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WikiLeaks case file fight moves to federal court
Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military team that killed Osama bin Laden. Prosecutors also agreed to accept Pfc. Bradley Manning's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he ...
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Holder says four Americans have been killed since 2009 in U.S. drone strikes
Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus ...
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U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in overseas attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government formally acknowledged on Wednesday for the first time that it had killed four Americans in counterterrorism operations in Yemen and Pakistan, where the United States has carried out regular drone strikes. Attorney General Eric Holder named the four dead U.S. citizens in a letter to members of Congress a day before President Barack Obama is scheduled to ...
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Julian Assange sues US military over secrecy of Bradley Manning trial
WikiLeaks Julian Assange and a coalition of activists and journalists filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the military judge overseeing Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's trial in a bid to open access to the secretive proceedings. During the trial both access to transcripts and prosecution and defense motions have been virtually inaccessible. Bradley, who faces a life sentence over the leaking ...
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Common Ground Obama scandal brush fires spread
President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and FBI Director Robert Muller attend the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service last ...
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We still cry out to God when tragedy strikes Column
Times like this show that America still has faith. Much has been written about the secularization of America, and in some ways that is the case. Pew Research found ...
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Holder Weve Droned 4 Americans 3 by Accident. Oops.
Airmen assemble an MQ-1 Predator drone after returning from Afghanistan, 2008. Each of the six stencils represent a Hellfire missile it fired in the warzone. Photo: U.S. Air Force In an extraordinary admission, Attorney General Eric Holder has told Congress that U.S. drone strikes since 2009 have killed four Americans — three of whom were ';not specifically targeted.'; For all ...
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Americas frogs and toads disappearing fast study warns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frogs, toads and salamanders have been in trouble for decades, but a new U.S. government study shows just how quickly many amphibians are disappearing from ponds and creeks across the United ...
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Singer-songwriter Carole King to be honored at White House by President Obama
May 21, 2013: Singer-songwriter Carole King, performs during an event to honor her with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, at the Library of ...
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Chemical that sparked deadly Texas explosion found across U.S
The remains of a fertilizer plant burn after an explosion at the plant in the town of West, near Waco, Texas, in this April 18, 2013 file photo. The deadly explosion injured more than 100 people, leveling dozens of homes and damaging other buildings including a school and nursing home, authorities ...
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America Combining Medical Care With Pastoral Faith Support
A national network of hospitals in the U.S. called Cancer Treatment Centers of America is combining state-of-the-art medical care for patients in advanced-stages of cancer with spiritual support by a team of pastors, which is said to help patients live longer. "The focus of Care that the Cancer Treatment Centers of America utilizes is a 'Holistic Model,' and in that model ...
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US IDs 4 Americans Killed by Drones
Attorney General Eric Holder has disclosed in a letter to Congress that four Americans were killed by U.S. drones in the course of the government's attacks on terrorists. "Since 2009, the United States, in the conduct of U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and its associated forces outside of areas of active hostilities, has specifically targeted and killed one U.S. ...
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Watch Biden Welcomes Grads to Greatest Coast Guard the World Has Ever Seen
Thank you very much -- -- thank you so very very much. Let me -- before began that. -- your words that are. Hearts go and our prayers. Are said for of the people of Oklahoma. Particularly moral problem. Secretary of -- Toronto as the media comment on -- -- was. Scheduled to be here today. I met were there yesterday the situation room. Relative to the situation in. -- Oklahoma. And -- she asked ...
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Chuck E. Cheese Killer Gets Reprieve
U.S. Supreme Court on Feb .19, 2013 denied convicted killer Nathan Dunlap's appeal of his death sentence, moving closer the likely execution of the man who killed four in an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese restaurant nearly 19 years ...
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UC Berkeley Targeted In Federal Complaint Over Its Handling Of Rape Allegations
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Women’s-rights attorney Gloria Allred says federal complaints have been filed against four U.S. colleges over how the colleges handle rape allegations. Allred joined students from the colleges at a New York City news conference to announce the filing of complaints against Swarthmore College, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California and the ...
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Jefferson Award Winner Gives Struggling Parents A Needed Break
Bay Area Crisis Nursery could be just the place to lend a hand. ';The nursery is a place that gives them new hope,'; Sister Ann Weltz explained. Sister Ann founded the nursery so parents could temporarily leave their children in a residential care center while they climb out of life’s ...
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10 Percent Revenue Slide Adds To Woes For Slumping HP
PALO ALTO (CBS/AP) – Hewlett-Packard’s slump is deepening as the world’s largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices. The latest evidence of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s continuing downfall came in a quarterly earnings report released Wednesday. The results included the seventh consecutive decline in ...
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New Discovery series brings scenes of North American wildlife to
Producer Huw Cordey joins The Cycle to discuss his new Discovery series "North America" that captures the beauty of the North American continent, and the wildlife's struggle to survive on some of the toughest terrain ...
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Obama administration confirms 4 Americans killed by U.S. drones
Obama administration said Wednesday U.S. drones killed four Americans in airstrikes in Yemen and Pakistan. The disclosure came in a letter U.S. Attorney ...
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Hillary Clinton announces support for gay marriage
In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Washington. (Photo:agencies) Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval. Clinton made the announcement in an online ...
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Most Americans think the countrys lost its moral compass Gallup poll
View results When it comes to moral values, Americans (still) do not think the state of the union is good, a new Gallup Poll says.Some 72 percent of Americans said moral values in America are ';getting worse,'; compared with 20 percent who said they are ';getting better'; and 6 percent who said they are ';the same,'; Gallup said, citing its Values and Beliefs poll, ...
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Americans Spend $61 Billion on Pets Annually
Americans cut back in some types of disposable spending during the nation's financial crisis, but spending on Fido held steady and is picking up ...
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Dance Review American Ballet Theater Presents A Month in the Country
Although you applaud the dancers, ...
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School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
MOORE, Okla. -; Communities in the tornado-prone Midwest are increasingly building "safe rooms" in public schools. But this week's deadly tornado near Oklahoma City highlights how storm protection in the nation's schools is ...
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Union power at issue as Garcetti elected LA mayor
Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti arrives for an election night rally Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in the Hollywood area Los Angels. Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a campaign in which he depicted his rival a pawn of powerful labor bosses. (AP Photo/Chris ...
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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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