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Suspect killed in Orlando has confessed to 2011 triple murders says FBI
NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...
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Obama seeks more transparency in use of drones
WASHINGTON - In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...
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Kerry begins efforts to restart Israeli and Palestinian peace talks
JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...
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Senate confirms Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan made history Thursday as the US Senate confirmed his nomination as a top US judge in a 97 to 0 vote. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US, would be the first judge of South Asian descent on the powerful appeals court for the American capital, often called the nation's second-highest ...
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Chidambaram says U.S. Federal Reserves statement misunderstood calls for calm
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday sought to calm stock markets in India after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested bond purchases could be scaled back if the U.S. economy improves. Addressing a news conference here, Chidambaram said fears that the Federal Reserve would start reversing its U.S. monetary stimulus programme were being misunderstood in stock market and investor ...
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Over 7 in 10 Americans favour more moral policing in US Gallup Poll
A whopping 72 percent of Americans or more than seven in ten, believe the country needs more moral policing as the state of the union is 'getting worse'. According to a Gallup Poll, these percentages are slightly more optimistic than 2006-2008, when more than 80 percent of Americans thought moral values were getting worse and only 11 percent thought they were getting better. According to the ...
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US officials say hypersonic weapons likely to hit battlefield by 2025
US military officials say high-tech weapons may be flying through the skies at five times the speed of sound by the middle of the next decade. According to military officials, it depends on continued research into hypersonic vehicles like the Air Force's X-51A Waverider, which completed its final test flight earlier this month, reports Fox News. Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager for the Air ...
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Lydia Davis pips Indian writer U.R. Ananthamurthy to win Booker International Prize 2013
American short story writer Lydia Davis, whose works can be as brief as a single sentence, has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize topling other authors including an Indian named U.R. Ananthamurthy. The influential American writer accepted the 60,000 pounds honour, which is presented every two years to a living, non-UK author for a body of work published in English, at a ceremony held ...
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Self-regulation skills better in American girls than boys
A new study has shown that there is a gender gap when it comes to behavior and self-control in American young children - one that does not appear to exist in children in Asia. In the United States, girls had higher levels of self-regulation than boys. Self-regulation is defined as children's ability to control their behavior and impulses, follow directions, and persist on a task. It has ...
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Sharp decline in US drone strikes in Pakistan
Islamabad, May 23: (ANI): Drone strikes in Pakistan have fallen sharply since their peak in 2010, perhaps in response to increasing scrutiny of the programme by the US Congress and the American public, according to a media report. This comes just ahead of President Barack Obama's long-awaited address on drones at Washington's National Defence University on Thursday. Bruce Riedel, a former CIA ...
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US senate panel approves immigration reform
Immigration reform that plans to legalize some 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US passed its first test as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve a bipartisan bill to overhaul the system. The draft prepared by the "Gang of Eight" Republican and Democratic senators will next go to the full Senate for debate. President Barack Obama congratulated the Judiciary Committee ...
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US tourist stabbed in Italy loses kidney
A 68-year-old American tourist underwent emergency surgery to remove a kidney after he was stabbed in Italy's Florence city. The tourist, who was not named, was attacked near the famous Duomo cathedral. Doctors at the Santa Maria Nuova hospital said the man suffered knife wounds to a kidney and a lung but was no longer critical, and was conscious and breathing unaided. Police arrested a ...
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US Senate approves first India-born senior judge
The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved Srikanth Srinivasan as the most senior US judge of South Asian descent, amid speculation that he may one day be tapped for the Supreme ...
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Obama’s prom photos emerge
The two previously unpublished pictures were given to Time magazine by the girl who was escorted by Barak Obama's best friend. NBC's Ann Curry ...
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Republican minority outreach hits more road bumps
New comments from Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett on the lack of latinos in his cabinet, combined with South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's decision to hire an accused white supremacist probably won't help the GOP with their minority outreach ...
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Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens
(Reuters) - A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board ...
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Arizona jury deadlocks over Jodi Arias sentencing
Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ...
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Watch Jodi Arias Jury Cannot Decide on Life or Death Sentence
The clerk will read -- -- -- State of Arizona vs -- and areas sentencing verdict. We the jury duly impaneled and sworn and above entitled action upon our -- Yunnan has unanimously find ...
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ConsumerWatch Startup Lets SFO Travelers Rent Out Cars While On Vacation
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Car sharing has arrived at San Francisco International Airport, and so far more than 650 travelers have tried it out. Flightcar started up operations a few months ago in a large parking lot in Millbrae, a few miles from S.F.O. The start-up helps car owners rent out their vehicles when they go on vacation. Prices for rentals range from $20 to $40 a day; car owners ...
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Firefighters Contain Brush Fire Near San Jose’s Coyote Creek
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Firefighters contained a fire in heavy brush near Coyote Creek Thursday afternoon, a fire captain said. The fire near Brokaw Road and Interstate 880 was first reported at 2:45 p.m., Capt. Cleo Doss said. Crews arrived at 2:51 p.m. and quickly called a second-alarm response after finding about an acre and a half of brush burning. Heavy smoke was coming from the area ...
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San Jose City College Student Wins $2.3 Million In Powerball Drawing
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – A San Jose City College student who matched five of the six winning numbers in last week's Powerball drawing has claimed his millions. Michael Garcia recounted the unbelievable moment he checked the numbers against nine tickets he had bought on whim: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52. "Oh, wow, I got all five," he said. "What about the Powerball? What about the ...
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Man From Palo Alto Suspected Of Killing Family In Czech Republic
20-year-old Kevin Dahlgren of Palo Alto is suspected of killing four people in Brno, Czech Republic on May 23, 2013. (Handout photo by Czech Police/isifa/Getty ...
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Dwight Howard Considers Joining Warriors
OAKLAND (Bleacher Report) — It was not too long ago that Dwight Howard turned down the thought of playing for the lowly Golden State Warriors. It was also not long ago that Howard received an elbow in the face from Warriors forward David Lee and responded with "I will ...
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Warriors’ David Lee Named To All-NBA 3rd Team
David Lee #10 of the Golden State Warriors reacts after the Warriors made a basket against the Los Angeles Clippers at Oracle Arena on January 2, 2013 in Oakland, (Ezra Shaw/Getty ...
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US military fears taking on Assads troops in drawn-out Syrian war says Bob Carr
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has told a group of Syrian refugees in Lebanon that the United States military does not want to risk a drawn-out war with the Syrian army. Senator Carr spoke with the refugees during a visit to their camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on the border with Syria. The refugees urged Senator Carr to back military intervention to bring the civil war in Syria to an end. ...
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Idaho looks to eco-business for eventual recovery
Colorado has been leading the country in developing a sustainable, environmentally-friendly ‘green economy’ using $1 billion in federal grants over the last ten years or so, the efforts have paid off and now it seems that Idaho’s leadership may be looking to do something similar.
Using a $1.25 million federal grant the state of Idaho is investigating the extent of our green economy. Officials from the Idaho Department of Labor are in the process of interviewing around 5000 large and small employers and asking them, basically, how many ‘green’ jobs they’re currently got and what their growth potential is for the coming years. Read more
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