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Harry Potter book with author notes sold for $228K

LONDON (AP) — For fans of the boy wizard, this could be the most coveted copy of all the "Harry Potter" books in the world.

Attacks in Iraq kill over 40, sectarian tensions high

By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - A series of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq killed more than 40 people on Tuesday, a day after over 70 died in violence targeting majority Shi'ites that has stoked fears of all-out sectarian war with minority Sunnis. Nearly 300 people have been killed in the past week as sectarian tensions, fuelled by the civil war in neighboring Syria, threaten to plunge Iraq back into communal bloodletting. Ten years after the U.S. ...

With wary eye on the U.S., China courts India

By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and increase trade between Asia's fastest growing economies in his first trip overseas since taking office. "China will make your dream come true," Li told a banquet hall filled with Chinese and Indian business executives in the financial capital of Mumbai as he wound up his visit on Tuesday. ...

Top IRS official to invoke 5th before Congress

Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of oversight of tax-exempt groups will decline to answer questions about controversial targeting practices

Apple's Cook says company doesn't use "tax gimmicks"

Lawmakers concede tech giant did nothing illegal, but say tech giant is not paying its fair share in U.S. taxes

Federal appeals court strikes down Arizona's 20-week abortion ban

Appeals court in San Francisco says law, which would prohibit women from ending pregnancies after 20 weeks, violates Roe v. Wade

Oklahoma tornado disaster

A twister estimated to be more than a mile wide and traveling 200 m.p.h. flattens neighborhoods

Deadliest U.S. tornadoes

A look at some of the most destructive storms to hit the U.S.

M 2.7, Ontario-Quebec border region, Canada

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 20:43:01 UTC
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 04:43:01 PM at epicenter

Depth: 13.80 km (8.57 mi)

M 4.9, off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 19:37:41 UTC
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 07:37:41 AM at epicenter

Depth: 19.10 km (11.87 mi)

M 2.7, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 19:16:04 UTC
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 03:16:04 PM at epicenter

Depth: 71.00 km (44.12 mi)

M 5.0, Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 18:52:01 UTC
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 04:52:01 AM at epicenter

Depth: 68.90 km (42.81 mi)

M 2.6, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 18:29:52 UTC
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:29:52 AM at epicenter

Depth: 15.90 km (9.88 mi)