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Ex-Bulger cohort says hes not a serial killer
John Martorano says he is a "nice guy" who was only trying to help his family and friends when he pumped bullets into victims while working with Bulger and his ...
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Ex-coal official seeks leniency in conspiracy case
BECKLEY, W.Va. -; A former Massey Energy official who is cooperating in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when he's sentenced Aug. ...
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NY regulators fault Deloittes bank consulting
ALBANY, N.Y. -; New York regulators have reached agreement for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services to pay $10 million and cease consulting for one year at state-regulated banks to settle an investigation into ...
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Surfer shot at during Dorner hunt files lawsuit
LOS ANGELES -; A Southern California surfer who was shot at by Torrance police during the manhunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles suburb and its police ...
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Man pleads not guilty in NYC hate-crime shooting
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance says the 33-year-old Morales had been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the May 17 shooting of Mark Carson. He also is charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and menacing a police ...
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Supreme Court wont hear NY anti-abortionist case
BUFFALO, N.Y. -; The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to take up a petition from anti-abortion extremist James Charles Kopp, who is serving a life sentence for the 1998 sniper-style slaying of an abortion doctor in upstate New ...
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French man found in planes cockpit to leave US
PHILADELPHIA -- A French man who gained access to the cockpit of a plane at Philadelphia International Airport by impersonating an airline employee has been sentenced to time served and will be deported.Sixty-one-year-old Philippe Jeannard was sentenced Tuesday in federal court after pleading guilty to a fraud count.Jeannard is from La Rochelle, France. He's been in custody since March 21, ...
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Jury cant reach verdict in Detroit cops trial
Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley testifies during his trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm causing death, in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Mich., on Thursday, June 13, 2013. Weekley is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones. She was killed during a chaotic police raid to find a murder suspect at a ...
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Gadhafis children likely violated UN travel ban
UNITED NATIONS -- A son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi moved from Algeria to Oman in apparent violation of a U.N. travel ban, the committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya said Tuesday.Rwanda's U.N. Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, who chairs the committee, told the Security Council that Algeria's U.N. Mission confirmed on June 5 that Aisha Gadhafi and ...
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Modern Art On The Old Frontier Two George Catlin Exhibits Reveal A Lost American Avant-Garde
Painting was George Catlin's second career. He trained as a lawyer, practicing law for several years before deciding that that time had come for America to develop an indigenous art form, independent of European influence, and that he was the man for the task. In the spring of 1830, he headed for the frontier with canvas and brushes. Two concurrent ...
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US Federal Reserve meeting keeps intl markets in check
LONDON/ HONG KONG--Stocks edged higher on Tuesday ahead of a two-day policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve that could have a huge influence on how investors see the future path of the country's monetary ...
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Americans say NSA leaker should be prosecuted poll
WASHINGTON--A majority of Americans say the former government contractor who leaked information about a vast U.S. electronic surveillance program should be prosecuted, a poll showed ...
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United States to meet Taliban to seek Afghan peace
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The United States will meet the Taliban this week for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States and the insurgents have fought a bloody and costly war for the past 12 years, U.S. officials said on ...
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Amid some grumbles House GOP takes up abortion ban
By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News Amid roiling debates on national security, foreign policy and immigration, the Republican-led House turned its attention Tuesday to social issues, setting a vote on a measure that would prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.Although the measure is expected to pass the GOP-controlled House, it has no chance of becoming law, with the ...
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How do hackers impact national security
As the NSA rallies support for its formerly secret programs, Edward Snowden's leaking of the classified information has put into sharp relief the complicated role that hackers play in the field of national security. The New Yorker's George Packer ...
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Biden White House has not given up on gun control
By Michael O'Brien , Political Reporter, NBC News The Obama administration will not drop its pursuit of tougher gun laws, Vice President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday, warning lawmakers who opposed earlier gun legislation of political hell to pay."The country has changed," Biden, the administration’s point person on gun control, said at an event at the White House. "You will ...
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Govt claims spying programs stopped plot to bomb New York Stock Exchange
The deputy director of the FBI claimed Tuesday that a controversial electronic surveillance program revealed in media reports earlier this month helped thwart a plot to blow up the New York Stock ...
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Enroll America sets private outreach for Obamacare enrollment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions of uninsured Americans for health coverage in the coming ...
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Watch Slimy Substance Closes Lake Michigan Beaches
It was do we gooey sticky and silver. Spotted in Lake Michigan yesterday afternoon sticking to swimmers who are on Porter beach in Indiana. -- -- -- -- Water divers and everybody in squad -- at and ...
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Mysterious Substance on Lake Michigan Prompts Investigation
Swimmers have been ordered to stay out of Lake Michigan in parts of northwest Indiana after a mysterious, slimy substance showed up in the water on June 17, ...
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Richmond Considers Eminent Domain As A Path To Home Loan Restructuring
RICHMOND (KPIX 5) – Despite rising home prices in much of the Bay Area, many home buyers are struggling to wade out from their underwater mortgage - prompting some Richmond city leaders to attempt a unique tactic to provide mortgage relief. More than 100 people, concerned about the status of their mortgages, filled the Nevin Center in Richmond Saturday to discuss using options, including ...
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San Jose Files Suit Against MLB For Stalling Oakland A’s Move
Brett Anderson #49 of the Oakland Athletics pitches the first pitch of the game to Franklin Gutierrez #21 of the Seattle Mariners during Opening Day at O.co Coliseum on April 1, 2013 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty ...
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Faith Ringgold exhibit challenges America to see its true colors
In an exhibit of her works, artist Faith Ringgold challenges America to see its true colors. (Photo for The Washington Post by Melanie Burford) (Melanie Burford) WASHINGTON - Fifty years after the racial upheaval of the 1960s, Americans often like to say they don't see color. They pretend not to see it even when it's right in front of their faces, says artist Faith Ringgold. It's ...
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Edward Snowden a hero to many young Americans poll suggests
Edward Snowden performed a public service in leaking information about NSA programs, say 60 percent of Americans age 18 to 29, according to a poll. Tea partyers and liberals also ...
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Catholic religious order opens abuse files
NEW YORK -; A Roman Catholic religious order based in the Midwest is releasing an unusually candid report admitting it failed victims of clergy sex ...
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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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