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Man sentenced in hammer attack

(WKYC) A Cleveland, Ohio man who beat his former girlfriend with a hammer while their children slept across the hall has been sentenced to 14 years in jail.

Tip of a lifetime

(WTHR) CeCe Bruce has received a couple of large tips in her life, but nothing like the one she got Wednesday morning. CeCe works at an Indianapolis Steak 'n Shake restaurant.

Deadly tornadoes strike Texas

(NBC News) least six are dead and dozens more injured following violent weather that ripped across Texas Wednesday evening.

Kid stops car

(WXII) A 5-year-old North Carolina boy says his superhero nickname would be "Caleb Batman" after he helped his mother when she had a seizure while driving.

IRS shakeup

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he was "angry" at IRS officials who inappropriately targeted conservative groups for scrutiny, announcing that his administration had sought and accepted Steven Miller's resignation as in

Hoping for a kidney

(KPLC) An old newspaper clipping brings now 37-year-old Amy Hastings McGee, of Sulphur, Louisiana back to a time of promise after a life-changing diagnosis of end stage renal disease.

SUVs put to the test

For the safety tests of small SUVs, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ran 13 of them into rigid barriers where only a corner of the front gets crushed on impact missing the absorbing structure of the front and everything gets pushed in

IRS Probe Launched

(NBC News) With controversies crushing the Obama second term...Benghazi, the Justice Department targeting the Associated Press, and most of all the IRS targeting the Tea Party, even staunch Democrats worry that the president is being too timid

The White House Vs. The Press

(NBC News) Facing a media firestorm from on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder shed little light on the secret gathering of phone records from reporters at the Associated Press.

Goodbye, Harry!

(NBC News) It's known as the "game of kings", but on Wednesday it was a game for a prince!

OJ Testifies

(NBC News) O.J. Simpson, one of the nation's most famous prisoners, testified Wednesday about the night that resulted in his arrest, conviction and a nine to 33 year prison sentence.

Fire On The Water

(WFLA) Crews contracted by the US Coast Guard are cleaning up after a fire on a shrimp boat on Florida's Anclote River.

Walking For Boston

(NECN) On the one-month anniversary of the blasts that tore at a nation's heart, Caitlin and Colleen Norden, their uncle Peter Brown and some friends set off from the fabled Boston Marathon starting line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts with a g

7-Year-Old Escapes Kidnapper

(KCRA) A 7-year-old girl kidnapped in Sacramento, California managed to escape from her abductor's trunk, police said Monday.