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Crack smoking video claim dogs Toronto mayor
Rachel Maddow reports on the bizarre story of the mayor of Toronto who denies smoking crack even as a purported video of him doing so is being shopped to media outlets, one of which, Gawker, is accepting public donations to raise the $200,000 asking ...
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Rare confirmation of Obama pick prompts Supreme Court talk
Rachel Maddow reports on the overwhelming approval by the Senate of Sri Srinivasan to the Washington, D.C. District Court judgeship, a potential sign that a nomination of Srinivasan for Supreme Court Justice would also pass the ...
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Social conservative extremists fill Virginia GOP slate
Mark Segraves, reporter for WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., talks with Rachel Maddow about the chances for success of the slate of extreme social conservatives being run for state office by Republicans in ...
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US failure to maintain infrastructure betrays national legacy
Congressman Rick Larsen, who represents the district where the Skagit River Bridge collapsed and is member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the need for America to make a greater investment in its ...
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Foolhardy budget cuts cripple government operations
Rachel Maddow reports on large portions of the federal government shutting down for the day because sequestration has starved them of funds on which to function, leaving many vital jobs left ...
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Unmanned freedom American style
All achievements of modern science and U.S. military technology are used to kill innocent civilians in other countries. Civilians are being murdered by programmed machines, unmanned aerial vehicles. Drones have neither mercy nor compassion, and do justice in the American way, leaving no chance to the innocent. In Yemen, Pakistan and other countries, 4,700 people fell victims of the U.S. drones, ...
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Activities Throughout Polk Commemorate Americas War Dead
FORT MEADE MEMORIAL EVENThosted by Fort Meade Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 11179, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at post headquarters, 29 Brown Ave. N., Fort Meade. SERGEANT MAJOR BBQ'S FUNDRAISER for the benefit of veterans' organizations will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of Tractor Supply, 6945 U.S. 98 N., Lakeland.Prices are $6 for a pulled pork sandwich with the fixings: baked beans ...
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State report I-5 bridge had gouges impact damage
Workers walk past the collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. A truck carrying an oversize load struck the four-lane bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below Thursday evening. All three occupants suffered only minor injuries. (AP ...
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Suspects in Denver bar slayings plead not guilty
DENVER -; Three men accused of fatally stabbing five people at a Denver bar that authorities say was set on fire to cover up the killings have pleaded not ...
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Journalist Author Haynes Johnson Dies At 81
WASHINGTON (AP) — Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of ...
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New York fast-food workers protest Wendys in latest labor rights demo
USA Fast-food workers continued demonstrating for better conditions Friday, protesting a Wendy's shareholder meeting just one week after the New York Attorney General announced an investigation into claims of widespread wage theft in the industry. Two labor rights groups, Fast Food Forward and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, organized rallies Thursday and Friday outside the Sofitel ...
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The House is letting banks write their own laws now
In May, the House Financial Service Committee passed a bill that would create a loophole to derivative regulation in Dodd-Frank. Chris Hayes talks about the bill with former New York Governor Elliot ...
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Sheik Mansour Hand Behind Manchester City Is Content to Stay in Background in New York
The setting was modest, the mood jovial, the dignitaries on hand pretty impressive. In the school cafeteria of P. S. 72 in East Harlem on Wednesday morning, professional soccer was nudged forward in New York City, with talk of a new team with prestigious owners and a new stadium designed specifically for the sport. At a news conference in the cafeteria, Mayor Michael ...
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Federal agency accepts Nevada hospitals plan to curb patient-dumping
(Reuters) - Federal authorities approved a Nevada hospital's proposal on Friday for correcting deficiencies that led to newly discharged psychiatric patients being bused out of state without adequate plans for continued ...
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Lobbying in American-US Airways deal focuses on small cities
AAMRQ.PK ), seeking approval for a merger that would create the world's largest airline, are warning lawmakers that a requirement to divest certain airport slots would lead to less service for small and medium-sized cities, sources close to the effort told ...
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American Airlines CEO Tom Hortons Proposed Severance Pay Is Too Big Trustee
Thomas 'Tom' Horton, chairman, president and chief executive officer of AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ...
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Judge rules against Americas toughest sheriff in racial profiling lawsuit
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement ...
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Small plane from Hanscom Field crashes in New York
A small plane that departed from Hanscom Field in Bedford with three people on board has crashed in New York, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Piper PA 34 aircraft was 60 miles from its Rome, N.Y., destination when it went down near Garoga, N.Y., at 5:10 p.m., said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said. The conditions of the passengers were not immediately available. The ...
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Trucker bumps I-5 bridge sees horror behind him
By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKER Associated Press MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River. Amazingly, nobody was killed. The ...
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White House says not involved in IRS scandal
The White House on Tuesday said it is not involved in the scandal that engulfed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as the agency's head tried to explain the situation. White House Spokesman Jay Carney made the announcement during his regular briefing, saying "I am certainly not aware and am confident that no one here was involved in this." Carney said Obama is awaiting a report ...
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Healthy 5-pound gorilla born at central Ohio zoo
This Thursday, May 23, 2013 photo released by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium shows a gorilla baby. The gorilla baby was born Thursday at the zoo and will be joining 16 other of the large primates. (AP Photo/Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Grahm S. ...
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Former State Dept. Official Offers Critique of American Foreign Policy Decisions
Margaret Warner gets a behind-the-scenes look at the making of U.S. foreign policy from former State Department official Vali Nasr. His new book, "The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat," critiques the Obama administration's handling of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle ...
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Key figures in racial profiling lawsuit in Ariz
PHOENIX -- Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos:ARPAIO: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has aggressively pursued local immigration enforcement. The sheriff has been accused of launching some immigration patrols based on ...
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Ohio kidnap case hero not endorsing free burgers
FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows neighbor Charles Ramsey speaking to media near the home where missing women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Ramsey, the man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Ramsey has been promised free ...
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Elite NYC school apologizes for past abuse
NEW YORK -- The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website Friday."We sincerely apologize for the harm that was caused by the teachers and administrators who abused anyone during their years at ...
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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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