| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | VA Scandal | | With calls for him to resign hanging over his head, Veterans Affairs' Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday will face representatives of people particularly vulnerable to his agency's medical failings. |
| Suicide bombing | | The truck was loaded with munitions, then driven up a hillside in northern Syria. Moments later, there was a massive blast followed by cries of "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great" in Arabic, and the rattling of gunfire. |
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| National Spelling Bee | | Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe correctly spelled so many words Thursday that the Scripps National Spelling Bee had to declare them both winners. |
| Rapes in India | | A police officer and two other people were arrested after an alleged gang-rape that left two teenage girls dead in an Indian village, authorities said Friday. |
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