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Americans exit the housing crisis with new appreciation for renting
Six years of crisis have changed forever the way Americans think about housing. It's good news for rental housing and not so good news for the home ownership industry, according to a massive new study conducted by Hart Research for the MacArthur ...
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Martin Luther King unmoved by death threats - from the archive 24 May 1961
United States that the Negroes' leader in Montgomery, Alabama, during the present crisis is a scholarly Baptist minister whose hero is Mahatma Gandhi. He might well have been a black Huey Long or some such political boss of the kind who tries to hold hate-the-white demonstrations in Harlem (and - luckily again - finds little support there). That he is the ...
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Sharks On Brink Of Elimination Lose To Kings In Shutout
Jonathan Quick #32 of the Los Angeles Kings makes a save in front of T.J. Galiardi #21 of the San Jose Sharks during the first period in Game Five of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 23, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Harry How/Getty ...
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5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California
A preliminary 5.7 earthquake struck in Northern California on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was centered 6 miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of Susanville.Initial reports said the quake, which struck at 8:47 p.m., was a magnitude 5.9. A 5.7 magnitude quake is considered moderate, but has the potential to cause considerable ...
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5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Northern California
GREENVILLE, Calif. – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Northern California Thursday night that was widely felt across the region, but there were no reports of serious damage. The temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in far northeastern California, said Rafael Abreu, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National ...
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August Wilson Center for African American Culture needs to play ball
The Downtown facility recently laid off half its staff and is behind on payments on a $7 million loan. Foundations that have been the center's lifeblood are skittish about providing more money because the center hasn't completed a required audit or submitted a recent business ...
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Fear of art sale sparked by Detroit emergency manager asking for appraisal
DETROIT (Reuters) - As part of his efforts to solve Detroit's financial crisis, the city's emergency manager Kevyn Orr has asked for an appraisal of the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, sparking fears in artistic and philanthropic circles that he means to auction off the city's artistic ...
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GameDay Should The Strike Zone Be Automated
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — So I'm listening to the Giants game the other day and the broadcasters were remarking about the umpire's strike zone. "He likes the low strike," was the comment. The conversation evolved into the different strike zones of various umpires, some high, some low, some outside, some inside. Really? Is that what they refer to as the "human ...
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In IRS Benghazi and AP scandals answers elusive Your Say Interactive
The Obama administration is juggling three controversies at once. The IRS is being scrutinized for targeting conservative groups. The Justice Department seized journalists' phone records. And the attack in Benghazi that left Americans dead is still be investigated. How much do the scandals matter? Here's how the public sees ...
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Taking the Fifth blocks search for truth tellusatoday
We asked Twitter followers for thoughts on Lois Lerner citing her right against self-incrimination. The IRS official was placed on administrative leave Thursday. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:Two statements that are incompatible: I did nothing wrong, and I'm taking the Fifth.-- @RandyCole13She is hiding something or protecting someone. The buck stopped with her as head of the ...
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Does Anthony Weiner deserve a second chance Your Say
Anthony Weiner announced this week that he would be running for New York City mayor. He resigned from the U.S. House after a sexting scandal in 2011. Comments from Facebook and Twitter:Stay out of the spotlightI miss the good old days when the politicians got caught doing something stupid, humiliating or embarrassing, then resigned and slipped away to live out their lives in obscurity.-- Mike ...
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Readers take issue with Jolie coverage Objections
Cancer patient: Angelina Jolie isn't the brave one ."Are we as a society being socialized to believe that we're in such an archaic competition with each other that we must even battle over which of us is the bravest? Bravery and responsibility are not mutually exclusive. Angelina Jolie put her entire career on the line to selflessly provide support to other people struggling with ...
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5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Calif
Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered six miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of ...
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U.S. admits drones killed four Americans
The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the ';main culprit'; for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
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New York tour operator cancels Bronx ghetto tours
NEW YORK, NY - A New York company offering tours of Bronx neighborhoods has shut down after officials objected to its advertising that claimed to give visitors "a ride through a real New York City 'ghetto'," according to a statement from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. The tour's controversial description states that when thinking of the Bronx, people envision ...
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Watch Bridge Collapses in Washington State
This is a live picture from a helicopter our sister station KO MO. And Seattle Washington this is about two hours north of Seattle portion of the bridge on I five -- -- -- -- root river. Collapse ...
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Delays Revealed In Rescuing Longshoreman At Port Of Oakland
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Nearly a week after a longshoreman’s body was found inside his sunken pickup at the Port of Oakland, authorities reveal there were numerous delays in the efforts to rescue him. The longshoreman was in his truck when ...
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2 full-time rangers added to patrol Capitol Hill Pioneer Square parks
Three violent assaults at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill this month have prompted the city to add two full-time park rangers, who will patrol there and at Occidental Square in Pioneer Square. Additionally, Seattle police will step up summer-emphasis patrols to ensure public safety as warm weather and long days draw more people to the city’s parks. "The rangers are a force ...
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Protester finds sympathetic ear in President on Guantanamo drones
Rachel Maddow reports on the message of Code Pink and President Obama's reaction to having his major counterterrorism speech interrupted by one of its ...
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Obama to take on GOP anew over Guantanamo closure
Rachel Maddow reports on how much political will there was for closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, including from leading Republicans like President Bush and then-presidential candidate John McCain, and how that all disappeared once Barack Obama became ...
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The Republican ‘ignorance-fueled war’ on the IRS
Republicans continue their ignorance-fueled war on the IRS. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses the real IRS scandal with MSNBC's Chris Hayes and Alex ...
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Obama ‘America does not take strikes to punish individuals’
america does not take strikes when we have the ability to capture individual terrorists. our preference is always to detain, interrogate and ...
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Sen. Ted Cruz vs. The Republican Party
On the Senate floor, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz announced that he doesn't trust Republicans. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses this new era of in-fighting with fellow MSNBC host, Steve ...
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Man survives kidnap ordeal in New York
Police have rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3-million ransom from his family in ...
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Part of Washington state freeway span collapses into river dispatcher
(Reuters) - Part of a freeway bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles falling into the water below, an emergency dispatcher ...
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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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