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The former IRS Commissioner will have to answer some tough questions during that hearing. ...]]> Fri, May 17 2013, 07:49 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_new-man-charge-irs-3861.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_-car-crashes-into-swimming-pool-3862.shtml?wap=0
Surveillance video out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida shows the car narrowly miss one car pulling into a parking spot. ...]]> Fri, May 17 2013, 07:50 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_-car-crashes-into-swimming-pool-3862.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_roadbuilder-landowner-allowed-pyramid-excavation-3866.shtml?wap=0    
Businessman Denny Grijalva says the landowner has allowed excavations on his property for more than a decade. ...]]> Fri, May 17 2013, 07:53 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_roadbuilder-landowner-allowed-pyramid-excavation-3866.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_alaska-man-runs-onto-frozen-lake-avoid-jail-3865.shtml?wap=0    
Police spokeswoman Dani Myren says officers were sufficiently concerned about the thickness of the ice covering Cheney lake that none of them wanted to venture onto it. ...]]> Fri, May 17 2013, 07:52 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_alaska-man-runs-onto-frozen-lake-avoid-jail-3865.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_hatchet-hitchhiker-arrested-nj-homicide-3864.shtml?wap=0    
Now the hitchhiker is charged with beating the lawyer to death.
   
Caleb "Kai" McGillvary was arrested in Philadelphia Thursday and charged with killing 73-year-old Joseph Galfy, Jr. ...]]> Fri, May 17 2013, 07:51 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_hatchet-hitchhiker-arrested-nj-homicide-3864.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_russian-american-spies-square-off-3863.shtml?wap=0 Fri, May 17 2013, 07:51 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_russian-american-spies-square-off-3863.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_hitchhiker-saved-woman-now-wanted-murder-3860.shtml?wap=0
Caleb McGillvary, who goes by Kai, became an Internet celebrity back in February with an interview he gave after the rescue. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 11:25 PM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_hitchhiker-saved-woman-now-wanted-murder-3860.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_new-barbie-exhibit-sparks-protests-germany-3859.shtml?wap=0
The Barbie Dreamhouse Experience just opened in Berlin on Thursday.

In addition to viewing 350 Barbie dolls and other displays, visitors can strut a long runway, bake virtual cupcakes in a pink kitchen (or eat real ones in the cafe), and of course shell out for dolls and products in the gift shop. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 11:25 PM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_new-barbie-exhibit-sparks-protests-germany-3859.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_trail-coins-leads-accused-thief-3858.shtml?wap=0
A homeowner in Vero Beach called them Wednesday, saying someone had stolen guns, a computer, a sword, and a large amount of loose change.

Police followed a trail of about 40 coins to neighbor Michael Sherman's house, where they found some of the missing items. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 11:24 PM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_trail-coins-leads-accused-thief-3858.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_papa-johns-delivery-driver-accused-selling-drugs-3857.shtml?wap=0
New York Police say they busted Ramon Rodriguez selling cocaine with his pies.

He was arrested on Tuesday.

The special narcotics prosecutor's office says Rodriguez made at least 19 drug sales to an undercover officer since 2011. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 11:24 PM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_papa-johns-delivery-driver-accused-selling-drugs-3857.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_feds-propose-overhaul-child-care-centers-3856.shtml?wap=0
Roughly 1.6 million children across the U. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 07:58 PM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_feds-propose-overhaul-child-care-centers-3856.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_texas-tornado-winds-believed-up-200-mph-3855.shtml?wap=0
A county commissioner says some homes were ripped from foundations, while others were reduced to rubble. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 05:08 PM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_texas-tornado-winds-believed-up-200-mph-3855.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_afghanistan-bomb-kills-15-including-6-americans-3854.shtml?wap=0
Thursday's bombing in Kabul also killed two American soldiers and nine Afghan civilians, including two children. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 05:07 PM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_afghanistan-bomb-kills-15-including-6-americans-3854.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_justice-dept-faulted-over-terrorist-identities-3853.shtml?wap=0
The center maintains the watch list that's used to keep dangerous people off airline flights. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 05:07 PM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_justice-dept-faulted-over-terrorist-identities-3853.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_police-2nd-suspect-arrested-parade-shooting-3852.shtml?wap=0
Police Chief Ronal Serpas identified the second suspect as 24-year-old Shawn Scott, brother of 19-year-old Akein Scott. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 05:07 PM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_police-2nd-suspect-arrested-parade-shooting-3852.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_deadly-tornado-texas-3851.shtml?wap=0
At least six people were killed and many more injured.

Ed Payne has more in the video report above. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 08:04 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_deadly-tornado-texas-3851.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_president-holding-news-conference-irs-scandal-3850.shtml?wap=0
The president has already fired a key player in the scandal.

And as Susan McGinnis reports from Washington above, more people are expected to be shown the door as well. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 08:04 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_president-holding-news-conference-irs-scandal-3850.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_-man-accused-mothers-day-parade-shooting-arrested-3849.shtml?wap=0
Police say they arrested 19-year-old Akein Scott Wednesday night.    

19 people were injured in the shooting Sunday afternoon, including two children. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 08:03 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_-man-accused-mothers-day-parade-shooting-arrested-3849.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_stroller-rolls-onto-train-tracks-3848.shtml?wap=0
You see in the surveillance video above that a woman is waiting for the train with her infant daughter when the stroller starts rolling away on the platform. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 08:02 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_stroller-rolls-onto-train-tracks-3848.shtml?wap=0 http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_-6-killed-attack-3847.shtml?wap=0
A suicide bomber rammed his car into a convoy.

At least 30 others have been injured.

It's not clear if any of the victims are from the U. ...]]> Thu, May 16 2013, 08:02 AM EDT http://www.wwmt.com//shared/news/features/national/stories/wwmt_-6-killed-attack-3847.shtml?wap=0