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Obamas drone speech and no great new era of transparency
NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski and the New York Times' Mark Mazzetti and David Sanger join a conversation on President Obama's first major speech of his second term on ...
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How White House is showing sheer incompetence with messaging
tornado can be while it rips apart homes and literally forces them to fly into the air like twisted tiny pieces of degree ev -- debris that are huge and bill karins showing that ten-ton ...
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Why second terms often struggle without first term A-Teams
what do you think, having covered washington for a long time, what is that? is it just kind of inevitable thing over the course of time stuff creeps out or the best people on the team leave? why do we always end up ...
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IRS scandal turns into an even bigger public relations mess for the White House
Lois Lerner, the IRS official who first disclosed that the agency had targeted conservative groups, surprised a House committee Wednesday by delivering an opening statement, and then taking the fifth. The Daily Rundown guest host Peter Alexander reports and NBC's Mark Murray joins the ...
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Boy Scouts of America vote over allowing gay members into troops
Boy Scouts are today voting to determine whether openly gay members can participate in the organisation, as part of a landmark debate that could change the face of Scouting across ...
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White House would veto Republican-sponsored bait-and-switch student loan interest bill
H.R. 1911 , that would tie the interest rate on student loans to the rate at which the U.S. government borrows. Unless Congress takes action, subsidized Federal Direct Stafford Loans for undergraduates will double to 6.8 percent on July 1. But this bill, dubbed Smarter Solutions for Students Act, is the wrong approach, according to a statement from the Executive Office of the ...
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Watch Colorado Gunmans Shooting Caught on Tape
They released dash cam video shows a violent encounter between the men accused of gunning down Colorado's prison -- and that pizza delivery man and a deputy last march. A warning this video may be -- to watch. The suspect and any -- was on the run and Texas after the Colorado shootings and deputy James Boyd pulled him over. -- was -- into the passenger window when he was shot three times ...
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Watch NY Man Kidnapped Tortured in 32-Day Ransom Plot
Two men remain held without bail this morning and a third is in custody. Charge and -- kidnapping sounds like a movie plot but it started last month in front of Pedro port of Dell's ...
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Emma Roberts eyes American Horror Story role
Emma Roberts attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party at West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles on February 24, 2013. UPI/Chris ...
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Scientists family seeks US Congress Thai experts help
SINGAPORE (AFP) - The parents of a US scientist found hanged in Singapore last year said Thursday they will seek a US congressional inquiry and tap a celebrity Thai pathologist to prove their son was murdered.Mary Todd, mother of the late researcher Shane Todd whose death in June 2012 was ruled a suicide by the Singapore police, indicated the family did not expect the US government to intervene ...
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Another Week in the White House
The IRS has made a mess That brings the White House many stresses. They need distractions, which they’ve got- Alas, though, those are other ...
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Anthony Weiner gets supportive reception in Harlem
FILE - In this June 16, 2011 file photo, Anthony Weiner speaks at a news conference in New York. The Democratic ex-congressman who resigned over raunchy tweets said late Tuesday, May 21, 2013, that he's in the New York City mayoral race. Although the field is crowded for September's primary, Weiner is arriving with some significant advantages, including a $4.8 million campaign war ...
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Va. landmark Natural Bridge up for sale
The property's primary owner is Washington, D.C., businessman Angelo Puglisi. Woltz says Puglisi wants the bridge to remain open to the ...
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Political participation in Latin America still low Report
New York, May 23 : Indigenous peoples in Latin America have undergone an unprecedented mobilization in the past 20 years, but political participation, particularly among women, is still low, the United Nations said in a new ...
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Missing Utah moms father-in-law not getting out
This undated photo released by the West Valley City Police Department shows Susan Powell. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect. The announcement came after police spent two days searching in rural Oregon last week for any trace of Powell's ...
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Thunderstorms hail slow Oklahoma tornado cleanup
Jesse Edgar takes a break in the shade while helping salvage items at a friend's home Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues two days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and ...
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At last we get Tolkiens take on King Arthur
"The Fall of Arthur" by J. R. R. Tolkien is an unfinished poem written about King Arthur, Lanceleot, Guinevere and Mordred. It is being published for the first time. | ...
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FBI agent kills man connected to Boston bomber
FBI agent has shot and killed a Chechen man with alleged ties to deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in what was described as a "violent confrontation" in Orlando, ...
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Cicadageddon escalates as insects emerge on Staten Island New York – video
Millions of cicadas are emerging across the US east coast for the first time in 17 years. The Guardian traveled to the New York City borough of Staten Island where Adam Gabbatt found cicadas and their exoskeletons littering the area as the insects prepare to mate -and then ...
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Basements scarce in Tornado Alley
>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on 'AC360' tonight, 8pm ET. (CNN) -- It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement. Yet few homes in the Oklahoma City area have them -- even though that state is hit by far more powerful tornadoes than most others. "Probably less than one ...
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ACLJ White House Account of IRS Abuses Does Not Square With the Facts
Conservative tea party groups say they were singled out for inappropriate scrutiny and intrusive questions after requesting tax-exempt status from the IRS. (AP File Photo) (CNSNews.com) - A conservative civil liberties group says the Obama White House was incorrect when it said the IRS targeting of conservative groups ended a year ago. "It's apparent this White House continues to try ...
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Boy Scouts of America Delegates to Cast Ballots Today on Openly Gay Membership Resolution
May 23, 2013 9:11 am GRAPEVINE, Texas – The Boy Scouts of America will announce Thursday the outcome of the 1,400-member national council's vote after they cast their ballots on a new resolution allowing for openly-gay membership into the scouts, which many fear will lead to the dissolution of the faith-based organization, and the promotion of LGBT ...
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Punchlines Legalized marijuana in Kentucky
Legalized marijuana is making its way back into the headlines as Los Angeles votes to restrict its reach, Colorado continues to expand it and Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both of Kentucky, fight to bring hemp to their state.See what the late-night comedians had to say about the "war on pot" (one said the widespread use of pot in Colorado could be compared to a reggae festival ...
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A painless step forward in abortion policy Column
"It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United States that the slaughtering of livestock and the handling of livestock in connection with slaughter shall be carried out only by humane ...
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Scarborough Cruzs self-righteousness will blow up in his face
united states senate . he thought it and they found that out after he left, but he didn't say i'm better than you to their face or go on the floor. but i'm always said, just to be very clear, i've always told people that followed me in congress, they said give me the advice and ask -- i said, listen. it's fairly clear when you go in, there are two doors and only two ...
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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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