SALES OF PREVIOUSLY-OCCUPIED HOMES TICKED UP LAST MONTH TO THE HIGHEST **

NATL ASSOC OF REALTORS SAYS SALES ROSE TO A SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE **

HOME SALES HAVE RISEN 9.7% IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS **

FED RESERVE CHMN BEN BERNANKE TELLS CONGRESS THAT THE U.S. JOB MARKET **

BERNANKE REPORTS PROGRESS BUT SAYS HIGHER TAXES AND DEEP FED SPENDING CUTS **

HE SAYS REDUCING FED EFFORTS TO KEEP BORROWING RATES LOW WOULD "CARRY A **

IRS OFFICIAL AT THE HEAD OF THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE AGENCY'S TARGETING OF **

LOIS LERNER, WHO HEADS THE OFFICE THAT DECIDES WHETHER GROUPS QUALIFY FOR **

SHE DID SO AS A WITNESS BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND GOVT REFORM CMTE, **

UN CONTINUES RECEIVING REPORTS THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE USED IN SYRIA AS **

PRES BASHAR ASSAD'S REGIME AND REBELS EACH ACCUSE THE OTHER SIDE OF USING **

A UN TEAM HAS BEEN READY TO INVESTIGATE THE CLAIMS FOR MORE THAN A MONTH, **

SECY OF STATE JOHN KERRY SAYS U.S. AND ITS EUROPEAN AND ARAB ALLIES WILL **

KERRY SUGGESTED THAT PRES OBAMA WOULDN'T SEND U.S. TROOPS TO SYRIA, BUT HE **

KERRY'S COMMENTS COME AHEAD OF A CONFERENCE ON SYRIA SLATED FOR NEXT MONTH **

INTL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY SAYS IRAN HAS INSTALLED NEARLY 700 HIGH-TECH **

THAT'S AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 100 SINCE MID-APRIL **

REPORT ALSO INDICATES THAT IRAN IS PRESSING AHEAD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF **

BAHRAIN'S INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYS AN IRANIAN DRONE HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE **

NO OTHER DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE **

BAHRAIN HAS REPEATEDLY ACCUSED IRAN OF ENCOURAGING BAHRAIN'S ONGOING SHIITE **