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Chris Harrison to host Miss America Pageant
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" host Chris Harrison will again emcee the Miss America Pageant this September in Atlantic City, N.J.Harrison has hosted the telecast for the last four years.The Miss America Organization says he'll be joined by Lara Spencer of "Good Morning America." Spencer served as a judge for the 2012 pageant. ...
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Scott Walker tells Connecticut GOP most Americans on his side
Gov. Scott Walker told Connecticut Republicans on Monday that most people back his efforts to remake government and take on public employee unions, according to ...
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Bank of America Corp.s Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock Series E Shares Cross 4 Yield Mark
NYSE: BAC.PRE ) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.9889), with shares changing hands as low as $24.70 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.02% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according ...
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Appeals court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Vice President Joe Biden (L), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the ...
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Obama Help for tornado-ravaged Oklahoma will be there as long as it takes
By Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News President Barack Obama pledged the full resources of the U.S. government to assist the community of Moore, Okla., in its recovery following devastating tornadoes that hit the town on Monday. "The people of Moore should know that their country will remain on the ground -- for them, beside them -- for as long as it takes," Obama said ...
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First Thoughts Putting things into perspective
*** Putting things into perspective: The massive and powerful tornado that ripped through Moore, OK on Monday afternoon puts so much of Washington’s focus over the past two weeks -- on the IRS, Benghazi, and the leak investigations -- into perspective. Oklahoma officials, for now, have put the death toll at 51 individuals (at least 20 of whom are children). "To me, this is bigger than ...
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Americans spend more on Fido than beer
Americans spend more on their Fidos and Fluffies each year than they spend on booze or men's clothing. People shelled out an average of $502 annually on their pets in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That compares to the $456 they spent on alcohol and $404 they spent on men and boys' clothes. Just pet food alone cost the average household $183 -- which is more than ...
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There are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms bedrooms classrooms President Barack Obama says America is praying for Oklahoma in wake of tornado that claimed 91 lives
President Barack Obama has said that authorities will work "as long as it takes" to deal with the devastation delivered by the massive hurricane that hit a heavily populated suburb of Oklahoma ...
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In Oklahoma sun rises loss sets in
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Kids screamed for their parents and parents hollered their children's names, walking and searching in panic in the parking lot of ...
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State Department official says he was scapegoated by bosses over Benghazi
A mid-level State Department official sidelined in the aftermath of the Benghazi terror attack is speaking out, publicly accusing his bosses of scapegoating him for the security lapses in eastern Libya. Raymond Maxwell, who was deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern ...
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American Consumers Really Hate Their ISP
The American Customer Satisfaction Index has released its report for 2013. This year is particularly interesting as ISPs have been rated for the first ...
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The Ghost Army The Amazing Story Of America’s Secret Art Ops In WWII
Two Frenchmen who accidentally got through the security perimeter were shocked to see four GIs lifting what looked like a 40-ton tank. When they turned to Ghost Army soldier Arthur Shilstone for answers, he told them, "The Americans are very strong." Shilstone later painted this picture of the incident. Arthur ...
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Watch Police Close Case of Missing Mom Susan Powell
Police in you -- close the case of Susan Powell. The mother of two missing since 2009. Citing a lack of new leads her body was never found. In February of last year her husband Josh killed their ...
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Pain ray The US militarys new agony beam weapon
Once you are registered, New Scientist will send you our weekly newsletter, as well as occasional relevant information via email from New Scientist about our content, services, products, events, offers and competitions. Please read ...
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The Five Most Completely Insane Facts in the New York Times Story About the Apple Approach to Paying Taxes
explanation of how Apple, the company responsible for the products The New York Times almost certainly used to write said piece, allegedly "shifted at least $74 billion from the reach of the Internal Revenue Service between 2009 and 2012." As anyone knows who has ever, say, unsuccessfully lobbied the family accountant to explain yet again why clothing one wears to work is not a ...
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Medical examiner 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
A resident surveys the damage after the tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris ...
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Okla. tornado What we know
>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI(CNN) -- Dozens of people -- including several children -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said. Read more: Heartbreaking scenes in Oklahoma City after disasterAt least seven of those children were killed at ...
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Why You Cant Trust The White House
"You and others have said that no one in the White House knew about IRS actions before getting the heads up on the inspector general's report last month," George Stephanopoulos told senior White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer on Sunday. "Are you absolutely sure of that?" ...
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America Has the Worst Tornadoes on Earth
Loading feed Moore has a deep and tragic tornado legacy. The town could probably lay claim to being the very center of Tornado Alley, an area roughly defined from north Texas to South Dakota, and west of the Mississippi river. On May 3, 1999, Moore was hit by one of the worst tornadoes on record. That storm's winds were indirectly measured at 302 miles per ...
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Conn. foster mom pleads guilty for spoon-spanking
NORWICH, Conn. -- A Connecticut foster mother faces 100 days in jail after acknowledging she spanked a 4-year-old girl with a wooden spoon.Jami Littlefield pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court in Norwich to third-degree assault.The Day of New London reports ( http://bit.ly/10LwYFg) Littlefield told authorities she paddled the girl on the buttocks because she was acting out. Littlefield ...
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Los Angeles picks mayor after low-drama campaign
File-This file combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles, left, and undated image provided by the Wendy Greuel Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters. Despite the high stakes, the race has been a mostly low-drama affair between two government regulars. In a city known to yawn at local politics, turnout ...
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24 people confirmed dead in US tornado disaster
Two girls stand in rubble after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath ...
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Video Woman reunited on live TV with dog missing after tornado
The woman was being interview by a CBS affiliate about the storm, and became upset when she revealed she hadn't seen her beloved dog since they were separated as the tornado tore down her home.As the woman spoke, a member of the TV crew noticed the dog poking its head through the rubble, attracted by the sound of its owner's voice."Well I thought God just answered one prayer to ...
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BRIEF-Halliburton sees N.America rig count up 100-150 rigs over rest of 2013
Tue May 21, 2013 9:45am EDT May 21 (Reuters) - Halliburton Co : * CFO says expects North America rig count to rise by 100-150 rigs over rest of 2013 * CFO says still sees pricing pressure in North America in Q2 * CFO says Mexico reducing rigs managed by oilfield service companies at burgos, chicontepec faster than expected * CFO says expects eastern hemisphere margins to move into "upper ...
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UPDATE 5-Oil falls on concern about Federal Reserve direction
Tue May 21, 2013 9:45am EDT * Fresh conflict in Syria supports prices * Weak demand outlook, well supplied market weigh * Brent-WTI spread heading for lowest close in over two years * Coming Up: API weekly crude stock report at 2030 GMT (Updates prices, adds Syria-Israel clash in paragraph 10) By Simon Falush LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Brent oil futures fell towards $104 per barrel on Tuesday ...
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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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