MONROE, Mich. — A law enforcement official says the man who was seriously injured along with two of his sons by a car bomb blast in Michigan is an area lawyer. The official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the adult victim injured in Tuesday’s blast is 42-year-old Erik Chappell. The official is familiar with the investigation but who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak about it publicly. Read full article > >

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Actor Michael Showers, who made several appearances in the HBO series “Treme,” was found dead Wednesday in Louisiana, a Port of New Orleans official told CNN Thursday.

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The Obama administration is considering whether it should cut diplomatic ties with Libya, a senior U.S. official told CNN on Tuesday.

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U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke is “absolutely fighting in an unbelievable way,” a State Department official told CNN on Monday, two days after surgery to repair a tear in Holbrooke’s aorta, the main artery of the body.

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The United States received intelligence from Saudi Arabia early last month about a possible terror plot involving the use of at least one airplane, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN Sunday.

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Yemen plans to prosecute militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki for the crime of promoting violence and the killing of foreigners, a Yemeni official told CNN.

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About a quarter of the gas stations across France have run out of fuel in the face of nationwide strikes that are affecting transportation, Alexandre de Benoist, a Union of Independent Oil Importers official told CNN Monday.

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Stations running out of gas in France

Another oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan was attacked Tuesday near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a Khyber Agency official told CNN.

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Another oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan was attacked Tuesday near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a Khyber Agency official told CNN.

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