| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Israeli jets strike convoy near Syria | | Israeli forces attacked a convoy along the Lebanese-Syrian border in an overnight air-raid, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday, as tensions mounted over the potential fallout from Syria's protracted civil war. |
| Bill Gates: Invest in better teaching | | The entrepreneur turned philanthropist says that measuring the effectiveness of teachers is vital to creating better schools. He says better measuring will empower teachers to do their best. |
| LaPierre, the NRA's heavyweight | | Wayne LaPierre is not a large man. He does not move with the easy assurance of a skilled fighter. His head sits low on his neck, and he seems to turn from the shoulders. |
| Giffords to speak at gun hearing | | Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head in 2011, will give the opening statement at today's Senate Judiciary Committee gun-violence hearing. |
| Violent mentally ill can buy guns | | The federal background check system for gun buyers didn't stop a mentally ill man from buying a gun. He is accused of using it to shoot his mother and leaving parts of her body in a freezer. |
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