, prosecutors alleged in a Massachusetts court on Wednesday."He orchestrated the crime from the beginning and took steps to conceal and destroy evidence," First Assistant Distr...    

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Wednesday called for a second special session of the Texas Legislature to reconsider an abortion bill that failed following a filibuster — cancelling the small victory the bill's opponents thought they had won following a marathon filibuster by a state senator Tuesday night.The new special session will start July 1 at 2 p.m. and will run for no more than 30 days."I am calling...