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Obama sketches more targeted anti-terror plan
Out with the "global war on terror." In with more narrowly targeted counterterrorism policies that persistently zero in on violent extremists at home and ...
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OKC police correct damage estimate to 12K homes
Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie ...
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GOP Ariz. rep. who supports Medicaid is threatened
PHOENIX -; A Republican member of the Arizona House says she received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office because she supports Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand ...
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Pilots in fatal Alaska crash on different signals
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -; The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilots involved in a midair collision in Alaska that killed a family of four apparently were communicating on different radio frequencies before the ...
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Senator Questions White Houses Handling Of Drone Program
Robert Siegel speaks with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon about the Obama administration's shift on drone policy. Wyden was part of a group of senators who demanded that the administration turn over secret documents related to the operation against Amwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen killed in Yemen in a drone ...
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Feds Career drug dealer admits steroids distribution on LI
More coverage: 4 killed in Medford drug store shooting A Florida man, who authorities said was making $1 million-a-year distributing drugs on Long Island and in New York City, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Central Islip to conspiracy to illegally distribute steroids and distributing steroids, according to officials.When Gregory Kovar, 48, of Miami Beach, was arrested last June, ...
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US Lock up ex-Michigan justice for bank fraud
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send a former Michigan Supreme Court justice to prison for bank fraud.The U.S. government filed a sentencing memo in the case against Diane Hathaway ahead of a hearing next Tuesday in Ann Arbor federal court.Prosecutors say her crime was "coordinated" and "methodical." They're seeking a prison sentence of a ...
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Driver in Ill. van wreck had license suspension
Emergency personnel gather at the scene near Vandalia, Ill., Monday, May 20,2 013, where a van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals. Details about what caused the crash or who owned the white 2002 Dodge van, which had no decals or displayed markings, were not immediately ...
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Americans Sour on IRS Rate CDC and FBI Most Positively
PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup poll finds Americans' views of the job the Internal Revenue Service is doing skewing much more negative than in the past, with 42% saying the IRS is doing a poor job, up from 20% in 2009 and 15% in 2003. Meanwhile, positive ratings of the IRS have declined 14 points since 2009, from 40% to ...
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Bruins Live Blog B’s Looking To Sweep Rangers In New York
5 p.m.: It’s hard to believe it, but tonight, the Bruins will be playing for the sweep. There is no way to track down every prediction for this series, but it is safe to assume that the people who called for a Boston sweep account for less than 1 percent of the prognosticators. With two teams seemingly so evenly matched, a six-game series seemed to be the shortest route possible to the ...
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Obama defends drones renews pledge to close Gitmo in counterterror speech
NBC News' Kristen Welker reports on the president's counterterrorism speech, in which he reaffirmed his use of drones and reasserted wishes to close Guantanemo Bay; then Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer and Roger Cressey discuss "imminent threats" to U.S. national security and what the president's words mean for our foreign ...
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American Horror Story Star Joins X-Men Days of Future Past
Twitter breaking the news that the young actor will portray Quicksilver in the upcoming Fox movie, which combines two X-Men franchises. "Before he was ...
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Cannes Sundance Selects Nabs North American Rights to Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant
with the backing of British Film Institute and Film4, made its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Sundance Selects/IFC Films ...
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New York mayoral candidate Weiner uses Pittsburgh as backdrop
New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, a former U.S. House member and tweeter of lewd selfies, inexplicably splashed a photograph of Pittsburgh's Downtown across his campaign ...
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Gun groups sue to block new Connecticut gun law
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Leaders of Connecticut gun advocacy groups said on Thursday they had sued to knock down a strict new gun-control law passed in April because they believed the measure would not improve public ...
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Summer Heat Is Going To Make New York Deadly
Summer heat waves can transform East Coast cities likes New York and Washington, DC, into humid, odiferous swamps of misery and stagnation. But with climate change conspiring toward increasingly hotter summers, New York and other towns won't just be more unpleasant; they'll be deadlier. ...
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American Express CDC Take Home Top GoodWorks Effie Awards
GoodWorks Award highlights great work by companies using their platforms for greater social good while also moving their primary mission forward. ...
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Obama Congress briefed on every drone strike America takes
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says his administration informs Congress about every drone strike America orders. In a national security speech Thursday, Obama said the administration has briefed the appropriate congressional committees about all drone strikes outside of Iraq and Afghanistan, such as in Yemen. He says the briefings included the one instance in which an American citizen was ...
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Obama America at a crossroads in fighting terrorism
Updated: 4:03 p.m. ETIn a sweeping speech addressing the nation's counterterrorism strategy, President Obama on Thursday unveiled new restrictions on the nation's controversial targeted killing policy, and - despite repeated interruptions from a heckler -- officially outlined plans to restart transfers of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to third countries. During an hour-long speech at the ...
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Santa Cruz Police Release Detailed Timeline Of Rampage That Killed 2 Officers
SANTA CRUZ (KCBS) – The Santa Cruz Police Department has concluded its investigation into the fatal shootings earlier this year of detectives Butch Baker and Elizabeth Butler. Baker and Butler went to the home ...
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Hundreds Of Nurses Walk Out At Two San Jose Hospitals
SAN JOSE (KCBS) - A large group of registered nurses walked off the job Thursday morning at two hospitals in San Jose. Instead of changing IVs and administering medication, nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital and Regional Medical Center were walking the picket line in a dispute over wages, benefits, pension and staffing levels. The union represents 1,400 members of the California Nurses ...
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Giants’ Bumgarner Rebounds From Tough Outing
"We know what everybody can do," Bumgarner said. "We're going to have some struggles here and there. I don't think anybody is too worried about ...
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Safety Recommendations Released For America’s Cup
British sailor Andrew Simpson, a member of the Swedish America’s Cup racing team died when the Artemis Racing AC-72 catamaran capsized. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ...
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REFILE-BRIEF-New York Co reports Q1 earnings per share $0.03
Thu May 23, 2013 4:46pm EDT May 23 (Reuters) - New York & Co Inc : * Announces first quarter 2013 EPS of $0.03 * Q1 earnings per share $0.03 * Q1 same store sales fell 2 percent * Q1 earnings per share view $-0.07 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S * Q1 sales $227.5 million versus I/B/E/S view $216.8 million * Says expects positive low to mid single-digit comparable store sales for the second ...
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Obama Renews Pledge to Close Guantanamo Prison
In a speech addressing U.S. national security and counter-terrorism strategy, U.S. President Barack Obama announced additional steps to reaffirm his pledge to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He said Guantanamo "has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law." In a speech Thursday at the National Defense University in ...
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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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