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AT&T Issues Wireless Emergency Alerts Update

AT&T has begun rolling out Wireless Emergency Alerts updates for iPhone 4S and 5.

Report: NSA Collecting Phone Records of Verizon Customers

The U.S. government is collecting the phone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top secret court order.

Haley Coker Sits in Crowd at Graduation

Though the social media campaign went viral, Blue Ridge senior Haley Coker did not get the chance to walk during her high school graduation.

Zach Sobiech Dies at 18

Minnesota teen Zach Sobiech, who wrote the viral hit "Clouds" during his bone-cancer fight, has died. He was 18.

Teacher Saves Several Students During Oklahoma Tornado

To be a teacher is already to be a hero, but during a monstrous tornado in the suburbs of Oklahoma City, Rhonda Crosswhite put her life directly on the line after first seeing that several of her students had taken refuge only moments before the twister devastated their school.

LGBT People Should Be Put to Death, Says Salvation Army Major

In an interview with LGBT journalists Serena Ryan and Pete Dillon, a senior Salvation Army official said that non-celibate LGBT people should be put to death.

Teacher Saves Several Students During Oklahoma Tornado

Toddler Lana-Leigh Bailey Believed Dead

Hopes were crushed when authorities announced that they believed that Lana-Leigh Bailey is dead, and they are searching for her body. Lana's mother and two others were found dead on the farm earlier in the week.

Jack Andraka, the Teen Prodigy of Pancreatic Cancer

High school sophomore Jack Andraka won the youth achievement Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for inventing a new method to detect a lethal cancer.

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